IGN Top 100 Games of ALL TIME, 2007 edition

[Lucas]

Aye, unfortunately it's THAT time of the year again :(. So onward with the usual, lame weekly list we get every damn year.

100-91:

100. Archon
99. Rayman 2: The Great Escape
98. Quake II
97. Silent Hill 2
96. Wave Race 64
95. Bionic Commando
94. NIGHTS into Dreams
93. Ultima VII: The Black Gate (yeah, right)
92. WipEout 3
91. Pilotwings

90-81:

90. Okami
89. Alone in the Dark
88. Star Wars (Atari)
87. Advance Wars
86. Perfect Dark
85. Mafia
84. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
83. World of Warcraft
82. Syndicate
81. Space Invaders

80-71:

80. Ninja Gaiden Black
79. Secret of Mana
78. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
77. Star Fox
76. Final Fantasy VII
75. GoldenEye 007
74. Sam & Max Hit the Road
73. Resident Evil
72. MechWarrior 2
71. Planescape: Torment (yeah right)

70-61:

70. Tecmo Bowl
69. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
67. Mega Man 2
66. Burnout 3: Takedown
65. Thief II: The Metal Age
64. Total Annihilation
63. Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
62. Wolfenstein 3-D
61. Phantasy Star IV

60-51:

60. Prince of Persia
59. Command & Conquer: Red Alert
58. Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! (nice)
57. ICO
56. NHL '94
55. Final Fantasy 2
54. Contra
53. Rome: Total War
52. Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
51. Sonic the Hedgehog

50-41:

50. Super Smash Bros.
49. Guitar Hero II
48. Shining Force II
47. God of War
46. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
45. Battlefield 1942
44. Panzer Dragoon Saga
43. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
42. The Legend of Zelda
41. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

40-31:

40. Gran Turismo 3 A-spec
39. Super Mario Bros. 3
38. Final Fantasy Tactics
37. Pokemon Blue Version
36. Grim Fandango
35. Grand Theft Auto III
34. Deus Ex (IGN sucks)
33. Fallout (yeah, right)
32. Halo: Combat Evolved
31. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

30-21:

30. Metroid Prime
29. Dragon Warrior
28. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
27. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
26. Half-Life
25. Sim City 2000
24. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
23. Super Mario Kart
22. System Shock 2
21. X-Com: UFO Defense

20-11:

20. Metal Gear Solid
19. Doom
18. Chrono Trigger
17. Super Mario World
16. Shadow of the Colossus
15. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
14. Pirates ! (1987)
13. Ms. Pac-Man
12. Star Wars: Tie Fighter (Collector's CD-Rom)
11. Starcraft

Countdown to Doomsday Mario

10. Resident Evil 4

9. Final Fantasy III
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
7. Super Metroid
6. Half Life 2
5. Super Mario 64
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Civilization II
2. Tetris
1. Super Mario Bros.

[Venkman]

I want to know if this list in any way jives with their prior lists, but am too lazy and just disinterested enough to not bother looking it up.

[schild]

There needs to be rules for this shit. If a seque, like Q3A has come out that blasts the original into oblivion, there's no reason to include the predecessor - for example: Quake II.

Also, Rayman 2?!

They're just making this list to put Galaxy or some shit at the top anyway. I hate IGN. >_<

[Wolf]

There needs to be rules for this shit. If a seque, like Q3A has come out that blasts the original into oblivion, there's no reason to include the predecessor - for example: Quake II.

You could, conceivably, make this point about nQ/QW and Q3. You can't really make it about Q3 and Q2. The games are incredibly different at the core level. Also Q2 had "singleplayer" that was considered as decent at the time it was released.

The list will, of course, be shit :)

[schild]

I'd like to see a list of 100 games that people Might Still Be Playing. Too many of these "Lists" fail the test of time. Maybe f13 should take a queue from BBC whatever that brit newspaper is and do 100 or 1000 games you have to play before you die.

[Yegolev]

Nah, because several of us would want to put Super Mario Galaxy on it.  Including me.

[Lucas]

I'd like to see a list of 100 games that people Might Still Be Playing. Too many of these "Lists" fail the test of time. Maybe f13 should take a queue from BBC whatever that brit newspaper is and do 100 or 1000 games you have to play before you die.

That is quite a nice idea: well, maybe not 100, but it would be nice to have a topic about it: from time to time, I fire up the good ol' Steem (Atari ST emulator) and while I find some of those games barely acceptable (umm, Purple Saturn Day, Captain Blood), there are others which I can still play for hours (Seven Gates of Jambala,many CRPGs and others).

[schild]

I would have no problem with Mario Galaxy being on the list.

[MrHat]

I would have no problem with Mario Galaxy being on the list.

At no. 1!!!


Actually, i'd love for us to put a list together of the top 20 games that need to be graphically updated and released to the new generation.

[Special J]

A top 100 list with one game per page makes me cry.

You suck, IGN.

[Yegolev]

I am pretty sure everyone needs to play System Shock, Deus Ex and Thief.  Note that there are no numerals after those titles.  Also Blaster Master, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Ico and at least the original Ratchet & Clank.  Also Shadowhearts and Phantom Dust.  Maybe ActRaiser, but it's been a while so I might be looking at it through gauze.  Super Mario World.  Final Fantasy IV or VI or VII or XII, I will let you pick one.  Adventure and Combat.  Day of the Tentacle.  At least one Sam & Max game, for Christ's sake.  X-COM, in memory of the Gollops.  SimCity Something... 2000?  Civ II and/or Alpha Centauri.  Master of Orion II, and I'll even say Ultima VII.  Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past or Ocarina of Time, once again letting you pick even though I think OoT edges out LttP.  Super Mario Galaxy, Super Metroid and Metroid Prime.  Eternal Darkness.  StarCraft, if only to see where the genre peaked.  Fallout.  Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (see StarCraft comment).

These are just the ones I have played.

[bhodi]

Plus SSX3, Natural Selection, Freespace 2, Uplink, Riddick, Tyrian (2000), Star Control 2 (souceforge as ur quan masters, play it now now now), Ninja Gaiden, Shadow of the Colossus.

[HAMMER FRENZY]

Pilot Wings brings back some great memories.

[Yegolev]

OH FUCK FUCK I FORGOT PORTAL!

[Yegolev]

Pilot Wings brings back some great memories.

What?

[bhodi]

When I was at OBX learning to hang-glide last weekend, I made a joke that it was just like pilotwings, so I should have a leg up. I got a laugh, someone knew what I was talking about. I was surprised.

Note: It really is just like pilotwings.

[Rasix]

OH FUCK FUCK I FORGOT PORTAL!

Yah, and you should really mention to people to ignore Shadow Hearts 3.  Pretend the series ended on 2 (the high point).

After the release of the original game, a directors cut version was released in Japan, and never saw US shores.

 

I hate these top 100 lists.  Lets just hope that something unreleased doesn't make the list.  Always fun when that happens.

Your type of list is definitely more useful (never played SS1 though.. SS2 was a real revelation to me).

[Simond]

Everybody knows the best game of all time is SensiSoccer, anyway. 

[Yegolev]

System Shock and System Shock 2 were rather different in my mind, and SS2 doesn't make the list since I put Thief in there... not that Thief is a horror-ish FPS but those zombies in Thief almost caused my heart to stop, several times.  The SS2 midwives do win the Creepy Common Enemy award, though.  I'd put the original System Shock into the "groundbreaking FPS like Half-Life but better" category.  Rollerskates in a FPS sounds retarded, but it's not.  Now I'm going to have to see if my rig and a new version of DOSBox can run it, so there goes my weekend.

About Shadowhearts, I figured #2 was better than #1 but sadly I have not finished it, and I cannot suggest it in good conscience.  Also forgot Riddick.  My bad.

I was trying to decide if I should put Half-Life on the Must Play List, or HL2 except that I can't just put HL2 on there by itself.  Still not sure.

I want to put Vagrant Story on there but I'm really not sure that most people would like it.

Bushido Blade.

[Nerf]

Shadow Warrior better be on that list, comedy GOLD in there.

Balls of steel, squiiiiiiishy penis!

Every time I see the picture of the guy standing in front of the tank in tienamen square, thats what I hear. (in the Lo Wang voice)

Edit: Also, Privateer, pure awesomeness and my 286 ran it like butter.

[Zetleft]

Have to praise Terra Nova - Strike Force Centauri.  Now that was a great game, easy to command squad actions, good graphics (for its day) just plain fun gameplay.  Hell you play a armored jump jet equipped soldier launching rockets down on your enemy.  Only crappy thing about it was the FMV cut scenes that apparently were all the rage at the time   

[geldonyetich2]

I like that they put a good C64 game at #100.  The Black Gate belonged on there somewhere.  However, aside from those, I'm not super-impressed with the list.  Pilot Wings may have been a pretty neat Super Nintendo game, and there was that certain Nintendo-esque charm to it, but what they were going for was a flight simulator that used Mode 7 graphics, and the result was a cheap knockoff that wouldn't impress anyone who had played an actual flight simulator.

[Sky]

Have to praise Terra Nova - Strike Force Centauri.  Now that was a great game, easy to command squad actions, good graphics (for its day) just plain fun gameplay.  Hell you play a armored jump jet equipped soldier launching rockets down on your enemy.  Only crappy thing about it was the FMV cut scenes that apparently were all the rage at the time   

Great game. Also featured fairly open gameplay, you could tackle missions in different ways, kind of the FarCry/Crysis vibe.

[Driakos]

Why no Bomberman 2!  40K Dawn of War series (Yeah it's worth top 100).

[Yegolev]

Mild derail.  How many expansions to Dawn of War?  I have the original box but I'm not sure how many other boxes I need to buy.

[Zetleft]

Have to praise Terra Nova - Strike Force Centauri.  Now that was a great game, easy to command squad actions, good graphics (for its day) just plain fun gameplay.  Hell you play a armored jump jet equipped soldier launching rockets down on your enemy.  Only crappy thing about it was the FMV cut scenes that apparently were all the rage at the time   

Great game. Also featured fairly open gameplay, you could tackle missions in different ways, kind of the FarCry/Crysis vibe.

Game had alot going for it that's for sure.  Customizable weapon loadout for the entire squad.  Good mission variety too, don't remember getting stuck in a rut of same ol same ol.  The mission to hi-jack one of the enemy armored suits was just about as intense a mission as anything in recent memory. 

Crap, now I gotta get a damn dos box running, maybe play through Privateer 2 again too (yes I loved the sequel damnit and it's not like they make any space sims anymore, fuckers). 

[schild]

Mild derail.  How many expansions to Dawn of War?  I have the original box but I'm not sure how many other boxes I need to buy.

Winter Assault & Dark Crusade.

2 Boxes. Should be a gold or platinum or collection or whatthefuckever also that probably costs less than buying them seperately.

[Sky]

I forget, can you pause and give orders (Bioware style, I guess we'll call it?) in DoW?

Zet: get Ultima 7 and 7.5 up and running on that dos box. I should dig mine out, it still has everything installed, saves and all. I think it needs a sound card, though...and of course it's the Season of Motherfuck Invasion, so not for a while...

[Mortriden]

I forget, can you pause and give orders (Bioware style, I guess we'll call it?) in DoW?

Yes, to a limited extent.  You can pause and give single build commands or single attack commands, but you can't chain them together like you can when time is flowing.  The only thing you can chain while the game is paused is move commands. 

[Strazos]

Fuck you guys, Baldur's Gate Saga. Where was the PC RPG genre before the first game came out (save Fallout)? I remember it being near the dumpster.

Also, Fallout. I also put FFT on there, but I'm odd.

[schild]

Due to Aperture Science Regulation, you have to list Planescape: Torment before Baldur's Gate. This isn't about popularity. This is about quality.

[Strazos]

Can I use both?

Baldur's Gate for rezzing the genre, PS:T for Invading our Motherfucking?

[Jain Zar]

I forget, can you pause and give orders (Bioware style, I guess we'll call it?) in DoW?

Zet: get Ultima 7 and 7.5 up and running on that dos box. I should dig mine out, it still has everything installed, saves and all. I think it needs a sound card, though...and of course it's the Season of Motherfuck Invasion, so not for a while...

What about using Exult?  Its designed to run Ultima 7 and Serpent Isle under Windows/OSX and such.   And to make em nicer for modern folks.  And no Voodoo memory madness.

[Yegolev]

If you are going to run Ultima 7, you have to get Exult.  There is no other reasonable way to do it, plus you can see to the fucking horizon. 

Liie schild said, the Must Play list isn't about popularity, rather about games that were true Moments in Gaming History.  If you were making a college course, let's say, like a gaming version of Film Appreciation.  Which would probably leave Baldur's Gate out.  Not sure, my film teacher had me watch Roger & Me so there's probably a lot of leeway.  BG could have made the PC RPG more popular, I'm not sure there, but I think before then it was stuff like Ultima VIII and Might & Magic VIII.  I wouldn't recommend those at all.

[rattran]

Civilization. And Nethack. Core designs of much that follows.

Civ II was better, and I think the rogue-type games peaked with Nethack 3.2 , but that's just nitpicking.