Discussion in the other topic has once again sparked interest in me in these types of discussions, wondering what the average 2P2 gamer thinks are the 10 best games ever. Note that it's possible (and imo very standard) that this is different from your 10 favorite games ever. FFX would be in my top 10 favorite games ever but I would never list it as one of the best games ever, to give a personal example. I realise that not everyone will want to rank them, so listing them is fine too. Maybe interesting to list age too since there is obviously some age bias in lists like these: 22

My list:

1. Starcraft
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Super Mario Bros. 3
4. Final Fantasy VII
5. Pokemon: Red/Blue
6. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Because I think this is GTA3 done right)
7. Half-Life 2
8. Metal Gear Solid
9. Final Fantasy IX
10. Silent Hill 2

Start the flaming

+1 to HL2, that's the first one that came to mind. varied gameplay with great pacing, nice (physics) engine, non-awful story with likeable characters told without cutscenes.

Portal 1 is also very, very good for what it is. On my list for sure.

Finally, WoW probably cant not be on this list.

remove pokemon 5 and throw uncharted 2 in there somewhere and Im cool with the list

25/male/Liverpool

1. Zelda: OOT
2. Metal Gear Solid 1
3. Shenmue
4. Pokemon Red/blue (I would never enjoy playing this game now, though. I've come to hate grind-fest games)
5. Chrono Trigger
6. Super Mario World
7. Red Dead Redemption Or Grand Theft Auto 3
8. Resident Evil 2
9. Heavy Rain
10. Roller Coaster Tycoon

In no particular order:

Zelda: Link to the Past
Super Mario 3
Half Life 2
Diablo 2
Starcraft
GTA: VC
World of Warcraft
Super Mario World
Civilization 2
Portal

Honorable mentions:

Pokemon Red/Blue
Mass Effect 2
Half-life
Baldurs Gate 2
Zelda: OOT
COD4:MW
Goldeneye
Resident Evil 2

1. WoW
2. super mario bros 3
3. Legend of Zelda: OOT (never played this game actually, i guess it's best of the series though? otherwise LTTP which i love)
4. Starcraft
5. Half-Life
6. Super Metroid
7. Portal
8. Pokemon red/blue
9. FFVII (more as a rep for the series)
10. Super Mario Kart

How has no-one put in DOOM or quake? This is meant to be best/most influential of all time yeah? mine in no particular order:

Starcraft
Diablo 2
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
(lets just go ahead and say every blizzard franchise)
DOOM
Half-life 1
Final Fantasy 7
Civilization 2
Zelda: Ocarina of time
Street Fighter 2
Sonic the Hedgehog

I loved Quake but I think playing (and beating!) it with my superold computer running the game at... less than 2 FPS... kinda ruined the experience for me.

Not even kidding. I basicly turned mouse sensitivity way down and found a way to aim using how many degrees the crosshairs would move based on the movement of the mouse. Now that I think of it that was a pretty awesome experience .

That same computer ran Starcraft super smoothly btw. Blizzard used to be really awesome at making games run on slow machines.

I think Doom deserves a spot more than Quake though. It's just really hard to like it when you're used to anything that is more modern and no nostalgia factor is present.

Probably not top 10 but definitely honorable mention IMO: Sim City 2k

10) Spyro the Dragon
9) Crash Bandicoot 3 (close because they're all really good)
8) Rayman
7) Resident Evil 1-Gamecube remake
6) Banjo Kazooie
5) Pokemon: Red/Blue
4) Goldeneye
3) Resident Evil 4
2) Super Mario 64
1) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

In no order, this list is PS1/N64-present

Super Mario 64
FF7
Zelda: OOT
RE2
MGS
WoW
Uncharted 2
Starcraft
best CoD game
GTA3

27 years old

1. Golden Eye
2. Resident Evil 2
3. FF 8
4. Star Ocean: Second Story
5. Mario 64
6. Halo
7. Resident Evil
8. Pokemon Red/Blue
9. Doom
10. CoD 4

star ocean second story is pretty fantastic.

Only game i would argue for being in a top 10 best (not favourite) listt is heroes of might and magic 3

1. Zelda LttP / OoT (these are so close in quality it doesn't matter)
2. SMB / SMB 3 (same as above)
3. Half Life
4. Starcraft
5. Sonic the Hedgehog
6. Doom
7. Tetris
8. The Secret of Monkey Island / Fate of Atlantis (again, very similar yet totally different games of same quality)
9. Deus Ex
10. GTA: VC (seconding OP's opinion exactly and it's the last really good GTA)

I haven't played any FF, Metroid, RE or WoW and so that's why they're left out. I've also probably forgot something significant.

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"Biased"/ personal favorites list:

1. Goldeneye 007
2. Unreal Tournament
3. Link to the Past
4. Deus Ex
5. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
6. Sam & Max: Hit the Road
7. Wonder Boy in Monster Land / Dragon's Trap
8. Alex Kidd in Miracle World
9. Guitar Hero III
10. Leisure Suit Larry / King's Quest 3

1.) **** no, that's CS. Has the largest community of any game ever still standing. Even MW3 can't keep a crowd as long as CS 1.6 has. Starcraft maybe be beloved in Korea, but even it can't compete with CS.
2.) agreed.
3.) Maybe lower.
4.)ff6 was better, and featured a greater cast with a greater range of play (Sabin's moveset alone is awesome.), other considered the best final fantasy before going to complete ****, ff7 is too vastly overhyped to even make the list on any merit other then it's hype. The game's medicore, it's story basic and not really suprising, where with 6 YOU LOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME and had to go a completely different path. Hell, ff9 was funner.
5.)Agreed. The show makes me sad as a animation bluff.
6.) lol **** no, get GTA off this list. This spot belongs to Super Metroid for being generic badass with titties before generic badasses were even generic.
7.)Half life 1 > Half life 2. Deal with it
8.)Diablo, metal gear took years to take off with it's. Diablo took A game.
9.) Phoenix Wright, because you literally cannot argue with the smashing success of a game that made BEING A LAWYER fun.
10.) Megaman X: Arguable one of the best megaman, and the beginning of the end of Megaman is Capcom's flagship character.

edit: Arguable swap: LTTP for OOT

Chrono Trigger > Any Final Fantasy game

1. ZELDA : OOT
2. CIV 2
3. Sim City 2000
4. TES 3 : Morrowind
5. Monkey Island 2
6. AOE 2
7. Mega Man 2
8. Tetris
9. WOW
10. Pirates!

Honorable mentions (or basically 11-20 in no particular order):

Soulblade
Wing Commander 3+4
Diablo 2
Portal 1+2
Baldurs Gate 2
Theme Park
Golden Eye
Mass Effect 1+2
RDR
GTA SA
Syndicate
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male and 29

Top 10 games I have played that have brought me the most joy, excluding stuff like chess, poker and so forth in no order

Civ2, NHL95, Super Castlevania*, Unreal Tournament, Dark Age of Camelot, Donkey Kong, Mario64**, Resident Evil 1, Zelda: LTTP***, FIFA franchise i.e. always the uptodate one

*due to a challange I worked on
**slightly ahead of SMW
***slightly ahead of OOT for me

5. RBI Baseball - Revolutionized the way baseball games would be played
4. Tecmo Bowl - Was the first to license NFL players
3. Super Mario Bros.
2. Mario Bros. - Basically created the mario bros. brand
1.a. Pac Man - Sparked the video game industry
1.b. Pong - The rest would not be possible without this game

10. Age of Empires 2
9. GTA: Vice City
8. Mario 64
7. Mass effect 2/3 (loved both equally)
6. Fallout 3
5. Assassins Creed 2
4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
3. TES: Skyrim
2. Day of the Tentacle
1. Command and Conquer (original)

Weird that I haven't put any CoD or Battlefield games down despite having probably spent most time invested in them!

some hilarious choices itt

anyone who put call of duty, grand theft auto or skyrim in a top games of all time list should just stop gaming all together...

Naaaaa, I'll carry on!

GTA3 is probably the most revolutionairy console game since the PS2/Xbox/NGC generation and it was critically very well received, what is your problem with it?

If you disagree, please list a more important game that has been released since (and isn't WoW because we're not getting into that).

really? People actually liked that game this much? I couldnt stand it

also gonna have to try skyrim out, I heard how people say elder scrolls was a sick game but I tried it and didnt like it much, so thats whats kind of holding me back from trying skyrim. I havent read too many reviews or watched any videos so maybe Ill try that first

I also disliked Mario 64. I hate accidentally jumping off the side of a platform because of stupid camera angles.
Super Mario World and Bros 3 are the best representatives of that games series.