(Totally random stock image of top games that has nothing to do with my list. But it looks cool.)
Welcome to my much more than top 100 games of all time list. Why is it not 100 because I found a way for my list to not be all Zelda, MGS or Mario games. I also hate the idea of only putting one or two per franchise, this is about individual games and some franchises are so good all their games are in the top. But that makes for a boring list so I wanted more games in.
The compromise I came up with is to bunch similar quality games together as one entry (example Galaxy 1 and 2). There could be two, three, maybe six games in one number. The idea being they are very close in quality so no reason to break them into separate ranks. I will order them from least favorite to favorite within that rank.
This is also a favorites list meaning if one game is ahead of another it does not necessarily mean I think its a better game, I just might have a deeper history with that game. Now toward the top of the list my favorites and what I believe to be the best games ever made are one and the same. It was not easy to pick the games I did, I constantly removed some games, put others in, rearranged the ranks many times. Ive always known my top 25 or so but the rest has been fun to explore and figure out which games have been my favorites over all these years.
Its actually kind of late so I will start officially tomorrow. But before I go I'll leave you with a few games that just missed the list.
So funky and fresh but didn't make it.
The splatoon games, one of the best online competitive "shooters" I've played. Slightly out of the splat zone.
FTL, such an addicting simple yet extremely deep game. A classic but just missses the mark.
The Longest Journey, Incredible story and the best traditional point and click adventure game I have ever played. Excellent game but lets be real, adventure games aren't my thing.
MASTER LIST
- 100. Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil Outbreak
- 99. Rogue Squadron 2
- 98. Nights
- 97. Destiny
- 96. Astro Bot
- 95. Pixeljunk Eden
- 94. Tomb Raider 2
- 93. Sim CIty 2000
- 92. Splinter Cell Blacklist
- 91. Panzer Dragoon 2 and Panzer Dragoon Saga
- 90. Shenmue 1 and 2
- 89. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 and 3
- 88. Nioh
- 87. Tetris
- 86. Darksiders
- 85. Assassin's Creed 2
- 84. Portal 1 and 2
- 83. Dragon Quest 8
- 82. BloodBorne
- 81. Ecco the Dolphin 1 and 2
- 80. Dead Space 1 and 2
- 79. Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
- 78. Kingdom Hearts 2
- 77. Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 9
- 76. Uncharted 3, 4 and Lost Legacy
- 75. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- 74. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- 73. Rayman Origins and Legends
- 72. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow
- 71. Crash Bandicoot 2
- 70. Silent Hill
- 69. Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite
- 68. Bayonetta 1 and 2
- 67. Donkey Kong Country Returns
- 66. AM2R, Metroid Prime 2 and Metroid Zero Mission
- 65. Final Fantasy 6 and 12
- 64. The World Ends With You
- 63. Hollow Knight
- 62. Chrono Trigger
- 61. Metal Gear Solid Ghost Babel
- 60. Dragon Age: Origins
- 59. Sonic Adventure 1, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors and Sonic Adventure 2
- 58. Mega Man 2
- 57. Halo 1 and 2
- 56. Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga and Paper Mario 2
- 55. Devil May Cry 1 and 4
- 54. Horizon Zero Dawn
- 53. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- 52. Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance
- 51. Gran Turismo 1 and 3
- 50. Tekken 3
- 49. Legend of Zelda A Link Between Worlds and Oracle of Ages/Seasons
- 48. Sonic 1, 3 and Knuckles
- 47. God of War 3
- 46. Super Smash Bros. Melee, Brawl, Wii U and Ultimate
- 45. Metroid Prime 3
- 44. Ratchet and Clank Going Commando and A Crack in Time
- 43. GTA 3, 4, 5 and Red Dead Redemption
- 42. Mass Effect 3
- 41. Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 3D World
- 40. NFL2k1 and ESPN NFL 2K5
- 39. Ninja Gaiden
- 38. Deus Ex
- 37. Shadow of the Colossus
- 36. The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion and TES5 Skyrim
- 35. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution and Virtua Fighter 5
- 34. Okami
- 33. The Last of Us
- 32. X-Com UFO Defense
- 31. Fallout 3 and New Vegas
- 30. Resident Evil, Resident Evil Remake and Resident Evil 5
- 29. God of War 2 and God of War 4
- 28. Red Dead Redemption 2
- 27. Metal Gear Solid 2
- 26. Devil May Cry 3
- 25. Batman Arkham Asylum, City and Knight
- 24. Legend of Zelda Wind Waker and Skyward Sword
- 23. Final Fantasy 7 and 8
- 22. The Witness
- 21. Phantasy Star Online
- 20. Half-Life 2
- 19. LittleBigPlanet 1 and 2
- 18. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- 17. Doom
- 16. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- 15. Super Metroid
- 14. Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3
- 13. Uncharted 2
- 12. Castlevania SOTN
- 11. Resident Evil 2, Code Veronica and Remake 2
- 10. Metal Gear Solid V
- 9. GTA Vice City and San Andreas
- 8. Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World
- 7. The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening
- 6. Mass Effect 2
- 5. Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
- 4. Metroid Prime
Table Tennis is open world.
No. My mom hasn't played it yet.
Yeah, your mama.
You've dodged a bullet there.
42. Mass Effect 3
Oh my god the controversial one! It's so horrible because the last 20 minutes were bad! I played 30 hours of an amazing game but those 20 minutes erased all my memory of all the good stuff and not only ruined this game but the other Mass Effect games too! Thats how stupid people sound when they complain about the ending to Mass Effect 3. So it didn't stick the landing, so what, a shit ton of stories don't. Is Game of Thrones the worst show ever now cause the last season sucked Donkey ass, no. Mass Effect 3 is fantastic, it has moments that shit from space on most games, so I don't want to hear about the damn terrible ending.
Coming off of ME2 which became one of my favorite games of all time and after going back and playing the first game which was trying to be a poor RPG, I was ready for the conclusion. ME3 enhanced the gameplay that was very well done in ME2 and made it work as a shooter, a very good shooter. A shooter with tons of combat options and squad control. The different classes you be change the way you approach any given encounter, I liked being a fake Jedi with wild biotic force powers. I liked the class that let you hack into robotic enemies and turn them against each other. All these cool skills allow the game to get beyond being just another cover shooter. The combat worked so well that the online horde mode was actually a really fun mode and not just a cash grab, well it was still a cash grab with its microtransactions but it was a fun cash grab.
The core of ME3 is the story of Shepard and your crew, built over two past games now all your choices come to a head and shape the story here. If you got every one killed your cast in ME3 will be filled with the poor mans stunt doubles of those characters totally ruining the story. If you still have the main cast you will get great resolutions for everyone, well except Shepard and the whole MAIN story... moving on. The best happens early on with Mordin Solus final moments in an epic sequence that brings the entire Krogan genophage story to a conclusion that is worthy of being its own award winning story. That sequence had it all and it's everything good about Mass Effect. There are incredible moments with the Geth and Legion, going to their homeworld and playing through a trippy ass environment. Learning about Tali and her family, being involved in their culture. Having to make impossible choices to prepare for the final battle. It's all so well done up until... well you know.
If it stuck the landing this would be right up there with Mass Effect 2, the gameplay improvements alone make it stand out and its why its on this list. Mass Effect is Bioware at their best, maybe not as an RPG developer, which is fine by me cause stats are boring. What they did was make a sci-fi epic, something the game world can look at and say this is our Star Wars.
I played ME3 on WiiU without any prior knowledge of the story, never having played either the first or second game and liked it a lot. The 'chose your story' commic book thing that covered what happened in the first 2 games was fun and good at getting you up to speed. I enjoyed every minute of it. Also, as I wasn't as heavily invested in the series as most, the ending didn't upset me much.
He must have split 42 up into different posts so he could give each game a proper write-up.