BoB's Top 100 Games

[NeoCracker]

Seriously! But then, this is NeoCracker, I think he had about two different types of games on his list.

RPGS and obscure RPGs.

And SRPG!

...Also I like Sim City. I originally played the SNES version, and it was lots of fun.

[Laddy]

obscure RPGs.

plz

[Pike]

You know you should really just rename this to BoB's top 100 series

[Denmark]

Football Manager (series)
Final Fantasy (series)

help i'm recycling jokes

[Skyblade]

You know you should really just rename this to BoB's top 100 series

When I was finally going to do one of these, that was my plan. It's too easy to compare/contrast and discuss strengths of an overall IP that way.

I wouldn't do a full 100 though. My list would be shorter.

[WildRaubtier]

No one in their right mind would do a full 100. It's just that the only two people to have done this thing are both ridonkulous lunatics.

[NeoCracker]

And you know, mine was like, 147.

[Jiro]

SimCity games are fundamentally the same though, aren't they? I mean, there's not a great deal of innovation between them.

[Loony BoB]

You know you should really just rename this to BoB's top 100 series

11 series in total are listed in this thing, most games are listed seperately. I consider it a compliment to the series in some ways when I can list them all together, as it says that all the games released in that timeframe were excellent. I tried to avoid it where I could reasonably say that one of the games was that much better than the others when I played it, or when the games were so different in my memory. But ugh, if I listed all the games seperately, the various series would probably have pushed everything from around #80 down off the list entirely.

EDIT: And Skyblade, I hope you wouldn't list all the Final Fantasy games together. While a series in some ways, they really aren't a series at all - every game is notably different in almost every way.

[Pike]

No one in their right mind would do a full 100. It's just that the only two people to have done this thing are both ridonkulous lunatics.

I was planning on doing a full 100 for each decade starting with the 80s.

Not joking.

[WildRaubtier]

REDONKULOUS LUNATICS

[Loony BoB]

67. Wipeout HD
PS3, 2008

I first want to be specific: My experience and therefore opinion of Wipeout HD includes Wipeout HD Fury, the expansion pack. If you own Wipeout HD and don't own Wipeout HD Fury, I don't even understand what the hell you're doing playing video games. Anyway, on to it...

I liked the previous Wipeout games - I loved this one. This game was made for HD, it just oozes quality. I could play this game with or without the weapons, it's just that much fun to zoom around the incredible tracks (to some pretty awesome music) let alone shoot the hell out of your opposition... but shooting the hellout of your opposition is where the game shines and what puts it this high on the list. I loved Eliminator matches most of all if I recall correctly. There is little more satisfying than getting a roller/quake/whatever you want to call that weapon, heading to the finish line (where vehicles recover their health), turning around to face all the weak opponents about to get their HP boost just to see me facing them, then letting rip and watching them all explode and my points shoot up. If this game had four-player splitscreen it would probably have jumped up about ten places further, too.

EDIT: Perhaps worth noting that this game (sans Fury) is probably the best value-for-money racing game on this list. Can't remember how much it costs with Fury, mind you. I'm fairly certain it cost me less than £20, and if that's still the case I would say it's still the best value-for-money racing game on this list.

[Bolivar]

I got this game via PSN game-sharing with Dreddz from this forum. It was pretty cool for an early PS3 game but I didn't spend too much time with it...

[Loony BoB]

66. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
PS3, 2012

I keep wondering where this game would have ended up if it had a decent ending. I don't care how anyone justifies it, for me that ending was absolute and utter balls. I like to think that this game combined with ME3 taught game developers a valuable lesson when it comes to What Not To Do When Making Video Games. Either way, take that part out and you're left with a fantastic, enjoyable game with a great story and an interesting world. I was mostly stealth because silent takedowns or whatever they were gave me the most experience, but once I got pretty much all the experience-based bonuses I was really interested in I just started going back to my traditional style of "run in and shoot the hell out of everything". It was very satisfying, and I'm tempted to play the game again in such a style at some point in the future, if I can be arsed. I've never played the original Deus Ex and it does interest me because of this game, however I can add that to a very long list of games I feel similarly about. When I'm retired, oh man, I am going to play the crap out of a 70 year backlog... anyway, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, great game.

I will note, however, that it captured me more in appreciation than pure love. For example, I loved Jump 'n Bump more than this game. But sometimes the quality and standard of a game overcome love to the point that you can't help but feel it deserves a higher place, and therefore at #66 it landed and felt right.

[Bolivar]

Playing it for the first time now and yeah its definitely something special. I interviewed the game director before it came out (Interview: Augmenting Deus Ex: Human Revolution With Game Director Jean-Francois Dugas | Warp Zoned) and its cool to see how everything he told me about the influences from Metal Gear and Blade Runner and Robocop really come through. The dialogue, sleuthing, and action are all very well paced, something a lot of WRPGs struggle with in my experience. I'm really looking forward to whatever else this team does, not sure if they're working on Thief or not.