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Time Magazine: All-TIME 100 Video Games
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brandonh83
Banned
I was about to be all like "wait what's wrong with Prime" but then I saw that Super Metroid isn't on the list WTTFFF
zerokoolpsx
Member
2010 list should be deleted. Other than that, everything looks good. Pretty good taste for the people at Time. Nvm, they don't have VTMB on their 2000 list. They pick Oblivion over Morrowind? List ain't that great.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
No Dragon Quest.
Only Civ 1.
No Donkey Kong Country.
No Earthbound.
No Wind Waker.
No Galaxy.
No Thousand Year Door.
No SMT/Persona.
Just about no Western RPGs of note.
Final Fantasy VII and Tactics as the representatives of that series is a poor choice, too.
If that's the case, then where are Dragon Quest and Pokemon? Those games are far more iconic and influential than 90% of that list.
Only Civ 1.
No Donkey Kong Country.
No Earthbound.
No Wind Waker.
No Galaxy.
No Thousand Year Door.
No SMT/Persona.
Just about no Western RPGs of note.
Final Fantasy VII and Tactics as the representatives of that series is a poor choice, too.
If that's the case, then where are Dragon Quest and Pokemon? Those games are far more iconic and influential than 90% of that list.
MrCunningham
Member
Stealth money hatting for 2010?
By the looks of it, they are limiting this list to one game per franchise. So if Metroid gets a mention in the 80's then they won't list the sequels.
Okay, if you're going to include games for starting series then why did you include ALL THE OTHER SEQUELS. How bizarre. Also KQVI is the best KQ. *closes book*
Still, I pleased a Myst game and a KQ game got on the list at all. That usually doesn't happen. Though Riven > Myst.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Great to see both Team Ico releases there.
Although it increases the sads
Although it increases the sads
ShironRedshift
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Jotamide
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grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
My assumption with Top #whatever lists is always that the writer woke up hungover and had to get an article submitted by noon.
Imp the Dimp
Member
No Baldur's Gate 2 or Planescape? Oh dear...
ScreenSplitter
Member
No real surprises.
Obligatory "Gears instead of Left 4 Dead? Fuck that."
Obligatory "Gears instead of Left 4 Dead? Fuck that."
Mavromatis
Member
I think someone must tell these guys that making a top 100 list is not a rule. You may also not create a list and disappoint lots of people who cares about these lists, you know the people with an actual interest to the subject.
Also no Pokémon? Just send them the Pokémon episode of South Park, maybe then they'll notice that it's a huge game franchise.
P.S.: Here is an actual list with actual stats.
Looks like they only allowed one game per series, with some exceptions made based on big jumps in game type or content; for example, FF7 is the only mainline FF game in there but Tactics also made it based on being a totally different type of game, just like I think Mario 64 and the original SMB made it in because the 2D-3D jump is worthy of segmentation (but since they already had a 2D game and a 3D game they couldn't also put in SMB3 or Galaxy). Probably the same deal with why Metroid and Metroid Prime are in there but not Super Metroid (though IMO Super Metroid should have been the single game from the 2D series picked).
BigWeather
Member
Great list, only changes I'd make:
-Solitaire
-Mass Effect 3
+Populous
+Minecraft (I mean, really, how did they miss THIS?!)
Edit: Would love to make room for X-COM: UFO Defense but not sure what I'd shove out, that's the sign of a good list. Pokemon, though not my cup of tea, should also be there.
-Solitaire
-Mass Effect 3
+Populous
+Minecraft (I mean, really, how did they miss THIS?!)
Edit: Would love to make room for X-COM: UFO Defense but not sure what I'd shove out, that's the sign of a good list. Pokemon, though not my cup of tea, should also be there.
No Super Metroid.
No Ocarina of Time.
No Silent Hill 2.
No Resident Evil 4.
No Super Mario Galaxy 1/2.
List invalidated.
Seriously lists like these are far too problematic. They should either be identified as 'greatest games to play today', or 'most important games of all time'.
No Ocarina of Time.
No Silent Hill 2.
No Resident Evil 4.
No Super Mario Galaxy 1/2.
List invalidated.
Seriously lists like these are far too problematic. They should either be identified as 'greatest games to play today', or 'most important games of all time'.
People have been complaining about it for 3 pages, so I am sure this won't stop it, but TIME's self imposed rule to pick 1 game per series (with some exceptions for spin-off IPs like Final Fantasy Tactics and Ultima Online) explains why the list lacks Ocarina of Time, Mario Galaxy, etc. We can debate whether their chosen representative for a series was actually the best game in that series (definitely would have chosen something other than Super Mario Bros to represent Mario platformers myself), but I see why they did it.
Other than games from series that are already represented on the list, I would have liked to see Might and Magic, Baldur's Gate, and Dragon Quest III or V on there.
Other than games from series that are already represented on the list, I would have liked to see Might and Magic, Baldur's Gate, and Dragon Quest III or V on there.
Agreed.. some of these games I have no idea what they are (namely, Marathon and Myth) or have no clue how they were influential (Wing Commander, Paperboy). Not sure what exactly this list is trying to be.
Disagree about the "no western RPGs of note", at least they have the best one on there (Ultima IV).
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Aaaand we're done here.
BannedEpisode
Member
Was born in 1990. Bolded all of the games that I have either beaten or played extensively.
Pretty decent list. Some questionable entries but if you look at them as representing the series overall its not so blatantly bad.
Marathon and Myth were old Bungie games. Marathon was a FPS game that was originally a Mac title, and Myth was a RTS game in the late 90s. I am guessing that some of the people making this list are long time Mac fans, since I don't think either were all that popular/influential on PC.
Poke'mon as well. Shit be cray cray.
plagiarize
Banned
this is the culprit. takin' up too many slots on the list.