Your 20 Favorite Games Ever.

[ThresholdX]

No particular order (except for number 1)

1. Persona 4
Legend of Zelda: MM
Persona 4 Arena
Super Street Fighter 4: AE
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl
Minecraft
Persona 3 FES
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Hotline Miami
Grim Fandango
Okami
BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend
Skyrim
Kingdom Hearts II
Paper Mario
Red Dead Redemption
SMT Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Souless Army
Mario Party 3
Cthulu Saves the World
Perfect Dark

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Only 20? I can't do just 20! I wouldn't even cover the PS2 games with 20 slots!

 

[Thoughtful_Salt]

1.Fire Emblem (GBA)
2.Halo: Combat Evolved (XBOX)
3.The Elder Scrolls 5:Skyrim
4.Mass Effect 2
5.Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (PS1)
6.Max Payne (Xbox)
7.Medal Of Honor (PS1)
8.FTL:Faster Than Light
9.Spec Ops:The Line
10.Mass Effect 1
11.Super Mario Bros. (GBC, NES)
12.Golden Sun:The Lost Age (GBA)
13.Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
14.Far Cry 3
15.Mercenaries: Playground Of Destruction (XBOX)
16.Hitman:Blood Money
17.Xcom:Enemy Unkown
18.Medal Of Honor: Frontline (XBOX)
19.Command And Conquer: Generals
20.Oddworld: Munch's Odyssey (XBOX)

I didn't really grow up with nintendo, sega or the early pc heyday, so I guess this list is tilted towards more recent games, but nonetheless, these are the games I enjoy to this day. also, if I had been allowed, the Mass Effect Trilogy as a whole would have occupied the number one spot, leaving room for one more game: Portal.

 

[Therumancer]

Hmmm Hard to say, I've played so many good games. My list would probably wind up looking something like this:

Wasteland
Wizardry Bane Trilogy (Bane Of The Cosmic Forge, Crusaders Of The Dark Savant, Wizardry 8)
Ultima (series)
Master Of Magic
Alpha Centauri
Civilization (series)
Fallout (series)
Warlords Battlecry 3
Shin Megumi Tensei (series)
The World Ends With You
Final Fantasy (VI through X)
Sacred 2
World Of Warcraft
Star Wars: Galaxies
Star Trek Online
The Secret World
Quest For Glory (series)


Those are games off the top of my head I really loved/love, it can be more or less than 20 depending on how you want to break down series. As much as I like a lot of other series like say "Silent Hill" I can't really bring myself to give them a "best of all time" recommendation, sort of like the "Tales" games. Likewise, I play a lot of top down, action RPGs, however despite it's problems I think "Sacred 2" did more to move that type of game along than any other game out there, to the point where I've simply been disappointed by games like "Diablo 3" and "Torchlight" for not having been able to do as much. Prior to Sacred 2 my favorite would have been "Divine Divinity" for similar reasons, but I think Sacred 2 managed to do even better.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

1. Out of this World (Another World)
2. Myst: Exile
3. Civilization
4. Secret of Monkey Island
5. Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
6. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
7. Temple of Elemental Evil (c08 patched)
8. Space Quest IV
9. Psychonauts
10. Barrow Hill
11. The Longest Journey
12. Portal
13. Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
14. Journeyman Project 3
15. Day of the Tentacle
16. Sanitarium
17. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
18. Front Mission (SNES)
19. Anchorhead
20. Discworld

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.

This is true, but can older gamers appreciate new games too or is it always nostalgia that takes priority? I've seen some antiquated top 20 lists out there (not so many here, seems more balanced).

Thing is, there's so many games coming out there's no time to go back. You're bombarded with better graphics, more realistic physics and when it comes to picking up a 20 year old pixellated game that hasn't been hyped as the latest thing, we aren't interested. Until we actually DO pick it up and realize there's some brilliant stuff out there.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

Twenty? I'm going to have to think well on this one, I can't wait to see the end result:

Chrono Trigger
Dark Souls
Demon's Souls
Katawa Shoujo
Shadow of the Colossus
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Resident Evil 2
Silent Hill 2
Final Fantasy IV
Journey
Mass Effect 1
Planescape: Torment
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario Bros 3
No More Heroes 2
Fallout 3
Red Dead Redemption
Skate 3
Rock Band 3
Persona 3 (probably 4 once I actually play it)

That was harder than it should have been...

 

[Fuhrlock]

In the order that I could think of them (I guess that is the closest I will get to ranking them):
Dragon Age: Origins
Timesplitters Future Perfect
KOTOR
Mass Effect
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door
WoW
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
Legend of Zelda; Wind Waker
Portal
Mass Effect 3
Metroid Prime
Worms armageddon
Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Battlefront 2
Mass Effect 2
Timesplitters 2
Civ 4
Super Mario World
Baldurs Gate 2
Portal 2

 

[PrimitiveJudge]

In not selected order, just to name them.

Starcraft
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas
Worms 2
Megaman 2
Final Fantasy (American)
Doom 2 (The Pit level 9 had the best soundtrack)
Bioshock 2
Soldier of Fortune 2 (Best physics ever)
Borderlands 2
8 Eyes
Castlevania 2
Oblivion
Daggerfall
Duke Nukem 3d
Warcraft 2
Rise of the Triads (best on DM with the polka music cheat)
Contra 2
Super Mario Brothers 2
Adventures of Link

 

[Sh1nobu]

Let's Try!

Bastion
The Curse of Monkey Island
Mirror's Edge
No More Heroes
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
League of Legends
World of Goo
Driver: San Francisco
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Heroes of Neweroth
Journey
Bloodline Champions
Planescape: Torment
Team Fortress 2
Dystopia
KotoR I
The Darkness II
Starcraft: Brood War
Psychonauts
Grim Fandango

 

[Bat Vader]

These are going to be really tough to rank and I am pry going to change my mind on some of them but here it goes.

1. Mass Effect 3.
2. The Witcher 2.
3. Dishonored.
4. Star Wars: The Old Republic.
5. Guild Wars 2
6. Dragon Age: Origins.
7. Mass Effect 2.
8. Mass Effect.
9. Dragon Age 2.
10. Dragon Age: Awakening.
11. Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
12. Okami.
13. Persona 4.
14. Kingdom Hearts 2.
15. Kingdom Hearts.
16. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
17. The Cave.
18. Alpha Protocol.
19. Jade Empire. I want a Jade Empire II now darn it!
20. Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

Those are my top twenty favorite games.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

It's been three days, I'm not trying to push the OP or anything but I'm really curious about the outcome of this whole thing...kind of a reminder that this thread exists and had an overall purpose I guess.

 

[Aarontastic]

unikgamer? unikgamer.

 

[AVeryClassyCat]

Interesting idea...I'll see if I can even remember half of the games I used to play way back when.

No particular order here:

Final Fantasy Tactics
Quake 3 Arena
Killing Floor
Sonic 2
Intelligence Qube
Fallout 3
Killer Instinct
XIII
Bastion
Final Fantasy VII
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Super Mario Brothers 3
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal
Donkey Kong Country
Bayonetta
Terraria
Bioshock
Hitman: Blood Money
and...Spec Ops: The Line

I would put Amnesia on here, but I'm a giant baby when it comes to horror games and my save file is literally my character on a box in the water portion. I've loaded it up a few times and just stared for a bit before wimping out and playing something else. It's a fantastic game, but I've yet to finish it so I can't really throw it on the list without seeing the whole thing.

 

[Gypsyssilver]

It's surprisingly hard to think of just 20, then to order them... Here goes:


1 Mass Effect 2
2 Final Fantasy X
3 Sims 3
4 Final Fantasy VII
5 Dragon Age: Origins
6 Borderlands 2
7 Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
8 The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
9 Final Fantasy VIII
10 Sacred
11 Resident Evil 4
12 Phantasy Star
13 Pokemon (Red/Blue)
14 Commander Keen 4
15 Mass Effect
16 Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
17 Wizardry 8
18 Gran Turismo 2
19 Portal
20 Heroes of Might and Magic II

 

[Elfgore]

1. World of Warcraft
2. Rome: Total War
3. The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
4. Medieval 2: Total War
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Knights of the Old Republic
7. Dragon Age: Origins
8. Battlefield 3 (Multiplayer only)
9. Sins of a Solar Empire
10. Crackdown 2
11. Mass Effect 3
12. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
13. The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
14. Knights of the Old Republic: The Sith Lords
15. Starwars Battlefront 2
16. Farcry 3
17. Pokemon Ruby
18. Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2
19. Dawn of War
20. Minecraft

 

[The_Scrivener]

I am baffled at how many lists have Mass Effect 3 at #1.

 

[IronMit]

OP?! OP...OP!!!!!!!!

 

[EmperorSubcutaneous]

OP?! OP...OP!!!!!!!!

I'm starting to think he was actually a clever spambot who has collected our lists of top 20 games so that he can advertise to us personally.

OP, I would like to let you know that this was a waste of time! No amount of ad revenue could justify the effort your ruse took, seriously, what were you thinking!

[small]Although I would be very happy to see what games you'd advertise to me based on my list, actually please do this, I need more games like those on my top 20.[/small]