IGN Top 100 Games last generation

richymcdermott

that time of the year again to laugh and facepalm Ign list of 100 best games of last gen

http://www.ign.com/top/games-of-a-generation



100 - Skate 2
99 - Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
98 - Mario Kart Wii
97 - Condemned
96 - Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
95 - Vanquish
94 - DJ Hero
93 - Dance Central
92 - State of Decay
91 - Super Smash Bros Brawl
90 - Unfinished Swan
89 - Splinter Cell: Blacklist
88 - Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
87 - Sleeping Dogs
86 - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
85 - Skylanders
84 - Crackdown
83 - LEGO Marvel
82 - Halo 3
81 - Spec Ops: The Line

80 - Xenoblade Chronicles
79 - Call of Duty: Black Ops
78 - Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
77 - Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
76 - Saint Row: The Third
75 - Heavy Rain
74 - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
73 - Brothers
72 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
71 - Gran Turismo 6
70 - XCOM: Enemy Within
69 - Battlefield: Bad Company 2
68 - Demon's Souls
67 - Dishonored
66 - God of War III
65 - Catherine
64 - Flower
63 - Rainbow Six Vegas
62 - Shadow Complex
61 - Rayman Legends

60 - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
59 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
58 - Infamous 2
57 - LittleBigPlanet
56 - FEZ
55 - Bayonetta
54 - FIFA 12
53 - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
52 - Far Cry 3
51 - The Witcher 2: Assassin's of Kings
50 - South Park: The Stick of Truth
49 - Forza Motorsport 4
48 - Fable 2
47 - Dragon Age: Origins
46 - Dark Souls 2
45 - Super Meat Boy
44 - Gears of Wars 3
43 - Trials Evolution
42 - Mirror's Edge
41 - Spelunky

#40. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
#39. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
#38. Limbo
#37. Burnout Paradise
#36. Pac-Man Championship Edition
#35. Tomb Raider 2013
#34. Bioshock Infinite
#33. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
#32. The Walking Dead
#31. Portal
#30. Braid
#29. Grand Theft Auto IV
#28. Halo 4
#27. Borderlands 2
#26. Fallout: New Vegas
#25. Dead Space
#24. Left 4 Dead 2
#23. Dark Souls
#22. Batman: Arkham Asylum
#21. Street Fighter IV

#20. Super Mario Galaxy 2
#19. Wii Sports
#18. Mass Effect
#17. Bioshock
#16. Batman Arkham City
#15. Halife-Life 2 :Episode 2
#14. Assassin Creed 2
#13. Rock Band
#12. Mass Effect 2
#11. Uncharted 2
#10. Call Of Duty 4 Modern Warfare
#9. Journey
#8. Grand Theft Auto 5
#7. Red Dead Redemption
#6. Minecraft
#5. Fallout 3
#4. The Elder Scrolls Skyrim
#3. The Last Of Us
#2. Portal 2
#1. Mario Galaxy

Retr0gamer

There's so much wrong there it's not even worth commenting on. Populist bull****.

Wooden Jesus

IGN picks 100 games from last gen out of a hat

Grumpypants

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There's so much wrong there it's not even worth commenting on. Populist bull****.

for a start the list only has 61 games ............ i'll get me coat.

Burgo

Grumpypants wrote: »

for a start the list only has 61 games ............ i'll get me coat.

Yeah I really hate the way they do a staggered release for their crappy lists. I just want to see what's no.1 so I can disagree with them!

Retr0gamer

Burgo wrote: »

Yeah I really hate the way they do a staggered release for their crappy lists. I just want to see what's no.1 so I can disagree with them!

Spoiler: it's last of us, aka the dark knight of this generation.

Thargor

65 - Catherine
64 - Flower

Never heard of them...

richymcdermott

Thargor wrote: »

65 - Catherine
64 - Flower

Never heard of them...

you never heard of catherine :S , GO PLAY IT :P

Retr0gamer

Thargor wrote: »

65 - Catherine
64 - Flower

Never heard of them...

You should sort that out, although prioritise Catherie.

Retr0gamer

IGN live in a land where handhelds don't exist.

ShadowHearth

Is it me or top 100 is pure retarded thing. Specially in video games.

Mal-Adjusted

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Spoiler: it's last of us, aka the dark knight of this generation.

knowing ign, numbers 2-5 will all be COD :P

still, happy to see Vanquish on the list

CiDeRmAn

Mirrors Edge is ahead of Dark Souls 2?
And that Dark Souls 2 isn't in the top 5?

KilOit

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

IGN picks 100 games from last gen out of a hat

They also pick up the damn hat every year!
IGN's cupboard is full of hats of top something!

calex71

Yay another top 100 for us all to argue over, and not many will have played everything on them ..... wait Dark souls 2 ahead of Demons Souls ???IGN had best prepare to die !!!!!!!

Corholio

GOW 3 ahead of Twilight Princess.

I do feel dirty at times that I get news from them when they put up lists like this.

Retr0gamer

The fact that Ni No Kuni is ahead of Xenoblade let alone considered for the top 100 makes me ill.

Kiith

Dark Souls for number 1!!

Overheal

Half life 3!

penev10

Even for IGN that's appalling. They know no one takes their lists seriously so they probably just got a trainee to lash a 100 together and hoped there was no spelling mistakes.

ShadowHearth

How IGN worked on to give game a spot on a list:

1. Take a game
2. Go to http://www.random.org/
3. Press "generate button"
4. Profit

Zero-Cool

The walking dead for number 1 (the Activision one of course pew pew pew)

johnny_ultimate

I always enjoy how everyone vocally dismisses top 100 lists as the nonsense they are (especially from a publication as irrelevant as IGN), but everyone still makes the time to get incredibly angry and passionate about them :pac:

YouSavedMyLife

List seems fine

gimli2112

I'm not reading the list, 'cos it will just make me post something that makes me look stupid.

tok9

People shouldn't really look at it as a definitive list in order.

Just look at it as 100 games you should probably play.

richymcdermott

List Updated

Oh great, another list I refuse to click through per entry.

richymcdermott

List is finished and holy **** Mario Galaxy was number 1



:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

super_furry

These things are so stupidly subjective that it's pointless to even debate them. Every single person here will have a different list with different games in a different order that all a 'definitive' list will do is get people's backs up. As tok9 said, take it as 100 Games from the Last Generation You Should Play and it's fine.

Azza

super_furry wrote: »

These things are so stupidly subjective that it's pointless to even debate them. Every single person here will have a different list with different games in a different order that all a 'definitive' list will do is get people's backs up. As tok9 said, take it as 100 Games from the Last Generation You Should Play and it's fine.

Agreed, this list as valid as anyone else's is.

calex71

super_furry wrote: »

These things are so stupidly subjective that it's pointless to even debate them. Every single person here will have a different list with different games in a different order that all a 'definitive' list will do is get people's backs up. As tok9 said, take it as 100 Games from the Last Generation You Should Play and it's fine.

Agree 100% , most are worthy of your time but me for example I hated Mario Galaxy with a passion, no reason specifically just wasn't for me and it wouldn't even feature on my own list were as loads of others would have it in #1 spot and demons souls didn't make this list nor did the original borderlands both of which I'd rate as personal favorites.

Digital Solitude

Wii Sports as #19 though? After that, I'd probably agree with super_furry

Josey Wales

I don't particularly agree with the order of the list but it is a pretty good collection of games.

Corholio

Mario Galaxy at No.1 was...........surprisingly, on IGN's part, a good choice.

Pac1Man

No Valkyria Chronicles at all?

Tipsy McSwagger

Corholio wrote: »

Mario Galaxy at No.1 was...........surprisingly, on IGN's part, a good choice.

Yup it's a masterpiece

Sonics2k

DJ Hero and Dance Central beats AC:4?

How the hell?

Retr0gamer

They forgot the DX at the end of pac man championship edition.

Think it's a bit of a piss poor list. Everyone and their dogs knows they should play those games. Were are the surprises, the hidden gems.

richymcdermott

you know whats worse than reading this list ?

reading the comment section on Ign number 1 spot given to Mario Galaxy

Sephiroth_dude

Real bad list......xenoblade in the 80's and Mario galaxy no 1,they can **** right off with that,bunch of langers!

Retr0gamer

I don't know about that. Both Mario Galaxy games are amazing and real contenders for number 1.

kunst nugget

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Think it's a bit of a piss poor list. Everyone and their dogs knows they should play those games. Were are the surprises, the hidden gems.

You ask one person to list their top 100 games and you'll get a load of surprises and hidden gems. You ask a load of people to list their top 100 games and compile them together to make one list and the list'll become more generic as everybody's unique choices get squeezed out and the games that have some sort of common consensus stay in.

Can't really see anything wrong with the list. It is what it is...

richymcdermott

Only thing I have a problem with the list really is no valkyria chronicles and fifa 12 is on the list

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I don't know about that. Both Mario Galaxy games are amazing and real contenders for number 1.

Unfortunately there are an awful lot of people who just refuse to acknowledge that the Galaxy games are sublime.
They are two of so many great games but they really are so worth playing.

It's bizarre that folk could be so, well, insulted by its position on top of the heap, though I think Super Mario 64 was more important, at least to me.

Retr0gamer

Wel mario 64 pretty much defined how 3d games are made. It's a hugely important game. The galaxy games aren't going to change the industry, they are just two sublime and expertly made games.

Randall Floyd

A list of the 100 most underrated games of the last gen would have been more interesting.

Captain Chaos

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Unfortunately there are an awful lot of people who just refuse to acknowledge that the Galaxy games are sublime.
They are two of so many great games but they really are so worth playing.

It's bizarre that folk could be so, well, insulted by its position on top of the heap, though I think Super Mario 64 was more important, at least to me.

This list is the 100 greatest games from generation 7 though. Mario 64 is from generation 5.

Get a 100 greatest from gen 5 list and that would be interesting alright.

CiDeRmAn

Captain Chaos wrote: »

This list is the 100 greatest games from generation 7 though. Mario 64 is from generation 5.

Get a 100 greatest from gen 5 list and that would be interesting alright.

Thanks,
I did not know that.
Mario Galaxy is a worthy No. 1, though I just think I might rather see Dark Souls there instead, a magnificent example of videogames as a developers craft.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

much as I love dark souls and think it deserves an easy #2 spot, i'd happily place mario galaxy 1 ahead of it. That game was just wonderful. It made the horrible motion controlled wii nonsense seem bearable and that's a hell of a thing to manage.

CiDeRmAn

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

much as I love dark souls and think it deserves an easy #2 spot, i'd happily place mario galaxy 1 ahead of it. That game was just wonderful.

And yet there are those who think you can't be a lover of games like DS and still adore SMG as well.

I found it very hard to love any racing titles this last generation, beyond games like Split/Second and Test Drive Unlimited.
I just found track day simulation has gotten so stale.
And Grid/Dirt I just can't get into either.
But then, my fave racers have been Rage Racer on the PS and MSR on the DC, so my judgement may not be the best!