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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: kypherion on May 24, 2018, 03:02:03 pm
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What are your favorite game(s)?
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I may return to this thread later this year. I have made it a goal of mine to replay all the games in my top 10 games of all time, a list that has not changed much in over a decade, as well as about half a dozen contenders for being top games of mine. The purpose of all this is to see if these games still hold up as my favorites or if they've been officially beaten out by better games I've played. I'm about halfway through this process and while a few will likely retain their places, some, to my surprise, have fallen quite far off the list.
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Favorites are...
Fallout 3
Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Breath of the Wild, NES Original
Brutal Legend
Super Mario 64, Super Mario World, Super Mario Odyssey
Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie
And probably there's a couple others I could put in, I'm just not sure if I consider them favorites or not.
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Some of my favorites in no particular order:
Q-Bert
Baseball Stars
ActRaiser
Final Fantasy VII
Space Channel 5
Culdcept Series
Legend of Zelda OOT
Final Fantasy X
Batman Arkham Asylum
Final Fantasy XIV
Splosion Man
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball
Lunar Silver Star Story
Tetris
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Mania
Breath of the Wild
Advance Wars
Splatoon
Phantasy Star
Phantasy Star Online
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Some of my favorites in alphabetical order:
Adventures of Lolo
Bangai-O!
Blaster Master
Bubble Symphony
Bulk Slash
Cannon Spike
Down Load
Dynamite Headdy
ESP Ra.De.
Galerians
Garou Mark of the Wolves
Gotcha Force
Grandia
Gunstar Heroes
Kirby Super Star
Mega Man 2
Nights into Dreams
Pocky & Rocky 2
Poy Poy 2
Puyo Puyo 2
Rakugaki Showtime
Silhouette Mirage
Soldier Blade
Solomon's Key
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Street Fighter IV
Team Buddies
Tech Romancer
The King of Fighters XI
Trap Gunner
Twinkle Star Sprites
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Top Ten:
Yoshi's Island
Skyrim
Fallout New Vegas
Fallout 3
Pokemon Leaf Green/Fire Red
Resident Evil 4
Tekken 3
NBA Street
Black
Kirby's Dreamland 2
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My #1 game: see my avatar :)
Q*Bert is my boy.
The rest of my top 10, in no particular order:
TMNT (Arcade)
Vampire Savior (Saturn)
Shadow of the Colossus
Super Metroid
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Final Fantasy VI
Bioshock/Bioshock Infinite (I can’t choose between the two)
Honorable mentions:
Mega Man 2
Mass Effect 2
Final Fantasy X
Sonic 2
Streets of Rage 2
Shinobi 3
Portal
Skyrim
Chrono Cross
WWF No Mercy
Resident Evil 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
Dragon Quest 8
Katamari Damacy
Marvel vs Capcom 2
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I'll give you a top 10 list, which was REALLY hard to whittle down to just 10:
1. King's Field II (PS1)
2. Super Metroid (SNES)
3. Resident Evil 2 - Dual-Shock Edition (PS1)
4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition (Xbox 360)
6. Neverwinter Nights - Diamond Edition (PC)
7. Crystalis (NES)
8. Bionic Commando (NES)
9. Super Mario World (SNES)
10. Contra (NES)
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With a massive library plus having been gaming for several decades, it's hard to do a top X. So here's a list of the games that have really stuck with me, where I can easily find myself playing any of them and still get enjoyment out of it.
NES:
Kirby's Adventure
Mega Man 2
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
SNES:
Aerobiz Supersonic
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Gundam Wing: Endless Duel
Live A Live
Metal Warriors
Super Mario RPG
Terranigma
Tetris Attack/Panel De Pon
N64:
Beetle Adventure Racing
Flying Dragon
Harvest Moon 64
Mario Party 3
Mystical Ninja Staring Goemon
Paper Mario
Perfect Dark
Pokemon Stadium
Star Wars Episode 1 Racer
Super Smash Bros.
Vigilante 8
Gamecube:
Animal Crossing
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Lego Star Wars
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Second Sight
Skies of Arcadia
SoulCalibur II
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tales of Symphonia
Wii:
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Game Boy:
Donkey Kong
Final Fantasy Legend II
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Pokemon Red
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Game Boy Color:
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Pokemon Pinball
Pokemon TCG
Pokemon Silver
Game Boy Advance:
Advance Wars
Advance Wars 2
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Golden Sun
Pokemon Ruby
Warioware: Twisted
Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars
DS:
Meteos
Professor Layton (The entire set of 'em)
3DS:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Dragonball Fusions
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Xbox:
Destroy All Humans
Fable
Jade Empire
Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Battlefront II
Star Wars: KOTOR
Star Wars: KOTOR II
Xbox 360:
Assassin's Creed 2
Blue Dragon
Borderlands 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Dynasty Warriors 7
Dynasty Warriors 8
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
Fallout: New Vegas
The Godfather
Halo: Reach
Lego Batman
Lego Lord of the Rings
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3 (Except for the last 15 minutes)
The Saboteur
Tales From the Borderlands
Tales of Vesperia
Warriors Orochi
PC:
Civilization II
Civilization III
Civilization IV
Day of the Tentacle
Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries
Rise of Nations
Rise of the Triad
Risk (Infogames version)
Sam and Max Hit The Road
Starcraft
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Team Fortress 2
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1. Dragon's Lair*
2. The Legend of Zelda (1 & 2)
Past this point the answer has more to do with what I have available to me at the time. Games like Fallout 4, Diablo III, Portal etc... have all consumed a lot of my time over the years but when I finish playing them I'm fine. The two (technically 3) listed here have withstood the test of time as focal points of gaming for me. These are the games that always come to mind beyond any scope of nostalgia or current shiny release. Their my desert island games... Not that I would object to any of my other favorites showing up, it's just that these are the only ones with set in stone places on my list. I have bought, re-bought, emulated, drawn, mapped these games. I have even literally ate, slept and drank their spin off merchandise many times over the years.
*This game set a high bar in every category, other than direct control, it is little more than a cleverly disguised disc menu in that regard (But at the time, when random access video was virtually unheard of, it was seemingly magical.) It took 10 years just to get all the levels at home. 14 years to match the audio and come close on video. And 24 years to become nearly indistinguishable at home from the arcade. This was the game that made everything else pale in comparison on one level or another for most of my life and it came out the same year as Tapper, Spy Hunter and The original Mario Bros (not Super) hit the arcades. It was beyond futuristic and colored my opinion of what video games could be for many many years. I have collected this one on nearly every system I own and have bought systems just to experience their interpretation of it so I would be remis to not place it at the top of my list.I can not overstate the effect this game had on me as a kid.
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There’s a lot of games I really enjoyed but haven’t played a second time, I don’t know if that category can be termed favorites.
Games I have loved and gone back to include:
Skyrim
Oblivion
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition
My fave games either have amazing gameplay that makes just the act of playing super fun (e.g. Mario Kart and Sleeping Dogs) or have a lot of replay ability for other reasons like being able to made a custom character, chooses different perks and adopt a different play style (e.g. Elder Scrolls and Fallout).
I also really like Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 because of all the characters and content and fan service.
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I've recently settled on my big 5 which are:
1/2. Final Fantasy VIII
1/2. Persona 3 FES
3. The House in Fata Morgana
4. Zero Escape trilogy
5. Danganronpa 1 & 2
I love FF8 and P3 equally for different reasons. I do love Persona 4/5 and other old Final Fantasy games too but P3 and FF8 are my favourites and filling favourite games lists with loads of games from the same series usually makes them boring. I love Persona 4 nearly as much as 3, 5 slightly behind 4 but it'd probably be behind Danganronpa on this list. Not sure about the other Final Fantasy games, it's been a long ass time since I've played them properly. Fata Morgana is a visual novel so not technically a game but details shmetails.
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Battlefield 1 (PC)
Far Cry 5 (PC)
Grand Theft Auto V (PC}
The Legend of Zelda: A link to the past - SNES
I'm also addicted to CS:GO because there is no better FPS I could be playing. I often hang out on https://dreamteam.gg/csgo platform. Thare are many other good players and playing together is much more fun than playing alone.
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NES
Punch-out
Blaster Master
Mega Man 1-3
Zelda
Contra
Batman
Metroid
SUPER NES
Super Metroid
Super Mario World
Actraiser
Final Fantasy lll
Zelda Link to the Past
Contra lll
Life Force
SEGA GENESIS
Shining Force 1&2
Quack Shot
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Joe Montana Sports Talk Football
Phantasy Star lll
Streets of Rage 1-3
Wonder Boy in Monster World
GAMEBOY ADVANCED
Advanced Wars 1&2
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
GAME CUBE
Zelda Wind Waker
Metroid Prime
Resident Evil (remake)
SEGA DREAMCAST
Soul Reaver
Evolution 1&2
Grandia ll
Dino Crisis
Resident Evil Code Veronica
SoulCalibur
NINTENDO DS
Zoo Keeper
Advanced Wars Duel Strike
N64
Super Mario 64
007 Golden Eye
Conkers Bad Fur Day
Zelda Ocarina of Time
PC
Starcraft
Warcraft
Rise of Nations
Age of Empires
Phantasmagoria ll
SEGA CD
Popful Mail
Vay
PLAYSTATION
Resident evil 1-3
R4 Ridge Racer
Kings Field 1&2
Suikoden 1&2
Syphon Filter
Tekken 1-3
Tomb Raider 1&2
Wargames Defcon 1
Beyond the Beyond
Wild Arms
Brigandine
Covert ops Nuclear Dawn
F.F.VII
Gunship
PS2
Soul Reaver 2
Ace Combat 4&5
Gran Turismo 3&4
Culdacept
Disgaea 1&2
Dynasty Tactics 1&2
F.F.X
Silent Hill 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
Onimusha 1-3 & Dawn of Dreams
Ridge Racer V
Red Faction
PS3
Disgaea 3,4 & D2
Ridge Racer 7
Uncharted 1-3
PS4
Plants vs Zombies 1&2
Disgaea 5
Fallout 4
Battlefield 1
Battlefield 4
Killzone Shadow Fall
Zombie Army Trilogy
Tomb Raider
XBOX
Halo
Ssx Tricky
Burnout Revenge
Fight Night 2004
Hitman Contracts
Max Payne 1&2
Shadow ops Red Mercury
Silent Hill 2,4
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon & Thunder Island
XBOX360
Foza 2&3
Allen Wake
Battlefield Bad Company 1&2
Bioshock 1&2
Ace Combat 5
Burnout Revenge & Paradise
Call of Duty 2,4 & Black ops 1-3
Chromehounds
Crackdown
Condemned
Culdacept Saga
Crysis 1-3
DarkSiders
Wolfenstein
Test Drive Unlimited
Spectral Force 3
Star Trek Legacy
Silent Hill Homecoming
Singularity
Guitar hero (all of them)
XBOXONE
Call of Duty WWII
Foza Horizon 2&3
Foza 5-7
Wolfenstein ll
Gears of War Ultimate Edition & 4
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I adore a lot of games and I'll probably forget a lot but these are some of my all time favorites that mean a lot to me :
- The Sims serie (TS2 being my all time favorite game)
- Tony Hawk's game serie
- Donkey Kong Country 1 to 3
- Red Dead Redemption
- Mirror's Edge
- Uncharted Serie
- The Last of Us
- Bully
- Grand Theft Auto serie from GTAIII
- Tekken serie
- Soulcalibur serie
- Watch Dogs 1-2
- Mass Effect serie
- Dragon Age Inquisition
- Assassin's Creed serie
- Unravel
- Alan Wake
- Jet Set Radio
- Shenmue
- Life is Strange (and Before the Storm)
- Quantic Dream's game except Nomad Souls since I haven't played it
- Skate 2-3
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Super Smash Bros Brawl
- Agressive Inline
- SSX serie
- Steep
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My favorite game of all time is, by far, the original Metal Gear Solid on the PS1.
Other than that, I'd say (in no specific order):
Rockman X4
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistance
Duke Nukem 3D
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Ikaruga
GoldenEye 007
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Streets of Rage II
Final Fantasy VII
The King of Fighters '98
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Nice choices, all really intriguing picks. I'd have to say a couple of my favorites in no particular order are:
Castlevania SOTN
Devil May Cry 1
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Golden Axe
Legend of Zelda: A link to the past (yes, i had four swords version)
Contra Advance: The alien wars EX
The super mario advance games (GBA)
Original Mario Bros (I had the deluxe cartridge)
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Mario 64
Legendary Starfy
Serious Sam: The second encounter
Castle Crashers
DOOM 1,2, and 2016
Unreal Tournament 99'
Final Fantasy 7
Sonic and the secret rings (I never said I liked good games XD)
And to top it off, one of my top games, Trauma Center: Second Opinion
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I've been replaying all of my favorite games off all time this year, as well as some I've played that I felt were contenders to be in my top 10 games. Here is my old top 10 games of all time:
1. Shenmue and Shenmue 2
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4. Final Fantasy VII
5. Half Life 2
6. Super Mario 64
7. Zone of the Enders
8. Resident Evil (2002 remake)
9. Marvel vs Capcom 2
10. Perfect Dark
And here is my current, new Top 10 Games of All Time list:
1. Shenmue and Shenmue 2
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4. Doom (2016)
5. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
6. Half Life 2
7. Radiant Silvergun
8. Resident Evil (2002 remake)
9. Super Mario 64
10. Marvel vs Capcom 2
As you can see my top 3 slots stayed the same. Breath of the Wild is obviously a recent addition however I was certain before I started replaying my old favorite games that I liked it more than Ocarina of Time, meaning it became my 2nd favorite game of all time.
As you can see Final Fantasy VII is nowhere to be found in my new top 10. FF7 was my introduction into RPGs when I first played it around 2000, and it left a lasting impression on me at the time. Sadly, I am not nearly as into JRPGs as much I used to be, which definitely showed while I was replaying FF7 this year. I still do like FF7, but I just don't enjoy it nearly as much as I used to.
Super Mario 64 got bumped down quite a bit due to it just not having the challenge it once it, in fact its pretty damn easy. That's not to say it isn't enjoyable, fun, and ver nostalgic for me, but it has some stiff competition which have trumped it over the years.
Zone of the Enders was another game that fell off my list. Like Final Fantasy VII, when I first played Zone of the Enders I was in a different phase of my life with different interests. More specifically I was way more into anime and anime-themed games at the time Zone of the Enders first came out which really added to my enjoyment of this game. The gameplay and action still hold up for the most part, but I've just played so many better games that it unfortunately was bumped off the list.
Perfect Dark also fell off my top 10, which is less surprising considering it topped off the list. What was surprising, however, is that I found myself somewhat bored with this games generic scifi story and too many where the hell do I go moments. I didn't dislike Perfect Dark, but I didn't like it nearly as much as I used to.
Regarding the three new games other than Breath of the Wild that broke into my top 10, Doom 2016 was a complete surprise to me with how amazing it is. I've never played a game where the action was so intense and gameplay so fast paced where I actually forgot to blink. Combine this with it's amazing graphics and incredible soundtrack and it pretty much became impossible for this game not to make it in my top 10. Mario Kart 8 was similar to Doom in that I was completely taken by surprise by how amazing of a game it is, and have played it for hundreds of hours with no signs of me getting tired with it or bored. It's buy far the best racing game I've ever played and one of the more entertaining games as well. Radiant Silvergun, was a game that skated the edge of my old top 10, probably being #11 or #12, but it has held up so well for me and i enjoy it so much that it ended up making it in and also jumping to #7 due to some changed feelings I had about certain other games mentioned above.
So there it is, my new Top 10 Video Games of All Time list!!
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My top 3 so far would be:
1) BioShock/BioShock 2 (360)
2) Wonder Boy in Monster World (MD)
3) Project Zero 2 (PS2/Xbox)
The other 17 to make a top 20 (in no order) are:
Dead Space (360)
D/Generation (PC)
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB)
Resident Evil 4 (Wii/PS4)
This War of Mine: The Little Ones (PS4)
Mount & Blade: Warband (PS4)
Parasite Eve II (PS1)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2/Xbox)
Chaos Legion (PS2)
Haunting Ground (PS2)
Beautiful Katamari (360)
Gregory Horror Show (PS2)
Dark Souls series (PS4)
Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap (MS/PS4)
Mario Galaxy/2 (Wii)
Streets of Rage 2 (MD)
Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
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My favorite games are usually games I can pick up at anytime and still have fun with them.
My ultimate favorite is and forever will be Wind Waker HD so I will leave it out so I can list others. Everything else after that is just a slight tier below it.
Top 10 unordered
Super Mario Odyssey
Zelda: Skyward Sword
Skyrim
Sonic Mega Collection (If I gotta be specific, Sonic 3 & Knuckles)
Zelda: Breath of The Wild
Super Mario Galaxy
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth +
God of War 2018
Pikmin 2
Yoshi's Whooly World