Every February on whatever message board I'm hanging out on, I try to have a little stupid fun and do a theme month. Didn't pull it off last month, but usually it works out. Anyway this year, I'd like to present my Top 28 games of all time. This is a list I've been thinking about during a lot of down time at work for the past week, and I'm actually pretty proud of it. It's just my list of favorites, so there will be several games you've never heard of or at least never played. And there will likely be some that you'll go, "seriously? you like that turd?" Well, fuck you in advance. It's my list and I love it.
Anyway, I'll be posting one game a day with a blurb about why I love it so until the month is over, with my number 1 game being presented on Feb 28. Before we begin here is a semi-sorta sneak preview. Just a quick list of the honorable mentions. The ones that came so close and yet..... not good enough.
- Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess
- Fortune Street
- NiGHTS Into Dreams
- Final Fantasy Legend II
- Lemmings
The top 28:
28. Super Mario Bros. 2
27. Dig-Dug
26. Hero's Quest/Quest for Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero
25. Scorched Earth
24. The Saboteur
23. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
22. Azure Dreams
21. Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
20. Legend of Mana
19. Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
18. EverQuest
17. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
16. Rune Factory Frontier
15. Street Fighter Alpha 2
14. The World Ends With You
13. Pokemon Snap
12. Mother 3
11. Heroes of Might and Magic III
10. SimCity
9. Super Mario World
8. Chrono Trigger
7. Tetris
6. Red Dead Redemption
5. Persona 3
4. Resident Evil 4
3. Final Fantasy Tactics:
2. Valkyria Chronicles
1. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Music C from the Nintendo NES version was always my favorite Tetris song. People somehow forgot that it existed though.
Yeah that's the one. I never played the NES version though, always the gameboy version. We used to have Tetris, Kirbys Dreamland, Mario something and a racing game I remember. Good memories of the gameboy.
#6. Red Dead Redemption
As far as I'm concerned Red Dead Redemption was a gift from god. As a fan of Westerns I've always felt the genre has been disgarded during the past 40 years, not just in video games, but in all of media. RDD is so good though it just about makes up for all of it. Rockstar did a hell of a job with this closing of the West story. People always credit Pixar for being masters at manipulating emotions, but damn what Rockstar did in this game's ending was a suckerpunch that no matter how far ahead you see it coming, it still hurts. The story, the setting, the gameplay, and even the surprisingly good gameplay all come together and make this the ultimate sandbox game. And for the record, if RDD didn't give me motion sickness and some of the worst headaches I've ever had I would have ranked it even higher. Then again, putting up physical pain just to play a game is probably a compliment in itself.
30-minute version, Leo? Really? Behold! Bacon Pancakes New York Remix 10 Hours!
Jake and Alicia should totally go on tour!
God damn you for the Bacon Pancakes song. It's been stuck in my head all freaking afternoon. Ughhhhhhh...
Works every time!