(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
Ok I purchased Okami HD on the Switch thanks to this blog.
Have you played it before?
Yes when it first came out on PS2.
It doesn’t help that it really is a long game, too long. There’s no reason to fight the same boss three different times in the game.
I'm expecting a lot of ass sucking from this point onwards.
31. Fallout 3 and New Vegas
So after I was blown away by Oblivion I could not wait for more Betheada open world goodness, theire next game was Fallout 3. This was game of the show at which ever E3 it premiered. I remember a walk through on G4TV where Todd Howard was showing off the Vats slow motion kills. He had the gun that would shoot trash, so I saw a toaster blow up a mutant, it was glorious. I was instantly in love, whats better than a bethesda open world with swords, a bethesda open world with GUNS! Fallout 3 did everything well, the presentation was out of this world, the Pip and its integration really makes you feel like a futuristic world stuck in 1950s. I loved traveling Washington DC listening to old clasic songs and randomly getting into adventures. This was my first fallout game so it's neat to be introduced to all the types of monsters, robots and other oddities that make up this compelling world. Sure Fallout 3 didn't have the best story but it created a sense of adventure few games could and honestly I enoy it more than any TES game.
But Fallout 3, while the more polished game, was not the best Fallout game, that goes to the amazing New Vegas. Bethesda's dumpster, Obsidian, would take sequels Bethesda didn't want to make. Obsidian though tries to stay more true to the games RPG roots, New Vegas is the ultimate representation of true CRPG gameplay mixed with Bethesda's open world. I would have this game ranked even higher if not for the little issue of... NOTHING WORKS. New Vegas is easily the most buggy game I finished fully. I also had the worst version, the PS3 version, its a game where you feel the game breaking the further you go it. Crashes left and right, places I couldn't walk on cause I would instantly die, crazy drops in frame rate and more. The ending of this game was not some large scale battle against enemy AI, nope it was me save scumming my way through a glitch filled hell hole where some how I managed to get the ending to role. Seriously the final battle was like 10 frames a second and if I shot something wrong my game would crash, I had to replay it about 20 times. And yet with all that I LOVE THIS GAME.
New Vegas makes every choice and action count, I feel my presense infleuncing the world around you. Quests can be completed in a myrad of ways, many times without violence, simply by role playing your way through them. This is a world with multiple factions which you can play against each other. Rich companions all with their own stories and motivations. I game that begs to be explored and immersed in, where its not just go to icon and shoot shit, many times it's just a story you can role play through. It is the best example of the bethesda formula and its not made by Bethesda.
The setting itself is extremely memorable because its Vegas. Going into the strip for the first time is this ohh shit moment. Multiple hotels and casinos to explore, so many choices to make and of course fun diversions. This is home of the best quest in the game, Beyond the Beef, in which you need to infiltrate a white glove society which lives at the most fancy casino and they happen to be cannibals. This quest has EVERYTHING and perfectly encapsulates why New Vegas is such a step above the other Fallout games. Then there is the incredible DLC, one of which is a crazy 50's sci-fi adventure dealing with wacky AI robots and UFOs, so much fun. New Vegas is easily one of the greatest RPGs ever made.
I'll accept that.
So Fallout and Fallout 2 are going to be higher up?