the best game ever

[sash1]

Ocarina of Time won!

gameFAQs just ran their best.game.ever series of polls. final two were ocarina of time vs. final fantasy vii. it won 82112 votes to 73726.

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anyway, the bracket is out: gameFAQs is separating the games by year:

1972-1988

Donkey Kong
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Space Invaders
Tetris

Mega Man 2
Pac-Man
Pong
The Oregon Trail

Duck Hunt
Galaga
Ninja Gaiden
Super Mario Bros.

Dragon Warrior III
Contra
Metroid
The Legend of Zelda

1989-1991

Castlevania III
Civilization
Sonic the Hedgehog
Street Fighter II

SimCity
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tecmo Super Bowl
Secret of Monkey Island

Battletoads
Final Fantasy
Prince of Persia
Super Mario World

Crystalis
Final Fantasy II (IV)
Mega Man 3
River City Ransom

1992-1994

Gunstar Heroes
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Super Mario Kart
Super Metroid

Donkey Kong Country
Doom
Streets of Rage II
Zelda: A Link to the Past

Final Fantasy III (VI)
Mega Man X
Phantasy Star IV
Zelda: Link's Awakening

Mortal Kombat II
Secret of Mana
Shining Force II
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

1995-1997

Donkey Kong Country 2
GoldenEye 007
Resident Evil 2
Super Mario RPG

Final Fantasy VII
Mario Kart 64
Star Fox 64
Suikoden

Castlevania: Symphony
Kirby Super Star
Resident Evil
Super Mario 64

Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Lufia II
SMW2: Yoshi's Island

1998-2000

Banjo-Kazooie
Perfect Dark
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Zelda: Majora's Mask

Deus Ex
Final Fantasy Tactics
Metal Gear Solid
Pokemon Gold/Silver

Final Fantasy VIII
SoulCalibur
Starcraft
Xenogears

Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy IX
Half-Life
Zelda: Ocarina of Time

2001-2003

Final Fantasy X
Metal Gear Solid 2
Silent Hill 2
TES III: Morrowind

GTA: Vice City
Kingdom Hearts
Metroid Prime
Paper Mario

Diablo II: LoD
Grand Theft Auto III
Halo: Combat Evolved
Star Wars: KOTOR

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Fire Emblem
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Zelda: Wind Waker

2004-2006

God of War
GTA: San Andreas
Tales of Symphonia
TES IV: Oblivion

Halo 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Okami
World of Warcraft

Gears of War
Kingdom Hearts II
Resident Evil 4
Shadow of the Colossus

Final Fantasy XII
Half-Life 2
Phoenix Wright
Zelda: Twilight Princess

2007-2009

Grand Theft Auto IV
Persona 4
Street Fighter IV
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Call of Duty 4
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
Super Mario Galaxy
Team Fortress 2

BioShock
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4
Portal

Fallout 3
Halo 3
Left 4 Dead
Mass Effect

gonna be filling mine out

 

[Chapbass]

i dont see chrono trigger or ff7 on there.....


oh, and ridge racer (original). just for the space invaders during the loading, not the actual game.

 

[ChaoZ]

Tetris.

 

[gorcorps]

Fuck Halo 1, half life should be on there

 

[JaYp146]

Half-Life 2 and its Episodes. Pure bliss.

Deus Ex wasn't bad, either.

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: Chapbass
i dont see chrono trigger or ff7 on there.....

i'm not nominating either because i know they'll make it anyway.

and i completely forgot ocarina of time lol

 

[rocadelpunk]

space invaders!

 

[destrekor]

I dunno. Zelda: Ocarina of Time was so damn fun. BUT, Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) was just as awesome.

Reason I love Zelda: Twilight Princess so much is because it seems to draw heavily from Ocarina of Time AND A Link to the Past.
The light/dark world, and being an alternate form when in the dark world is so awesome. I need to play A Link to the Past again. As much as I love Ocarina of Time, I think I might just have to go and proclaim A Link to the Past was my favorite Zelda game of all time. But Twilight Princess is up there and might knock either OoT or LttP out of the top spot. Have yet to beat it though, need to get the game back from my sister (let her borrow all my Wii stuff. Parents bought her a Wii though and were supposed to get all my stuff back but they can't find the bag and my sister doesn't think it is still at her place).

 

[Bman123]

Nintendo 64 games
mario kart
goldeneye
perfect dark

duke nukem
old school doom
wolfenstein

sims
super mario bros
sonic
zelda
asteroids
centipede
half life
GTA
frogger

I am gonna stop now before I list way too many games

 

[Stiganator]

Final Fantasy 3 usa version
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 10
Zelda: Link to the Past
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Goldeneye
Half Life
Baldur's Gate
Contra
Warcraft
SimCity
Battletoads
Mario (Specifically 3 and 64)
Halo

 

[gizbug]

Space Quest One.

 

[tatteredpotato]

Originally posted by: JaYp146
Half-Life 2 and its Episodes. Pure bliss.

Deus Ex wasn't bad, either.

Half-Life 2 is too new to be up for a best of all time award imo.

 

[ed21x]

don't forget street fighter 2: Turbo

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: ObscureCaucasian

Originally posted by: JaYp146
Half-Life 2 and its Episodes. Pure bliss.

Deus Ex wasn't bad, either.

Half-Life 2 is too new to be up for a best of all time award imo.

wtf, that doesn't make any sense. It's for ALL TIME

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: ObscureCaucasian

Originally posted by: JaYp146
Half-Life 2 and its Episodes. Pure bliss.

Deus Ex wasn't bad, either.

Half-Life 2 is too new to be up for a best of all time award imo.

wtf, that doesn't make any sense. It's for ALL TIME

for something to be awesome for all time, it has to not only to have greatt gameplay, but also great depth and replay value (aka staying power). Otherwise, games like Starcraft or Tetris wouldn't be such a big deal. This takes time to prove.

 

[SuperjetMatt]

Fallout
Jagged Alliance 2
UFO
Ultima
Gran Turismo
Knights of the Old Republic

 

[SneakyStuff]

Starcraft

 

[R Nilla]

Super Metroid.

 

[Kev]

superman 64

 

[Schadenfroh]

Baldur's Gate Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal
PlaneScape: Torment

 

[mxyzptlk]

Castlevania:SOTN

 

[Lamont Burns]

PGA Tour Golf III
Bonk's Adventure
NBA 2K3
Panzer Dragoon(purely for the opening cinematic)
Dr. Mario

 

[smackababy]

LoZ: Majora's Mask (it was the best Zelda game in the series by far, sadly most young people at the time found it much to hard with whole time limit and such)

Half-Life
Super Metroid
Sonic and Knuckles with Sonic 3 inserted
Sonic Adventure
Fallout 2
Knights of the Old Republic
Shenmue
Marvel VS Capcom 2
Mario Kart 64
Starcraft
Ultima Online (out of nowhere, I know. But I love it >_<)


far too many I can even name... wow, this is hard. Sadly, FF7 will win most likely. The entire FF series serious went down hill after 6. Tifa and Cloud fanboys are the worst as well.

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: ed21x
for something to be awesome for all time, it has to not only to have greatt gameplay, but also great depth and replay value (aka staying power). Otherwise, games like Starcraft or Tetris wouldn't be such a big deal. This takes time to prove.

I disagree. Some phenominal games out there I'd only wanna play once every blue moon. Other not so good ones I'd play for days.

That's like saying a car isn't the fastest car of all time because hasn't proved it'll still be the fastest in 5 years. Ok, well it's not exactly the same but you get my point. I've played and beaten Ocarina of Time once and it was fantastic, don't really wanna go beat it again but that doesn't make it less fantastic. I'm with one of the above posters though, Link to the Past was my favorite Zelda game.

My list (for now):
-Diablo 2 (gets my nod for the greatest game ever, and does so easily)
-Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
-Gears of War
-Resident Evil 4
-Tekken 3
-Forza Motorsport 2
-Call of Duty 4
-Mario Kart 64
-Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast/Academy
-Unreal Tournament
-Lords of the Realm 2
-Zelda: A Link to the Past
-Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
-Super Mario RPG
-Portal

I loved FF8 (didn't like 7 as much), HL2, the original Gran Turismo, and several other games that didn't make my list, these are just my most memorable. Portal barely makes it, but I had to add it not because it was the greatest game ever made (it was fun), but it is one of the most memorable games I've ever played, and that says something. I'm not sure how any of the Halo's make it on to anyone's list, they're unimaginative and boring to me, but they did alot for games as a whole though (one button grenade through, life automatically recharges, etc). I'd almost add them to my list for those reasons.

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: smackababy
Super Metroid
Marvel VS Capcom 2

Both phenominal.

far too many I can even name... wow, this is hard. Sadly, FF7 will win most likely. The entire FF series serious went down hill after 6. Tifa and Cloud fanboys are the worst as well.

I am so with you on that. I didn't play any of the old FF's but I did beat 7 one or two times, I never thought it was all that great. It was fun, but best game ever? Not for me.