Your Top Ten Games - Page 2

• Deus Ex (PC/Mac)
• Bully (PS2/PC/360/Wii)
• Shenmue (Dreamcast)
• Laser Squad (Amiga version)
• Cannon Fodder (Amiga)
• Morrowind (PC/X-Box)
• Full Throttle (PC/Mac)
• Close Combat 2: A Bridge too Far (PC/MAC)
• Duke Nukem 3D (everything)
• Populous 2 (Amiga version)

I'm going to shit on people's thoughts before I start.

Not so! For many people, myself included, Perfect Dark came too little, too late. Goldeneye came a year after the N64 came out and its multiplayer was a revelation compared to Mario Kart and Starfox. Sure, the handful of people into online gaming in 1997 couldn't be bothered with the game, but Goldeneye gets marks for being in the right place at the right time. Still, neither game are that great in 2010.

Does not compute, especially since you have no Mario games on your list. Not only have the Sonic games' basic fundamentals have aged horribly, but Sonic 2 and Sonic CD are much better games.

Which isn't saying much. It's also one of the worst licensed NES games, which isn't saying much either.

Isometric?!? Were you playing Diablo this whole time thinking it was Zelda?

This. It's worth hunting down just for the amazingly addictive minigame.

1. Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - Any time someone talks to me about Ocarina of Time I always ask them if they've played this game. It's required playing at this point. If you've played any Zelda since, you've played this game. It's the purest, best example of the Zelda formula. As a kid I ate up its expansion of the series' mythology, from the prologue about the Golden Land to the awesome illustrations in the instruction manual and the strategy guide.

One of my favorite memories was upon collecting all the crystals and ready to fight Ganon, I mistakenly went from Turtle Rock to the Pyramid of Power. I couldn't find an entrance to the Pyramid. After dropping my hundredth bomb on the peak of the Pyramid, I looked off at the horizon and saw a Tower on top of Death Mountain and realized that the Light World's Tower of Hera was the Dark World's Ganon's Tower! Such a revelation may sound silly now, but my 8 year-old self was astounded.

2. Super Mario World - Another perfect game, Super Mario World did so many things right. The music is especially impressive, from the minor deviations of one central musical theme to the percussion beat when you're riding Yoshi to the slight echo to everything when you're underground. It has a way more forgiving learning curve than Super Mario Bros. 3 and there were a ton of secrets to behold. It's one of the strongest examples of how well sprite-based games hold up visually.

3. Super Metroid - Call me a SNES fanboy, but the early 90s was a great time to play videogames. This game is still one of the finest examples of visual storytelling in a videogame. I'm not sure if Portal would exist the way it does without this game. The game smartly holds your hand to instruct where to go next, but it doesn't make it too easy for you. It'll give you the general direction of where you need to go, but your ingenuity will be rewarded (best example: breaking the glass tube with the power bomb to open Maridia). I love Symphony of the Night, but this is something it could have used.

4. Chrono Trigger - Haven't played it? Go buy a DS and this game's cartridge. It had enormous, expressive sprites for its time and an unforgettable story. It's like they made a list of everything that was annoying in RPGs and made sure they never found their way into this game (random encounters, having to stand frozen in place when talking to an NPC). Fantastic game.

5. Mass Effect - I only played it a couple months ago and not since LttP have I been sucked into a game's world as much as Mass Effect. I'm eternally grateful that Bioware couldn't get the Star Trek license because they ended up making something far more interesting. The item management is poor and the Mako is clunky, but they're both very good at making for a more immersive experience. Mass Effect 2 may make for a better replay due to how streamlined it is, but it lost a lot about what made Mass Effect great in the process.

6. Portal - Probably the most innovative game on this list. The gameplay is truly revolutionary and rewarding and the story is unbelievable. One of my greatest gaming memories was finishing one of the last puzzles at 2 am and realizing I still had to get out of the facility. It wasn't until 4 am that I tore GlaDOS to pieces and threw everything into a fire.

7. Street Fighter II - Calling this a silly timewaster where you just hit someone is like calling chess checkers but with prettier pieces. It's a game that reveals an immense amount of depth after barely scratching the surface.

8. Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader - Pretty much the reason I bought a Gamecube. It refined the clunky first game's formula and has excellent fan service on top of the excellent gameplay.

9. Uncharted 2: Among Theives - I wasn't a fan of the first game; I thought the gameplay was uninspired and the story bland. What a difference a heaping layer of polish makes. The gameplay stays the same, but the level design complements the gunplay so well that you get heavily rewarded for being creative. The story and characters are pretty basic, but there's nothing wrong with basic if it's done well. The cutscenes in general makes for a great example for future developers to get their shit together and not just have a static, high-angle shot for a boring, poorly-animated scene of exposition (Infamous says hi).

10. Super Mario Bros. - Yeah I'm bookending this list with Mario games and I probably do like this game better than some of the above games, but I'm lazy. Anyway, the game fails to get old even after nearly 25 years. The controls, gameplay mechanics, and challenge still makes me play this game nearly once a month. Downloading it on Virtual Console made me realize my skills haven't faltered one bit since I was a kid. Everything from the music, the way sounds like jumping and coins organically add to the melody, to the crazy, imaginative world that Miyamoto and co. practically made upon necessity makes it probably the most inspired game on this list. Fuck Sonic the Hedgehog, I'll take Mario's slow gameplay and ugly graphics any day of the week.

In no particular order:

Super Mario Bros- The one that started it all for me. Still remember being about 5 years old and sneaking into my sisters' room when she was gone to turn on the NES. Great controls still make this fun to play.

Super Mario World- This was my first experience with the "Next-Gen" idea of consoles. I was hyped for the SNES beyond belief thanks to Nintendo Power and those awesome commercials. My dad took me to the video store (damn, remember those?) and he rented the SNES and Mario World for a couple days (can you still rent consoles?). I didn't put this game down for any of those couple days. I loved the bright new graphics and the new innovations like Yoshi. Yeah, Mario Bros. 3 was good, but World is what made me truly realize my love of gaming.

Mario 64- Damn, a lot more Mario on this list than I realized. This, like World, is one of those games that re-affirmed my love of gaming. In 1996, I was 13 and my love of gaming was waning. The SNES was still played routinely but my pre-teen mind wanted something more. Well, I got a helluva lot more with Mario 64 and the shiny new Nintendo 64 which came out 4 days before my birthday. I remember trying this at the local Toys R' Us and being blown away for the whole 3 minutes I played it. Once I got this baby home for myself, I said goodbye to the outside world. I think everyone went through the same phases of awe with this game. Who doesn't remember just starting outside the castle and running around in circles getting a feel for the new analog stick? Amazing graphics, terrific controls and some of my all time favorite level design (lava level, snow mountain level). That damn underground sea-monster still freaks me out though.

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time- I was never really into Zelda until I played this game. Going back and playing those older games now, especially Link to the Past, makes me wish I had experienced them at a younger age. Ocarina had a terrific story, great graphics and an amazing open world design. I believe this was the first game where I actually CARED about the story and what happens to certain characters. And nothing beats the feeling of riding Epona through Hyrule Field as the sun rises. Amazing for its' time.

Goldeneye- This game was fantastic and was my introduction to FPS. What a wonderful first meeting we had. My family didn't have a computer until about 1999, so I never had the chance to experience any of the popular computer FPS's (Wolfenstein, Doom). From start to finish, I was enthralled with this game and the experience that "I WAS BOND." Loved using gadgets and their was a fantastic variety in the weapons. I still remember the thrill I got from just firing my watch laser in circles on the walls.

Shenmue- Oh hells yeah. Some people love it, some people loathe it. I loved the shit out of this one. Great graphics, great world design and most importantly, an amazing story and unforgettable music. I can still hear that damn catchy and insanely happy super-market song everywhere I go. And I love it. Being able to play old school Sega arcade games within this game blew my mind. The fighting system was also surprisingly fun. The only thing I disliked was driving that damn forklift. For days...and days. Fuck you crates.

TMNT: Turtles in Time- This was the first arcade game I fell in love with. Well, this and The Simpsons arcade game. But I think TiT (hehe) had a bigger impression on me since I was such a big TMNT fan. Still remember begging my parents for quarters so I could play this game for hours at Fudruckers's. Sadly, this game has not aged too well. Playing on Super Nintendo was still amazing, but it was just ridiculously easy. However, this game was never truly meant to be played on home consoles. It was meant to be played in a poorly lit arcade with greasy pizza fingers from you and your friends. I miss you, Aladdin's Castle.

Grant Theft Auto: San Andreas- Tough choice, but this has to be my favorite GTA game. GTA3 was a great introduction to the open-world "do whatever the-fuck-you-want" third person shooter shooter. Vice City kicked it up a few notches with an AMAZING soundtrack and improved graphics and gameplay. But San Andreas was the nut-shot that took the giant down. SA added so much to an already winning formula. The thing I remember the most about SA is the game world. Loved the variety and design of that map. So many little nooks and crannies. The wooded are was truly creepy at night and I still hear rumors of Bigfoot somewhere out their wandering. The fact that people went on Bigfoot hunts in a video game is enough to make me nerdgasm. Gain muscle, get fat, rob houses, kill gangs, skydive, gamble, get a posse, sneak into Area 51. So much freedom and an amazing game world make this one of my favs. GTA4 was good but got a bit boring. I think it's a case of being a bit too realistic. The city was amazing but there simply wasn't a lot to do.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion- Still an amazing game. Stepping out of the sewers into Cyrodil for the first time blew my young adult mind. I love the setting of this game so much. It's truly a gorgeous game and the scenery can be breathtaking. The soundtrack is fantastic and I still keep it on my iPod. Loved the sheer amount of freedom. SO many weapons, spells, caves, enemies, sidequests, guilds. I invested well over 200 hours in this when I was in college and I only wish I had enough free-time nowadays to invest those many hours into it again. Damn you adulthood and schedules...damn you. Fallout 3 was also amazing but I prefer Oblivion. I believe it has to do with setting more than anything. FO3 was just too brown and gray for me.

Red Dead Redemption- Had this game since it came out and I just got to Tall Trees. I haven't even beatin' this thing yet and it's already in my top 10. I don't think I've ever loved taking my time in a game as much as this one. A lot to do in this one and since the Old West is one of my favorite settings, this game scratches all the right itches. Similar experience to Oblivion with this one...just stopping for minutes at a time to admire the landscape. The gunplay is fun (on expert, fuck auto-aim) and playing poker or even Liars Dice is ridiculously addicting. Exploration is great and this game has the best horse controls ever (sorry, Epona). I didn't even mind the Mexico missions as much as other people. Can't wait to finish this one.

I wasn't going to get in on this but then I saw a few awesome games that weren't on anyone's list.

- The Dig : Scumm gaming at it's finest. Super hard puzzles, great voice acting and a plot that kept you thoroughly engaged. I'll blame it on PMS but I totally cried when I got to the ending of this game back in high school.

- Deus Ex : Video game perfection.

- Prince of Persia: Sands of Time : Everything since kind of shat on the awesomeness of this game. This game proves that solid characterization is possible in a video game. Oh yeah and the mechanics were good too I GUESS.

- Saints Row 2 : I don't get how GTA4 gets on peoples' lists and this doesn't. Such a fun game. I go back to it all the time. Where else can you play a butch, morbidly obese chula in a pink dress with combat boots and a shotgun pimp cane?

- Dune 2 : My first RTS and a major time suck as a kid. Starcraft is better but I can play Dune 2 on my phone!

- Final Fantasy VIII : I'm not really sure why this game is my favorite. There's no real milestone attached to this game for me, but I just really really like it.

- A Link to the Past: I'd love to put Ocarina here, but I had the horse and the uber awesome sword and I was halfway through the Spirit Temple and my brother deleted my saved game. Never finished it. So I'll put the different but still brilliant SNES game here instead.

- Soul Calibur 2 : So many drunken games of this since it came out. My personal favorite fighter game. Probably because I don't ALWAYS lose.

- Knights of the Old Republic : This game gave us the awesome sauce that is both Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Also I love a good story and this one had a great one. Also you got to play a JEDI.

- World of Warcraft : Dear Wow, Thanks for sucking away a few years of my life. Thanks for having surprisingly good storytelling in a medium that shouldn't lend itself to that. Thanks for making me feel like the biggest nerd on the planet. And F that stupid gnome mage Chet that was always killing my hunter when I leveled five years ago. F him so hard.

Glad I'm not the only one. Mass Effect 2 is still great, but the first Mass Effect was a much more immersive experience. I will never understand the people who prefer loading screens over elevators. You still have to wait for things to load, but one of them keeps you in the world while the other approach breaks you out of the experience.

Silent Hill 2
Eternal Darkness
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
Resident Evil 2
Bioshock
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Fatal Frame 2
Final Fantasy X
Mortal Kombat II

Not a lot of diversity. I don't even own a console anymore.

This is more like '10 games I just thought of that I really like', but it'll do for now:

Grim Fandango. Gameplay wise it's not perfect but top of the pile in terms of visual design, music, writing, acting etc. Even managed to tug the heartstrings a few times, without stooping to the kind of overcooked melodrama that represents most games' attempts at getting a bit emotional.

Deus Ex. Hints at the kind of amazing things that can be done with games when the designers are talented and ambitious enough.

Pirates! Somehow watching your little boat sprite move against three screens of blank sea backgrounds to stumble on some unknown port manages to feel like some evocative, epic odyssey. One of those games where every run through feels like you've just played a unique story.

Civilization II. All these games are pretty awesome but this is the one I grew up with.

Katamari Damacy. Pure joyousness.

Captain Blood. Atari ST game that really should be a cult legend. Total fucking psychedelic head trip. Over twenty years on and it's still unlike anything else out there.

International Karate + / Supercars II. Okay going full-on into Atari ST nostalgia mode here but I still revisit these on emulators sometimes and find them a blast to this day.

Fallout 2. I only played these a few years ago but not many games sucked me in so completely. This one gets the edge over the original mainly for being bigger, but also for adding a offbeat sense of humour that I wasn't expecting at all.

Terranigma. Again I only discovered this one years after the fact but it's the greatest JRPG I've ever played. Basically it's a fantasy walk through the development of human civilisation. I don't think the english version was ever released outside of europe. It really needs to get a proper rerelease on the DS or something so it can finally get some love.

D'oh.

Also, it's nice seeing that a lot of people have A Link to the Past and Super Mario World on their lists instead of Ocarina of Time or Mario 3. It's good to know I'm not alone in that.

Hell yeah, Kriegraffe. You forgot to mention you can be a Super-intelligent dolphin pilot in UN Squadron. Me and a friend were talking about how awesome that game is just the other day. I also prefer Super Mario World to Mario 3, unless you count the head-to-head battle option tacked onto 3 in the All-Stars pack. Me and my friends call that "Smash Bros. 0" and it can be become very contentious.

Team Fortress 2 - really, the only FPS I need.

Final Fantasy 3/6 - World of Ruin ftw. Also, the best cast of characters in an RPG ever.

Syndicate - Corporate espionage . . . with miniguns.

Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo - about as action packed a puzzle game as you could get.

Smash TV (NES) - the control setup for this game is the tits. Dual wielding two NES controllers is badass enough, but as the levels get harder, you begin to develop intense thumb pain in both hands but any break in your concentration will result in instant death. SmashTV truly brings the pain.

Starfox - Meep bo ba dee bah

Street Fighter 3: Third Strike - best 2D fighter of all time, no question or exception

Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution - best 3D fighter available in America, no question. I give it the slight nod over 5 simply because this is a more polished rendition of the fighting engine. This will definitely be replaced by Final Showdown, should that ever make it to the states.

Fallout 1/2 - really a continuum of the same game, although I suppose I slightly prefer 2 (patched) if only for the ability to become a kung-fu legend AND a syphilitic porn star.

AND A NEW ADDITION TO THIS LIST! I just started playing Mass Effect (1) last week. It was $5 on Steam. I am absolutely loving every single minute of it. Being a hardass space marine is a blast, and the conversation options topple even Fallout's wide-ranging quality. I'm curious as to people suggesting that 2 is not quite as good, because everything I've heard has been exactly the opposite. What's the deal?

But seriously, as far as actual role-playing goes, Mass Effect nails it. I'm a shit talking Spectre who has pulled guns on people four or five times in just as many hours. I roll with Wrex and Ashley. We go hard.

ALSO: ICO/Shadow of the Colossus - Can games be art?

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Super Metroid/Metroid Prime (which one's better? who can say?). But I don't know how to work all that in, so I generally went with games I spent the most hours in as opposed to games that had extremely short but powerful experiences (I beat ICO while on mushrooms, and you can't really top that, but I don't know if it's fair to count).

Civilization IV (PC) - Easily the best of the series and replayable till Armageddon...or the next game in the series.

D/Generation (DOS) - An isometric puzzle shooter where you had to dodge killer acid balloons, cylinder-shaped flatteners, electrified floor panels, grenade-lobbing periscopes, and shape-shifting androids. Don't forget that you have three hours to finish, or the terrorists blow up the building.

The Secret of Monkey Island (DOS) - I could tell from the cover alone that this was gaming's answer to the The Princess Bride. I laughed my ass off.

Myst / Riven (Mac, PC)- I'm cheating a bit. Myst ended with a cliffhanger, leading up to Riven's ambitious world-building. Together, they made an amazing experience for the kid who played edutainment titles back in the day.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64) - This one brought some needed gameplay to the overworld side of the game. Throw in some time travel and the entire world felt like one big dungeon. They really need to play with the structure more often like they did so successfully here.

Super Smash Bros. (N64) - This game was meth to my middle school summer. SSB bled it dry and threw onto the curb.

Diddy Kong Racing (N64) - Oh, what do you want? This game is just fun. Its tracks are far more interesting than Mario Kart's.

Castles: Siege & Conquest (Mac) - As a kid, I was too inexperienced for the bloodthirsty AI. I didn't care. I could build castles and watch BBC documentary clips.

a hard list to make for sure!

Shadow Of The Colossus
GTA Vice City (glad to see this one pop up so often in this thread)
Legend Of Zelda - A Link To The Past
Gabriel Knight - Sins Of The Father
Red Dead Redemption
GTA4
Baldur's Gate II
Grim Fandango
Flashback - The Quest For Identity
Tie Fighter

Mass Effect 2 is still completely awesome. It made many improvements on the first game, particularly the inventory system and the shooting mechanics. However, for me, the first game feels more special and different. The first Mass Effect felt like a science fiction game set in a large universe. The second game felt like an action movie set in a sci-fi universe. There's nothing wrong with that. I just think that Bioware went just a little bit too far with streamlining the game where it became a set of disconnected experiences versus one large flowing world in the first game.

This is just nitpicking though. If I had the rank the two games, ME2 would only fall a point or two behind the original for me, but I can easily see how someone else would rank it the other way around.

I still think Bioware are smart enough to take lessons from ME2 and deliver one hell of a conclusion to their trilogy.

So you're saying this is good? I very recently got Civ 4, with all the add-ons, for a ridiculous price. Last Sid Meier game I played was Alpha Centauri, and that was an epic timesink (Chinese Hive Mind FTW!). I haven't installed it yet, because I, like, have things to do and stuff.

This is going to be very much a "favorite" over "great" games list. It's been stated a few times, but I'm reiterating that some of these are not even close to the objectively best I've played, but they're the ones that stick with me:

Commander Keen in "Invasion of the Vorticons" (DOS!) - The whole Commander Keen collection is fun on a bun, but the original holds a special place in my heart. This is the series that got me into playing video games. Simple? Yes. Addictive? Very. The second these hit Steam, I was buying them to relive my youth. A nostalgia trip for sure, but if you take the time to read the little plots in the games, you can also see how hilarious they are. You have to guide eight-year-old protagonist Commander Keen across Mars to the missing components of his spaceship (the Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket!) including a bottle of Everclear lifted from his dad's liquor cabinet. For fuel of course. In a word: classic.

Gunstar Heroes (Genesis) - I've never been a great "run and gun" gamer. I'm pure straight terrible at the Contra series, for instance. I'm pretty good at Sunset Riders, I'll say that much (Cormano = awesome). But Gunstar Heroes? In the world of Gunstar Heroes, I AM GOD. The second I started playing this game as a youngster, I was on a roll that never ever stopped. It's frantic, it's ridiculously colorful, and I might love it more than any other game I've ever played. Because we are one.

The Simpsons (Arcade) - This entry was a tough battle between The Simpsons, Aliens vs. Predator, and Die Hard Arcade/Dynamite Deka. Quality arcade beat 'em ups all, but America's favorite yellow family won out in the end. I've probably put more quarters into this game than anything else in an arcade. The first time I beat it (alongside my cousin and an anonymous third party) was so awesome, I ended up writing a "coming of age" paper about it in high school that netted me an A. Any video game that earns you good grades deserves to be on a Top Ten list.

The Curse Of Monkey Island (PC) - It's not the best. It's nowhere near the hardest. But it was my first adventure game, and you never forget your first. When it comes to adventure games, Lucasarts or otherwise, Curse was my gateway drug. Thus, this is kinda my cheat entry as it pretty much represents adventure games in general, but this one's nothing to scoff at. The design is great, it's still got the trademark Monkey Island humor, and it gave the world Murray, one of my all-time favorite video game characters.

Shenmue (Dreamcast) - Immersion. This was the first time I really felt it in a video game. Never before had I felt so invested in a game than with Ryo's journey to unravel his father's death. I can see why people might have found it boring, but I enjoyed the day-to-day events quite a bit. It helps that the combat was relatively deep and led to the awesome seventy-man fight. Plus, I loved the QTEs at the time (I was coming off a big Dragon's Lair phase) and they were semi-novel, not yet appearing in ever game ever. Also: forklift racing.

Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast) - Everything about this game just clicked with me. It's funny, looking at the cover art even now, it really doesn't appeal to me, looking a bit too goofy and anime, but I love this damn game. I really dig the combat system, and the ship-to-ship battles were awesome. But what I might have loved the most was finding crew members for my airship and customizing my own little pirate hideaway. I'd love to revisit this one soon. The Dreamcast is still around here somewhere.

Silent Hill 2 (PS2) - Atmosphere. This game has it in spades. No other video game has inspired such tension and fear in me. The best kind of sequel, Silent Hill 2 takes everything that was creepy and interesting about the first and applied it to much more worthy story. James Sunderland's is deeply emotional and more than a touch bizarre (random elevator game show!) The sticking point for a lot of people might be the gameplay. Truthfully, if you're playing smart/conservatively, there almost isn't any. James is a clumsy everyman and so you spend most of your time darting from puzzle to puzzle, running from enemies, hoping Pyramid Head will just show up and rape them to death for you.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox) - I'm not a Star Wars guy. At all. I couldn't tell you the last time I saw any of the films, I never got into that expanded universe stuff, nothing. But this, this I got on a whim and fell in love fast. This is one of the only times I've ever been fascinated with a Star Wars story. I loved everything about the look and feel of the Old Republic and it didn't hurt that the gameplay was solid. And we can't fail to mention HK-47, another entry into the list of great game characters.

Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube) - I'd been a long time Resident Evil fan before this game (2 being my second favorite), but this changed the series in the best way. Well for this entry, at least. The key word with this game is replayable. I honestly don't know how many times I've replayed it on rainy weekends or how many hours I've logged into Mercenaries. It just fails to get old.

Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) - There have been some really excellent points made in this thread about the first game being superior and having a special feel to it. This makes a lot of sense to me. I've felt that way with a bunch of sequels to games like KOTOR or Kingdom Hearts. It didn't matter how much better or improved the sequels got (though KOTOR 2's a bit of a broken example) they just didn't match the "feel" of the original. When it was new and fascinating and different. I feel this way a bit with Mass Effect as well, but I can't help but love this game so much. It's extremely well made and fun to play, but most importantly, it put me on edge. Going into the endgame just had me tense all over, anxious over what would happen to Shepard and the crew. I can't think of many games that made me feel this way and I will always appreciate that.

Special Mentions/Runners-Up: Crono Trigger, Super Mario 64, Red Dead Redemption

I spent quite a bit of time with Commander Keen when I was a kid. You gotta love lollipops, laser blasters, and cute little aliens.

All the changes going into Civ 5 is going to make it different enough to play alongside Civ 4. I don't recommend this practice.

Team Fortress 2 (on the list with a bullet!) gets better today with the Engineer update, presumably bringing TF2 to a final degree of ultimate completion.

I was trying to figure out the right thread to post that in. As an engineer player, this is AMAZING.

Fuck you, Valve.

And none of this additional content has cost me a penny!

In this case, I'd say fuck Microsoft. Unless you own a PS3... then yeah, as you were!

Yeeeeah best for last. That engie update is easily the best, most entertaining of the lot.

Sorry 360 dudes. But that's definitely on Microsoft, and may be a contributing factor to Valve so abruptly switching console support to PS3.

Not necessarily, considering how they've had no problems supporting Left 4 Dead out the ass on 360.

Left 4 Dead was a full-fledged title that Microsoft promoted the shit out of. Team Fortress 2 was branded as this extra thing that came with the Half-Life games and Portal. Multiplayer always seemed like a ghost town on 360.

Here's my list, there's a few repeats. Most of these are from my glorious youth.

KOTOR 2 - I love the first, but having to talk your shipmates into joining your side, being Jedi is so much more fun than it already being built in.

X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter - yeah double Star Wars. I don't remember there being an actual plot like the first two, but this one was a ton of fun, especially the mission when you have to take down a Star Destroyer!

Dungeon Keeper - you get to be the bad guy!

Bladerunner - anyone remember this for the PC? So many directions the plot can go, takes the movie and tells a fresh story.

Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries - loved upgrading, buying new mechs, hiring partners and being all around ruthless.

Resident Evil 4 - for every reason stated, but mostly because of the ridiculous Mercenaries game.

The Punisher - Ennis plot, Thomas Jane voice over, and you get to torture criminals!

Mario Kart 64 - loved being able to play the old levels on the Wii version.

AvP 2 - for the PC, best recreation of the movies yet.

Street Fighter 2 - any variation, especially Marvel vs. Capcom. A defining moment in my youth.

I loved this as well, and I'm surprised it still gets underrated. What was great was that is was a point and click adventure but it didn't rely on item combo puzzles at all, it was all detective stuff like figuring out where to go next and who to talk to, and making decisions on which way to take the story. It wasn't perfect but at the time it felt like a step forward for adventure games that no one really followed up on.

I'm pretty sure I still have my copy of the Blade Runner game in one of my closets. I should go see if I can find it after work today.