The list is fine, it sure is a list of 100 generally well loved games. Don't agree with all of it but the majority feels about right, the order not so much.
So first what’s not there, not one 90s adventure game. No sim city game? I guess myst holds no love for the new generation. Tie fighter? A sports game, just one? No Gran Turismo game? Not one DMC game?! No Ninja Gaiden? Not one fighting game that isn't Street Fighter?! No smash bros game?
It’s one of those lists where they mix importance with greatness and there is no clear idea of what they are going for. RE1 made the list, sure that’s a very important great game BUT RE2 was better in every way, and the remake is even better. BOTW higher than TOTK, GTFO. GTA3 yes very important game, but VC and SA were way better.
MGSV ahead of MGS3 is a choice . They have Uncharted 2, MGS3 and Mario Galaxy 2 at 83,82,81, those are so much better than nearly the entire list. They have Xcom the original, then RDR1 then Xcom the new version, why so close, why both and Xcom 2 was better than the Enemy Unknown. FO3 but no New Vegas, yuck. I love FROM software games but nearly all of them on the list and that high, I don’t know about that. I still don’t get Bloodborne being so high.
Then you get the artsy stuff all over the list, immortality… reall? journey of course, don't care for it. What remains of Edith finch, didn’t play it but eh. Inside, it’s good but not top 100. Some odd ones like Outrun 2? Dishonored 2 in the top 40?
Then we have Zelda, no MM, no TP, damn. BOTW I know gets a lot of love but TOTK is clearly better than it in almost every way, you can't have BOTW at 1 when it got outclassed by the sequel.
The only game I see on the list that really needs to go the fuck home is Journey, and I think at this point in time I've used on that game are will established.
Adam Copeland's been busy. WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! over Dark Souls III and every Final Fantasy game bar VII. A list like this is inevitably going to be weird.
By Miu Watanabe.
For Edge magazines 30th anniversary they made a list of the top 100 games since the magazine has been out. They polled a ton of industry and media members as well as readers to make the list and here it is:
100. Kentucky Route Zero
99. Warioware, Inc: Mega Microgames
98. Starcraft
97. God of War (201
96. Persona 5
95. Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
94. The Sims
93. Yakuza 0
92. Fez
91. Team Fortress 2
90. Papers, Please
89. System Shock
88. Fallout 3
87. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
86. Half-Life: Alyx
85. Thief: The Dark Project
84. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
83. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
82. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
81. Super Mario Galaxy 2
80. Street Fighter IV
79. Tomb Raider
78. Fortnite
77. Bayonetta
76. Immortality
75. Katamari Damacy
74. Demon's Souls
73. The Last Guardian
72. Mario Kart 64
71. Resident Evil
70. The Last of Us Part II
69. Silent Hill 2
68. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
67. Chrono Trigger
66. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
65. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
64. Halo 3
63. Shenmue
62. X-Com: UFO Defense
61. Red Dead Redemption
60. Xcom: Enemy Unknown
59. Advance Wars
58. The Witness
57. Hitman (2016)
56. Rez
55. Castlevania: Symphony of The Night
54. Mario Kart 8
53. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
52. Inside
51. Ico
50. Grand Theft Auto V
49. Quake
48. Mass Effect 2
47. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
46. Pokémon Red/Blue
45. Into the Breach
44. Civilization II
43. What Remains of Edith Finch
42. Hollow Knight
41. Super Mario Odyssey
40. Dishonored 2
39. Street Fighter II Turbo
38. Return of The Obra Dinn
37. Hades
36. Slay the Spire
35. Metroid Prime
34. Spelunky
33. Journey
32. Disco Elyisium
31. World of Warcraft
30. Half-Life
29. Tetris Effect
28. Red Dead Redemption 2
27. Super Metroid
26. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
25. Metal Gear Solid
24. Goldeneye 007
23. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
22. Portal 2
21. Bioshock
20. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
19. Outer Wilds
18. Grand Theft Auto III
17. Shadow of the Colossus
16. Deus Ex
15. The Last of Us
14. Final Fantasy VII
13. Minecraft
12. Bloodborne
11. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Doom
9. Elden Ring
8. Portal
7. Half-Life 2
6. Halo: Combat Evolved
5. Resident Evil 4
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Super Mario 64
2. Dark Souls
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild