Wow... here I was thinking I'd start controversy with my "flamebait" comment on OoT and instead it has devolved into a Halo thread.

Personally, I don't like Halo and could care less if its played by people who could be called gamers or retarded sub-human ape people who think throwing poo is the greatest game of all time (and frankly I don't see the difference when I play Halo).

As for the OoT comment. I don't hate the game and its not unplayable as much as the game has not aged well. I'm not talking simply about graphics or shallow things like that. Its level design is archaic, its controls are clunky, and every clever idea in the title was stolen directly out of LttP. Of anything, the title from a gameplay and design standpoint is basically a readers digest version of LttP. Its the ultimate example of a game that is worse than its predecessor yet is herald as the greatest game of all time cause its 3D and its predecessor wasn't and despite the borrowed elements working better in the 2D version, the 3D version is still somehow considered to be better? How does that work?

I love Zelda but I don't get the big deal about this game. I didn't like it back in 98 and I find it gets worse with each passing year as new titles are released. Twilight Princess was a better title cause it smoothed out the controls and its dungeons were a bit more imaginative (despite still ripping off its predecessors; then again, Zelda is one of Nintendo's Madden titles). OoT brought great music and larger emphasis on storytelling but alot of games do that and they also had have the mind to add good gameplay to it.

As for the list, I do disagree greatly with the top ten and I feel its a huge disservice that Ico and SotC didn't even crack the top 20. I also found it odd by the huge amount of puzzle games in the list as well as Singstar... wtf?

I agree there seems to be a very odd view of JRPGs in the list as well as disliking the choices of specific versions. I didn't care for Pokemon Yellow thank you and I feel wireless is no substitution for co-op in a Mario Kart game so screw the DS entry, since its a watered down version of the console versions. Disgaea is better served as a portable? That games picture is featured next to "time sinks" in the dictionary. Battles can last 15 minutes or a few hours. I don't see how that constitutes "pick up and go". I'm also sad that MGS3 didn't crack the top 20.

Still, go FFXII!!!