What is the best game you ever played?

[Rage187]

FFIII on the SNES

 

[batmang]

Legend of Zelda. I literally jumped with joy when I finally beat it. I was 5 years old.
My older brother (7 years old at the time) and I took turns and we eventually finished the game.

 

[IGemini]

I have lots for many different reasons on many different consoles. I can't pick a favorite.

This. Trite titles like "best (something) ever" doesn't do justice to the rest.

 

[digiram]

Super Metroid.. that feeling that atmosphere.. amazing.

 

[reallyscrued]

+1 for Goldeneye. Pretty much justified my reason to purchase an N64.

Close second is Metroid Prime. Then GTA3. I don't think I'll ever forget how fascinated I was with that game.

PC wise...jeez...when you think about all the hours you put into whatever games over the years...makes you feel like you could've acheived a PhD or something.

Need for Speed 3 : Hot Pursuit (can still name all sections of each track)
Starcraft sucked in my whole life for a while (I like to call that while, 'adolescence")
UT99 and its mods, mainly Infiltration

Oldies:

Super Mario World
Streets of Rage

 

[Krynj]

I would have to say Quake 1 on PC is my favorite game of all time. I can't even estimate how much time I spent playing that game. I have such fond memories spanning several years that are just consumed with Quake 1. Especially those summer nights in junior high/high school. I had my own PC in my bedroom, and my parents were awesome and let me stay up as late as I wanted, so I would usually stay up until the sun came up playing Quake, and its several mods (Team Fortress mostly). Man, I really miss those days.

 

[jdelrio22]

Dark Souls for me - only because it brought back a lot of memories of that first time playing Diablo, trying so hard to make jumps in Castlevania, and that first time I pvp'd in Rune.

 

[ElFenix]

zelda 3, super metroid, or final fantasy 2

 

[Pr0d1gy]

I'm replaying FF7 since I got it for $5 on PSN and I have to say that I would be hard pressed to find another game as engrossing and interesting. Just to throw a few out, I could also include CoD4, SW Knights of the Old Republic, Elder Scrolls (console variants, i.e. Morrowind, Oblivion, & Skyrim), Socom 2, and NFL 2k1 are usually on my favorite games lists.

 

[MrDuma]

i would say all that is related to Zelda and the Final Fantasy series

 

[Chapbass]

hmmm, the games that have made me go "wow" the most..not necessarily the most played, but the ones I remember the most.

For me, that would probably be:

PC: Call of Duty (1). Installed it, started playing, finished playing in one sitting. I was completely addicted to the sheer level of immersion that the game provided. Sure, it was kind of on rails and not a "thinker" by any means, but the level it made you felt like you WERE in an absolutely whirlwind of combat in some scenes was unprecedented.

Console: Metal Gear Solid. I'd say the 1st, but the 4th is up there too. I loved the way it was shot (I say that like it was a movie ), the pace, the story. Sure, a lot of people give it crap for a convoluted storyline and long cutscenes, but it tugged at the movie watcher side of me yet still gave it entertainment. Definitely enjoyed every minute of it (okay, almost every minute).

 

[Fingolfin269]

Seems like the best game ever is always going to be something a person played when they were younger. I remember loving the game Pools of Radiance on my C64. Played it a ton. In retrospect it probably sucked horribly. Goldeneye is the same for me. I played it a ton, split screen 4-player action on a 19" screen seemed absolutely normal. I can't imagine playing anything on a 19" screen now though (without split).