My top 30 video games of ALL TIME!

[laser]

First off, a bit of my gaming background...

Systems played, order of most time to least:

Nintendo 64
Xbox 360
Xbox 1
Nintendo GameCube
Arcade
PC
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Genesis

First game - either Doom 2 or Windows Solitaire.
First console game - either one of the Sonic The Hedgehog games, or Ghostbusters on the Sega Genesis.
First arcade game - The Simpsons.

First game that I LIKED - Star Fox 64!

Now for THE LIST:

1. Worms Armageddon (PC) - 9.9

Best feature: Endless options
Worst feature: Minor online bugs

2. Perfect Dark (N64) - 9.8

Best feature: Art style
Worst feature: Frame rate

3. Halo 1 (Xbox 1) - 9.7

Best feature: Texture detail
Worst feature: No online play

4. Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox 1) - 9.7

Best feature: Graphics
Worst feature: Frustrating gameplay

5. GoldenEye 007 (N64) - 9.7

Best feature: Gameplay
Worst feature: None

6. Burnout Revenge (Xbox 1) - 9.6

Best feature: Replay value
Worst feature: Crappy online play

7. The Legend of Zelda - Majora's Mask (N64) - 9.6

Best feature: Almost everything, except...
Worst feature: ...it's too easy

8. Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC) - 9.5

Best feature: Music
Worst feature: Not a lot of depth to the gameplay

9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - 9.4

Best feature: Audio
Worst feature: A bit difficult

10. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360) - 9.4

Best feature: This game is BIG!
Worst feature: Poor variety of environments

11. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (Arcade) - 9.4

Best feature: bangin' hardcore choonz (Uh, music )
Worst feature: None, really (I'm horrible at it, though... -_-)

12. Donkey Kong 64 (N64) - 9.3

Best feature: Lots of secrets
Worst feature: Too much backtracking

13. Paper Mario (N64) - 9.3

Best feature: Most of it
Worst feature: Later levels are pretty hard

14. Star Fox 64 (N64) - 9.3

Best feature: Controls
Worst feature: Kinda simplistic

15. Banjo-Kazooie (N64) - 9.2

Best feature: Piles of fun!
Worst feature: Too much collecting

16. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (DC) - 9.2

Best feature: Atmosphere
Worst feature: Nothing too serious

17. Crazy Taxi (DC) - 9.2

Best feature: Frantic gameplay
Worst feature: It's tricky

18. Project Gotham Racing 2 (Xbox 1) - 9.2

Best feature: Online play
Worst feature: Graphics are kind of bland

19. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Xbox 360) - 9.2

Best feature: Never a dull moment...
Worst feature: Crummy shortcuts

20. Banjo-Tooie (N64) - 9.2

Best feature: Inter-level objectives
Worst feature: Levels are too big

21. Star Wars Episode I Racer (N64) - 9.2

Best feature: Atmosphere
Worst feature: Later levels too difficult

22. Rayman 2: The Great Escape (N64) - 9.2

Best feature: Atmosphere
Worst feature: Camera

23. Harvest Moon 64 (N64) - 9.1

Best feature: I just like farming!
Worst feature: Days are too short

24. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Xbox 1) - 9.1

Best feature: Multiplayer
Worst feature: The single player is too boring when you're stealthy, and too hard when you're aggressive

25. Blast Corps (N64) - 9.1

Best feature: Puzzles
Worst feature: Lo-fi graphics

26. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (N64) - 9.1

Best feature: Level design
Worst feature: Clunky gameplay

27. Soul Calibur (DC) - 9.0

Best feature: Character design
Worst feature: Not that much depth...

28. Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (DC) - 9.0

Best feature: Depth of gameplay
Worst feature: Frustrating menus

29. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (GC) - 9.0

Best feature: Lots of objectives
Worst feature: Unforgiving gameplay

30. MechAssault (Xbox 1) - 8.9

Best feature: PERFECT online multiplayer!!!
Worst feature: Linear single player

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Let me know your thoughts about it all!

[OTfor2]

I agree with you on most of these, but if you missed the Playstations, you missed a lot.

Off the top of my head, Crash Bandicoot (1,2 & 3), Spyro (1,2 & 3) and metal gear solid (1) marked my childhood. A little later on (PS2 beginnings), SSX (1 and Tricky). Further on, God of War (1). I'd add FFX, but that's a personal choice, when being objective I do realise it kinda sucks.

[Causeofdeath15]

There seems to be a problem with your list... Majora's Mask is on there, AND in front of OoT.

Other than that, it's a pretty sound list. I'm glad you had Burnout on the top 10... It's one of my favorite game franchises. And Mechassault was amazing. Even though I'm more of an Armored Core kinda guy. :P

[laser]

Least favorite system - PlayStation 1

Worst feature: schlapskietiest 3D graphics in all of gaming

Least favorite controller - PlayStation controller

Worst feature: Shapes on black buttons instead of letters or numbers on coloured buttons (harder to memorize, easy to confuse them on a quick glance)

I hardly ever touched any of the three PlayStations, but almost never felt the need to after the first time.

I probably would've liked the PS3's "boomarang" prototype controller a bit better...

EDIT

Originally Posted by Causeofdeath15

Majora's Mask is on there, AND in front of OoT.

A lot of people agree with me about that, actually...

[00Svo]

ratchet and clank, jak and daxer, crash bandicoot, you missed a lotta good stuff bro

[laser]

I played Crash. Least gameplay depth I've ever seen.

[OTfor2]

Originally Posted by laser

I played Crash. Least gameplay depth I've ever seen.

Someone got frustrated at the difficulty level.

Btw, that's why I nerver enjoyed Mario 64. Crash is hyper nervous and fast platforming; when i touched mario after that, it felt like the controls were super heavy. On the other hand, I really enjoyed Mario Sunshine, because once again, controls were way more nervous/hyper sensitive. That's how platformers are supposed to be imo. (Tomb raider: heaviest controls possible in a platformer I've ever seen. Ugh.)

Also:

Originally Posted by laser

Worst feature: schlapskietiest 3D graphics in all of gaming

Least favorite controller - PlayStation controller

Very objective there aren't you?
I'll just say you're plain stupid and biased to even start thinking N64>PS1 when the question are graphics. And a 3 handled middle joystick controller? Please, be serious here.

[Chimaira]

There are a lot of games on that list that you wouldn't normally see on a top list.

My top games:

Halo 1
Halo 2
Morrowind
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Half Life 2
Age of Mythology

Pretty typical for the most part.

[repivemag]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Kotor. That's probably my #1 with Mass Effect following. Sure their not perfect but those are my favorites, among others.