What are your top 5 favourite Video Games?
 

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)

Kane and Lynch 2: Dawg Days.

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

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.

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

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.

Such a lack of original choices in your post.

psychonauts
wind waker
mario galaxy
machinarium
space quest

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

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.)

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.

Someone else plays Earthbound?!?!?!

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

It's not exactly recognizable, either.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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