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I'll probably always think that Tetris is the greatest video game ever. The inherent dramatic arc that comes with watching the blocks stack up is tension directly within you the player, not you watching tension unfold for characters on the screen. It's different every time, even if the shape of the arc is similar, because you improve as a player. It's the kind of emergent involvement the most designers could only aspire to create.
That said of course Shadow of the Colossus is also a favorite. That one probably feels a little more obvious, but I'm okay with that.
Deus Ex
What a lazy ass question
Agreed, without better defined scope the question is just asking for:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best
Its a fun read but its already available.
Damn 2004 was a banger of a year for video games.
The year of half life 2
Man why is did the list go so thin in the later years? Straight up nothing for 2021?
The criteria for inclusion:
The games listed here are included on at least six separate "best/greatest of all time" lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods, platforms, and genres), as chosen by their editorial staffs.
This excludes every new title until six publications update their list. Then of course the title has to be good enough to be included on those lists.
Oh. Maybe if I read the criteria of being on that list before just indulging in it I would have understood. Thanks.
I’d say Baldur’s Gate 3.
With Demons’ Souls a close second. For those of us who got to play that game before Dark Souls became a thing, when we knew next to nothing about what to expect, it was an almost revelatory experience.
My favorite game, the game I can always come back to, is The Elder Scrolls III - Morrowind
WHAT A GRAND AN INTOXICATING ANSWER
Wealth beyond measure, sera.
Vagrant Story.
That game is one of my saddest histories. As a bit to young to play it I bought it and found it immensely boring hust slogging through the dungeon at the start. Didn't understand the weapon system. Eventually after several tries I got into the city proper but couldn't handle that fist boss fight. Put it aside and never picked it back up again. Still have the game somewhere. No PSOne tho'
Similar story for me. I bounced off this game several times, going back to it repeatedly because (to this day) Matsuno's games are some of my all-time favorites. Then maybe 15 years after release, I realized I'd stopped just short of the crafting station which was such a strong hook for me I ended up with multiple spreadsheets!
Unfortunately, as I began to realize as I delved into the game, it had a lot in common with looter ARPGs, a genre that ages so rapidly. I probably would have loved the game back in 2000 but didn't give it enough of a chance back then. By the time I did, it was just too dated.
You need to carry one of each weapon type. Unlike most games you can't brute force through weapon resistances.
Detroit: Become Human
It was the only story ever that has pulled me in completely. I wasn't just playing it, I was living it. It took me 2 more days to come down to earth after finishing it.
Recently, I would say Roadwarden, was such a great game with such a unique feel to it.
Cyberpunk 2077 for me, it has everything, an amazing story with great characters, fantastic gameplay, a banger soundtrack, and an interesting world that's fun to explore and feels like a real place.
Grim Fandango. Despite the weird tank controls, it created such an amazing world - and all in a point-and-click adventure. My home PC is named Manny, our NAS is Eva, the router/firewall is Glottis, and so on.
Also, Psychonauts. Just a perfect 3D platformer.
Space station 13
Biggest surprise: Final Fantasy tactics. Bought it for PSOne, PSP and Android.
Time spent playing: WoW
Story: (though category to pick one) Deus Ex
Honorable mentions: Day of the Tentacle Minecraft Final Fantasy VII Diablo Mass Effect series Portal series Half Life series
Tie between Final Fantasy X and Morrowind.
Portal (1&2)
Metal Gear Solid 3
Witcher 3 and not so distant second Red Dead Redemption 2.
The Mass Effect Trilogy. By the time I was fighting in London I wondered where this game had been all my life.
Dwarf Fortress.
They're even making sequels to "the carp stands up" now. They added exercise to the game, and now carps get fucking ripped as fuck just swimming upstream, so when they start walking on land they're there to just destroy you and everything you hold dear.
I wasn't going to say df but I'm realising now after thousands of hours in that game there's STILL new things to learn, that was a wild ride thank you
Minecraft, circa 2015. It was a religion.
Boulderdash II on C64.
I never had a C64 and was pretty jealous of this series.
I played a few DOS based clones and various ports and they were pretty cool but from what I've seen everything they've done with the franchise since 2000 has been soulless.
BioShock Infinite and Spec Ops: The Line are the only two games I've played that I would consider "art" in the truest sense of the word. Video games in general are creative works, and they all have debatable levels of "greatness", but those who have played these two know what I mean.
Breath of the wild.
Played it on a friends new Switch and bought a Switch and that game three days later. I was so immersed in this weird and wonderful world...
My personal favorite will probably always remain the Mass effect trilogy.
Baldur's Gate 3. Hands down. Red Dead Redemption 2 is probably number 2. That said, I have more hours in World of Warcraft than every other game combined. It was an entire lifestyle for a few years back in the day. But WoW was good because of the people, not because of the gameplay.
Barbie horse adventures
Joust
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Nothing left to see here folks. Question answered correctly. Let's all move along.
Star Control 2
The Ur-Quan Masters
Free Stars
Mel Gibson's Safari 3
No love for Washing Machine Emulator?
Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary
Shame about nearly everything else Sega has done to the franchise since.
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