Your 10/10 Games?

[Oheao]

This would be my list:

Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Super Mario 64 (N54)
Super Mario 64 DS (DS)
Mario Kart DS (DS)
New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Sonic The Hedgehog (GEN)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (GEN)
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Arcade/SNES)
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (Arcade)
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Editon (GEN)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (PSP)
Street Fighter IV (PS3, 360)
SimCity (SNES)
TimeSplitters (PS2)
TimeSplitters 2 (PS2, XB, GCN)
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (PS2, XB, GCN)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Super Smash Bros. (N64)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
Ecco The Dolphin (GEN)
WWF Royal Rumble (SNES/GEN)
WWF Warzone (PS1)
WWF Smackdown! (PS1)
WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role (PS1)
WWF Smackdown!: Just Bring It (PS2)
WWE Smackdown!: Shut Your Mouth (PS2)
WWE Smackdown!: Here Comes The Pain (PS2)
WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw (PS2)
Spider-Man (PS1)
Spider-Man: The Movie (PS2)
Minority Report: Everybody Runs (PS2, XB, GCN)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (PS2, XB)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (PS3)
Tiny Tank (PS1)
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Forbidden Memories (PS1)
Strider 2 (PS1)
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (PS1)
Crash Bash (PS1)
Fighters Megamix (SAT)
SoulCalibur (DC)
Wii Sports (Wii)
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (PS3, 360, Wii)
Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Games (Wii)
Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within (PS2, XB, GCN)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3)
Heavy Rain (PS3)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Final Fantasy XIII (PS3))
Bomberman (DS)
007: Nightfire (PS2, XB, GCN)
King's Field II (King's Field in NA) (PS1)
Hulk (PS2, XB, GCN)
MediEvil II (PS1)

I realize that it is a long list, so I don't expect other ones to be this length.

[soera]

Interesting list. Only one of those will make my list, some of the others would make a 0 on my list.

My 10/10 games are as follows :

Phantasy star
Super Mario III
Zelda: Link to the past
Super metroid
Final fantasy VII
Dragon quest VIII
Ni no Kuni

[sin2beta]

Galaxian
Pac-Man
Super Mario Bros 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Super Mario World
Outrun
Streets of Rage 2
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Link to the Past
Comix Zone
Pokemon
Links Awakening
NFL 2K
Crazy Taxi
Halo
Marvel Vs Capcom 2


Notable Ommisions are Phantasy Star and Shenmue. These are by far my favorite games. But Phantasy Star has horrible direction. There is a lot of stuff that seems impossible to figure out. If I was reviewing the game, I would have to give it a 9.9. Same with Shenmue. It's one of my favorites, but the voice acting alone will take you out of the universe. It's a notable flaw that could've and should've been fixes.

Compare this with crazy taxi. I don't like it as much as Phantasy Star, but it's design is close to perfection in my opinion. It's fun, looks great, sounds better. The only way I can think of to make Crazy Taxi better, is to have more levels. Essentially more Crazy Taxi.

That's my take of 10/10. They are not necessarily my favorite, but games I think are designed perfectly. Games that if I changed anything, would only make them worse.

Clearly there is a lot of Sega, but that's where most of my experience is. But I have to say, out of all of those, Mario 3 is the most deserving.

[burningdoom]

My picks (I was a big Nintendo kid, growing, until the PS1 came out at least):

-Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2
-Bionic Commando (NES)
-Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
-Chrono Trigger
-Contra (NES)
-Crystalis (NES)
-DuckTales (NES)
-The Elder Scrolls 4 & 5 (Oblivion & Skyrim)
-God of War 1 & 2 (I haven't played the series beyond those 2, I don't have a PS3 or PSP)
-Halo 1 & 2
-King's Field 1 & 2 (KF 2 & 3 in Japan), and KF: The Ancient City
-The Legend of Legaia
-The Legend of Zelda 1, Adventure of Link, Link to the Past, & Link's Awakening
-Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of the Super Heroes
-Mega Man 2 & Mega Man: Legends
-Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid: Fusion, and Super Metroid
-Neverwinter Nights
-Resident Evil 1-4 & Code Veronica
-Sonic the Hedgehog 1-3 (Genesis) and Sonic & Knuckles
-Super Mario Bros. 1 & 3, Super Mario World, & Super Mario Land 2: The 6 Golden Coins
-WWE '13

[MJMaranan]

Best Tactical RPG: Final Fantasy Tactics (PlayStation)
Best Pirate Game: Skies Of Arcadia (Dreamcast)
Best Story & Music: Wild ARMs (PlayStation)
Best Open-World Game: Fallout 3 (Multi-platform)
Best Compilation: Final Fantasy Anthology (PlayStation)
Best Series: Golden Sun (GameBoy Advance - DS)
Best Platformer: Uncharted Series (PlayStation 3)
Best Shooter Game: Freedom Fighters (Multi-platform)
Best Fighting Game: SoulCalibur (Dreamcast)

[Oheao]

Interesting list. Only one of those will make my list, some of the others would make a 0 on my list.

Which ones would be a 0 for you?

[soera]

Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
Super Mario 64 (N54)
Sonic The Hedgehog (GEN)
SimCity (SNES)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Ecco The Dolphin (GEN)
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (PS3, 360, Wii)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)

These games would get a 0. Before anyone is like "OMG WTF is wrong with you", these are my opinions. I find Sonic to be a horrible series. The whole point seems to be just to make it to one end of the screen to the other with no real purpose in between. Guitar hero games are just ugh. Mario 64 and SMB 2 shouldnt even have Mario's name on it cause its a blemish on the mostly flawless record of straight SMB games.Ecco is another one of those "move from one end to the other with no in between". Simcity I cant even stomach. FFX gets a 0 cause its the beginning of the downfall for the FF series. Im sure I would probably place a whole lot of the others on the 0 list but I dont know them.

[soera]

Notable Ommisions are Phantasy Star and Shenmue. These are by far my favorite games. But Phantasy Star has horrible direction. There is a lot of stuff that seems impossible to figure out. If I was reviewing the game, I would have to give it a 9.9.
But I have to say, out of all of those, Mario 3 is the most deserving.

I think Phantasy star gets a top nod cause of its direction. Its not as lost as Ghost Lion but its not as simple as Final fantasy 1 where it basically tells you "Go here next, talk to this next". It does every single thing that an 8 bit RPG should and then some.

I will have to agree with you on Mario 3 too. I dont think there is a single game that will appear on everyone's list but that one. It was the absolute high of gaming the world has ever seen. It will never be duplicated either. Its simply the greatest game ever created.

[disgaeniac]

Personally, to me a 10/10 is as close to gaming perfection as you can get -so- it's easy for me...

...Shadow-Hearts: Covenant is/always shall be my *one* & only 10/10 game that's the "benchmark" by which all other games are measured against...and...fall short of 

[karyann]

It's hard to decide on 10/10 games rather than favourite ones. I like the challenge!

Let's see... I didn't think a lot about this, but let's say:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Arkanoid (NES)
Link's Awakening
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario 64
Tales of Symphonia
The World Ends With You


Banko-Kazooie almost made the list, but it didn't keep the music notes you found, and that was really frustrating when you died.

Mario 64 and SMB 2 shouldnt even have Mario's name on it cause its a blemish on the mostly flawless record of straight SMB games.

While I personally agree with SMB2, SM64 is my favourite Mario ever, so I fail to see where it's a blemish  It all comes down to personal preference, though.

[sin2beta]

Mario 64 and SMB 2 shouldnt even have Mario's name on it cause its a blemish on the mostly flawless record of straight SMB games.

While I personally agree with SMB2, SM64 is my favourite Mario ever, so I fail to see where it's a blemish  It all comes down to personal preference, though.

Mario 64 is a somewhat polarizing game. Most people love it. I don't understand the love. I personally hate the game. I kinda like the penguin sliding stuff, but that's about it. I also hate the platformer genre it ushered in with the Mario 64 clones of Banjo Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64 to name a few.

I think most people's love of Mario 64 comes from nostalgia. In a similar manner, I like Sonic Adventure when most people don't. But my love comes from nostalgia and my familiarity with the universe. But it is certainly a flawed game.

This would probably be a different thread, but I honestly think, Mario and Sonic made a similar downward spiral in quality at about the same time. Mario started to suck with Yoshi's Island. Sonic started to suck with 3D Blast. For several generations, they have been shells of their 16-bit selves. They made the transition to 3D poorly. They both have started getting stuff right (Mario Galaxy/Sonic Colors). They've also gotten better recently since they both have started going back to 2D/classic design with moderate success (New Mario/Sonic Generations). The two mascots mirror each other a lot in my opinion. I actually don't think Sonic and Mario are that different, then or now.

In terms of SAT analogies: Mario 64 is to Mario as Sonic Adventure is to Sonic.

[turf]

NES
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man 2
Contra

SNES
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Donkey Kong Country
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

N64
Star Fox 64
Mario Kart 64
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Xbox
Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Xbox 360
Borderlands 2
Red Dead Redemption

Arcade
Ms. Pac-Man
Street Fighter II: Championship Edition


I'm sure I could add to this, but it'll do for now.
I tried to go by how good a game was multiplied by a factor of how good it still is. That was a lie. I just winged it.

[soera]

Turf reminded me of a game that should have made my list : Mario kart 64. While I absolutely despise the 64 and everything it is, Mario kart 64 is an abomination in the fact that it is an amazing game. The SNES version brought the series to the world but Kart64 is everything it should have been. I actually think that the following games in the series still dont even compete with this version.

[slothingXPIG]

Surprised to not see Mario RPG. Some people love it some hate it. I'd have to think long and hard on my list. Maybe one for each system

[sin2beta]

Oh, add vvvvvv to my list. That game is freakin' amazing!