its one of the highest selling games ever and still is 10 years later. Its a public vote so of course its going to be up there
That's very true, while I enjoyed Skyrim on my first playthroughs, when I tried to start a new one last year I didn't go further than Whiterun. There is something wrong about the game in the sense that the gameplay isn't solid enough to justify the fact that I know most quests. On the other hand, Dishonored is as great as it was initially. That thought will lead me to a new playthrough of The Brigmore Witches DLC.
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Don't forget Tetris, which to this day is still being played.Batman: Arkham City coming out on top in a bracket that includes Street Fighter II, Pokemon, Super Mario 64, Shadow of the Colossus, Dark Souls and Half Life 2.
By that logic fecking FIFA should make these lists.
Yeah, as good as Arkham City was (and you can the combat in that series has influenced stuff like Spiderman and would continue for some time).... SF2 is ICONIC.
Damn. feck IGN.
There are actually some glaring and obvious flaws, like the lack of any half decent bosses. For an action adventure title called 'God of War' you finish the game by mainly watching cut-scenes.
Skyrim's gameplay holds up about as well now as it did 10 years ago. It was considered the weakest part of the game then at it unsurprisingly still is. So I'm not sure where that comparison comes from.
Bosses are definitely fair I guess. There's a few decent ones, Baldur, the dragon, valkyries are all good fights IMO.
Valks are great but they are optional. Dragon was fun and probably the best fight in the story. Baldur was a joke.
Fair enough. They definitely built it up as a prequel to Ragnorok so there are some huge expectations for that, but if they get the fights right on that and carry the rest out pretty similarly (not copy and paste of course), then it's an easy 10 for me.
you would have to pick one FIFA. But whatever the best ever one is probably should be in contention for these lists. They are very popular games
CoD 4 was immaculate.OK how does Goldeneye get beaten by Call of Duty 4
Yeah, at the end of the day, "best of" lists are pretty silly and, of course, they're going to be very subjective. The fact that this one is a public vote would explain a lot, because using the number of units a game has sold is not a good metric for how good said game is, IMO. Obviously, it's the online aspect of GTA V that has given it quite an incredible life span. Which is not to say that the online aspect of a game should be ignored, but I don't think it has a lot to do with the single-player, which I found...fine. But nothing more than that.
I havent played it since it was released and if Im not mistaken it was Ps3 I played it on, which is crazy that is remains in best selling lists. Doesnt matter if its down to the online or not, its staying power is something else.
Where's the fun in that!
But you can demonstrate your superior encyclopaedic knowledge of video games! Preferably while absolutely dripping with smugness.
There is a point because this thread created interesting conversations and mentions, at the end of the day our respective lists aren't important it's more about the sharing of thoughts and opinions. Outside of @The Firestarter who won't rest until we all admit that GTA V is best game ever.
I don't think mods should matter, even if Bethesda built their entire success on them. Skyrim isn't a great game in itself, it's barely even good (shit story, flat characters, basic combat, terrible UI, bugs galore). It's another case of a game that can be called influential rather than great. At the same time, Dark Souls is very moddable, people put out insanely good mods for it but the base game also stands on its own.
CorrectedOutside of @The Firestarter who won't rest until we all admit that GTA V is best GTA game ever.
I think you are right on this. Ive been playing the online version since it went live. Still play once a week now 8 years later, still have a ton of fun on it with a few mates. As far as the best game I have played there are others that I think are better but in terms of the game I have spent the most time playing it would be gta5 online.
Settle down, I didn't suggest that Skyrim was a great game, it wasn't even about Skyrim. I was just wondering if people limit their opinion to vanilla versions or if they take into account mods. It's a bit like cars people don't necessairly limit their rankings to factory specs.
Look at this dude. He got it right.Don't forget Tetris, which to this day is still being played.
Where the hell was Metal Gear Solid (PS1)? That game was phenomenal.
FF VII and Ocarina of Time going out like San Marino and Malta at the qualifying stage?
Street Fighter 2, the game that popularised a whole genre doesn't get past round 1?
Where's Tekken 3?
No Gran Turismo or any sports games?
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Neither of those games hold up though. They are clunky messes. SM64 especially is horrible.
I loved version 2.
It could be interesting to start from the same matchups as they did and see where we end up. But in truth, even the starting point is pretty shit. How did they even get to that list of games?
