The Best Games You've Ever Played?

What are the best games that you've ever played? You can list them however you want (in a specific order, randomly, top ten, top twenty, etc.)

This is my list in no particular order:

Devil May Cry 3
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II
Gears of Wars
Gears of War 2
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time (This is the oldest game on my list and it's one of the best platformers ever, admittably.)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (the PS2/Xbox versions. This seriously is a really, really good game)
Psychonauts (it's too bad more people didn't play the game, it could've had a great sequel)
Prey (I'm not too sure about adding this, but it's one of the games that stands out to me, so I did)

That's all that I can think of for now. I might change my list around, I haven't played most of those games in years. There are a few games I'm thinking of adding, as well. I like a lot of games, but I couldn't think of many that stood out like these.

 

All half life's

 

Older:
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Zelda, a link to the past
Devil May Cry
Starcraft

Newer:
Resistance 2
Sins of a Solar Empire
The Witcher

 

Well "ever" has not happened yet so I hope there's more 'best' games to play yet to come.

My Top 10 (inpo):

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire
MYST series
Decent series
Decent Freespace series
all Valve games
Baldur's Gate series
Starflight
Eve Online
Starcraft
Fallout series

 

not in order

Warcraft 3
all CS
UT2004 and UT3(fun game)
age of empires 2
CoD:WaW
NFS:underground 2
Devil may cry
...

a lot more games but this are the ones that i actually remember

 

Deus Ex (PC)
Fallout I (Original - PC)
World of Warcraft (PC)
Arcanum (PC)
Diablo II (PC)
Quake (PC)
Street Fighter II:Turbo Edition (Arcade)
Neverwinter Nights Online (AOL)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Final Fantasy III (SNES)
Castlevania 64 (SNES)
Legend of Zelda III (SNES)
Shadowrun (SNES)
Ys I&II (TurboDuo)
Vay (Sega-CD)

 

Halo Series
Morrowind & Oblivion
Star Wars
Total War Games (Rome, Medieval, Empire)
CS
Starcraft & Warcraft III

 

In order from best to least.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Half Life 2 (All Episodes)
Burnout Paradise
[PROTOTYPE]
Call of Duty: World at War
Test Drive Unlimited
Frontlines: Fuel of War

 

I thought W@W was terrible =/

anyways:

1: COD4
2: halflife2
3: Portal
4: Mass effect

 

Not in order,

Fallout 3
C&C Generals Zero Hour
Vampire Bloodlines, the Masquerade
Farcry (1)
Battle For Middle Earth II
Pong (was my first)

 

Duck Hunt (NES)

 

Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
The World Ends With You
Left 4 Dead
Valkyria Chronicles
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
Portal
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Advanced Wars (all of them)
Supreme Commander
StarCraft
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

 

** Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire
** Decent Freespace series

I couldn't agree more with those two.
I'd add the following to my favorites:

Quakeworld Team Fortress
Dark Age of Camelot
and Battlefield 2

 

I despised Half Life and then made the mistake of giving HL2 a chance. I thought it was grossly overhyped and overrated. Outside of that, most picks are good so far.

 

From your list:
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II (still haven't completed it)
Psychonauts (actually played this and liked it a lot)

Grand Theft Auto Series
Splinter Cell Series
Call of Duty 4/WAW
Zelda Twilight Princess
Wii Sports

 

kirby dance <("<)(>")>

Super Smash bros!

 

Counter Strike 1.6
Counter Strike: Condition Zero
Counter Strike: Source

 

Hello All,

I need your help!

I noticed Half Life 2 already has quite a few recommendations. I was hoping you guys could convice me to spend the time and finally finish the game.

A bit of history first: I still remember the great memories I had back in high school, staying up late, rushing home after school to load up the PC and continue my journey with Half Life 1. I remember the nightmares I had keeping me up all night...no head crab no!!!! I remember the great feeling I had when I finally finished the game. I continued to play HLDM and then CS all the way till 2004.

Then finally, November 2004, after years of waiting, countless hours of reading and preparing, Half life 2 was purchased through steam. I tried to like this game, I really did. But there was just something about the tone and perhaps my poor fps, I just couldn't get into it. I probably only got an hour into the game before I called it quits. The game also gave me horrible motion sickness (note: it is the only game where I had this problem. Played fps from doom,quake,duke nukem 3d, was addicted to CS for 4 years and now gears of war 2...no problems at all!).

Around that time was the end of my pc gaming life.. I started a new job met an amazing girl and got a small thinkpad (partly for the portability, partly for the fact that I could NOT run good games on it). PS2 and eventually Xbox360 filled the void.

I tried picking up HL2 on the xbox, but also, just could not get into it.

Now come November 2009 (five years later) I will probably get my new laptop. It won't be a gaming machine, but good enough to run HL2 for sure. I most likely will get Orange Box (want to play cs source, tfc2 etc.) which includes Half Life 2.

Now I ask those of you who put HL2 on your list, please please please convince me to suck it up and finish this game! Half life 1 is probably top 3 on my list, I REALLY want to get into HL2! Do you think I would still get the motion sickness even with a new laptop? Are Eps 1 and 2 really amazing as well?


Help!

 

id say:

Dark Cloud 2
Mass Effect
Starcraft
Mario Galaxy
Fallout 3
Forza 2
Super Smash series
Resident Evil 4
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Donkey Kong Country

 

ever actually has already happened.

"you've ever" is a contraction for "you have ever" which is in the past tense.

if he said the best game "you'll ever play" then you could say "i don't know, it hasn't happened yet"

 

Semantics.


"You have ever", although I agree can qualify as past tense, is somewhat of a contradiction since "have" is present tense.

 

In no particular order.....
Tombraider
Syphon filter
Metal gear solid
FF7
Chronocross
Baldarsgate series
Elderscrolls morrowind
Redalert2
Diablo2
Company of heroes

 

actually, "have" doesn't mandate any particular tense on its own. there isn't any contradiction. the phrase really is describing an event that occurred some time in the past, either long ago or very recently.

"I have five dollars" is present tense.

"I have played in the pool" is past tense (technically present-perfect tense, but describing a past event nonetheless)

you can read about present perfect tense on wikipedia.

 

I'll do my best.

Half-Life 2 has won countless awards and Game of the Year titles since its release, and it's for a good reason. It must be doing something right if so many people love it, right?

The Source engine brought some huge innovations to the first person shooter genre, especially physics and realistic character and facial animations. This engine has been the underlying technology for all Valve games since then, including Counter-Strike: Source, the Half-Life 2 expasion Episodes One and Two, Portal, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, and the upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 and Half-Life 2 Episode Three. There have also been hundreds of extremely popular independent games released as mods based on the Source engine, like Zombie Panic: Source and Pirates Vikings & Knights II.

The game's storyline follows where the original Half-Life left off when Gordon Freeman was put in stasis by the G-Man. 20 years have passed since then, and the game starts off introducing you to the new environment, City 17, and the new enemies of mankind, the Combine. It becomes clear that you're part of the same plot as before, and yet it doesn't feel like just more of the same old Half-Life. I find the storyline in HL2 to be much more driving and intense than the original Half-Life.

It's easily one of the best games I've ever played. I'm not sure why it gave you motion sickness before; that's usually something to do with display refresh and ghosting. Hopefully your new machine's configuration will be better in this regard, and you won't be affected anymore.

If you want to give the game another chance, try this: when you get your new system and the Orange Box, play through Half-Life 2 until the end of the mission "Black Mesa East". This should give you a pretty wide sample of the gameplay elements, including the unforgettably awesome Gravity Gun. If you're still not impressed after that, then I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do for you.

Anyway, now on to my actual favorite games of all time.

• Half-Life series. Pretty much speaks for itself.
• Halo 1 for PC. Very moddable, and great online multiplayer, with extra weapons and maps not present in the Xbox version.
• Team Fortress 2. Most fun I've ever had in a multiplayer game.
• Counter-Strike: Source. Tried and true competitive FPS classic.
• Call of Duty 4. In competitive terms, easily in the same league as Counter-Strike. And the singleplayer campaign is a standard for all to follow. I don't think it will be showed up by anything short of Modern Warfare 2.
• Unreal Tournament 2004. Amazing graphics that still hold up today, and the best twitch-shooter ever in my opinion.
• Medal of Honor series. The definitive WWII first-person shooter games, from the original Medal of Honor for the PlayStation in the 1990s, to Medal of Honor: Airborne in 2008. None have let me down so far.
• Left 4 Dead. Very innovative co-op based zombie shooter. Fast-paced and excellent atmosphere. It doesn't just encourage teamwork, it forces it on you. I eagerly await the sequel this November.

Yeah, if you haven't guessed, first-person shooters are my specialty. Keep in mind that this list is in no particular order.

 

INPO
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Fallout 3
Starcraft (Aswell as broodwar)
All the command and Conquer game series
The Halo seires
COD series
Homeworld 2 (Never played Homeworld 1 )
Darwinia
DEFCON
Dawn of War series
Star Wars Republic Commando
Knights of the old Republic

 

1: Mass Effect - restored my faith in rpgs (PC)
2: Knights of the old republic 1 & 2 (XBOX)
3: Half life 2 (PC)
4: Mirrors Edge (PC)
5: Left 4 dead (PC)
6: Guild Wars (got bored of it though after 3 wonderful years) (PC)
5: CS:S - tried but dont like tf2 (PC)
6: Call of Duty 4 (XBOX360)
7: Oddly enough Demigod - its nothing special imo, but its just fun. (PC)
8: Super Mario World - will always be special to me (SNES)
9: Red Alert 2 (i need to get RA3)

least favorite games of all time: oblivion and fallout 3. lol not even kidding. i bought into the hype and got incredibly bored with both of em. i dont like bethesda softworks because of this.

edit: i forgot to add
10: Peggle (ipod touch)

 

Black Tiger (Arcade)
Cabal (Arcade)
Cyberball (Arcade)
Gauntlet (Arcade)
Ikari Warriors (Arcade)
Joust (Arcade)
Speed Rumbler (Arcade)
Star Wars (Arcade)
Time Pilot (Arcade)
Archon (C64)
Bard's Tale (C64)
Jumpman Jr. (C64)
M.U.L.E. (C64)
Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One-on-One (C64)
Questron (C64)
Raid on Bungeling Bay (C64)
Summer Games (C64)
Ultima III (C64)
Contra (NES)
Kid Icarus (NES)
Metroid (NES)
Mike Tyson's Punchout (NES)
Super Mario Brothers (NES)
Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge (GB)
Final Fantasy Legend (GB)
Ghostbusters 2 (GB)
Tetris (GB)
Herzog Zwei (Genesis)
Mutant League Football (Genesis)
Powerball (Genesis)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
Warsong (Genesis)
Crash Team Racing (PSOne)
Tekken 3 (PSOne)
Tony Hawk Pro Skater (PSOne)
Eternal Darkness (GC)
Mario Karts: Double Dash (GC)
Metroid Prime (GC)
Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Star Wars Rogue Leader (GC)
Super Smash Brothers (GC)
Ace Combat 5 (PS2)
Burnout 3 (PS2)
Buzz! (PS2)
Devil May Cry 3 (PS2)
God of War (PS2)
Guitar Hero (PS2)
Jak & Daxter 2 (PS2)
Kingdom Hearts (PS2)
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (PS2)
Sly Cooper (PS2)
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts n' Bolts (360)
Gears of War (360)
Halo 3 (360)
Kameo (360)
Star Wars: Force Unleashed (360)

And my beloved PC...way too many to mention...here's a few since I've already used my allotted space on consoles and a vintage 80's computer...

Baldur's Gate
Call of Duty 2
Civilization 2
Crimson Skies
Curse of Monkey Island
Descent
Diablo
Duke Nukem 3D
Fallout
Freespace
Full Throttle
Future Shock
Heroes of Might and Magic 2
Jane's F-18 and Longbow 2 (tough to call these 'games')
Master of Magic
Master of Orion
Mechwarrior 2
Panzer General
Red Alert
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Rogue Spear
Sanitarium
Star Trek: Armada
Star Trek: Judgement Rites
Star Wars: Jedi Knight (Dark Forces 2)
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
Starcraft
Syndicate
System Shock
Terra Nova
Total Annihilation
Unreal Tournament (Assault Mode)
Warcraft 2
Wing Commander: Prophecy
X-Com

 

HL1 was a great game, HL2 was dissapointing for me. If I were you I wouldn't bother with it.

my list:
prince of persia (original one)
duke nukem 3d
cool old japanese anime games in general were my favorite of all time.

BTW, I tried burnout paradise and it's not so great really.
I prefer the original burnout.

 

BioShock - it's amazing how deep is the story.

 

Huh? Half-Life 2 was excellent. I could never finish Half-Life 1 because of motion sickness, even with the Source engine. I don't know what it is about Half-Life 1 but I could just never make it very far. I think I made it to the section with the big water reservoir and that was it.

 

tetris ftw

 

HL2 had great graphics and great music and the gravity gun was fun, the problem was how the story changed. I liked going to xen, I liked the enemies (I guess HL2 had more human enemies compared to the large number of weird enemies in HL1). HL2 wen't in the wrong direction for me.

 

No order, don't know about the best, but these are some games that I had a blast playing over the years

Goldeneye 64 (n64)
Medal Gear Solid (psx)
Mario 64 (n64)
Mortal Kombat (genesis)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (pc/psx)
Final Fantasy 7 (psx)
Final Fantasy 11 Online (ps2/pc)
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (n64)
Zelda: Link to the Past (snes)
Duke Nukem 3D (pc/n64)
Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault (pc)
Bioshock (pc)
Fallout 3 (pc)
Guitar Hero series (ps2/360)

 

Just to add, i tried Fallout 3, because i heard it was so good.
Not sure exactly why, but i just hated it, wasnt fun really. Not good all around.

lol, anyway, i think HL2's a great game. i still havent beaten the whole game. And i played out of order
First i played Ep. 2, beat that. Now im still playing HL2 original, and coming to the end of that. Havent even touched Ep.1 yet.

Oh yeah, and i see it above. i almost forgot about Medal of Honor. That was a great game. Allied Assault and Spearhead were great. I didnt like Pacific Assault much. but maybe i didnt give it a chance...

 

MarioKart 64!

 

Final Fantasy VII
Starcraft
Full Throttle
Metal Gear Solid

*No particular order

 

From oldest to most recent

Golvellius: Valley of Doom (SMS)
The Secret of Monkey Island (PC)
Tetris (NES)
Super Mario (NES)
Street Fighter 2 (SNES
Heros of MIght and Magic 2 (PC)
Perfect Dark (N64)
Twisted Metal 2 (PSone)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (PSone)
Diablo 2 (PC)
Dark Cloud (PS2)
GTA 3(PS2)
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (PS2)
Halo (Xbox)
Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox)
Tetris DS (DS)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of Warlords (DS)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC)
Portal (PC)
Team Fortress 2 (PC)
Fable 2 (Xbox 360)
Mirror's Edge (Xbox 360)
Left 4 Dead (PC)
Plants vs Zombies (PC)

 

man, ep1 last. prepare to be underwhelmed!

I recommend either playing them in order or just skipping Ep 1.

 

Half Life 2
Diablo/Diablo 2
Starcraft
Warcraft
Mass Effect
Bioshock
Deadspace
Baldurs Gates...
Fallouts
Portal
GTA 1,2, San Andreas
Max Paynes....
Hitmans....
Morrowind
Prototype
STALKER
Vampire the masquerade bloodlines
company of heroes
world in conflict
sins of a solar empire
Tom Raiders
Duke Nukem 1,2,3, 4eva
Mirrors edge... just for originality
The Sims... just because everyone loves it... (not me... but everyone else)

Multiplayers:
Team Fortress 2
Call of Duty 2,4
Quake 3


Now for indi developers that deserve even more praise because they on this list:
World of goo
Crayon Drawing Deluxe
Aquaria
Plants versus Zombies

This thread is now finished

Just thought for this last quick edit:
I missed a lot of games there we plainly just damned good... like Crysis, Oblivion, etc.
They are damned good, cant deny it... but great? or the best in the title? No, thanks

 

Fallout's 1 and 2
Planescape Torment
Dues Ex

 

Anyone here ever played Tron 2.0 ?

Excellent game btw !

 

Prototype PC
Saints Row 2 PC
GTA IV + Realism Mod
GTA SA + Things To Do Mod
BattleZone 2 + Fleshstorm + Forgotten Enemies Mods
Tiberian Sun + Firestorm + Total War Mods PC

 

Red Alert 2 was godlike.

 

Not in order.

Vampires the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Fallout 3
Half Life 2- Ep 1+2 (not Half Life 2 itself)
KOTOR
Diablo 2
Starcraft
Civilization 2
Homeworld
Descent: Freespace Series

 

you liked Ep. 1 more than half life 2? rawr!!

 

In descending order:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Bioshock
Battlefield 2
Civilization IV
Crysis

Note: All of these are very close, except for COD4, which is a bit above the rest.

 

Yep....I thought Half Life 2, although very good, had a critical flaw: Its levels would drag on forever. Even though some of them were terrific (Ravenholm comes to mind), they were way too long and by the end, I would only go on with the hope of getting on to the next level/ advance the plot slightly more.

That being said, I found that this was mostly the first half to three quarters of the game. The end of the game had much better pacing and was alot more enjoyable for me.

The pacing of the episodes were much better as was the general plot development movement, which is why I liked them better.

 

1. TES IV: Oblivion hands down
2: Test Drive Unlimited
3. CoD4
4. CS:S

 

Deus Ex
Space Quest Series (minus #6)
Privateer I
Wing Commander I-III
Monkey Island Series
Pirates!
Oblivion
Morrowind

 

--> Rock Band <--
Half-Life (all of them)
Bioshock
Portal
God of War (PS2)
Far Cry
Homeworld
Brainlord (SNES)
Dawn of War
Mario Kart (Wii)

Lol, what kind of person despises Half-Life in all its incarnations? o.0
When did you play them?
There's a big difference between experiencing HL1 in 1999 vs 2009. Anyways, each to his own *shrugs*, but despise seems rather strong and melodramatic. Dislike would be more appropriate me thinks.