To celebrate our 10 year anniversary I think it's only fair that we do the exact same thing every video game magazine did whenever they reached a milestone... create a top 100 list. So that's what I'm going to do. I've spent the last couple weeks thinking this over and I have a list in front of me that I'm pretty happy with. No one else on earth will be happy with it, but as I always say, "fuck off it's my list and I don't give two shits what you think you little pissant." At least I think I say that.
Also, if you recall I did do a top 28 list a while back. However, that was 5 years ago and many great games have come out since, so even that top 28 has some changes in it. There's a few new games, a few games my opinions have changed on, and there was one really great one that I completely overlooked somehow when I made the list the first time. So rest assured there will be some very noticeable changes.
And it's going to go by fast. Since I've got that new job starting in just over a week, my free time may be reduced, so I'm going to try to get all 100 games posted within the next two weeks. I need to sharpen up my writing since this is a PR job so it's good practice. Writing about insurance benefits and filing medical claims is just like video games right?
100Sonic Adventure
99Kaboom
98Conquests of the Longbow
97Streets of Rage 2
96Lollipop Chainsaw
95Bloodborne
94 Crazy Taxi
93Bit.Trip.Beat
92Wii Ski & Snowboard
91RiverCity Ransom
90Dragon Quest Monsters
89Jones in the Fastlane
88Dark Cloud 2
87Professor Layton and the Curious Village
86MadWorld
85Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
84Torneko the Last Hope
83Crystal Castles
82Space Harrier
81Retro Game Challenge
80Final Fantasy VII
79Bulletstorm
78Rayman Legends
77Super Dodge Ball
76World of Goo
75The Magic of Scherazade
74Minecraft
73Fantasy Zone 2
72Golden Axe: Revege of Death Adder
71Final Fantasy Legend II
70Hotel Dusk
69Splatoon
68Pitfall
67Dragon Quest V
66SteamWorld Dig
65Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
64Order Up
63Hearthstone
62Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge
61Bayonetta
60Galaga
59 Earthbound
58Super Mario Bros.
57Wii Sports Resort
56Pac-Man CE: DX
55Trauma Team
#86. Madworld
Normally I'm not one for violent games, but for Madworld I'll make an exception all day long (and one day is all you need to play to beat it). Besides it's all so insanely over-the-top it's almost hard to take any of the violence seriously. Basically you're a contentest in kind of a last man standing battle royale. Kill everyone you see and do it with style. Sure you could punch someone to death, but wouldn't it be more fun to punch them, then impale them with a street sign, and then throw them into a trash compactor? There's some kind of story going on, but that's not important. All that matters is lots and lots of glorious death and blood in a glorius black and white graphic novel style, with a few hints of color to make things stand out... like blood. There's also an announce team of Joe Dimaggio (Bender from Futurerama) and Greg Proops (the gay guy from Who's Line is it Anyway who'se just a native San Fransican and not actually gay), who have been given a magnificent (if not limited) script and they're good for a lot of laughs. The one low spot is that things do get repetitive after a while. Fortunately the game isn't too long and a single play-through is really all you need to appreciate all the good things in the game.
Lol...no they were saying that about the first game before it came out. "This could be the PS2's Zelda killer!" Just like Killzone was the Halo killer....apparently the PS2 had to have a killer of every big game the competition had. I remember when I played DC1 I was like wtf? How is this anything like Zelda, other than the game character kind of looks like Link? Calling it an ActRaiser killer would have made a hella lot more sense.
Anyway, I plan on playing this one through for the first time in the next few months. Looking forward to it.
this was a different review then. I never actually had any interest in the original Dark Cloud. It wasn't until the second one came along that I had any interest in the series. I think it was the graphics that caught my eye, and got me into it. At any rate, it definitely seems like people wanted this to kill Zelda or be like Zelda, or maybe they just needed to talk about Zelda.
Someone likes level 5. Never played dark cloud. Layton, ugggh. It's a bunch of brain teasers, and this crazy world is filled with them everywhere like it's the national past time. I feel there is no connection or progression with the puzzles and the story.
Early in their inception I thought Level-5 would end up being just a top tier developer. The Dark Cloud games, DQ8, the early Layton games, Jeanne D'Arc were are excellent. Even Rogue Galaxy despite being a little dull, was a really impressive game on a lot of levels. Once they started doing more self-publishing though they started doing too many games with annual installments and their quality took a big hit. Honestly these days they're not even on my radar. I couldn't tell you the last few games they've put out.
I picked up Madworld a year or two ago for €5, but still haven't gotten around to playing it. One day though. One day...
They made Ni No Kuni 2 just recently...I still need to play the first one.
I looked up a list of games they developed on Wiki....holy shit...they pump out a ton of stuff. Lots of garbage it seems like, but also some great stuff too.
That game could use a Switch release.
Madworld's music is also great.
You know I had actually forgotten just how good the OST is. I just popped over to Youtube and put in while I did some work this morning. Yeah, it's great stuff. Just one more thing about this game that people have missed out on.
I'd be up for it. I think the only real change they'd need to make is create an online leaderboard for each level. With the game so focused on getting high scores I'm still shocked the original didn't have it. I could see the game attracting score chasers very easily. And if they wanted to go the extra mile, go back and take the online mode from Anarchy Reigns and add that. The rest of Anarchy Reigns is better off forgotten, but the online fighting was just epic chaos at its best.