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Edge Magazine's 100 Best Games To Play Today

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Queasy

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Link - Edge is celebrating their 200th issue with a "100 Best Games To Play Today" list. This list encompasses all games that are available to play today from the SNES on up. Of course, this list is highly subjective but still entertaining.

The Top 10:

10 - Yoshi's Island (SNES)
9 - Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
8 - Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
7 - Tetris (Various)
6 - Super Mario World (SNES)
5 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
4 - Resident Evil 4 (Wii)
3 - Half-Life 2 and episodic content (PC)
2 - Super Mario 64 (N64)
1 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
 
Might as well just call it "Our own personal list of the 100 best games since the SNES."

Yeah, 100% subjective.
 
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Halo 3? 😕
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I agree. I got an xbox a month or so ago and picked up halo 3. While i think it was pretty fun, I honestly didn't see what all the hype was about. I mean, it was fun and all, but nothing ground breaking and it was never one of those "i just gotta play it" type of games. Maybe I'm missing something...
 
Originally posted by: Dark Jedi
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Halo 3? 😕
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I agree. I got an xbox a month or so ago and picked up halo 3. While i think it was pretty fun, I honestly didn't see what all the hype was about. I mean, it was fun and all, but nothing ground breaking and it was never one of those "i just gotta play it" type of games. Maybe I'm missing something...
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Their reasoning:

Perhaps the best argument for sequels,? ?Halo? ?3? ?isn?t just a superb standalone game,? ?but the culmination of Bungie?s decade of redefining and refining the console shooter.? ?Its underrated campaign features fascinatingly AI-driven battles,? ?which,? ?alongside the option to fight alongside three other players,? ?allow dynamically emergent chaos to blossom.?

Online is where Halo?s now-perfect balance of weapons,? ?vehicles and character movement really shines,? ?though,? ?a peerless matchmaking system and ever-changing gametypes offering a skill level and variant to suit any player.? ?For other games,? ?this would be enough,? ?but for Halo? ?3? ?it?s the start.?

Its integration of Theatre mode? (?which can be used to take screenshots or videos?) ?and Forge? (?a level editor that can be played collaboratively?)?,? ?and ease of sharing content still hasn?t been matched.?

We haven?t even mentioned the campaign?s scoring metagame,? ?the special weekend playlists,? ?or the ongoing DLC.? ?In terms of concept,? ?content and coherence,? ?Halo? ?3? ?remains an imposing presence in videogames.
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you have to admit online halo3 and it matchmaking and pure options to do stuff is way better then the rest.

the single player game may not be the best but there are a lot of times im like damn. i with they did what bungie did.
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you have forge
crazy stats
theatre
custom games to no end.
great matchmaking....


i can agree for the multiplayer standpoint its top notch. single player was average.
 
Alright, Ridge Racer 4 made the list- and I am actually a big fan of the series, been playing RR7 a decent amount lately actually, and Grid which is a reasonably decent racer- but unless I missed it I didn't see GT or Forza on that list.....

I can see Burnout being on it, no problems with that, hell I even love the RR series, but to say that they are above GT or Forza is just..... odd. Maybe I missed a page or something, site was being bitchy about loading different pages up.
 
Originally posted by: JoPh
you have to admit online halo3 and it matchmaking and pure options to do stuff is way better then the rest.

the single player game may not be the best but there are a lot of times im like damn. i with they did what bungie did.
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you have forge
crazy stats
theatre
custom games to no end.
great matchmaking....


i can agree for the multiplayer standpoint its top notch. single player was average.
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I don't see what all the fuss about it being so high is about. It's back in the top spot as the most played game on Xbox Live. Is such a game really not deserving of being in a top 10 list of games to play today? Its multiplayer options are second to none, and it's one of the few (only?) games I can think of that has a solid 4-player co-op campaign (with vehicles to boot).

COD4's leveling up and player customization in multiplayer is arguably more enjoyable, but overall it still pales in comparison to Halo 3's wide variety of options, match customization, and stat tracking. And while I'm sure many have enjoyed it more, I feel that COD4's single player campaign definitely pales in comparison to Halo 3.

All of that said, right now I'd probably play COD4 multiplayer over Halo 3 (and Killzone 2 over both of them), but putting my personal feelings toward the games aside, I can see why Halo 3 is where it is. I certainly don't think it's outrageous or undeserved.
 
Originally posted by: R Nilla

Its multiplayer options are second to none, and it's one of the few (only?) games I can think of that has a solid 4-player co-op campaign (with vehicles to boot).
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No vehicles, but IMO Left 4 Dead beats Halo 3 in this regard, hands down.
 
Originally posted by: Dark Jedi
Originally posted by: R Nilla

Its multiplayer options are second to none, and it's one of the few (only?) games I can think of that has a solid 4-player co-op campaign (with vehicles to boot).
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No vehicles, but IMO Left 4 Dead beats Halo 3 in this regard, hands down.
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Oh duh. I knew there was some other 4-player co-op game I was forgetting. 🙂 Ignore the (only?).
 
Originally posted by: R Nilla
And while I'm sure many have enjoyed it more, I feel that COD4's single player campaign definitely pales in comparison to Halo 3.
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"Quality" and "Length" are 2 different things. CoD 4's SP was VASTLY superior to Halo 3's, although it was short.
 
Originally posted by: kabob983
Originally posted by: R Nilla
And while I'm sure many have enjoyed it more, I feel that COD4's single player campaign definitely pales in comparison to Halo 3.
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"Quality" and "Length" are 2 different things. CoD 4's SP was VASTLY superior to Halo 3's, although it was short.
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Who said anything about length (although that certainly is a factor)?

Objectively, I don't see how anyone could claim COD4 to be VASTLY superior. If you liked it more, so be it, but the Halo 3 campaign has a lot more to offer: co-op, vehicles (on rails sections in COD4 don't count), wide open environments with large battles (and giant enemy vehicles), saved films of gameplay, etc. It certainly also has the same variety of weapons, if not more.

The COD4 campaign wasn't terrible by any means, but there isn't a lot there to separate it from any other FPS campaign.
 
I own every Civilization game there is and Civ IV is the least of them, not the best. The fact that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. isn't on the list just adds insult to injury.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: swanysto
Any top 10 without Goldeneye is a joke.
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GoldenEye is the joke, it's unplayable these days 😛
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I started a thread about just such a topic a few months ago, something like "Why can't they make them like they used to" or something. For it's time though it was a fantastic game.
 
Originally posted by: kabob983
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: swanysto
Any top 10 without Goldeneye is a joke.
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GoldenEye is the joke, it's unplayable these days 😛
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I started a thread about just such a topic a few months ago, something like "Why can't they make them like they used to" or something. For it's time though it was a fantastic game.
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There is a release of goldeneye multiplayer mod for HL2 somewhere... Don't remember where offhand though.

 
Originally posted by: kabob983
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: swanysto
Any top 10 without Goldeneye is a joke.
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GoldenEye is the joke, it's unplayable these days 😛
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I started a thread about just such a topic a few months ago, something like "Why can't they make them like they used to" or something. For it's time though it was a fantastic game.
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Frankly, I found it unplayable at the time as well, but I had already experienced the goodness of DOOM and Descent on LAN years before.
 
Originally posted by: Robert Munch
Originally posted by: kabob983
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: swanysto
Any top 10 without Goldeneye is a joke.
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GoldenEye is the joke, it's unplayable these days 😛
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I started a thread about just such a topic a few months ago, something like "Why can't they make them like they used to" or something. For it's time though it was a fantastic game.
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There is a release of goldeneye multiplayer mod for HL2 somewhere... Don't remember where offhand though.
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I've played it a couple times.

Oh and Goldeneye is not unplayable. It's still extremely fun.
 
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