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The best 100 PC games of all time.

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I think mixing different kinds of games together makes the list much too subjective. For my favorite games, I'd rank Galactic Civilizations II way toward because I like turn based strategy. Others obviously wouldn't.

And when mixing old games with new ones - how do you compare? A newer game might have nothing original, but just re-hash the same things as several older ones, just with better graphics. Does that make it a better game on the list than the older games it stole from? I think you need to count how a game compared to its peers at time of launch.

And if you do, IMO Doom has to be in the top few. For anyone old enough knows - that game simply blew away the competition, basically invented the genre, and made people realize how realistic a computer game could be. I think it was the first game that made people feel emotions - fright & adrenaline - compared to other games which only gave satisfaction at having solved a puzzle or accumulated things.
 
Complete lack of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 or 3? Sadness. IIRC there was a Heroes 'complete' package that had 1, 2, and 3.
 
I don't think editors even really try anymore on these lists - they know no matter what they do everyone is going to think they're wrong and are complete idiots

Soo.. they just slop this shit together to garner attention/controversy


It's getting them hits, isn't it
 
darkewaffle said:
Can't see it yet, but NWN had best be in there or I will has sads.
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Nope, but at least they had Baldur's Gate 2 in there... I do have to admit, I liked NWN better as well especially with all the customization and toolsets released. Heck, the PRC website is still my 2nd bookmark on my browser to this day....
 
darkewaffle said:
Can't see it yet, but NWN had best be in there or I will has sads.
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This, along with the complete omission of seemingly every good game made before 1994 and several other more recent titles, really ruined this one for me. This is poosibly the worst top 100 list I have ever seen for games, and I used to have a GI subscription...lol
 
NAC said:
I think mixing different kinds of games together makes the list much too subjective.
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You hit the nail on the head. This thing alone is sufficient to make the list totally worthless. That's the point, of course. The writers have no insight or perspective, so they are going to fail at writing anything. They don't look quite as bad while failing at an impossible task (pick 100 best games across all genres and all time) than they would look failing at a difficult but reasonable task (pick 10 best first person shooters of the last decade).
 
frozentundra123456 said:
Also surprising is that Mass Effect is ahead of ME2
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Not really. ME2 for PC was a consolized piece of shit. ME1 is a far better PC game, in fact most places rated the PC version better than the xbox version, because Demirge changed the UI to fully take advantage of the PC, instead of just doing a shit port job like Bioware did.
 
Wait a second. GTA IV is #100? Are you kidding me? I believe it was the first game IGN gave a 10/10. Easily in my top 10 favorites.
 
I finally skimmed the list. Did I miss it, or was BF1942 missing?

I can't take any list seriously that not only nominates Arma 2 as a Top 100 game ALL TIME, but puts it in the top 20. WoW at #2? LOL!!!
 
Not sure what people expected, that "their" Top 100 list would be better or more "official" than countless others before it all around the web and even in magazines? They have different tastes, of course we'll probably all disagree with the list and/or the order, I just wonder what was the point in posting this was in the first place really.
 
Starcraft at #89
list confirmed for shit.

DooM 1 not at #1?
list confirmed made by kids born in the late 90's
 
Ultima 7 in the top 10, yeah. Good. Company of Heroes Online @ #1, wasn't the game just cancelled? LOL.

Wing Commander 3? Where's 1 and 2? They were FAR better than 3 or 4.

Star Control 2 made it into the list... I'll back off somewhat for that.

Where are the Microprose flight sim games? They DEFINED the combat aircraft flight sim genre ffs.

Was it just me, or were no mmorpgs on the list? Yay!

Wait... Planetside WAS on the list... okay, I give them respect for THAT choice.
 
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