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Time Magazine: All-TIME 100 Video Games
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EternalDarko
Member
WTF, No Resident Evil 4, OoT, Uncharted 2 or Mario Galaxy? Fuck this list.
Stabby McSter
Member
no re4 fuck time and their uh, watches
Robot Pants
Member
No original Half Life?
Mass Effect 3?
SOLITAIRE?!!
Surely this lists jests.
Mass Effect 3?
SOLITAIRE?!!
Surely this lists jests.
Anyways, what I've played. Not that anybody cares.
Looks like I got pretty much most of this list. So what does this say? I don't give a damn about MMOs. The games on this list that I really want to play are Deus Ex (stupid ebay shipping woes), Silent Hill, and I think I owe Wizardry a brief try, even though it's extremely punishing, since it was really one of the first ever RPGs.
Looks like I got pretty much most of this list. So what does this say? I don't give a damn about MMOs. The games on this list that I really want to play are Deus Ex (stupid ebay shipping woes), Silent Hill, and I think I owe Wizardry a brief try, even though it's extremely punishing, since it was really one of the first ever RPGs.
angular graphics
Banned
No HL1 in the 90s? Really now???
Subjective list is subjective, but still. What's Paperboy doing on there? Yeah, it's a good game. But is it on anyone's even top 10 NES games list?
Also, list kind of weirdly fluctuates between respect for originators of franchise (Civilization, Wolfenstein) and going for the best version (Sim City 2000, Oblivion). I mean, Civilization is surely the most influential, but if you're going for best, don't you have to say Civ 2 or Civ 4:BTS?
Also also, no one played Mac games, who cares if they ended up making Halo. Macs drool, PC's rule, etc. etc.
Also, list kind of weirdly fluctuates between respect for originators of franchise (Civilization, Wolfenstein) and going for the best version (Sim City 2000, Oblivion). I mean, Civilization is surely the most influential, but if you're going for best, don't you have to say Civ 2 or Civ 4:BTS?
Also also, no one played Mac games, who cares if they ended up making Halo. Macs drool, PC's rule, etc. etc.
53 for me. Add a couple more that we own but I watched my wife play.
Overall, I've seen worse. I could argue with a few, but eh.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
*opens thread and prepares to bitch and moan*
*Sees ICO, SOTC, and Okami*
Well... shit..
*Sees ICO, SOTC, and Okami*
Well... shit..
IdreamofHIME
Member
What the hell is Mass Effect 3 doing on there?
...and no Ocarina of Time?
My brain is melting in my skull.
...and no Ocarina of Time?
My brain is melting in my skull.
cartman414
Member
Bioshock, but no System Shock? No Robotron 2084? All those first in the series entries, when superior sequels exist?
Not to mention some of their explanations. FFT was not deeper than Tactics Ogre, nor was FF7 bolder than FF6.
Not to mention some of their explanations. FFT was not deeper than Tactics Ogre, nor was FF7 bolder than FF6.
I thought the same but then why wouldn't they have just put the first one instead or even the 2nd given it was the game that, imo, made the biggest improvements of the series?
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
No Resident Evil 4? WUT.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
It's more of an influential list or market changing games. But lack of Pokemon is surprising in that aspect.
Also I will never understand the Pac-Man over Ms. Pac-Man bullshit. No one can seriously argue Ms. is the inferior game.
Also I will never understand the Pac-Man over Ms. Pac-Man bullshit. No one can seriously argue Ms. is the inferior game.
TheExecutive
Member
No SMB3? Did I miss it?
Also no PAC man CE DX?
Also no PAC man CE DX?
Snowden's Secret
Banned
The more I read this list, the more it feels like TIME is trying to rewrite history. I understand that Western games were dominant this gen, but that was only this gen. They scrubbed that list and pared back the Japanese games heavily, with most of the included Japanese games having a very Western appeal (for example, Punch-Out).
Also: missing the three highest rated games of all time wut.
Also: missing the three highest rated games of all time wut.
Sounds good to me.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
No Ocarina? *leaves*
clutch.as.it.gets.
Member
Missing are:
-Donkey Kong Country 2
-Zelda: Ocarina of Time
-Banjo Kazooie
-Prince of Persia: Sands of time
-Resident Evil 4
-Super Mario Galaxy 1
-Uncharted 2
-Red Dead Redemption
-Donkey Kong Country 2
-Zelda: Ocarina of Time
-Banjo Kazooie
-Prince of Persia: Sands of time
-Resident Evil 4
-Super Mario Galaxy 1
-Uncharted 2
-Red Dead Redemption
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
They seem to only include one game from a given series.
That's silly.
That's silly.
Chie Satonaka
Member
60 here. Not a bad list, but missing a few of my personal essentials.
Souldriver
Member
No Super Mario Galaxy makes this least awfully strange. I mean, for what it's worth, the series has the number 1 and 3 spot as all-time best reviewed games.
And starting from there, the issues with this list only grow. Resident Evil 4? Uncharted 2? Ocarina of Time? Sheesh.
And starting from there, the issues with this list only grow. Resident Evil 4? Uncharted 2? Ocarina of Time? Sheesh.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
Hunt the Wumpus?
I've never actually heard of that game, and I make it my life mission to hear of every game. Is this just some Time writers getting nostalgic over a game of their childhood, or is it actually top 100 of all time material? The wikipedia article on it makes it sound pretty boring.
Omissions aside, everything there seems good enough to be considered for top 100 of all time which is good enough for me. Hunt the Wumpus is the only one that makes me go "huh?"
I've never actually heard of that game, and I make it my life mission to hear of every game. Is this just some Time writers getting nostalgic over a game of their childhood, or is it actually top 100 of all time material? The wikipedia article on it makes it sound pretty boring.
Omissions aside, everything there seems good enough to be considered for top 100 of all time which is good enough for me. Hunt the Wumpus is the only one that makes me go "huh?"
IdreamofHIME
Member
Yup, what's even weirder is how they choose Mass Effect 3 and say it's not the strongest in the series...but chose it coz it's the conclusion of the whole journey.
Wah??????????
WrenchNinja
Member
Im surprised Okami and Shadow of the Colossus made it in. Overall the list is fine. Uncharted, Zelda and Galaxy fans should chill out.
I played it on a Texas Instruments computer.
It's one of those games that isn't really good but at the time it came out there weren't many games at all and it was kind of memorable. It's not the kind of game you need to go back and play if you missed out on it.
Weltall Zero
Member
Wrong Myth though
Oh god, I can't believe someone other than me knows and loves that game! I think I still have the Spectrum tape somewhere! It was incredibly detailed and animated, and the way it incorporated mythology into gameplay was amazing (I still remember using Medusa's head to kill a boss decades before Kratos did so).
I do understand you most certainly played a different computer version. In fact, up until nowI didn't even know there was an Amiga one. Huh. It seems to be very different to the 8-bit micros one as well.
Spectrum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xMDlYLEhK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh31WKfRuUE
Commodore 64:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ede0NkkMXH0
Amiga:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0-5MzGuRGQ
Yup, it's crazy how quickly people seem to forget history and want to rewrite it to fit the dominant zeitgeist. Maybe I lived in a bubble but in the 90's, apart from Doom, Starcraft, Unreal, Mechwarrior, Quake... very few western-based PC games were played or discussed on the schoolyard the way the console titles were. It was all about SF2, MK, OOT, FF7 here, not System Shock 2 or Thief (in fact it was only recently that I've even heard of the Thief series, had no idea it was a "thing") or these other PC games that (while I'm sure are great games) the members of the zeitgeist probably weren't playing those in the 90's - they were probably playing Bubsy or some shit like that
Reminds me of Resident Advisor when the whole minimal techno boom happened, they pretty much ignored the previous dominant genres of music (British progressive house, breakbeats, trance) and their influence on dance music history.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Lol did they forget the Super Mario Galaxy games exist?
Paperboy would not have been picked for the NES version. There were many many versions before that one and on the website they mention a keyboard.
I remember it being quite an iconic game in the mid-80s.
Like others have said the list does seem to be quite a strange mixture of most important/most iconic/best quality etc.
I guess the title is "All-time 100 videogames" so they leave it quite open-ended, but confusing I admit.
Doctor Decimate
Member
if the omission of any one game can invalidate a list, it's Ocarina of Time, without any exaggeration. the only legitimate reason for leaving it off is choosing only one, more recent 3-D Zelda game, and they haven't done that. it doesn't look like they even WOULD do that considering how many games were chosen just because they came first, despite having vastly superior sequels
Weltall Zero
Member
Heh, I'm the exact opposite of you; Chrono Trigger (even though I loved it) wasn't my favorite SNES RPG at the time; however, I've come to appreciate its timelessness (no pun intended) over the years, and I now suspect it might be the objectively best RPG on the SNES (even though I personally love FF4/6 more).