Top 5 Favorite Games of All Time

[EchoedTruth]

I thought this would be a fun thread to start. What are your top 5 favorites of all time? Runners-up can be posted too.

1. Final Fantasy 7
2. Deus Ex
3. Half-Life 2
4. EverQuest
5. Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn

Runners-up:
System Shock 2 (scariest game ever made)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Final Fantasy 6 & 10
Metal Gear Solid 1,2,3,4 (all equally bad ass)
Half-Life 1
Max Payne 3
Starcraft
Diablo 2
Resident Evil 2

Probably The Last of Us but waiting for the wife to finish it :D

Edit: added System Shock 2 because win

[Sularus Oth Mithas]

I thought this would be a fun thread to start. What are your top 5 favorites of all time? Runners-up can be posted too.

1. Final Fantasy 7
2. Deus Ex
3. Half-Life 2
4. EverQuest
5. Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn

Runners-up:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Final Fantasy 6 & 10
Metal Gear Solid 1,2,3,4 (all equally bad ass)
Half-Life 1
Max Payne 3
Starcraft
Diablo 2

1 - Final Fantasy 4 (2 in the U.S.) - This ties into the wisdom teeth thread! I first played this when I was doped up after having all my wisdom teeth out. I got totally lost in that game. Still my favorite FF game to this day.

2 - Chrono Trigger - I can't believe they pulled off those graphics on the SNES - amazing story, great characters.

3 - Mech Warrior for the SNES

4 - Rock and roll racing for the SNES

5 - EQ

Runners up would be:
DAoC - I almost said this over EQ - such an amazing game.
FF6, ff7/8/9
Super Mario Kart - best played with friends.
Also any of the first gen fighting games for the PSX, Tekken, Toshinden, Soulblade - getting a bunch of friends over, getting blitzed and beating the tar out of each other was always a good time.

I think most of my choices are based on the times and the situation in which I played the games. It is too hard to pin down my favorites, I definitely love the ones I listed but if you asked me again tomorrow I might list 5 different ones. I have been playing video games too long to narrow it that much!

[Brut]

1. Donkey Kong Country 2
2. Megaman X 1-3
3. System Shock 2
4. ES3 Morrowind
5. Zelda Majora's Mask

Kinda "meh" on the order, might be up n down on some!
And yes DKC2 is best game ever. What do you do after making a legit platformer about monkeys shooting out of barrels? Add pirates. Win.

[EchoedTruth]

1. Donkey Kong Country 2
2. Megaman X 1-3
3. System Shock 2
4. ES3 Morrowind
5. Zelda Majora's Mask

Kinda "meh" on the order, might be up n down on some!
And yes DKC2 is best game ever. What do you do after making a legit platformer about monkeys shooting out of barrels? Add pirates. Win.

Fuck me I completely forgot about System Shock 2...

[Rhambuk]

eq is obvious so ill leave it out

1. FF9
2. FF7
3. Zelda: A link to the past
4. Seiken Densetsu 3(secret of mana 2 but wasn't released in the states afaik you can download a translated rom though)
5. Mega man X

[Ephirith]

1. Super Smash Brothers 64
2. Europa Universalis III
3. Dwarf Fortress
4. World of Warcraft: Vanilla - TBC
5. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Runners-up:
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Master of Magic
Final Fantasy IX
Minecraft
Everquest
Warcraft III Custom Games including DotA
Sim City 4
Heroes of Might and Magic II

[Visual]

twisted metal
twisted metal 2
mutant league football
mutant league hockey
doodooquest

[GoodGuyAmes]

Half-life 2 was prob the best single player experience in a game that I have ever played.

[Rhambuk]

your sig is making me sick

[EchoedTruth]

Half-life 2 was prob the best single player experience in a game that I have ever played.

Definitely a top 5 :D

[EchoedTruth]

1 - Final Fantasy 4 (2 in the U.S.) - This ties into the wisdom teeth thread! I first played this when I was doped up after having all my wisdom teeth out. I got totally lost in that game. Still my favorite FF game to this day.

2 - Chrono Trigger - I can't believe they pulled off those graphics on the SNES - amazing story, great characters.

3 - Mech Warrior for the SNES

4 - Rock and roll racing for the SNES

5 - EQ

Runners up would be:
DAoC - I almost said this over EQ - such an amazing game.
FF6, ff7/8/9
Super Mario Kart - best played with friends.
Also any of the first gen fighting games for the PSX, Tekken, Toshinden, Soulblade - getting a bunch of friends over, getting blitzed and beating the tar out of each other was always a good time.

I think most of my choices are based on the times and the situation in which I played the games. It is too hard to pin down my favorites, I definitely love the ones I listed but if you asked me again tomorrow I might list 5 different ones. I have been playing video games too long to narrow it that much!

Chrono Trigger is next on my list of games to play. I still never beat FF8 so I'm doing that again. I got stuck at the fucking Temple/Castle right after you come down from the space station.

[Klendathu]

Listing favorites can be a bit subjective, as a game does not necessarily have to be good in order to be a favorite, ir just needs to hold a certain amount of significance. And I agree with above, we should leave out EQ, because it being on the list is why the vast majority of us are here in the first place.

With that said, and not necessarily in any particular order:

1) SNES Zelda - Link to the Past
2) SNES Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
3) PC Deus Ex
4) PC Battlefield 1942
5) Arcade Cyberball 2072

Honorable mentions to Half Life, Baldur's Gate, and the flash game Creeper World

Edit: Oh yeah, FF7. Can't believe I left that out. Prolly leaving others out too, oh well.

[Funkutron5000]

1. Donkey Kong Country 2
2. Megaman X 1-3
3. System Shock 2
4. ES3 Morrowind
5. Zelda Majora's Mask

Kinda "meh" on the order, might be up n down on some!
And yes DKC2 is best game ever. What do you do after making a legit platformer about monkeys shooting out of barrels? Add pirates. Win.

Brut doesn't list Mega Man 2 because of his broken ogre brain

[EchoedTruth]

Listing favorites can be a bit subjective, as a game does not necessarily have to be good in order to be a favorite, ir just needs to hold a certain amount of significance. And I agree with above, we should leave out EQ, because it being on the list is why the vast majority of us are here in the first place.

With that said, and not necessarily in any particular order:

1) SNES Zelda - Link to the Past
2) SNES Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
3) PC Deus Ex
4) PC Battlefield 1942
5) Arcade Cyberball 2072

Honorable mentions to Half Life, Baldur's Gate, and the flash game Creeper World

Edit: Oh yeah, FF7. Can't believe I left that out. Prolly leaving others out too, oh well.

I agree, that's why I said favorite and not best. Nice list too! I could never forget FF7 though. That game literally changed my life

[Ahldagor]

Zelda Ocarina of Time
Everquest
Star Wars Shadows of the Empire
Duck Hunt
Mutant League Hockey
Sonic the Hedgehog
Super Mario World 3

[anotherone]

ff7
system shock2
the last of us
xenogears
xanth
don't starve
mgs series

honorable mentions for lovably shitty va:
kq 5
re (all of them, lolol)

[EchoedTruth]

ff7
system shock2
the last of us
xenogears
xanth
don't starve
mgs series

honorable mentions for lovably shitty va:
kq 5
re (all of them, lolol)

I need to play Xenogears :mad:

[Millburn]

1. Starsiege: Tribes
2. EQ
3. Pre-Trammel UO
4. Planescape Torment
5. Chrono Cross

Honorable Mention: Kid Chameleon

[quido]

Everquest
Counterstrike
Gunbound
Diablow 2: Lord of Destruction
Mechwarrior Series
DOOM (2) + mods/maps
SNES Platform - Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Super Mario World
NES - Megaman 3 a personal favorite

[Hasbinbad]

The Legend of Zelda
Final Fantasy
Street Fighter II
Sid Meier's Civilization
Gran Turismo

[Flamewraith]

Legend of the Dragoon
Baldur's gate trilogy (1 SOA TOB)
EQ
Kingdom Hearts
Resident Evil DC

[FoxxHound]

I'm not going by a single game for my choices I am going by a series of games. Example instead of just Everquest or just Everquest Ruins of Kunark. Everquest would include all of it's expansions.
1) Dark Age of Camelot and its expansions
2) Heroes of Might and Magic series (except 4)
3) Diablo series
4) Kain/Blood Omen series
5) Everquest and its expansions.

[Rhambuk]

Legend of the Dragoon

I heard amazing things about this game and always wanted to play it, i bought it and dont think i made it past the 20-30 minute mark. Something about the battle system, the squares and having to time hitting a button before your turnbased attack lands, like squalls gunsword. That really turns me off in an rpg.

still need to play it though

[Asap]

Zelda OoT is still and will always be my favorite game of all time. I must have played it from start to finish over 50 times throughout the years

[Rhambuk]

I was not a fan of oot, not sure why but the whole 3rd person zelda didnt do it for me. Still prefer the topographical style of old.

and it just didn't feel like a zelda

[Asap]

OoT was revolutionary for the Zelda line, not sure what you mean

[Brut]

I heard amazing things about this game and always wanted to play it, i bought it and dont think i made it past the 20-30 minute mark. Something about the battle system, the squares and having to time hitting a button before your turnbased attack lands, like squalls gunsword. That really turns me off in an rpg.

still need to play it though
Plot low point of the game imo.
You're just in some random cave and at the end of it you run into this guy you've never heard of/seen before and one of the characters in your party goes "that man killed my father I'll never forgive him!". Then you beat him and afterwards he goes all "okay sorry your dad was awesome and I respected him!" and the characters all forgive him as he dies. Repeat several times as game goes on.

[Rhambuk]

Plot low point of the game imo.
You're just in some random cave and at the end of it you run into this guy you've never heard of/seen before and one of the characters in your party goes "that man killed my father I'll never forgive him!". Then you beat him and afterwards he goes all "okay sorry your dad was awesome and I respected him!" and the characters all forgive him as he dies. Repeat several times as game goes on.

lol I didn't hear great things about the story, more about the gameplay that characters turn into dragoons in battle gaining loads of strength, or able to summon dragons or something. Just a cool idea i wanted to see but couldn't get into it.

[Rhambuk]

OoT was revolutionary for the Zelda line

That's why they only put out 2? 3d zelda's then went back to topographical =)

Not that it matters zelda died with gamecube (4swords was actually kind of fun) and nintendo is just dead altogether, though the wiiu looks interesting i highly doubt there will be enough solid titles to keep it afloat. Like most nintendo consoles they don't focus on their best titles instead its..kiddy crap i think

*edit*

Trying to remember what exactly turned me off from oot, its been years, i think it was the combat. Trying to do anything with that n64 controller was a horrendous task. Also the lock on to targets thing. I could go through link to the past without dieing once, and if I really tried i could probably do it without taking damage. In oot id take collision damage just trying to get up to it and hit it without side rolling or some nonsense. My fault obviously the game was perfect...

[Rhambuk]

I can't believe I forgot legend of legaia for PS1 definitely in my top 3 with FF7/9

[Hasbinbad]

The Legend of Zelda is the only acceptable zelda game. Everything else was made for 3 year olds.

[Hasbinbad]

and if you're actually saying OoT (or any non-gold-box-zelda) was a good game, you're a 3 year old.

[Kagatob]

1. Elder Scrolls III Morrowind.
2. Final Fantasy VII
3. Heretic
4. Heroes of Might and Magic III
5. (I count these as one game because that's just how good the SNES was)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV, Zelda LTTP, Super Metroid, Megaman X, Probably some other SNES games but I'm tossing this together quickly.

[Asap]

and if you're actually saying OoT (or any non-gold-box-zelda) was a good game, you're a 3 year old.

Well then, it's a good thing opinions are subjective

[anotherone]

I'm not going by a single game for my choices I am going by a series of games. Example instead of just Everquest or just Everquest Ruins of Kunark. Everquest would include all of it's expansions.
1) Dark Age of Camelot and its expansions
2) Heroes of Might and Magic series (except 4)
3) Diablo series
4) Kain/Blood Omen series
5) Everquest and its expansions.

oh wow, how did i forget kain & raziel? awesome vas!

[FoxxHound]

oh wow, how did i forget kain & raziel? awesome vas!

Yeah Kain is one of my favorite character/personalities out of any game I have ever played, and is one of my top favorite vampires next to Lestat De Lioncourt.

[LiQuid]

In no order:

Shadowrun (Genesis)
Link's Awakening (GB, not the crappy color remake without the rad warp glitch)
Gears of War
Everquest (pre-Luclin)
Legend of Mana

[Rhambuk]

haha links awakening. Loved that game, I could not get past the second castle the room where you have to kill 3 mobs in order to open the door. I tried everything but still couldn't get it, but on the back of my gameboy there was a sticker "Need help? 1-800..."

I spent well over $75 talking to the nintendo hotline figuring out that game, anytime i came to a block id call. Bad habbits im full of em

[EchoedTruth]

In no order:

Shadowrun (Genesis)
Link's Awakening (GB, not the crappy color remake without the rad warp glitch)
Gears of War
Everquest (pre-Luclin)
Legend of Mana

Shadowrun is definitely on my to-do list.

Is Legend of Mana = Secret of Mana?

And whoever mentioned Legacy of Kain, that's another one I need to play.

[Verenity]

1. Dungeon Keeper 2
2. Deus Ex
3. Everquest
4. Starcraft
5. Planetside

Honorable mentions:
Heroes of Might and Magic III - I literally spent so many hours of my life playing that game, and I have a love/hate relationship with it now
Sid Meir's Civilization - All of these games are fantastic
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Super Smash Bros/Super Mario Kart for drunken fun with friends

[Flamewraith]

I loved legend of the dragoon because it was the first game that I ever played. It was my very first video game. I admit the plot had lots of problems, but i loved the shit out of the gameplay, and the powerful attachments I had with the characters. When one of them dies I got sad, when one of them betrays the group it feels like I got backstabbed by the same person. It was the first and only game I have ever become emotionally attached to. I have never felt a very wide range of emotions playing any other game. Fucking love the goosebumps I get loading it up.

[LiQuid]

Shadowrun is definitely on my to-do list.

Is Legend of Mana = Secret of Mana?

And whoever mentioned Legacy of Kain, that's another one I need to play.

Shadowrun on Genesis still plays well. Definitely play it. It's one of the first kind of open world, non-linear RPG's. There are tons of fun side activities like Shadowruns where you break and enter into big corporate HQ's and those are all open ended too. You can hack your way thru door locks, or run and gun thru security, or use magic to invis past guards, etc. All the deck upgrading and hacking is totally awesome too. Good way to make money.

It might be a little obtuse without having any nostalgia for it and just kind of knowing how things work but once you figure it out it can be a ton of fun. I love that setting and still go back and play that emulated on my PSP once a year or so. Can't wait for Shadowrun returns. If that game disappoints me I don't know how I'll be able to go on.

Legend off Mana is an offshoot of the Secret of Mana series. Another kind of open ended RPG. It's basically a non-linear series of short stories all set in the same weird world. It doesn't have a typical band of teenagers save the world storyline like every other boring ass JRPG. All kinds of wacky crafting subsystems and pet breeding and stuff. Combat is more side-scrolling than 3/4 top down like Secret of Mana (think Golden Axe/Streets of Rage style).

[myriverse]

EverQuest
City of Heroes
World of Warcraft
Super Mario Bros
Chrono Trigger

[Rhambuk]

need to re edit my list i forgot some

1 ff9
2 legend of legaia
3 ff7
4 tales of symphonia
5 seiken densetsu 3

tales of symphonia was awesome for gamecube the characters the story the combat and it was like a 40 hour game

[Flamewraith]

need to re edit my list i forgot some

1 ff9
2 legend of legaia
3 ff7
4 tales of symphonia
5 seiken densetsu 3

tales of symphonia was awesome for gamecube the characters the story the combat and it was like a 40 hour game

Fucking loved ToS Have beat it about 4 times now looking for alternative costumes and character dialogue.

[Rhambuk]

Fucking loved ToS Have beat it about 4 times now looking for alternative costumes and character dialogue.

its amazing every play throuh i use diferent characters and its just as amazing in ff 7 9 i use the same usually for eachplay through because there are some characters i just ont like freya cait sith eiko aeris....

[EchoedTruth]

need to re edit my list i forgot some

1 ff9
2 legend of legaia
3 ff7
4 tales of symphonia
5 seiken densetsu 3

tales of symphonia was awesome for gamecube the characters the story the combat and it was like a 40 hour game

How does FF9s story hold up? Thinking of trying to beat it as opposed to going back to finally beat FF8

[EchoedTruth]

EQ is an obvious choice so I'll start off with these:

1: Zelda (NES)
2: Mario 64 (N64)
3: FF7 (PSX)
4: Rygar (NES)
5: Counter-Strike beta 6
Honorable Mention: Diablo 2 Hardcore USEast (PC)

Runner Up:

Starfox 64 (N64)
Castlevania (NES)
Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Mario Bros. 3 ( NES)
Mutant League Hockey (Sega Genesis)

MK2 was always my favorite MK. Dunno why. At least until the new one (which is amazing).

[Lojik]

Top 5, not sure I can put in a particular order
Call of Duty (Original)
M&B Warband (If not just for multiplayer)
Age of Mythology
Battlezone
Global Conquest

[Myth]

Not in any particular order

Super Punch-Out!!
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
X-Com: UFO Defense
Command and Conquer Red Alert 1 & 2
EverQuest
Half-Life: Team Fortress Classic

[Rhambuk]

How does FF9s story hold up? Thinking of trying to beat it as opposed to going back to finally beat FF8

9 is amazing the story gets good im not sure how far youve gotten but there are aspects that remind me of 7. the ending was absolutey beautiful

[EchoedTruth]

9 is amazing the story gets good im not sure how far youve gotten but there are aspects that remind me of 7. the ending was absolutey beautiful

Any comparison to FF7 is gold for me. Looks like you convinced me :D

[Rhambuk]

i thought so anyway other people may not interperit it that way.

curious how far are you?

[Millburn]

9 is amazing the story gets good im not sure how far youve gotten but there are aspects that remind me of 7. the ending was absolutey beautiful

9 is definitely one of my favorites, I keep it and FFT on my jailbroken psp at all times.

[EchoedTruth]

i thought so anyway other people may not interperit it that way.

curious how far are you?

Have never played it before. Have it on PS3 though. Was debating trying to beat FF8 (never finished it) or starting FF9

[Sularus Oth Mithas]

Any comparison to FF7 is gold for me. Looks like you convinced me :D

Play them both. Running through 9 myself again currently. I play them all about a once a year.

FF8 was one of those that I never beat the first time through. I liked the story, but disliked the system. When I picked it up again a year later I enjoyed the hell out of it. Ultimecia's castle is a real pain in the ass though, no surprise you stopped at that point!

[EchoedTruth]

Play them both. Running through 9 myself again currently. I play them all about a once a year.

FF8 was one of those that I never beat the first time through. I liked the story, but disliked the system. When I picked it up again a year later I enjoyed the hell out of it. Ultimecia's castle is a real pain in the ass though, no surprise you stopped at that point!

I mean it sucked cause I was literally stuck. I couldn't even grind any levels. I literally crashed into her castle and couldn't beat those first people that attacked (the Turks wannabes). It pissed me off so bad. Wasted hours to just be stuck on 3 unbeatable douchebags.

[Nuggets]

1) Super Mario Brothers Original (Nintendo/SNES)
2) Everquest (Gateway 2000 w/ dial-up)
3) Super Smash Bros Melee (Gamecube)
4) Twisted Metal 2 (Playstation 1)
5) Dark Age of Camelot (Pre-ToA)

Super Mario World, Contra III

[kotton05]

Half-life 2 was prob the best single player experience in a game that I have ever played.

gotta throw bioshock into that mix too!

[Rhambuk]

My favforite super mario was 3 hands down, though super mario world was a BLAST and one of my fondest memories, honestly one of the few times my brother and I have ever hung out in the last 22 years.

but 3 had so many great things in it, except world 7 F that noise.

[Caravelle1]

Check dis out:

Dungeon Keeper
Lords of the Realm 2
Ultima Online
Dark age of Camelot
Earthbound

[EchoedTruth]

Check dis out:

Dungeon Keeper
Lords of the Realm 2
Ultima Online
Dark age of Camelot
Earthbound
LOTR 2 was the shit

still need to try dungeon keeper

[K|mm Barely]

http://miljan89.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/3_street-fighter-2-plus-champion-edition-3.png

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=105345

[Klendathu]

LOTR 2 was the shit

[Millburn]

http://miljan89.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/3_street-fighter-2-plus-champion-edition-3.png

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=105345

I'll never miss an opportunity to plug this moment in gaming history. Hypest of hype trains to ever leave the station

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pS5peqApgUA#t=94s

[K|mm Barely]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XeM0rH_4ung&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXeM0rH_4ung

[Millburn]

SO GOOD!

I still remember that shit like it was yesterday, really embodies why the FGC is so awesome.

[Malice_Mizer]

I remember Mario 3 being as hard as a dick, mang.

[Rhambuk]

I remember Mario 3 being as hard as a dick, mang.

whaat really, like what? the only parts i struggled in were the 7th and 8th world, mostly the 7th.

[FoxxHound]

Psssh there was only one level I had a hard time with in Super Mario 3, and it was a level in the Ice World. World 6 level 5.

[Arkanjil]

No particular order

1. Command and conquer - all the old titles before Red Alert 2
2. 7th Saga (SNES)
3. FF7
4. Road Rash (PC and Genesis)
5. Roller Coaster Tycoon


Note-worthy =
DAoC(PC)
Poltergeist(Genesis)
007 GoldenEye (64)
Zelda
Mario brothers
Star Fox (64)
Elder Scrolls: All of them
WoW - classic - TBC
Mortal Kombat
Street Fighter
Resident Evil 1
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES)
Mega man
Surper Smash Bros (64)
Sonic the hedgehog
Earthworm Jim
Pokemon - red and blue box

[Klendathu]

1. Command and conquer - all the old titles before Red Alert 2


Lots of fond memories with C&C: Red Alert.

[Bohab]

1. Quake 2
2. Everquest
3. DAOC
4. GTA Vice City
5. Sierra Entertainment Quest Games (Yes, all of them)

[Pyrion]

1) Everquest
2) Civilization III, all newer versions got worse
3) Master of Orion I and II
4) City of heroes (too bad its gone now)
5) WoW (when it was fresh)