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Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

[Troll] Its pretty amazing alright, but not as good as Legend of the Dragoon, pure rpg excellence, as I believe you agree [/Troll]

Don't even joke about that horrible, horrible game.

Retr0gamer

Xenji wrote: »

I feel bad for Seiken Densetsu 3, nobody else mentioned it and it is a true gem and a classic, it has a very good fan translation as well, must have for any role playing fan

I always found Secret of Mana to be a lot more fun, flaws and all.

ProjectColossus

SeantheMan wrote: »

He has the same data as you
If you have a quick way and are an excel master then away you go, you can give us the results ahead of time :P

The data entry will be laborious, yes, and I don't have the time to do it (nor have I had the time to properly think about and compile my own top 10). But I didn't propose to do the list either.

I'm just suggesting that instead of simply posting the final list 1-50, it would be useful to also provide us the raw, collated data to work with further. Perhaps the Groutch was planning to do that all along, but perhaps not.

Edited to add, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the result. Great idea Groutch.

mrkiscool2

Half thinking about doing one for each genre and then adding all those together to see how it compares to this list! Would be interesting!

The JMC

Magill wrote: »

If a call of duty or halo is in the top ten... im deleting my boards account.

Call of Duty 2 & 4 were fantastic games, they're the reason CoD is churning out the same crap today. Halo 1 & 2 were also fantastic and incredibly influential and important to console FPS and online play.

Reekwind

Back in the day, PC Zone used to keep a running track of their highest rated games (a top ten) by genre. Was quite an elegant system, I thought

penev10

Ah balls, Only saw this now

1. Dark Souls
2. Resident Evil Remake
3. Metal Gear Solid
4. Demon's Souls
5. Persona 4
6. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
7. Deus Ex
8. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
9. C&C: Red Alert
10. SMT: Devil Survivor

krudler

The JMC wrote: »

Call of Duty 2 & 4 were fantastic games, they're the reason CoD is churning out the same crap today. Halo 1 & 2 were also fantastic and incredibly influential and important to console FPS and online play.

Indeed, COD4 took the jaded WW2 set FPS game and dragged it kicking and screaming into the modern era, and it's the best of the COD games before they got bogged down in ludicrous killstreaks and attack dogs.

Gonzo

i know the voting is closed, only saw this now, my vote would be

1 - World of Warcraft (PC/MAC)
2 - Super Mario World (SNES)
3 - Legend of Zelda - The Orcarina of Time (N64)
4 - Wip3out (PS1)
5 - Doom 2 (PC)
6 - Half-Life 1 (PC)
7 - Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC)
8 - Final Fantasy X (PS2)
9 - Starfox (SNES)
10 - Bioshock 1 (Xbox 360)

Creature

Retr0gamer wrote: »

We all know that no matter what people vote the real winner is Dark Souls.

No, Baldur's Gate 2.

pablomakaveli

Really looking forward to seeing the results for this. Im glad people voted more for the 10 games that they enjoyed the most and that had the biggest impact on them than just vote for games that are popularly thought of as the best.

Turtwig

I think another interesting thing to have surveyed would be people's age group, genre preferences and amount of games (roughly) they've played for each console.

Temptamperu

Baldurs Gate 2
Half-life 2
Deus Ex
Super Mario World
Street Fighter 2
Donkey Kong Country
Diablo 2
Jedi Knight, Jedi Outkast
Batman Arkham Asylum
Spiderman 2

the groutch

Ok, I'm finally done, not going to do a dragged out countdown or anything.


1. Metal Gear Solid
2. Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
3. Super Mario World
4. Deus Ex
5. The Last of Us
6. GTA San Andreas
7. Half Life
8. Dark Souls
9. GTA Vice City
10. Zelda: A Link To The Past
11. Super Mario Bros. 3
12. GTA 3
13. Super Metroid
14. Final Fantasy VII
15. Fallout 3
16. Half Life 2
17. Shadow of The Colossus
18. Metal Gear Solid 3
19. Red Dead Redemption
20. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
21. Sonic The Hedgehog
22. Final Fantasy IX
23. Counter Strike
24. Goldeneye 007
25. Age Of Empires 2
26. Super Mario Kart
27. Pokemon Red/Blue
28. Mass Effect 2
29. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
30. Resident Evil 2
31. Bioshock
32. World Of Warcraft
33. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
34. Ico
35. Persona 4
36. Borderlands 2
37. Portal 2
38. GTA V
39. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
40. Tomb Raider (1996)
41. Pokemon Gold/Silver
42. Civilisation 2
43. Super Mario 64
44. Resident Evil
45. The Walking Dead
46. Age of Empires
47. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
48. Doom
49. Final Fantasy X
50. Journey

Sarky

What? No Micro Machines? OMG THIS LIST IS BULLSH*T!


:pac:

SeantheMan

Have to see the list looks pretty good. Though there are many sequels etc there
3 Oblivions, 3 Final Fantays, 3 GTA's.

But them be the breaks
Fair play on compiling the list.

Is TLOU really one of the best games ever, or is it that high because it's fresh in peoples' memories ?

I've also played every game on the list except a few PS3 exclusives, which is one of the reasons I want a PS3 (even though PS4 is out...not backwards compatible apparently)

Kiith

Pft, Metal Gear Solid first....i call bull****!! Fix!! Sham!! :pac:

Seriously though, some great games on there and fair play for doing it.

SeantheMan wrote: »

Is TLOU really one of the best games ever, or is it that high because it's fresh in peoples' memories ?

It really is a fantastic game. Don't think it will get any less so after some time.

mrkiscool2

And there's the problem with something like this. You really can't ask people for their 10 best games, take less than a week to do so and use that for a list.It's actually a lot better than what I thought it would be, but TLOU at number 5? Load of rubbish. Also, not a single Halo game in their. I'm sorry, but the game that pretty much made the Xbox and proper online matchmaking not getting on the list is pretty bizarre. Also, not a single Xbox exclusive on that list. No Gears or Forza? Really? (Also, I am not saying that because I am a fanboy or anything, I honestly believe those 3 deserve to be there!) Top 10 apart from TLOU and Zelda: A Link to The Past is pretty spot on though. Maybe not the exact order I'd have them in but a good top 10.

mutley18

No Crash Bandicoot?! :shock:

krudler

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

And there's the problem with something like this. You really can't ask people for their 10 best games, take less than a week to do so and use that for a list.It's actually a lot better than what I thought it would be, but TLOU at number 5? Load of rubbish. Also, not a single Halo game in their. I'm sorry, but the game that pretty much made the Xbox and proper online matchmaking not getting on the list is pretty bizarre. Also, not a single Xbox exclusive on that list. No Gears or Forza? Really? (Also, I am not saying that because I am a fanboy or anything, I honestly believe those 3 deserve to be there!) Top 10 apart from TLOU and Zelda: A Link to The Past is pretty spot on though. Maybe not the exact order I'd have them in but a good top 10.

I wouldn't put Halo in the top 50 either, it's not even the best fps game on the original Xbox. Timesplitters 2 is.

super_furry

As always, these things are prone to changing from day to day, but right now it's:

1) Fallout: New Vegas
2) Team Fortress 2
3) Morrowind
4) GTA: San Andreas
5) World of Warcraft
6) Terranigma
7) Final Fantasy VII
8) Skyrim
9) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
10) Turrican 2

mrkiscool2

krudler wrote: »

I wouldn't put Halo in the top 50 either, it's not even the best fps game on the original Xbox. Timesplitters 2 is.

I think not putting the game whose multiplayer every single FPS has followed since into any top 50 is a shambles. But anyway, that's just my opinion!

astonaidan

Not a Xbox fan really but Forza has to be a top 50 game, its the only reason Id think of getting a Xbone

dorkacle

Only seeing this now

1. Warcraft 3
2. Metal Gear Solid 4 (1, 2, & 3 also)
3. Half Life 2
4. GTA Vice City
5. Half Life 1
6. World of Warcraft
7. The Last of Us
8. Portal
9. Populous The Beginning
10. Sonic The Hedgehog

To be honest, there is probably loads I haven't even thought of.

The Boards Top 50 is a pretty agreeable list though

EDIT:

Halo: CE
Mass Effect 1/2
Resident Evil Remake
Deus Ex
Brothers In Arms
Gran Turismo
Fallout 3
Oblivion / Skyrim

EDIT (2): :pac:

Pokemon Red/Blue
Age of Empires
Wip3out
KOTOR
Crash Bandicoot 3

Retr0gamer

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

I think not putting the game whose multiplayer every single FPS has followed since into any top 50 is a shambles. But anyway, that's just my opinion!

Except for the fact that quake started it all back in 1996 and halo multiplayer really wasn't anything special considering what the pc was doing at the time.

deathrider

Feck, I completely missed this one. I hope Devil May Cry 3 made the list though. If not, I'm calling shenanigans!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

I think not putting the game whose multiplayer every single FPS has followed since into any top 50 is a shambles. But anyway, that's just my opinion!

every single console fps maybe. but they don't count, not even a little

mrkiscool2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Except for the fact that quake started it all back in 1996 and halo multiplayer really wasn't anything special considering what the pc was doing at the time.

Yes, the PC! Pretty much like Quake was revolutionary for it's time and system, Halo was revolutionary for the Xbox! Again, semantics. I have my opinion and you have yours. Not even that big a Halo fan really, just think it deserves a spot on the top 50!

GTR63

Nobody voted for Twitter?

2Mad2BeMad

dark souls number 8
truely deserves that spot suprized to see age of empires 2 so high did'nt think many people liked it considering they brought out the hd one only a few months ago