What are your top 5 favourite Video Games?

[WhitefinDolphin]

These are my top 5 favourite games:

1) Banjo-Tooie (N64)
2) Super Mario Galaxy (Wiii)
3) Luigi's Mansion (GC)
4) Mario Party 3 (N64)
5) Paper Mario (N64)

[The Stryker]

Kane and Lynch 2: Dawg Days.

[Turo602]

This is a pretty hard list to make, considering every generation has had something good. With that said, this isn't really my definitive list, but rather a representation of what I'm feeling at the moment.

Halo: Combat Evolved
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Red Dead Redemption
Resident Evil (REmake)
Super Mario Bros. 3

[NinjaMan]

1. Super Smash Bros. 64
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee
3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
4. Arkham City
5. Lego Marvel Super Heroes I know it's not out yet but it seems like it will satisfy me.

[Peanut]

Persona 4
Super Mario Bros. 3
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Mega Man 2

[CyberCubed]

Such a lack of classics in this thread:

1. Ocarina of Time
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. Super Metroid
4. Resident Evil 4
5. Metal Gear Solid 3


The five games I listed were the top tier games of their respective series, and were critically acclaimed by the majority of the gaming industry.

[Peanut]

Such a lack of original choices in your post.

[Vivi]

psychonauts
wind waker
mario galaxy
machinarium
space quest

I haven't played these in a while, but they hold fond memories.

[Retro-Specs]

So difficult to choose, so I think I'll have to stick to ones that have special meaning or that I poured the most hours into:

1. Super Mario Bros (Still remember seeing it for the first time - 24 years ago. Was the first game I ever saw, and began a fascination that's never died.)

2. Super Mario Bros 3 (Been mentioned four times already, I know. Got pretty obsessed with it as a kid.)

3. LoZ: Link to the Past (Rented the heck out of this until I found it for sale. Used to do a play through every Christmas holiday week; the the game always reminds me of Christmas.)

4. Earthbound (Mother 2) (Though frustrating in many areas, it inspired me to make my own RPGs and write music. And that thinking outside the box can be OK.)

5. Super Mario 64 (Liked this game so much that I wrote a 18-page "challenge book" for myself and my friends to try.)

[愛]

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
4. Metal Gear Solid
5. Xenogears

All of the listed games are absolute masterpieces in my opinion, whether someone wants to call me a sellout or not. Ever since I got older, I valued story more than gameplay, and I know people will say that's not what video games are about. That's fine, you can feel that way. I'm just saying that's what I want out of my games, and all of those titles leave me crying manly tears because of how beautiful they are.

[snake]

So difficult to choose, so I think I'll have to stick to ones that have special meaning or that I poured the most hours into:

1. Super Mario Bros (Still remember seeing it for the first time - 24 years ago. Was the first game I ever saw, and began a fascination that's never died.)

2. Super Mario Bros 3 (Been mentioned four times already, I know. Got pretty obsessed with it as a kid.)

3. LoZ: Link to the Past (Rented the heck out of this until I found it for sale. Used to do a play through every Christmas holiday week; the the game always reminds me of Christmas.)

4. Earthbound (Mother 2) (Though frustrating in many areas, it inspired me to make my own RPGs and write music. And that thinking outside the box can be OK.)

5. Super Mario 64 (Liked this game so much that I wrote a 18-page "challenge book" for myself and my friends to try.)

Someone else plays Earthbound?!?!?!

[愛]

Earthbound isn't all that obscure, to be honest.

[snake]

Earthbound isn't all that obscure, to be honest.

It's not exactly recognizable, either.

[Jester]

In no particular order (and all from my childhood):
Super Mario Bro. 3
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Commander Keen
Jazz Jackrabbit

[Donatello19]

It's hard to pick my top 5, so here are just 5 favorites in no particular order.

Minecraft
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Super Smash Bros. series
Mario Kart series
Skylanders series

EDIT: How did I could I forget one of my all time favorites, Epic Mickey!

[Cure]

and were critically acclaimed by the majority of the gaming industry.

This says a lot about you.

1. Lost Odyssey
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Final Fantasy VII
4. Wind Waker
5. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Despite how much I love these games, I also have a lot of incredible memories playing a bunch of 360 games, but that's due to hanging out with my budz rather than the games themselves.

[CyberCubed]

Good games are good games. Here's my secondary list:

6. Metroid Prime
7. Super Mario Galaxy 1 or 2
8. Donkey Kong Country 2
9. Beyond Good and Evil
10. Banjo Kazooie


I'm noticing most realistic games on PS1/PS2 have not aged well, which is why its difficult to still go on about them now.

The Metal Gear Solid series is one of the few franchises from the time with realistic characters that still holds up.

[Powder]

1. Donkey Kong Country
2. TMNT Turtles In Time
3. Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
4. Legend Of Zelda Twilight Princess
5. TMNT Tournament Fighters

The order could probably be mixed around a bit.

[Cure]

I would have said Turtles in Time, too, considering how many times I've beaten that game, but that's only because it's a 30 minute game. Still, good times were had.

[Jester]

I'd have...if I owned it. Though I rented it enough as a kid. :D

[Yorae]

1. Suikoden II
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Persona 3
4. Tales of Destiny
5. Final Fantasy VII
6. Moon

[Peanut]

It's not exactly recognizable, either.

Not to casuals, but to people who play games it's incredibly well known.

[Ninjinister]

Streets of Rage 2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Psycho Fox
Injustice
Skullgirls

[Retro-Specs]

Someone else plays Earthbound?!?!?!

Yes! I should have realized you'd notice this, what with Master Belch in your avatar and all.

I've played the heck out of that game, beaten it probably a dozen times (And sure to do it again some day). It's inspired a lot of my own work. I've gone so far as to editing the game a little with PKHack.

[CyberCubed]

Nobody mentioned Super Mario RPG yet? Or Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door?

[Grimlock]

In no particular order,

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Turtles in Time
3. Zelda:Link to the past
4. Pokemon Silver
5. Scribblenauts Unlimited

[AT-Man]

A listing thread, seriously? It's always difficult enough to think of 5 games that I like THE MOST (atm), but it's even harder not to answer these kinds of threads. As always, only 1 game per series.

Final Fantasy VII
Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain
Demon's Souls
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time (SNES)
God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta

[Peanut]

Nobody mentioned Super Mario RPG yet? Or Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door?

What the f*ck is wrong with you? Like 15 people have posted in this thread. Is there some scientific formula everyone is supposed to be following that makes it unheard of for people to not mention genre defining classics and specific Mario RPG's?

[The Stryker]

And it begs the question: Why the hell didn't he put either one of those games in either of his TWO lists?

1. Ms. Pac-Man
2. Super Mario World
3. King of Colosseum 2
4. Mega Man 2
5. Mass Effect 2

[Prowler]

My top 5 favorite video games of all time? Man, that's hard.

In no order:

Championship Manager/Football Manager series: Okay, I cheated by listing a series instead of a single installment, so sue me. Instead of playing as the players like you do in FIFA/PES, here you're the manager. It's awesome and addictive as hell.

Sim City 2000(Saturn): I've wasted so many hours on the Saturn version of this game(loading times not included). Love this game. The SNES version for the original Sim City is pretty awesome as well, but I love this one even more. The underground system, the sewer system, the future buildings, and cant' forget about that intro! Man... too bad the CD doesn't work any more.

F-Zero GX: Best F-Zero game and best racing game I've played. Love everything about it, from the music, to the graphics to the tracks. Such a challenging, fun and insanely fast racing game. I always go back to it.

Super Smash Bros. Melee: Nintendo characters beating the hell out of each other. The perfect fanboy crossover game.

Tetris(NES): Who doesn't love Tetris? Great game to kill boredom.

Honorable mentions: Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Final Fight 2, Mega Man 2, Blast Corps, Super Mario Bros. 3, Civilization 4, Ocarina of Time, Street Fighter 2, Sonic 2.

If you would ask me again in a week, my list would most likely be different.

[Zachatello00]

Can't just do five. Gotta do all ten, cause they're so close.

1. Ocarina of Time
2. Smash Bros Brawl
3. TMNT Arcade
4. Super Mario 64
5. Pokemon Heartgold

(6. Super Mario World
7. Batman: Arkham Asylum
8. Sonic 3 and Knuckles
9. Disney Epic Mickey
10. Donkey Kong County)

[CyberCubed]

Resident Evil 2
REmake
F-zero GX
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Pikmin 1, 2, 3

[Peanut]

Top 5 means 3 different lists of 5, I guess.

[Slade]

Assassin's Creed (pick one, don't matter which)
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (5 might beat it)
Injustice God's Among Us
Arkham City
Black Ops 2(it passes a hell of a lot of time:lol:)

[SassyGal]

All of the listed games are absolute masterpieces in my opinion, whether someone wants to call me a sellout or not. Ever since I got older, I valued story more than gameplay, and I know people will say that's not what video games are about. That's fine, you can feel that way. I'm just saying that's what I want out of my games, and all of those titles leave me crying manly tears because of how beautiful they are.

I agree with that. Games with more story are the ones I seem to keep going back to when I do play now that I'm older.

In no particular order I'd say my top 5 games are:

1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. Kingdom Hearts 2
4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
5. TMNT Turtles in Time

[GK Punk]

My list is pretty cliche I'm sure, but it's all games I've played countless times to this day and still love.

Super Metroid
Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Rygar (NES)
Landstalker (Gen)
Symphony of the Night

I wanted to put a Legend of Zelda game in there but I love them all so much that I couldn't pick one. So I'll give an honorable mention to the entire series. Also to FF 4 and 6.

[Grimlock]

Top 5 means 3 different lists of 5, I guess.

Pretty much. I might as well list every game I own at this rate...

[The Clerk]

Such a hard list to make... ugh. In no special order:

1. Final Fantasy 7
2. LoZ: OoT
3. Harvest Moon 64
4. Maniac Mansion (NES)
5. CoD: MW2

EDIT:

GAH! I forgot about Shenmue 1 and 2!

[SavageSloth]

1. Metal Gear Solid 1
2. Final Fantasy 8
3. Metal Gear Solid 3
4. Tekken Tag Tournament 2
5. The Last of Us

So many games I like, but this should be top 5 more or less.

[raph27]

BTTF: The Game
Aragorns Quest
The Amazing Spider-Man
LEGO City: Undercover
LEGO LOTR

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

My 5 faves:

Tomb Raider (2013) (Xbox 360)
Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
Earthworm Jim 2 (Sega)
Borderlands 1 & 2- Tie, but if I had to choose I guess I'd go with 2 (Xbox 360)
Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate (3DS)

[dkram230]

So hard to choose, but here are the first few that come to mind!!

Mario Kart: Double Dash (Gamecube)
God of War 3 (PS3)
Devil May Cry (PS2)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Sonic CD (Sega CD)

[Davetello]

Could be here all night, but I will list five that have stayed in the memory (in no specific order):

Mario Kart Double Dash
Ocarina of Time
A Link to the Past
Turtles in Time
Eternal Darkness


I stayed with Nintendo for now.

[shuriken]

In no particular order
WWE12
Fight Night Round Round 4
Streets of Rage 2
Shinobi 3
Earthworm Jim

[chrisdude]

Tetris (I've got about ten versions, so I'm lumping them together.)
The Tekken series (Tekken 4 is probably my favorite.)
Skate 3
Chrono Cross
Vigilante 8

That sounds about right.

[Fjaj]

pretty much all console games so I guess I'll break the mold -

1: Deus Ex (It's so good it deserves to be that big)
2: Dishonored
3: Cave Story
4: Brutal Doom (Yes it counts as its own game)
5: Morrowind

Oh and number "zero" would probably be The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa (0 because I'm expecting it to be better than Deus Ex and it's not out yet).

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

2: Dishonored


This was such a great, great game! It did have some bugs, as does many of the Bethsda titles, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt it was different from anything else out at the time. Pity it didn't get nearly as much attention as it deserved. Awesome game at any rate!

[Peanut]

Bethesda didn't develop Dishonored, dawg.

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Bethesda didn't develop Dishonored, dawg.

While it was developed by Arkane Studios, it is a Bethesda title. I never said it was "developed" by Bethesda. Whatever the case, it was a great game, but had some major bugs- at least mine did!

http://bethsoft.com/en-us/games/dishonored

[Peanut]

Bugs in a game = developer not publisher. That was the point I was trying to get across.

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Bugs in a game = developer not publisher. That was the point I was trying to get across.

I understand you point and truth be told, you're right. My point was that Bethesda is quite good at loading games up with bugs... I just left out the meaty center you so greedily gobbled up.... dawg.... :tlol:

[MrTMNT2012]

5.) Skyrim
4.) Mortal Kombat
3.) Assassin's Creed 2
2.) GTA V

(1.) The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time :)

[Fjaj]

I've never had any bugs with Dishonored. Maybe it's because I got it a while after it came out so it was already patched with bug fixes?

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

I've never had any bugs with Dishonored. Maybe it's because I got it a while after it came out so it was already patched with bug fixes?

So did I. My game would just freeze at a certain part and I'd have to go back like 3 saves to get it to advance... I heard that some people took their disc back and exchanged it, then said they didn't have any issues... But that's not personal experience, just what others have told me, take it with a grain of salt ;)