your official Top 10 games of all time

[mingus]

what r your top 10 games of all time?

here's my official list:

1. Zelda: Ocarina of Time ... story, characters, places, and music are all great.
2. Metal Gear Solid for PS1 ... first game i ever played that had stealth ... had a great story and gameplay.
3. Mario 64 ... grounbreaking graphics for its time. set the bar really really high for platformers that followed
4. Goldeneye 64 ... single player was great ... multiplayer is what made this game imo. first game wher eu could get together with four people and play that i know of.
5. Call of Duty: World at War for 360 ... after KOTOR 1, i took a long hiatus from video games ... this got me back to playing consistently. i still play this game.
6. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for PS2 ... game just succeeds on so many levels.
7. Roller Coaster Tycoon for PC ... i love games that allow you to be creative
8. Rogue Spear for PC ... best tactical FPS i've played. it was extremely hard to beat
9. KOTOR 1 for X-Box great story, good for replayability
10. Mafia for PC ... like GTA but in the 50's... compelling story. cant wait for the new one.

Honorable mentions (in no particular order):
Tomb Rader 1 (PS1)
Resident Evil 1 and 2 (PS1)
Sonic (Dreamcast)
Mass Effect 1 (360)
SWAT 3 (PC)
Civilization (PC)
Sims 1 (PC)

what about u guys?

[MiamiHeat]

in no particular order :

- Quake (first one)
- BattleCity
- Zelda OOT
- FF7
- Mario 64, Super Mario Bros(NES), Super Mario World (SNES)
- Super Mario Kart
- Counter-Strike
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
- World of Warcraft
- Starcraft


Honorable Mentions :

- Cod 4 Modern Warfare
- Warcraft 2 Tides of Darkness
- Age of Empires 2
- Dragon Age
- Team Fortress 2
- Goldeneye 64

[mingus]

forgot Mario Kart ... great game. another game i forgot to mention is Banjo Kazooie (sp?) for N64.

[ynh]

In no order

- Wolfenstein 3D
- Super Mario Brothers
- Open Ice Hockey (arcarde)
- Mortal Kombat 2
- Resident Evil Remake
- Resident Evil Code Veronica
- Halo
- GTA3
- Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay
- Silent Hill 2

[ynh]

Can't begin to tell you how many quarters I sank into this trying to get a shut out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTNP3jTfGUA&feature=related

[ManuTP9]

In no Order:

Halo 2

Fallout 3

Golden eye 64

GTA Vice city

BioShock

Half-Life 2

Metal Gear: Solid

Street Fighter II

Grand Theft Auto III

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

[Leetonidas]

1. Elder Scrolls IV
2. Final Fantasy IX
3. Final Fantasy VII
4. Halo: CE
5. Devil May Cry
6. God of War III
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
8. Final Fantasy I
9. Final Fantasy VIII
10. Doom

[TE]

1.Madden 2003

2. NBA Live 2003

3. Left For Dead

4. Twisted Metal 2

5. Vigilante 8

6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

7. Command and Conquer, red alert retaliation

8. Super Mario Brothers

9. Any pokemon game

10. GTA Vice City

[CuckingFunt]

No order and off the top of my head:
- The Simpsons 4-player arcade game
- Earthworm Jim 2
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
- God of War II
- Okami
- Bioshock
- Psychonauts
- Sly 2: Band of Thieves
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Honorable mention:
- The Simpsons: Hit and Run - the GTA style gameplay hasn't held up, but the humor and show references are still entertaining

[mingus]

here's a game that I forgot to put in my top ten that at least deserves to be considered:Twisted Metal 2. someone mentioned it here.

it's a damn shame that this game hasn't been made for a current generation console. it would be an incredible online game.

[Muser]

If i'm doing one per franchise

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Timesplitters 2
Lord of the Rings BFME II
Devil May Cry
Ratchet and Clank 2
Jak and Daxter
Metal Gear Solid
Rayman
Crash Bandicoot 3
Mario Sunshine

[Xevious]

I'm going to lump some sequels together here, games that were designed to be part of a series. But in no particular order:

Shenmue and Shenmue 2
Deus Ex
Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Mafia
Age of Empires 2
GTA: San Andreas

Those are the ones off the top of my head anyway.

[ynh]

They are making a Twisted Metal for the PS3.. If you ever mustered the energy to plug the system in you could play it when I comes out.

[resistanze]

More or less in order...

Counter-Strike (PC)
Winning Eleven 7/9 (PS2)
GTA: Vice City (PS2)
Mass Effect 1/2 (XBOX 360)
Gran Turismo 3 (PS1/PS2)
Ninja Gaiden 2 (NES)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
Ratchet and Clank: Up your Arsenal (PS2)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (XBOX 360)
Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PS2)

[Leetonidas]

Damn, I forgot about old PC games like Age of Empires, Panzer General, Soldiers at War...

[jacobdrj]

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 Gold
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Complete
TIE Fighter Collectors CD
Rebel Assault 2
Super Mario Brothers 3
Goldeneye 64
Super Metroid
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Unreal Tournament
Duke Nukem 3D
Star Trek: Elite Force
Sim Tower
Sim City 2000
DX Ball
Super Mario RPG

Honorable Mentions
Quake 2
Syndicate Wars
The Hive
Warcraft 2
Command & Conquer Gold
Unreal
TI86 Tetris
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem 2
WarRock
Starfleet Academy
Descent
FreeSpace
Mario Kart 64
Mortal Kombat Trillogy
Curse of Monkey Island
The Dig
Full Throttle

[TE]

here's a game that I forgot to put in my top ten that at least deserves to be considered:Twisted Metal 2. someone mentioned it here.

it's a damn shame that this game hasn't been made for a current generation console. it would be an incredible online game.



game is awesome!

[Avitus1]

No Particular order (maybe I'll order them later.)

Mario Kart
Fallout 3
Age of Empires
GTA 4
God of War
Knights of the Old Republic
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Halo 2
Duke Nukem 3D
Resident Evil 4

[LnGrrrR]

The lack of SMB3 on most of these lists is mind-boggling.

SMB3
Super Metroid
Chrono Trigger
Castlevania: SoTN
Super Mario 64
Street Figher II
River City Ransom
Zelda: A Link to the Past
Grand Theft Auto 3
The DOTA mod to Warcraft 3

[LnGrrrR]

- The Simpsons 4-player arcade game


Fun game, but what about the X-Men arcade game? 6 players!

[LnGrrrR]

Resident Evil would be number 11.

[Xevious]

FreeSpace

Good call. Freespace 1 and 2 were great. That's something that hasn't come out in a long while, a decent space sim.

[mingus]

They are making a Twisted Metal for the PS3.. If you ever mustered the energy to plug the system in you could play it when I comes out.

believe me i will when this comes out lmao

[Muser]

The lack of SMB3 on most of these lists is mind-boggling.

SMB3
Super Metroid
Chrono Trigger
Castlevania: SoTN
Super Mario 64
Street Figher II
River City Ransom
Zelda: A Link to the Past
Grand Theft Auto 3
The DOTA mod to Warcraft 3

I'm in the very small minority who didn't think it was great. Sure it was fun but i've always thought it was overrated. Sunshine all the way for me :downspin:

[TacoCabanaFajitas]

I honestly don't know if I can narrow it down to 10 favorites, once I beat a single-player game I RARELY ever play it again, even if I loved it to death, so I'll list the ones I've spent most time on then the ones that I played and instantly loved

Counter-strike 1.6
Starcraft
Diablo II
Civilization Revolution
Total War Series
Unreal Tournament - PC

Star Wars: KOTOR
Metal Gear Solid - PS1
Final Fantasy X (not sure why there's such a big love/hate for this game)
Mass Effect
Bioshock
Civilization II - PS1
Mario Kart 64
Goldeneye
Super Smash Bros 64
COD Modern Warfare - PC
NBA Street - PS2
Legend of Legaia - ps2? or ps1
NFL Quarterback Club - SNES
NBA Jam - SNES
Dark Cloud - PS2
BattleTanks - N64

[MavDynasty]

In no particular order:

CoD4
Oblivion
Morrowind
Super Mario 64
Donkey Kong 64
Mario Kart 64
Ocarina of Time
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
Super Smash Bros Melee
Fallout 3
Super Mario Sunshine
Pikmin 1
Goldeneye 64

[leemajors]

I honestly don't know if I can narrow it down to 10 favorites, once I beat a single-player game I RARELY ever play it again, even if I loved it to death, so I'll list the ones I've spent most time on then the ones that I played and instantly loved

Counter-strike 1.6
Starcraft
Diablo II
Civilization Revolution
Total War Series
Unreal Tournament - PC

Star Wars: KOTOR
Metal Gear Solid - PS1
Final Fantasy X (not sure why there's such a big love/hate for this game)
Mass Effect
Bioshock
Civilization II - PS1
Mario Kart 64
Goldeneye
Super Smash Bros 64
COD Modern Warfare - PC
NBA Street - PS2
Legend of Legaia - ps2? or ps1
NFL Quarterback Club - SNES
NBA Jam - SNES
Dark Cloud - PS2
BattleTanks - N64

IMO NBA Jam was best on the Genesis, 3 buttons was perfect.

[Muser]

Guilty pleasure - Sonic R.

[ynh]

I was shocked on an NBA forum no one had NBA Jam.. I was about to put it.

Actually I feel really bad I didn't put Mass Effect 2 and Uncharted 2. Those two have to be on my top ten list.. So take out Mario and REmake and put those two up.

[ynh]

Damn.. Also need to fit Wind Waker in there..

Change my list to

- Wolfenstein 3D
- Uncharted 2
- Open Ice Hockey (arcarde)
- Mortal Kombat 2
- Mass Effect 2
- Resident Evil Code Veronica
- Halo
- Wind Waker
- Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay
- Silent Hill 2

Oddly enought that list is pretty much 100% on the games that I have ever sat down and beat.. I think the only ones not listed on there that I have beat are World and War, Halo 3, Call of Duty 2, and the other Riddick game that came out a bit ago.

[xellos88330]

in no particular order :

- Quake (first one)
- BattleCity
- Zelda OOT
- FF7
- Mario 64, Super Mario Bros(NES), Super Mario World (SNES)
- Super Mario Kart
- Counter-Strike
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
- World of Warcraft
- Starcraft


Honorable Mentions :

- Cod 4 Modern Warfare
- Warcraft 2 Tides of Darkness
- Age of Empires 2
- Dragon Age
- Team Fortress 2
- Goldeneye 64

Is that the old city building tank game? If so I used to play the shit outta that back on the old win 3.x. It was awesome.

[xellos88330]

Greatest games for me.

Q-bert -- Commodore 64
A-MAZE-ING -- TI
Pitfall -- Commodore 64
Donkey Kong -- Nintendo/Commodore 64
Defender -- Arcade/Commodore 64
Galaga -- Arcade Version
Pac Man -- Arcade Version
GI Joe -- Commodore 64
Spy vs. Spy -- Commodore 64
Ikari Warriors -- NES

[balli]

Zelda: OOT
Zelda: A Link To The Past
cod4
Oblivion
Mass Effect Series
Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. 3
GTA: Vice City
Half Life 2
Halo CE

Pretty cliche and in no official order other than to say that Ocarina is probably my #1.

[MavDynasty]

i thought windwaker would be shit when they turned link into all cartoon form but it turned out to be a great game :tu

[The Reckoning]

#1: Zelda OOT (i beat this game in one night during finals)
#2: Civilization (1-4)
#3: Command and Conquer: Generals
#4: Super Smash Brothers
#5: Conker's Bad Fur Day
#6: Rome: Total War
#7: Battlefield 1942
#8: Ghost Recon
#9: NBA Courtside 2002
#10: Metroid Prime

Honorable Mention: Warcraft 2, GTA 3, SimCity, Goldeneye, Gran Turismo, NCAA Football 2003-2007

[Stringer_Bell]

In no particular order:
MGS3: Snake Eater
Zelda: Ocarina
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Mario 64
Xenogears
FF7
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
Suikoden 2
GTA: San Andreas
Red Dead Redemption

[baseline bum]

1. GTA San Andreas
2. Zelda Ocarina of Time
3. Bioshock
4. Tetris
5. Ninja Gaiden
6. Mike Tyson's Punch Out
7. Super Mario Brothers
8. GTA Vice City
9. COD 4
10. Mortal Kombat 2

Honorable Mention:Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Oblivion, Age of Empires 2, NBA 2k8, River City Ransom, Simon's Quest, Super Mario World, Super Mario 3, Zelda Link to the Past, NBA Live 2003

[ynh]

Ah. Loved Simons Quest! Loved watching AVGN bash it too.. he did make some good points as to the flaws of the game. It took me ages to realize you have to crouch for a couple of seconds by that one mountain to get the tornado to pick you up.

[ynh]

Yea I put Wind Waker befor OoT because I loved the style of the game.. just felt amazing playing a cartoon.

[ynh]

Best 2k was 2k2.. My cousin and I use to just make a team with Shawn Bradly and George Murason and you would crouch and extend your arms out and no one would be able to get into the paint.. lol good times.

[MiamiHeat]

Is that the old city building tank game? If so I used to play the shit outta that back on the old win 3.x. It was awesome.

yeah, that's it. I used to play on the DX version though

believe it or not, it's still up and running with a community. still free to play

http://www.looble.com/bcweb/screenshots/events/ctfEvent.png

http://battlecity.looble.com/

I used to be 'Chris' on there. was in the clan Drunken Orbers with Jross, Yo-yo, and HUMMER if you remember?

damn, this is like 1997 we are talking about lol. 13 years ago.... i was in 6th grade

[MiamiHeat]

#1: Zelda OOT (i beat this game in one night during finals)
#2: Civilization (1-4)
#3: Command and Conquer: Generals
#4: Super Smash Brothers
#5: Conker's Bad Fur Day
#6: Rome: Total War
#7: Battlefield 1942
#8: Ghost Recon
#9: NBA Courtside 2002
#10: Metroid Prime

Honorable Mention: Warcraft 2, GTA 3, SimCity, Goldeneye, Gran Turismo, NCAA Football 2003-2007

fuck that, bullshit ! :lol

that game was too long to beat in one night, plus all the temples take too much time to beat in one night.

i call bs

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

No order

Star Wars Battlefront 1
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Warhawk (PS3)
Socom Confrontation
Fallout 3
GTA 4
Medal of Honor Frontline
Call of Duty 4
Killzone 2
War of the Monsters

[balli]

I think OOT could be done in a night. Figure 30 minutes a piece for the Deku Tree, Dodongo Cavern, Jabu Jabu, young Link Spirit Temple, Gerudo Valley and Ice Cavern. That's about 3 hours. Maybe 45 minutes a piece for the Forest, Fire and Shadow Temples. That's another 2:15, brings us to 5:15. Three hours for the Water and adult Spirit Temple and Ganon's Castle is 8:15. Two more hours for travels and various shit like the Royal Family Tomb- 10:15. I'm sure people have done it in less.

[resistanze]

IMO NBA Jam was best on the Genesis, 3 buttons was perfect.

Yup, went over to my friend's house daily just to play it on his Genesis.

[The Reckoning]

I think OOT could be done in a night. Figure 30 minutes a piece for the Deku Tree, Dodongo Cavern, Jabu Jabu, young Link Spirit Temple, Gerudo Valley and Ice Cavern. That's about 3 hours. Maybe 45 minutes a piece for the Forest, Fire and Shadow Temples. That's another 2:15, brings us to 5:15. Three hours for the Water and adult Spirit Temple and Ganon's Castle is 8:15. Two more hours for travels and various shit like the Royal Family Tomb- 10:15. I'm sure people have done it in less.


yeah i started at 8:00 pm and ended at 10:45 am. took me a six pack of Mountain Dew and some lucky guesses in the Water Temple. i didnt play any of the mini games or gathered heart pieces/bottles/skulltulas. it was my fifth time (i think) beating it so i zipped through everything. give it a shot, its pretty fucking epic to do so, and any oot fan should try it. i wouldve done it faster, but i got delirious and found myself running around aimlessly in circles in ganons castle for about 30 minutes :lol.

[xellos88330]

yeah, that's it. I used to play on the DX version though

believe it or not, it's still up and running with a community. still free to play

http://www.looble.com/bcweb/screenshots/events/ctfEvent.png

http://battlecity.looble.com/

I used to be 'Chris' on there. was in the clan Drunken Orbers with Jross, Yo-yo, and HUMMER if you remember?

damn, this is like 1997 we are talking about lol. 13 years ago.... i was in 6th grade

I remeber Jross and I am pretty sure your name rings a bell. If I remember correctly you were a brigadier at the time I was too. My handle was Guru.

[mingus]

damn ocarina of time in one night? hard ot fathom considering i beat in a week or so back in the day. it's probably possible but damn.

[mookie2001]

This is the list


10. Mariokart /super
9. Mario /nintendo
8. VirtuaTennis /dreamcast
7. Mortalkombat II /super
6. Nolan Ryan baseball /super
5. Ken Griffey baseball /super
4. TMNT IV turtles in time /super
3. Simcity 3000 /pc
2. Super ghouls and ghosts /super
1. Streetfighter 2 /super


bloaddded
Yalls lists

[DarkReign]

November 23, 1998 I believe was Thanksgiving Day. It was also the day OOT was released.

I stayed home and played OOT until I beat it at ~6:00am on the 24th. Instead of eating turkey and stuffing, I consumed Mountain Dew and Slim Jim's.

I wouldnt trade that day for the world. What a f-ing game, especially for its time.

[DarkReign]

No order

SoF2
Goldeneye
Mario 64
LoZ: OoT
Twisted Metal 2
MarioKart 64
SF2
FF7
Gran Turismo
GTA: SA

Too many honorable mentions to name. Safe to say there are plenty, but I guaged my list on what I played the most in my lifetime. Ive spent literally a year+ (real time) of my life playing SoF2, SF2, Goldeneye, Gran Turismo and Twisted Metal 2.

[The Gemini Method]

Mega Man II (Really, the whole series for me...)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (honorable mention WaW)
Marvel vs. Capcom (Didn't see anyone pay homage to one of the best vs. games ever)
Ninja Gaiden (NES series...)
Mortal Kombat (1-3 could fit this designation)
Blaster Master (I loved this game for its symbolism)
Super Mario 3 (Played this until I got blisters...)
Chrono Trigger (Only RPG I really enjoyed...)
Red Dead Redemption (I'm a sucker for anything Western...)
God of War (1-3 are awesome)

[Mister Sinister]

No order, and off the top of my head.

Xenogears - Did for me what FF7 did for most RPG fans. Absolutely blew me away despite the non-linear monstrosity that was Disc 2.

Chrono Trigger - Was my Xenogears before Xenogears. The standard by which JRPGs have long since been measured, and rightly so.

Final Fantasy VI - To this day remains my favorite in the series. The villain winning, a great cast, and, of course, the Crowning Music Of Awesome known simply as Dancing Mad.

KOTOR - Contains what is probably my favorite plot twist/reveal in all of video gaming.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Fed vs Zeon/Gundam vs Zeta Gundam - The first had the near-infinite replayability of the Campaign mode (Gelgoogs at Odessa? No problem!), while the second had countless what-if storylines (Char joins the Titans).

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection - For packing everything I loved about my first console into one disc. Shining Force 1 and 2, Phantasy Star I-IV, and Vectorman alone made it worth the purchase.

The Silver Surfer - For taking everything I thought I knew about difficulty, shattering my delusions, and rebuilding them in its own image.

MegaMan Battle Network 3 - For providing me with something to do while stuck in a hotel in Tennessee, and for being the greatest source of inspiration for my Battle Network fanfic project.

Final Fantasy Tactics - For giving Xenogears a run for its money in the Xanatos Gambit and Thirty Xanatos Pileup categories, while teaching me what it was to truly grind.

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - There are few things more satisfying in this world then co-op'ing this game with a fellow Gundam fanatic. One of those is a combo attack between Domon and Master Asia, and both players reciting, in unison, "Look! The East is burning red!"

[Cry Havoc]

Final Fantasy Tactics - For giving Xenogears a run for its money in the Xanatos Gambit and Thirty Xanatos Pileup categories, while teaching me what it was to truly grind.

You thought FFT had a lot of grinding in it?

[Mister Sinister]

You thought FFT had a lot of grinding in it?
There were one or two specific levels in each act that seemed to necessitate it. Dorter Trade City in Act I comes to mind. Also, the Wiegraf solo fight.

[symple19]

The Mechwarrior series
Civ series
Galactic Civilizations
NBA 2K series
Mario series
Goldeneye
X-wing vs Tie Fighter series
Elder Scrolls series
Final Fantasy series

The above are just the first ten that came to my head. There are many more, an no real way for me to make an actual top 10 list. It would have to be more like a top 35 list

[DarkReign]

OMG

I forgot Civilization 4.

BIG omission. Might have to knock off GTA;SA for that one.

[The Gemini Method]

These kind of lists are impossible to be completely satisfied. I'm just glad I was around for the evolution from Atari to what we have nowadays...

[resistanze]

These kind of lists are impossible to be completely satisfied. I'm just glad I was around for the evolution from Atari to what we have nowadays...

True that. Without looking at my previous post, I'm sure half my list would be different if I were to post it again.