Ok so I had just finished on a nice roor session was totally smashed/stoned when my friend and I brought up a topic. Off the top of the head without much thought top 5 video games of your life. My list:

5.Legend of Zelda Link to the Past (SNES) What can I say this game just felt so right at a perfect time in life care free nothing to do but play super nintendo and drink chocolate milk.

4.Resident Evil 4 (Wii/PS2/GC) A fast paced horror shooter that was accompanied by a great story line and plot.Having been a fan of the whole series this sticks out as a personal favorite in the series of Resident Evil.

3.Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time/Majoras Mask (N64) This game completely changed the way I looked at video game consoles it felt so deep and emerging actually being able to ride around hyrule field on 3D graphics. I remember being stunned at the opening credits. The game provided long hours of dungeon crawling/exploring was truly satisfied at the end of game.

2.Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS) Just plain fun.First game I really enjoyed playing recently.

1.Final Fantasy 7 (PS1) Without a doubt my favorite game of all time enough said.

No particular order

Warcraft 2 tides of darkness
Tekken 3 Tag Tournament

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Originally posted by chach Legend of Zelda Link to the Past (SNES)

X-Men (The 1992 arcade version)
Starcraft

5. Wipeout XL -- the game that truly ushered in the "next generation" of games from my perspective. When I saw and heard this technical masterpiece after being stuck with 2D "mode 7" style racers like F-Zero on the SNES, I realized gaming would never be the same.

4. Resident Evil -- despite sluggish controls, play through this in the dark with my brother back in 96 was one of the most amazing (and terrifying) experiences of my life.

3. Bioshock -- FPS perfection. Everything about this game was a work of art...the visuals, the voice acting, the sheer "realism" of the world that the developers created, I've never seen anything like it. It compelled me to play 6+ hours in a single session, and no other FPS has done that...just awesome.

2. Super Mario 64 -- The game that revolutionized 3D platforming. I still have dreams about flying around the first level in the winged cap...and diving into that huge underwater cavern with those giant sting rays floating around.. (ok not really...but damn it was great fun).

1. Final Fantasy 7 -- agree with you completely there Chach. I've been gaming since 84, and FF7 is my favorite game of all time. I really grew attached to all of the characters during the 60+ hour adventure.. The locations, the soundtrack, the story...They all came together perfectly to create a very memorable experience. Simply epic.

runner up: Zelda - Wind Waker for the Gamecube...my favorite Zelda game. I had more fun with this than Ocarina of Time. It may have a kiddy look, but the gameplay is the most polished of any Zelda title, The game is simply beautiful and has a grand scale that no other Zelda game has touched. Just when you think you are nearing the end of the adventure, the game throws you a loop and an entirely new world opens up with 30 more hours of gameplay Awesome.

1. supreme commander: forged alliance. deepest strategy game ever made. calculated ballistics, thousands of units, zoom. what more could a boy want? have never played a game that made me feel more like a general in command.

2. tie fighter. what a title, it had everything! still the largest battles in space ive ever seen in a game.

3. quake 3. my seminal twitch shooter. great maps, great weapon balance.

4. bioshock. agreed with capitalist. closest thing to a perfect game since tie fighter was released more than a decade ago.

5. deus ex one of the most original and replayable games ever! used to sit up through the night playing this bad boy. hopefully the new sequel can knock this title out of my top 5

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Originally posted by Capitalizt

Your list was very similar to my friends def some good games on that list. Wipeout was awesome that soundtrack was great. Ya and tie fighter has to be on of my fav. pc games ever.

No particular order:

Half-Life
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Soul Calibur
Deus Ex
Metal Gear Solid


Ps. I can't get over how highly rated Bioshock is by some people. Meh...whatever tickles your pickle I guess.

leisure suit larry

it really put the vga spin on sex that i'd been looking for in life

No particular order.

Quake 2 - HOURS... hours of my early college years, started playing on the Zone of all places.

Duke Nukem 3d - My intro to online multiplayer, over a good ol 28.8.

FF3 (6 in the states) - Story, character dev, soundrack... pretty much everthing other than graphics trumps FF7 imo. (And I've played them all.)

Civilization 2,3,4 - Cant decide... all epic in my eyes.

Daggerfall - defined open ended RPG.

Wait... I only get 5!? I guess that'll do... just off the top of my head.

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Damn, picking a Top 5 will be tough, but I think I can do it.




Duke Nukem 3D (PC) - God damn, the childhood memories vividly invade my head every time I think of this title. I was a young dude when I purchased this, and my parents never really cared about the games I played, so I felt a little rebellious paying/killing strippers and watching peep shows at nighttime theaters whilst being in 3rd grade. The graphics blew me away for the time, the story and punchlines were hilarious, and I thought Duke was the biggest badass in history. The music to the first level in the game (in the first episode) still can get stuck in my head every now and then. I didn't try online play on this sucker until years after I bought it (I think I played on the TEN network), and it too was fantastic fun.




Warcraft 1 and 2 (PC) - I decided to lump these two together to make it within the Top 5 limit. These games ushered strategy entertainment into my life. The first was simple, but great fun. The game had a lot of character going for it. The second expanded on everything, adding sea and air battles, introducing new units, and increasing the strategy combinations for intense multiplayer. The graphics had a very elegant style to them that gave both of the games a great deal of personality. Loved them both.



Twisted Metal 2 (PSone) - This game defines brainless fun. However, most 'brainless' games usually involved repetition and monotony to the point that the gamer is likely to get bored. This ****** NEVER bored me, ever. The characters were hysterical, the levels were very-well crafted (filled with secrets and interactive bullshit), and the introduction of the 2 player co-op mode sealed the deal. The series went downhill from here, with TM3 being merely decent, and 4 being borderline bad, until the great resurrection that was the brilliant TM Black on PS2 blew every car-combat game ever made away. I broke I think two controllers during furious play sessions of this one.

For the fourth one...

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Originally posted by Gen3r4l1ty FF3 (6 in the states) - Story, character dev, soundrack... pretty much everthing other than graphics trumps FF7 imo. (And I've played them all.)

...pretty much says it all for this one. I've always said that I've never really been big on RPG's, but this one was definitely an exception. I've beaten it several times, the music is Oscar-worthy, the storyline is better than most of the stuff out there, and the cast is simply perfect. No other Final Fantasy comes close if you ask me.



Half-Life Counter-Strike (PC) - I had to include this, considering I've been playing it on and off for now about 8 years. Never gets old to me. Play with some buddies, some beer, and a bowl or two, and the fun never ends. Back in the day, we used to gather our PC's, get drunk, and have ourselves a fucking awesome time LANning it up with this bitch. I've always been a huge fan of cs_assault, de_dust, and de_aztec, and sometimes cs_siege.

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in no particular order

Toejam & Earl - I loved the presents 2 player was heaps of fun

Twisted Metal 2 - What above said. fun

Carmageddon (1) - 3d shit, PLUS you get to run people over....sweet!

GTA (1) - The original. Nice humor, plus running people over....yeah

GTA Vice City - The gameplay was finetuned to my liking, as GTA3 was too jerky for me. This was the shait.

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3. Freespace 2

Now with the open source project you get; better graphics, better effects, ported freespace; the great war + expansion pack to the FS2 engine, single player coop. Much awesomeness.


2. UT 99: GOTY Edition

This is what I did in high school instead of homework.


1. Starcraft + Brood war

If you don't like this, you're not my friend anymore.

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Originally posted by Project-K 2. UT 99: GOTY Edition This is what I did in high school instead of homework.

This absolutely must get an honorable mention from me. If we weren't playing Counter-Strike at those crazy LAN's we used to have, we were playing this, no question.

And to rile up pkc, I still stand: UT > Q3A. Settled.

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