What are your top 10 games of all time (as of right now)?

In no particular order here is mine:

• Bayonetta 1 / 2
• Starcraft Brood War
• Breath of the Wild
• Metal Gear Solid
• Persona 4 Golden
• Resident Evil REmake
• Bloodborne
• Super Mario 64
• Catherine Remake
• Final Fantasy 7 / Remake

What about you, SW? What are your top 10 games of all time (as of right now)?

I’ve played so many great games over the many years that making a top ten list can be somewhat of a fruitless endeavour, except for Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. Those will probably always be 1 and 2 respectively. Anyway I’ll just wing it and put up this list for now. I’m just going to limit it to one per franchise though as it’d just be Chrono/Zelda/Final Fantasy. 😅

1. Chrono Trigger

2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

3. Final Fantasy VII

4. Dragon Quest XI: S Definitive Edition

5. Super Mario Odyssey

6. Mass Effect

7. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

8. Devil May Cry 5

9. Bayonetta

10. Ninja Gaiden Black

A deflection thread for the bad Gran Turismo 7 news. Like clockwork.😂

Ignoring that fact,

• Super Mario Bros 3
• Skyrim
• System Shock 2
• Half Life 2
• Command and Conquer Series
• Dragon's Dogma
• Dishonored 1-2
• Prey
• Wind Waker
• Ori 1-2

Many more, I am drawing a blank. But I am not blank enough to miss that this is a deflection thread.😎

My memory is extremely poor so a lot of shit forget, with these rando "top 10" tend to shift all over the place. Only thing really consistent is playing Halflife for first time.

Halflife - As a first time experience still nothing topped it, although I admit it's not perfect

Homeworld - This holds up still as a sci-fi epic

Halflife 2 - Ukraine/Russia simulator 2022

Ultimate Doom - It's Doom

Quake 1/2 - It's Quake

Tomb Raider II - Prob most played PS1 game, 20 odd years later, still haven't found those fucking dragons

Quake 3 - Good lan memories

Shogun 2 - Dumb AI, but incredibly immersive anime land, with expansion packs it's one big epic game from 3 eras from rise to fall

Street Fighter II: Turbo - Perhaps other iterations of this better, but this is what I grew up playing

SFV - Got me back into fighting games again

KOTOR 2 - Toss up between this and Jedi Knight series

Guess.

Jesus, just about spit out my coffee...time to do another play through I suppose. Waiting for someone to mod father Grigori with Zelenskyy's face at this point.

1. Deus Ex
2. STALKER SoC
3. System Shock 2
4. Half-life 2
5. Doom Eternal
6. Quake 1
7. Max Payne
8. Splinter cell chaos theory/Metal Gear solid 1 (tie)
9. Mafia
10. Chronicles of Riddick Escape from butcher bay

one game per franchise.

Honorable mention: Metro 2033, Return of castle wolfenstein, Prey, Hitman series etc all are masterpieces but could not make top 10 because limit limit.

Not in order

• Baseball Stars
• Spy Hunter (arcade)
• Goldeneye
• Road Rash 2
• Skyrim
• Battlefield2: Modern Combat
• Might and Magic 2
• Sea of Thieves
• Street Fighter 2 (arcade)
• Red Dead Redemption

This is off the top of my head. Might change a bit if I gave it some deep thought.

Dr breen is secretly vladimir putin?

As of right this very second:

1) The original Deus Ex. I must replay this some time...see how well it still stacks up. At some stage i will also sit down and play human revolution.

2) Mario Galaxy (World on the snes would also be right up there but i'm only picking one mario platformer)

3) Rome total war. Warhammer TW is also very close.

4) HL2: I very rarely finish games. FPSs even less so. but HL2 was brilliant. also big shout out to HL Alyx. What i played of it was awesome. I want to get my VR setup running again :(.

5) Metroid Prime (2 and 3 were also great. a consistently great series): A wonderful adventure and a pleasure to play. another one i must play again (i have the trilogy on my wiiu). Fingers crossed MP4 lives up to the previous 3.

6) Morrowind: I once spent an afternoon in a library vivec reading books. it was a good afternoon :). I hope bethesda decide to make Elder scrolls games either proper RPGs or action games. Their tightrope walking since morrowind hasn't been great imho. Oblivion and Skyrim are still good but i still prefer Morrowind.

7) Monster Hunter tri (mainly because it was my first MH. Tri ultimate, Gen Ultimate, world and Rise are better games in fairness). introduced me to the world of Monster hunter and i have put 100s of hours into it since. On paper i shouldn't like it...but i do :).

8) Xenoblade Chronicles: Really enjoyable, great story, fantastic world to explore....a great RPG.

9) Baldurs Gate. I actually only finished this recently. there are a few annoyances around traversing maps and dealing with traps but overall this is still a really great game. I must finish the expansion, then it'll be onto the brilliant BG2.

10) FF7: Yeah it was my first FF but the story was ace, the combat was fun for its time and the game was just awesome when it released. I must get around to FF7 R at some stage.

No particular order except #1 is F-Zero GX

Soul Reaver, Soul Calibur 2, The Last Blade, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, Mirror's Edge, Bayonetta, Super Metroid(or Prime), Super Monkey Ball.

Crap, that's already 10. I'm going to cheat and leave Quake, Capcom vs SNK 2, Mario 64, Unreal Tournament, Planescape, Wind Waker, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Blitz 2001, and Tony Hawk 4 down here.

Oh **** if I know!

...okay I will give it a shot.

• Factorio
• RimWorld
• Morrowind
• Final Fantasy VII
• Outer Wilds
• Hollow Knight
• Half-Life
• Cities: Skylines
• The Messenger
• Sekiro, Elden Ring, Dark Souls

Sure. That's good enough.

Action-adventure - Alundra

Adventure - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Beat 'em up - Streets of Rage 2

Fighting - Street Fighter Alpha 2

Hack & slash - Ninja Gaiden

Horror - Resident Evil 4

Platformer - Sonic the Hedgehog 2

RPG - Final Fantasy VII

Shooter - Metal Slug X

Stealth - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

In no particular order, these are the first 10 that came to mind. Would likely change if I spent more time to think about it.

1. FF VII

2. FF VII R

3. Zelda OOT

4. God of War (2018)

5. Metroid Prime

6. Persona 4 Golden

7. The Last of Us

8. Half Life

9. Marvel vs. Capcom 2

10. Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Really need to check this out, heard nothing but good.

It's a spiritual predecessor as well on Mega-Drive.

@SolidGame_basic:

1. Pac-Man
2. Space Invaders
3. Metal Gear Solid
4. Legend of Zelda
5. Super Mario Bros.
6. Doom
7. Grand Theft Auto
8. Elder Scrolls 3
9. Tomb Raider
10. Halo

This is something I've been thinking about lately... not necessarily the "best" games ever made (although some are imo), but the games that resonated with me most over the years and give me the most nostalgia.

As of right now it's something like this (not really in order):

• Super Mario Odyssey
• Inside
• Half-Life 2
• Bioshock
• Super Mario Sunshine
• Portal 2
• Ori 1 & 2 (can't split them)
• GTA San Andreas
• Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
• Nier Automata

I'll do one per franchise for some variety this time:

• Tetris
• Age of Empires II
• Final Fantasy IX
• Metroid Prime
• Resident Evil 4
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Persona 5
• Devil May Cry 5

• Mega Man 2
• Super Mario Bros 3
• Ocarina of Time
• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Breath of the Wild
• Elden Ring
• Europa Universalis 4
• Dragon Quest 11
• Hollow Knight
• Disco Elysium

No order

1. Burnout Revenge
2. SSX 3
3. F.E.A.R.
4. Mortal Kombat 11
5. Sleeping Dogs
6. Mirror's Edge
7. Tony Hawk Pro skater 1 and 2 remasters 2020
8. Max Payne 3
9. GTA: Vice City DE
10. Horizon Zero Dawn Forbidden West

1. Super Mario World (SNES)
2. Resident Evil 4 (PS2)
3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360)
4. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (360)
5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (Gamecube)
6. Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC)
7. Unreal Tournament (PC)
8. Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
10. Gran Turismo 7 (PS4)

Alundra is kind of like 2D Zelda, but with tougher gameplay and deeper storytelling. Alundra is definitely my favourite action-adventure (even above the Zelda games).

On the flip side... I still need to play through the Mega Drive predecessor Landstalker!

Super Metroid
Resident Evil 4
Ninja Gaiden Black

I don't know about the rest. Probably have Doom Eternal in there, Ut2k4, Rocket League. Gets dicier after that. Love me some snake eater, tony hawk pro skater 3, quake 3, doom, dmc3-4-5, Bayonetta, god hand, dark souls, the Nioh games, Mega Man x, Mario 3, 64, Galaxy 2,

And then there is a parade of fighting games.

I could go a solid stretch of 25-50 games I have a lot of love for.

1 Everquest 1

2 FFVII

3 Quake III Arena

Arma III

Civilisation V

Half Life 1

Ultimate Doom

S.T.A.L.K.E.R SOC

System Shock 2

Deus Ex

Honourable mentions:

Command & Conquer RA2

Total Annihilation

Streets of Rage 2

Jungle Strike

ES: Morrowind

Half-Life 2

OFP: CWC

Red Dead Redemption 2

Didnot expect that.

In no particular order:

Super Castlevania IV

Streets of Rage 2

Kid Chameleon

Heroes of Might and Magic 3

Halo CE

Mass Effect 1

TES V Skyrim

The Witcher 3

No Man's Sky

Dreams

In alphabetical order:

• Bloodborne
• Daytona USA* (arcade w/wheel and pedals)
• FFXIV
• House of the Dead 2* (arcade w/light gun)
• Mega Man X
• MGS4
• Persona 5
• Street Fighter III
• Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram* (arcade w/Twin Sticks)
• Yakuza 0

*These arcade games should be played at a well-maintained arcade, not a port or emulator.

I have played many games and after all this time I have come to find not having favorites is the best way to experience as many games as possible. I'm more neutral these days so that my mind is open to new and clever things.

1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
2. Final Fantasy X (2001)
3. The Last of Us (2013)
4. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
5. Elden Ring (2022)
6. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015)
7. The Last of Us: Part II (2020)
8. Tekken 3 (1996)
9. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (2001)
10. Devil May Cry (2001)
11. Sekiro
12. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
13. Dark Souls III
14. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
15. God of War (2018)
16. Red Dead Redemption II
17. Devil May Cry 5
18. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
19. Bioshock Infinite
20. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Game is like an open world western Max Payne without the leaping around. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did.

1. BLOODBORNE
2. Persona 3
3. Final Fantasy 7
4. Metal Gear Solid 3
5. Suikoden V
6. Starcraft
7. Europa Universalis 3(or 4 idk)
8. Golden Sun The Lost Age

The rest idk, these are the games I remembers extremely fondly.

I only do one per series in these sorts of lists, focusing on the best game in its series. I also dont consider BB and Sekiro as being part of the souls series because, even with the similarities, they still play quite different from Souls, especially Sekiro

10. Sekiro: Shadow's Die Twice

9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

8. Dark Souls

7. God of War (2005)

6. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

5. Bloodborne

4. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

3. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

2. Resident Evil 4

1. Shadow of the Colossus

Shame on me for leaving RE4 off the list. I've brought great dishonor to my family. 😢

FFIX, Dark Souls, Halo: CE, TLOU, Shadow of the Colossus, Bioshock Infinite, Bloodborne, Pokémon RB, GTA Vice City, FFVII

My list isn't some definitive thing for me, if I wrote this list out 10 times today I'd probably come up with 10 different versions of it. I've been gaming since the 2600 so I've seen a huge selection of amazing games for ages now, no way to narrow that down to only 10.

Tetris (pretty much any version)

Outrun (arcade, sms)

Super Metroid (SNES)

Streets of Rage 2 (genesis)

Gran Turismo (any of them except 5)

Shadow of the Colossus (PS2, ps3, ps4)

God of War (2005, 2018)

Street Fighter 2 Turbo (SNES)

Bloodborne (ps4)

Donkey Kong (arcade, NES)

These lists are a pain, alot of good stuff gets left out. But here's mine off the top.

UT 2004

Ninja Gaiden (og Xbox)

SSX 3

THPS1

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Donkey Kong Country

Mario 64

Command Conquer 3

Dawn of War 40k

Halo 2

1. Zelda BOTW

2. Zelda Oot

3. Batman Arkham knight

4. Zelda TP

5. Batman arkham city

6. Tony hawk 4

7. Tony hawk underground 2

8. DKCTF

9. DKC2

10. Batman arkham origins

I think Horizon FW might end up in my top 10 but still got a lot left to do at 38.5% after about 41 hours.

Metroid Prime

Zelda Majora's Mask

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Super Mario Galaxy

Super Metroid

Shadow of the Colossus

Max Payne 2

Bayonetta 2

Resident Evil 4

Ninja Gaiden Black

oh wow, you're playing Horizon? Interesting!

Its still a movie game. its nothing like max payne. its incredible slow, most of time doing almost nothing, just following riding horses here and there plus mission design is incredibly scripted.

great story, characters, world, lore, everything but playing part. should be TV series.

What you didnt think I would play Horizon for some reason? Zero dawn is my all time favorite sony game and like a top 13-14 game of all time and FW is even better. Facial animations are way better, climbing is way better the added water stuff is nice.

Must be true, if you said so eh. I must have just imagined really, really enjoying the game.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma

Nethack

Killing Floor 2

Dirt 4

Persona 3

Final Fantasy 7

Road Rash 64

Amnesia

Resident Evil 2

Bioshock 2

@zeldabotw2: I thought you were anti Sony 😉

Oh no I love both sony and nintendo grew up more with nintendo has SNES and DK 2 and zelda Link to the past are like what got me into video games. Its xbox I dont care for at all. Big ratchet and clank fan to when it comes to sony. Its my second favorite franchise behind only zelda.

It's really hard to put them in order since it changes all the time. The first 8 are definitely in my top 10. As for the bottom two, they are there based on the number of hours spent playing online and loved the single player too.

Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy X

Golden Sun

Tekken 3

Kingdom Hearts 2

Pokemon Silver

Pro Evolution Soccer 5

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The Last of Us

Mario Kart Wii

@pelvist: so hows my list? Is it good or bad.?

Currently

10. Baldurs Gate 3

9. RE2 remake

8. Chrono Cross

7. Skyrim

6. Total War Warhammer 2 (3 if it gets patched/fixed over time)

5. Tales of Arise

4. LoZ Botw

3. WoW Wotlk

2. Ghost of Tsushima

1. Elden Ring

Honorable mentions

GoW 2018, RE4, MGS5, MGS3, TW3, Dawn of War 2, Warcraft 3, Bloodborne, GTA5, GTA4

20 last of us 19 mgs4 18 shenmue 17 xenoblade chronicles 16 ninja gaiden 15 horizon forbiden west 14 gta 5 13 skyrim 12 ori the wii of the wisp\ori the blind forest 11 spider man 10 halo ce 9 resident evil 2 remake\last of us part 2 6 bloodborne\elden ring 5 god of war 2018\read dead redemption 2 4 zelda breath of the wild 3 forza horizon 5\gt3 a spec 2 alien isolation 1 orange box \assasin creed 2