Top 10 Favorite Games of All Time

This is really hard, so many good games! This is mine:

  1. Red Dead Redemption 2
  2. Fallout New Vegas
  3. Mass Effect Trilogy
  4. Europa Universalis IV
  5. The Witcher 3
  6. EVE Online
  7. Dragon Age: Origins
  8. TES V: Skyrim
  9. Assassin’s Creed 2
  10. Forza Horizon 4
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I tried my best to put them in order, but if I redid this daily I’d end up with a different ranking every time. Regardless, everything below–including all the honorable mentions–had a huge impact on me.

  1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  2. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
  3. Burnout 3: Takedown
  4. Pokemon FireRed
  5. Call of Duty: Black Ops
  6. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  7. Half-Life 2
  8. Rock Band 2
  9. Assassin’s Creed II
  10. Okami

Honorable mentions: Mark of the Ninja, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Mass Effect 2, Forza Horizon 4, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Need for Speed Underground 2, Slay the Spire, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario World

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No order, I guess it is

  • Mega Man X4
  • Pokémon Black
  • Super Mario 64
  • Portal
  • The Witness
  • Titanfall 2
  • Hitman 2016
  • GTA V
  • Yakuza 5
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
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  • CSGO

  • RuneScape ‘07

  • Left4Dead

  • Firewatch

  • Metal Gear Solid 3

  • Paper Mario N64

  • Alan Wake

  • Borderlands

  • BioShock

  • Fallout 3

(Special shout-out to Forza Horizon 2)

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No particular order.

Oblivion.

Fallout New Vegas.

Skyrim.

Fallout 3.

Metroid Fusion.

Metroid Zero Mission.

Metal Gear Solid 3.

Smackdown : Here Comes the Pain.

Halo Reach.

Alan Wake.

Honourable Mentions : Modern Warfare 2, Halo 2, Psychonauts, Jak 2, Bioshock, Red Dead Redemption.

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Would probably change a bit depending on the day you ask me, but right now, in the order I played them:

Super Mario Bros

Kid Icarus

Super Mario Bros 3

Link’s Awakening

NiGHTs into Dreams

Fighters Megamix

Mario 64

Spelunky

Breath of the Wild

Ori Will of the Wisps

Very hard to leave out: Populous, Lemmings, Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Yoshi’s Island, Virtua Cop 2, Virtua Fightrer 2, Burning Rangers, Starfox 64, PilotWings 64, Axiom Verge, Enter the Gunegon.

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Kid Icarus was probably my most played NES game

That, Rygar and RBI Baseball

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Based on how they hit at the time:

  1. Halo CE
  2. Mass Effect Legendary Collection (my first playthrough of the series)
  3. Metroid
  4. Dark Souls 3
  5. Half Life
  6. The Legend of Zelda (NES)
  7. Knights of the Old Republic
  8. Final Fantasy 7 (PS1)
  9. Ninja Gaiden (OG Xbox)
  10. Project Gotham Racing 2

Hate leaving off the list: Metal Gear Solid (PS1), RE4 (Game Cube), Metroid Prime (Game Cube), System Shock 2, Defender (Atari 5200), Centipede (arcade), Yakuza LAD, Gears of War 2

Limited to one per IP otherwise would’ve had to include: Halo 2 for multiplayer, Halo 3 for complete package and Halo 5 for multiplayer.

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This is mostly nostalgic but I have replayed a good chunk of these over the last 5 years and still enjoyed them. No particular order

Paper Mario N64 Megaman BN3 Pokémon Yellow Halo 2 Final Fantasy IX Resident Evil 4 Mortal Kombat 2011 Cuphead Mario Kart Double Dash Fable

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Just pretend 11 & 12 aren’t there.:sweat_smile:

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I’m going to cheat and rank franchises. I’m also going to cheat by ranking roughly by playtime - under the assumption I wouldn’t have played the games so much if I didn’t love them.

  1. NCAA Football - For over a decade this series dominated by playtime from August - December every year.
  2. The Elder Scrolls - countless play throughs and countless hours trying to get a stable load order with hundreds of mods on PC.
  3. XCom - been obsessed with this series since the first entry.
  4. Civilization - So many sleepless nights. Just one more turn…
  5. World of Warcraft - Haven’t played this since the Burning Crusade, but I played A LOT from launch through 2007 or so.
  6. Mass Effect - Probably the best story ever in gaming.
  7. Dragon Age - My love for the series declines after Origins, but I played Origins so many times…
  8. KOTOR - I have no idea how many times I have played the first one. I’ve played it on Xbox, PC, Mac, Ipad, and most recently on Series X.
  9. Baldur’s Gate - I’m not sure how many times I have actually rolled credits on 1 and 2, but I have played these dozens of times.
  10. NBA Street - For a while, this game (specifically Vol 2) was like crack to me. I just could not stop playing it.

Honorable Mentions: Halo, Gears, Fallout, Forza Horizon, Banjo, Uncharted, Mario, System Shock, Bioshock, Dishonored, Wolfenstein, Doom, Red Dead Redemption, GTA, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Spyro, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, The Witcher 3, Soul Caliber, NFL 2K, Earl Weaver Baseball, Fable, Faery Tale Adventure, Jet Set Radio, Pitfall, Pong, Persona, Final Fantasy X, Yakuza, lots of others - but this is way too long already.

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I’m not someone who has a top list of all time favorite games since I go based on each individual generation but the below ten games listed would most likely be in that list of all time -

  • Final Fight CD
  • Snatcher
  • Super Mario Bros. 3/Super Mario World
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
  • Resident Evil 1996
  • Metal Gear Solid 1998
  • Manhunt
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction
  • The Last of Us 2013
  • Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
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  • Ninja Gaiden Black
  • Zelda Ocarina of Time
  • Metroid Prime
  • Shadow of the Colossus
  • God of War II
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Banjo Kazooie
  • Diddy Kong Racing
  • Zelda Oracle of Ages / Seasons
  • Super Mario World

No order although oot and NGB would be top 2. There’s many others that could get in as well

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I like you! :heart:

Fun list Bad.

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  1. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
  2. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
  3. Halo 3
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  5. The Last of Us: Part II
  6. Dragon Age Inquisition
  7. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  8. ESPN NFL 2K5
  9. Rocket League
  10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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UPDATE TIME! My list has shuffled a little. After looking at my list from last year and thinking over some things, I decided to narrow down one game per series.

  1. NieR: Automata
  2. Gears of War 3
  3. Pokémon Gold
  4. Yakuza 0
  5. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  6. Bioshock
  7. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  8. AI The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative -
  9. Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelists of the Roses
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

I might change things a bit later, as I might still be in the honeymoon phase with AI2. We shall see though!

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Halo 2

Fallout New Vagas

Skyrim

GTA San Andreas

Forza Motorsport 4

Far Cry 3

Diablo 3

Witcher 3

Mass Effect Original Trilogy

MGS 3 Snake Eater

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No order here:

  • Mega Man X4
  • Pokémon Black
  • Portal
  • Super Mario 64
  • The Witness
  • Titanfall
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
  • Yakuza 5
  • Grand Theft Auto V
  • Pyre
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I am going to skirt the rules a bit, because I feel like some entries on my list are all swappable and hold equal footing. No Particular Order:

  • Doom/Doom2
  • Quake
  • Super Mario World/Super Mario Bros 3/Super Mario 64
  • Resident Evil (PS1)/Resident Evil Remake/ Resident Evil 2 (PS1/Resident Evil 2 Remake/Resident Evil 4 (GC)/Resident Evil 4 Remake
  • Silent Hill/Silent Hill 2
  • Half Life/Half Life 2
  • Ocarina of Time/Breath of the Wild (TotK is a better game, but BotW felt new)
  • Mortal Kombat/Mortal Kombat II
  • Metroid Prime
  • Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
  • Elden Ring

That is 11. Normal lists go to 10, mine goes to 11.

Honorable Mentions:

  • Diablo 2
  • Grand Theft Auto 4 or 5
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Portal/Portal 2
  • Fallout 3
  • System Shock 2
  • The 7th Guest (doesn’t hold up now, but I played the crap out of it when I was a kid)
  • Batman Arkham Asylum
  • Star Fox 64
  • Turok Dinosaur Hunter
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Good choice here.

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