Best video game of all time.

Alactric

hefferboi wrote: »

Nfs underground

See what I meant about it turning into my "favourite game" OP?

af_thefragile

Out of that list the most time I spent playing was Street Fighter 2. I can say I spent a considerable amount of my childhood playing SF2 with my mates on my Sega Mega Drive2. We used to have competitions with all my friens and they'ld go on for hours. They were real fun days.

Apart from that overall I think I spent the most time playing Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2. I finished that game like 3 times and I still used to play it until last year when I got a windows 7 PC and the game wouldn't run on it anymore...

Among the modern games I have spent the most time playing borderlands. That game is seriously long with all the dlcs and 2nd playthroughs but I do love playing it! Can't wait to play the 2nd one soon but I need to finish the first game first!!

Another game I would mention is Uncharted 2. It was the most fun and prettiest (as in scenery wise) game I've ever played and one of the few games I bothered finishing twice...

Gbear

"What's the best song of all time"


What's the best book of all time".


These questions don't really have answers because there's a million ways to answer it.

The most original? The most influential? The best selling? The best critically received? The most technologically advanced?

Quake, Starcraft, GTA 3 are what I'm going to swing for but I could easily remember another 20 later.

hefferboi

Alactric wrote: »

See what I meant about it turning into my "favourite game" OP?

Duggy747

Most of my favourite aren't even on that list but if I had to choose it would be Oblivion and Super Metroid.

Super Metroid because it's such a perfectly crafted game which I only played again and cleared last week since playing it when I was a kid. Still blows all other 2D games out of the water, a lot have come close to it's greatness but never bettered.

Then Oblivion for giving me 170+ hours of solid fun. Kept me sane when I lived in Longford for 6 months :pac:

Best game of all time is subjective, really, but the closest and most universal game I can think of that people like playing is Tetris. Really was a great yet simple concept.

Josey Wales

Noticed plenty of votes for Goldeneye. That is surely just nostalgia talking. Playing it now would be a terrible experience I think.

Poll has some strange choices. Not to include Super Mario World being one of them. So I voted 'other'.

Zero-Cool

I cannot believe Final Fantasy VII isn't on the list. I'm a sad Cloud



Sorry for the spoilers..:pac:

Retr0gamer

Josey Wales wrote: »

Noticed plenty of votes for Goldeneye. That is surely just nostalgia talking. Playing it now would be a terrible experience I think.

Time has not been kind to that game. It's an influential and important game but I'd be hard pressed to call it a good game let alone one of the greats.

sheehy83 wrote: »

I cannot believe Final Fantasy VII isn't on the list. I'm a sad Cloud

Bleh, it's not even the best PS1 RPG :P

Penn

Metal Gear Solid 3, closely followed by GTA: Vice City.

Poll list is hugely flawed.

tommy2bad

?

Kiith

Too hard to pick one. Deus Ex, Half Life, System Shock 2, Ocarina of Time, Homeworld, and many others would be up there though.

TomCo

System Shock 2

stevenmu

A "best video game of all time" thread and no one has mentioned Shadow of the Colossus?

I guess it doesn't really matter, because the winner is clearly a toss up between Tie Fighter and Ghost Recon, which have also oddly not been mentioned.

But still SotC deserves to be mentioned at least.

Ri_Nollaig

Deus ex (if it was there) would get my vote anyway. Personal favorite and has to be up there any in top list.

jonski

In the absence of battlefield 2 and company of heroes I voted half life 2 .

Eggy Baby!

nummnutts wrote: »

Where in the name of Dog is the Battlefield 2 option?

That game is ass!

ancapailldorcha

tommy2bad wrote: »

Hard to pick one, but you know what HL2 actually is the best game ever. If I were to recommend a game to someone who didn't have a clue about games HL2 would teach them everything and hook them for life.

Wrong on both counts.

Picked MGS but if I had to pick just one it'd be Dark Souls. I'm playing Oblivion at the moment and it's dangerously addictive despite the abysmal leveling system.

johnny_ultimate

A tie between DinoRex and DinoRex.

degrassinoel

I dont think i've ever played 'Other', sounds awesome judging by that poll though!

Sarky

Pac-man tbqfh.

Wetbench4

My all time favs in no particular order, and the systems i played them on.

Frontier Elite 2 (amiga)
Spy vs Spy (C64)
Battlefield 1942(pc)
Xcom Enemy Unknown (pc/psone) <-- (the other thread reminded me)
Resident Evil (psone)
Silent Hill 1 & 2 (psone/ps2)
Goldeneye (n64)
Sensible Soccer (amiga)
GTA3, Vice City & San Andreas (ps2)
Secret Of Monkey Island 1 & 2 (amiga)
Syndicate (amiga)
Mario Kart (nds)
Gran Turismo 3 & 5 (ps2/ps3)
Civilization 3, 4 & 5 (pc)
Half Life 2 (pc)
The Elder Scrolls 3, 4 & 5 (pc/xbox360/ps3)
Fallout 3 (xbox360)
Halo (xbox)

And thats all i can think of but im sure im missing some.

Helix

a link to the past. anyone who says otherwise is wrong. that's the end of discussion

Taltos

Kain series of games from PS1 to PS2 (no exp of the PC versions) - all just great. Brilliantly scripted. Polished graphics for the time. Oddly only the gameplay of Soulreaver feels dated on the downloadable PSN version - also suffered on the visuals there. Defiance kind of let it all down a bit but all in all still a great series of games.

Retr0gamer

Helix wrote: »

a link to the past. anyone who says otherwise is wrong. that's the end of discussion

Majora's Mask and Link's Awakening were better :P

ShadowHearth

There is fallout 3 and no fallout 2.... Does it mean I am old fart at this stage or OP never knew greatness.

Penn

Helix wrote: »

a link to the past. anyone who says otherwise is wrong. that's the end of discussion

Oh no... Discussion appears to be continuing.....

WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING? DISCUSSION IS MEANT TO BE OVER!

kingtiger

ShadowHearth wrote: »

There is fallout 3 and no fallout 2.... Does it mean I am old fart at this stage or OP never knew greatness.

yes you're an old fart like myself

misses a lot of classics from the golden age of gaming that spawned a lot of imitations on the list posted

Wetbench4

Lots of people saying fallout 2, must get a copy. I started the fallout universe in fallout 3.

Anyone remember Bomberman on the amiga?

JohnMarston

Metal Gear Solid losing to Zelda and Half-life 2

:mad:

Helix

MGS is turd

super_furry

In terms of what has given me the most playtime, the most prolonged enjoyment and the best memories, I have to say World of Warcraft. I don't play it anymore but I've put over 2,800 hours into it and enjoyed most of them.

ShadowHearth

i still havent voted... its a greatest game poll, but there are so many missing great games.

i would put warcraft 3 in there, because thx to it map editor. that editor is the reason we got few new genres having their own games and not just mods or custom map in games. Even warcraft 3 as game itself is/was legendary.


quake 2? do i need to say more?

fallout 2? a few dinosours on these forums will know what i am talking about.

minecraft. i would easily put that in the list, even if it is not an old game.

JohnMarston

Helix wrote: »

MGS is turd

What did you vote for exactly?

Retr0gamer

MGS is the only game brave enough to ask the question 'Can love blossom on the battlefield?'.

And by brave I mean badly written.

JohnMarston

Retr0gamer wrote: »

MGS is the only game brave enough to ask the question 'Can love blossom on the battlefield?'.

And by brave I mean badly written.

My eyes have been opened. Your bulletproof argument has brought the entire franchise to its knees :rolleyes:

Kinski

If ever a poll cried out for Atari Jaguar as an option, this is it.

There is no single greatest game ever. How can you argue that, say, A Link To the Past or Half-Life or Elite did what it did better than Tetris or R-Type or even Angry Birds? Those games are all classics or future classics, but all in their own way, and I wouldn't count any of them as being better than another, just "preferable" according to one's own tastes.

Creature

Baldur's Gate OBVIOUSLY.

But Half Life 2 wouldn't be an incorrect answer.

Helix

JohnMarston wrote: »

What did you vote for exactly?

a link to the past

nothing comes close, nor will it ever, ill wager

Retr0gamer

JohnMarston wrote: »

My eyes have been opened. Your bulletproof argument has brought the entire franchise to its knees :rolleyes:

Nah, MGS4 did more than enough to sully the franchise. Anyway I like MGS but it's hard to deny the writing is poor.

Retr0gamer

Kinski wrote: »

even Angry Birds? Those games are all classics or future classics

Ah now, come on.

death1234567

Portal. /close thread.

JohnMarston

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Nah, MGS4 did more than enough to sully the franchise. Anyway I like MGS but it's hard to deny the writing is poor.

I'm a fan of the whole genre. I've played Splinter Cell games and Syphon Filter. Its the character development and plot throughout the series that has made MGS great. If it had to rely on gameplay solely, it may not be the best but it would be above average.

LuckyFinigan

For me Its between Metal Gear Solid and Half Life 2, but since I can only vote for one I voted Metal Gear Solid.

Retr0gamer

JohnMarston wrote: »

I'm a fan of the whole genre. I've played Splinter Cell games and Syphon Filter. Its the character development and plot throughout the series that has made MGS great. If it had to rely on gameplay solely, it may not be the best but it would be above average.

Well you can say that, I don't agree and neither does MGS2's translator Agness Kaku who once said that MGS2 was the worst script she's ever read. The best MGS games had great gameplay and a silly plot that kept the game ticking forward at a steady pace.

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lemmings

minesweeper

JohnMarston

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well you can say that, I don't agree and neither does MGS2's translator Agness Kaku who once said that MGS2 was the worst script she's ever read. The best MGS games had great gameplay and a silly plot that kept the game ticking forward at a steady pace.

I'd almost put Mass Effect and MGS on the same tier. I liked MGS2 the least. MGS Peace Walker was a fun game. If i want sillyness i'll play Saints Row or something like that

degrassinoel

This question is pants, you cant have a best game ever without stepping on everyone elses toes. You may as well be asking who's the best athlete ever.

There should be different categories, pc, ps3/ps2/ps/megadrive/atari 2600/commodore 64/atariST/ etc..

Then.. you need to have a genre
FPS/Strategy/racing/rpg/mmo/mmorpg/fighting/towerdefence etc..

At least then you might shorten the list down to something you might be able to put into a poll. Literally everyone will have their own favorite and therefore best game ever. And what's more is that, by this time next year those same people might have a new favorite. Hell it might not even take that long.

Anyway, i only seen one person who said systemshock2 and that's clearly the best game ever made, they even remade it as bioshock ffs!

Retr0gamer

Well I definitely wouldn't say Mass Effect has great writing either, it's a silly, generic but effective space opera. Just like MGS it does it's job to keep the games pace up. It's no bad thing either, it's when the story gets in the way of the fun when problems start, case in point MGS2 and 4. MGS1, 3 and Mass Effect don't have great writing but it doesn't matter, it gets the job done. MGS just has a bigger share of cringe moments and I know that the localiser Jeremy Blaustein and Kojima had a big falling out due to Blaustein wanting to change some of the worst moments like the love blossoming on the battlefield line.

Still love MGS1

Retr0gamer

degrassinoel wrote: »

This question is pants, you cant have a best game ever without stepping on everyone elses toes. You may as well be asking who's the best athlete ever.

There should be different categories, pc, ps3/ps2/ps/megadrive/atari 2600/commodore 64/atariST/ etc..

Then.. you need to have a genre
FPS/Strategy/racing/rpg/mmo/mmorpg/fighting/towerdefence etc..

At least then you might shorten the list down to something you might be able to put into a poll. Literally everyone will have their own favorite and therefore best game ever. And what's more is that, by this time next year those same people might have a new favorite. Hell it might not even take that long.

Anyway, i only seen one person who said systemshock2 and that's clearly the best game ever made, they even remade it as bioshock ffs!

Or just not include the silly poll, that's the only problem here.

Kinski

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Ah now, come on.

Hehe, that was a cheeky inclusion. Though as far as realising the potential of the hardware it appears on, it does it extremely well. It's a game designed to be played in very short bursts on the go, with very limited control options available, and I can think of very few other games that serve that purpose so well.

And as it happens, when a certain legendary games designer was asked what his favourite recent game from a rival developer was:

Angry Birds, maybe.

What I like about Angry Birds is that it has a traditional videogame [feel] to it, but also a very creative side. And you can really feel that they’re having fun developing the game. That's what I like about it.