Favourite all time games?

[Metanova]

Yeah, this may have been done before here but I'm lazy and stuff. If it has, the mods have permission to strike me down with 20 spears, throw me into a raging volcano, cast Armageddon on me and feed my pathetic melted, impaled and skinny body to crocodiles.

Onto matters that actually matter: Are you able to list 10 of your favourite games? Either growing up, or now? Doesn't necessarily need to be in order as that can be a stressful experience in which I almost feeling like cutting myself over. <3

Tales of the Abyss
Lufia 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Perfect Dark
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Smash Bros Melee/Brawl (I didn't like 64 one very much >_>)
Phantasy Star Online EP1&2 GCN (ironically I've never played it online)
Paper Mario: TTYD
Final Fantasy 7/8/9/10

Yeah, it's 13. I don't care.

[TakFR]

In no particular order

Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Super Smash Bros Melee
Team Fortress 2
Metal Gear Solid 2/4
Gran Turismo 3
Final Fantasy VIII
Resident Evil 4
Melty Blood: Actress Again
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike (never have time to actually pick up this game though)
Initial D Arcade Stage 3

[Splice]

Yoshis Island
Starcraft
Kirby Crystal Shards
Super Mario Sunshine
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
Pikmin 1 & 2
Kirbys Dreamland 1 and 2
Jazz Jack Rabbit
WarioLand 3
Halo 3

[Timic83]

1. Banjo Tooie!

the rest in no order

Melee
Kirby Superstar Ultra
Banjo Kazooie
Megaman 9
Brood War
Frozen Throne
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Wario Land 3
Paper Mario 64

[Ant1]

Few amiga games in my list

Fracas
Lemmings
Silkworm: Helicopter Gunship
Prehistorik
Flood
Ducktales
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Squadron
Lylatwars
Perfect Dark
Star Wars Podracer
Goldeneye
Metroid Prime
GTA San Andreas
Donkey Kong Country
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Eternal Darkness
Bomberman 64
Donkey Kong 64
Super Mario 64
Majora's Mask
Guitar Hero 3
Resident Evil 4
Turok 2
Golden Sun 1+2
Advance Wars
Halo 2/3
Timesplitters 2
007: Nightfire
Fable
Warcraft 3 TFT
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
WoW (pre burning crusade)
Runescape (lol)
Battlefield 2
Sonic Adventure Battle 2

[Amaterasu]

-Seiken Densetsu 3
-Shadow Hearts 2
-LoZ: OoT
-Pokemon Silver
-Starcraft
-Metal Gear Solid 4
-God of War 2
-Resident Evil 4
-Donkey Kong Country 2
-Final Fantasy 9

Random other games I loved included dark chronicle and bahamut lagoon <3
AHHH, Forgot Yoshi's Island, omg, soo good
Golden Sun also!

[CAOTIC]

Super Metroid
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy IX
Star Fox 64
Metal Gear Solid
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Super Mario Bros. 3
Grim Fandango
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Shadow of the Colossus
Super Smash Bros. Melee

[SummonerAU]

Kirby Super Star
Super Mario 64
Majora's Mask
Age of Empires 2
Secret of Evermore
Mother 3
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Lufia 2 (Dammit Metanova, stealing mah gaems)
Duke Nukem (The 2d one, much nostalgia)
Penumbra: Overture
Ghost Recon 1
Chess!
Donkey Kong Country 2

:O THANKS CAO
Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey

[Dekar289]

lufia 2
deus ex
final fantasy x
resident evil 4
paper mario thousand year door
dkc2
zelda: ocarina of time
etc

edit: do a tally first post metanova imo

[Bsrk_]

I'm happy somebody mentione games such as Final Fantasy IX, Grim Fandango and dues ex_

For me:
FFVII
FFIX
FF Tactics
Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Mega Man series (minus dodgy 3d ones)
Metroid series (Prime included)
Grim Fandango
No More Heroes
Metal Gear Solid series
Secret of Mana!
Resident Evil 1 remake for GC
Pikmin 1+2
Dues Ex
Guitar Hero
Dead Space
Fallout 3
Bioshock
Wolfenstein+Doom (originals)
Altered Beast
Double Dragon
Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Shinobi
Battletoads
X-Men 1+2 (Sega)
Zombies Ate My Neighbours

[luke_atyeo]

lol chris, Seiken Densetsu 3 is such a good game, sleeper hit imo.

anyways my list would look something like this

Final Fantasy VII
Metal Gear Solid
Tales of Symphonia
Skies of Arcadia: legends
Sonic 2
Initial D arcade stage 2
One Must Fall
Super Mario All-stars!
Gears of War
Halo 2 (yeah halo 3 is pretty ghey)

maybe some starcraft or melee in there

also way down near like number 1000 (yeah I've played ALOT of games)
would be brawl. such a **** game.

[ComboTurtle]

mine:

Tales of Phantasia
Golden Sun
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VII (vivi is king)
Shining Force II
Seiken Densetsu 3
Kingdom Hearts
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart SC
Diddy Kong Racing
OoT
Mario Allstars
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Halo 2
Warcraft 3

[CAOTIC]

Vivi is from IX you tard. IX is the best FF ever.

<3

[Sieg]

Why.

Why does everyone think XI is the best.

It hurts my brain sometimes it really does.

Not that I'm questioning your choices (Well I am.) But I see no reason as to why 9 is the best. Other than Chocobo Hot & Cold.

[CAOTIC]

I think it's the best because it's Final Fantasy doing what it does best and not trying to be something else or taking any risks with gameplay structures (sigh - Junctioning/Drawing). Most people who started playing FF through the PS1 era won't fully appreciate IX - props to those who do. It also doesn't take itself too seriously and go over the top.

and WTF Beatrix is amazing, Garnet is squeee! Steiner is a tool and Vivi is just rape <3

It is also Sakaguchi's most favourite FF of all time.

[Metanova]

wtf @ how slow Smashboards is for me atm. Anyway, Chocobo Hot & Cold (along with FF8's card game) is my favourite side-quest out of them all. Beatrix is indeed awesome (as is her music). I never got sick of Hot and Cold (Chocobo's Lagoon ftw).

I like FF7 to FF10 equally (I ****ing hate ALL of 10's side-quests though, dodge 200 bolts -_-, that extremely annoying butterfly nonsese -__-, etc). 7 is by far the most popular one though. I always found 9 to be underated.

[Melancholy]

Lots of love for DKC2 in this thread <3

-Majoras Mask
-Ocarina of Time
-Psychonauts
-Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
-Pokemon Gold + Silver
-Mario 64
-DKC2
-Bioshock
-Monster Rancher (Mad props if you played this)
-Mario Galaxy

Is my top 10, in order. Other notable mentions are the smash series, Mario kart series (DS was my fav), oracle of ages/seasons and a bunch of others that I will remember later.

[luke_atyeo]

yeah 9 was pretty good and very underated, goes back to the older roots of the series.
also Nobuo Uematsu (the guy that does all the music for the games) has stated that his favorite soundtrack is the one from final fantasy 9

[ComboTurtle]

i meant 9 =[

[l3oOkeR]

Street Fighter 2(Original, Turbo, Super, New Challengers)
Marvel Super Heroes (capcoms first fighting game with the license)
Xmen vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Capcom
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Street Fighter 4
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Killer Instinct
Clay Fighters 63 1/3
Super Mario Brothers
Super Mario Brothers 3
San Fransisco Rush
Diddy Kong Racing
Mario Kart 64
Viewtiful Joe 1
Viewtiful Joe 2
Tony Hawks Pro Skater
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 (PS2/GC Version)
Pokemon (all the colors on GB and DS)

[DJBrowny]

Lemmings
THPS2
Perfect Dark
BF2
Smash Bros.
Advance Wars
Oot
Golden Sun

Honourable mentions to the likes of Blast Corps, Goldeneye, Wind waker and a few others, but those ones above are a clear level above the rest for me

[Meteor Master]

Super Smash Bros (in general)
Earthbound
Mother 3
Pokemon (any handheld rpg one, as well as the Stadiums)
Sonic 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Sonic CD
Sonic Advendure 2 Battle
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Galaxy
Paper Mario TTYD
Pikmin 1 and 2, especially 2
MGS4
Tales of Symphonia
Viewtiful Joe
Banjo Kazooie/Tooie
LoZ Wind Waker
LoZ Majora's Mask
F Zero GX
Halo 1,2,3
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (the gc one, and just for multiplayer)
Metroid Prime (as a whole series)
Golden Sun + Lost Age
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Perfect Dark

many others on the tip of my tongue. =/

[luke_atyeo]

lol yes billy, thps 2 and clay fighters!

also conkers bad fur day was the lols

[Sieg]

I dunno, I just don't think FF9 deserves the apprasial you're giving it. The maint thing that really annoyed me was the amount of random characters that kept appearing during the storyline. Necron would be the worst one, Garland is up there aswell. Too many characters are poorly designed and have no backstory whatsoever.

The card game was another thing that annoyed me. It felt like they had over complicated FF8's one (Which was a fantastic mini-game.) Summons were pretty much useless in this game, unless they gave positive statuses or they were Ark.

I think it was mainly the poor storyline and the poorly designed characters that got it for me.

If I was to rate all the main FF's in a list, it'd be something like this.

FF6
FF4
FF10
FF5
FF7
FF3
FF1
FF12
FF2
FF9
FF8

In terms of music though, I believe the best would have to be 4. It had the most amazing soundtrack I've ever heard.
(For it's time.)

[e_alert]

Hrm...

ZELDA, especially TMC/PH/MM/AOL
Brawl/Melee/Smash 64 (all equally)
GoldenEye/Perfect Dark
Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie
Anything by Pre-Microsoft RARE, really...
Mario Kart 64/DS
Super Mario 64/Galaxy
Melty Blood AC/AA
BlazBlue
Portal

An extended Top 10 I guess, lols.

[Siyro]

I pretty much Missed the GC era, went from 64 to PS2 to Wii, haha. Can't be bothered listing all the games I liked, But Time Splitters 2 and Need for Speed: Most wanted Definetly had a lot of play time.

[Bsrk_]

I entered FF during the PS1 era unfortunately but preferred FFIX over VIII and X (although blitzball was pro)_ Tactics was an insanely fun game to play and a nice change from the usual combat system in most FF games_

Time Splitters was so much fun_

[luke_atyeo]

ff5 was pretty much the worst one ever made

6, 7 and 8 were the peak of the series, and 4 was pretty good too

[Metanova]

I'd rank my FF's in a list like this:
--------------
All these are the same to me:
FF10
FF8
FF7
FF9
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Others:
FF6
FF4
FF5
FFX-2 (International)
FF3
FF12 (Ugh... H8 this... H8 >_>)

FF8 and FF9 are my favourites in terms of music, followed probably by FF4/FF6. Ocarina of Time should also be in my list as it's the only Zelda I've played more than once (besides the NES one).

[Sirias]

Hah. I love Phantasy Star Online and I've never played it online either.
Only ever offline, though I was fascinated by the idea of it when it first came out on Dreamcast, which persuaded me to get a Dreamcast and the game, only to find out that NZ was too hopeless to get it going.

Favourite games? Not too sure.
I'm just going to name all the games I've ever played through twice or more.

ICO
Tales of Phantasia, Symphonia
Saga Frontier 2 (didn't ever get to play 1)
FF 7, 8, 9, Tactics
Smash Bros 64, Melee, Brawl
Pokemon Puzzle League
Suikoden 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask (never played Wind Waker or Twilight Princess)
Legend of Mana, Secret of Mana 2 (Seiken Densetsu 3)
Phantasy Star Online, Ep 1 & 2 (never played 3)
Bomberman 64
Alien Soldier
Diggers (diggers not digger)
Dynamite Headdy
Oddworld Abe's Odysee
Silent Hill 1, 2
Quakshot
Power Stone 2
Shadow Hearts 2
Kingdom Hearts 1
Grandia 1
Alundra 1
Breath of Fire 3, 4, 5
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Flood
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Chao System
Toejam and Earl (older ones)

And last but not least
Blast Chamber =]


To say which ones I liked more?
The older games, definitely. (apart from ICO)
But all in all, I love all these games.
Note how none of them are hand-held or xbox or new gen.

Edit 1:

I think FF7 was the best. c: Mainly because it was the FIRST game I played on the PS1 and I was so wowed by it.
FF8 was nothing like FF7 which totally threw me off how games should be, and I didn't like it because of it. Well, I liked it, a whole not, but I sort of didn't, if that makes sense.
FF9 however, since I was used to FF games not linking in any way, I liked it, despite the irritatingly large heads. I didn't really like the Trance system, but I liked everything else. =] I LOVED Beatrix, too! And I liked that little girl, Eika or whatever her name was (lol, don't remember her name, but I liked her).

Edit 2:

Ant1, I want you inside me. <3 For reading your list and making me remember Flood... God I loved that game... Randomly made me remember toejam and earl

Edit 3:

What is with all you people liking the NEW GEN games.
FFS, the new gen games are pathetic in comparison to the olden day games.
Seriously...

[shmot]

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

It deserves it's own post. The very best by a long, long way...

[unreon]

1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Shadow of the Colossus
3. Ocarina of Time
4. Ico
5. Metroid Prime
6. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

the rest in no particular order:
Bioshock
Mirror's Edge
Yoshi's Island
Zelda (LttP, TP, LA...)
Mario (3, SMW)
Metroids (Super, Primes)
Ikaruga
F-Zero (all)
Pokemans

and what holds a little place in my heart:
Mechwarrior 4
Pheonix Wright (all of them)

[Toby.]

lol yes billy, thps 2 and clay fighters!

also conkers bad fur day was the lols

HOLY **** CLAY FIGHTERS YESSS

LUKE YOU LEGEND!

caps

[luke_atyeo]

nah billy brought it up not me,

also kas I can really relate to that, imo gaming peaked at the snes/genesis, or ps1/n64 era, and slowly got worse as time went on.
they really dont make games like they used to...

[Toby.]

HOLY **** CLAY FIGHTERS YESSS

LUKE BILLY YOU LEGEND!

caps

[e_alert]

nah billy brought it up not me,

also kas I can really relate to that, imo gaming peaked at the snes/genesis, or ps1/n64 era, and slowly got worse as time went on.
they really dont make games like they used to...

imo

gaming itself hasn't peaked yet.

but "good games" definitely peaked around the N64 era.

[luke_atyeo]

can you name me one game, from this current generation that beats the top games from the era's I previously mentioned?

and if you can, then name 5!

[Sieg]

Depends on your definition of good games.

But yeah, I'll get back to you on that Luke, can't write atm.

[Cam3ron]

Well hmmmm lets see

Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Apollo Justice Ace Attorney
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Bully
Halo 2
Star Wars KOTOR
Star Wars KOTOR 2
Star fox 64
Super Mario bros
Phantasy Star Online Ep. 1&2
Batman Arkham Asylum
Megaman X7
Megaman Zero? (i think thats what its called)

Thats all i can think of at the moment ha ha.

[unreon]

can you name me one game, from this current generation that beats the top games from the era's I previously mentioned?

and if you can, then name 5!
Gaming just gets better and better.

World of Warcraft pretty much is objectively the best game ever made. You really can't argue against it. Other classics involve Bioshock, Portal, Mario Galaxy, Little Big Planet, Wii Sports Resort... really, we're just getting started with gaming. These are the games that will be talked about for years to come, just like the ones you mentioned.

Can't wait for what the future brings.