IGN Top 100 Games 2007

[Thunderfall]

IGN recently updated their list of Top 100 Games of All Time. On the updated list, Civilization II (1996) is placed at third place, behind Super Mario Bros. (1985) and Tetris (1989). Here is what they had to say about it:

Sid Meier's Civilization II took an amazingly balanced strategy game and somehow, despite all odds, made it bigger and better. For the sequel, the difference was in the details... and boy is there a lot of details.

Amazingly enough, in a game with seemingly infinite choices, Civ 2 doesn't require you to memorize a manual or micromanage. The game's intuitive interface makes handling 6000 years of global domination a breeze without having to worry about the little things. The choices Civ 2 offers are remarkable: you can take the world by force, perfecting your combat skills, use diplomacy to unite the nations, or focus your efforts on a way to just get the heck off the planet, among countless other options. The game even provides you with advisors (in the form of FMV clips which were all the rage in 1996) whose unadulterated goofiness could temporarily take your mind off the conquest at hand.

Civ 2's brilliant cohesiveness and innumerable permutations make it a game that can't easily be put down, or forgotten.

The list of top 10 games are as follows:

1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Tetris
3. Civilization II
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
5. Super Mario 64
6. Half-Life 2
7. Super Metroid
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
9. Final Fantasy III (US)
10. Resident Evil 4

The original Sid Meier's Pirates is on the list at #14.

 

[Shadondriel]

Wow, this is the most screwed list I've ever seen. I wonder how wrong in the head people must be to submit such a thing.

No Civ4, Civ3, Civ1
No Diablo, Warcraft III

Final Fantasy VII on rank 76?
Secret of Mana on rank 79?

Ms. Pacman on rank 13, but no pacman, pong....

Oh, but lots of Marios, Zeldas, Metroids. Great job, IGN

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

Not only is Civ4 missing, but every game that came out later than 2004 is also missing. There've some really good games that have come out later than 2004; Civilization IV, Company of Heroes, Halo 3, The Elder Scrolls IV, World in Conflict, The Orange Box, etc. At least World of Warcraft is on the list, and so is Rome: Total War.

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

100. Archon: The Light and the Dark (Board Game)
99. Rayman 2: The Great Escape (3D Platformer)
98. Quake II (Sci-Fi First Person Shooter)
97. Silent Hill 2 (Horror Action Adventure)
96. Wave Race 64 (Snow/Water Racing)
95. Bionic Commando (2D Platformer)
94. NIGHTS into Dreams (3D Platformer)
93. Ultima VII: The Black Gate (Computer Role-Playing)
92. WipEout 3 (Futuristic Racing)
91. Pilotwings (Flight Simulation)
90. Okami (Fantasy Action Adventure)
89. Alone in the Dark (Horror Action Adventure)
88. Star Wars (Atari) (Action)
87. Advance Wars (Modern Turn-Based Strategy)
86. Perfect Dark (Sci-Fi First Person Shooter)
85. Mafia (Historic Action Adventure)
84. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (Adventure)
83. World of Warcraft (Fantasy Online-Role Playing)
82. Syndicate (Sci-Fi Real Time Strategy)
81. Space Invaders (Shoot-'Em-Up)
80. Ninja Gaiden Black (Fantasy Action Adventure)
79. Secret of Mana (Action Role-Playing)
78. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Action Role-Playing)
77. Star Fox (Futuristic Jet Sim)
76. Final Fantasy VII (Role-Playing)
75. GoldenEye 007 (Modern First-Person Shooter)
74. Sam & Max Hit the Road (Adventure)
73. Resident Evil (Horror Action Adventure)
72. MechWarrior 2 (Mech Sim)
71. Planescape: Torment (Role-Playing)
70. Tecmo Bowl (Football)

...to be continued

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

Top 25 PC Games according to this list

1. Tetris
2. Civilization II
3. Half-Life 2
4. Resident Evil 4
5. StarCraft
6. Star Wars: TIE Fighter (Collector's CD-ROM)
7. Pirates! (1987)
8. Doom
9. Metal Gear Solid
10. X-COM: UFO Defense
11. System Shock 2
12. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
13. SimCity 2000
14. Half-Life
15. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
16. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
17. Halo: Combat Evolved
18. Fallout
19. Deus Ex
20. Grand Theft Auto III
21. Grim Fandango
22. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
23. Battlefield 1942
24. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
25. Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
26. Rome: Total War (I just felt like adding this on.)

IGN's own list

1. X-COM: UFO Defense
2. Civilization IV
3. Star Wars: TIE Fighter
4. Rome: Total War
5. Fallout
6. StarCraft
7. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
8. SimCity 2000
9. Half-Life 2
10. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
11. Pirates! (1987)
12. Battlefield 1942
13. System Shock 2
14. Company of Heroes
15. Grim Fandango
16. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
17. World of Warcraft
18. Call of Duty
19. Warcraft 2: The Tides of Darkness
20. Deus Ex
21. The Sims
22. Unreal Tournament 2004
23. MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
24. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
25. IL-2 Sturmovik

IGN's list from 2000

1. X-COM: UFO Defense
2. Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
3. Sid Meier's Pirates!
4. Sid Meier's Civilization
5. Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
6. Tetris
7. StarCraft
8. Doom
9. Master of Magic
10. Half-Life
11. Diablo
12. Elite
13. Alone in the Dark
14. Star Wars: TIE Fighter
15. SimCity 2000
16. Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
17. Command and Conquer: Red Alert
18. Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
19. Homeworld
20. Sam & Max Hit the Road
21. Aces of the Pacific
22. Syndicate
23. Unreal Tournament
24. Wasteland
25. Duke Nukem 3-D


Dramatically diffferent. I can't see why Black and White misses the first two lists.

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

Another thing I noticed is that I went to look at IGN's Top 25 PC Games list from 2000 and Civ2 wasn't on that list either! Civ ONE was at the #4 slot!

 

[Ball Lightning]

Another thing I noticed is that I went to look at IGN's Top 25 PC Games list from 2000 and Civ2 wasn't on that list either! Civ ONE was at the #4 slot!

They are behind the times...

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

I just posted IGN's list from 2000. Funny how Pirates beats Civilization.