What is your ALL-Time Favourite game?

[Narazil]

All-time favourite?

Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy 5. Can't decide between the two of them.

[toasty]

This is such a hard question...

The first real video game that I played that set everything off for me was Red Alert. That game was so much fun. I played Skirmishes all the time and I loved the campaign. Even if I couldn't actually beat it (I was 7, so what do you expect?). The Allies had better technology, but the Soviets had AIRPLANES!!!!

The game I play the most right now and one of the coolest games I've ever played is the DotA Custom Map for Warcraft III. I play that a lot with my friends and if I had more time I'd attempt to seriously learn how to play the game (IE real pro-tactics and stuff) but as it is I have neither the time nor the friends to play that seriously with. At least we've started playing -cm now.

I think one game that I spent a lot of time playing was KOTOR II, that game was amazing.

Other possible runner-ups include:
Red Alert II
Half-Life II
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Shogun Total War

[Eldan]

Riven: the Sequel to Myst. It's probably the game I played most, even. Because when it came out, my parents allowed me only a few hours of computer use per week, and games they thought were "okay for children" (looking at the release date, I was 10 or 11 years old.) I spent at least two years on this game until I had it beat.

[Narazil]

Riven: the Sequel to Myst. It's probably the game I played most, even. Because when it came out, my parents allowed me only a few hours of computer use per week, and games they thought were "okay for children" (looking at the release date, I was 10 or 11 years old.) I spent at least two years on this game until I had it beat.
That's pretty much how I felt about the Final Fantasy game. I could easily spend hours just wandering around talking to non-important NPC's, repeatably losing battles, "grinding" (though I had no idea what difference levels ect. really meant, I assumed winning = Good for you).

[king.com]

If this can be all combined into one game. The Baldur's Gate series.

[Eldariel]

When you've played hundreds different video games during your life, questions like this become really hard to answer especially since so many qualities of the games are so incomparable due to type differences and such. And what's truly the meter by which we assess the game?

I could type Top 10 games if I tried, probably. It'd probably be more like Top 15, but I could try for Top 10. Though if going by just the game I've played the most...well, it'd be either Starcraft or Chrono Trigger but considering I don't have the faintest clue how much I've played both (other than "A LOT!"), I can't say even that much.


I mean, I'd list Baldur's Gate, Starcraft, Tie Fighter, Chrono Trigger, Freespace 2, Jagged Alliance 2, C&C: Tiberian Dawn, Close Combat 2, Aliens vs. Predator, Planescape: Torment, Mech Warrior 2, Combat Mission 2, Counter Strike (good ol' v1.6), Master of Orion 2, Civilization 2, Masters of Magic, and at about this point, I'd be ready to get started.

After about 5 minutes of listing awesome games, I'd realize I've been listing practically only PC games even though there's a hundred console games I absolutely love and adore (in addition to Chrono Trigger which somehow manages to elude the consolification even in my lists) and then I'd get started on those. And then I'd start listing all the ones I've forgotten.


As such, I think it's the best if I just save everyone the time and don't list anything. Though if someone really cares, shoot me a PM and I'll craft a list of my "all-time favorite game" (yes, it does require a friggin' list; yes, I know a single game was specified - unable to comply).

[AgentPaper]

Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. No question. Specifically, the map editor. That thing is quite possibly the main reason I'm now seriously pursuing a career in game design. Starcraft had one first, and Age of Empires before that, and Starcraft 2 is going to have an even more powerful version, (By leaps and bounds, by the looks of it) but WC3:TFT was the first one to really open up the field for anyone to really make a game completely their own, and let other people play it. There's really just no under-stating how important that is.

For those who can't seem to decide: Make a list. Now, start deleting them one by one until you have only one game left. It's simple, just look at any two games, and decide to delete one. You can do it! :smallbiggrin:

[Eldariel]

For those who can't seem to decide: Make a list. Now, start deleting them one by one until you have only one game left. It's simple, just look at any two games, and decide to delete one. You can do it! :smallbiggrin:

I'd run out of dice. Too many "too close to calls" involved. Trust me, I've tried.

[The Orange Zergling]

Ooh man, that's a tough'un.

WarCraft III is a serious contender, having a pretty cool campaign, awesome multiplayer and a map editor more advanced than any of its kind to date.

Call of Duty 4 (haven't played Modern Warfare 2 yet so I can't comment on that) had a truly magnificent (if brief) campaign with nice set pieces, a decent plot and simplistic yet incredibly fun gameplay that somehow managed to incorporate realism without sacrificing fun.

I still herald Bioshock as having one of the best plots, settings and overall atmospheres in video gaming. The gameplay is pretty good too, with nicely varied set pieces that mix up the flow (though there is one little escort mission at the end but there doesn't seem to be any penalty to letting your escortee die from what I can tell).

Half Life 2 is pretty awesome too, with characters that you genuinely get attached to and a cool setting and story that's told through a unique perspective.

Obligatory plug for Portal.

It's really late so my mind is a little foggy but that's all off the top of my head. If you're making me choose then you're a cruel, cruel person but I'd ultimately have to go with WarCraft III for its sheer replayability.

[Athaniar]

For consoles: GoldenEye or Super Mario 64 (yes, both N64).
For the PC: Age of Kings, Age of Wonders 2, or Warcraft 3 (I definitely agree, awesome editor). Eagerly waiting for an AoW 3 or Warcraft 4...

[AgentPaper]

Warcraft 4...

See: Starcraft 2, at least as far as editor concerns go. Seriously, check out some of the stuff they have on youtube. You can make first-person shooters with a few simple triggers. (Admittedly, you could actually do that in WC3 as well, it was just a lot, LOT harder)

[GolemsVoice]

Either Half-Life (1) or Warcraft III. I've played both when I was young, and games where something mysterious, and could only be played at a friend's house. I was a little older for Warcraft, but I gues it just marked me, and to this day, my soul is sworn to Blizzard. Can't help it.

[Moonshadow]

Secret of Mana.

[Gamerlord]

A direct tie between HOMM3 and CIV4.

Seriously.

Greatest games EVER.

Not even Warcraft 3 can top them, and that game rocks.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Pokemon. Anything and everything Pokemon.

My first video game was Blue Version, and that, combined with the GameBoy version of the TCG taught me how to read better.

Seriously!

[loopy]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.

Ventrue and Malkavians are so much fun! :smallbiggrin:

[king.com]

A direct tie between HOMM3 and CIV4.

Seriously.

Greatest games EVER.

Not even Warcraft 3 can top them, and that game rocks.

You sir, are awesomesauce and deserve many a cookie.

[Dogmantra]

All time, Morrowind. On consoles only, Gotcha Force.

[Gamerlord]

You sir, are awesomesauce and deserve many a cookie.

Sigged.

pointless filler.

[Castaras]

Might and Magic VIII will always be my favourite game.


A direct tie between HOMM3 and CIV4.

Seriously.

Greatest games EVER.

Not even Warcraft 3 can top them, and that game rocks.

Civ original > all other civs

[Finn Solomon]

Knights of the Old Republic. I wore out my 1st gen Xbox replaying that one over and over. I still play it now.

[Setra]

Hnn... Tough choice...

While the most fun I tend to have is in various Multiplayer games, they tend to lack story or other things that interest me, but most single player games are fun and interesting, but not quite as fun as playing a game with friends..

Not to mention some games are pretty fun a lot of the time (Left 4 Dead 2) while other games can be dull, but have moments of intense fun that make up for other lacking parts (World of Warcraft)

I personally tend to tire of games rather quickly (with the exception of MMOs) so even games that used to be easy picks, no longer are (Shadow Hearts)...

So instead I'll ask myself "If I could sit down and play any game (with friends if applicable) that is currently out that I have played before, what would it be?"

... Oddly enough the answer is Diablo 2, but all of my friends hate it... I'll go with that anyways, though.

[Dihan]

I'm a big fan of Final Fantasy VI and IX but I wouldn't go so far as to say they're my all-time favourites. I'm also a big fan of the majority of Legend of Zelda games but I can't pick one of those out. I also like Pokemon, Mario, Metroid and Castlevania but I tend to only play those games once.

I'll have to say the game that made me re-evaluate my interest in the standard JRPG and the only game that I've played from beginning to end multiple times, one after the other:

Tales of Symphonia.

After playing it I've found most Final Fantasy games (especially the combat) really dull. Hopefully Tales of Graces will trump Symphonia... If it's released in Europe of course. It certainly looks good enough. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FULsLr1Z8JQ)

[Manga Shoggoth]

Ultima V - second adventure game I ever played. A full working world with a proper day/night cycle (including people going to bed, opening shops and so on).

Then someone made a version of the game using the Dungeon Siege engine...

[Shikton]

The game that is now my picture: Suikoden.

Brought me into the wonderful world of RPGs and I haven't left it since. :)

[Linkavitch]

When you've played hundreds different video games during your life, questions like this become really hard to answer.

Exactly how I feel. I'll try to put them in a top ten:

(No particular order)
LoZ: OoT
Paper Mario 1
Mario 64 DS
Mariokart series (count as one game)
Freespace 1 (never got 2 to work)
Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
Roller Coaster Tycoon (Killing people with roller coasters is fun)
Super Mario 3
Guitar Hero III
LoZ:PH

Yes, I am a Nintendo buff.

[Asheram]

On PC: X-com Enemy unknow, (UFO), Or Fallout 2.
On console: Megaman Legends 1... ( <3 Miss Tron)

[SilentDragoon]

Difficult to say really, top 3 is probably Zelda OoT, Planescape Torment, and Baldur's Gate Trilogy. Actually, Baldur's Gate Trilogy is probably my favorite out there and will be for some time.

[Zar Peter]

Well, the Cilvilization series, Sim Cities, and, yes, I AM that old, 7 Cities of Gold, Boulder Dash and M.U.L.E. (don't worry if you don't know these three games, they were released before the Berlin Wall fell).

Oh, and Dwarf Fortress is on top of my list now but since I only play it for 1 month I don't know how long it lasts there.

[Zevox]

A difficult question. Years ago I'd have said The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Tales of Symphonia without hesitation. Now... there are just too many greats that I love to pick out a single best easily. Perhaps at all.

Some potential candidates in my mind:
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
- Dragon Quest 8
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Tales of Symphonia
- Super Smash Brothers: Brawl
- Banjo-Kazooie

Yeah, a JRPG-heavy line up, but those are basically my favorite genre of games. I could probably make the list longer, too, though past this the games I'd add would probably be one step down from those in my mind, so I'm resisting doing so, even though that one step down is not a big one...

...yeah, okay, I can't pick just one of those, at all. I could maybe eliminate Tales of Symphonia from the list since I do certainly consider it inferior the Persona games and DQ8, and might, with great hesitantation, do the same to DQ8 because I prefer the Persona games even to it; but after that I've got two great JRPGs that I've never been able to decide between, a great Action/Adventure game, a great Fighting game, and a great Platformer game, and I'm terrible at deciding between games across genres like that. By default I could perhaps say the Persona games, since in general I prefer RPGs to any other genre, but OoT, Brawl, and B-K are such great games that I don't think I can do that kind of simplistic genre-elimination to decide.

So, yeah, there are my favorites, plural. Can't name a favorite, singular.

Zevox

[toasty]

Well, the Cilvilization series, Sim Cities, and, yes, I AM that old, 7 Cities of Gold, Boulder Dash and M.U.L.E. (don't worry if you don't know these three games, they were released before the Berlin Wall fell).

Oh, and Dwarf Fortress is on top of my list now but since I only play it for 1 month I don't know how long it lasts there.

And I just realized that I was born 2 years after the Berlin Wall fell. That's kinda scary. :smallsigh:

Oh and I forgot to add Golden Sun to my list of games. Golden Sun is amazing.

[Ilena]

Hmmmm ... heros of might and magic 3 was freaking awesome, i loved heros of might and magic 2 as well, hmmm in no real order

HOMM 2,3,
Halflife 1,2
Halo 1,3,ODST
Total war series
Modern warfare 2 is pretty good
Left 4 dead 1,2
starcraft broodwar of course,
diablo 2 was fun,

thats about all the ones off the top of my head

[Terraoblivion]

That is quite a tricky question. However, here a year later i think i still stand by my initial impression from back then and say Valkyria Chronicles.

Apart from that my favorites are, in no particular order:

Okami
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Baldur's Gate 2
Civilization 4
Planescape: Torment
Super Mario Brothers 3
Daggerfall, though i consider it a fond memory rather than something i'd play again

[Sneak]

Either Giants: Citizen Kabuto or Neverwinter Nights (for the mods and custom content, not the original campaigns).

[Bavarian itP]

Fallout (both)
Heroes of Might&Magic3 (they are all good, but III is the perfectly distilled essence)
Master of Orion II
Jagged Alliance II
Anstoss III (again: perfectly distilled essence, this time in the sports manager genre)

Console: SMB III
Multiplayer: Warcraft III (funmaps)

[Phase]

Is it by Valve? Then it's one of my favorite games.

[Calamity]

I really find it difficult to decide on my all-time favourite:

The entirety of the Metal Gear Solid main series are pretty solid (get it!?) contenders.
But then there's Final Fantasy VIII which is without a doubt my childhood favourite. Still is one of my favouries to this day.
Kingdom Hearts II has made me almost nigh-obsessed with the series, so... that's pretty high on my list.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and that would probably win it if I was a little better at it than I am. >.>

In the end, although Metal Gear Solid 2 and Final Fantasy VIII come very close to being my favourite games ever, I have to give it to the original Metal Gear Solid. Now I really feel like replaying it.

[Triaxx]

ALL-Time Favorite? Total Annihilation. I played it until the game broke in the drive.

[Pronounceable]

Strangely, unlike all others who's played millions of games over the years, I got no uncertainty about all time fave: Doom 2.

Dungeon Keeper, Torment, Portal, KotoR2, Grim Fandango, Freespace, Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Jedi Outcast, ADOM, Heroes 3, etc all pale before the almighty Doomy Doomness of DOOM.

[Aragehaor]

Am i the only one who loved Populous: The Beginning? really? :smalleek::smallconfused: sheesh.

Well, my all time favorite is Populous: The Beginning
with Warcraft three and Knights of the Old Republic (1) coming in a close second.

[Faulty]

Single Player: Half-Life 2
Multiplayer: Team Fortress 2

I uh... I like Valve.

[Miklus]

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

I still play a game now and then. I just keep comming up with new ideas for strategies. Like playing the Hive and only building reycling tanks and units.

[nooblade]

Spellcast. (http://www.funkplanet.com/spellcast/)

Was originally a pen and paper game called Spellbinder (http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/spellbnd.htm). Great fun for me and my LAN buddies. Since it isn't a popular game, we get to figure out the strategy of it mostly for ourselves.

P-W-P-F-S-S-S-D!

[d12]

The first game I ever had that I spent countless hours with was Civilization: Call to Power. I just loved that game. The future tech was great and some of the unit quotes were funny (especially anything spoken by the Televangelist unit). Yeah, some of the wonders were probably kind of unbalancing, but they could be great to have. And it's totally possible to completely submerge the map in water (or get close to it anyway) to try drowning out your enemies while you rule from your sea and space colonies. :smallbiggrin:

Alpha Centauri is another favorite because of the overall setting, the quotes for some of the techs and city improvements, and unit customizability. A friend of mine once complained that the game seemed to be kind of in love with its storyline, which I can see being a valid complaint, especially if you just want a 4x game set in space (or, well, another planet anyway), but it never especially bothered me.

I've also spent hundreds of hours with Oblivion. I don't generally play a ton of RPGs, but I love it. I apparently never received the internet memo that said it's cool to hate Oblivion; I just know what I like, so whatever.

Mass Effect is the most recently released game that I consider a favorite. Love the setting, the conversation system (even though the options were sometimes a little unclear and went to the same line regardless of your choice), the combat system, etc. Normally I tend to be very gameplay-focused in my assessment of whether I like a game, but ME is one of the few games where I was genuinely interested in the overall storyline. My biggest complaint about just about any aspect of the game is that the auto-grab cover system can be a pain sometimes in cramped areas (and there's one side mission where it becomes a nightmare for me :smalltongue:), but overall I love it.

Someone else mentioned Freespace earlier. That game was great, too. The only thing keeping me from considering it a favorite is that I could never get past that one "scan a bunch of Shivan ships at some depot" mission. I'm about as stealthy as a drunken elk in a china shop (potential applicability of Mythbusters notwithstanding) and not making it possible to fail that mission and just continue anyway (I dunno, maybe just spawn more Shivans in subsequent missions--I'm good at shooting them down) just irritated me to no end.

Edit: Oh, and how could I forget Sim City. :smallbiggrin: Always loved those games. I have/had the first one on PC, 2000, 3000, 4 (with Rush Hour), and the second DS game. Not sure which one I prefer though. Probably either 2k or 4 w/Rush Hour. I don't remember some details about 2k, but I do remember it didn't have that region crap that 4 has. When I start/continue a city, I want to play that city. I don't want to hop around between 5-6 of them to keep the one I'm on right now from stagnating.

[Cespenar]

Planescape: Torment.

[MrPig]

A tie between HOMM3 and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I find myself still playing these games, and often. Infact, I own 3 copies of SotN on 3 different platforms.

[HotAndCold]

I think right now I'd probably say it's Paper Mario 2: The Thousand Year Door.

[blueblade]

I love/hate this question:

Baldurs Gate 2 (and ToB expansion for the icing on top)
Civilisation 2 (sure 1 was where it all started, but two made it perfect)
Final Fantasy 6 (just edges out Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana in this category)
Goldeneye 64
Deus Ex

There's no way I could pick between these 5. They're just too important to me. I also want to give honorable mentions to Beyond Good and Evil, Batman:Arkham, PS:T, HOMM2, Advance Wars DS and Disgaea.

hmm, just noticed that all my top tier fit within a 5 year range of my life (1997-2002 or so), except FF6 which has special place. But in general, games I played in my late teens to early twenties had the greatest resonance. After that, I think a combination of jadedness, business and the internet have watered down my experience of games.

Even now, I'm playing DA:O, and I can't help but feel that every post, review and FAQ I see is diminishing my game experience. But I'm too used to the information at my fingertips!

[onasuma]

Portal is definatly up there, im suprised it isnt for more of you in this thread. Other games that arent as good but I feel deserve a mention are:
Earthworm Jim (1 and 2 but never played 3d)
left 4 dead
the early doom games
team fortress classic

[Avilan the Grey]

Baldur's Gate II / TOB
Fallout 3
Dragon Age: Origins
CIV 4
Diablo I
Diablo II

Are the ones that immediately comes to mind.

Older ones that I am not sure was that great or if I just remember them through a cloud of nostalgia are:
Uridium (very fast space shooter for the C64)
Lemmings
Ultima Underworld

[Beanie]

Older ones that I am not sure was that great or if I just remember them through a cloud of nostalgia are:

Lemmings is definitely still great!

[Yuki Akuma]

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

I wish my N64 still worked.

[quicker_comment]

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

It's just Civilization done better. And Civilization was pretty awesome.

[nanobot_swarm]

Deus Ex
-Wide open enviornments with multiple ways to accomplish objectives
-A great cyberpunk story about conspiracies and the like
-Grey and grey morality (mostly), few choices obviously evil or good
-A variety of weapons, that you didn't have to use
-Didn't have to kill anyone to succed

[banthesun]

Fire Emblem.

Fire Emblem!

FIRE EMBLEM!!!

[Zen Monkey]

Planescape: Torment

It has the best story of any game I've ever played, a very immersive world that is both foreign and very inviting to exploration, and very replayable. I can't recommend it enough.

[Friend Computer]

Contrary to what has bee said aboce, the Metal Gear Solid series is not a contender, it takes the cup, and uses it to knock all the others out. Simple.

Quite the distance below that, we find:
Civ 2&3
Baldur's Gate series
SMAC/SMAX


Yeah.

[Miss Nobody]

I can't pick just one, so list (in no particular order) :

Baldur's Gate series
Planescape : Torment
The Witcher
The Mask of the Betrayer campaign for Neverwinter Nights 2
The first Knights of the Old Republic
Deus Ex
Heroes of Might and Magic 3

[The_JJ]

Civ 3 and the expansions ate my life for a while but I have to throw out to Rome: Total War, with Medival II right up there.

Hmm... Morrowind too, definately.

Oh, and then Freespace.

[RS14]

Chip's Challenge, though it lacks replayability. I also really loved Riven.
I've probably spent far more time with Nethack than anything else.

Cave Story is great. I also want to list Close Combat II.

[Recaiden]

If this can be all combined into one game. The Baldur's Gate series.

There is a mod that does that. :smalltongue:

More importantly, yes! Baldur's Gate was better than BG2, but they were all great.

But Morrowind, and Starcraft, and FFVII...

They're so different, I couldn't pick any one as being the best.

[Zarah]

Super Metroid. End sentence. It truly shows just what can be done with 16-bit graphics and 2D side-scrolling gameplay. And on top of it, there's a surprisingly touching storyline for a game that relies so little on plot. Not only is it my favorite game of all time, it's definitely (in my opinion) the best SNES game ever made.

I've replayed it countless times, and can easily beat the game in less than 3 hours, and I still enjoy every second of it. It's one of the very few games in which I know almost all the secrets off by heart.

[Mirrinus]

Oh gosh, so many good choices...like many others here, I have to make a list.

LoZ: Majora's Mask
Tales of Symphonia
Fire Emblem IV - Genealogy of the Holy War
Touhou 11 - Subterranean Animism
Final Fantasy VI

[Matar]

I would have to say that my all time favorite game is Morrowind. It isn't the best game out there, and there are alot of games that come close. But it's the one I played the most and the one that has left the biggest impression on me.

So, uh, yeah.

[Lord Seth]

Escape Velocity: Override. It's not only the best of its series, it's my favorite game.

Unfortunately, to play it on OS X or Windows, you have to play it "through" its sequel Escape Velocity: Nova. The problem with that is if you do that, you can't use any of EV:O's plug-ins, which added a lot to the game and are actually one of the reasons I loved it so much.

Advance Wars is a close second, with Super Mario Bros. being third by lieu of the fact I consider it to be the best game ever (though not my favorite).

[Vitruviansquid]

This is a hard question...

I like different games for different reasons. I like TF2 because it can be fun to play socially, I like Dungeon Crawl because it's a really big thrill, I like Rise of Legends because it was the only RTS I ever got REALLY good at and I like World of Warcraft because it's so much more than just a game.

... I would probably have to go with TF2 in the end. The best games are always social, you don't have to continue paying for it like WoW, and it's a good place to meet people. Also, I'm a pretty mean soldier :)

[DranWork]

Hands down: BG 1 and 2 and expansions. God that game rocked.

Also love the orignal quake version of TF, half life (1 and 2 and various mods), NWN (not for the orignal story but for the mods an communities) Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, The Witcher

Kinda find it interesting that everyone mentions really old games. Does this mean that whilst new an flash games are good they dont have the charm of the old games? or is it that the newer games really arn't as good as the old?

[Pie Guy]

Pong.:smallcool:

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

Super Mario World and Super Smash Bros. Brawl are duking it out for the position (the former for sheer playability, the latter for immense amounts of references and epic music). Other games will be listed over them from time to time (NSMBW will be the next to take that place), but it evens out at SMW/SSBB.

[HotAndCold]

Kinda find it interesting that everyone mentions really old games. Does this mean that whilst new an flash games are good they dont have the charm of the old games? or is it that the newer games really arn't as good as the old?

I suspect that it has something to do with the fact that older games are more likely to have been played over and over and over and over.

[Xanedan]

World of Warcraft is the only game that I've given a lot of time to this decade, and would probably be my number one pick.

I suppose Warcraft III led me down that road, so it gets a mention for story and setting alone, not being a fan of the RTS genre.

Final Fantasy Tactics remains the only game that I've ever played for 24 hours straight (alongside someone else playing for 24 hours straight, no less) and was probably my favorite up until the WoW habit kicked in. It's story is garbled (but fun!) and the difficulty varies between stupidly easy and nigh-impossibly hard at a whim but I can't help loving it.

[Inhuman Bot]

I couldn't decide. However, I would count among my favorites, in roughly this order.

Iji. Every game design choice you could make in a platformer, Ultimortal made the right one.

Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. I like the lore of Warcraft. In addition, it has a great map editor and some decent people on it's online multiplayer.

Mother 3. The gameplay was great, and the plot was hillarious, and heartwrenching.

Starcraft. See Warcraft 3, but the map editor isn't quite as good.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Sure, it might be as hard as any of the original castlevania games, but this was what introduced me into a great series and genre. (Honorable mention to Dawn of Sorrow here.)

The World Ends With You. I liked the plot, and the gameplay was unique. Aside from M3 and the L&M games, (and possibly Chrono Trigger) TWEWY is probably the only JRPG I like.

World of Warcraft. I still like the Warcraft lore, and the gameplay is probably as good as MMORPGS are going to get. I also have a great guild, so doing mundane tasks is a pleasure.

Super MArio World. One of the games I grew up on, and it stills holds up well today.

Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga. This was strange to me, as it was the first JRPG I liked, and the first JRPG that wasn't trying to be super serious and angsty.

X-COM. Endless strategic depth gives this game a place here, along with excelent let's plays.

Fallout 2. I veiw this as Fallout 1 with a better combat and party system. So basically Fallout 1 with two of the 4 things I dislike fixed.

Killer7. I had lots of fun with this, along with enjoying trying to figure out the plot with friends.

Shadow of the
Colosus Collosus Coalosses Those big things. The beautifull graphics, mysterious plot, and unique gameplay make this a memorable game.

Man, I went on for a long time, and that's only about half of the games I love. :smalleek::smalltongue:

[Vic_Sage]

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
BlazBlue
Guilty Gear Accent Core+
Final Fantasy IX

I'm a bit of a fighting Junkie and and FFIX is the best mix of old and new school.

[Xanedan]

[QUOTE=Anatharon;7401416]

Shadow of the
Colosus Collosus Coalosses Those big things. The beautifull graphics, mysterious plot, and unique gameplay make this a memorable game.
[QUOTE]


Completely forgot about that game, loved it.

My roommate walked in while I was fighting the flying boss down at the lake and sat down to watch the rest of the game until completion.

I had to restart it after that, so he could see the boss that slams down his club/sword thing that you then use as a platform for reaching him.

[Greenknight 007]

All time games (mostly for nostalgic reasons)

Consoles
Pokémon (Silver, oh the times...)
Smash Bros (mostly for the music)
FE (Burning Sword, R Dawn) / Advance wars
Final Fantasy (VI) / Kingdom Hearts
LoZ
Mario/ MW2: Yoshi's Island. (My first game)
Goldensun
Goldeneye (awesome FPS)
Panel de Pon (the Tetris effect)


PC
Warcraft III/ Starcraft/ Age of Empires... (I love RTS)
Sim earth (obscure biology maxis game)
KOTOR (it was based in a d20 system, so yeah)

I absolutely prefer fun to graphics, so that what there aren't last console games.

Most are Nintendo because that were my initial consoles, and are easier to replay... Arigato Miyamoto-san!

[Platinum_Mongoose]

I play games first and foremost for story and emotion, and I have never since played a game that brought out emotion in me like Planescape: Torment. Mass Effect, however, is certainly a contender, as is Final Fantasy 9. (Sorry, guys, 9>7.)

In terms of sheer play-tastic gaming fun, my vote goes to The Force Unleashed, the Oddworld games--especially Stranger's Wrath--and that lovely Monkey Island series. Knights of the Old Republic hovers somewhere very close to this list, as well.

I'm still deciding where to put Dragon Age, but so far it's Lord of the Rings by Quentin Tarantino, and that's a good thing.

[Inhuman Bot]

, the Oddworld games--especially Stranger's Wrath--

I forgot about Stranger's Wrath. That's an amazing game.

Also, I suggest you check out Mother 3 and Iji. Iji is free, and Mother 3 has never been released in America. A fan group translated it a year or so ago, however.

[Martok]

Birth of the Federation remains my all-time favorite PC or video game. A turn-based strategy game set in the Star Trek universe? Yes please! (Talk about my personal kryptonite....) :smallbiggrin:


Coming in a *very* close 2nd & 3rd place would be Medieval Total War and Shogun Total War. For me, they remain the pinnacle of historical strategy gaming.

[Vitruviansquid]

I'm constantly surprised by the Creative Assembly's ability to put out Total Wars with better and better graphics and yet worse and worse gameplay and coding since Medieval 1. :smallannoyed:

[SMEE]

All to easy to answer this.
Mike Tyson's Punch Out! for the NES. <3 <3 <3 this game.

[Lord of Rapture]

My contenders would be:

X-Com: UFO Defense
Dawn of War: Dark Crusade (with FoK installed)
Fallout 3
Mega Man 2
Kingdom Hearts (1/2)

And... that's all for now.

[potatocubed]

Probably Baldur's Gate 2. So far, that's the only game I've ever played that has had me taking time out of my life to play it through. (I basically skipped a week of university so I could keep playing.)

Planescape: Torment is also spectacularly good, but I'd put BG2 ahead by the tiniest of hairs. Dragon Age follows, then The World Ends With You, and I'm not sure where the ranking goes after that.

EDIT: I've decided to find out where the ranking goes after that, just for my own purposes and perhaps for the entertainment of others. I thought I'd start by listing my top 50 games. So far I've got 91 games, and that's including smooshing several in the same series together where the gameplay isn't distinct enough between editions (Hitman series, I'm looking at you).

Top 100, anyone?

[Artanis]

Oh god, so many choices.

I have to go with X-Com. It's a downright awesome game, and it's the best of the best of my favorite genre, TBS. It's also one of only four games that has ever managed to instill true, outright fear in me as a player.

I can't go without mentioning the runners-up though, especially the ones that are tops in their categories:
--System Shock and System Shock 2 are #2 and #3 - in no particular order - on my list, barely edged out by X-Com. They're also among those four games that have managed to make me really, truly scared while playing.
--StarCraft: *points to name*
--Massive Assault (http://www.massiveassault.com/man2/index.php) is the only game where I was good at multiplayer. Normally I'm atrocious, no matter what the game is. But in MA, I was one of the best in the world.
--Chrono Trigger. Just...Chrono Trigger.

[factotum]

It's a very difficult question to answer. On the whole, if one goes purely by the number of times I've played through a game, it would have to be TIE Fighter--finished it (including the expansions) three times, and I'd happily play it again if Lucasarts were to release a version with updated graphics, like they did with Monkey Island.

On the other hand, if you go by how much I've stuck by a series, it would be the X series (X-BTF, X-Tension, X2: The Threat, X3: Reunion and X3: Terran Conflict). I've been playing those off and on for the past decade or thereabouts, and I even liked the games enough to volunteer to be a moderator on the official forums!

[potatocubed]

For those who can't seem to decide: Make a list. Now, start deleting them one by one until you have only one game left. It's simple, just look at any two games, and decide to delete one. You can do it! :smallbiggrin:

Alternatively, try The Prioritizer (http://prioritizer.idea-sandbox.com/). You may need a lot of time if your list is very long, though.

[nyarlathotep]

Definitely gonna either have to go to either the second Baldur's Gate game or Valkyrie Profile.

They were among the first rpgs I played, thus ruins several other series for me. It was only very recently that I was able to play the 2D Tales games without thinking "I could be playing Valkyrie Profile instead of this".

[Reinboom]

Super Metroid. End sentence. It truly shows just what can be done with 16-bit graphics and 2D side-scrolling gameplay. And on top of it, there's a surprisingly touching storyline for a game that relies so little on plot. Not only is it my favorite game of all time, it's definitely (in my opinion) the best SNES game ever made.

I've replayed it countless times, and can easily beat the game in less than 3 hours, and I still enjoy every second of it. It's one of the very few games in which I know almost all the secrets off by heart.

On the touching sequence, I tend to find video games are a more capable medium for this in general. Many games have you experience the event, the suffering, first hand and see a sacrifice being made in front of you.
Spoiler for those who care on the endings for Super Metroid and Crisis Core:

In Super Metroid, seeing first hand that the metroid can kill difficult enemies and leave them to dust is rather intimidating. Having you struggle with the metroid as that does to you becomes frightening, increasing your adrenaline. Pushing you to the last boss immediately afterwords does it again. And then, on top of that, having the metroid save you, with all of that build up and adrenaline... very well done.

Crisis Core takes this same concept and pushes it up ten fold. Making you experience, controlling, Zack dying and once again the frustration of not being able to stop the horde. On top of this, breaking the meter thing. With flashbacks. And the tear jerk moments of everyone trying to save you. And the letters...


That aside, I find "ALL-Time Favorite" game to be too broad-sweeping.
There are, however, quite a few games that are significant to me or I hold on a high pedestal.

Eye of the Beholder (series), I've played 1 and 2 (and sometimes 3, I'm a rebel) extensively through my life. Even now I still struggle to find everything in these two games in a single run and still try to get the fastest play through (A little under 40 minutes currently). This was the first game that actually drew me in, as far as I can remember. Noting, that I was playing video games since the age of 3 (my parents are gamers, I'm lucky), that many just became second nature. EotB was the first one that drew me in for its mystery, for the fact that I didn't just 'beat it' like any other game, that I had to actually struggle. This is also the game that informed me that something called D&D existed. This is my "Baldur's Gate" experience that other people have.

Civilization 2 (MGE) was another big game that caught me. Learning how to play it provided a sense of learning accomplishment (the whole moving diagonally with the numpad wasn't obvious for me at first), eventually giving way to discovering that I could build my own maps, giving way to writing my own scenarios, developing my own graphics... I could make this game mine. That sparked game design for me.


For games that I just hold on a pedestal... Crisis Core for the reason mentioned in the spoiler. Baldur's Gate 1 & 2. Tetris. All for different, varied, reasons.

[Gamerlord]

Kinda find it interesting that everyone mentions really old games. Does this mean that whilst new an flash games are good they dont have the charm of the old games? or is it that the newer games really arn't as good as the old?

Because you don't need some new-flanged system to run them, and yeah, they are just plain better, plus they don't sacrifice gameplay for graphics, as almost all the new games do nowadays(I'm looking at you oblivion, you piece of junk!)

[Iranon]

Favourite game of all time would be NetHack. A timeless classic full of wit, charm and casual indifference to the player's wellbeing.

Contenders:
Master of Magic (fix the bugs, give me decent AI and it'll be shared number 1. The escalation of magical awesomeness towards the end is... erm... awesome.)
I Wanna Be The Guy (best I've tried and still not finished yet)

Honourable Mentions:
Civilization 4 (large number of viable playstyles... and actually challenging at Deity without favouring cookie-cutter strategies like most 4x games)
X-Com (good atmosphere, innovative yet polished... still holds up well compared to everything that came behind)

[Dienekes]

Starcraft, Rome: Total War, Twilight Princess, Super Smash Bros Melee, Baldur's Gate 2 are my big 5. Though Dragon Age is very very fun, and I have yet to play Planescape Torment which I always hear is amazing.

[Ikialev]

I don't think I can answer this question in one game. so.
RPG:
Fallout 2. Much, much better than Baldur's Gate, actually.
FPS:
Half Life 2. One of the few that I do. Alternatively, Team Fortress 2, though multiplayer-only. And I don't have time for multiplayering.
Driving/cars/stuff:
Trackmania, all of them. It's really fun, and I prefer jumping around in cars to hyper-realistic games.
This kind of games that I don't really know how to name:
GTA: Vice City, the best part of a great series.
Platformer:
Super Mario Galaxy.
Portables:
Pokemon. :3 A candidate for my very-best game, but I would feel bad if it was my answer.
Adventure:
X Days a X OR Full Throttle OR The Dig.
I don't play much of them.
Fighting:
...Soul Calibur, the first on DC. For many, many days of going to neighbour and whining about playing Soul Calibur.
Simulator:
Silent Hunter 4.

And Diablo 2 for which i don't know any categories.

[Reinboom]

Because you don't need some new-flanged system to run them, and yeah, they are just plain better, plus they don't sacrifice gameplay for graphics, as almost all the new games do nowadays(I'm looking at you oblivion, you piece of junk!)

Is this sarcasm? I can not tell.

[arguskos]

RPG: Baldur's Gate 2. It defined my childhood, taught me what D&D was all about, and stands up against the greats of today, in a mostly favorable light. It's perhaps the greatest game of my generation, in my personal opinion.

Shooter: Unreal Tournament. Again, childhood defining game right here. Playing this with my dad and his friend Gust is one of my oldest happiest memories.

Racing: Gran Turismo, the whole series (DAMMIT 5, COME OUT ALREADY!!). Yet again, great memories and fun times right here. My dad and I played this all the time. I learned most of my knowledge of cars from talks we had while playing GT.

Platforming: The original Super Mario, on the NES, in the cartridge with Duck Hunt. Damn, this game was hard as a kid, but it was fun. Playing the plumber was a great time, if I died a lot.

RTS: Starcraft or Warcraft 3. Either one. Honestly, Blizzard always took the cake for RTS in my book. Each series is fun as hell. I've enjoyed every game that isn't WoW Blizzard's ever put out. These two are the cream of the crop, in my opinion. I loooove booting up SC or WC3 for some Zerg/Orc smashin'. Always fun.

[Gamerlord]

Is this sarcasm? I can not tell.

What seems sarcastic about it?

[Iranon]

Oblivion was a painful example of trying very hard and failing.

A beautiful and interesting world that doesn't draw you in at all... Ultima 6 had more immersion 20 years ago, Baldur's Gate was miles and miles ahead 10 years ago; freaking Roguelikes feel more immersive.
Having the same conversations repeated all over, with the same voice actors all over, with NPCs right out of the uncanny valley... you're constantly reminded about the artificiality of it all which makes it hard to become attached to the game.

Like many modern RPGs, the mecanics are an unholy spawn of classic RPG mechanics and rudimentary FPS controls, without the depth of either. Love the genre, hate most games... either give me believable real-time combat or give me something that lends itself to tactical play.

[Reinboom]

What seems sarcastic about it?

"new-fangled" and "you piece of ____!" are both terms that tend to key sarcasm, at least for me.

If it is not sarcasm, however, I must argue your point.

"Just plain better" and "sacrifice gameplay for graphics" are both used objectively to fact in your statement. Before I initiate this tet a tat, was this just pure opinion or are you attempting to state this as fact?

[Gamerlord]

"new-fangled" and "you piece of ____!" are both terms that tend to key sarcasm, at least for me.

If it is not sarcasm, however, I must argue your point.

"Just plain better" and "sacrifice gameplay for graphics" are both used objectively to fact in your statement. Before I initiate this tet a tat, was this just pure opinion or are you attempting to state this as fact?

Personal opinion, but you have to admit oblivion is pretty bad.

[Reinboom]

Personal opinion, but you have to admit oblivion is pretty bad.
Ah, good. :smalltongue:

I do have issues with oblivion. Mostly because, attempting new things with the game sort of 'breaks it open' and makes much it obvious. I do not attribute this, however, to sacrificing gameplay for graphics. Rather, I attribute this to a changed mindset in game design solely. There was a decision being made for the "everything levels with you" to exist at all, as well as other decisions, that were not made due to "we have better graphics, so, we better make weird gameplay choices". Even further, ideas can be interesting outside of their original point. Dragon Age, for example, auto levels. DA, however, does it much more restrictively. It has nice graphics as well.

Now, there is an issue with the game designers ignoring the development of gameplay by wanting to just take advantage of the graphics and forgetting that they should go hand in hand. Graphics can be used to enhance gameplay, case-in-point, compare atari age to nintendo age.

With that, I humbly request you reconsider that opinion and instead place blame on the game designers rather than the graphics.

[Gamerlord]

Good point, and graphics can help in the enjoyment of the game, but they are not the most important part, games like dwarf fortress and Nethack are legends in the gaming world, and what do goblins look like in those games?

"g"

[Reinboom]

Good point, and graphics can help in the enjoyment of the game, but they are not the most important part, games like dwarf fortress and Nethack are legends in the gaming world, and what do goblins look like in those games?

"g"

I tend to get a graphical overlay for nethack. Same game, same gameplay, just, I can tell the difference between objects on the fly easier.

The game is more important, but graphics do help. Sometimes, a lot.
*nod*
Glad we could have this discussion. :smallsmile:

[Iranon]

Everything leveling with you isn't a bad concept in itself... but the way it was handled in Oblivion was horrible.

Location should still matter, as in Roguelikes: Opponent toughness there depends on (character level + dungeon level)... so while there is some adjustment, you aren't punished for leveling up since for every 2 levels you gain, effective enemy level only goes up by one. The concept of relatively safe areas and dangerous places that will challenge all but the most maxed-out characters also remains intact.

The other point where the system fails is that it is very possible in Oblivion to develop your character while keeping its nominal level as low as possible. Natural gameplay - develop your character according to the initial skills you pick - is the type that gets penalised the most.

[Errant_Polearm]

Canasta. As in the card game.

Otherwise, Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear. Further improved with expansion packs, but not required.

[warty goblin]

All time favorite game? Majesty Gold, no question. Near enough the mainstream to be reasonably accessible, but far enough away to be interesting and creative, with absolute gobs of personality, lots of replayability, nicely organic difficulty, and graphics that, if not technically amazing, are charming and beautiful in their own right.

[sihnfahl]

The problem with gaming for so many years is that I really don't have an all-time favorite. It's broken down too much by genre and age.

For example, folks probably remember the old Wizardry series on the Apple II. Those got some extensive hours when I had them, but also competed with the Ultima series.

I'd have to say these are my favorite PC games
Quest for Glory Series
Ultima Series (except 8, and didn't touch 9)
Civilization
SimCity
Fully patched Daggerfall (really, it was quite annoying without all the fixes, and the last 'fix' was allowing the player to quick-teleport in case the random spawn put the quest objective in an unreachable location)
X-Com

[Mando Knight]

RPG:
Final Fantasy IV, then KotOR 1 & 2. (Then Zelda, Sonic Chronicles, NWN2...)
FFIV: The After Years also ranks up there. And Pokemon. And Fire Emblem.
FPS:
Metroid Prime Trilogy, followed by Republic Commando.
Racing:
LEGO Racer.
Sandbox:
Spider-Man 2. Best licensed game ever... before Arkham Asylum.
Platformer:
Mega Man X, followed closely by Mega Man 9. I need 1000 Nintendo Points before I give you a verdict on 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_7rmGlo-1U) or 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL30lU26egw).
(NES Super Marios & SMW come right after Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Megs 1, which are right behind MM9 right now)
Adventure:
Metroid Prime Trilogy. Followed far too closely by the 2D Metroids. Trilogy wins out because it's a 3 in 1 deal. Then comes Zelda.
Fighting:
SUPER SMASH BROS. ...BRAWL!!!
(Though I miss that announcer guy from Melee... and would love Capcom vs Smash Bros or something...)
After Brawl comes Melee, then Street Fighter IV tied with Street Fighter II: The New Champions. All their AI is terribad, though.
Rail Shooter:
Star Fox 64. Nothing else com... no, wait, SNES Star Fox is almost there.
Fighter Sim:
Rogue Squadron. The first one. Haven't gotten around to getting Rogue Leader, and Rebel Strike is only good for like four missions and the multiplayer.
Stratergery:
Age of Empires II (Conquerors expansion), followed by Star Wars: Empire At War (FoC expansion). Then Heroes III, Alpha Centauri, and Gal Civ II. And Fire Emblem.

[Inhuman Bot]

Personal opinion, but you have to admit oblivion is pretty bad.

I need to do no such thing, actually.

[warty goblin]

I need to do no such thing, actually.

I'll second that. I'll take Oblivion over the coma inducing KoTOR any day. Oblivion might not be a particularly good RPG, but I'd almost count that as a strike in its favor.

[Gamerlord]

I need to do no such thing, actually.

What is so good about it? Poor leveling system, stale combat, very few spell animations, and a oh-my-god-make-it-stop main plot.

Nobody said KOTOR is better though.

[Vitruviansquid]

One man's trash...:smallwink:

[warty goblin]

What is so good about it? Poor leveling system, stale combat, very few spell animations, and a oh-my-god-make-it-stop main plot.

Nobody said KOTOR is better though.

The leveling was borked to hell and back, no denying it. On the other hand you could do everything but the Daedric quests without passing level 2. And once you were aware of the screwiness of the leveling, it was only a minor pain to keep on top of it.

I personally found the combat much preferable to 'normal' RPG combat systems- particularly those pause anytime things that are all the rage. It's no Dark Messiah, but it was perfectly usable and enjoyable, in the same way that Star Wars Battlefront is no Crysis in terms of gunplay, but is still a fun little shooter.

I'm not really sure not having buckets of spell animations is an issue, particularly in light of

...[old games] don't sacrifice gameplay for graphics, as almost all the new games do nowadays(I'm looking at you oblivion, you piece of junk!)
Irony. Sensor. Exploding.

And really, the main plot was no worse than most other save the world type dealies. Sure it didn't cast the player as The Chosen One, and instead I was The Chosen One's Chosen Errand Boy, but most of the time I end up feeling like an errand boy anyways, so that wasn't a great loss.

And I'm really not sure why nobody saying KoTOR is better is relevant to me saying I didn't like it as well.

[Gamerlord]

There is a difference between graphics and spell animations. Besides, a game has wonderful graphics but cant bother to have more than a few spell animations?

[warty goblin]

There is a difference between graphics and spell animations. Besides, a game has wonderful graphics but cant bother to have more than a few spell animations?

In what possible universe is animation not a part of a game's graphics?

I'm also a bit confused by what you mean by spell animations. If you mean spell casting animations- the set of gestures your character performs to cast a spell, I'm not sure why any more would make any difference. Oblivion already covers pretty much any way to cast a spell I can think of.

If by spell animations you mean the graphical effects associated with the spell itself- fireballs, etc, those are very much a matter of graphics. Specifically they are a matter of particle effects and lighting. All of these effects need to be stored in memory or on the disk/harddrive, need to be developed, tested and so forth. Besides, having a bunch of different looks for fireballs and so on is just eyecandy, something which you yourself indicated was of less importance than gameplay. I surely cannot think of many ways in which having different graphical effects for spells would impact gameplay significantly.

[Vic_Sage]

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike-Some balance issues aside, this is pretty much the best SF game ever. Great mix between offensive adn defensive options, a varied cast wiht barely any overlap, and some sweet ****ing music.

BlazBlue- Gotta rep that new ****. Seriously has the best netcode I've ever seen in a game, no lag, no input dely, lobbies, and structured extremely well. Throw in a soundtrack by my boy Daisuke and you got one solid fighting game.

[Thorcrest]

I find it sad that in all time favourite GAME thread people only post video games:smallfrown:
The Best Game of all time is the Civilization Board Game By Avalon Hill, Sid Meier is a Cheap copycat whose game is absolute crap!

[warty goblin]

I find it sad that in all time favourite GAME thread people only post video games:smallfrown:
The Best Game of all time is the Civilization Board Game By Avalon Hill, Sid Meier is a Cheap copycat whose game is absolute crap!

Well if we open it up to boardgames, that simplifies things down to only one question:

Chess or Go?

[Dienekes]

I find it sad that in all time favourite GAME thread people only post video games:smallfrown:
The Best Game of all time is the Civilization Board Game By Avalon Hill, Sid Meier is a Cheap copycat whose game is absolute crap!

Hmm, in light of this, then Risk. Even if my rolls are ridiculously crap *grumbles about losing over 16 soldiers in 1 turn without killing a single opponent*

[HotAndCold]

Well then.

Apples to Apples. Or maybe Eat Poop You Cat.

[Gamerlord]

I find it sad that in all time favourite GAME thread people only post video games:smallfrown:
The Best Game of all time is the Civilization Board Game By Avalon Hill, Sid Meier is a Cheap copycat whose game is absolute crap!

I have yet to find a board game more enjoyable then a video game or D&D.
Risk stinks :smallyuk: .

[warty goblin]

I have yet to find a board game more enjoyable then a video game or D&D.
Risk stinks :smallyuk: .

I love my computer games with a fierce passion, don't get me wrong. However I would still put board games first.

On Thanksgiving I spent a good three and a half hours engaged in a truly excellent game of Axis and Allies Anniversary with Dad. We didn't quite manage to finish, but I think I've got him on the rocks, thanks to some effective strategy, more tanks than I care to contemplate, and the occasional bit of luck (his face when I rolled snake eyes on an AA gun is priceless). I don't think I've ever had that good of a time playing a computer game.

[Gamerlord]

Never played A&A, so I can't comment.

[Flarowon]

Oooh, my favourite game, you say?

...

Crap. How in the world am I supposed to answer this? I think it would probably be a tie between Chrono Trigger, The World Ends With You, and Pokemon Platinum. But seriously, there's tons of other games I love out there, so take this opinion with a grain of salt.

[Setra]

As far as Board games go, I don't particularly like any.. though I do like some card games.

However if I were to put my favorite card games up to my favorite videogames... Well to be honest, it's not entirely the game, it's who I play it with.. and if I'm playing a game with my friends, it's more fun for us when we're playing videogames...

As far as D&D goes.. I've never actually played it due to a combination of chronic offline shyness, and disliking play-by-post anything.

[Errant_Polearm]

I find it sad that in all time favourite GAME thread people only post video games:smallfrown:

I didn't. I listed canasta.
Granted, I also said Rainbow Six, but that was meant as more a supplemental since everyone else had assumed computer/video games.

[DarkElfGangsta]

Drakengards 1 and 2.
I have yet to see a game with a plot so epic and original. I mean oh my god if you played it and paid attention to the plot then you know what I mean. also dragons and a crapload of weapons wit hunique stories for each.
second place would be SoTC and pokemon silver.

[Shas aia Toriia]

I notice that since my buddy Masato hasn't posted, I'll list his and mine in one fell swoop:

Okami.

I thought I liked that game, but Masato took it to a whole new level. :smalleek: :smallbiggrin:

[X2]

Goldeneye 007 for the Nintendo 64...

It is so good... it... good... I can't... believe... how good... love... James Bond... first... person... good... GYAAAAAHHH!

*head 'splosion*

EDIT: And coming in close second is House of the Dead Overkill on the Wii... and not just because it holds the record for the most utterances of the word firetruck in a video game.

[Setra]

Goldeneye 007 for the Nintendo 64...

It is so good... it... good... I can't... believe... how good... love... James Bond... first... person... good... GYAAAAAHHH!

*head 'splosion*
I tried playing that again recently... I can't believe how much I suck at it now...

[Tavar]

Really, I don't think it's aged well. Especially compared to more modern games, the graphics are terrible, and the controls are clunky.

[Vic_Sage]

And lets not forget how everything explodes which makes it really annoying when I need to find cover.

[NeoVid]

My all-time favorite is still Virtual World Battletech.

[Quirinus_Obsidian]

+1 to Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The game is just too awesome for it's own good.