TAY's Top 50 (or 100) games.

[Nexus]

This is an attempt to find out what games y'all rate highly. It might not work, but we'll see. Basic premise is this: Choose your top 15 games. Any platform. Then rank them, from 15 to 1, number 1 being the best, obviously. Post that list here. Then, after a couple of weeks, I'll take all the lists, and collate them into one big ranking countdown.

 

Rules: Each individual game counts as one. So, no "Final Fantasy" to encompass all of the games. You have to separate each one out. That's about the only rule, really. If you want to put some form of comment by each one, even better.

 

If you'd prefer it to be more secret, PM me your list, and I'll do it secretly, and then you will get to guess the countdown yourselves rather than work it out along with me. Which do you all prefer?

 

But yes, send me your top 15 games of all time.

Edited May 10, 2011 by Nexus

[TheMightyEthan]

What do you want the rule to be on the same game on multiple platforms? Most of the time I don't think it should make a difference (like RDR on PS3 or 360), but for instance I find Monday Night Combat on XBLA to be much different from Monday Night Combat on PC.

 

*Edit* - Also there are games like Splinter Cell: Double Agent, and Burnout Revenge that released both on Gen 6 and Gen 7 consoles, but the Gen 6 and Gen 7 versions were ENTIRELY different from each other.

[Nexus]

No idea. It's never been a problem before. If you want to specify the version for one or two games, fair enough, but in general it doesn't matter (eg RDR or GTA4). Whatever you think is best when you write your list.

[Hot Heart]

The Burnout Revenge that I played on Xbox was not entirely different to the Burnout Revenge I played on 360

 

Plus, with enough people contributing I don't think the differences will really matter come the final 15.

[P4: Gritty Reboot]

1.) Half-Life 2

2.) Half-Life

3.) Ocarina of Time

4.) Counter-Strike

5.) Chrono Trigger (DS)

6.) Portal 2 (PC)

7.) Knights of the Old Republic (PC)

8.) Diddy Kong Racing (N64)

9.) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

10.) Super Smash Bros. Melee

11.) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (PC)

12.) Metroid Prime

13.) The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)

14.) Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (PC)

15.) Left 4 Dead (PC)

 

Edit: subbed Metroid Prime for Pokemon

Edit 4/25: added Portal 2, bumped Unreal Tournament

Edited April 26, 2011 by p4warrior

[Nexus]

Well the advantage of having them all posted here is you can edit as much as you want up until the deadline. Which, incidentally, will be two weeks today, 20th April 2011. Probably at noon GMT.

[Papu]

1.)Metal Gear Solid 3

2.)Shadow of the Colossus

3.)Super Smash Bros. Brawl

4.)Metal Gear Solid 4

5.)Legend of Zelda. Wind waker

5.)Knights of the Old Republic

6.)Super Mario World

7.)Metroid Prime

8.)ICO

9.)Super Mario Galaxy 2

10.)Red Dead Redemption

11.)Viewtiful Joe

12.)Resident Evil 4

13.)Dead Space

14.)Pokemon Blue

15.)Golden Eye

[TheMightyEthan]

The Burnout Revenge that I played on Xbox was not entirely different to the Burnout Revenge I played on 360

Yeah, I realized I'm confusing Burnout with some other game, but I can't figure out which one (possibly one I made up).

 

It's still true for Splinter Cell, though.

 

*Edit* - Also, it's the final 50 (or 100), not 15. If it were 15 I would agree with you, but with 50/100 it could make a difference.

[TheMightyEthan]

Man, that was painful. Many fantastic games were cut. I would like to throw out honorable mentions specifically to Starsiege: Tribes, Rise of Nations, and Advance Wars, among many others.

 

1. Halo
   
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
   
3. Super Mario 64
   
4. Starcraft
   
5. Mario Kart 64
   
6. Knights of the Old Republic
   
7. Shadow of the Colossus
   
8. Homeworld
   
9. Black & White
   
10. Portal
    
11. Mass Effect
    
12. Call of Duty 2
    
13. Red Dead Redemption
    
14. Burnout: Revenge (X360)
    
15. Civilization V

[Cyber Rat]

1. God Hand

2. Silent Hill 2

3. Morrowind

4. Half-Life

5. Guilty Gear XX

6. Fallout 2

7. Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines

8. Heroes of Might and Magic III

9. Chrono Trigger

10. Sonic 3 and Knuckles

11. Resident Evil 4

12. Champions Online

13. Tetris

14. Shinobi 3

15. Sonic 1 (Sega Master System version)

[Vargras]

Completely forgot about Ikaruga. Sorry Doom, you're benched now. Forgot about Paper Mario as well, fixed it.

 

1. Half-Life 2

2. Mass Effect 2

3. Super Metroid

4. Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door

5. Portal

6. Metroid Prime

7. Half-Life

8. Paper Mario

9. Mass Effect

10. Dragon Age: Origins

11. Super Mario 64

12. God Hand

13. Viewtiful Joe

14. No More Heroes

15. Ikaruga

Edited April 10, 2011 by Vargras

[VicariousShaner]

Oh man, this is going to be hard. So many games I havent played in such a long time.

1.Portal

2.Team Fortress 2

3.Minecraft

4.Half Life 2

5.Phoenix Wright 1

6.Kingdom Hearts

7.Sam And Max Seasons 1 and 2

8.Jak 2

9.Sly 3

10.Jak 3

11.Ratchet and Clank 3

12.Pokemon (Fire)Red

13.Pokemon Stadium

14.Kingdom Hearts 2

15.Halo Wars

[Hot Heart]

*Edit* - Also, it's the final 50 (or 100), not 15. If it were 15 I would agree with you, but with 50/100 it could make a difference.

 

Yeah, not sure how I missed that. Considering it's the title and all.

 

Either way, I doubt it'll make a great deal of difference.

 

I'm gonna have to do a lot of thinking about mine. I still need to do my 3x3 influences thing too...

[MetalCaveman]

1. Valkyria Chronicles

 

2. Metal Gear Solid

 

3. Age of Empires

 

4. Rise of Nations

 

5. Serious Sam

 

6. Duke Nukem 3D

 

7. Doom

 

8. Brutal Legend

 

9. StarFox 64

 

10. Metal Gear Solid 3

 

11. Painkiller

 

12. Metroid Fusion

 

13. Resident Evil

 

14. Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)

 

15. Resident Evil 4

[TheMightyEthan]

4. Rise of Nations

w00t! Now I don't feel as bad about leaving it off my list.

 

Also:

 

8. Brutal Legend

I'm surprised that's so low on your list.

[Chewblaha]

1) Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

2) Legend of Legaia

3) Mass Effect 2

4) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

5) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

6) Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

7) Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction

8) Age of Empires II: The Conquerors

9) Final Fantasy VI

10) Halo 2

11) Dragon Age: Origins

12) Call of Duty 2

13) Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

14) Dead Space 2

15) Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

 

Barely missing the list?

 

Tetris DS

Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

Homeworld

Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Halo: Reach

Pokemon Silver

Edited April 6, 2011 by Chewblaha

[VicariousShaner]

Chewy, I've heard the Lost Precurser legacy was a pretty bad game, especially compared to the rest of the Jak series.

 

Surprised Madden didn't make it in anywhere.

[MetalCaveman]

4. Rise of Nations

w00t! Now I don't feel as bad about leaving it off my list.

 

Also:

 

8. Brutal Legend

I'm surprised that's so low on your list.

 

Had to add Rise of Nations, awesome game! \m/ \m/

 

Also, yeah, I was surprised too at how low Brutal Legend is on my list, but I think those other games deserve to be above it, especially considering some of the changes I would like on Brutal Legend's gameplay

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Chewy, I've heard the Lost Precurser legacy was a pretty bad game, especially compared to the rest of the Jak series.

 

Surprised Madden didn't make it in anywhere.

 

I've never once heard anyone call the first Jak and Daxter bad and if anything I've heard the opposite from most people in regards to its place in the series. Though for me it's 3,1,2.

[VicariousShaner]

Sorry about that. I was thinking of the fourth game in the series, I got them confused because most people refer to it as Jak 1, or Jak And Daxter.

 

Personally, the first one was my least favorite of the series, I never thought that "spend hours searching every nook and cranny for orbs so you can go to a new area to do the same thing" as very much fun. Of course, I didn't grow up on Mario 64, so I may be missing out on the collectathon nostalgia.

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

I'm guessing you're not a completist in other games either? Anyways, I think it's weird that you didn't recognize the full title of Jak 1 if you've played it.

[VicariousShaner]

I'm guessing you're not a completist in other games either? Anyways, I think it's weird that you didn't recognize the full title of Jak 1 if you've played it.

 

 

I didn't give it much of a chance, I never actually finished it because of how boring it was.

 

 

Or this could be a giant conspiracy, either way.

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Hmmmm... I think Jak starts out sort of boring then it gets pretty awesome after the lava boss.

[MasterDex]

I'll have to think long and hard to make up my Top 15. I've played waaaay too many games to be able to whittle it down to such a small number and ranking them is even harder. I have a feeling my list will look more modern than it really should and I'll probably leave out titles that I should have put in.

 

Just off the top of my head, I can see a Total War game making it in....probably Rome....wait, no....most definitely Rome....uhhh, I have to include 2142 in there too, probably CoD4 as well....Third Strike is a certainty!

 

Damn, this is going to be tough.

 

Great idea though, I can't wait to see the final list.

[TheMightyEthan]

I'll have to think long and hard to make up my Top 15. I've played waaaay too many games to be able to whittle it down to such a small number and ranking them is even harder. I have a feeling my list will look more modern than it really should and I'll probably leave out titles that I should have put in.

Yeah, I just went through the games in my library on my Raptr profile. Though I know that library is missing some of the much older titles I used to play (like NES and Genesis), I'm pretty sure I've added all the ones that would deserve a place on this list. The hard part was narrowing my list of about 30-35 games I thought might deserve a place down to the 15 that I was allotted.