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Best video game of all time.

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    #62
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Too hard to pick one. Deus Ex, Half Life, System Shock 2, Ocarina of Time, Homeworld, and many others would be up there though.


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    #63
    TomCo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,528 ✭✭✭TomCo


    System Shock 2


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    #64
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    A "best video game of all time" thread and no one has mentioned Shadow of the Colossus?

    I guess it doesn't really matter, because the winner is clearly a toss up between Tie Fighter and Ghost Recon, which have also oddly not been mentioned.

    But still SotC deserves to be mentioned at least.


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    #65
    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    Deus ex (if it was there) would get my vote anyway. Personal favorite and has to be up there any in top list.


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    #66
    jonski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,389 ✭✭✭jonski


    In the absence of battlefield 2 and company of heroes I voted half life 2 .


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    #67
    Eggy Baby!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Eggy Baby!


    nummnutts wrote: »
    Where in the name of Dog is the Battlefield 2 option?

    That game is ass!


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    #68
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,141 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    tommy2bad wrote: »
    Hard to pick one, but you know what HL2 actually is the best game ever. If I were to recommend a game to someone who didn't have a clue about games HL2 would teach them everything and hook them for life.

    Wrong on both counts.

    Picked MGS but if I had to pick just one it'd be Dark Souls. I'm playing Oblivion at the moment and it's dangerously addictive despite the abysmal leveling system.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #69
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,094 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    A tie between DinoRex and DinoRex.


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    #70
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,731 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    I dont think i've ever played 'Other', sounds awesome judging by that poll though!


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    #71
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Pac-man tbqfh.


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    #72
    Wetbench4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Wetbench4


    My all time favs in no particular order, and the systems i played them on.

    Frontier Elite 2 (amiga)
    Spy vs Spy (C64)
    Battlefield 1942(pc)
    Xcom Enemy Unknown (pc/psone) <-- (the other thread reminded me)
    Resident Evil (psone)
    Silent Hill 1 & 2 (psone/ps2)
    Goldeneye (n64)
    Sensible Soccer (amiga)
    GTA3, Vice City & San Andreas (ps2)
    Secret Of Monkey Island 1 & 2 (amiga)
    Syndicate (amiga)
    Mario Kart (nds)
    Gran Turismo 3 & 5 (ps2/ps3)
    Civilization 3, 4 & 5 (pc)
    Half Life 2 (pc)
    The Elder Scrolls 3, 4 & 5 (pc/xbox360/ps3)
    Fallout 3 (xbox360)
    Halo (xbox)

    And thats all i can think of but im sure im missing some.


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    #73
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    a link to the past. anyone who says otherwise is wrong. that's the end of discussion


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    #74
    Taltos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    Kain series of games from PS1 to PS2 (no exp of the PC versions) - all just great. Brilliantly scripted. Polished graphics for the time. Oddly only the gameplay of Soulreaver feels dated on the downloadable PSN version - also suffered on the visuals there. Defiance kind of let it all down a bit but all in all still a great series of games.


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    #75
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,801 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Helix wrote: »
    a link to the past. anyone who says otherwise is wrong. that's the end of discussion

    Majora's Mask and Link's Awakening were better :P
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    #76
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    There is fallout 3 and no fallout 2.... Does it mean I am old fart at this stage or OP never knew greatness.


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    #77
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,219 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Helix wrote: »
    a link to the past. anyone who says otherwise is wrong. that's the end of discussion

    Oh no... Discussion appears to be continuing.....

    WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING? DISCUSSION IS MEANT TO BE OVER!


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    #78
    kingtiger
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    There is fallout 3 and no fallout 2.... Does it mean I am old fart at this stage or OP never knew greatness.

    yes you're an old fart like myself

    misses a lot of classics from the golden age of gaming that spawned a lot of imitations on the list posted


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    #79
    Wetbench4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Wetbench4


    Lots of people saying fallout 2, must get a copy. I started the fallout universe in fallout 3.

    Anyone remember Bomberman on the amiga?


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    #80
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    Metal Gear Solid losing to Zelda and Half-life 2

    :mad:


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    #81
    Helix
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    MGS is turd


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    #82
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,321 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    In terms of what has given me the most playtime, the most prolonged enjoyment and the best memories, I have to say World of Warcraft. I don't play it anymore but I've put over 2,800 hours into it and enjoyed most of them.


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    #83
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    i still havent voted... its a greatest game poll, but there are so many missing great games.

    i would put warcraft 3 in there, because thx to it map editor. that editor is the reason we got few new genres having their own games and not just mods or custom map in games. Even warcraft 3 as game itself is/was legendary.


    quake 2? do i need to say more?

    fallout 2? a few dinosours on these forums will know what i am talking about.

    minecraft. i would easily put that in the list, even if it is not an old game.


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    #84
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    Helix wrote: »
    MGS is turd

    What did you vote for exactly?


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    #85
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,801 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    MGS is the only game brave enough to ask the question 'Can love blossom on the battlefield?'.

    And by brave I mean badly written.
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    #86
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    MGS is the only game brave enough to ask the question 'Can love blossom on the battlefield?'.

    And by brave I mean badly written.

    My eyes have been opened. Your bulletproof argument has brought the entire franchise to its knees :rolleyes:


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    #87
    Kinski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭Kinski


    If ever a poll cried out for Atari Jaguar as an option, this is it.

    There is no single greatest game ever. How can you argue that, say, A Link To the Past or Half-Life or Elite did what it did better than Tetris or R-Type or even Angry Birds? Those games are all classics or future classics, but all in their own way, and I wouldn't count any of them as being better than another, just "preferable" according to one's own tastes.


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    #88
    Creature
    Registered Users Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭Creature


    Baldur's Gate OBVIOUSLY.

    But Half Life 2 wouldn't be an incorrect answer.


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    #89
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    JohnMarston wrote: »
    What did you vote for exactly?

    a link to the past

    nothing comes close, nor will it ever, ill wager


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    #90
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,801 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    JohnMarston wrote: »
    My eyes have been opened. Your bulletproof argument has brought the entire franchise to its knees :rolleyes:

    Nah, MGS4 did more than enough to sully the franchise. Anyway I like MGS but it's hard to deny the writing is poor.
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    #91
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,801 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Kinski wrote: »
    even Angry Birds? Those games are all classics or future classics

    Ah now, come on.
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