Its that time again, Your Top 10 Favorite Games Topic

[ohnoitsabear]

IVAN (an excellent free rougelike)

Thank you so much for mentioning this. I went and downloaded it immediately after reading, and it's such an awesome middle ground between ASCII and something like Binding of Issac. The more roguelikes, the better.

What I love about IVAN is that it's virtually impossible to beat. This means that I'm rarely angry when I die, because I know it's going to happen anyway. It's a shame they've stopped updating it, though.

Also, a tip. If you happen to find the Holy Banana of Oily Orpiv, eat it. It will increase all of your stats, and it has a tendency to explode if you hang onto it for too long.

 

[Dethenger]

Largely in no order, after the first two it's all kind of debatable.

Majora's Mask (this is the only Zelda title I'll put up, as including the rest would make my top ten quite homogeneous)

Dark Souls

Halo 3

Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door

Assassin's Creed II

Skyrim

Super Mario Galaxy

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Dark Cloud

Disgaea

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Tough call... I guess I'll go with the ones that currently come to mind as my "Top 10 Favorites" but these things change, frequently... though at least 50% of these are likely to always show up on the list.

1) Mass Effect 2
2) Chrono Trigger
3) Persona 4
4) Skyrim
5) Final Fantasy 9
6) Uncharted 2
7) Final Fantasy Tactics
8) Portal 2
9) Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
10) Baldurs Gate 2

 

[Raika]

1. Final Fantasy X-2(PS2, 2003)
2. Nier(PS3, 2010)
3. Super Mario 64(N64, 1996)
4. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars(SNES, 1996)
5. Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks(PS2, 2005)
6. Final Fantasy XIV(PC, 2010)
7. Mass Effect 2(PC, 2010)
8. Super Smash Bros. Melee(GCN, 2001)
9. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King(PC, 2008)
10. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind(PC, 2002)
11. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike(ARC, 1999)

 

[jebara]

1)Persona 4
2)Portal 2
3)Ghost Trick
4)Dark Souls
5)Persona 3
6)Pheonix Wright:Ace Attorney
7)Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas
8)Grand Theft Auto:Vice City
9)Grand Theft Auto III
10)Metal Gear Solid:Snake Eater

 

[Fodder Aplenty]

1/2: Wind Waker/ Paper Mario 2

in no particular order:

Pokemon Crystal/HG/SS
Spyro 3
Super Mario Sunshine
The World Ends With You
Fallout: New Vegas
Minish cap
Golden Sun
one of the Phoenix Wright games

these lists are always so difficult. so many games that deserve mention

 

[Flamezdudes]

1. Final Fantasy X
2. Final Fantasy VII
3. Fallout 3/New Vegas
4. Dragon Age: Origins
5. Bioshock
6. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
7. Pokemon Series (Crystal is my favourite)
8. Red Dead Redemption

The other two... not sure. My memory is fuzzy at the moment.

 

[Kilroy17]

No order other than TF2 being my favourite.

Team Fortress 2
Borderlands 2
Portal 2
Modern Warfare 3
Saints Row The Third
Dota 2
Minecraft
Worms Reloaded
Batman Arkham City
Skyrim

 

[omicron1]

Age of Empires - I love the feel of the game, and it inspired my gaming passion.
Homeworld - it represents the nadir of story-focused strategy to date.
Skyrim - the closest games have come to date to one of my "perfect" ideals: the open world life sim.
Minecraft - is something special.
Nethack - mechanically effervescent. (Now there's a compliment for the ages!)
Risen - Evoked a sense of loneliness and total immersion.
Riven - This game was just beautiful.
King of Dragon Pass - Has a sense of place few designs can even approach.
Portal - 'Nuff said.
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile - to date the ultimate expression of the City Builder form.

Captcha (after three Dish-sponsored spam ads): Three strikes. If only.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Star Wars BattleFront II
Pokémon Gold/Silver
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Resident Evil 4
Call Of Duty: Zombies
Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped

 

[JasonKaotic]

Yeah, I'm finding it harder and harder to order them all, so I'll just name them in no order. And I'll put multiple games from the same series together, otherwise my list'll just be full of sequels.

Final Fantasy V, VI, VIII & IX
Silent Hill 2 & 4
Lost Odyssey
Chrono Trigger
Morrowind & Skyrim
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
BioShock
Soulcalibur II & IV
Saints Row 2
Panzer Dragoon Orta

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

In no particular order...

10) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
9) Crash Bandicoot: Cortex Strikes Back
8) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
7) Advanced Wars
6) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
5) Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver
4) Batman: Arkham City
3) Portal 2
2) The Curse of Monkey Island
1) Kingdom Hearts

 

[Acton Hank]

1. Kingdom Hearts 2
2. Baldur's Gate 2
3. Tales of Phantaisa
4. Star Wars: The Old Republic
5. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops
7. The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
8. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
10. Darksiders 2

Someone else on this planet that thinks Warrior Within is superior to the original in all ways that count? There is hope.

 

[Telamies]

No particular order, just ones I remember enjoying the most. Decided to not include games from my childhood to avoid clusterfuck.

GTA IV -- Suck it, haters. The most fun I've had in multiplayer. With script mods.
Shin Megami Tensei: PERSONA 4 -- Very strong story and characters with nice dungeon crawling.
The Elder Scrolls IV: OBLIVION -- I was in awe the first time I played, and a long time after.
DIABLO II -- Addiction.
MAX PAYNE 2: The Fall of Max Payne -- Stylistically awesome; Remedy was still on board.
Mass Effect -- Refining storytelling in video games little by little.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory -- The high point of the series in my opinion. Such exciting fun.
Silent Hill 2 -- The sheer meaningfulness of every single little thing. One of a kind.
Dragon Age: Origins -- Didn't hold your hand all the time; story and characters are very solid.
Tie between NFS: Most Wanted & FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage for casual racing escapism.

 

[ThePriceIsWrong]

1) Syphon Filter 2
2) Baldur's Gate 2
3) Age of Empires 2
4) Dynasty Warriors 2/3
5) Mass Effect 2
6) Batman: Arkham Asylum
7) X-Men Legends
8) Medievil
9) Dark Souls
10) Call of Duty 4

Wow, my first 5 are all sequels.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Favorite games in an order:

Halo (series)
Silent Hill (All of 'em... Deal with it.)
Heavy Rain (BOOBS!)
Spec Ops: The Line (Story FTW)
XCOM Enemy Unknown (Love it, just wish I sucked less)
L.A. Noire (DEAD BOOBS!)
Reside3nt Evil 6 (Once again: Deal with it.)
CoD M-Wubz, Blops and Waw
Condemned (Because fuck homeless people!
Hotline Miami

 

[christiki7]

In no particular order:

Halo: Combat Evolved
Psychonauts
Team Fortress 2
Mafia 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Far Cry
Timesplitters: Future Perfect
Contra
The Legend of Zelda
Star Wars Battlefront

 

[charge52]

It has occurred to me I have never thought about this before, hmm... guess I'll put 5 I know I would include in such a list, and maybe add an actual top 10 later if I can decide.
In no particular order:
Star Wars Knights of the old republic: A great RPG, nice story, characters, and I love the fact that fights between two swordsmen/Jedi/sith actually looks like a sword/light-saber fight. It has always baffled me that no other RPG with this type of combat(that I can think of) does this.
Arcanum: Of Steam-works and Magic Obscura: Great game, Great RPG. Simple.
Mount and Blade: Warband: This game is amazing, if you haven't played it, do so now, or I will find you, and I will kill you.
Hmm... I need more time to think about this, this is tough.

 

[Slenn]

In no particular order. However, my favorite games usually fall into 1 of 2 categories or both: critical thinking, or exploration.

Exploration:
"Vanilla" WoW and Burning Crusade. (Counting as one, since it's technically the same game)
Legend of Mana

Critical Thinking:
Touhou 6 & 7
Starcraft, Brood War
Armored Core Silent Line
Armored Core III
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Both or Neither:
Riven
Realmz (Shareware)