Your 20 Favorite Games Ever.

[cathou]

In no particular order

Final fantasy VI
Legend of Zelda : a link to the past
Master of Orion
Master of Orion II
Xcom
Xcom : enemy unknow
Lord of the realm II
Starcraft
Warcraft II
Ascend
Sim city 4
Civ IV : beyond the sword
Fallout new Vegas
Mario kart
Super Mario world
Evo search for Eden
Burnout paradise
Assassin creed II
Pilot wings 64
Chronotrigger

 

[dark-mortality]

Man, a top twenty list... Oh well, I can try at least.

FROM BEST TO... WELL, NOT BEST, BUT STILL GREAT!

1: Banjo Kazooie. (I won't deny the nostalgia, but I also love the humor, which is definitely the strongest part of the game.)
2: Dark Souls. (Love it, and I really don't understand why people find it hard... I never did.)
3: Hitman: Blood Money. (Holy shit, an assassination game where you AREN'T insanely OP *CoughAssassinsCreedCough*)
4: STALKER: Shadows of Chernobyl. (For me, atmosphere is the most important part, and this game has it in spades.)
5: Half-Life 2: Episode 2. (Really the whole franchise, but mostly 2 because it has the best atmosphere.)
6: Shadows of the colossus. (Atmosphere~)
7: Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. (Love the world, the characters, and the atmosphere... The sailing's fun too.)
8: Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition. (I absolutely love Hack'n'slash games)
9: Tekken 6. (Purely because of Dragunov. God, is he fun to use.)
10: Bastion. (It's just awesome. Play it, now, I DEMAND IT!)
11: Pokemon Gen 4. (I just like that generation best. That, and it has probably the most evil villian.)
12: Jade Cocoon 2. (Only played it once, but damn did it leave a lasting impression.)
13: The Binding Of Isaac. (When it doesn't fuck me over that is.)
14: Dragon Age: Origins. (Awesome world, awesome story, awesome characters, piss-poor fighting system.)
15: Legend of Grimrock. (I love dungeon crawlers.)
16: Diablo 2. (My very first dungeon crawler, and by god do I love it.)
17: Heroes of might and magic 6. (Dunno why, just love it.)
18: Recettear: An item shop's tale. (You have no idea how surprised I was when I found out that I love this game.)
19: Prototype. (Extremely cathartic.)
20: Super Mario World. (First game I remember playing, so it has a special place in my heart.)

And this is my list. Looking over it, I can honestly say I am surprised by the variety.

 

[Nazulu]

Eh, I wasn't going to bother because 20 is heaps but what the hell. This isn't going to be anywhere near 100% true for me because there are alot of games I can't remember as well but still love, or just can't remember at all which is why Silent Hill 2 won't make it on my list.

1. Metroid Prime
2. Lineage 2 (Chronicles 1 to 4)
3. Half-Life 2
4. Super Metroid
5. Super Smash Brothers Melee
6. The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
7. Shadow Of The Colossus
8. Command & Conquar Generals: Zero Hour
9. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
10. Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
11. Portal
12. Starcraft: Broodwar
13. World Of Warcraft (vanilla)
14. Super Mario Galaxy
15. Perfect Dark (N64)
16. Diablo 2: Lord Of Destruction
17. The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
18. Total Annihilation: The Core Contigency/Battle Tactics
19. Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
20. Mu Online (before the pay boosts)

 

[BlackBark]

I like this topic. Reading through other people's lists has brought back some good gaming memories. As for my list, the order probably isn't perfect, since I can change my mind a bit from time to time. Also, I've probably forgotten quite a few.

1. Deus Ex
2. Half Life 2
3. Jak and Daxter
4. Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age
5. Breath of Fire IV - I've only played III and IV so far.
6. Suikoden 2 - Except I didn't get all 108 stars...don't want to say anything, but the consequence of that made me very angry at one point in the game.
7. Supreme Commander
8. Grand Theft Auto 4 - It was quite difficult to choose my favourite GTA game.
9. Portal
10. XCOM Enemy Unknown
11. Hitman Blood Money
12. STALKER SoC
13. Bioshock
14. Rome Total War
15. Dragon Age Origins
16. Divinity 2
17. Pokemon Silver
18. Heroes of Might and Magic 3
19. Elder Scrolls 4
20. Time Splitters 2

Also, I am currently going through Xenosaga at the moment, which looks like it might reach a place on this list.

 

[GundamSentinel]

I'm pretty solid about my top 3, the rest changes around a bit with my mood.

1. Shadom of the Colossus
2. Demon's Souls
3. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (the Subsistence version to be precise :3)
4. Final Fantasy XII (sue me)
5. Homeworld
6. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
7. Portal 2
8. Medieval II: Total War
9. Half-Life 2
10. Mount and Blade: Warband
11. Mass Effect 2
12. Assassin's Creed 2
13. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
14. Red Dead Redemption
15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
16. Fallout 3
17. Age of Mythology
18. Okami
19. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
20. Shogun 2: Total War

 

[The_Scrivener]

In "general" order of preference (not exactly very-best to least-best, but the higher on the list, the generally higher my feeling on it):

Mass Effect 3
MOTHER 3
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Knights of the Old Republic
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Dragon Age II
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy V
Paper Mario
Super Smash Bros.
Pokemon Crystal
EarthBound
Doom II
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Addendum: Honourable mention goes to Dead to Rights: Retribution.

howd you play mother 3?

GBA emulator plus fan translation is the usual route.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

Here we go, this list is in no particular order.

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Rome: Total War
Pokémon: Heart Gold/Soul Silver
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Burnout 3: Takedown
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Resident Evil 4
Portal
Tetris
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3
Bioshock
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Fallout 3
Mass Effect 2
Advance Wars: Black Hole Rising
Gran Turismo 4
Spec Ops:The Line
The Walking Dead
Call of Duty: World at War

I'd love to add another 20 to this list.

 

[The_Scrivener]

I'm stoked to see how many Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 entries are in this thread. I know 2 used to get all the love, but I thought 3 was a much more polished up game. Plus, it had a bigger console to work with.

 

[IronMit]

I didn't think MGS3 was so appreciated! Quite a few mentions.
I only count 3 mentions of hitman bloody money though

Someone just mentioned Burnout! To go back an adjust my list... or not to....

 

[camerinian]

1. Portal 2
2. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3. Ratchet And Clank 3
4. Red Steel 2
5. Super Metroid
6. Just Cause 2
7. Spider-Man 2
8. Sonic Adventure 2 (Don't call me nostalgia blinded, I first played it on the HD re-release)
9. Burnout Revenge
10. Team Fortress 2
11. Simpsons: Hit And Run
12. Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
13. Super Mario Galaxy
14. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
15. Sonic Generations
16. Red Dead Redemption
17. Batman: Arkham City
18. Spongebob: Battle For Bikini Bottom
19. Rayman Origins
20. F-Zero GX

 

[Miss Layton]

Oooh... well... there are so many games I adore, mainstream or indie. I'd go up to fifty, but I'll just settle with these titles in no particular order.

- The Mass Effect Trilogy
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Far Cry 3
- Fallout New Vegas
- The Stanley Parable
- Portal
- Portal 2
- Red Dead Redemption
- Super Meat Boy
- Minecraft
- Skyrim
- Half LIfe 2
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
- The Ace Attorney Series
- Okami
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Psychonauts
- Arkham City/Arkham Asylum (either or I hold in equal value)
- Ghost Trick

 

[PortalThinker113]

Sounds good!

1) Portal 2
2) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
3) Portal
4) Super Mario 64
5) Bioshock
6) Mass Effect 2
7) The World Ends With You
8) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
9) Team Fortress 2
10) Pokemon White (or Pokemon Crystal, both are almost equal)
11) The Walking Dead (Telltale)
12) Batman Arkham Asylum/City
13) Metroid Prime
14) Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
15) Spec Ops: The Line
16) Super Smash Bros. Melee
17) Pikmin 2
18) Assassin's Creed II
19) Super Mario Galaxy
20) Bastion

XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, Paper Mario, Kingdom Hearts II, and Star Wars: Battlefront II all barely missed the list, so they all deserve honorable mentions.

 

[noreshadow]

Its funny, you can tell how old somebody is by there list.

It makes me sad that so few of the younger generation have played anything besides modern games.

Its kinda the same as being a movie buff, and never seeing anything made before 2003....

I understand It can be hard, since there was no bloom effect, bumpmaping, or havoc physics.
so if you don't own a pair of nostalgia goggles, Its hard too get into them.
the only way to really appreciate old games is to dedicate some time to just playing ps1 era games for like a month.
Only then can you see things in context.

But its worth it.
And at the very least ,when you get back ,you'll have a deeper appreciation for all the technology and work that went into rendering the MWCODBO2 Newbs head that you just Pw0ned as you t-bag it.

 

[KillaBC]

In no particular order.

1. Colony Wars
2. Freespace 2
3. Civilisation 4
4. Command and Conquer (Most of them)
5. Empire Earth
6. Hogs of War
7. Worms 1
8. Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped
9. Homeworld
10. R-Type 2
11. Street Fighter
12. Battlefield Bad Company 2
13. Star Wars Battlefront
14. Star Trek Armada 1
15. Sins of a Solar Empire
16. Battlestations Pacific
17. Grand Theft Auto 3 and above
18. Halo 3
19. Star Trek Klingon Academy
20. FTL

Quite a lot of sci-fi but most of these games I still play.

 

[JustOrdinary]

Hmmm....

Grim Fandango
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Monkey Island 2
Warcraft 3
Silent Hill 3 (... As much as I love 2, I just enjoy 3 so much more)
Ecco the Dolphin (Dreamcast)
Infamous
vvvvvv
Batman Arkham Asylum
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Shenmue
Skyroads
Resident Evil 2
Rocket Knight Adventures
Quake
Metal gear solid
Fallout 3
Street Fighter 3rd strike
Driver: SF
Deus Ex: HR

Highest rank's from the top. It's also pretty interchangeable.

 

[CarlsonAndPeeters]

Okay, I will surely miss some big ones, but here goes (first 5 are in order, the rest are not):

1. ICO
2. Shadow of the Colossus
3. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
4. Super Mario 64
5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
6. Grand Theft Auto 4
7. Journey
8. Shadow Complex
9. Spec Ops: The Line
10. Limbo
11. Just Cause 2
12. Halo 3 (couch multiplayer)
13. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (couch mutliplayer)
14. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
15. Portal
16. Braid
17. Sly Cooper and the Theivious Racoonus
18. Beyond Good and Evil
19. The Walking Dead
20. Uncharted 2

 

[Finbark]

Since you're doing a bump for this I suppose I'll toss mine in here. But only because my opinion counts this time...

1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Journey
3. Fable/Fable: The Lost Chapters
4. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
5. Jak 3
6. Fable II
7. Sly 2
8. Onimusha 2
9. Halo 3
10. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
11. Pokemon White
12. Sly 3
13. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
14. Advent Rising
15. Ratchet & Clank 3
16. Dishonored
17. Hitman 2
18. Fable III
19. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
20. Darksiders 2

 

[Overlordkain]

In no special order.

Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IV
Dynasty Warriors 7
Warriors Orochi 3
Kessen 3
Timesplitters 3
Skyrim
Metal Gear Solid
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 11
Onimusha 3
Legend of Dragoon
Hogs of War
Dissidia Duodecim 012 Final Fantasy
Fire Emblem (The first western GBA one)
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
Metal Gear Solid 4
Disgaea 3
Warhammer 40k Space Marine

Though honestly, I could easily fill the list with Final Fantasy and Three Kingdoms related games if I wanted.
I know I have likely missed an assload of games I love, but off the top of my head this will do.

 

[Skeggers]

Here's my list, some of it might come as a surprise, some of it absolutely won't. I haven't spent long and hard thinking about this, but I love all of these games with almost shameful passion.

TIER 1: TOP DOG TIER FOR THE TOPPEST OF DOGS
1. No More Heroes (Wii/PS3)
2. Resident Evil 4 (Wii)
3. Bastion (PC)
4. Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PS1)
5. Tetris (Pff...)

TIER 2: BADASS TIER FOR THE BADDEST OF ASSES
6. The Walking Dead (PC)
7. Dear Esther (PC)
8. The Void (PC)
9. PAYDAY: The Heist (PC/PS3)
10. Fallout 3 (PC/PS3)

TIER 3: COOL KID TIER FOR THE COOLEST OF KIDS
11. Portal 2 (PC/PS3)
12. Driver: San Francisco (PC)
13. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
14. Hotline Miami (PC)
15. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (PC)

TIER 4: A TIER
16. Far Cry 2 (PC/PS3)
17. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3)
18. Amnesia: The Dark Descent (PC)
19. The Binding of Isaac (PC)
20. Just Cause 2 (PC/PS3)

I know there are a couple of PS1-2 era games that I've got lying in my cupboard that I would definitely throw onto this list if I saw them, but I can't remember what they are for the life of me. The reason that I owned a lot of these games on two systems is that when I finally got a gaming PC, I ended up repurchasing most of my favourite games on Steam.