IGN's Top 100 Video Games Lists Comparisons

[Maniacal]

Online? It's no where near as fun beating the crap out of idiots on the net than it is to beat the crap out of your friends. Sure, I've probably played more hours of Counter Strike than SSB Melee, but the quality of time playing SSB Melee is much better than the time I've played any game online.

Highly agreed.

 

[raketooy]

The big problem of this kind of lists is that they usually don't tell how the "greatest"/"best" game is measured. For example, if you ask me the best game _to play_ of all time, I'd say Civilization IV. But, if you asked me, what is the most important, influential game of all time (i.e. the one I would least want to have never existed) the first Civ would be above IV. And the in the first place would be some old revolutionary game, Pac-Man, Pong, Space Invaders ...? I still don't think these games are the best games _to play_ ever made.

 

[sir_schwick]

I cannot even agree that multi player is the most important part of all great games. Deus Ex had a very stinted and touchy MP scene, but that is not why I still replay it.

raketooy also makes a good point that 'overall' lists are weak and controversial. Many of the gaming magazines did good by separating games into appropriate categories. PC gaming is diverse enough that some genre greats will be hated by non-genre fans.

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

The big problem of this kind of lists is that they usually don't tell how the "greatest"/"best" game is measured. For example, if you ask me the best game _to play_ of all time, I'd say Civilization IV. But, if you asked me, what is the most important, influential game of all time (i.e. the one I would least want to have never existed) the first Civ would be above IV. And the in the first place would be some old revolutionary game, Pac-Man, Pong, Space Invaders ...? I still don't think these games are the best games _to play_ ever made.

The answer is Super Mario Bros., as without it, video gaming would have probably ended up as a failed industry. Of course, that would probably be positive in my opinion.

Like I said with SSBM, Civ4 is definetely not the best video game ever, no matter what condition. It's definetely my pick for 3rd best video game I own, after Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy.

 

[azzaman333]

How is SSBM not the greatest game ever?

 

[Aramazd]

The answer is Super Mario Bros., as without it, video gaming would have probably ended up as a failed industry. Of course, that would probably be positive in my opinion.

Nah, the video game crash only occured in the US right, besides it's not like computers stopped selling.

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Resident Evil 4
4. Super Metroid
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
6. Soul Calibur
7. Golden Eye 007
8. Final Fantasy III (US)
9. Metal Gear Solid
10. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
11. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
12. God of War
13. Half-Life 2
14. Halo: Combat Evolved
15. Perfect Dark
16. Shenmue II
17. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
18. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
19. Super Mario 64
20. Final Fantasy VII
21. Super Mario Bros. 3
22. Guitar Hero
23. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
24. Metroid Prime
25. Halo 2
26. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
27. Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
28. Super Smash Bros. Melee
29. Conker's Bad Fur Day
30. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
31. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
32. Xenogears
33. EarthBound
34. Super Mario World
35. Shadow of the Colossus
36. Suikoden II
37. Ninja Gaiden
38. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
39. Grim Fandango
40. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
41. Mario Kart DS
42. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
43. Jade Empire
44. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
45. Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
46. Grand Theft Auto III
47. Advance Wars
48. Burnout 3: Takedown
49. Secret of Mana
50. Gran Turismo 4
51. Fire Emblem
52. Rome: Total War
53. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
54. WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW 2006
55. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
56. The Legend of Zelda
57. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
58. Skies of Arcadia
59. ESPN NFL 2K5
60. Final Fantasy X
61. Unreal Tournament 2004
62. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
63. Call of Duty
64. Forza Motorsport
65. StarCraft
66. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
67. NCAA Football 2004
68. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
69. Madden NFL 2005
70. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
71. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
72. Jak 3
73. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
74. SSX 3
75. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
76. ESPN NFL Football
77. Metroid Fusion
78. Golden Sun: The Lost Age
79. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
80. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
81. Shenmue
82. Super Mario Bros.
83. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
84. NBA Street Vol. 2
85. Tales of Symphonia
86. Project Gotham Racing 4
87. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
88. Metroid: Zero Mission
89. Half-Life
90. Soulcalibur II
91. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
92. Kingdom Hearts
93. Wario War Inc: Mega Microgame$
94. Golden Sun
95. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
96. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
97. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
98. MVP Baseball 2005
99. Tekken 5
100. Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

OF GAMES I OWN

My Top 5 List

1. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)
2. Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
3. Civilization IV (2005)
4. Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)
5. Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)

Gamespot's Top 5 List

1. Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
2. Civilization IV (2005)
3. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2002)
4. Rise of Nations (2003)
5. SId Meier's Pirates! (2004)

IGN's Top 5 List

1. Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)
4. Civilization IV (2005)
5. Super Mario Sunshine (2002)

OF GAMES I'VE PLAYED

My Top 5 List

1. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)
2. Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
3. Civilization IV (2005)
4. StarCraft (1998)
5. Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)

Gamespot's Top 5 List

1. Metroid Prime (2002)
2. Tekken Tag Tournament (2000)
3. Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
4. Civilization IV (2005)
5. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2002)

IGN's Top 5 List

1. Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
3. StarCraft (1998)
4. Metroid Fusion (2007)
5. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

NINTENDO 64

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Super Mario 64
3. Perfect Dark
4. Golden Eye 007
5. Excitebike 64
6. Wave Race 64
7. Banjo-Kazooie
8. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
9. Rayman 2: The Great Escape
10. International Superstar Soccer '98
11. Super Smash Bros.
12. WWF Wrestlemania 2000
13. Ridge Racer 64
14. Madden NFL '99
15. Resident Evil 2
16. 1080 Degrees Snowboarding
17. Mario Kart 64
18. All-Star Baseball 2001
19. NHL '99
20. Jet Force Gemini
21. Blast Corps
22. Space Station: Silicon Valley
23. Mario Golf
24. Rocket: Robot on Wheels
25. Harvest Moon 64

NINTEDO GAMECUBE

1. Metroid Prime
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Super Smash Bros. Melee
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
5. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
6. Pikmin 2
7. F-Zero GX
8. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
9. Super Mario Sunshine
10. Wave Race: Blue Storm
11. Animal Crossing
12. Beyond Good & Evil
13. Resident Evil
14. Soulcalibur II
15. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
16. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
17. Viewtiful Joe
18. Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
19. Timesplitters 2
20. Killer 7
21. Super Monkey Ball 2
22. Battalion Wars
23. Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
24. DK Jungle Beat
25. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

 

[Chris85]

Where the hell is Tales of Symphonia and Skies of Arcadia at on the IGN Gamecube list? People frequently list those two games among the best RPGs of the past decade.

 

[azzaman333]

No F-Xero X = huge failure for the 64 list.

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

And where the hell is Star Fox 64?!

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

PLAYSTATION 2

1. God of War
2. Grand Theft Auto III
3. Final Fantasy X
4. Shadow of the Colossus
5. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
6. ICO
7. Guitar Hero
8. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
9. Twisted Metal: Black
10. Burnout 3: Takedown
11. Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
12. Gran Turismo 4
13. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
14. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
15. Resident Evil 4
16. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
17. Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
18. Okami
19. Rez
20. NBA Street Vol. 2
21. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
22. Kingdom Hearts
23. Tekken Tag Tournament
24. Suikoden III
25. Amplitude

GAME BOY ADVANCE

1. Wario Ware Twisted!
2. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past with Four Swords
4. Advance Wars
5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
6. Mario Golf: Advance Tour
7. Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
8. Final Fantasy VI
9. Metroid: Zero Mission
10. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
11. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
12. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
13. Ultimate Card Games
14. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
15. Mario Tennis: Power Tour
16. Fire Emblem
17. Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
18. Metroid Fusion
19. Mario Kart: Super Circuit
20. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
21. Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
22. Mario vs. Donkey Kong
23. Ninja Five-O
24. Golden Sun
25. Super Monkey Ball Jr.

XBOX

1. Halo: Combat Evolved
2. Halo 2
3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
4. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
5. Jade Empire
6. Rainbow Six 3
7. Ninja Gaiden Black
8. Fable
9. ESPN NFL 2K5
10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
11. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
12. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
13. Burnout 3: Takedown
14. NCAA Football 2003
15. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
16. Mercenaries
17. Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
18. Psychonauts
19. Madden NFL 2005
20. MVP Baseball 2005
21. Panzer Dragoon Orta
22. Beyond Good and Evil
23. Fight Night Round 2
24. Forza Motorsport
25. Jet Set Radio Future

 

[Mr_Fusty]

I seem to own around 75% of all those games .... Are these various lists complied as being 'infulentual' games or simply 'popular'? Every gamer will have a gripe along the lines of 'why isn't x on it?' (myself being one of them, of course ) If they are public driven, there will be only a smattering of votes for anything over, say 6 years old (with very occasional exceptions)

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

1. Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, Nintendo R&D4)
2. Tetris (Nintetndo, Nintendo R&D1)
3. Civilization II (Microprose)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo, Nintendo EAD)
5. Super Mario 64 (Nintendo, Nintendo EAD)
6. Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Games, Valve)
7. Super Metroid (Nintendo, Nintendo R&D1)
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo, Nintendo EAD)
9. Final Fantasy III (Square)
10. Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, Capcom Production Studio 4)
11. StarCraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
12. Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM (LucasArts)
13. Ms. Pac-Man (Namco)
14. Pirates! 1987 (Microprose)
15. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Konami)
16. Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment, SCEI)
17. Super Mario World (Nintendo, Nintendo EAD)
18. Chrono Trigger (Square)
19. Doom (id Software)
20. Metal Gear Solid (Konami)
21. X-COM: UFO Defense (Microprose, MPS Labs)
22. System Shock 2 (Electronic Arts, Looking Glass)
23. Super Mario Kart (Nintendo, Nintendo EAD)
24. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Capcom)
25. SimCity 2000 (Maxis, 1 AM Productions)
26. Half-Life (Valve, Sierra Studios)
27. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (LucasArts, BioWare)
28. Warcraft II: The Tides of Darkness (Blizzard Entertainment)
29. Dragon Warrior (Nintendo, Enix)
30. Metroid Prime (Nintendo, Retro Studios, Inc.)
31. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Nintendo, Nintendo EAD)
32. Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft, Bungie Software)
33. Fallout (Interplay)
34. Deus Ex (Eidos Interactive, Ion Storm)
35. Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games, DMA Design)
36. Grim Fandango (LucasArts)
37. Pokemon Blue Version (Nintendo)

I'll finish later.

 

[GinandTonic]

How can Elite be missing from any multi-format game list? Or Populous?

These moved the state of the art foward, half the games on the lists are just nice iterations. No real tec or creative leap.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

How can Elite be missing from any multi-format game list? Or Populous?

These moved the state of the art foward, half the games on the lists are just nice iterations. No real tec or creative leap.

Probably because all these lists aren't very good

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

Yeah, I always wonder why StarCraft, which IGN gave a 9.5 to, and System Shock 2 (9.4) are ahead of Metroid Prime (9.8). And they gave World of Warcraft a 9.1, but left out certain games that they rated higher, such as...

The remake of Sid Meier's Pirates! (9.2)
Command and Conquer: Generals (9.3)
Civilization III (9.3)
F-Zero GX (9.3)
Pikmin 2 (9.3)
Age of Mythology (9.3)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (9.3)
Civilization IV (9.4)
Sonic Adventure 2 (9.4)
Company of Heroes (9.4)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (9.4)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (9.4)
The Sims 2 (9.4)
The Sims (9.5)
Homeworld (9.5)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (9.5)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (9.5)
Metroid Fusion (9.5)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (9.5)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (9.6)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (9.6)
Unreal Tournament (9.6)
Black & White (9.7)
Halo 2 (9.8)
Soul Calibur (10)

Even worse is that I checked Gamerankings for the total averages, and StarCraft was a 93.1% while Civilization IV was a 93.2%. Super Smash Bros. Melee was about 90%.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Yeah, I always wonder why StarCraft, which IGN gave a 9.5 to, and System Shock 2 (9.4) are ahead of Metroid Prime (9.8). And they gave World of Warcraft a 9.1, but left out certain games that they rated higher, such as...

That's because in a gaming magazine typically only one person scores and reviews a game (rarely two), but when they do massive lists like this the whole staff chimes in.

 

[azzaman333]

And the fact that all these lists are purely a matter of opinion.