Your top 10 games of all time

[vshah]

OP, you've left it wide open by including both PC and console games in your poll. My votes are:

Console (Atari 800): MULE

PC: Homeworld

i have great memories of homeworld

 

[Rifter]

Shadowrun (Genesis)
FF VII (PSX)
Diablo II (PC)
Starcraft (PC)
Goldeneye (N64)
UT 1999 (PC)
Rainbow 6 (PC)
L4D (PC)
Mass Effect (PC)
Red Alert (PC or PSX)

Close seconds:

Shining Force series (Genesis, GBA)
Mario cart 64
Zelda games

 

[Beev]

No particular order:

Fallout 3
Chrono Trigger
Zelda LttP
FF7
Oblivion
Mass Effect 1 and 2
Half Life 1 and 2
Uncharted 1 and 2
KotOR 1
Every -craft Blizzard game

 

[Dumac]

wow nobody likes Halo

You have to admit Halo:CE was bad ass on the original Xbox when it first came out.

The first Halo was okay. It was mediocre compared to a lot of shooters before it.

The sequels were all shit. I can't believe I bought into the lies each time, too.

 

[Beev]

The Halo games have always been good console shooters, but bad shooters overall. They aren't even close to stuff like Half Life, UT, Doom, Quake, etc. Not. Even. Close.

 

[BW86]

not in any order

1. Half-life/Counter-strike
2. FF7
3. Goldeneye
4. Mario Kart 64
5. COD4
6. DOOM
7. Demons Souls
8. Sonic 2
9. Every Metal Gear Solid
10. Gran Turismo series

 

[JoPh]

the hate for halo is very funny..

 

[Dumac]

the love for halo is very funny..

fixed

 

[MentalIlness]

Way too many to list. But here are my 3 favorite systems and the games for them....No specific order for favorite...They are equal to me

Well, let's see here.....

~Nintendo~

Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Wizards @ Warriors
Wizards @ Warriors Ironsword
Legacy Of The Wizard
Super Mario Brothers 3
Final Fantasy
Othello
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 The Arcade Game
Battletoads
Maniac Mansion
Double Dragon
Gradius

~Super Nintendo~

Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy 2
The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past
F-Zero
Super Street Fighter
Ghouls And Ghosts
Contra III The Alien Wars
Super Castlevania IV
Super Mario All-Stars
Donkey Kong Country Series
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Gradius III

~PC~

Grim Fandango
Age Of Empires Series
Indiana Jones And The Infernal Machine <-- (I drove six hours to purchase this by myself)
Max Payne 1/2
Bioshock 1/2
Myst Series
Medal Of Honor Airborne
F.E.A.R Series
Command @ Conquer The First Decade
Quake 4
Portal
Half Life 2 + Episodes 1 /2

 

[xCxStylex]

I realize this thread is in the "console gaming" forum when it could be in either PC or console, but I'm surprised that no one has mentioned WoW or Warcraft 3/3x. In addition to the standard Warcraft 3, Dota is also an amazing game. It's spawned clone F2P League of Legends is one of my top 10 as well.

A lot of my games are on other people's lists already.

Secret of Mana
UT99
Counterstrike
SC/BW
D2/D2x
War 3
TF2


Games no one has mentioned:

Spawn: In the Demon's Edge (2000) - This was an Arcade game that was also released on dreamcast, mostly a 3rd person view fighting shooter. Although it played like a shooter, it was really a fighting game. It allowed for up to 4 arcade systems to be locally linked together, and you have nooo idea how much fun this was It was made by capcom, so for a fighting game, it was fairly balanced. The single player boss time attack is lame IMO, the multiplayer is where this game shines, and it is truly an unnoticed gem for fighting game fans.

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory 2003/2004 - for PC, free, multiplayer, objective based (think Assault in UT99, Rush in BFBC2 but with relevant, cool objectives, not just "blow up the box) fps. There were also a few "limited lives" server as well, which changed the tactics to a sense Because it's multiplayer only, few people play this anymore, but people do since it's free.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2 for DS - Someone mentioned FFT, but FFTA2 was the best of the series

Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (GBA) - Another isometric grid turn based strategy RPG similar to FFT. I absolutely loved this game more than any other turn based strategy. I also really, really enjoyed the story and RPG factor as well. This is one of the few games I've played through multiple times, once straight through, another time for all the unlocks/achievements (even back in 2002), and other times powered through for multiple endings.

Street Fighter 3 - 3rd Strike - Most balanced, in-depth SF fighting game ever to me. The removal of the parry mechanic from SF3 was a huge step backwards in SF 4 to me IMO. People talked about SF4 going "back to basics," but I felt SF4 lost huge depth.

Pokemon games for Gameboy - Childish and simple yes. Disturbingly fun as well. I have only played two fully (Blue for GB and Ruby for GBA). Haven't spent more than 5hrs in whichever DS version I have.

Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 - I only played the multiplayer, which was amazingly fun, but I'm told the single player was great too. Maybe this isn't quite top 10, but I spent many, many, many hours of fun playing this.

Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Not top 10 but top 20 for sure.

 

[SandEagle]

dragon quest VIII needs to be on this list

 

[DAPUNISHER]

In no particular order -


A-10 Tank Killer (Amiga)

Red Dead Redemption (PS3)

Fallout 3 (360)

Deus Ex (PC)

Tie Fighter (PC)

X-Wing (PC)

NBA Jam (Sega Genesis)

Ghost Recon (PC)

Duke Nuke 'Em (PC)

Red Storm Rising (Amiga)

 

[sao123]

unranked... but still top 10 ever.

Tecmo Super Bowl - NES
Super Mario 3 - NES
Mike Tysons Punchout - NES
Zelda: Link to the Past - SNES
Super Mario Kart - SNES
Starfleet Command II - PC
Sim City 4 Rush Hour - PC
C&C Yuri's Revenge - PC
World of Warcraft - PC
Modern Warfare 2 - Ps3

honorable mentions:

ace combat series - 4, 5, 5.5 - PS2
Command & Conquer 95 - PC

 

[foghorn67]

In no particular order -


A-10 Tank Killer (Amiga)

Red Dead Redemption (PS3)

Fallout 3 (360)

Deus Ex (PC)

Tie Fighter (PC)

X-Wing (PC)

NBA Jam (Sega Genesis)

Ghost Recon (PC)

Duke Nuke 'Em (PC)

Red Storm Rising (Amiga)

gah, A-10! I forgot about that one.

 

[foghorn67]

Descent is the only thing in the world that gets me motion sick.
Stunt planes, yachts in a storm, roller coasters...none of them get to me.

Descent. I have to quit after about 10 minutes.

 

[foghorn67]

The Halo games have always been good console shooters, but bad shooters overall. They aren't even close to stuff like Half Life, UT, Doom, Quake, etc. Not. Even. Close.

lolwut?
UT=MP only. Halo, campaign included.
Doom=Ground breaking, but got old fast.
Quake=I really thought it was overrated. Level designs were meh, art design was okay at best. Quake engines? Fantastic!!! This is why I love the word Quake. It's the engine baby.
Half Life=Epic.
So I only see HL as a valid argument.

-edit--Got distracted. I never liked UT. I played the original for a bit, but could never get into any other iteration. But like Quake, it's the engine that I love.
So scalable. Technically, each generation still has the same basic structure as the original. So the version numbering are a misnomer in a way.