best game ever!!!!

Ultima VII: The Black Gate

It's tough.. I will have to go with one of these:

• Half-Life 2 [PC]
• Ninja Gaiden Black [Xbox]
• Metal Gear Solid [PS]
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City [PS2]
• Halo: Combat Evolved [Xbox]
• Super Metroid [SNES]

SSBM: I've never had so much fun for so long with a game.

Perfect dark: Me and my friends played that weekend after weekend. PDZ made me cry.

Zelda OOT: Epic.

Starcraft: I have it installed right now.

Crysis..

..lol jkjk... I dont know what the best game ever is, but my favorites are Riven, Perfect Dark, and Operation Flashpoint.

the best game has got to be Starcraft and its expansion Brood War

almost 10 years later the game is still amazingly fun and intense online, has a great storyline and campaign, and just overall has stood the test of time better than any other game imo

Edit: Ocarina of Time, Diablo, Halo: CE, Alpha Centauri, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence are worthy of mention though not as good as Starcraft

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Final Fantasy VIII
3. Street Fighter III Third Strike
4. Street Fighter II
5. Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence
6. Resident Evil 2
7. Halo Combat Evolved

1. Civilization 1-4
2. Tetris
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. Starcraft
5. Half Life 2

Noitced some of you are picking the classics, but be honest, would you rather play a classic than one of these next-gen games. Sure that game was the best in it's time period, but there is no way you can compare it to today's games.retrib

That's always very confuzzling. You either pick the greatest game of all time based on the experience You had with it or how fun it would be now. I was under the impression he was asking for the greatest game ever based on the experience had.

Half Life 2 and Earthbound are tied for story and experience for me.

For gameplay Ive probably had the most fun with something simple like Tetris or any good sidescroller

The games ive played the most of of course are defently WoW and Oblivion

So in all its hard to say what i think the Best game ever is, because there are too many genres and categories.

Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer, and I would take it over every other 3D platformer any day of the week.

World of Warcraft

i dont have it because well i like my soul, however i played the 10 day thing, and it was osm

and no1 else will prople say this because all the fans are on it right now

Noitced some of you are picking the classics, but be honest, would you rather play a classic than one of these next-gen games. Sure that game was the best in it's time period, but there is no way you can compare it to today's games.retrib

Why not? Most games today just aren't as deep or complex as these classics.
I mean, can you name a recent strategy game as deep as X-Com, a recent shooter as deep as System Shock 2 or Deus Ex, a recent RPG as deep as Ultima VII, a recent 2D platformer as good as Super Metroid, or a recent stealth game as deep as Thief: The Dark Project? Probably not.
'Next-gen game' generally just means 'next-gen graphics' - they aren't necessarily improving the actual gameplay of these games.

Anyway, I'd say Planescape: Torment for the story, and...hmm...probably Thief for its gameplay.

my personal favorites are

Chrono Trigger

Chrono Cross

SSBM

and

MArvel Vs Capcom 2

mario sucks

the best game is gears of war

Banjo Tooie for meakatsuki0wn3d

Good choice

mario sucks

wertyall

Which one? All the platformer mario games are ace

For me:

Zelda: Majora's Mask

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Zelda: Twilight Princess

Ratchet and Clank: Up your arsenal

Paper Mario

and many others

mario suckswertyall

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super mario bros.

super mario bros. 3

super mario world.

super mario 64.

super smash bros.

super smash bros. melee

super metroid.

metroid prime.

yoshi's island.

banjo kazooie.

banjo tooie.

mortal kombat 2.

street fighter 2.

halo.

halo 2.

pokemon red/blue/yellow.

pokemon gold/silver/crystal.

goldeneye 007.

the legend of zelda: a link to the past.

the legend of zelda: ocarina of time.

final fantasy 7.

final fantasy 8.

final fantasy 9.

final fantasy 10.

baldur's gate.

baldur's gate 2.

warcraft 3.

diablo 2.

world of warcraft.

tetris.

tekken 3.

mario kart 64.

half-life.

counterstrike.

sonic the hedgehog 2.

sonic adventure.

sonic adventure 2.

soul calibur.

starcraft.

donkey kong country.

donkey kong 64.

rollercoaster tycoon.

sim city.

resident evil 2.

resident evil 4.

how can you pick just one?

Sorry for not being decisive

• Halo
• Thief III
• Shenmue
• FFX

1 zelda oot 2oblivion 3mario64 4meleeramen613

Go play Morrowind right now.

[QUOTE="retrib"]Noitced some of you are picking the classics, but be honest, would you rather play a classic than one of these next-gen games. Sure that game was the best in it's time period, but there is no way you can compare it to today's games.Planeforger

Why not? Most games today just aren't as deep or complex as these classics.
I mean, can you name a recent strategy game as deep as X-Com, a recent shooter as deep as System Shock 2 or Deus Ex, a recent RPG as deep as Ultima VII, a recent 2D platformer as good as Super Metroid, or a recent stealth game as deep as Thief: The Dark Project? Probably not.
'Next-gen game' generally just means 'next-gen graphics' - they aren't necessarily improving the actual gameplay of these games.

Anyway, I'd say Planescape: Torment for the story, and...hmm...probably Thief for its gameplay.

Ohhhhh X-Com. I'm drooling.

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