NationStates Jolt Archive

Across any platform. These don't have to be the five best, but your five favorite.

1. Final Fantasy VII - PS
2. Final Fantasy VIII - PS
3. Resident Evil - PS and GC
4. Super Mario World - SNES and GBA
5. Madden NFL - (various platforms, various years)

In no particular order because it'd be too hard:

Half Life 2
Tribes 1
Ikaruga
Age of Empires 2
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Sid Meier's Civilization 2
Starcraft
Fallout
Fallout 2
Europa Universalis 2

In no real order:

Legend of Zelda: Occarina of Time
Paper Mario (and soon to include PM 2)
Metroid Prime (and soon 2)
Star Wars: Rogue Squadrons II and III
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (I want Chaos Theory *so* bad when it comes out)

The FreeSpace Saga (All three) (PC)
Super Smash Brothers (N64)
Super Mario Brothers (NES)
Pong (Atari)
Halo (X-box)

1. 007 Goldeneye for N64

the rest are just okay, but favorites because of the memories:
Half-life
Command and Conquer
Quake3
Duke Nukem

1. Red Alert 2 (PC)
2. Medieval Total War (PC)
3. Halo (Xbox)
4. Sim City franchise (PC) (2000 to 4)
5. The Sims (original on PC... was a really innovative and original game no matter what anyone says)

Goldeneye, the Original Metal Gear Solid, the original mario bros., mario bros 3, final fantasy x, halo, halo 2, resident evil 2, resident evil 3, and the legend of zelda ocarina of time are also honorable mention for me. Devil May Cry as well.

Quest for Glory part I to V.

Thief: The Dark Project
Thief: The Metal Age
Grand Prix Legends
Medieval Total War
System Shock

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the other Zelda games, in the long run, they're the only games that matter, you know, until Zelda 2005 comes out

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the other Zelda games, in the long run, they're the only games that matter, you know, until Zelda 2005 comes out

Wind waker and majoras mask were disappointing, although the new one looks amazing.

Tenchu
Grand Theft Auto
Starcraft
Bushido Blade
Tekken


Where series might apply, they do.

OMG i left out GTA3... yes that is my number two. Take off Duke Nukem.

In no particular order:

Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Kickle Cubicle, Jackal, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Legend of Mana, Contra, Base Wars, Altered Beast, Golden Axe II, Mortal Kombat II, Soul Calibur II, Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, Pokemon Blue/Red/Yellow, Pokemon Silver/Gold, Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Diablo, Hellfire (expansion pack to Diablo), Jurassic Park (for SNES), Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues, Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Warcraft II, Metroid...

(Okay, so that's more than five, sue me)

In no particular order:

Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Kickle Cubicle, Jackal, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Legend of Mana, Contra, Base Wars, Altered Beast, Golden Axe II, Mortal Kombat II, Soul Calibur II, Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, Pokemon Blue/Red/Yellow, Pokemon Silver/Gold, Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Diablo, Hellfire (expansion pack to Diablo), Jurassic Park (for SNES), Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues, Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Warcraft II, Metroid...

(Okay, so that's more than five, sue me)

Dials lawyer...

sues you for liking FFIX and the recent pokemon games...

lol

And contra, and North and South. And... the old mario games.

1. Half Life 2 - Hands down, the best game I have ever played.
2. Age of Empires II: The Conquerers - years on, I still have urges to play this online. Fantastic strategy, great dedicated community of online gamers. Remains very active despite it's age.
3. Imperium Galactica - No multiplayer, runs in DOS, centuries old. Fantastic, innovative space-RTS.
4. Max Payne 2 - Ooooohhhh, noir.
5. Chris Sawyer's Transport Sycoon Deluxe - Yay empire building.

Pac Man, Frogger, Pitfall, Donkey Kong,Mortal Kombat :)

In Alphabetical order:
America's Army
Rome: Total War
Sim City 4
Sims 2
Super Smash Bros.: Melee

Balance of Power (1990 ed) - Old. Very old. But this kind of game just isn't made anymore.

Wasteland (1987) - Post nuke RPG set in and around Los Vegas. Not only classic, but nearly infinitely replayable. I've solved it at least 50 times now. And I'm STILL finding little "in jokes" and secrets an 8-bit game.

The Civilization series by Sid Meyer - When I got the first Civ game, I loaded it at 5.30pm and only turned it off at 7am the next morning to go to Calculus.

Pool of Radiance (NOT Myth Dranor!!) - The original game from SSI. Lovingly remade as a module in my last choice: NWN. If you own NWN, you MUST download and play this module!!

Neverwinter Nights (NWN) - It's graphics are nothing against City of Heroes. But the scope and depth and number of modules and customability of this game makes it the BOMB.

I'd also give shout outs to Legacy of the Ancients, Bard's Tale (esp.2), Missile Command, Battlezone, Jedi Knight & Jedi Knight 2, and Panzer General.

Ignore the order..

Red Alert 2
Starcraft
Rise of Nations
Lock On: Modern Air Combat
Command and Conquer Generals
GTA: SA
Counter Strike
Call of Duty

I know...that's 8 games...

In No Particular Order:

WipeOut 64
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Dawn of War
Dungeon Siege
Mechwarrior 2:Mercenaries

Starcraft, C&C Red Alert (1, not 2), Sid Meier's Pirates!, Super Smash Bros Melee and Warcraft III.

Any of you who listed a Final Fantasy game and didn't include 6...

For shame. For shame...

5) Mechwarrior 3 (PC)
4) Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure(Sega Genesis)
3) Goldeneye(N64)
2) Shadowrun(Sega Genesis)
1) The Empire Strikes Back(Atari 2600)

Well at the moment my

Computer as Civ III in it (I believe this one fits of top 5)
roommates XBox has Halo 2 in it (so does this)
Playstation 2 has San Andreas in it (good, but not the best)
Game Boy Color has Tetris in it (best of all time, I'd say)
N64 has Goldeneye in it (Another best)

In no particular order, because I've downed about a dozen drinks in the past hour and should, loghically, be dead, and With explainations, because I'm me. (I made a pun, see? I'm celebratiing finally getting my computer to work after a hard-drive failure and discovering that the recovery disks sent by the supplier were for a model that didn't actually exist.) Stream-of-conciousness writing and references to obscure books may follow.

Breath of Fire 1: The scenes with the King Giant and Alan/Cerl touched and effected me in ways nothing in any other game ever have. The rest of the game ranges from average to entertaining, but these two scenes, in themselves, are comparable to any other complete game in terms of emotional depth and appeal, almost. plus, there's the world-map music from the time of that scene until you get Gobi. Or, it might have just been because I was about 12.

Final Fantasy 6: Yes, there's the old "Have 20 characters so each can have 1 deep experience and seem somplete" shtick, and making anyone capable of learning the ultimate spell, but you've got to admit that you didn't notice this while playing, and you'll probably admit that you noticed it the second or third time through. Meaning, it at first appeared deep enought that you played it two or three times. And, the combat was east and badass, the displays were probably the best of SNES, and the music rocked in a way unrivaled by anything outside of the Lufia series, especially the original. And, it's got BumRush. Phear.

Chrono Trigger: I replayed this lord-knows how many times. A unique combat system that's actually good (probably the best I've ever played, in fact), many scenes that actually made me think, the relationship with Marle, the secret ending where Chrono actually talks, so many abilities and a near-endless replay value, and the main character is disturbingly useful in any situation.

Scorched Earth clones, especially Blast Doors (available from ffiends.com) I'm a not-so-close, personal friend of Fred Haslam, the programmer to Sium City 2000/ Dragon Court. PLus, it's got the Warthog. If you've gotten that far,
'nuf said.

Popful Mail: Probably my favorite game of all time. If it had been for any system but the hopelessly doomed SegaCD, it'd have achieved international renown. Sven T. Uncommon is the best villain videogaming has ever seen, and (if your memory of topical humor remembers 1994), the Mine stage is the zenith of gaming of all time, no arguements valid. It's alos fun to play, and the jumping puzzles are all skipable with Gaw until the end, where you absolutely _need_ to use the main character if you want to stand a chance. Ruined only by three incredibly easy final boss battles and there being one pixel in The Final Sven battle where you can stand to make it only hard instead of almost impossible. go to the-Underdogs.org and download immediately. It may take a few hours to set up a SegaCD emulator, but it's worth it.

Honorabel mention- Lunar Series- because it had great music and touching sortylines where I almost actgually cared fro tha characters at the end. And the SegaCD EternalBlue's Althena-Zophar battle, being a story-battle that nearly whooped me, followed by and Omni-Zophar that was cake-and-pie by comparison.


Goodnight,

Rome total war
Legend of Zelda Orcarina of time
Call of Duty
Half life

Tenchu
Grand Theft Auto
Starcraft
Bushido Blade
Tekken


Where series might apply, they do.


Hells sakes! How did I forget GOLDENEYE.

Ordered from #1-#5

1. Halo
2. any Final Fantasy before IX
3. Perfect Dark
4. Goldeneye
5. Halo 2

No order:

FIFA Soccer
SimCity
Command & Conquer
Civilization
Roller Coaster Tycoon

Only one person for Metal Gear Solid? There has to be more than that.

Baldur's Gate II
Half life 2
Alpha Centuari
Deus Ex
Jedi Knight II

I love how it's so easy to tell the PC gamers from the console gamers.

Only one person for Metal Gear Solid? There has to be more than that.
It's #6 on my list
deus ex is #7

IL-2 Sturmovik
Space Invaders
SimCity
Seek and Destroy
Yoshi's Island

Utopia on the Intellivision

Zork, bitches....

Excitibike, or however that's spelled.

Joust

Hard Drivin'/Race Drivin'

That Sega GT machine that was set to fifteen laps by my friends house....

Sega Rally in the arcades.

Gran Turisimo, all versions. Top choice for me.

The 3D GTAs.

Gladius. I really want more games with that engine to come out. Badly.

Monster Rancher (I worked in a record store for like seven years, so a game where I can make monsters out of cds..........oh yeah.......)

TOCA Touring Car

World of Outlaws Championship Sprint Cars

Simulation racing games are really where I'm at.

mmm, every game I have played is my favorite. I guess I will just pick what is next to the computer.

1.)Star Trek: Judgement Rites
2.)Outlaws
3.)Privateer
4.)Aces of the Deep
5.)Action Stations!

1. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
2. Final Fantasy 2 (or 4 for you purists, whatever)
3 or 4. StarCraft
4 or 3. Diablo 2
5. Chrono Trigger, followed very closely by Ogre Battle, Final Fantasy 3/6, and Final Fantasy Tactics.


Edit: And I totally ignored arcades; if those count, DDR is definitely up there somewhere. (Yeah, I know it's on consoles, but it's not the same without the arcade machine in front of you and its metal pads under your feet)

Final Fantasy VI
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Sims

...and Brave Fencer Musashi, thrown in for good measure. ;) Okay, it's not the best game in the world by far but for me it has nostalgic and humor value that gives it a place on my list.

I'm too tired to think of another one, so I'm saying Super Metroid for now.. I'm sure there is a game I like better, though. Maybe a racing game like Top Gear... another one for nostalgia. Ah I love racing games, for some reason..
:p

in no particular order and over 5

GTA 2
Metal Gear: Solid Snake
Driver 1
Starsiege: Tribes (preferably shifter mod)
FFVIII
Area 51
Alien v Predator (arcade version)
Homeworld & Homeworld: Cataclysm
Yoshi's Island
Captain Skyhawk
Pokemon Red/Blue/Green/Yellow
Chuck Rock
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
Spiderman 2 (console version)
Rampage
Pokemon Card Game the Game
Double Dragon

Sims 2
Age of Mythology
Age of Empires 2
Civilization III
Syberia/Syberia II

PC:
Diablo
Civilization
Tomb Raider (all of em)
WoW Spill
Leiro

Playstation 2:
Final Fantasy (all of em)
Bloodrayne 1 and 2
Cy Girls
Rouge Agent
Everquest
Spy Hunter

Playstation
Danger Girl
Bomberman
Chrono Cross
Incredible Crisis

Sega Genesis
Demon Hunter Yohko
Might and Magic III
Phantasy Star (all of em)
Shining In the Darkness
Shining Force

Sega Dreamcast
Skies of Arcadia
8x8 Evo
Phantasy Star Online
Time Stalkers
Hydro Thunder

1. FF7 (duh)
2. Sonic 2
3. FF8
4. Zelda: OoT
5. Super C

*shakes Head*

HOW could you all forget Prince of Persia

1. Prince of persia sands of time
2. Prince of persia Warrior Within (so far, not finished it yet..only got it 2 days ago-first day it came out - 9am)
3. Civilization Series (especially 2)
4. Star Wars X wing Alliance
5. Incoming
6. Outlaws

Sacrifice
Dungeon Keeper 2
Heroes of M&M 3
Battlecruiser Millennium Gold
Hostile Waters

mmm, every game I have played is my favorite. I guess I will just pick what is next to the computer.
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I knew you were jamotto just by reading that post.Who else could give that absurd answer :D .
Wolfheart.

can't believe I forgot the games by Roberta Williams.
Col. Bequest
Dagger of Ra
Phantasmagora (the best Horror Game IMHO)
all Lesure Suit Larry games
Ultima I - III
and Early Seirra games.

1. Civilization 2
2. Diablo
3. Starcraft
4. Sim City 2000
5. (tie) King's Quest V, King's Quest VI

Three that come to my head...

Radiant Silvergun
Legend of Zelda: OoT
Ikaruga

1.) Sims 2 (PC) The only game I've ever stayed up till 4 o'clock playing
2.) Baldur's Gate 2 (PC) The best CRPG ever. EVER!
3.) Planescape: Torment (PC) Interface and Graphics put this wonder below BG2, but the storyline and immersion are amazing.
4.) Tropico (PC) Controlling little people on a beautiful Carribbean island, balancing the economy with political agenda, all to the sound of a brillian soundtrack, what's not to like?
5.) Civilisation 3 (PC) A vast improvement over the already addictive 2nd one.

Honorable mentions-
Rome: Total War (PC)- Amazing Game, but very taxing.
Rollercoaster Tycoon (PC)- Bless it, much fun.
Icewind Dale 2 (PC) So close to the top 5.
Call of Duty (PC) So much fun to explode Nazis occasionally.
.Hack//Infection (PS2) Played at a friends house, suddenly I have an urge to buy a PS2.

Dishonorable mentions-
Dungeon Seige (PC) Where it exists, the plot is pathetic and makes no sense.
Big Rigs:Over the Road Racing (PC) Never played it, but this (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/review.html) is so funny.

5) champions of Norrath
4) Fallout 2
3) Any Metal gear solid game!
2)Killzone
1) GTA: San Andreas

Most of my favourite games have been mentioned many times over in this thread (Metroid Prime, Sims, Age of Empires, Perfect Dark, etc), so I'll just mention the two Deus Ex games.

The original Deus Ex has dated a little. It's graphics are pretty shite and I don't particularly like playing the singleplayer anymore. However, it still has an absolutely fantastic multiplayer mode because you can use biomods.

Deus Ex: Invisible War doesn't have a multiplayer (sadly) but it has possibly the best singleplayer that I have ever played.

I've also got to mention C&C Renegade, because it's got such a brilliant team based multiplayer mode. You don't just run around shooting everyone, you've got to work with your team to attack the enemy base and defend yours.

Big Rigs:Over the Road Racing (PC) Never played it, but this (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/review.html) is so funny.

Read the FAQ at the bottom of the page.

Hehe, Cool

1. Dawn of War
2. Rome: Total War
3. Age of Mythology
5. Command and Conquer Generals
4. Battlefeild Veitnam or Desert Combat

OH COME ON PEEPS....WHAT ABOUT THE GOOD OLD COMMODORE C=64 GAMES. THIS WAS THE DADDY AND HAD SOME OF THE BEST GAMES EVER.
THE MONTY MOLE SERIES, DRILLER, IK+, GHOSTS'N'GOBLINS, CASTLE MASTER, HEAD MOVER HEELS, BUBBLE BOBBLE AND THE SUPURB SENTIENAL TO NAME BUT A FEW. THESE WERE GAMES THAT EVEN THOUGH THE GRAPHICS AND AUDIO WERE NOT UP TO THE STANDARD OF TODAYS GAMES, THE GAMEPLAY WAS EXCELLENT AND YOU REALLY GOT YOUR MONEYS WORTH AND MORE........[SIZE=6]BRING BACK THE 64[/SIZE :gundge: :gundge: :gundge: :gundge: :gundge:

Contra
MGS
Yuri's Revenge
Legend of Zelda OoT
Super Mario All-Stars
Oh come on, people. Everyone know NES Contra is up there. Red Alert 2 kicks ass as well, but was totally eclipsed by its expansion pack. I think Metal Gear Solid was way better than Metal Gear Solid 2. Hopefully MGS3 is better. Zelda is the best game franchise of all time, but OoT simply shines as the best. Also, I don't know why anyone would bother to think about picking which Mario game was best, since they can get all of the NES marios on one game without choosing, and on a more reliable system-SNES.

In no particular order:

Europa Universalis II
Crusader Kings
Victoria
Hearts of Iron
Final Fanatsy VIII

C64 had some amazing games. Bubble bobble, boulder dash and wizball were my favorite.

In no particular order....
Goldeneye
Command And Conquer Red Alert
Counter-Strike
Unreal I
Starcraft\BroodWar

Fallout 1&2(PC)
Ace Combat 4&5(PS2)
System Shock 1&2(PC)
Dragon Force(Sega Saturn)
Duck Hunt, thats right..duck hunt bitches..

in no particular order of course ^_^

- Tekken
- Burnout 3
- The Urbz
- Ratchet + Clank
- Spyro
- Devil May Cry
- Grand Theft Auto
- Legend of Mana
- Ridge Racer

oops.. I listed more than 5 didnt I..

To the poster above: Yes.

I have my five right here:

1. System Shock 2
2. MDK 2
3. Chameleon Kid
4. Streets of Rage 2
5. Half-life 2

Now freeze, mother-bitches!!?!??!

I may list more than five so yeah...

Anyway here goes:

- Star Ocean III, Till the End of Time (PS2)
- Final Fantasy X (PS2)
- Final Fantasy IX (PS)
- Final Fantasy VIII (PS)
- Final Fantasy VII (PS)
- Zelda, Ocarina of Time (N64)
- Super Smash Bros (N64)
- The Sims 2 (PC)
- Simcity 3k Unlimited (PC)
- Powerstone (Dreamcast) <- longpast T_T

I may list more than five so yeah...

Anyway here goes:

- Star Ocean III, Till the End of Time
- Final Fantasy X
- Final Fantasy IX
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy VII
- Zelda, Ocarina of Time
- Super Smash Bros (Original)
Final Fantasy VIII was utter poo.
I like the rest though, except star ocean III, which I dont know

Lol, alot of ppl hate FFVIII. For some reason, its interesting. The thing though is the plot sometimes hung and took a long time to resolve anything.

I knew you were jamotto just by reading that post.Who else could give that absurd answer :D .
Wolfheart.LOL, :)

1) Final Fantasy VII
2) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3) Might and Magic VII
4) Baldur's Gate
5) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

5. Starcraft

4. Counter-Strike

3. Command and Conquer: Generals

2. The Sims

1. Diablo 2

1. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. I can still pick that thing up and play it for way too many hours.
2. Asheron's Call
3. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
4. The Worms series
5. Half-Life

Wind waker and majoras mask were disappointing, although the new one looks amazing.
They were... wind waker wasnt anywhere long enough...

Super Smash Brothers
Star Fox 64
Mario Kart 64
Red Alert 2 and Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
Super Smash Brothers: Melee

Um, theres more but heres my contribution :)
Goldeneye (N64)
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
CS (PC)
Super Smash Bros
Zelda: Ocarina of Time (even though I never got past collecting the crystals XD)
and definitely the original Warcraft, one of the first strategy games for the PC

Age of kings conquerors
halo 2
007 rouge agent
Fable
GTA San Andreas
:sniper:

Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri- Greatest of all the Meier games
Super Smash Brothers Original
Metal Gear Solid Games
Goldeneye
Final Fantasy X
Worms Series
Red Alert Series- Except Tiberium Sun
God Emperor of Dune

1. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - BEST GAME EVER
2. Europa Universalis 1 & 2 + Crusader Kings - Come pretty close
3. Zelda series
4. Civilization series
5. Everything Mario

Duck Hunt, thats right..duck hunt bitches..

I HATE that dog!!

Super Mario Brothers 3
Metal Gear Solid 1
Sid Meier's Civilization 2
Excitebike
Dynasty Warriors 4

1. Tempest/Arashi

2. Oids

3. City of Heroes

4. Age of Mythology

5. Master Of Orion II

No particular order...

- Excitebike (NES)
- Final Fantasy VII (PSX)
- Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
- Half-Life (PC)
- Red Alert 2 (PC)

half life 2
Gran Tourismo 3, soon to be 4
Grim Fandango
Max Payne
NHL 2K3