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[Perfect Blue]

The entries look solid it's just the order is... eh, I guess.

Resident Evil 4 at 46? lol come on. Top 5 at least.

 

[Waldo Lydecker]

This list is terrible... RE4 #46? No Dragon Quest, no Metal Gear, no Okami, no Uncharted, no TLOU, no FF Tactics, almost no Lucasarts.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I mean, nobody's ever going to really agree on one of these lists, but I do feel that this is one of the worst "best games ever!" lists I've seen. Terrible choices.

 

[RowdyReverb]

"50 video games you've probably heard of"

 

[Spieler Eins]

Tetris at one is usually a good sign that your dealing with a stupid hipster list.

 

[nkarafo]

It's not a bad top 10 list if you exclude Minecraft.

Place Super Metroid in it's place and it's good.

 

[Window]

How does the oregon trail hold up? still nice gameplay for todays standards?

Try The Banner Saga.

 

[MacTag]

That's not an awful list, but the top ten doesn't reflect the contributions to the industry from Sony, SEGA, and MS.

It seems like a PC/Nintendo top ten pretty much.

EDIT: Just read through the entire list and yeah... Sony, SEGA, and MS contributions are sorely lacking. Also, I love Rise of the Tomb Raider, but I don't think it has any business being in a top 50 list.

Microsoft made the top 10 with Minecraft. Sonic and Uncharted are great and all but not making an all-time top 10 isn't exactly that shocking. It does seem a bit Nintendo heavy though, Zelda 1 is sort of a surprise.

 

[DylanEno]

How does the oregon trail hold up? still nice gameplay for todays standards?

Oh, absolutely. Definitely still plays like one of the best games ever made.





Lol.

 

[purseowner]

Zork is better than Bioshock, apparently.

Incredibly Western-centric list in general.

 

[Tizoc]

That is one americany nintendo-ass list but regardless i treat such lists as 'must play' and th overall list is good

 

[Exploratory]

How are you going to pick Halo over Halo 2 with a straight face?

No Street Fighter?

Not a single BioWare title?

Red and Blue over Gold and Silver?

 

[SolidChamp]

Not a single Metal Gear Solid title? Any list that's missing MGS3 (or hell, even 1 or 2) is just baffling to me. Especially when Rise of the Tomb Raider is in the top 20? I LOVED TR2013 and can't wait to play Rise on PS4 but...wat?

Add to that the lack of Uncharted 2. You have me at "no".

 

[ScaryShark]

The last of us has nothing on angry birds in terms of impact.

The list isn't 'most impactful games' though.

 

[nkarafo]

That is one americany nintendo-ass list but regardless i treat such lists as 'must play' and th overall list is good

No Metroid.

 

[Toxi]

The only Fallout game on the list is Fallout 3.

This is legitimately the worst "best games" list I've ever seen.

 

[Firemind]

which super smash bros. tho

Diablo II is arguably the best role-playing game of all time, the best dungeon-crawler of all time and the best PC game of all time. And that’s before you get to everything it influenced. Released in 2000, Diablo II evolved the clickfest, hack-n-slash gameplay of its predecessor in numerous ways (all of which go into its best-of-the-best-of-the-best case file). Most important for future games—especially today’s widely popular free-to-play mobile games—was how Diablo II seemed to perfect the feedback loop of effort and reward to keep the dopamine jolts flowing through its endless, randomly generated levels.

 

[mnz]

Zork is better than Bioshock, apparently.

Incredibly Western-centric list in general.

I would argue that it is, but it's obviously almost impossible to compare.

It's not a bad top 10 list if you exclude Minecraft.

Place Super Metroid in it's place and it's good.

There is no way Super Metroid should be above Minecraft.

 

[Acquiescence]

They have Ocarina of Time but not Wind Waker, so I'll go with the latter.

Maybe they should adjust the title of their piece then.

Are the two categories mutually exclusive?

Yes. Influential games don't automatically equal quality.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

no Street Fighter but Mortal Kombat...the original one!

This list is killin me yo

 

[Newtype-001]

18. Rise of the Tomb Raider

 

[NeoRaider]

ROTTR being in TOP 20 makes me so happy.

 

[Kusagari]

The original Castlevania, Smash and CoD2 being picked over SotN, Melee, CoD4 just seem to be picking the older games for absolutely no reason.

 

[Vertti]

These games may have the biggest historical impact but they aren't the best ones. Or then the article writers taste is the blandest I've ever seen.

 

[Daft Gringo]

"50 video games you've probably heard of"

exactly haha

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Doom instead of Doom II? The fuck is this?

Rip and tear your heart out, Doom II.

 

[Nabbis]

I don't think any game post 2005, aside from Minecraft, deserves to be there.

 

[Timeaisis]

Top 10 is OK. Oregon Trail should not even be on the list. Yes, everyone played it in school. Yes, it's kind of fun. No, it's not a one of the best games ever made.

 

[kromeo]

I'm surprised they didn't sneak candy crush in there

 

[purseowner]

Top 10 is OK. Oregon Trail should not even be on the list. Yes, everyone played it in school. Yes, it's kind of fun. No, it's not a one of the best games ever made.

Swap out Oregon Trail with Zoombinis and I'm happy.

 

[Kal-El814]

Angry Birds is there, but no mention of The Last of Us.

Okay, sure. Hey, it's your list.

Maybe they value gameplay over feels?

But yes, a weird list, indeed.

 

[MrDoctor]

tetris at number 1 with doom and oot tagging behind makes this a far better list than it could have been

 

[backflip10019]

Oregon Trail being on this list is some millennial nostalgia bullshit.

 

[64bitbros]

King's Quest 3, but no Secret of Monkey Island?

/cry

 

[Snaku]

Greatest game of all time hasn't be relevant in almost 30 years.

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

At least they have Ms. Pacman right.

Greatest game of all time hasn't be relevant in almost 30 years.

Yeah, Tetris wasn't ported to every fucking toaster. Puyo Puyo Tetris and Tetris Ultimate weren't released in the last 2 years either I guess.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Street Fighter 2 is mandatory in every top 10

Yes it is. Having MK but no Street Fighter is rather offensive. Having Angry Birds on the list is also offensive.

 

[tedrotheredro]

We've moved beyond Tetris. Might as well have slapped Pong at #2 and call it a day.

 

[HariKari]

Half-Life 2: Just barely better than Rise of the Tomb Raider

 

[metsallica]

I have played Tetris every day since it launched for Game Boy. So... I'll allow it.

 

[iconoclast]

This is slightly less laughable than the Sports Illustrated top 100 pro wrestlers list

 

[Salty Rice]

18. Rise of the Tomb Raider

The list looked ok until this random pick.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Greatest game of all time hasn't be relevant in almost 30 years.

‘Tetris’ Movie Will Be a Sci-Fi Trilogy

 

[Lylo]

3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Super Mario 64
1. Tetris

Ok, valid list.

 

[zsynqx]

Top 10 is fair enough but after that some of the choices feel a bit weird. I'm not just talking about the lack of any Last of Us in case you were wondering.

 

[tedrotheredro]

I have played Tetris every day since it launched for Game Boy. So... I'll allow it.

27 years straight? Every day? Have you seen a therapist?

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Tetris is a better game than tlou could ever be.

 

[NeoRaider]

Why so much hate for ROTTR here?
It's best TR game in more than 10 years, i honestly don't see what's wrong with it. Game deserves to be on the list, maybe not in TOP 20, but there really isn't anything wrong with game being on the list. I repeat it's best TR game in more than 10 years and this is deserved.

 

[Kusagari]

I really, really don't believe there's a group of 5+ people anywhere in the world that sit down to rank the best games of all time and RotR ends up at 18.

 

[phanphare]

tetris at number 1 is a great call

I approve of this list