Favourite Games

Seeker

With Edge showing off their 100 favourite games , I was thinking we could list our favourite games here. My top 5 are:

1. The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of time
2. Super Mario 64
3. Final Fantasy 7
4. Halo : Combat Evolved
5. Quake 3 Arena

So what are yours?

Trippie

Not really sure about the order other than deus ex is number 1

Deus Ex
Halo 2 for the multiplayer
Gran Turismo 3
Champ Man 3
Fallout/Fallout2 cant really decide between these two

MooseJam

Seeker wrote:

5. Quake 3 Arena

Quake 3 rules, great game, I'm king of DM17 - it's a shame no one plays anymore or at least those that do play stupid mods- original is the best

po0k

Cannon Fodder.
Terminator 2 Arcade.

ironictoaster

grim fandango

conzy

1. UT2k4
2. Half Life 2
3. Call of Duty 2
4. MGS series
5. Flight Simulator 3.1

tman

Super Metroid
Metroid Prime
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!
Castlevania: Symphony of the night

The only 7 games that I personally would give a 10/10 score to. I'm finding it damn near impossible to knock 2 games off that list...

johnny_ultimate

Well, can't necessary narrow it down to five, but anyway. No particular order:

Beyond Good and Evil - the fact that this game never sold particularly well is a disgrace. The most exhilirating, refreshing video game of last gen.

Half Life 2 - the purists will go for the first one, but this game was one of the few to truly take my breath away from that very first mad dash across the roof top. My favourite FPS of all time.

Castlevania: SotN - the newest entry to my list. An astonishing game, 2D perfection. Although this may be knocked off the list in a day or two if I can't break that goddamn roof to the sword familiar :mad:

Final Fantasy 7 - what can I say? Played this as a young fellow. My graduation from licenced pap into proper, deep video gaming.

We Love Katamari - the gameplay is so simple, but so absurdly endearing. Beautifully quirky Japanese delight.

Deus Ex - a wonderfully deep and different RPG/FPS hybrid.

The Zelda series - I cannot pick a single one. All terrific experiences. Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, Link to the Past, Links Awakening, Minish Cap, Oracles, Ocriana of Time - I loved them all.

And honourable mentions:
Guitar Heroes, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Phoenix Wright, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.

tman

johnny_ultimate wrote:

Castlevania: SotN - the newest entry to my list. An astonishing game, 2D perfection. Although this may be knocked off the list in a day or two if I can't break that goddamn roof to the sword familiar :mad:

Have you tried doing the soul steal move? that's pretty handy for destroying all breakable objects on screen.
I find it damn hard to pull off on the 360's pad though, especially during a boss battle...
Press one direction, then do a half circle starting in the opposite direction, then press the opposite direction again and attack at the same time (that made more sense in my head:p )

It's an utterly fantastic game, pretty much the pinnacle of 2D gaming imo.

johnny_ultimate

tman wrote:

Have you tried doing the soul steal move? that's pretty handy for destroying all breakable objects on screen.
I find it pretty damn hard to pull off though, especially during a boss battle...
Press one direction, then do a half circle starting in the opposite direction, then press the opposite direction again and attack at the same time (that made more sense in my head:p )

It's an utterly fantastic game, pretty much the pinnacle of 2D gaming imo.

Yeah I read that was the way to do it (I had to resort to gamefaqs, because I just couldnt find that card ). Did you have to buy it, or can you just use it? Im trying to save up my money to get that 100,000 achievement, don't want to give it to that money hungry librarian *grumbles*

remus808

I'l probably leave out and forget stuff but..

1. Total Annihilation (PC): A classic RTS that really came into it's own online, and still has a thriving player base. Absolutely fantastic in a multiplayer setting, though it takes months to learn the ropes, I went on to get into the upper circle of the games community and it was a great experience overall. Unfortunatley had to quit the game as it was taking over my life.. Have made one or two comebacks and still kicked ass though

2. Zelda: A Link To The Past (SNES): Started playing this when I was 10. Still haven't completed it as of last month. Really draws you in, captured my attention as a youngster and is really just an amazing game.

3. Call Of Duty (PC): Amazing online game, the very best of the FPS's, and a great single player too. Not much to say here!

4. Super Mario World (SNES): Diverse, excellent gameplay, another game I'v been playing for many years and still love to this day! Have my little brother playing it

5. Perfect Dark (N64): Another game that took up a large portion of my life thanks to a similiarily addicted friend. Basically the legendary Goldeneye 007 except far, far better.

Honourable Mentions:

Zelda: Orcarina Of Time (N64)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (PSX)
Final Fantasy 8 (PSX)
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)
Rugby 2006 (PC)
Deux Ex (PC)
GTA Vice City (PS2)
Morrowind III: Elder Scrolls (PC)
Pokemon (GBC)
Mario Party (N64)
Shenmue (Dreamcast)
Fallout 2 (PC)
Metal Gear Solid (PSX)

..ok should prob stop this list before it gets out of hand!

Kevster

Seeker wrote:

1. The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of time
2. Super Mario 64
3. Final Fantasy 7
4. Halo : Combat Evolved
5. Quake 3 Arena

Your top three are excellent choices but the top two, specifically, are the wrong versions! It should read:

1. The Legend of Zelda: The Link's Awakening (On the original gameboy)
2. Super Mario World (SNES)

:rolleyes:

Kevster

SyxPak wrote:

Terminator 2 Arcade.

You serious? I was just talking about that game with my brother this evening and we were laughing at it! It was okay, I guess, but definately not an all-time favourite of mine.

remus808

Kevster wrote:

Your top three are excellent choices but the top two, specifically, are the wrong versions! It should read:

1. The Legend of Zelda: The Link's Awakening (On the original gameboy)
2. Super Mario World (SNES)

:rolleyes:

Heh hope you'll agree with my list in that case! But c'mon, Links Awakening is weak compared to Link To The Past!!!!

And tbh, SM64 is a better game overall than SMW.. it's just the nostalgia that wins it over for me

In no real order;(I'm a big PS fan, but not a fanboy)
Metal Gear Solid series
Hitman series (PC and PS)
Legacy of Kain series
Duke Nukem 3d
Max Payne 1&2
Shadow Of The Colossus
Mortal Kombat 1&2
G Police 1
Wipeout 2097
Zero Tolerance(Mega Drive)
Bionic Commando (NES)
Streets Of Rage 2 (Mega Drive)
Half Life 1&2

I have many more favourites but I'll never fit them all on here:D

killyoutodeath

not in particular order...
1.twilight princess-best zelda riviling oot and the first wii zelda
2.ssb melee-kiking other nintendo characters asses about is quite fun
3.the mario series-mario was always fun
4.ratchet and clank-one of the best ps2 titles i have played
5.resident evil 4-does it need to be said?
6.crash bandicoot-was good even for the ps1
7.animal crossing-just weird living in a village of animals but it was great

Cravez

Its hard to narrow it down to a little number, i have so many favourite games, mainly much older games but sure ill make a list anyway. A Top 5 for every machine iv owned and played . And in no particular order:

Commodore 64
Hero Quest
Spike in Translevania
Fantastic Freddies circus of somthing or other?
Cauldron 1 & 2
Flimbos Quest

Sega Master System
Alex Kid in Mircacle World
Sonic Chaos
SpyHunter
Kingdom World

Sega Megadrive
All of the Sonics
X-men
Chaos Engine
Zero Tolerence
Castlevania

Sega Saturn
Doom (1 & 2)
Hexen
Guardian Heroes
Bomberman
King Of fighters 95

Playstation One
Final Fanasty 7
Resident Evil 1(Original & Directors Cut), 2 & 3
Tenchu 1 & 2
Star Wars ( Can't Remember the name of it but it was first person )

Sega Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure
Jet Set Radio
Crazy Taxi
Soul Caliber
Resident Evil: Code Veronica

Playstation 2
Devil May Cry 1 & 3
Resident Evil 4
Tenchu 3
Deus Ex (yes... i played it on the ps2 instead of PC)
Killzone

X-Box 360
Dead Rising
Crackdown
Tenchu Z
Armoured Core 4

PC
Diablo 1 & 2
X-com Apocalypse
Half Life 1 (with alot of the mods that were out at the time) & Half life 2
The Elder scrolls III: Morrowind
System Shock 2
Carmageddon
Theres alot more PC games that i like but they're the ones that stood out for me

Also theres the other consoles i played, mainly nintendo consoles but i never really owned them(i do have a wii though) nor do i want to make the list any bigger

Mark Hamill

In no particular order...

1. Final Fantasy 7 (probably the best rpg ever)
Legend of Dragoon (a brilliant rpg which I entirely missed when it first came out)
2. Shadow of Colossus (beautiful game, in gameplay, story and look)
3. Red Faction 1 and 2 (take the single player from 1 and the mutliplayer from 2 and you have the best fps there is, I don't know why more people haven't played this)
4. Resident Evil 4
5. Boulderdash (the greatest arcade game of the all)

gizmo

Michael Cravez wrote:

Commodore 64
Hero Quest
Spike in Translevania
Fantastic Freddies circus of somthing or other?
Cauldron 1 & 2
Flimbos Quest

It was called Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun and I do believe it was rock hard. Also Flimbos Quest, classic game, never actually finished it though.

Cravez

gizmo wrote:

It was called Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun and I do believe it was rock hard. Also Flimbos Quest, classic game, never actually finished it though.

Thats the name of it thanks man. That Fiendish freddies scared the f*ck out of me as well, my fear of clowns originated from that game haha! And the music!.... give you nightmares it would but i still enjoyed playing it, and yes it was rock hard!

cregser

My Top5 for how much I liked them at the time - irrespective of what I've played since.

- Goldeneye (N64) - great craic for all my mates.
- C&C Red Alert (PC) - sucked me in.
- Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2) - nearly floored me when I first played it.
- Call Of Duty (PC) - specifically multiplayer.
- Pro Evolution Soccer (PS2) - my first foray beyond Fifa.

Wow that fifth one was hard to decide. I was stuck between Warcraft3, Master of Orion II, HaloPC (niggles and all), Gran Turismo 3, Metal Gear Solid...

I guess my genre preference is obvious. I was never into RPGs and got my first computer around 1996 - although I had played Wolf3d, doom, descent, quake, keen dreams, mortal kombat, hunt for red rock rover, prince of persia 1&2, and other classics on my dads and cousins computers.

@Mark Hammill - I always meant to replay Red Faction single player. It was really good in places. The multi-player was a good laugh. Overall, good but imperfect. Never played RF2.

MooseJam

Gotta mention Goldeneye N64, Sniping on the dam ah the memories

Mark Hamill

cregser wrote:

@Mark Hammill - I always meant to replay Red Faction single player. It was really good in places. The multi-player was a good laugh. Overall, good but imperfect. Never played RF2.

Rf2 had a better multiplayer: more levels and more customizations (weapons and bots). Single player had some interesting changes to it (its set 50 years ahead of RF1 and all the weapons have advanced by 50 years) but is let down by a poor story with no humour and by having to play it as a number of levels (you could almost go back to the start of RF1 from the end, there where only 2 or 3 parts where you weren't allowed to go back and I think this made it better)

po0k

Kevster wrote:

You serious? I was just talking about that game with my brother this evening and we were laughing at it! It was okay, I guess, but definately not an all-time favourite of mine.

Kids these days need more violence in their videogames.

Retr0gamer

Couldn't pick 5. Tough, haven't done a top 10 in a while.

1. Panzer Dragoon Saga: Truly wonderful game and the best RPG ever. Epic storyline yet only 20 hours long, gorgeous art direction, wonderful action and probably the best use of the videogaming medium ever when it comes to the ending. Do yourselves a favour and find a way to play this game.

2. Suikoden 2: Wonderful RPG with great variety in it's game but raised to another level by one of the most heartbreaking and moving stories yet told in a videogame about how war can destory the lives of the young and innocent. Luca Blight is by far videogamings best baddguy along with SHODAN.

3. Super Metroid: The pinnacle of 2D gaming. The metroid gameplay still hasn't been beaten even with excellent imitators such as SOTN.

4. The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past: By far the best zelda out there, wonderful game that just when you think you have it cracked turns out to be over twice as big as you imagined.

5. Gradius V: The 2D shmup perfected. Absolutely astonishingly good game that I still play at least once every week. Better than Radiant Silvergun since it's more accessible.

6. Final Fantasy VI: A much better game than FFVII: 18 characters, many of which are secret, great story and a better bad guy than 1 dimensional Sephiroth with the best laugh in vieogaming.

7. Gunstar Heroes: Got hours of fun out of this game. Even if you beat it each new difficulty level opens up whole new boss attack patterns giving a different game each time.

8. Zelda: Ocarina of Time: If you haven't played it yet then you really need to.

9. Metroid Prime: Renewed my fate in videogaming and was probably the best gaming experience this decade other than Gradius V. Metroid translated perfectly to 3D

10. Super Mario Bros. 3: The greatest platformer ever. If you ask me tomorrow I'd probably say SMW but I'm in a SMB3 mood today.

MooseJam

Retr0gamer wrote:

3. Super Metroid: The pinnacle of 2D gaming. The metroid gameplay still hasn't been beaten even with excellent imitators such as SOTN.

I spent ages trying to beat my time on this game, to see if Samus would strip off any more of her gear, think the best I managed was to get her helmet and suit off

pandaman010

1:grand theft auto: vice city-the best gta game
2:Fable-brilliant
3: Gears of war
4:GTA san andreas
5:ratchet and clank 3 -it had its moments

SeantheMan

- Final Fantasy 7 / 8
- Medal of Honor : Allied Assault
- Gran Turismo 2 / 3
- God of War
- Devil May Cry
- Battlefield 2
- Curse of Monkey Island
- Starcraft / Warcraft 3
- Elder Scrolls Oblivion
- Grand Theft Auto Series (Except those crappy expansions things (stories) )

Instant Karma

Battlefield 1942 & bfv
Medieval 2 Total War
Football Manager

CitizenGeek

My favorite game ever is Final Fantasy XII. It's perfect in so many ways - it looks beautiful all the time, wonderful music, great characters, superb voice acting and a compelling, sophisticated politically-driven story. It's a definate 10/10 and I can't see anything topping it, really (well, at least not until MGS4 and FFXIII get here)

Dregon

No real order here but

Battlfield Vietnam
Gran Turismo 2
Final fantasy VII
Timesplitters 2
Abes exxodus
and Megaman X for the SNES:D

krudler

in no order

super mario world
donkey kong country
street fighter 2 turbo
final fantasy 7
the resident evil series
silent hill 2
day of the tentacle
god of war 1&2
shadow of the colossus
metal gear solid
gunstar heroes
outrun 2006 coast to coast

christ i could go on,too many to mention

DrChoda

Gorf
Q-bert
All Link/Zelda games
Grand theft auto
counter strike

Retr0gamer

CitizenGeek wrote:

My favorite game ever is Final Fantasy XII. It's perfect in so many ways - it looks beautiful all the time, wonderful music, great characters, superb voice acting and a compelling, sophisticated politically-driven story. It's a definate 10/10 and I can't see anything topping it, really (well, at least not until MGS4 and FFXIII get here)

Thought it was average at best. Dreadful battle system that was boring other than for the boss battles, awful fetch quest storyline and a surprisingly mediocre soundtrack from Hitoshi Sakimoto. There are much better games and much better Final Fantasy's.

Can't believe I left Street Fighter 2 off my list.

Jack Sheehan

In rigidly strict order:
1 Curse of Monkey Island
2 Grim Fandango
3 Half Life 1/2
4 Bioshock/ System Shock 2
5 Red Alert 2

After that Goldeneye, Gears of War, Ocarina of Time etc.

sweetie

C64:

1. Turrican (1&2)
2. Creatures (1&2)
3. ghouls and ghosts
4. mayhem in monsterland
5. last ninja (1-3)

ps1:

1. Abe's odysee
2. tomb raider
3. fifa 98

ps2.

1. god of war
2. resident evil 4
3. ico

xbox

1. prince of persia series
2. Splinter cell (1-3)
3. tiger woods
4. halo
5. half life 2

360

1. rainbow 6 vegas
2. gears of war
3. FEAR
4. splinter cell double agent
5. project gotham 3

Sephiroth_dude

my top 5 fav games are:

Metal solid psx
company of heros pc
rainbow six vegas pc
ff7 psx
grandia 2 psx

there in no particular order by the way

Creamy Goodness

lol love the way people say "in no order" then preceed to number their list.


anyway my list in no order

* Half-Life 1 (just brilliant for it's time).

* Super Mario 3 (it was a massive game, i still don't think i've completed it).

* Zelda: A Link To The Past (had everything a zelda game has, but the music in this was absolutely superb).

* Total Annihilation (Daddy of all RTS games).

* Maniac Mansion (First game i ever completed).

Creature

In no order:

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube)
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Civilization 2

Zombrex

Favourite games (in no particular order) as in the games I remember enjoying the most while playing them -

1 Super Mario Land (Gameboy)
2 Half Life (PC)
3 Civ 2 (PC)
4 Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
5 God of War (PS2)
6 Speedball 2 (Amiga)
7 Sensi Soccer (Amiga)
8 Super Mario 3 (NES)
9 Spy Hunter (Arcade)

Are there better games (gameplay, graphics, story etc)? Certainly? Are there games I remember enjoying more? Nope

krudler

5. Gradius V: The 2D shmup perfected. Absolutely astonishingly good game that I still play at least once every week. Better than Radiant Silvergun since it's more accessible.

jesus! how did i forget that, and yeah i chuck it on every few weeks for a blast, this and ikaruga are shmup heaven

Nailz

1. GTA: Vice City
2. Metal Gear Solid (1)
3. Pro Evo Series
4. GTA: San Andreas
5. Metal Gear Solid 3

They are just the games I love, I know they are based around particular franchises, but that doesn't matter.

CiDeRmAn

Ico,
Robotron,
Uridium,
Ridge Racers,
Goldeneye,
Burnout 2,
Star Wars, original arcade game,
Mechwarrior 2 on PC,
Silent Hill 2,
Geometry Wars Evolved,
Need For Speed, on 3DO,
Return Fire,
Quake,
Descent, in its day, better than Doom, and I finished it, and the sequel.
Metroid Prime,
Super Mario 64,
Stunt Car Driver,
Road Rash II,
Sonic 3,
Batman Returns, Snes,
Super Mario World,
WildGunman,
Tetris,
Manic Miner,
Eternal Darkness.

I think thats a good list of great games that have rocked my world over the last couple of decades.

Nailz

No offence buddy, but I think he said top 5 ...

rainbow kirby

Hmm...
- Metroid Prime
- We Katamari
- Tetris
- World of Warcraft
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

DevilOneill

Grim fandango was awesom craic when it first come out,, Untill my sister scratched the disk and i never fin it,, Good game but!:)

DevilOneill

Freelancer,

Clive barkers Undying,

Final Fantasys 7 8 10 and 12,

Bioshock,

Gears of war,

Soul edge and all the Soul calibers,

The darkness,

All the Half Lifes,

Unreal,

All the dooms,

all the Sonic and Mario games,

I could prob sit here all night thinkin of really good games ive played over the years!!!:eek:

apkb

1. Call of duty 3
2. command and conqurer red alert
3. fifa 2003
4.call of duty 4
5.need for speed most wanted
6.madden 08
7.age of empires 3
8.sonic the hedgehog
9.supermario brothers
10.guitar hero