the best game ever

[Cabages]

Morrowind
Bioshock
Zelda: Links Awakening

 

[HOOfan 1]

As far as games I have played

Resident Evil 4 is the best on the PS2
Prince of Persia Sands of Time and God of War get honorable mention

Legend of Zelda was best on NES

On PC
Quake 2 was my first experience with FPS multi-player and I still have a special place in my heart for Deathmatch and all the different mods
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin was probably the most open ended and replayable games I have ever played
Tribes 2 is probably my favorite multi-player experience SHAZBOT!!!!
Deus Ex very open ended, very replayable, but I am the type that has to explorer every corner of a game, so it took me a long time to play through it.
Rise of Nations most enjoyable resource gathering RTS for me
Myth II: Soulblighter simply the best RTS that I have ever played.
Civilization 2 a total time sink....this thing can suck hours away from your life. Civ 1 was great, but Civ 2 was absolutely the best. Civ 3 was a big disappointment for me and I haven't played Civ 4 yet.
Half-Life probably the longest FPS I have ever played and also the FPS with the most variety (i.e. not just turn the corner shoot a generic monster every 10 seconds)
Call of Duty (the original) The game was so short, that if you blinked you missed it, but it is probably my all time favorite pure FPS game....all action just great shooter mechanics (I love aiming down the sites)
No One Lives Forever and Blood two Monolith games and two of the funniest and funnest games I have ever played
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City the actual storyline gameplay wasn't all that great, but the absolute freedom to roam around and cause havoc and just overall toy with the game made it hours of fun.

 

[JoshGuru7]

Space Invaders
Tie Fighter
Lords of the Realm 2
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Unreal Tournament
Starcraft
Civilization
Quake 2
Mario Kart (N64)
Goldeneye (N64)
Zork

 

[zerocool84]

Metal Gear Solid
Half Life
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Starcraft
Counterstrike
Marvel vs Capcom
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Diablo II
Unreal Tournament
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Final Fantasy VII
Phantasy Star IV
Gran Turismo
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Grand Theft Auto III
Shenmue
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Goldeneye 007
Super Mario World
Chrono Trigger

 

[Qbah]

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and 3
Baldur's Gate saga
Diablo 2 (first one too)
X-COM series
System Shock 2
Fallout 2

Those are the only games that I played more than twice (99% of games I play once and that's it). HoMM Hot-Seat = takes the win overall. So those are my choices

EDIT: Added Fallout 2.

 

[YoungGun21]

Originally posted by: shlemielo

Originally posted by: thraashman
Let's see, I'll have to nominate (hard to think of 15)

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Vagrant Story
Chrono Trigger
Half Life
Goldeneye (N64)
Final Fantasy 7
Doom
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Metal Gear Solid
Street Fighter 2
Mortal Kombat
Thief: The Dark Project
Super Smash Brothers (original)
Warcraft 2
Oregon Trail

I hope you were joking with Oregon Trail. Yes, I too loved that game back in elementary school, but it really isn't that good of a game if you think about it. We're a bit biased because of all the fond memories we have of that game. The "Best Game Ever" should still be great if we played it today, and I don't think Oregon Trail fits that category.

Also, I'm willing to bet that those of you dissing Halo 1 probably never invested in the multiplayer. It was by far the best multiplayer FPS experience on console, and I still try to LAN Halo 1 every now and then. The subsequent Halos, well, suck ass and should not be anywhere on this list.

We played Oregon Trail in my history class this year. With a class full of people screaming out options, that game is still pretty dang fun.

 

[adairusmc]

Descent: Freespace

Descent: Freespace 2

 

[mmntech]

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Pokemon Red & Blue
Okami
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
SimCity 2000
Doom (the original)
Goldeneye
Civilization
Grim Fandango
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight (it's status as a game is debatable though, but arguably the best in series)
Super Mario Bros. 3
LittleBigPlanet
Pong (the spark of modern gaming)

 

[state 08]

Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)

 

[TecHNooB]

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Final Fantasy 7
Metal Gear Solid 1
Super Mario 64
Kingdom Hearts
Tomb Raider 2
Call of Duty 1 (+xpac)
Rescue Rangers (SNES)

 

[Kabob]

When do they start announcing the winners and such?

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: kabob983
When do they start announcing the winners and such?

nominations appear to be over, so i dunno when gameFAQs will start the competition. it'll be cool after all the character battles they've done to have something different. they did this years back and FF7 won.

dunno when they'll start running the polls or how many games will be involved, though.

 

[sash1]

the bracket: 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

 

[Qbah]

No System Shock 2? Instead some silly Pokemon game in it's bracket? Epic fail.

 

[Robor]

I nominate 'Total Annihilation' and 'Tribes'. Wasted many hours playing them.

 

[Kabob]

Wow, that's alot of "best games of all time" nominees...

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: sash1
gameFAQs is going to be running a best game ever poll, much like the character battles they do every year. you can nominate 15 games.

so far i've nominated:

Final Fantasy Tactics
Star Ocean 2
Legend of Dragoon
Halo 1
Super Smash Bros Melee
Contra
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Diablo II
StarCraft
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Unreal Tournament
Mario Kart
Metroid Prime
Metal Gear Solid

help me think of some other good games lol, i've got a bunch in mind i'm trying to sort through and i know i'm forgetting some

Legend of dragoon should not be on that list. I played almost all the way to the end (In the final boss dungeon, really never got a chance to finish it because something else side tracked me. I went back years later to try to continue on my save and found myself totally getting owned at that point ) and I'll say that it was a solid RPG, but it wasn't good enough.

Let us go over the main problem: storyline. The storyline isn't that great...there is some generated drama that just doesn't seem to draw you in the way other RPGs of the time did (pretty much any FF, Grandia, Wild Arms 2, Skies of Arcadia, etc). I found myself saying 'who cares' to the story progression for well over 80% of the time. It was not until I hit the arabesque-style city in the game (lord I don't remember any names lol) that things began to get interesting. I was actually starting to have fun playing it, and I thought "geez...it only took several hours to get interesting"....but that only lasted for a while. After that, things began to get boring again. It is amazing how the story was sooo detached from everything else. Really...the graphics in the game were excellent, the areas (although random at times...sometimes good level design isn't about putting together a bunch of totally different places - you need to blend them well) were very detailed and pretty...but a poor story can't save all of that. I can still talk about what happened in almost all FFs I played, and many other RPGs I played. I can barely recall what went on in Legend of Dragoon.

Now let us look at a game with a GREAT story: Grandia. Absolutely incredible if you have had a chance to play it. I was nonstop attracted the entire time. Very rarely was there a dull moment, it was a continuous orgasm of excitement and adventure. If you actually want to nominate LoD over Grandia, you are nuts (oh...and the battle system for Grandia is nowhere near as boring as LoD; of course, I play RPGs for their storylines, not for the battle systems so I don't care as much about LoD lack of battle vibrance)

Edit:

I personally think any list must be split by era and must be split by genre, and even then you could have several games fit in there. There comes a point where the games are just soo good, that the real differentiating factor is how much affinity the person naturally has to that game. But at that point, the game is near universally acclaimed anyways

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Where is System Shock 2?!

 

[AmdEmAll]

Diablo 2 LOD
Mario 64
Super Mario Land
Doom
Grand Theft Auto 3
Gran Turismo 4
Sim City 3000
Half Life
Star Craft
Duke Nukem 3D
Resident Evil
Crysis
GoledenEye 007
C&C Red Alert Retaliation SNES
C&C Generals Zero Hour

So tough to pick only 15. Many of them the entire series was amazing.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
WINNER!

Top selling console games of all time

Top 20 console games of all time

The 20 best-selling console/handheld games, not originally bundled.
1. Nintendogs (DS ? 21.67 million, all 5 versions combined)[67]
2. Wii Play (Wii ? 20.91 million)[67]
3. Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green (Game Boy ? 20.08 million approximately: 10.23 million in Japan,[43] 9.85 million in US)[19]
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES ? 18 million)[40]
5. New Super Mario Bros. (DS ? 17.63 million)[67]
6. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS ? 16.82 million)[67]
7. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (DS ? 16.48 million)[68]
8. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 ? 14.89 million shipped)[96]
9. Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy Color ? 14.51 million approximately: 7.6 million in US,[19] 6.91 million in Japan)[43]
10. Wii Fit (Wii ? 14.01 million)[67]
11. Super Mario Land (Game Boy ? 14 million)[40]
12. Mario Kart DS (DS ? 13.79 million)[67]
13. Mario Kart Wii (Wii ? 13.67 million)[67]
14. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (DS ? 13.27 million)[67]
15. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (GBA ? 13 million)[74]
16. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 ? 12 million)[104]
17. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (GBA ? 11.82 million)[68]
18. Super Mario 64 (N64 ? 11 million)[40]
19. Gran Turismo (PS1 ? 10.85 million shipped)[96][97]
20. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS ? 10.57 million),[68

I think alot of the above is baloney. I boldfaced the ones that I think are top 15 worthy.

I agree. Selling a lot of games doesnt make it a GOOD game.

 

[nageov3t]

what the f is FF8 doing on any list of "best of all time" games?

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Oyeve

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
WINNER!

Top selling console games of all time

Top 20 console games of all time

The 20 best-selling console/handheld games, not originally bundled.
1. Nintendogs (DS ? 21.67 million, all 5 versions combined)[67]
2. Wii Play (Wii ? 20.91 million)[67]
3. Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green (Game Boy ? 20.08 million approximately: 10.23 million in Japan,[43] 9.85 million in US)[19]
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES ? 18 million)[40]
5. New Super Mario Bros. (DS ? 17.63 million)[67]
6. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS ? 16.82 million)[67]
7. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (DS ? 16.48 million)[68]
8. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 ? 14.89 million shipped)[96]
9. Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy Color ? 14.51 million approximately: 7.6 million in US,[19] 6.91 million in Japan)[43]
10. Wii Fit (Wii ? 14.01 million)[67]
11. Super Mario Land (Game Boy ? 14 million)[40]
12. Mario Kart DS (DS ? 13.79 million)[67]
13. Mario Kart Wii (Wii ? 13.67 million)[67]
14. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (DS ? 13.27 million)[67]
15. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (GBA ? 13 million)[74]
16. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 ? 12 million)[104]
17. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (GBA ? 11.82 million)[68]
18. Super Mario 64 (N64 ? 11 million)[40]
19. Gran Turismo (PS1 ? 10.85 million shipped)[96][97]
20. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS ? 10.57 million),[68

I think alot of the above is baloney. I boldfaced the ones that I think are top 15 worthy.

I agree. Selling a lot of games doesnt make it a GOOD game.

what are you talking about, Titanic is the best movie EVER!!!!!

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Awesome list of nominees.

I see Yoshi's Island on the list, but no one here has nominated it? Shame...one of the best platformers of all time IMO.

 

[sash1]

Ocarina of Time won

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

Ugh...Final Fantasy 7 VS Ocarina of Time in the Finals. Fail VS Fail More...

I voted for FF7 since I actually completed FF7 and somewhat enjoyed it. I stopped playing Ocarina of Time at the Water Temple. It didn't help that I played Ocarina of Time AFTER I played The Wind Waker.

Kinda hard to go back to those N64 days...