top 10 games of all time

the tipster

mine would be all the pro evolution soccers or championship manager

grimloch

Don't know about a top ten but here are my top 4 in no particular order.

FFVII
Deus EX (the original)
FFIX
Half Life 1

I'm sure my memory will be jogged by later postings.

Ri_Nollaig

total war series and the GTA series wud have to be included

Chong

I would like to Nominate the HALO series.

evad_lhorg

Zelda with some more zelda on top of that and a sprinkle of metroid prime.

RobertFoster

In no particular order...

Beneath a Steel Sky;
Broken Sword 1&2;
ICO;
GTA series;
Super Mario All Stars;
Call of Duty MP;
Mafia...

I've probably left some of my favourites - but I can never made definitive lists.

evad_lhorg

actually on this topic

ign did a top 100 games there all last week.

here's the countdown

http://top100.ign.com/2005/091-100.html

Goodshape

Top ten in my life thus far..

1. Doom 1-2
-- for being the first games I played online, and just for kicking ass in general.

2. Quake 1-3
-- for creating the online 'scene'. And also for kicking ass.

3. Civilization 1-3
-- you get to rule the world. this amuses me.

4. Zelda: Link To The Past
-- an (almost?) perfect game.

5. Metroid Prime
-- for showing it was possible.

6. Mario 3
-- everybody loves mario 3.

And less impact but I thought they were great..

Mafia
Morrowind
Half Life
Deus Ex.

StonedParadoX

Sonic for the Blueness
Streets of Rage series for its ****ing awsomeness

i could say GTA but everyone knows the GTA series was kewl

Trampas

StonedParadoX wrote:

Streets of Rage series for its ****ing awsomeness

I remember streets of rage.

Out on the megadrive.

Strider also.

Car games was Out Run and Chase HQ.

Alos the New Zealand Story the little bird.

Memories

evad_lhorg

actually i may as well post up a few of my favourites while im here.

Zelda ocarina of time
majoras mask
mario 3
mario world
devil may cry 3
metroid prime
f zero gx
final fantasy 7
resi 4
viewtiful joe
super mario kart
burnout 3
zombies ate my neighbours
final fantasy 6
snake rattle and roll
diddy kong racing
street fighter 2 turbo
tales of phantasia
banjo kazooie
pro evolution soccer series
mega man 2


i could probably go on and know a rake load of games i know id love if i had the time to play em but never bothered.

Cravez

Not in any particular order

1) Final Fantasy VII (Ps1) - Truely a magnificent and well constructed game, the characters, monsters, locations, story etc where all brilliantly done and well thought out and it was a joy to complete this game

2) Half-Life (PC) - A Fine FPS shooter with brilliant level design, and it got meintroduced into online gaming with Team Fortress Classic

3) X-com Apocalypse (PC) - A Game of such depth and playability that no matter how old it is it can still be as good as any new released game out there!

4) Might&Magic 6 & 7 (PC) - both games are Fun and enjoyable RPG's and these kept me playing for a good while

5) Thief 1,2 & 3 (PC) - One of my favourite Genre's of gaming is stealth, and when mixed with an FPS perspective you have a unique game that became Thief and the sequels only improved what the original had created

6) DOOM Ultimate, 2, Final (Saturn&PC) - BRILLIANT! enough said

7) Street Fighter & King of Fighters series (SNES,Megadrive,Dreamcast,Saturn & Ps2) - The First fighting games that i played and became one of my favourite genre's of gaming

8) Resident Evil 1, 2 & 4 (Ps1 & Gamecube) - Shate my pants playing these and brilliant action games

9) Call of Duty (PC) - The Most realistic World War II FPS game i have ever played, you can tell alot of effort went into this!

10) Hero Quest (Commodore 64) - One of the first games i ever played and obviously remains to be one of my top 10 games.

Kiith

in no particular order

1) Homeworld -- no words can describe how i loved this game
2) Half Life 1/2 -- an obvious choice
3) Deus Ex -- loved the rpg bits, and the fact you could actually change the story
4) System Shock 2 -- scared the **** out of me
5) Morrowind -- i've seen more of morrowind then the real world
6) Zelda OOT -- what can i say....amazing
7) Goldeneye -- best fps ever
8) Final Fantasy 7 -- loved every moment of it
9) Ace Combat 4/5 -- best game music ever, also great playability
10) Mafia -- another brilliant story
11) WoW -- draining my soul away (little warlock joke there )
12) Max Payne 2 -- ooh...so dark

tman

Pretty much in order of favouritism...

Metroid Prime
Super Metroid
Resident Evil 4
GTA III
GTA - Vice City
Super Mario Kart
Silent Hill

evad_lhorg

i never posted any pc games i just realised.

Counter strike
grim fandango
command and conquer red alert 1 and 2
commandos
syndicate wars

blah

The ones I'm always going back to:
GTA
Civilisation 2
Counter Strike
And I remember loving Super Mario Kart when I had the snes

TerrorFirmer

Soldier of Fortune 2
Halo
Halo 2
Goldeneye
Panzer Front
Command and Conquer Red Alert
Medal of Honor
Unreal Tournament
Freedom Fighters Multiplayer
Future Cop LAPD Multiplayer

Ri_Nollaig

mafia was brillant alright i though that was abit underrated to tell u the truth
goldeneye on the N64 was the reason to own an N64
Age of Empires seires were just brillant and have never really been beaten in my books
Command and Conqueror series ALL of them!
Sof2 for the online fun as it just give something CS cudnt...

Cravez

evad_lhorg wrote:

syndicate wars

Thats another game i absolutely loved, the multiplayer with mates was brilliant " minigun,uzi, persaedertron, explosives" Then blow up the banks for some money

todd10k

next person who fails to mention super smash bros. dies a death most painful.

Retr0gamer

Why do I feel compelled to reply:

1) Panzer Dragoon Saga: Utterly fantastic RPG. Great story with a killer twist and the greatest soundtrack ever recorded.
2) Suikoden 2: Excellent RPG. Epic storyline (and length) that is as good as any work of literature, then again it is based heavily on one of china's greatest pieces of literature. The returning characters sweeten the deal.
3) Final Fantasy VII: I adore this game. Great fun and excellent storyline.
4) Super Metroid: Absolute perfection in cartridge form. Excellent fun. The hugely atmospheric soundtrack is worth a mention.
5) Final Fantasy X: Great RPG with probably the best battle system ever. Great story as well.
6) Grandia: Another great RPG. Relies more on fantastic characters than story.
7) Zelda Link to the Past: I think it's better than OoT. It's zelda need I say more.
8) Gunstar Heroes: By far the best game on the Mega Drive. There is no better action game.
9) Radiant Silvergun: The best shmup ever. An absolute joy to play
10) Super Mario Kart: You can stick Gran Turismo and Forza up your arse. This is the best racing game ever.
11) Castlevania Symphony of the Night: Just like Super Metroid but just not as much fun.
12) Metroid Prime: With the price of the Gamecube at the moment if you don't own this game you are an idiot.
13) Zelda OoT: It's going to get mentioned a lot in this thread.
14) Doom 2: Doom, but infinitely better. Looks naff now but is still as much fun to play as it was in 1995(i think). Nothing beats the co-op mode
15) Half-Life: I still think no other FPS game since Doom has been as innovative or as consistently brilliant as Half-Life (including the sequel). The deathmatch is also an absolute cracker.
16) Super Mario World: I prefer it to mario 3. The best platform game ever.
17) Final Fantasy VI: Excellent story. Also Kefka is by far the most evil character ever in a videogame.
18) Resident Evil 4: I haven't played an action game in ages that was as consistently brilliant as Resi 4. Fan-bloody-tastic.
19) Final Fantasy Tactics (playstation 1 game, not the GBA mockery): Absolutley rock hard but very rewarding. Spoiled a bit by 2 stupidly silly hard levels.
20) Panzer Dragoon Orta: Beautiful to behold and play. Fantastic story that perfectly complments panzer dragoon saga. Play them back to back and prepare to choke back the tears.

Even with 20 I have to leave a lot out

Franky Boy

I'm not going to post that many but I must say hands down ffvii wins!

rainbow kirby

Okay... my top 10 is
1. Metroid Prime
2. Super Mario 64
3. Super Smash Bros Melee
4. Tetris
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (I'll have no comments from anyone about ranking this over OoT)
6. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7. Super Metroid
8. F-Zero GX
9. Metroid Zero Mission
10. Super Mario Kart

i_am_dogboy

I don't know what order these games should be in, finding it a bit hard to pick just 10.....

ICO
Planescape Torment
Fallout
Parappa the rapper
Pikmin
Homeworld
Ocarina of time
No one lives forever
Ground control
The longest journey

TheAlmightyArse

In order? Man, my head might collapse.

Super Mario 64
Tetris
WarioWare Inc.
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
GoldenEye 007
Planescape: Torment
Yoshi's Island
Advance Wars
Metroid Prime


Big up and props (why not?) to ICO, Ikaruga and Disgaea, which will probably love their way into my list eventually. I've only got round to playing them now, you see.

djmarkus

Civilisation 1
Doom 1-2
Mega Bomberman(Mega Drive)
Zero Tolerance(Mega Drive)
Micro Machines Series(Mega Drive)
Total Annihilation

Oldies But Goodies

Deadwing

Dunno if i could pick 10, but here goes

FFVII
Vagrant story
Battlefield BFV+BF2
Tekken tag
Zelda LTTP
Monkey island
Doom (up to and including doom3)
Half life 2
Street fighter 2
MGS1
i just had to put in wolfenstein & enemy territory

Creature

Hmmm...

In no particular order

Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS) - The most enjoyable fighter I've ever played. I'd say SF2CE but..well...this is better.

Ultima 7: The Black Gate (PC) - One of the first games I played, the sense of scale and attention to detail was literally hard to believe. The most interactive environment I have ever encountered in a game, even so to this day.

Resident Evil 4 (GC) - Consistently superb jaw-droppingly good action game. Not a bad scene or dull moment from start to finish. The only thing wrong with this game is that is had to end.

Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC) - Incredibly immersive RPG which just keeps getting better and better. With beautiful graphics and music too.

Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn (PC) - The best rpg ever. Epic.

Half Life (PC) - Excellently crafted game with deeply involving gameplay and plot, superb level design and wonderful AI. And that's just the single player. The best fps ever.

Worms 2 (PC) - The best multiplayer game ever. Endless hours/days/months/years of fun.

Silent Hill (PS) - Superbly made and presented psychological horror. the best use or sound in any game I can think of.

Civilization 2 (PC) - An amazingly addictive, complex and original game. Has consumed whole summers in what seemed like days.

Metal Gear Solid (PS) - Truly unique landmark game with outstanding character and plot development. An huge cinematic experience with outstanding immersive and original gameplay.

And a special mention to Tekken 2, Devil May cry and GTA: SA

Pretor

It'll be hard to pick my Favourite games but here goes (i'll keep it short)
In no particular order:

1) C&C Red Alert
2) C&C Generals
3) F-Zero GX
4) Metroid Prime1 & 2
5) Mario 3
6) Advance Wars1 & 2
7) Homeworld
8) Super Smash Bros. Melee
9) Medieval and Rome:Total War
10) Perfect Dark
11) Zelda: A link to the past

Ah... So many memories and wasted teenage years :rolleyes:

jesus_thats_gre

eh in no particular order:


Street Fighter 2
Doom 1 + 2
Half Life
Mario 3
Super Mario Kart
Mario 64
Sonic 2
Street of Rage 1
Sim City 2000
Soul Calibur
Virtua Tennis
Transport Tycoon
Command and Conquer
CS:Source - am sorry but Mario Kart is the only game I have played more of..
Gran Turismo

PHB

In no huge order:

1. Baldur's Gate Series
2. Fallout Series
3. Planescape Torment
4. Streets of Rage
5. Civ 2/3
6. Street Fighter Two Turbo
7. Counter-Strike
8. Mario Brothers 3
9. Theme Hospital
10. Theme Park

can't believe those last two havn't been mentioned more.

rainbow kirby

Well I liked them too, but they just didn't make the top 10... Theme Hospital is feckin' hilarious.

Creamy Goodness

my ten in no order

half life
counter strike (separate to hl as it created a once great community)
final fantasy VII (play it if you haven't)
zelda:a link to the past (flawless)
GTA 3 (redefined the series)
Super mario bros
Sonic
Street fighter 2
goldeneye
sam and max

djmarkus

But i think its fair to say that the original GTA was so addictive and such good fun!

weemcd

MGS1
Streets of Rage
Sonic 2
Markio Kart64
Quake 3
GTA 3
Gran Tourismo
Body Harvest
Final Fantasy VII
Soul Calibour

By no means the top 10 games evar, but certainly my favourite.

silenoz

What about Bubble Bobble? :eek:
Gaming perfection, so simple yet so brilliant!

Blub2k4

Deus ex - pc
Manic Miner - msx
Nemesis - various systems
Salamander - various systems
1942 - coin op
Karate Champ - coin op
tetris - various systems
hard drivin - coin op
super sprint - coin op and atari st
Knightmare. - msx

Good old mix of stuff there, the main reason it's mostly retro is because these are the games I wasted my teenage years on.
Atari st was the first machine that came close to coin op quality IMO, and the MSX was a great precursor to the pc idea of uniform platforms and cross compatibility.
I had the advantage of running the school computer club, so I got to try out all the latest and greatest machines in the 80's.

BizzyC

No order here....

Zelda : A Link to the Past(SNES),
Zelda : Ocarina of Time(N64),
Diablo 2(PC),
NFL 2k5(XBOX),
Super Metroid(SNES),
Street Fighter 2(SNES),
C&C Red Alert(PC),
Half Life(PC),
Morrowind(PC),
The Legend of Zelda(NES).

Can anyone spot the Zelda fan???
Couldn't put WW up there yet, just started playing it.

steviec

So many to choose from! I could probably think about this on ten different days and come up with ten completely different listss but here goes.

1) Final Fantasy VII - obvious but I just loved that story
2) Star Wars:KOTOR - The only RPG I've played that feels like a truly interactive story where you really play the main role, and you just don't take over control of him while he's fighting things.
3) Suikoden 2 - Another amazing RPG with a brilliantly told story and so much to do.
4) World of Warcraft - I've never been more addicted to a game, although most of this highlights have come from the people I play it with than the game itself.
5) Civilization 2/3 - I can just keep going back and it never gets old.
6) Broken Sword - Great story and characters that went beyond what you expect from a game. Also the only game I can think of that's visited Ireland.
7) GTA3 - created a world previously impossible in games, hours of freeform fun.
8) Syndicate - My most beloved game of the 16-bit era, it had depth and strategy ahead of it's time. Also, the agents looked cool.
9) Gran Turismo 1/2/3/4 - Ok so they dont change much but the feel of driving is still outstanding. My GT3 save file has fastest laptimes set in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, not many console games with that kind of longevity.
10) Micro Machines 1/2/96 - Brilliant multiplayer fun, never got tired.

Earthhorse

Great games that haven't been mentioned so far:

Rogue
Elite
Alone in the Dark
Probotector

Probably more but those spring to mind.

Velcrow

Ok the Under Hyped list ( some-what )

People should leave work now...yes now - buy what ever console is required and head home...yes now!!

Eternal Darkness - GC
Zelda Wind Walker - GC
Zelda Ocinara Of Time - N64
ICO - PS 2
Perfect Dark - N64
REZ - PS 2
Resident Evil 4 - GC

Blub2k4

All you pesky young'uns (shakes fist) wouldn't know a good game if it bit you on the (still not dropped) nuts!

Gfx and hardware tschah in my day we played wind up video games.
I still remember the first one i ever played was Demon Driver on a mac1 and that was pure moving asterisk goodness, looked like ****e, black screen with asterisks as the roadsides and no gfx as such and operated by that nasty floppy mac joystick, was great.

whiskeyman

Not many games on the older "consoles" - C64, Spectrum or Amiga.
I think some of these games got to be mentioned as they were a base for what we have now... or maybe that just shows our age!
Maybe I should mention Pong and Tetris, but I just never liked them!
I love SWAT 4 and BF2, but I've only just got them. The below games I've played for ages and ages and still will never get bored of them... a sign of a classic!
Here's mine... in no particular order:

PES series (PS2) - best soccer games ever. I used to be a die-hard FIFA nut (had from the first (96) on the SNES up to 2002) but PES was in a different league!

Bubble Bobble (Spectrum) - Best old game to play with a mate... classic! Was mentioned already and I bet they understand!

Chaos (Spectrum) - a brilliant multiplayer game for up to 8 players! You didnt get that much in the old days...

GTA series (PS2) - no holes barred fun!

Super Mario Karts (SNES) - brilliant fun racing game.

Rainbox 6 series (PC) - the first tactical FPS I played.... and I was hooked!

Duke Nukem (PC) - prefered this to Doom any day!

Back to Skool / Skooldayz (Spectrum) - probably my favourite. You play Eric, the school bully, and go around doing pranks and getting lines. I think they're doing some kind of remake for todays consoles.

Grand Prix 2 and 3 (PC) - My favourite racing sim.. 2 especially. played it for years with so many downloads / fan sites.

Railroad Tycoon (PC) - one of the first PC games I had on an old 386. Played for ages and ages! Never liked RT2 for some reason.

I'm sure there's lots more, but these just spring straight into mind...
Played Super Mario & Sonic a good bit, but the above games still win out.
(cool thread btw )

sprinkles

top 10 is tough but 10 I like:

Ico,
Gregory Horror show,
Dungeon Keeper,
Football manager
PES
Micro machine (thanks for the reminder steviec)
GTA3
Ranibow six
Resident Evil (original and the best)
Virtual Tennis (dreamcast)

Kazu

GTA series
Call of Duty (pc)
Unreal Tournament series (pc)
resi 4 (gc)
championship manager 4 (pc)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (gc)
Pikmin (gc)
Advance Wars (emulator)
Battlefield series (pc)
C&C Generals (pc)
Sim City 4 (pc)
warzone 2100 ps1 (ps)
medal of honour series

Gizzard

Everquest (PC)
Montasumas revenge (Atari 8bit)
Advance wars (GBA)
God of War (PS2)
Ultima 3 (Atari 8bit)
C&C RA (PC)

Branoic

Trying to put on order on them is impossible. So, in no particular order:

Frontier Elite - oldschool charm and fantastic vision. Still hasn't been bested in what it does IMO

Civilization series - dominate the world again and again with slightly better graphics each time! ;-) Civ 4 is touted to be a bigger-than-previous improvement on the near-perfect formula.

Half Life 2 - hybrid of technical & gameplay genius

Tomb Raider 1 - people sometimes forget how hugely hugely influential this game was. "Look at the amazing 3D engine!" - "Look at this new-fangled 3rd person floating camera perspective!" - "Look at the graceful acrobatic moves!" - "Look at her pointy breasts!"

Total War series - its tough to pick my favourite between Medieval and Rome (Shogun, while a great game, doesn't compare to the later two)

I would come up with another 5, but my boss keeps walking around behind my desk!

Ishmael

10 Soul Calibur 2 or Soul Blade
9 Battlefield 2/1942
8 Gta series ---- Some annoying flaws in places but good fun
7 Zelda LTTP, OOT, WW --- Good Stuff but wind waker is a bit annoying
6 F Zero Gx ---- BEST RACING GAME EVER!!!
5 Resident Evil 1(original or remake, both are deadly)
4 Resident Evil 4
3 Worms Armageddon

---

"I'll get you" [/worm voice]
2 Final Fantasy 7
1 R-type --- Any of them, they're all great.

Setun

Hey, a top 10 is quite hard and I'll probably left some of my faves out but here goes:

*Silent Hill 2 (PS2) - The best psychological horror, amazing story/ graphics/ sound (or lack of it)/ originality. Many happy memories.
*Goldeneye (N64) - Every level a classic. Multiplayer a selling point itself.
*Mario 64
*Mario 1 (NES) - My first actual game, so has nostalgic value.
*THPS2 (PC)
*Digger T Rock (NES) - odd, very brilliant game.
*Gauntlet (NES) - Played right up till level 70-something and NES overheated!
*Super Mario Allstars (SNES) - Especially Yoshis Island.
*The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time (N64) - speaks for itself.
*Animal Crossing (GC) - Weirdness.

Honourable mentions: Silicon Valley (N64). Also Killer 7, too new to make the list, but an excellent game. Duke Nukem 64, the multiplayer was excellent.

evad_lhorg

Daddio wrote:

*Digger T Rock (NES) - odd, very brilliant game.
*Gauntlet (NES) - Played right up till level 70-something and NES overheated!
.

yea you know the score. digger t rock was the win!

Ri_Nollaig

-pro evo 4 (ps2/xbox/pc) : just cant stop playing this one
-half life 1/2 (pc) : best fps ever made and not a bad sequel either
-shogun/medieval/rome: total war (pc) : months of my life gone cuz of these games!
-GTA series (ps2/xbox/pc) : never ending classic but i prefering playing the xbox or ps2 then pc
-deus ex 1 (pc) : just brillant! fps/rpg but sequel was completely shi.te
-age of empires 1/2 (pc) : how i loved these games
-halo (xbox) : xbox's killer app and not a bad multiplayer
-cossacks 1 (pc) : oh the LAN battles i had with this one
-command and conqeror (pc) : classic and i love generals in multiplayer
-dungeon keeper 1/2 (pc) : u can be bad! wat more do u want?

also others i played alot of: sof2 purely online! brillant vampire 1 and 2 orginaly was brillant sequel was good but could have been better and im sure there are more much more