The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
Best Video Game
Germsrosolino
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
So this has the potential to cause some very stressful debates, and I ask for your efforts not to allow that. But for statistics and survey purposes, I was wondering if I could get some opinions.
Including all genres, and all time periods, what, in your opinion, is the greatest video game every made. Your decision will obviously be influenced by personal experiences and taste; however, I ask you to consider the following criterion in your decision:
1) Overall Plotline (Is the plot clever and original?)
2) User Interface (Is it simple to use, and add to the experience in a positive way?)
3) Progression and Advancement (How does the leveling system work? Does the difficulty of the game match the natural progression of the character(s)?)
4) Bosses (Are the bosses befitting to the plotline, and are their difficulties reasonable to the progression?)
5) Ending (Does the ending leave anything to be desired?)
This is not for a class or anything of the sort, but I am always fascinated by the wide variety of responses. Also, I ask that no one on this forum directly assault someone for their choice of best game. Everyone's taste is different.
Including all genres, and all time periods, what, in your opinion, is the greatest video game every made. Your decision will obviously be influenced by personal experiences and taste; however, I ask you to consider the following criterion in your decision:
1) Overall Plotline (Is the plot clever and original?)
2) User Interface (Is it simple to use, and add to the experience in a positive way?)
3) Progression and Advancement (How does the leveling system work? Does the difficulty of the game match the natural progression of the character(s)?)
4) Bosses (Are the bosses befitting to the plotline, and are their difficulties reasonable to the progression?)
5) Ending (Does the ending leave anything to be desired?)
This is not for a class or anything of the sort, but I am always fascinated by the wide variety of responses. Also, I ask that no one on this forum directly assault someone for their choice of best game. Everyone's taste is different.
Germsrosolino on
0
This discussion has been closed.
Posts
That was easy.
Some games that have always stood out for me:
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night.
Portal
Shadow of the Colossus
Wasteland
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
If the thread manages to not get locked, I'll write my reasoning behind each pick in another post.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
final fantasy 6 for all of em
also this
To the death, Doc.
We had more fun with that than anything else.
I'm gonna go with driver.
Deus Ex is also freakin sweet.
Tetris is awesome.
i give this a 1 in 24 chance of happening
Edit: scratch that, no snarky comparisons. Suffice it to say that the above is a great game.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Life is Beautiful and Ender's Game
that was easy
I played that game so much that at one point I could close my eyes and still see blocks swapping.
Ender's Game as best book?
Best book
Like, ever.
In the history of books.
If I had a time machine I'd go back and slap your parents on the night they conceived you.
FFVII
And yes, Fallout 2 a close 2nd.
Comfortable, permanent
Undisputed, every tense
Not a trace of what went left
More equal than the best
Unparalleled success
Everybody, V-impressed
It's actually Star Control 2.
Which has been converted to an open source project. http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
Casablanca, Silmarillion
I'm also going to push the button.
Still though, this kind of quick answer doesn't really sit right with my obviously inflated ego and usual word riddled responses.
That too. But not Star Control 3, which was basically as fun as multiplayer excel.
Silmarillion? That was a book? I thought it was just a list of begats from the Old Testament with names swapped with random fantasy names.
It's the internet, be happy that he didn't say something by Ayn Rand or L Ron Hubbard.
I really think you need to ask this by genre. There's dozens, hundreds of games that won't get mentioned because it's like asking "what's the best story of all time?"
My personal answer is Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike but fighting games are, to me, the purest expression of video games. I love Civilization II, Knights of the Old Republic, Halo, Planescape: Torment, Deus Ex, Mount & Blade, Rome: Total War, Total Annihilation, Super Mario Brothers, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and more besides.
The question is too generic. You need to harness the diversity of video games in your question. Make it a series of questions, like "what's the best RPG?" and "What's the best platformer?"
Even then, you won't see a front runner really. Games are too diverse with too much meaning.
There was that, it also could be considered to contain The Lord of the Rings and There and Back Again.
Planescape: Torment
Fallout(I hate NMA, honest!)
Fallout 2
BG2
I loved that game. It had a great atmosphere. Turning a corner to see a Chryssalid right in front of your soldier frequently made me jump.
Okay I'll be hip and trendy and say 1984 because that's what all the cool college kids say these days.
Baldur's Gate 2 is really high up there, too. Like top 3.
Ocarina of Time.
The Legend of Zelda.
RYGAR
okay rygar sucked
Wasteland was the first game that gave me the sense of a living, breathing, real world. Individual characters had motivations. NPCs might not cooperate, even after you add them to your party. Actions had consequences. Like Fallout or the Elder Scrolls series or the best of Bioware, you had multiple paths to success. A villager has weapons you need? You can go talk to them and perform a side quest or you can just try to gun them down. Encounter a locked door? Bash it with a shovel, launch an RPG at it, pick the lock, or try to bargain with somebody to get the key.
Not only that, but the writing was sometimes charming, sometimes funny, and sometimes damn depressing, but always amazingly atmospheric.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.