Ultimate Videogame Topic 3: The Next Generation

[lilith2013]

unfortunately, no

one of my friends did last weekend

[Ythan]

Why is Parappa the Rapper remembered fondly..?

[PJ.]

Has anyone played Her Story?

[Vi]

holy fucking shit.

Rayman Legends is one of the best games I have ever fucking played. Top 10, easily. My god.

I watched the people I rent with play through most of it. It may not be top 10 for me but I adore the game's style and I'd definitely recommend it.

[hasdgfas]

I played The Beginner's Guide today. Really went to some fascinating places, although it went very deep and pretty dark. If you're expecting The Stanley Parable 2, with it being from the same developer, don't. It's very different. I need some time to process it.

[quadz08]

I've got an access code for Total War: Arena. I was in the beta but it wasn't for me. PM me if you want it!

[Ythan]

Happy bday cow.

[Ythan]

I might actually ascend, now that I'm no longer playing archaeologist. That role is unsuited to my natural inclinations.

[Claus]

This website takes the list of "best game ever" candidates from gameFAQs, and re-order them based on your preferences. The game pool was fun (although I didn't play a majority of games listed). I wonder how the lists of other scummers might look like.

http://slimedrippings.tumblr.com/gamefaqssort

Spoiler: results

1 Minecraft
2 Chrono Trigger
3 Suikoden II
4 Starcraft
5 Baldur's Gate II
6 Final Fantasy IV
7 Zelda: A Link to the Past
8 Cave Story
9 Final Fantasy VI
10 The Walking Dead
11 Super Mario Bros. 3
12 GTA: San Andreas
13 Portal
14 Super Mario World
15 Undertale
16 Portal 2
17 Mega Man X
18 EarthBound
19 Warcraft III
20 Animal Crossing New Leaf
21 Final Fantasy Tactics
22 Final Fantasy IX
23 Super Mario Galaxy
23 Binding of Isaac Rebirth
25 Pokemon X/Y
26 Dragon Quest VIII
27 Super Mario Galaxy 2
28 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
29 Diablo II
30 Tetris

[Iecerint]

Spoiler: Sounds fun

1 Suikoden II
2 Persona 4
3 Final Fantasy Tactics
4 Undertale
5 Xenogears
6 Final Fantasy IX
7 Baldur's Gate II
8 Final Fantasy VI
9 Castlevania: SOTN
10 Valkyria Chronicles
11 Demon's Souls
12 Final Fantasy VII
13 Persona 3
14 Super Mario RPG
15 Zelda: Majora's Mask
16 Chrono Trigger
17 Final Fantasy IV
18 Zelda: A Link to the Past
19 Final Fantasy X
19 Planescape: Torment
21 Kingdom Hearts II
21 Tales of Symphonia
21 Star Wars: KOTOR
24 Zelda: The Wind Waker
25 Xenoblade Chronicles
26 Dark Souls
27 Fallout: New Vegas
28 Pokemon Red/Blue
29 The Walking Dead
29 Kingdom Hearts
29 Starcraft
32 Mass Effect 2
33 Metal Gear Solid
34 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
35 Mass Effect 3
36 Final Fantasy XII
36 Metal Gear Solid 3
38 GoldenEye 007
38 Warcraft III
40 Skyrim
41 Smash Bros. Melee
41 Civilization V
41 Bloodborne
41 Shadow of the Colossus
45 Oblivion
45 EarthBound
47 The Witcher 3
48 Metal Gear Solid 2
49 Dragon Quest VIII
49 Pokemon Gold/Silver
51 Mega Man X
51 Final Fantasy VIII
51 Hearthstone
51 World of Warcraft
51 Mother 3
51 Silent Hill 2
57 Batman: Arkham City
58 Fallout 3
58 Morrowind
58 Chrono Cross
61 Portal
61 Minecraft
61 Journey
61 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
61 Diablo II
61 Half-Life 2
61 Fire Emblem: Awakening
61 Metal Gear Solid V
61 Perfect Dark
61 Super Metroid
61 Grand Theft Auto V
61 Shenmue
61 GTA: San Andreas
61 Shovel Knight
61 Binding of Isaac Rebirth
61 Paper Mario
61 BioShock
78 Dragon Age: Origins
79 Assassin's Creed II
79 Pokemon X/Y
79 Mass Effect
79 Super Mario Bros. 3
79 Super Mario 64
84 Portal 2
85 Super Mario World
85 Okami
85 Deus Ex
85 BioShock Infinite
85 Team Fortress 2
85 Red Dead Redemption
85 Bayonetta 2
92 Ratchet & Clank 3
92 Half-Life
92 Metal Gear Solid 4
92 Paper Mario: TYD
92 Smash Bros. Wii U
92 Super Mario Galaxy 2
92 Halo: Combat Evolved
92 Uncharted 2
92 Life is Strange
92 GTA: Vice City
92 Phoenix Wright
92 Metroid Prime
92 Monster Hunter 4U
92 DK Country 2
92 Super Mario Galaxy
92 Resident Evil
92 Resident Evil 4
92 Splatoon
92 Borderlands 2
92 Destiny
112 Age of Empires II
112 Super Mario Maker
112 Banjo-Kazooie
112 Cave Story
112 Call of Duty 4
112 Virtue's Last Reward
118 World Ends with You
118 Tetris
118 Phoenix Wright: Trials
121 The Last of Us
121 Halo 3
121 999
124 Animal Crossing New Leaf
124 Resident Evil 2
124 Skies of Arcadia
127 Zelda: Twilight Princess
128 Mario Kart 8

I did accidentally double-click once. I think that's why Zelda TP is so low, though I do think it's the worst Zelda game on this list.

[hasdgfas]

Only saved my top 10.

Spoiler: here it is

1) Paper Mario TTYD
2) KOTOR
3) Pokemon Gold/Silver
4) Wind Waker
5) Oblivion
6) Fire emblem awakening
7) Civ V
8) Mario Galaxy
8) Dragon Age Origins
10) Chrono Trigger

[Parama]

Spoiler: only top 39 or so were worth mentioning

1 Okami
2 Undertale
3 999
4 Phoenix Wright: Trials
5 Phoenix Wright
6 Virtue's Last Reward
7 Portal 2
8 Super Mario Galaxy
9 World Ends with You
10 Persona 4
11 Kingdom Hearts
12 The Walking Dead
13 Portal
14 Paper Mario: TYD
15 Super Mario Galaxy 2
16 Shovel Knight
17 Final Fantasy X
18 Persona 3
19 Kingdom Hearts II
20 Ratchet & Clank 3
21 Civilization V
22 Super Mario World
23 Pokemon X/Y
24 BioShock
25 Pokemon Gold/Silver
26 Metroid Prime
27 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
28 Silent Hill 2
29 Super Metroid
30 BioShock Infinite
30 Paper Mario
32 Smash Bros. Wii U
33 Super Mario 64
34 Super Mario Bros. 3
35 Castlevania: SOTN
36 Smash Bros. Melee
37 Pokemon Red/Blue
38 Banjo-Kazooie
39 Tetris

i made sure BoI ended up in last place but there was literally an 80-place tie for 40th and like an 8-way tie for 120th somehow

i am unsure how KH1 ended up so high tbh it should be below KH2 at least

[bv310]

Spoiler: my list

Rank Game
1 Destiny
2 Fallout: New Vegas
3 The Last of Us
4 The Walking Dead
5 BioShock
6 Fallout 3
7 Fire Emblem: Awakening
8 Pokemon Gold/Silver
8 Tales of Symphonia
10 The Witcher 3
11 Bloodborne
12 Mass Effect 2
13 Final Fantasy IX
14 BioShock Infinite
15 Hearthstone
16 Borderlands 2
17 Red Dead Redemption
18 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
19 Pokemon Red/Blue
20 Uncharted 2

This is pretty accurate, though I think FF9 should be slightly higher for me.

[Ythan]

Wait who says FEA is the best game ever

[Ythan]

I mean I could ask that same question of a number of these but I'm familiar with that one (and it's a good game sure) so it jumped out at me.

[Vi]

Wait who says FEA is the best game ever

waifu emblem

They really did an all-out PR push for it though, so a lot of people know about it.

[Chevre]

A few things:

1) from my "I love ranking things" perspective, I wish they would've done more to mask the way they were ranking it. It made for very boring choosing.
2) This just made me feel that I need to play more cool games for the first few rounds I skipped a lot, and a lot of my voting was done based on LPs I had seen or other stuff I had heard from the game.
3) Silent Hill 2 would not have been my first choice to represent that franchise. The first one is just tighter conceptually and neater overall.

Spoiler: My list

1) Shadow of the Colossus
2) Undertale
3) The Walking Dead
4) Pokemon Red/Blue
5) Super Mario 64
6) Minecraft
7) Pokemon Gold/Silver
8) Silent Hill 2
9) Final Fantasy IV
10) Super Mario Galaxy
11) Journey
12) Portal
13) Zelda: The Wind Waker
14) Zelda: Majora's Mask
15) Dark Souls
16) Resident Evil
17) Cave Story
18) Zelda: A Link to the Past
19) Phoenix Wright
20) Super Mario World

I think that's very representative of what I like in games, though. I think Shadow of the Colossus is my favorite video game for reals; I just like how it does what it does so simply yet so beautifully and wonderously. I've gushed over Undertale elsewhere but I love it's inherent vivacity and the oxymoronic "open linearity" of it. The Walking Dead just crafts a wonderful story with a collection of great characters. Pokemon and SM64 for their nostalgia and simplicity and colorfulness (SMG can go here too); minecraft for its ingenuity and complete openness. Silent Hill 2 takes what the first three have and adds the creep factor, which just feels rare in modern gaming (rip silent hills). FFIV is an odd duck choice I suppose but I'm glad it has snuck into "best game ever" consideration with VI/VII/IX/X. There's a bit of nostalgia with this but I also really love the story.

[Iecerint]

I still need to play SotC. The premise seems kinda dumb, and I hadn't heard of it at all before about 2 years ago, but I've heard great things.

[Ythan]

If by premise you mean the plot then that's extremely not what the game's about. If by premise you mean climbing on giant monsters and stabbing them with pretty (then) graphics then yeah that's pretty much all there is to it.

[Iecerint]

The latter, clearly.

[hasdgfas]

The latter, clearly.

It's very unique, which I really like. Not really another game like it, and it works very well. It looks epic, it sounds epic, it feels epic. It's an awesome experience.

[Ythan]

I enjoyed it a lot each time I played it. Did you play Ico?

[tanstalas]

Spoiler:

1 Final Fantasy X
2 Final Fantasy IX
3 Destiny
4 World of Warcraft
5 Fallout: New Vegas
6 BioShock Infinite
7 Portal 2
8 Fallout 3
9 Final Fantasy VII
10 Final Fantasy VI
11 Uncharted 2
12 Final Fantasy VIII
13 Mass Effect
14 The Witcher 3
15 Final Fantasy IV
16 Mass Effect 2
17 BioShock
18 Red Dead Redemption
19 Final Fantasy XII
20 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
21 Zelda: A Link to the Past
22 Kingdom Hearts
23 Zelda: Majora's Mask
24 Warcraft III
25 Dark Souls
26 Castlevania: SOTN
27 Metal Gear Solid V
28 Deus Ex
29 Resident Evil 4
30 Shadow of the Colossus
31 Grand Theft Auto V
32 Oblivion
33 GTA: San Andreas
34 Age of Empires II
35 Portal
36 Zelda: The Wind Waker
37 Mass Effect 3
38 Life is Strange
39 Assassin's Creed II
40 Star Wars: KOTOR
41 Halo: Combat Evolved
42 Pokemon X/Y
43 Minecraft
44 Half-Life
45 Kingdom Hearts II
46 Mega Man X
47 Metal Gear Solid 4
48 The Last of Us
49 Halo 3
50 Valkyria Chronicles
51 Super Metroid
52 Dragon Age: Origins
53 Call of Duty 4
54 Fire Emblem: Awakening
54 Baldur's Gate II
56 Batman: Arkham City
57 Ratchet & Clank 3
57 Dragon Quest VIII
59 Chrono Trigger
59 Persona 3
59 Smash Bros. Melee
59 Paper Mario: TYD
59 Tales of Symphonia
59 Xenogears
59 Smash Bros. Wii U
59 Planescape: Torment
59 Super Mario Galaxy 2
59 Journey
59 Hearthstone
59 Suikoden II
59 Monster Hunter 4U
59 Cave Story
59 Civilization V
59 Super Mario Galaxy
59 Bloodborne
76 Pokemon Gold/Silver
76 World Ends with You
78 Starcraft
79 Silent Hill 2
80 Metal Gear Solid 3
81 Team Fortress 2
81 Mother 3
81 Virtue's Last Reward
84 Metal Gear Solid
85 Borderlands 2
86 Perfect Dark
86 Splatoon
86 EarthBound
86 Bayonetta 2
90 DK Country 2
90 Banjo-Kazooie
90 Phoenix Wright: Trials
93 GTA: Vice City
94 The Walking Dead
95 Super Mario Bros. 3
96 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
97 Super Mario World
98 Zelda: Twilight Princess
99 Demon's Souls
100 Half-Life 2
101 Diablo II
102 Skyrim
103 Metroid Prime
104 Mario Kart 8
104 Resident Evil 2
104 Skies of Arcadia
104 Persona 4
104 999
109 GoldenEye 007
110 Super Mario 64
110 Final Fantasy Tactics
112 Tetris
113 Undertale
113 Animal Crossing New Leaf
113 Xenoblade Chronicles
113 Super Mario Maker
117 Pokemon Red/Blue
118 Phoenix Wright
118 Morrowind
118 Okami
118 Shenmue
118 Super Mario RPG
118 Shovel Knight
118 Chrono Cross
118 Binding of Isaac Rebirth
118 Resident Evil
118 Paper Mario
128 Metal Gear Solid 2

[TheButtonmen]

1) Shadow of the Colossus

Preach, I played through it five times and have tons of fond memories. Each year after the crush of exam season I'd sit back and re-play it to unwind.

[chamber]

1 Starcraft
2 Super Mario Maker
3 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
4 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
5 Super Mario 64