Top ten best games ever made?

[black_knight1337]

in no particular order.
Morrowind
Diablo 2
Warcraft 3
Mass Effect 1
Unreal Tournament 2004
Portal 2
Deus Ex
Oblivion
Portal 1
Minecraft

 

[ChupathingyX]

1. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
2. Dynasty Warriors 4
3. Fallout: New Vegas
4. Dynasty Tactics 2
5. Crash Bandicoot: Warped
6. Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
7. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
8. Destroy All Humans! 2
9. Jak 3
10. Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal

Honourable mentions go to: Fallout 1/2, Crash Bandicoot 1/2, Spyro 1/2, Dynasty Warriors 5, Destroy All Humans!, Dawn of War 2, W40K: Fire Warrior, Samurai Warriors 2, Dino Crisis 2, Black, Ratchet and Clank: TOD/CIT, CoD: World at War, CoD 4, CoD: MW2 and Pajama Sam 3.

 

[tamago]

In no particular order

Suikoden
Suiokoden 2
Disgaea
Katamari Damacy
Portal
Ico
Persona 4
Final Fantasy 6
Earthbound
Silent Hill 2

 

[HazelrahFiver]

10. Heavenly Sword - best combat system
9. Mirror's Edge - revolutionary and most unique
8. Okami - beautiful art and gameplay
7. Demon's Souls - ultimate dungeon crawl
6. King's Field 2 - the actual best adventure game
5. Super Metroid - exploration, choices
4. Red Dead Redemption - Greatest story and character
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - see below heheh
2. Bioshock - Art and music direction, atmosphere
1. Fallout 3 - Best of everything, too much to explain

LttP - This game is what the Zelda series should have turned out to be. You get to actually EXPLORE and take on dungeons in the order you want. It's still limited in this game, I blame the snes technology, but after LttP the choices began to fall away. Not only that, but you could take on bosses with different tactics, and there were even items/equipment that were entirely optional to pick up. God do I <3 this game and condemn all the Zelda's made afterward. (OoT is good, definitely worth playing, but still not as grand as LttP.)

King's Field - I need to say this as well. If you haven't played this series then you don't know the AMAZING attribute they have that games plainly seem afraid of. When your proficiencies in King's Field as far as weapon ability, you actually got better with that weapon. Use the Crescent Axe long enough, you become slightly faster with it while dealing more damage. The game actually changed as if your character was training. I have yet to experience that in another series. (Note: It was slight and seemed to fade away as the series went on. Hell, Demon's Souls is sorta the predecessor and it does not have this.)

 

[squeeble69]

In no real order:

Mass Effect
Silent Hill 2
The Witcher 2
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Bioshock
The Longest Journey
Dragonball Z Budokai 3 (partly due to nostalgia, partly due to it being AWESOME!!!)
The Legacy of Kain series (counting all the games together)
Ratchet & Clank (or Jak 3; I can't decide!)

 

[Fightgarr]

The thread title says "top ten best games ever made", OP says "10 favorite games"... Those aren't necessarily the same thing. There are games that I love that aren't particularly well-made or well-designed. Castle Crashers is one of my top 10 favorite games, but I openly recognize that it's not because it's design principles are good. Hell, I hate games like Gears of War but openly admit they're well designed. In fact, the only favorite of mine that I would consider being one of the best games ever made would be Shadow of the Colossus, which I only say because every element of that game works towards it's single effect, not because it's really fun.

 

[TheEvilCheese]

In no particular order...

Chrono Trigger (Ok, this is no. 1 really)

Resident Evil 4 (Wii edition, oddly re-playable)

Fallout NV (Because space lasers are always fun)

TES IV: Oblivion (hundreds of hours of immersion)

The World Ends With You (surprisingly involving combat and interesting story)

Pokémon Black (Because Pokémon)

COD: Modern Warfare (PC, because the thrill of the multiplayer is still something special)

Mass Effect 2 (Because Bioware RPG + shooter mechanics = awesome)

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (Extreme nostalgia and Chao garden)

... and of course TLOZ: OOT. For reasons I need not go into at this stage.

 

[machblast]

Demon's Souls

Armored Core 2: Another Age

Otogi

Unreal Tournament 99

Ace Combat 4

Devil may Cry 3

Riven

Ratchet and Clank UYA

Sly 2

Ninja Gaiden Black

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

10; Mass Effect 2
9; Starcraft II
8; Bioshock
7; Gears of War 2
6; Silent Hill 3
5; Resident Evil 2
4; Shin Megami Tenshi Devil Survivor
3; American Mcgee's Alice.
2; System Shock 2
1; Deus Ex

 

[fenrizz]

This is my list, thought it is subject to change about every 5 minutes.

10. Final Fantasy IX
9. Minecraft
8. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
7. Fallout New Vegas
6. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
5. Diablo 2
4. GTA 3: San Andreas
3. Portal (With an honorable mention to Portal 2)
2. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
1. LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Does it bother anyone else that only 2 of the 40 games listed in this thread are PC games?

A little less than that I think all of the games on OP's post are 360 games (pardon me if I'm mistaken), but indeed.

I have played soooo many games, top 10 lists are hard for people who have played as much carp as I have. : /

 

[CerealBoxMicrowave]

1: Half-Life 2
2: Team Fortress 2
3: Portal
4: Company of Heroes
5: Fallout 3
6: Left 4 Dead 2
7: Red Dead Redemption
8: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
9: Total War: Shogun 2
10: World of Warcraft

You only need to glance at my top three to figure out that I am an unabashed Valve fan.

 

[Jimmy T. Malice]

10. Assassin's Creed II
9. Red Dead Redemption
8. Just Cause 2
7. inFamous 2
6. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
5. Mass Effect 2
4. Team Fortress 2
3. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2. Portal 2
1. Half-Life 2

 

[stebsy]

In no particular order

Half life 2
MGS3
Castlevania LOS
Uncharted 2
Hitman Contracts
Jade Empire
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time
Demons Souls
Mario 64
Final Fantasy 9

 

[PacDwell]

1) Baldur's Gate Series (PC)
2) Championship Manager/Football Manager Series (PC)
3) Splinter Cell (PC)
4) Wings (Amiga)
5) Head over Heels (C64)
6) Freespace 2 (PC)
7) Deuteros (Amiga)
8) Dragons Breath (Amiga)
9) Elite (C64)
10) Joan of Arc (Amiga)
11) Unreal Tournament (PC)
12) Chronicles of Riddick:ESBB (PC)
13) Gunship 2000 (Amiga)
14) Deus Ex (PC)
15) Half Life 1 (PC)
16) Grim Fandango (PC)

Games which bored me to death:

1) Mass Effect
2) Oblivion (Probably the most awesome game I have ever seen, yet I was bored by it)
3) Fallout 3
4) Galactic Civilisations
5) Sins of a Solar Empire
6) X (Space Game) Series

EDIT: Forgot Grim Fandango...how could I forget that masterpiece.

 

[TheOneMavado]

Bringing the list down to just 10 seems impossible for me. In alphabetical order;

Bionic Commando (NES) (I play through this one at least once a year)
Chrono Trigger (one of, if not the best RPG's ever)
Civilization 3 (by the endgame it usually takes me 1-2 hours to play a single turn...)
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (don't really care about the multiplayer)
Fallout 3: Game of the year edition (soo much fun to play around in the capital wasteland)
Final Fantasy VII (tough fight between this, IX and VI)
Front Mission 3 (spent over 500 hours of gameplay on this one)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (I never cared for Miami vice, but this game rocks)
Killer Instinct 2 (the only arcade game I own, getting it into my apartment was a pain though)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (near perfection)
Mass Effect (the original had more of an impact on me)
Mega Man 3 (Hard choice between this, 2 and X...)
Metal Gear Solid (for all the awesome interactions in the later titles, this one had the most memorable cast)
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail (the only game on the list I haven't actually beaten)
Shadow of the Colossus (one of those games that just stands out from the crowd)
Shadow Warriors (aka Ninja Gaiden Shadow, Gameboy) (a little easy perhaps, but damn fun)
Super Castlevania IV (complete control, awesome soundtrack)
Super Mario Allstars + Super Mario World (might be cheating to pick this collection but I don't care)
Super Metroid (perfection)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (best beat´em´up ever)

Still feels like too much got left out...

 

[Yuki_Seele]

1) Project Zero 4
2) Resident Evil (GameCube Remake)
3) Persona 4
4) Bishi Bashi Special
5) Muramasa: The Demon Blade
6) Monster Hunter Tri
7) Vanquish
8) Dino Crisis 2
9) Final Fantasy VIII
10) Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden

Its so hard to choose but i think those are probaly my top 10, some that i wanted on the list but diden't make it would be

Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil Zero
Soul Caliber 2
GTA IV
Dead or Alive 2
G-Darius
Xenosaga
Yakuza 4

Theres too meny good games 10 slots is not enough!!!

 

[crono738]

I'm limiting myself to only one in a series, so in no particular order

Metal Gear Solid 3
Resident Evil 4
Ico
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Final Fantasy 7
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Super Metroid
Team Fortress 2
Devil May Cry 3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Red Dead Redemption
Street Fighter 4

Pretty much this except replace FF7 with Chrono Trigger...and add Secret of Mana/Illusion of Gaia in there somewhere.

 

[StBishop]

Does it bother anyone else that only 2 of the 40 games listed in this thread are PC games?

Depends really, because:

10: Alan Wake
9: Final Fantasy XIII
8: Splatterhouse
7: Limbo
6: VTMB
5: Bioshock 2 (Had a PC release)
4: Dead Rising 2 (Had a PC release)
3: Heavy Rain
2: Rule of Rose
1: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. (Had a PC release)

10.Goldeneye 007
9.Fallout 3 (Had a PC release)
8.Dodonpachi
7.King of Fighters 98
6.Age of Mythology (Only had a PC release)
5.Half-Life 2 (Only had a PC release)
4.Tetris (Had a PC release)
3.Final Fantasy 6
2.Perfect Dark
1.Gunstar Heroes

1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Oblivion (Had a PC release)
3. Red Dead Redemption
4. Fallout 3 (Had a PC release)
5. Bioshock (Had a PC release)
6. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
7. GTA: Vice City
8. Mass Effect 2 (Had a PC release)
9. GTA: San Andreas (Had a PC release)
10. Uncharted 2

DA II, (Had a PC release)
Age of Empires II (Kings and Conquerors), (Only had a PC release)
Myth II: Soulbliighter,
Call of Duty 3, (Had a PC release)
Mount and Blade: Warband, (Had a PC release) (only?)
Half-Life Series, (Had a PC release) (I know the orange box is on 360, but otherwise, I'm pretty sure this is PC only)
Portal, (Had a PC release)
Battlefield: Vietnam, (Had a PC release) (Only?)
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay,
Fable II,
Lord of the rings Battle for Middle-earth: II, (Pretty sure it had a PC release)
Warcraft III: DotA, (Only had a PC release)
and FIFA XI.

That's just the ones I know about. Others I've not heard of or I am under the impression that they're (probably) console only.

 

[random_bars]

10. Costume Quest
9. Spyro: Adventure
8. Stacking
7. Super Mario Sunshine
6. Half Life 2
5. Psychonauts
4. LoZ: Majora's Mask
3. Grim Fandango
2. Rollercoaster Tycoon
1. Brutal Legend