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(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.

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So funky and fresh but didn't make it.

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The splatoon games, one of the best online competitive "shooters" I've played. Slightly out of the splat zone.

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FTL, such an addicting simple yet extremely deep game. A classic but just missses the mark.

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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
Posted by Dvader Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:47:24 (comments: 456)
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Mon, 10 Jun 2019 04:39:27

I had a friend that I let borrow Tekken 3 back in the day. When I got it back months later, the entire case was covered in cocaine residue.

Nuff said.

 
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:25:39
Foolz said:

X-Wing Alliance, third greatest ever.

Gran Turismo 1 and 3, second. To my eyes, even the PlayStation Gran Turismos still look incredible. The difference between 3, 4, 5 and 6, is astoundingly small. It wasn't until Sport that there was a massive leap forwards. 2nd didn't do much for me, nor did the 4th or 5th (even though I played it for 50-100 hours), but 1 and 3 are perfect games.

on was a fucking boss. This is the only fighting game (other than Tag Tournament) I felt was worth putting any effort into learning the characters and so forth for. The endings were a great reward system. My favourite character was Julia, sister's Law, cousin's Nina, father's Xiaoyu, and a friend who took it super seriously but my sister and I could thrash with consummate ease, King. And, of course, we all loved Eddy. Except for my father, who just button mashed as Xiaoyu no matter what.

Absolutely great top 3, and I loved the whole top 50 of all time. Great job! I look forward to your GOTY list.

Lol glad you enjoyed it. Maybe I’ll do another! Lol

 
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 23:26:03
Dvader said:

Lol glad you enjoyed it. Maybe I’ll do another! Lol

I have a feeling you might do a top 50 honourable mentions of great games that weren't quite worthy of the ultimate top 50!

 
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:57:02

49. Legend of Zelda A Link Between Worlds and Oracle of Ages/Seasons

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I few years ago Nintendo gave us a glorious gift, a sequel of sorts to one of the greatest games ever made ALTTP.  Back to the classic top down gameplay, return to the same world we fell in love with now with a new twist. I was enamored with the game the second I saw it, the great art style, the popping 3D visuals, it's a Zelda fans dream come true. But it came with a caveat, ALBW tried some new things with it's items in dunegon in an effort to change up the formula, something that would continue in BOTW. Im ok with change, when it makes the game better, letting the player rent items and choose a dungeon was almost a gimmick in this game. It didn't make the adventure feel any more free and just made it so that all the dungeons were of simple difficulty, no progression. It's a shame they tried this new system out because the rest of the game is stellar.

The new gameplay mechanic introduced in ALBW is pure genius, the ability to enter walls as a 2D painting of link and walk around corners and enter various locations regula link cant. It was used in many puzzles, in clever ways that changed the way I approached dunegons and the overworld. It's everything a full game mechanic should be. It might not be my favorite 2D Zelda but it's still a fantastic game. There are lots of retro games these days, some trying to be like Zelda but Nintendo shows they are still unmatched.

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Portable Zelda's owe everything to Link's Awakening, while ALBW was more of a take on ALTTP the Oracle games built on what LA started. A more whimsical, more odd adventure with unique gameplay mechanics. Link could jump in these games, nuff said. LA is the gold standard, but I wanted more. I would borrow (ok I just took it) my sisters Gameboy Color  and play all these classic GBC games on it. One day while reading some game magazine I came upon the news that there was not one but two GBC Zelda games coming, made by Capcom?! I was sold, of the two choices Ages was my go to game because it focused more on puzzles, Seasons more on action. I chose correctly, Ages was ckearly the better of the two with better dunegons and more interesting world.

Each game had different overworlds, different dungeons, different bosses and a different game wide mechanic. For ages you can turn back time and see the world in two different areas. In seasons you can change the season and with it change the overworld. These games were no joke, some dungeons were straight up tough. The overworld could leave you stuck becuase of the different ways it can be manipulated. Maybe the game design wasn't as elegant as Nintendo usually makes it but the elements of what makes Zelda great is clearly present. I played seasons soon after then did the connecting thingy to get the true ending where you fight Ganon. After the oracle games portable zelda got kind of weird, Minish Cap didn't do much for me and then the two DS games while fun were a big step back from the adventures found on the GBC.

 
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:00:09

I played some Xwing VS Tie fighter back in the day.  Can't remember what exact game it was, but I did have a cool flightstick to play it with.  If my memory serves me well, this was probably the first game I played online, against one of my friends who also had it.

ALBW's was ok, but it didn't blow me away.  I don't think I bothered with the renting system much.  I either bought them, or it didn't influence me because I didn't die during the whole game;

I only played Oracle of Ages back then on the GBC, didn't own seasons.  It was a cool game. I also enjoyed Minish Cap a lot, what didn't you like about it?

 
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:44:27
SupremeAC said:

I played some Xwing VS Tie fighter back in the day.  Can't remember what exact game it was, but I did have a cool flightstick to play it with.  If my memory serves me well, this was probably the first game I played online, against one of my friends who also had it.

ALBW's was ok, but it didn't blow me away.  I don't think I bothered with the renting system much.  I either bought them, or it didn't influence me because I didn't die during the whole game;


I only played Oracle of Ages back then on the GBC, didn't own seasons.  It was a cool game. I also enjoyed Minish Cap a lot, what didn't you like about it?

Coming after oracle Minish felt very simple and restrictive. It had fewer easier dungeons. The overworld was split in a weird way cause of the map system, I forget the thing you match to open areas.

 
Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:53:29

Weren't the Zelda games made by the 2nd Resident Evil team Flagship?

 
Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:45:28
edgecrusher said:

Weren't the Zelda games made by the 2nd Resident Evil team Flagship?

Yes they were.

 
Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:33:01

48. Sonic The Hedgehog and Sonic 3 and Knucles

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1991, I'm 8, like most kids I am into the great cartoons of the time, the games, the movies. I had an NES and loved it dearly but it was getting old. A new gen was starting, I didn't know much about it until there were commercials airing all across kids programming, GENESIS DOES. You cant do this on Ninetendo, GENESIS DOES! And what did Genesis do, well it was 16-bits baby, I was blown away, 16?! tThats double8?! It's two times better than the NES. Those graphics, the amount of colors, I wanted this! But the ad campaign didn't really take off until Sega found their mascot, their Mario killer, Sonic the Hedgehog. He was cool, he had attitude, and he was FAST. Mario was fat, slow and boring, Sonic was the new hot stuff. As you can see the ad campaign worked on me, Sonic looked like a dream game, I never seen any game that popped the way it did.

But I'm 8, I can't buy anything myself and I never asked for a Genesis. Lucky for me my dad saw the same commercials and my dad always needs the newest gadgets, so one day out of damn nowhere he says lets go to Toys R Us (remember that! I should do a whole blog just on Toys R Us). So I am thrilled, my favorite store in the world, what can we possibily be doing there. Ohhh we headed to my favorite ailse, the magical video game section of paper tickets. It was just rows of printed out game covers and backs with a paper ticket you grab if you want to buy it.  Remember this is pre internet, all our game info came from just reading the back of those covers. So my dad goes right to the Genesis section and takes a ticket, OH MY GOD, I'm getting a Genesis which comes with Sonic! He also bought three sports games, Madden, Pat Riley Basketball and Hardball; there is his angle, he wanted to play the most state of the art sports games. It's all good I got Sonic.

That day is one of my fondest game memories. My uncle came over, so it was me, my dad and my brother all huddled in the room with the now disconnected NES and the new shiny Genesis (16-bits!), They took turnes trying out each sports game. We were blown away by Madden, it had weather, injuries where an ambulance would show up, it was wild. I sat patiently waiting for my turn to play Sonic, clearly no one else was interested in it. They got their fill and so it was finally my turn, screw those sports games give me the game that would rival Mario. I start it and that theme song plays and sonic wags a finger at you in 16-bit glory, I hit start and that iconic Green Hill Zone music begins. I couldn't believe how beautiful everything was, how fluid and responsive the controls were, and just how fast it could all move.

Sonic was not an easy game, sure the first few levels are a breeze, well Marble hill is an asshole level but still doable. But then you hit Labryinth Zone and it hits another gear of hard. I remember being stuck in the water slide puzzle for many days.  I kept hammering away, made it to starlight and then finally Scarp Brain with that menacing music and devilish level design. FInally one time I was able to beat it... but Dr. Robotnick still had the emeralds! I love everything about the first Sonic, even the weird bonus levels. It single handedly made me the Sega fan I am. It made me a blind fanboy who all of a sudden was team Sega, screw Nintendo. It's a very important game in my life, it has been surpassed by it's sequels but that first one does hold a special place in my heart.

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Yes we are skipping a game, thats to come later as to me it's at a different level. Sonic 3 came aa few yeras into the Genesis which was showing its age. Now after 2 I was at maximum hype for Sonic 3, I would read loads of articles from gaming mags. I remember one had a two page spread just laying our the first level on the page. Sonic 3 was a big step up for the franchise in good and bad ways to me. Sonic 3 feels the most like a platformer, it's slowed down with a lot more emphasis on getting passed obstacles in front of you in ways that are much more like traditional platformers. The levels also became huge with many paths, every level very well designed. But Sonic 3 was short and only had 6 worlds, it felt far smaller than Sonic 2 because Sonic 3 wasnt finished.

Sonic and Knuckles came out later that year and had the strangest gimmick ever, lock on technology. Once locked on with Sonic 3 you basically unlocked the full game, since Sonic 3 and Knuckles has been the definitive version when playing these games. When together they make a massive Sonic epic that is nearly twice as long as any other Sonic game and introduces a totally new playable character who would go on to become one of the most beloved characters in the franchise. This was Sega saying we can make a game where traditional platforming is more of a foucs, this game has incredible design and variety. So many levels introduce some new mechanic whether it would be a spinning top that crashes through walls, or skiing down a mountain, to gravity changing tunnels, this is the sonic that can contend with Mario’s level diversity. Then there is the music which is phenomenal. Michael Jackson helped in making a few of the track, ice cap zone is my favorite. It’s a fantastic game with great moments and bosses.

Quick mention to Mania, its probably the most well made game in the series but it just came out recently so it doesn't mean enough to me to crack this list.

 
Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:18:56

Maybe I'll give 2D Sonic a second chance sometime. Perhaps it'd be easier to start with 3 if it's more platformy?

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