The 'Games you need to play before you die' Thread

[Jax]

You need to play Driver 2. Just to appreciate how good games can be. As in, not that.

[DrPepperMan]

Another one from me:



I've been a fan of the GTA series since the first. But this one blew me out the water in terms of scale and depth. Although it's aged I still play this more than GTA4!

[TheTurnipKing]

THE CHOICE IS MADE, THE TRAVELLER HAS COME!

1.
Super Metroid
magicmilner

2.
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
hero of canton

3.
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Herb

4.
Shadow of The Colossus
Akai XIII

5.
WaveRace 64
Uppa

6.
Metal Gear Solid
Cooldawn

7.
Super Mario Bros 3
Minty14

8.
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Jimmy Shedders

9.
Grim Fandango
The Crimson Clown

10.
PacMan
Raxicori

11.
Asteroids
Raxicori

12.
Breakout
Raxicori

13.
Pong
Raxicori

14.

15.
GTA: Vice City
Raxicori

16.
Halo: Combat Evolved
Adam Ash

17.
Bloodwych
Peter Crisp

18.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Jazzem

19.
Shenmue
Lee

20.
Mystical Ninja starring Geomon
Mafro

21.
Deus Ex
Mockmaster

22.
Elite
Xeno

23.
Resident Evil 2
DrPepperMan

24.
Tales of Symphonia
Dark Dragon 64

25.
Freespace 2
Cuttooth

26.
Body Harvest
Await Rescue

27.
Outtrigger
suzzopher

28.
Day Of The Tenacle
MCN

29.
Silent Hill
OLIN

30.
Crash Bandicoot
Pred

31.
Monkey Island 2: Lechuck's Revenge
karl_fletcher

32.
Diablo 2
Akai XIII

33.
Final Fantasy VII
SugarDave

34.
Timesplitters 2
SugarDave

35.
Super Mario Galaxy
Extralife

36.
Robotron 2084
Ord

37.
Doom
Ord

38.
Quake
Ord

39.
Grandia
Ord

40.
Oblivion
Ord

41.
Bioshock
Ord

42.
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Drumstick

43.
Sonic The Hedgehog
Lotus

44.
Earthworm Kim
karl_fletcher

45.
Goldeneye 007
karl_fletcher

46.
Pikmin 2
stayingDead

47.
LylatWars
stayingdead

48.
Portal
Garth

49.
Skies of Arcadia Legends
T9Flake

50.
Grandia 2
T9Flake

51.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Herr Dark Wolf

52.
Final Fantasy VIII
Cattanomics

53.
Gears of War
Cattanomics

54.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Cattanomics

55.
Knights Of The Old Republic
SugarDave

56.
Mass Effect
SugarDave

57.
Lost Odyssey
SugarDave

58.
Grand Theft Auto IV
SugarDave

59.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Cropolite

60.
Civilization IV
This is me breathing

61.
Crackdown
Bigerich

62.
Chrono Trigger
Herr Dark Wolf

63.
Resident Evil 4
TravelJug

64.
Shenmue II
TravelJug

65.
JetSet Radio
TravelJug

66.
Super Mario World
PJ

67.
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
FatDaz

68.
Super Mario Kart
E-Man

69.
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Clarkman

70.
Planescape Torment
TheTurnipKing

71.
StreetFighter II Turbo
mcjihge2

72.
Halo 3
mcjihge2

73.
Perfect Dark
mcjihge2

74.
Target; Renegade
mcjihge2

75.
Age Of Empire 2: Gold Edition
mcjihge2

76.
Pilotwings
mcjihge2

78.
Project Gotham Racing 2
mcjihge2

79.
Braid
Alvin Flummux

80.
Quake II
Alvin Flummux

81.
Metroid Prime
Alvin Flummux

82.
Deux Ex: Invisible War
Daniel

83.
Secret of Mana
Intergalactic Space Penguin

84.
Daggerfall: Elder Scrolls 2
Intergalactic Space Penguin

85.
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Intergalactic Space Penguin

86.
Beneath A Steel Sky
satriales

87.
Worms Armageddon
satriales

88.
Wipeout 2097
satriales

89.
Exhumed
satriales

90.
Crysis
Dodems

91.
The Orange Box
Dodems

92.
Rock Band
Shadow

93.
Crazy Taxi
Shadow

94.
Nights Into Dreams
Shadow

95.
The World Ends With You
final-fx

96.
Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney
final-fx

97.
Sunset Riders
final-fx

98.
Resident Evil (Gamecube Remake)
Herb

99.
Silent Hill 2
Vishvanath

100.
Advance Wars
Kanbei

101.
Another World
Brerlappins little hat

102.
Day Of Defeat: Source
Brerlappins little hat



HONORABLE MENTIONS

Wings
Lemmings
World of Warcraft
Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf
GTA III
GTA San Andreas
Fire Emblem
Suikoden
Final Fantasy Tactics

Notes:
Half Life 2 was mentioned by Raxicori, Portal by Garth, and Team Fortress 2 by Dalagonash but Dodems wisely included all of them by going to The Orange Box, thus saving two spaces and allowing for the inclusion of Another World and Day Of Defeat Source.

The list is currently in chronological order. I may sort by Metacritic scores or something later.

I think some paring down may be required, too. I mean... Quake 2? Target Renegade?

edit: Fixed a botch around Nights

[Dandy Kong]

Does that mean we can't post anymore? I was about to say Final Fantasy VII and Shenmue II. Both games I started but never finished...

[TheTurnipKing]

Does that mean we can't post anymore? I was about to say Final Fantasy VII and Shenmue II. Both games I started but never finished...

Not really. I'll just append them to the "honorary mentions" bit at the end. It's not my thread, but I was curious as to how it was going.

Though I think both those games are actually already mentioned (FFVII is 33 and Shenmue 22 is 64). The name underneath is the name of the first person to nominate. And bizarrely, OOT isn't in there at all, though the series is represented in both Majora's Mask and Link's Awakening.

[This is me breathing]

Well there are loads there that clearly don't belong on that list and quite a few that clearly do are missing.

[Shadow]

You missed out my vote for NiGHTS.

[TheTurnipKing]

And quite a few where multiple franchise entries should really be condensed down to the single best game in the series, unless there's enough different to justify both.

[TheTurnipKing]

You missed out my vote for NiGHTS.

quite possibly.

I think there were one or two with broken images ( Mafro in particular had a broken image, but I suspect that it was Superman 64, and therefore simply a big joke anyway ). And there may have been a few few that I just accidently skipped over. If anyone sees any errors, linky-dink me to the post and I'll sort it out.

[Osito]

I forgot Fire Emblem.

[Shadow]

You missed out my vote for NiGHTS.

quite possibly.

I think there were one or two with broken images. And there may have been a few few that I just accidently skipped over. If anyone sees any errors, linky-dink me to the post and I'll sort it out.

Ok, I've rehosted it just in case, it's on page 5.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=732&p=25704#p25704

[TheTurnipKing]

You missed out my vote for NiGHTS.

quite possibly.

I think there were one or two with broken images. And there may have been a few few that I just accidently skipped over. If anyone sees any errors, linky-dink me to the post and I'll sort it out.

Ok, I've rehosted it just in case, it's on page 5.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=732&p=25704#p25704

Yeah, it was defo missing for me. Had to ctrl-refresh the page to get it to appear.
It's in there now though, and Wings has been knocked back into the also-rans.

[coldspice]

GTAIV MUST be replaced by GTAIII

that is all

[TheTurnipKing]

GTAIV MUST be replaced by GTAIII

that is all

Vice City is already in there, so both iterations are fairly represented, I'd say.

Naturally, this is only a chronological list, and as the post title suggests, we now get to live with the results... no matter how ill considered they were.


GTAIV. Yesterday.

[Pattybean]

Bah I didn't even get chance to vote Suikoden or Final Fantasy: Tactics PSX





Infact I have two days off I might did these out.

[coldspice]

GTAIV MUST be replaced by GTAIII

that is all

Vice City is already in there, so both iterations are fairly represented, I'd say.

Naturally, this is only a chronological list, and as the post title suggests, we now get to live with the results... no matter how ill considered they were.


GTAIV. Yesterday.

Fairy nuff.

Surely we could use some sort of way to 'refine' the list as I would say GTA3 is in the ten games every gamer should play, certainly more so than VC. But them's the rules I guess

[This is me breathing]

GTA III is gooseberry fool, shouldn't be on the list.

When you get right down to it neither should Vice City.

I'd put 4 and San Andreas on there, for obvious reasons (they are the best in the series and show off different things).

Oh maybe there should be room for the original too.

[TheTurnipKing]

Oh, there are plenty of ways to refine the list. Feel free

This is just a list of the 100 games that the swirling throng of GRcade thought everyone should play before they die in the order that they were posted. In the broader sense, the entire topic is about those games.

I mean, if it were up to me, I'd strip out all the fairly recent games like Bioshock, simply because I reckon most people will already have played them, and maybe insert a few lesser known gems like Mystic Quest for the Gameboy and Ninja Cop for the GBA.

GTA III is ****, shouldn't be on the list.

When you get right down to it neither should Vice City.

I'd put 4 and San Andreas on there, for obvious reasons (they are the best in the series and show off different things).

Oh maybe there should be room for the original too.

I hated San Andreas, but loved Vice City, despite it being the inferior game technically. There's no accounting for taste, really, and that's really what distinguishes the 3D GTA games.

The list has thrown up quite a few oddities as it is, and for that, I think it's worth it. I mean, a GR top 100 list without Zelda: OoT? Blim.

[coldspice]

I'd put 4 and San Andreas on there, for obvious reasons (they are the best in the series and show off different things).

REALLY? SA is by far the weakest in the series for me. With 4 not far behind. (They are still great though.)

[This is me breathing]

SA just because of the sense of scale it gives you, playing it I finally got what people meant about GTA games, makes all the others look small and closed off to me.

Is Crackdown on the list? Should be.