Can you name your top 5 games of all time?

[The Sceneman]

I'm trying to do this right now and having trouble!

Mine are probably:
- Castlevania: SotN
- Killer7
- Baten Kaitos Origins
- Dark Souls
- FFVIII
- Red Dead Redemption

although I'll probably swap a couple these out if I can think of anything better....

[Himu]

Easy.

- Shenmue/Shenmue 2
- Jet Set Radio
- Resident Evil 4
- Final Fantasy VIII
- GTA3/VC/SA

[The Sceneman]

Shit forgot RE4, definitely in my top 10 but prob not top 5....

[Human Snorenado]

Torment
Phantasy Star II/IV
Baldur's Gate II
Diablo II
Custer's Revenge

[Mr. Gundam]

Crystalis
TIE fighter
Chrono Trigger
Katamari Damacy
Final Fantasy IV

[The Sceneman]

lol Katamari? Really? I can understand the Custers Revenge more...

I still need to play Chrono Trigger all the way through. Ditto for Super Metriod. I was playing an ILLEGAL ROM on my DS and the game kept freezing when some robot dude wanted to race me I'll just fork out for the iOS version at some point.

[Mr. Gundam]

Yes, really.

[Human Snorenado]

I put Custer's Revenge down because I legit can't decide between OG gb Tetris, Super Mario World and Link to the Past right now.

[The Sceneman]

Yes, really.

"Internationally renowned hater of whimsy"

[Human Snorenado]

lol Katamari? Really? I can understand the Custers Revenge more...

I still need to play Chrono Trigger all the way through. Ditto for Super Metriod. I was playing an ILLEGAL ROM on my DS and the game kept freezing when some robot dude wanted to race me I'll just fork out for the iOS version at some point.

Jesus fucking christ, pirate it on your pc like any decent human being.  WTF, mang.

[Mr. Gundam]

Yes, really.

"Internationally renowned hater of whimsy"

You know it, baby.

I don't see Katamari as whimsy, I see it more as a massive hit of acid and shrooms while you're stuck in Japan.

This is just the original game, not the sequels which lost a lot of that original crazy ass charm.

[Rahxephon91]

Metal Gear Solid 3
Final Fantasy X
Zone of the Enders 2
Metal gear Solid 2
Resident Evil 4

[Human Snorenado]

Metal Gear Solid 3
Final Fantasy X
Zone of the Enders 2
Metal gear Solid 2
Resident Evil 4

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[Mr. Gundam]

Crystalis
TIE fighter
Chrono Trigger
Katamari Damacy
Final Fantasy IV

My next five would have to be:
Metal Gear Solid 3
Zone of the Enders 2
Dragon Quest VIII
Resident Evil 4
Ico

[Steve Youngblood]

I always feel at odds trying to pick favorites, so I'll just list in no particular order the games I'm fairly certain I've played the most in my life:

1.) Heroes of Might and Magic III
2.) Final Fantasy Tactics
3.) Super Smash Bros. Melee
4.) Super Mario 64
5.) Hot Shots Golf Fore

[Stoney Mason]

Balance of Power
Super Mario 64
GTA San Andreas
Call of Duty 4
Resident Evil 2


Although probably only 2 of those are permanent. In a different mood I could switch out 3 of those for about 30 or 40 other games.

[The Sceneman]

Resident Evil 2

[MCD]

ninja gaiden 2
ninja gaiden black
arc the lad collection (2 mostly)
banjo kazooie
monster girl quest

[tiesto]

Not sure if I can narrow it down to 5 but let's try:

Rez
Phantasy Star 2
Star Ocean 2
ESPGaluda
Super Mario World

[Beezy]

no

[Stoney Mason]

Resident Evil 2

I thought 4 was amazing and maybe the game of that generation but Resident Evil 2 just hooked me in a way very few video games ever have. I think it changed my opinion on videogames and what they were capable of. It's probably very archaic to play it now but at the time it blew me away.

[Human Snorenado]

Resident Evil 2

I have really fond memories of RE2.  It's definitely one of the better immediate sequels of all time in terms of iterating upon the first entry.  I still feel like RE4 is a better game overall, but they're both honestly probably in my top 10 if a bit out of the top 5.

People putting MGS2 down need to be shot.

[The Sceneman]

Yeah I played the HELL out of it when it came out. Must've beaten it like 15 times. I remember A ranking Leon 2nd scenario in like 1:20:00 when I was 12. I was soooooo good at the game. Learned to speedrun it without FAQs or anything

[Madrun Badrun]

Fuck just 5

Metal gear Solid 2
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Remake
Dark Souls
Metroid Prime
OOT
Mario World
Mario RPG
Halo
Advanced Wars

[Stoney Mason]

People putting MGS2 down need to be shot.

In a game that's purposely so story heavy, if I detest the story it can't be on my list. It's a pet peeve of mine but the way the story is presented in the game always bugged the shit out of me. I understand how people loved the gameplay but god damn I hated that story.

Metal Gear Solid though on the PSX would make my top 20 or 30 list. I loved that game.
 

[Human Snorenado]

How anyone can name MGS2 the best anything just baffles me.  It takes incremental improvements in gameplay and marries them to the worst, most intrusive "story" in video game history.  Like, the game is literally incapable of getting out of it's own fucking way and letting you play it.  And I'm actually using "literally" seriously here, not like "dude that was so funny I literally shit my pants"

edit: Stoney knows what's up

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Doom 2 and some other stuff.

[Himu]

MGS2 is one of the most replayable, and content heavy games. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is even better, due to VR missions, Snake Tales, and more. MGS2 is a fine choice. You can bring up the story, but my reply will simply be,"what story?" haven't played MGS2 story since 2001, have skipped it every single replay since. Game owns.

MGS2: Substance European Extreme

[Madrun Badrun]

Because she was my first, creepy.  She was my first.  MGS3 is the way better game (with subsistance controls), but I have like 100 hours into MGS2.  VR missions

[Human Snorenado]

MGS2 is one of the most replayable, and content heavy games. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is even better, due to VR missions, Snake Tales, and more. MGS2 is a fine choice. You can bring up the story, but my reply will simply be,"what story?" haven't played MGS2 story since 2001, have skipped it every single replay since. Game owns.

I'm not about to take seriously the opinion of someone who has Shenmue on his top 5.

[Himu]

Because she was my first, creepy.  She was my first.  MGS3 is the way better game (with subsistance controls), but I have like 100 hours into MGS2.  VR missions

VR MISSIONS

[MCD]

The tank level was something else though. I can never forget that intro scene. One of the best rain graphics for real.

It all went downhill after that though.

[Himu]

Bet you Creepy couldn't play MGS2 on European Extreme. 

[Human Snorenado]

Bet you Creepy couldn't play MGS2 on European Extreme. 

I *can* do plenty of things.  I won't, though.

[benjipwns]

If presssed I'd probably go with:
Chrono Trigger
Civilization II + IV BTS
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Tetris Attack
Oh god I can't decide from the Zelda/Metroid's...Link's Awakening I guess.

Then probably Metroid Prime, NFL 2K5, Symphony of the Night, A Link to the Past and Super Metroid. And Gunstar Heroes.

Though I've probably played Advance Wars 1-2, Twisted Metal 2, THPS1-3, Spyro 1-2, NHL 2002, NBA Live 95-2005, NBA 2K1-13, Burnout 3/Revenge, TF2, Borderlands and Defense Grid more than many of these. I think I've actually beaten Harmony of Dissonance more times than Symphony of the Night.

Order Up! is the top Wii game.

[MCD]

Never once did I replay a Metal Gear game unless we count Twin Snakes as replaying the first game.

No cheevos back then plus I saw the whole story so why bother. It is no Ninja Gaiden or Super Meat Boy.

[Rahxephon91]

Metal Gear Solid 3
Final Fantasy X
Zone of the Enders 2
Metal gear Solid 2
Resident Evil 4

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I chose the games I played when I was 10-15. Games that left their impact. Games I played at the perfect time. I'm pretty sure your list is basically the same deal. If I was getting into games during the snes period then my list would be diffrent, but no I got into games during the PS2. Thats just the way it is. I'm not going to chose old games I didn't grow up playing.

Either way, screw you man. These are the games I like.

[cool breeze]

No, probably not.  Zelda Ocarina of Time is stock answer for my favorite game, 'cause nostalgia x great game = getouttaherecriticalthinking.  Beyond that it's a jumble of other games.

I know my #1 favorites in various genre.  Chrono Trigger is my favorite jrpg.  Project Gotham Racing 2 is my favorite racing game. Virtua Fighter 4 Evo is my favorite 3D fighting game.  Full Throttle or Last Express are my favorite adventure games.  Stuff like that.
 

[hampster]

Final Fantasy Tactics
Sim City 2000
Civilization 2
Kingdom Hearts 1
Spyro 1

There was some golf game on DOS I played the shit out of, that probably deserves a spot if I could remember it

[Stoney Mason]

Doom 2 and some other stuff.

Doom wouldn't crack a top 10 list for me or anything but man I can remember it clear as a fucking bell the first time I ever saw doom running on a roomates computer and just being blown away. I know Doom wasn't the first fps technically (even from those guys) but man the way it put it all together it might as well have been. It's a cliche to say now but nothing was the same after that game. It was one of the most influential things ever. 

[Himu]

Never once did I replay a Metal Gear game unless we count Twin Snakes as replaying the first game.

No cheevos back then plus I saw the whole story so why bother. It is no Ninja Gaiden or Super Meat Boy.

Replaying Metal Gear titles unlocks rewards. Beating the game in under x hours, beating the game with no kills, beating the game with no alerts. This can be a challenge, and it's one of the big reasons Metal Gear Solid games are so popular: they have insane replay value. It is no different than Resident Evil titles. Add in higher difficulties such as hard (no radar) so you have to use memory and sound/visual cues on a no alert run, and extreme, and finally European Extreme (exclusive to MGS2: Substance) and you have insanely competitive fanbase trying to be the first and best in any one run. Metal Gear titles are all about runs, and completing the perfect run.

So anyone who talks about story just sounds like a dumbass in my opinion, because no Metal Gear Solid fan who isn't an animu addled distinguished mentally-challenged fellow gives one single fuck about Metal Gear and story because we skip that shit after the first run anyways.

[benjipwns]

Sim City 2000

I knew I was forgetting some series, though I might have to side with 3000.

Spyro 1

yay

[Madrun Badrun]

Never once did I replay a Metal Gear game unless we count Twin Snakes as replaying the first game.

No cheevos back then plus I saw the whole story so why bother. It is no Ninja Gaiden or Super Meat Boy.

forgot about Ninja Gaiden

[Positive Touch]

Resident Evil 2

I thought 4 was amazing and maybe the game of that generation but Resident Evil 2 just hooked me in a way very few video games ever have. I think it changed my opinion on videogames and what they were capable of. It's probably very archaic to play it now but at the time it blew me away.

played it last week and it was still fun as fuck. ps1 RE gameplay is still solid, and the games have great pacing.

[The Sceneman]

Yeah I played some RE3 on PSP recently and it was still a mack ass game

[Himu]

Resident Evil 2 is a great game. Best of the classic RE's for sure.

[MCD]

I also forgot about MegaMan X

@himu

I know what you mean since I loved the no alarm/no kill run in Deus Ex: HR so I might have loved those in Metal Gear.

But to be honest, I had tons of games back then so I had no time for replaying games just to get some dog tag and no cheevos to fuck up my OCD meter.

[Positive Touch]

got the dog tags in SoL AND Substance :swag

[Stoney Mason]

Never once did I replay a Metal Gear game unless we count Twin Snakes as replaying the first game.

No cheevos back then plus I saw the whole story so why bother. It is no Ninja Gaiden or Super Meat Boy.

Replaying Metal Gear titles unlocks rewards. Beating the game in under x hours, beating the game with no kills, beating the game with no alerts. This can be a challenge, and it's one of the big reasons Metal Gear Solid games are so popular: they have insane replay value. It is no different than Resident Evil titles. Add in higher difficulties such as hard (no radar) so you have to use memory and sound/visual cues on a no alert run, and extreme, and finally European Extreme (exclusive to MGS2: Substance) and you have insanely competitive fanbase trying to be the first and best in any one run. Metal Gear titles are all about runs, and completing the perfect run.

So anyone who talks about story just sounds like a dumbass in my opinion, because no Metal Gear Solid fan who isn't an animu addled distinguished mentally-challenged fellow gives one single fuck about Metal Gear and story because we skip that shit after the first run anyways.

I'm glad you enjoy it and I'm glad the game has all that replay value. Different strokes sort of thing.

For me I'm not playing a game more than once 99.9% of the time. Even back then when I had unlimited time as a kid, I didn't play games multiple times. The numbers of games I've played multiple times is almost certainly under a dozen. Not saying there is anything wrong with it. I just don't have the time and rarely the interest. I do it with books, movies, songs, but not videogames that require a more lengthy time investment.

The story for me (really immersion which is different from story but whatever) in mgs 2 ruins the feelings I want from a metal gear game and for me the feeling is very important for that series in the same way that the feeling is very important for me in a mass effect title. The first one I love. The second one made me feel embarrassed I was playing it. I'll never be able to separate that from the game. Because its not a game where the story is a very minor part of it. It was the beginning in fact where story started to become a huge part in every game whether you wanted it to be or not.

[tiesto]

No, probably not.  Zelda Ocarina of Time is stock answer for my favorite game, 'cause nostalgia x great game = getouttaherecriticalthinking.  Beyond that it's a jumble of other games.

I know my #1 favorites in various genre.  Chrono Trigger is my favorite jrpg.  Project Gotham Racing 2 is my favorite racing game. Virtua Fighter 4 Evo is my favorite 3D fighting game.  Full Throttle or Last Express are my favorite adventure games.  Stuff like that.

Yeah, I'd rather do something like this. Favorites by genre:

2D Platformer - Super Mario World
3D Platformer - Super Mario 3D Land
RPG (Japanese) - Phantasy Star 2
RPG (Western) - Ultima 4
RPG (Action) - Zelda: LTTP
2D Fighter - Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
3D Fighter - Soul Calibur
2D Run 'n Gun - Gunstar Heroes
Overhead Run 'n Gun - MERCS
Metroidvania - SOTN
Rail Shooter - Rez
First Person Shooter - Unreal Tournament
Third Person Shooter - Vanquish
2D Beat Em Up - Streets of Rage 2
3D Character Action/Stylish Action - Bayonetta
Rhythm - DJ Hero 2
Real Time Strategy - Total Annihilation
Turn Based Strategy/SRPG - Langrisser 4
Sim - Sim City 2000
Sports - NHL '94
Stealth - Metal Gear Solid 3
Racing (Traditional) - Daytona USA
Racing (Futuristic) - Wipeout HD
Maze - Fantasy Zone: The Maze
Puzzle (Arcade) - Tetris Attack
Puzzle (Logic) - Adventures of Lolo 3
Tower Defense - Protect Me Knight
Pinball (Videogame) - Time Cruise
Pinball (Real) - Whirlwind
Sandbox - Dead Rising
Mobile/Social - Draw Something
Point n Click Adventure - King's Quest 6
Text Adventure - only really played Zork 1 so I guess that?
Board/Parlor Game - Fortune Street (the DQ/Mario one for Wii)
Car Combat - Twisted Metal 2 (not that there's much of a selection)
Visual Novel - 999 (will probably change once I try out Steins;Gate)
Dating Sim - never played one, uhh Persona 3 would be the closest I guess?
MMO - fuck if I know, I don't play them
MOBA - never played one
Roguelike - FTL
Marble-Roller - Kororinpa: Marble Mania

[Himu]

I understand. I just have a problem with people bringing up the story as a talking point in Metal Gear Solid titles when, until 4 at least, it wasn't really obtrusive, and the bulk of time spent with the games is playing the game anyways. People who bring up story against MGS fans act like all MGS fans play the titles for story, when many of us are in it for the making the perfect run. It pisses me off when I have to read someone bring up MGS and someone brings up story, when I play Metal Gear, I'm jamming on the start button. If you participate in discussion of any Metal Gear game, past the initial run, most people are going to be discussing tactics on how to get past such and such, or how to unlock x, or how to sneak past this on Extreme mode.

Then some guy on a forum sees someone mention Metal Gear Solid 2 in his favorite games, remember the STORY part that no one gives a fuck about anyways, has only played MGS2 ONCE. It never, ever, ceases to not make them look ignorant. Never.

That said, 2's story in particular is really bad so I see why it grates people.

[Momo]

-Phantasy Star II/IV/I (i'm combining them, fuck off)
-Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
-Persona 2 (both)
-Dune 2




I'll decide the rest later

[Great Rumbler]

Top 5 of all time? Probably couldn't do it. I'd rather go top 5 by year or maybe even top 5 by genre, but I always get agitated with broad lists that only allow a very limited number of picks. PlaneScape Torment and Half-Life 2 would probably be on there somewhere, though.

[archnemesis]

I usually go with something like this but it's heavily influenced by nostalgia.

• Final Fantasy VI
• Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero
• Transport Tycoon
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• X-Com: Enemy Unknown

[Tasty]

Would be something like...

Super Mario Galaxy
Pokemon SoulSilver
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The House of the Dead: Overkill
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Mega Man X
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Monster Hunter Tri
Resident Evil 4

Edit- Screw it, did more than five.

[Great Rumbler]

Transport Tycoon
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

My man. *bro-fist*

[etiolate]

Super Metroid, Final Fantasy 6, Diablo 2, Guild Wars, and after that it kind of gets jumbled.

I could put one of the Mario Karts as fifth, but I'm not sure which one. Smash Bros could be in there, as could Metroid Prime. Zelda OoT or Wind Waker might be in there.

[archnemesis]

Transport Tycoon
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

My man. *bro-fist*

Oops, I meant to say TT Deluxe. There is no reason to play the original version.

[Great Rumbler]

Transport Tycoon
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

My man. *bro-fist*

Oops, I meant to say TT Deluxe. There is no reason to play the original version.

[The Sceneman]