Your Favorite Games of All Time (make it count)

[Papissama 10]

542 gamers shared their favorite games so far.

If you like ranking your top games and you're interested in best games lists, you will probably like this project.

The objective is to gather every gamers' Top 25 favorite games of all time and combine them into an ultimate toplist.

We've had about fifty million 'top games' threads across gaming forums and here is a more permanent centralized location to rank your favorite games.

Each gamer makes an all time Top 25 favorite games and each games that are ranked gain pts depending of their positions (best game ever=25pts, 2nd=24ps, ..., 25th=1pt).

It is also really easy to make your lists and switch the order of games since it uses a drag & drop interface.

Here is the compilation of everyone's top lists:

# 01 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2532 pts) ranked by 135 people

# 02 - Chrono Trigger (2078 pts) ranked by 118 people

# 03 - Final Fantasy VII (1997 pts) ranked by 105 people

# 04 - Half-Life 2 (1596 pts) ranked by 91 people

# 05 - Final Fantasy VI (1544 pts) ranked by 86 people

# 06 - Final Fantasy X

# 07 - Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

# 08 - Pokemon Gold and Silver

# 09 - Resident Evil 4

# 10 - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

# 11 - Super Mario World

# 12 - Fallout 3

# 13 - Super Mario 64

# 14 - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

# 15 - Super Smash Bros. Melee

# 16 - Shadow of the Colossus

# 17 - Final Fantasy IX

# 18 - Metroid Prime

# 19 - Super Metroid

# 20 - Portal

# 21 - Super Mario Bros. 3

# 22 - Pokemon Red and Blue

# 23 - Metal Gear Solid

# 24 - Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

# 25 - Mass Effect

Here is the full Top 1000+ list.

That list is not static, since it updates itself automatically every half hour.

There are also other lists available to build up such as your:

- Top 10 most anticipated games

- (by year) Top 10 games of 2010 (or 2009,2008...)

- (by system) Top 15 PS2 games (or NES, PC...)

- (by genre) Top 10 FPS games (or JRPGs, Racing...)

- (by special subject) Top 10 Video game soundtrack (or story...)

You can chose to participate to ones adapted to your gaming taste or style.

If you share your Top 10 Most anticipated games you'll influence this list:

# 01 - The Last Guardian (423 pts) ranked by 56 people

# 02 - Portal 2 (370 pts) ranked by 59 people

# 03 - Mass Effect 3 (359 pts) ranked by 52 people

# 04 - Batman: Arkham City (336 pts) ranked by 55 people

# 05 - Half-Life 2: Episode Three (303 pts) ranked by 45 people

# 06 - Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The

# 07 - Pokemon Black and White

# 08 - Final Fantasy Versus XIII

# 09 - Kingdom Hearts III

# 10 - Dragon Age II

Here is the full Top 100+ list.

Feel free to suggest any upcoming games that are not on the list, but they have to be announced or strongly rumored.

Your Top 10 games of 2010 will change that one:

# 01 - Mass Effect 2 (238 pts) ranked by 30 people

# 02 - Red Dead Redemption (168 pts) ranked by 25 people

# 03 - Fallout: New Vegas (148 pts) ranked by 19 people

# 04 - Final Fantasy XIII (115 pts) ranked by 17 people

# 05 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 (114 pts) ranked by 18 people

# 06 - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

# 07 - God of War III

# 08 - Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

# 09 - Heavy Rain

# 10 - Nier

Here is the full Top 100+ list.

This project is still very new. It can get really interesting if a lot more gamers get involved. Even some developers agreed to jump in.

Tell me what you think after trying it out and feel free to also post your Top 25 when you're done building it up.

Productive feedback is also always appreciated :)

[Flash Thunder 10]

Starcraft

Xenogears

Brothers in Arms

Mass effect

Final Fantasy 7 and 10

007 golden eye n64

Spyro the dragon

crash bandicoot 2

:)

probably forgot some

honorable mentions

COD Modern warfare

Oblivion Elder Scrolls

Fallout Series

Counter Strike

Borderlands

Arma 2 :Combined Operations

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Operation Flashpoint Resistance (up to date one of the most authentic characters ever played)

Operation Flashpoint (only because of the Official Stuntman thread http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=15794 and CIA Coop nights)

Civilisation III

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Soldier of Fortune 2

Doom (wasted nights in boarding school)

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Duke Nukem 3D

Mafia

Caesar

Global Operations (not GlobalOps) - best gun sounds ever made for a game

Counterstrike Source (remains a fanstastic fast paced game, sorry)

Baldurs Gate

StarCraft

World of Warcraft ( I guess some people here are embarassed to mention it, but it was a terrific experience when it came out)

...

(I am tired, hence I gotta stop)

Edited November 30, 2010 by Albert Schweitzer

[froggyluv 2136]

The Bilestoad.

[Blackhawk 0]

- Command and Conquer series (up to Generals)

- Rome Total War

- STALKER series

- Fallout 3

- Goldeneye (N64)

- Flight Simulator series

- Silent Hunter III (with the GWX mod)

- Super Mario 64

[Richey79 10]

- The Chaos Engine,

- Captain Blood,

- Cannon Fodder,

- Sensible Soccer,

- Rainbow Six: Raven Shield,

- Rome Total War,

- IL2 Sturmovik 1946,

- Arma2 CO.

[sanctuary 19]

I'll keep it PC or it would become too complicated for me to decide with older softs in the mix to keep a top25.

Aces of the Deep

Age of Empire 2

Conquest Frontier Wars

Daggerfall

Darklands

Delta Force

Doom

Freespace 2

Ghost Recon

Heroes of Might and Magic 3

Homeworld

Jagged Alliance 2

Master of Magic

Master of Orion

Master of Orion 2

Mount&Blade : Warband

Operation Flashpoint

Orbiter

Red Storm Rising

Rogue Spear

SWAT 3

Thief 2 : The Metal Age

Unreal Tournament

winSP:MBT

X-COM:UFO Defense

I believe i should give a special mention to emulators, all of them, while technically not games, that kind of software has entertained me for a decade.

[vilas 477]

RTCW 1 <<<< + mods for it

OFP/Arma2 fun of addons

Max Payne1

AVP 1/2

rest was "see, test, forget" (i liked IGI 1, i liked SOF2 scenery) rest is never-mind or not even played (just one CoD, rest of CoDs, MoHs ignored )

MoH AA (Alied Assault for scenery, winter missions )

i remember also Stalker, and two other Russian-made games You are empty , Ubersoldier

except BIS products and RTCW i don't even have any will to touch other things :]

Edited December 1, 2010 by vilas

[VanhA-ICON 11]

Thief 2

Deus Ex

Arma 2

Witcher

Operation Flashpoint series (Bohemia only)

Final Fantasy 7

Diablo 2

IGI

Arx Fatalis

Max Payne

Borderlands

God Of War 1-3

Close Combat 4-5

Soldiers- Heroes of WW2

Uncharted 1&2

Ratchett & Clank - Going Commando

Legacy Of Cain - Soul Reaver

IL2 Sturmovik

Joint Operations

Doom 2

Star Wars: Knights Of the Old Republic

Fallout 1-3

Fallout Tactics

Batman -Arkham Asylum

Grim Fandango

Kings Bounty - The Legend

Edited December 3, 2010 by VanhA-ICON

[nettrucker 142]

OFP Gold Edition

Arma 2 Combined Operations

Ghost Recon Original

Silent Hunter II

Vietcong

Homeworld

Hidden& Dangerous

Doom2

Formular 1 -4 by Goeff Grammond

Panzer General

kind regards

[Hitman 10]

Diablo 2.

Operation Flashpoint came close.

[Perforator 10]

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Arma 2

Steel Beasts Pro

Ghost Recon Original

Rainbow Six Raven Sheild/Athena Sword

Swat 4

OFP

Soldiers Heroes of World War 2

Close Combat Series

Panzer General

The first military game I ever played on a PC must of been about 15 years ago but sadly I can't remember the name of it anymore. It was like a very primitive version of the close combat series of games.

Geez I feel old now. :(

[Papissama 10]

You guys should rank your fav games on the site to influence the general list. And it is easier to make it there (just drag and drop 'em into your list).

[walker 0]

Hi all

OFP (PC)

ArmA (PC)

ArmA II (PC)

Total War series (PC)

Carrier Command (Amiga)

Manic Miner (ZX Spectrum)

Land of Limbo (ZX81 I wrote it)

Space Invaders (Bally Midway)

Kind Regards Walker

[jw custom 56]

Well if i should choose my all time favorite game it would be Grim Fandago. Games like Baldurs Gate and Bladerunner are also in the top :)

[jakerod 254]

Well if i should choose my all time favorite game it would be Grim Fandago. Games like Baldurs Gate and Bladerunner are also in the top :)

Grim Fandago is presently at 91 on that first list.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I know that most people here have pretty reliable tastes in games. So I am kind of anoyed to see products on their list I have never tried.

Especially considering that I have tons of games in my shelf that always had a good rating but never fascinated me. While screening through it I came to the conclusion that I actually wasted more than 500 Euros on games I never realy enjoyed. :eek:

Edited December 2, 2010 by Albert Schweitzer

[Bulldogs 10]

Doom 2 (Dead Simple... What more do you need?)

Alone in the Dark series

Unreal Tournament

Far Cry

Worms

Space Quest Series (in fact, any Sierra adventure)

Dead Space

ET's Rugby League

I could go on forever....

[Zipper5 74]

1. Operation Flashpoint, and all its expansions
   
2. Arma 2, and all its expansions
   
3. Armed Assault, and Queen's Gambit
   
4. Half-Life 2, and all its expansions
   
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
   
6. Team Fortress 2
   
7. Left 4 Dead
   
8. Counter-Strike: Source
   
9. GTA IV, and all its expansions
   
10. Fallout: New Vegas
    

[myshaak 0]

1. Deus Ex 1 - becasue it's the best RPG FPS... ever.
   
2. Operation Flashpoint: CWC - becasue I was more scared playing it than when I was playing F.E.A.R or Doom 3
   
3. TES: Morrowind - because Oblivion is nothing but it's handsome, but retarded brother
   
4. Arma 2 - as closest to war as I ever want to get :p
   
5. Half-Life 1 - because HL2 was a little more than a tech demo for Havok, the atmosphere and fear from the first one was gone
   
6. Fallout 2 - because Fallout 3 just wasn't as fun
   
7. Red Alert 2 - because of the exact amount of CRAZY!
   
8. Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum - not as hardocre as DCS, way more hardcore than any other chopper sim = win
   
9. Duke Nukem 3D - Hail to the king, baby!
   
10. X3: Terran Conflict - great space sim/strategy
    

And a bonus:

• Postal 2 - Where else could you sever someone's head off with a shovel, light it on fire and kick it into the crowd of terrorrists, setting them all on fire? Also, wonderful humour.
  
• Wolfenstein 3D (+ Return to Castle Wolfenstein) - awesome game and awesome sequel
  
• Trespasser - ambitious project that was waaaaay ahead of it's time
  
• Dwarf Fortress - sooo addictive, must... play... now!
  

[Devil Dogs SF 13]

1. Arma 2 Combined Operations (+BAF and PMC) - Longest lasting and probably the funnest game I've played

2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R games - Great story and amazing game play, love it

3. Halo games - I love the story, one of the best sci-fi stories

4. Fable games - Fun, and funny, even though it lacks in the RPG game play element. Great character customization and progression too

5. CoD 4: Modern Warfare - Great shooter, last great CoD

6. Assassins Creed games - Story is interesting and the conspiracy back story is too. Not too mention addictive game play

7. Aliens versus Predator: Gold Edition (1999) - Amazingly fun and scary shooter based on two greatest movies ever

8. Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind - Great example of a good RPG, addictive fun

9. Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - Same as above, except it lacked in RPG elements and sort of became an FPS

10. Mass Effect- Amazing RPG, truly. Perfect story too

11. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butchers Bay (+Assault on Dark Athena) - Good story and background for the movies and simply fun game play

12. Dead Space- Scary as hell with a nice story backing it

13. Half Life games - Well told story and near perfect game play

14. Far Cry 2 - Simply fun and hard to put down

15. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Rather fun multiplayer for this Modern Warfare 2 age of games

Edited December 2, 2010 by Devil Dogs SF

[Papissama 10]

Today I've finally added 2 new decades ('70s and '80), current gen systems + many others, a lot of yearly tops.

Why now? you might ask. Simply because I found a new way to display our lists in our profiles.

It's not perfect yet but it sure is a lot more organized than before.

It's finally starting to look like a gaming resume.

Well, tell me what you guys think :D

---------- Post added at 12:06 AM ---------- Previous post was Yesterday at 11:04 PM ----------

Marcus 'AnnoyedGamer' Beer shared his Top 25 with us.

For those who are familiar with GameTrailers, you can hear from time to time in the Invisibles Walls podcast.

[SteveJA 12]

Operation Flashpoint Ties Elder Scrolls Morrowind

Arma 2 ties Halo 3 (ahh those nights of system linking)

Love

Arma 2 (and mods)

Hate

Arma 2 (and mods)

(Not actualy playing it but mods and scripting and setdaMMage Etc lol)

Yes thats right, when you happly playing along and sudenly PING "ERROR"

Followed by a 2 hour trail and error to get what ever fucked up working again haha!

[CarlGustaffa 4]

Basing my list on how much time I've spent on the games. There are games out there that made my jaw drop, but if they can't (like most typical corridor shooters) hold my interest for more than a day - they're out.

1-5 is in strict order.

1. Frontier: Elite II. Unique with it's newtonian flight model, sheer size, and attention to realistic detail. There isn't much pretty graphics in this one, unlike other space games that make me sick to my stomach. Choose to land on a planet on the other side of the galaxy. I'm one of the few that actually hopes for some sequel by Mr. David Braben and company.

2. Daggerfall. Waking up in the cell, I could only hear the noises around me. The first (and last) time I've been actually scared by sounds alone (in this way, whizzing bullets is a different kind of scared), trying to figure out what to do. :) Massive land to explore.

3. Arma1. Not the campaign, but the beauty and tactical aspect of the island, which pretty much had everything.

4. MS Flightsim series. Mostly for its modding support, but left when everything had to be payware to count.

5. Oblivion. Prettier graphics than Daggerfall, but not even close to its size. Most time spent simply exploring. More normal (other than the stupid gates) world than Morrowind, which is why I prefer this one.

6-10 sort of in order, but hard to rate.

6. X-Com, UFO, Enemy Unknown. The original (Amiga version for me). Many many replays that never grew old.

7. Arma2/OA. Probably ending up with most time spent on, but not all on actual playtime.

8. Civilization series, excluding Civ5 which jumped on the DLC wagon.

9. Morrowind. Very unique world, maybe a bit too unique, which is why Daggerfall and Oblivion is higher.

10. GTA San Andreas. Never did like GTA 4 and I dropped out before it became playable.

11 - is more like honorable mentions, not really ordered.

11. Operation Flashpoint, only with a hefty bit of addons, although campaigns were great.

12. Fallout 3, haven't played the other ones.

13. Bards Tale series (on the C64. Many hours spent on mapping here, lol).

14. Monkey Island series. It drops low due to lack of replayability (which would be near impossible to get interesting).

15. Day of the tentactle. Hehe. Enough said. You must have played it to know what it is.

16. The longest journey. The only adventure game not based on humor, that I actually liked.

17. HalfLife 1 and 2. Although I would have wanted more mystery to unfold and be more investigative and exploration based, I give them a plus for story telling. Graphics is nice too, but it's not what does it for me.

18. Unreal Tournament, of all things ;) Have to put it here as it took a lot of my time back in the day. Never attempted be be realistic, on the contrary, it gave colored suits to be able to spot faster. Fast gameplay was its trait. I never liked this sort of gameplay in realistic oriented games, which is why I dislike so much of what I see in Arma2/OA. Then again, I've also grown older and a lot slower since then :D

19. Colonization (and similar games). Basically a spinoff of the Civilization genre, but have a lot of hours spent in these types of games.

20. Railroad Tycoon. Ding ding ding, hehe...

@Richey79:

Cannon Fodder? :D Ahh, the memories...

[mrcash2009 0]

Based on games that I would leave all other games to play and would be on them for hours and hours.

ZX spectrum

(explosion crowed made me smile)

Enduro Racer

FA-18 Interceptor

(Always loved this and the intro music)

Amiga

(and anything by Cinemaware)

PC

(Original)

Arma series + BAF

Edited December 3, 2010 by mrcash2009