Best Game Ever

[Del Murder]

Final Fantasy VI is the greatest game of all time. Great characters. Moving story. Sadistic villain. A variety of abilities. Tons of sidequests. Square got it perfect.

[Slothy]

Favourite game ever is tough to say. Generally FFVI for everything except gameplay, though if I was talking about my favourite game that also has great gameplay I'd probably go with either Metal Gear Solid or Shadow of the Colossus.

As far as the best game ever, I'd say either Portal, Starcraft 2, or Alpha Centauri. Maybe Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix would be up there too.

[ljkkjlcm9]

My favorite is probably The World Ends With You.
Either that or Dark Souls....
Followed by FFVI

THE JACKEL

[Fynn]

Xenoblade Chronicles. Just.

[Rostum]

Grim Fandango.

[Bubba]

I reckon if I'd played FFVI when I was younger it could easily take it's place in my number one slot. Unfortunately, as I'm only playing it now for the first time it hasn't got that nostalgia element attached to it for me... which is a shame because I'm loving it at the minute.

That being said I would have to go with FFVII. It was the first one I played and have never felt that same level of magic, excitement, emotion in any game I've played since. It edged out my previous favourite (and still number two) A Link to the Past.

[Del Murder]

For the record, my second favorite game is Final Fantasy VII and my third favorite is Chrono Trigger.

Even though it's not my favorite, I think that the original Legend of Zelda should get a mention among the greatest games ever. It was so far beyond its time it's just silly. Including an internal save feature was groundbreaking. Involving an epic quest that takes you across a large and varied map was awe-inspiring. I don't know if it was the first game to feature exploration to collect upgrades crucial to your survival, but it was the first one for me. It was the best the NES had to offer, and one of the best any system ever had to offer, and all in 1986.

[erikramza]

Edit:

Grim Fandango.

I didn't see this, but had to pay homage by at least quoting it. Very unique, as well as worthy selection.

Im going off of purr nostalgia value here, so bear with me...

Im caught between dragon warrior 7, symphony of the night, star ocean the second story, chrono trigger, valkyrie profile, fft, and xenogears. (God damn ps was the best system ever.)

After a tournament style coin flipping elimination BATTLE; it's looking like valkyrie profile came out on top over symphony.

This thread was eye opening, as I never tried to narrow my favorites to a single title (unless genre based). Never knew I hold so many games on a very equal level.

[Loony BoB]

Final Fantasy VII. It just had everything I wanted in an RPG - good characters, enjoyable gameplay, minigames, many optional sidequests, I loved the materia system, it didn't have terrible voice acting (no voice acting > terrible voice acting)... I loved it.

Honourable mentions go to Uncharted 2, Civilization IV and Chuck Yeager Air Combat.

[Pike]

The more I read this thread, the more I start to feel bad for not picking my favorite game as "the best" game. Ultimately there are (a few) things I would change about SMAC, so I feel like I can't choose it over a game I see as perfect for the title of "Best".

But I still feel bad, so I'm mentioning SMAC and pointing out that it's still one of the greatest games ever made. Also to be sure I don't drop my SMAC/X-Com post ratio down below 2.5%.

[Slothy]

The more I read this thread, the more I start to feel bad for not picking my favorite game as "the best" game. Ultimately there are (a few) things I would change about SMAC, so I feel like I can't choose it over a game I see as perfect for the title of "Best".

But I still feel bad, so I'm mentioning SMAC and pointing out that it's still one of the greatest games ever made. Also to be sure I don't drop my SMAC/X-Com post ratio down below 2.5%.

SMAC may not be perfect, but I think the feeling of playing it is about as perfect as such a game can be without actually being perfect. And since I don't think we'll ever see a game that complex actually be perfect I'm keeping it in there with the likes of Portal.

[Hollycat]

ET the game hands down

[Pike]

The more I read this thread, the more I start to feel bad for not picking my favorite game as "the best" game. Ultimately there are (a few) things I would change about SMAC, so I feel like I can't choose it over a game I see as perfect for the title of "Best".

But I still feel bad, so I'm mentioning SMAC and pointing out that it's still one of the greatest games ever made. Also to be sure I don't drop my SMAC/X-Com post ratio down below 2.5%.

SMAC may not be perfect, but I think the feeling of playing it is about as perfect as such a game can be without actually being perfect. And since I don't think we'll ever see a game that complex actually be perfect I'm keeping it in there with the likes of Portal.

That's actually a pretty good argument. And yeah, my first time was an experience like no other.




(that's what she said.)

[Skyblade]

Definitely Chrono Trigger.

Quoted for truth.

[Greatermaximus]

Do we take into account how old we are and what we understand about the game now. Here's something you might have seen.

The Top 10 Best / Greatest Video Games of All Time

I'd still stick with FFVI. I couldn't get that much into Link because it felt like you knew plots ahead of time. This may be generally true yet a personal preference on our part.