Empire's 100 Greatest Video Games Of All Time
http://www.empireonline.com/features/100greatestgames/
I haven't had a chance to actually go through it all, but I thought I'd share!
Any games you think should be on there that have been sadly missed out? Anything you don't think deserves a spot that has one?
Not sure about the ordering, but it's a pretty great list.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
No Final Fantasy VI. Chrono Trigger nowhere near close enough to the pointy end.
I think Heavy Rain is a pretty subjective choice. A 'safer' pick that would've made everyone happy might be one of the God of Wars or Devil May Crys (which I'm surprised don't make it on there).
A pretty good list by all accounts. Obviously there are going to be people upset that "game x and game y didn't make it? How is this possible?" but that will always happen.
Some of the fan comments have annoyed me though. For example on Super Mario Kart for the SNES
"Going round to a friend's house who had a four way controller connector for the SNES. Incredible scenes."
Really? Even when Super Mario Kart was only a two-player game. DID YOU REALLY???!!!
I hate lists like this. "Greatest" and "Most Popular" are two completely different things. I suppose it's all subjective, but I just get sick and tired of seeing it. Still, this is better than IGN's infuriating attempt, I will say that much.
I like that FFVIII beat FFIX, and that FFXIII isn't on it.
Ew Resident Evil 4.
Solid list overall.
Not too fond of this list. Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger should be way higher, for starters. Like, maybe #1 and #3 respectively. Ocarina of Time, World of Warcraft and FFVII are way too high as well, and the omission of FFVI and Yoshi's Island from this list is unforgivable. It's as if they regarded 2D gaming as an afterthought, which is unbelievably stupid.
Last edited by The Man; 08-18-2014 at 09:06 PM.
Protip: Scroll all the way down to see the complete list.
Interesting list. Quite a few I haven't played, but not bad. Interesting they went w/ SFII instead of Champion Edition or Turbo/Hyper Fighting, since those were more "complete" games. Also good to see Metroid Prime there, as it used to be @ the top of my list.
Genuinely weird that they went with Civ rather than Civ II or Civ IV.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
Totally agree, this isn't the 'greatest 100 games of all time,' simply what Empire thinks is. Which in turn is no different to what you or I think, or even what IGN thinks.Originally Posted by Noire
I suppose there is no way to put together a true 'greatest 100' list, too much rides on personal opinion. Like in this particular instance The Last of Us is not the greatest game ever made in my opinion, as good as it is. Also not enough sequels are included or if they are they're in the wrong order, like Left 4 Dead 2 is a better game than its predecessor, Resident Evil 2 (and 3 for that matter) are miles better than the original and indeed eww Resi 4, Doom II is better than the first, Curse of Monkey Island is better than Secret and contrary to popular opinion I didn't like Uncharted 2 as much as 1 or 3.
And finally Ocarina of Time flat out sucked, its inclusion in any list annoys me to no end.
Ocarina of Time didn't suck, but no way in hell does it deserve to be #2 on any game list (or did they have it at #4? Either way it doesn't deserve that either). Basically everything Egoraptor said about it in his Sequelitis video was pretty much on the money. The mechanics of the game aren't particularly conducive to fun gameplay (too much waiting around); there are tons of stupid, boring fetch quests; the exploration factor that made the early games in the series so much fun is almost completely absent; and the puzzles are dumbed down from anything you got in the first four games. It has some pluses; it's a beautiful game (for its time), the soundtrack is excellent, and the dungeon design is mostly very nice (apart from the stupid Water Temple). But on the whole it's a consistently overrated game.
Hey, hey now. Let's not get carried away here, it's what Empire wants.
Heh, true. The Man has hit the nail on the head with Ocarina of Time, consistently overrated describes it perfectly.
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