The Best Video Games, According to Like 55 Different Sources

[Pike]

Here's some food for discussion. Some guy compiled the "Top Ten" lists of like 55 different gaming magazines/websites and made a definitive list.

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Pretty unsurprising list overall; I'm somewhat surprised to see Super Mario 64 and Goldeneye so high (SM64 was great but there were better platformers on the 64, and as much as I LOVE Goldeneye it really has not aged well, imo.)

I should also note that this list is biased toward older games because he's including lists that were made some time ago.

Your thoughts?

EDIT: same idea using a slightly different ranking system:

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EDIT EDIT: If you ctrl+F for Deus Ex it's only on one list. WTF. I mean I guess it's on the best list on the entire page, so that's a small victory, but.

[Bubba]

SM64 was great but there were better platformers on the 64

Never! Banjo Kazooie probably pushed it the closest but there is no greater platformer on the N64 than SM64.

I agree with you on Goldeneye though. It's still the only FPS I have genuinely enjoyed but it really does look dated now.

As far as the list goes, barre from a few exceptions, it's pretty good. It has my three favourite games of all time up there so...

[Tigmafuzz]

as much as I LOVE Goldeneye it really has not aged well, imo.

What. I think it holds up wonderfully

[Raistlin]

SM64 was great, but #2 overall is a bit much. And yeah, Goldeneye is way overrated there.

Some of the individual top 10 lists are crazy.

[Forsaken Lover]

Perfect Dark was the best N64 FPS.

Also GTAIV sure is getting a lot more love in those lists then it did on a lot of forums I post on.

[maybee]

There's better Fighting games out there than Street Fighter II these days. Come on, get out of 1992. Yeah it was a huge classic and milestone back then, but no way near that standard today.

[Forsaken Lover]

Yeah, we all know SNK did way better than SF anyway.

Fatal Fury people.

[maybee]

Yeah, we all know SNK did way better than SF anyway.

Fatal Fury people.

^ THIS SO MUCH

So happy to see another Fatal Fury fan here !

[Del Murder]

Surprised that original Super Mario Bros. and original Zelda weren't on there. Otherwise, not a whole lot of surprises. Though, I would invalidate any top 10 list that didn't have Tetris on it.

[Tigmafuzz]

There's better Fighting games out there than Street Fighter II these days. Come on, get out of 1992. Yeah it was a huge classic and milestone back then, but no way near that standard today.

I think you're missing the point. It's not about how it holds up today, it's about what it was for its time.

i think.

[Del Murder]

I think these lists are usually a combination of both.

[Jinx]

The number one spot is well deserved.


/waits for Hux's post telling me how wrong I am

[darkchrono]

I see a lot of Super Mario Bro and Super Mario Bro 3 but not really any Super Mario Bro 2. Was Super Mario Bro 2 considered a little dissapointing by a lot of fans. I never played many of the Super Mario games after the first one but I do remember Super Mario 2 received a ton of hype back in the day (or at least what I considered a lot of hype in the pre internet days which basically equalled a lot of buzz from my friends).

I believe I did actually own Super Mario Bro 3 but never really played it.

[Bubba]

I believe I did actually own Super Mario Bro 3 but never really played it.

What the actual hell?

[darkchrono]

I believe I did actually own Super Mario Bro 3 but never really played it.

What the actual hell?

The Tecmo Bowl games started coming out about that time (which many sports video game fans will tell you was the best football video games ever made) so most of my time spent playing video games were spent on that or games like Bases Loaded (didn't really start appreciating rpg's or adventure games much until FF7).