What are your Top Five Favorite Video Games of All Time?

[james]

The mood in the smackdown has gotten even more hostile then normal, lately. Therefore, in an attempt to lighten the mood, I would like to know what your five favorite video games of all time are?

Here are mine in no particular order:


Legend of Zelda- A Link to the Past- SNES
Genghis Khan- NES
FF VII- PSX
Nobunaga’s Ambition- SNES
Star Wars: KotOR- XBOX

[Blumoon]

Phantasy Star II - Genesis
Super Mario World SNES
Raid on Bungling Bay - C64
Digger - IBM XT
Hippodrome - C64, Arcade
Wii sports (HA j/k)...

*Edit - I like these the best due to their significance growing up. I dont feel they hold a candle to something like GoW, MS, MGS, Halo, etc...

[Godstar]

1.) Warcraft 2: On Kali.net in the 90's. Was in the top 10 on Case's ladder, before there were such things as video game competitions.
2.) Ultima Online: Probably the best PVP, PK game ever created, and still hasn't been beat to this day.
3.) World of Warcraft: Very fun quest game, very good raid game, has less "grinding" and treadmill features than other competitors such as Everquest, Vanguard, FF, etc.
4.) Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne : Though this was a great RTS game, though not anywhere near as good as 2nd was simply because of the lack of water maps, and the ability to build anywhere. This game just didn't have the same feel that the 2nd one had as well.
5.) Starflight: Truly an ingenious space combat/mystery/puzzle/exploration game.

[Master X]

Jet Set Radio Future=XBOX
Halo=XBOX
Super Smash Bros=N64
GoldenEye=N64
Perfect Dark=N64

Runners Up
Super Mario 3= Super Nintendo
Ninja Gaiden=Xbox

[ckelly79]

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (I had to do a double take when I saw James' post...we actually agree on something.....scary.)
Diablo 2
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

[tranzparentl]

StarCraft (PC)
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (Gamecube)
Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
GTA San Andreas or GTA3 (PS2)

Kinda of in order but not really, too hard to determine.

[nickdalodger]

There are so many, but for nostalgia and best times these are the 1's for Me

1) New Zealand Story - PC Engine(TurboGrafx) was the closest version to the arcade, although the Megadrive version was still good
2) Magical Flying Hat Adventure - Megadrive - Japanese platform game, awesome, although didnt help me through my GCSE studies in '91!
3) Super Mario All Stars - SNES what a collection, Super Mario 1,2,3 and Lost Levels!
4) Gauntlet - The memories of playing this when I was about 10 after Swimming with the school, the 1st real multi player game I ever played, the Xbox Live version is pretty cool!
5) Super Monkey Ball - Gamecube, this made it all worthwhile for me importing a Gamecube (R.I.P LikSang) some many mini games, four player madness, this is what offline gaming was about, caning your mates when they came round!

Man I feel so old looking back at these games, this makes me consider buying a Wii just to get some of the PC Engine/SNES/Megadrive games again, although I do still have my SNES and Megadrive!

[nelll]

1-God of War..I & II
2-Prince of persia Trilogy

I don't care about anything else (for now)....

[RedRedSuit]

Oooh! I do love them countdowns.

(1) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC)
- Pretty much everything about the PC version of this game was awesome. The story, the world, the cars, the planes, the replay value. With a mouse, the shooting was fine, too, compared to the usual in GTA games. Awesome.
(2) Resident Evil 4 (GC)
- Who knew the best shooter of all time by far would come from the Resident Evil people? This is one of the few games where the story is stupid, but I just don't care. It looks too good, the core gameplay is too much fun, and there's just too much variety in this game for anything else to matter.
(3) X-COM: UFO Defense (PC)
- The fact that I still play this early 90s game gives you an idea of how shockingly ridiculously long-lasting it can be. The strategy layer is involving, and the tactics layer ensures that no two missions are EVER the same.
(4) Final Fantasy VII (PS)
- I wish I could somehow wipe my memory of ever having played this game so that I can experience it all over again.
(5) Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GC)
- The best kept secret in video games.

Honorable mentions: MGS3: Subsistence, Max Payne, Final Fantasy XII, Xenogears, Ace Combat 5, God of War I & II.

[miDnIghtEr]

socom 2-ps2
mario kart-snes
gta sa-ps2
kotor-xbox
sim city 3000-pc
alpha centuri(sp)-pc
elder scrolls oblivion-360
bonks adventure- turbo g. 16

[Delta88]

Fight Night 3
Goldeneye
MGS2
GTA3
Resident Evil 4

[Icy Red]

Final Fantasy 2 (SNES)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
X-COM UFO Defence (PC)
Command and Conquer (PC)
Zelda: Orarina of Time (N 64)

honorable mention: Starcraft

[CPBuff22]

1. Final Fantasy VII (PS2)
2. Halo 2 (XBox & XBox 360)
3. Doom II (PC)
4. World of Warcraft (PC)
5. Halo (XBox)

Honerable Mention

Star Wars Dark Forces (PC)
WWE No Mercy (N64)
Super Mario (Super Nintendo)
Mario 64 (N64)
USA Basketball (Sega Genesis)
Streets of Rage (Sega Genesis)
Wolfenstein 3D (PC)

[Godstar]

Phantasy Star II - Genesis

I almost mentioned that game, since to me, it was pretty groundbreaking in the way it handled storylines and was the first game that I know of to use genology to dictate plotline. Defintley deserves mention.

[ferrando]

I almost mentioned that game, since to me, it was pretty groundbreaking in the way it handled storylines and was the first game that I know of to use genology to dictate plotline. Defintley deserves mention.

I believe you have Phantasy Star 2 confused with Phantasy Star 3: Generations of Doom.... the absolute worst game in the series. Phantasy Star 2 has quite possibly the best story in any RPG, and is the first time that a game's main character was abuptly killed without a chance to save her. Square stole this idea later with Aeris in their rip-off/combination of Phantasy Star 2 and Final Fantasy 3, titled Final Fantasy 7.

Anyway, my top 5...

1. Phantasy Star 2 (Genesis)
2. Final Fantasy 3 (SNES)
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
4. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSone/XBLA)
5. Shining Force (Genesis)