Your Top 50 Favorite Games
 

Thanks to AG's list of Top 100 Adventures, it's inspired me to start this thread! Let's post our lists of our Top 50 Favorite Games! Of course, if you have more than 50 (and I know one day I certainly will) then feel free to list them. You can rank them in any order if you wish, but, like me, if you can't bring yourself to rank them above certain titles, then just list them alphabetically or something. :)

I'll start:

I still can't help but think I've missed some... :crazy:

I reckon that titles such as: Portal 2, the Uncharted series, Heavy Rain, Phoenix Wright, Professor Layton, Hotel Dusk (amongst others)... will one day make it to this list.

50?! Holy sh-I'll just discuss your favs: Among all those usual choices, Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase sticks out like the sorest thumb ever :P wth is that?

What? You haven't got 50? It's too much? Too little?

...

True, Dr. Drago may seem like an odd choice (and is) amongst all those, but it was the first CD-ROM game I ever owned and me and my brother enjoyed it to bits (still do). To me it's an obscure gem; a guilty pleasure.

I'd rather you didn't... I'd prefer it if people would contribute to the thread instead. ;)

Too much work dood :D

But how am I not contributing? Do we require to post our Top50s before start nitpicking others' lists?
Oh well ok, let me just think for a while and I'll post mine when I get back. :P

Pfft! Lazy... :D

I was referring to everybody to post their lists; not nitpick. ;) But at this rate, that doesn't seem like it's going to happen - whenever I start threads they always die on their arse. :shifty: I thought people on these forums liked lists?

Well, I've decided that if this thread doesn't take-off, I shan't be doing anymore. :pan:

I've listed mine per console, but since there are so many PC games, I split those up into genres.

Had I known in advance that I'd have this much trouble to trim the list to a mere 50 titles (you wouldn't believe how many titles were scratched as I went), I'd have left everything as it was, because I was probably able to make a slightly more representative top 100 out of it...



Sega Master System:
- Asterix
- Tennis Ace

Sega Mega Drive:
- Super Monaco GP

Wii:
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10

DS:
- 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
- Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney
- Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

PC:

Driving:
- Stunts
- Colin McRae Rally 2

Sports:
- Championship Manager 2 - 97/98
- Championship Manager 3 - 01/02
- FIFA '99
- FIFA 12
- Top Spin 2
- Tennis Elbow 2011
- PGA Tour Golf
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
- Virtual Snooker

Shooters:
- Call of Duty
- Call of Duty 2
- Enemy Territory (multiplayer)
- Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast (hybrid)

Strategy:
- Civilization II
- Civilization IV
- Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition
Yes, chess games fall under "strategy" in my book.

RPGs:
- Planescape: Torment
- Baldur's Gate II
- Knights of the Old Republic
- Mass Effect
- Mass Effect 2

Adventures:
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- Day of the Tentacle
- Full Throttle
- The Dig
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Grim Fandango
- Simon the Sorcerer
- Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe
- Flight of the Amazon Queen
- Discworld
- Lost Horizon
- To the Moon

Other:
- Blast (Breakout clone)
- Frets on Fire (Guitar Hero clone)
- Ports of Call
- Ports of Call XXL
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within



I hope I haven't forgotten any, but there's bound to be a few (if not several) omissions...

Thanks for posting your list, TimovieMan. :) Not a bad idea sorting them into genres...

As I said in my first post: if you have more than 50 then by all means list them too. I only decided on 50 myself because I don't have any more than that at the moment. Of course, that's bound to change in the future.

It was simply easier for me to recall most games if I did it that way. More convenience in making the list...

Meh, it's actually a good thing that I trimmed it to 50. Made me select only the very best of the best. You should've seen the amount of games I left out. Games that I absolutely LOVED and spent dozens and dozens of hours on...
But, like Antoine de Saint Exupéry said: "Perfection is achieved, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away." :D

I'll just categorize them, like TimovieMan

Platformers:

Besides adventure and strategies, my fav genre

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - great, great game that i first played on my Sega Mega Drive 2. It's a pure action game but there was something really "adventurous" about it with "Indiana Jones" feel to it that it still remains one of my fav games. The animations of the character and response to controls are marvelous, which as for me is the most important factor for these sort of games.

Aladdin - another great platformer/action. Even today, when i don't know what to play i would gladly turn this little gem on, as i'm also a sucker of Disney animated movies.

Hercules - speaking of which, another of my favs :P

Trine - wonderful game in a "retro" style, with a really nice music. The "physics" aspect is also neatly done and quite original.


Multigenre:

These are the games i especially admire, and even they can often hardly satisfy lovers of individual genre, i thought the authors always deserve respect when they try to make something like this.

Defender of the Crown - what to say, one of the first games i ever saw, on my friend PC. The remake wasn't bad, too.

Conqueror A.D. 1086 - game which is strategy, RPG, action, adventure... Not a perfect game, but i had great time with it.

Dragon Lore 2 - less popular Cryo game, which fascinated me at the time with its lush graphics and fantasy setting. Gameplay wasn't that good, but the game had a nice and magical ambience.


Fighting:

Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3 - simply the best fighting games

Street Fighter 2 - who can forget it, played it as a child on game machines


Driving:

Ignition - amazing little game! I still play it. Try it if you hadn't!


Shooters:

Blood, Quake 2 and 3 - my first FPS multiplayer experiences

Battlefield - Vietnam and Battlefield 2 specifically. Great multiplayer feeling.

CoD 2 - out of the series, i played and liked this one the most.

Outlaws - i'm sucker for old west. One of the best music in games


Simulation:

I love this genre as well, as i love creativity and historical based games.

Caesar 3 - i love old Rome, this one is still one of the best

Pizza Tycoon - i love pizza!

Gloriana - be a merchant in age of discoveries. I had to use my notebook to write down the prices of goods.

Pirates - i played the remake.

Commandos and Desperados - hard but fun


Pinballs

Full Tilt! - 1 and 2, it's the pinball which one of tables featured in old Windows.


Strategy

Lords of the Realm 2 - one of the best medieval experiences

C&C Generals: Zero Hour - amazing game, so many possibilities

Stronghold - sweet

HoMM 3 - legendary


RPG

Gothic 2 - great, i played 3rd one a little bit also

Diablo - spent many nights with it

Pirates of the Caribbean - good game, not connected to the movies


Action/adventure

Tomb Raider series - oh come on, we were all amazed by Lara!

Alone in the Dark series - didn't play all of them, but classic horror experience

Time Commando - one of my all-time fav


Adventure

I've already named some of my favs here so i'll just give a random bunch of it - GK, Broken Sword, Monkey Island, The Longest Journey, The Last Express, Journeyman Project 2 & 3, Keepsake, Phantasmagoria, Ripper, Touche, DoTT, Full Throttle, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Kyrandia...

Well, here's my all time top ten:

1. Little Big Adventure
2. Bad Mojo
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Mass Effect 2
5. Donkey Kong Country 2
6. D/Generation
7. Litil Divil
8. The Incredible Toon Machine
9. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

I'm not too sure about the ordering, but LBA is unquestionably numero uno for me.

And here are my favourite adventure games:

1. Sam and Max Hit the Road
2. Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out
3. Bad Mojo
4. Beneath a Steel Sky
5. The Dig
6. Normality
7. Kingdom: The Far Reaches
8. The 7th Guest
9. Ace Attorney: And Justice for All
10. Snatcher

Much more confident about this ranking.

You confuse me... :crazy:

allright so i give my fifty in no particular order and platform

1.Final Fantasy VII
2.Final Fantasy IX
3.Final Fantasy X
4.Persona 4
5.Baldur's Gate 2
6.Grim Fandango
7.Fallout 2
8.Ocarina of Time
9.Shenmue 1/2
10.Metal Gear Solid Series
11.Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
12.Max Payne 1/2
13.Blade Runner
14.Skyrim
15.ICO
16.Shadow of the Colosus
17.Beyond Good and Evil
18.Tomb Raider 2
19.Tenchu
20.Devil May Cry 3
21.Bayonetta
22.WET
23.Ninja Gaiden 3
24.Rayman Orgins
25.Deus Ex 1
26.Half Life 2
27.Chrono Trigger
28.Mortal Kombat 9
29.Silent Hill 2
30.Resident Evil 3
31.Commandos
32.Gran Turismo 2
33.Ocarina of Time
34.Assasins Creed Revelations
35.Muramasa
36.Batman Arkham City
37.Dead Space 1
38.Gears of Wars 3
39.Bloody Roar 3
40.Uncharted 3
41.Broken Sword 1
42.Monkey Island
43.Another World
44.Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis
45.CoC Dark Corners
46.Legend of Mana
47.Gabriel Knight 2
48.Black Dahlia
49.Okami
50.Xenogears

51.honorable mention for all MAME Stuff: Violent Storm / X-Men / TMNT / Cadilacs and Dinosaurs / Punisher etc. so great memories playing with my lil bro while drinking pina-colada juice and eating 2kg of fries :)

I was waiting long time also for Warhammer Online, thought it will be epic dark fantasy for hardcore gamers but they made sweet candie MMO for care-bears like World of Warcraft ... *feelsbadman*

and if I have to choose one game of my life, defintly it will be Baldurs Gate 2 + Throne of Bhaal, people nowdays say that Modern Warfare series are the most epic games ever making billions of dollars, but nigga please BG2 >>> all that crap-script FPS

so yeah that my the best 50 games of all time, but now im getting older and dont have so much time like in high school to play all the new stuff that is coming out, besides - uni + muay thai + my girlfriend + playing guitar + gym + snowboard + learning german and spanish + partying in weekends, can fill all my free time :P and I lost potential to playing (I rather watch some movie or hbo tv series) so in my new year 2012 resolutions im gonna quit gaming, only gonna check new Devil May Cry (emo dante pwns) and Max Payne 3 and trying to get more into books already bought It / The Stand / Duma Key written by Stephen King so its around 3000 pages ... however I wish you guys some amazing games in year 2012 so haaaaaaaave fuuuuuun :)!


cheers, freeone12

Plebs are needed!

Well, here it is as promised Gazzoid, hope you're proud:

Old ones:
Carmaggedon
Silver
Betrayal in Antara
Star Control II
X-com UFO Defense
Anachronox
Ecstatica
Theme Hospital
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Sanitarium
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Breath of Fire 2 and 4
Monkey Island 1 and 2
Caesar 3
Final Fantasy 6 and 7
Fallout 1
Grim Fantango
Sam n' Max: Hit the Road
NHL '96
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2
Populous: The Beggining
Heart of Darkness
Oddworld: Abe's
Revenge of Shinobi
Daytonaaaaaaaaaaa
Wipeout
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Kirby's Dreamland
Metal Slug
X-Men: Children Of The Atom (Ice Beam!)
Earthworm Jim
MDK
Constructor

Not so old:
Killer 7
Godhand
Psychonauts
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
MGS2: Sons of Liberty
GTA 3
Zone of the Enders 2
TimeSplitters 2
Freedom Force
Rez
GT4
Tekken Tag Tournament

Recent:
Fallout 3
Rome: Total War
FF: Tactics Advance 2
SH: Shattered Memories
Civ 4
Flower, Sun, and Rain
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Wow man, it's just as if you were making a "diego butthead, you forgot to include these great games in your list" list :P

But i couldn't mention it all, so i'm forgiven... Carmaggedon was so original when it came out; Theme Hospital was fun although i didn't play it much and was nowhere near a respectful facility; Fallout is strangely one of those games everyone around me likes but i just couldn't get into it, although i think i've played only the second one, i should probably give it another go; NHL series - played it on SEGA first, didn't know a thing about ice hockey rules back then, but it was still great fun; Populous 3 was the only one i've played in the series, 3D was revolutionary at the time; Earthworm Jim - played it on SEGA too, great fun and clever game; Constructor - i remember it was an interesting game, should probably give it another go; Sands of Time - playing it as we speak! One of the better action games in last decade

Where's the other 30? :D

Very... Thanks. ;)

Keep 'em coming people! No one should do these 'to make me proud' or anything. I thought people would be 'willing' to do them, is all. :)

As for Theme Hospital: I still have my original boxed copy that I was given years ago. I still haven't completed it yet. :o

Since I love to do lists, tops etc. I have had to make Top50 :)

1) Fallout 2
2) Planescape: Torment
3) The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
4) Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
5) Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
6) Gothic 3
7) System Shock 2
8) Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
9) Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
10) The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure
11) Gothic
12) Jagged Alliance 2
13) Outcast
14) Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
15) System Shock
16) Ultima VII: The Black Gate
17) Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
18) Grim Fandango
19) Final Fantasy VII
20) Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
21) Albion
22) Icewind Dale
23) The Dig
24) Czech Soccer Manager 2002 FE
25) Far Cry 2
26) Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?
27) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
28) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
29) GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game
30) Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
31) Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
32) Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep
33) Wizardry 8
34) Ultima VII: Part Two - Serpent Isle
35) Jurassic Park: Trespasser
36) Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
37) Portal 2
38) The Last Express
39) Mission Critical
40) Deus Ex
41) Death Gate
42) Toonstruck
43) Assassin's Creed 2
44) Princess Maker 2
45) Richard Burns Rally
46) Vietcong
47) Metal Gear Solid
48) Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
49) Gothic II
50) The Fall: Last Days of Gaia

Well, I have to mention also King's Bounty: The Legend, Scratches, Sanitarium, Doom II, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream... too many great games :P

Worst game I have ever played was Fable (that new). Followed by Fallout 3 (:pan:), Mass Effect, Call of Duty 2, Mad Dog McCree, Phantasmagoria and Half-Life series (how I hate this series... :devil:).

Reading this makes me a sad panda... :frown:
All those in bold made my full list before I trimmed them all away (except for ME & CoD2, of course)...

You liked Mad Dog McCree and Phantasmagoria? Really? :D

Well its only about personal taste, but these are... how to say to dont offend anyone... worst examples from FMVs era along with Voyeur, Space Pirates etc.

And about Fallout 3. Did you play first two original Fallouts from Black Isle?

I could see someone enjoyed ME and CoD2, but for me these two are most boring games I played (Phantasmagoria and Mad Dog at least made me laught :D) in a long time.

Yes, I liked Phantasmagoria. It's not up to par with lots of its contemporaries but it was groundbreaking when I first played it (just like The 7th Guest). And I spent lots of time in the arcade playing Mad Dog McCree wasting lots of quarters on it... :D

I've attempted to play the first Fallout a few years ago, but couldn't get past the old graphics. I barely saw what was going on, and at least in adventure games I don't get killed when that happens... :)

ME is a great example of a good RPG with FPS-elements, and I really like the writing. ME2 tops it in every aspect, though. And CoD2 was just a great and very intense shooter.

But it's all just a matter of taste...

As TM said, Phantasmagoria is really a legacy of "new wave" and intention to make video games have the same impact as movie, no matter how cheesy it may be. I even don't see why many complain about lack of puzzles - it definitely has less puzzles than other Sierra titles but enough not to be an interactive movie but regular adventure game.