Favourite game ever

What is your all time favourite single game that you will always remember and compare newer games immersion to?

There's a lot of great games I've enjoyed a lot the elder scrolls, metroid,, the souls games etc but my go to fav is Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence. I spent so much time redoing the levels giving myself certain restrictions on weapons id use and camo patterns , I could do it for hours and never get bored. In fact I think I'm going to go play some right now :)

Life

@ominous_titan: never been done!

Lol! Been done plenty of times but I'll chime in.

Ocarina of Time

Chrono Trigger

Final Fantasy X

Senran Kagura Burst

This is always a good thread to post again because it really filters out the best of the best. When System Wars was bigger, these used to be fantastic threads.

My favorite game of all time, in terms of overall quality and value, is Shadow of the Colossus.

The only game I would argue comes close to it is Super Mario Galaxy 2 because that game does not **** around one bit. SotC, for all its merits, is a very experience based game and is less rewarding on later playthroughs.

Too many great games to choose just one. Mario 64 back in its day, Ocarina of time, Wolfenstein 3d, Doom, Half Life, World of Warcraft, Secrets of Monkey Island, Chrono trigger.

You ever finish that?

@Blabadon: Sotc was really ambitious for a ps2 title and boy did it deliver

Oh, I finished.

@ominous_titan: Indeed it was, digging the knife deeper in about TLG.

unfortunately it's probably EVE online, and saying so gives me no satisfaction whatsoever.

i don't know anyone in my time zone who wants to play, and even then it costs a bunch of money. it's like, the greatest game ever that i can't really play properly. but man is it deep, and i just love the shit out of it.

it's quite a bit of a time sink, sleeping seems so banal compared to EVE online. but man. EVE rules. it rules so fuckin' hard, i wish that i could have 3 months in the game with friends every day, maybe i'd change my perspective a bit. but the way i feel at the moment, shit's tantalising.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Only a single one is tough. Some of my favorites are Final Fantasy XII, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Mario Bros 3, Batman: Arkham City, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Pokémon: HeartGold, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Halo... I may still put The Last of Us and Persona 4 Golden up there... so many options.

Gotta think on it, but it might be Super Smash Bros Melee, Pokémon HeartGold, Final Fantasy XII or Twilight Princess.

This and FFVI are always the first two that come to mind when asked this question.

Really though, I could never pick just one game. Even narrowing it down to a top 50 is fucking tough.

The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time.

Such a masterpiece IMO, it was also the first time i felt i was truly part of an epic adventure, i still remember the first time i saw Hyrule Field, it was breathtaking...and then, after hours and hours of pure epicness...this happens:

And the way i saw games changed forever.

@ConanTheStoner: Give me a top ten.

I couldn't answer this a month ago but now it is easily The Last of Us. It's truly a masterpiece and I really feel sorry for anyone that can't play it.

Haha, well ****. I could fill half that list with Square titles alone, or fill the whole list with Nintendo titles... but I'll try get some variation in there. No particular order of course.

• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Resident Evil 4
• Yoshis Island
• Link to the Past
• Metal Gear Solid 3... or 2, ****, these are a tie for me.
• Symphony of the Night
• Super Metroid... or Prime, god damn it.
• Chrono Trigger
• Final Fantasy VI

Yeah, so I cheated a bit. Had to hover over that 10th spot for a minute there, it's tough!

Also, saw your mention of SotC. LOVE that game and ICO too. Definitely among my favorites, very memorable experiences.

Age of Empires II

Age of Kings, The Conquerors and now The Forgotten. The game defined my life in high school (it was all I really played). It made me interested in history and introduced me to the academic study of world religions (which became my focus in university) by exposing me to world cultures I wasn't familiar with (i.e. Saracens [Islam], Persians [Zoroastrianism], Japanese [Buddhism/Zen/Shinto], etc).

I have to admit, I have a substantially strong nostalgic feeling while playing the game, but it is a very good RTS regardless. Granted, it's quite simple compared to the likes of the Total War games, but has a perfect balance of city-/economy-building and military action. Also, the 2D sprite graphics overcome any potential aging the likes of AoM and AoEIII succumb to.

All in all, I probably have at least 1500 hours under my belt with the game. With practically no online experience to speak of besides LAN with my sister or friends.

Mike Tyson's punch out is, and always will be my favorite game of all time. I can aknowledge it's not the best overall game ive ever played, but it's still my favorite

Right now, probably Resident Evil 4. Still a bunch of games I need to play and a bunch I need to replay. RE4 has got to be the game I've beaten the most.

Final Fantasy VII

Topic gets made about once a month in one form or another.

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/alright-so-what-are-your-top-10-favorite-games-of--31471117/

Hard to beat my favourite Zelda (Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Windwaker), Mario (World, 64, Galaxy 1), Bioware (Baldur's Gate sage, Mass Effect Trilogy), Rockstar (GTA3, Vice City, San Andreas, Red Dead Redemption), Bethesda (Elder Scrolls and Fallout), and Firaxis (modern Civ and Xcom) titles :D

@ConanTheStoner: That's a goodass list there. Like legit, full of classics. I can dig that.

Do me a favor though and indulge yourself on Square and Nintendo games, I wanna read that list as well.

BioWares Neverwinter Nights.

Journey.

So many great games, but I can easily tell you my favorite... Shadow of the Colossus.

Kenseiden on the master system was my favourite for the longest time, bought a ouya for it and it's aged quite well. As unpopular as ea is I like my nhl and madden even though 2k did sports games better

LTTP

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Xenoblade Chronicles.

Here is my reminder that my favorite game ever and the best game are two completely different comparisons. The best game I think is Zelda Ocarina of Time.

Have to go with TLOU as my fav game atm.

Nope, according to the history of SW, you are the first person to ever make this thread.

Anyways, I'd probably choose Ocarina of Time.

portal and portal 2.

Hmmm.....hard to choose just one. I'm gonna go with either The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, or Super Castlevania IV.

I edited the first sentence out, such shameful ridicule I derped out big with that one

Final Fantasy X. First game to ever make me feel something. It felt like an epic adventure, and I haven't felt that way about any other games in a long while. Only FFX, the original Pokemon games, Valkyria Chronicles, and Persona 4 ever made me feel like I was playing something truly special and magical.

Halo CE

That game is shit and boring. Nice graphics though

OT: Shadow of the Colossus

Resident Evil 4. It's video game perfection.

*clap clap*

*snif*

I'm proud of you Blab

Uncharted 2 is at the top after 28 years of gaming. There have been lots of incredible games that I've played over the years but growing up on Indiana Jones, this series takes the cake for me.

Hey thanks man. Yeah, pretty much just big name classics... there are some more obscure games out there that I was really into, especially in the 8 and 16 bit days, but most of them a bit too flawed to make my top 10.

You should go ahead post up a top 10 as well.

As for Square and Nintendo, nothing out of the ordinary on those lists really. About as mainstream as it gets.

Square(Enix)

• Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars
• Dragon Quest 8
• FF4 (my 2nd RPG and my 1st Square game)
• FF5
• FF6
• FF7
• FF9
• FF10
• FF12
• Chrono Trigger
• Chrono Cross
• Secret of Mana... now this ones odd, I never really thought of it as an exceptional game, but for some reason it just resonates with me.

Nintendo

• SMB3
• SMW
• Yoshis Island
• SMG
• SMG2
• Mike Tysons Punch Out
• LoZ
• LttP
• OoT
• Majoras Mask
• Super Metroid
• Metroid Prime
• .....and I fucking loved Metroid Prime 3, don't tell anyone.

Of course I've enjoyed a **** ton of other Nintendo games, the Mario Karts, the Smash games, Kirbys and plenty of other more obscure Nintendo titles, but these were the "god" titles for me.

I never get sick of it man, great game. One of those titles I'll be playing every so often for the rest of my days.

It's been established multiple times Halflife is the greatest video game title to be crafted.

It would probably be Planescape Torment if not for the terrible UI.

Final Fantasy IX