IGN's Top 100 Video Games Lists Comparisons

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Fallout? I found that Fallout 2 was somewhat better, as a game - although the original needed more original thought to complete though...

I really hope that Shigeru Miyamoto is paid millions for his work, as his games allways will grace top 10's (Mario's, Zelda's, StarFox'es & MarioKarts)

Currently stuck on Wasteland!
 
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Action Adventure, 9.7)
2. Chrono Trigger (1995, Action RPG, 9.6)
3. Resident Evil 4 (2005, Action Adventure, 9.6)
4. Super Metroid (1993, Action, 9.5)
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992, Action Adventure, 9.5)
6. Soul Calibur (1999, Fighting, 9.6)
7. Golden Eye 007 (1997, Shooter, 9.5)
8. Final Fantasy III (1994, RPG, 9.4)
9. Metal Gear Solid (1998, Action Adventure, 9.5)
10. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004, Action, 9.5)
11. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997, Action Adventure, 9.4)
12. God of War (2005, Action Adventure, 9.4)
13. Half-Life 2 (2004, Shooter, 9.4)
14. Halo: Combat Evolved (2001, Shooter, 9.4)
15. Perfect Dark (2000, Shooter, 9.3)
16. Shenmue II (2001, Action RPG, 9.5)
17. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004, Action Adventure, 9.4)
18. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (2005, Action Adventure, 9.4)
19. Super Mario 64 (1996, Platformer, 9.4)
20. Final Fantasy VII (1997, RPG, 9.4)
21.

I'll finish later.
 
And I'm going to put the user score for each game as well.
 
2007 looks the best due to the presence of Fallout amongst the Top 5. Fallout is simply THE RPG. Sorry, Elder Scrolls, but Fallout is THE RPG. Elder Scrolls is just ANOTHER RPG. A FPP-RPG, at that.
 
100. Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (2003, Fighting, 8.8)
99. Tekken 5 (2005, Fighting, 9.1)
98. MVP Baseball 2005 (2005, Sports, 9.1)
97. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002, Real-Time Strategy, 9.1)
96. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002, Adventure, 9.1)
95. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000, Sports, 8.8)
94. Golden Sun (2001, Turn-Based RPG, 9.1)
93. Wario Ware Inc: Mega Microgame$ (2003, Party, 9.1)
92. Kingdom Hearts (2002, Third-Person Action RPG, 9.1)
91. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002, Third-Person Adventure, 9.1)
90. Soulcalibur II (2003, Fighting, 9.1)
89. Half-Life (1998, First-Person Shooter, 9.1)
88. Metroid: Zero Mission (2004, Action Adventure, 9.1)
87. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004, RPG, 9.1)
86. Project Gotham Racing 2 (2003, Racing, 9.1)
85. Tales of Symphonia (2004, Turn-Based RPG, 9.1)
84. NBA Street Vol. 2 (2003, Sports, 9.1)
83. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, RPG, 9.1)
82. Super Mario Bros. (1985, Platformer, 8.9)
81. Shenmue (2000, Action RPG, 9.2)
80. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003, Third-Person Action Adventure, 9.0)
79. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003, Third-Person Shooter, 9.2)
78. Golden Sun: The Lost Age (2003, Turn-Based RPG, 9.2)
77. Metroid Fusion (2002, Action Adventure, 9.2)
76. ESPN NFL Football (2003, Sports, 9.2)
75. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001, Action Adventure, 9.2)
74. SSX 3 (2003, Extreme Sports, 9.2)
73. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2005, Action Adventure, 9.1)
72. Jak 3 (2003, Action, 9.2)
71. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005, Action Adventure, 9.1)
70. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001, Action Adventure, 9.2)
69. Madden NFL 2005 (2004, Sports, 9.2)
68. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (2003, Turn-Based Strategy RPG, 9.2)
67. NCAA Football 2004 (2003, Sports, 9.2)
66. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (2004, Third-Person Action Adventure, 9.2)
65. StarCraft (1998, Real-Time Strategy, 9.2)
64. Forza Motorsport (2005, Racing Simulation, 9.1)
63. Call of Duty (2003, First-Person Shooter, 9.2)
62. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (2003, Action Adventure, 9.2)
61. Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004, First-Person Shooter, 9.2)
60. Final Fantasy X (2001, Turn-Based RPG, 9.2)
59. ESPN NFL 2K5 (2004, Sports, 9.2)
58. Skies of Arcadia (2000, RPG, 9.2)
57. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006, RPG, 9.2)
56. The Legend of Zelda (1987, Action Adventure, 9.2)
55. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001, Third-Person Action, 9.2)
54. WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW 2006 (2005, Wrestling, 9.2)
53. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2003, Action Adventure, 9.2)
52. Rome: Total War (2004, Real-Time Strategy, 9.0)
51. Fire Emblem (2003, Turn-Based Strategy RPG, 9.2)
 
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Tetris
4. Sid Meier's Civilization II
5. Super Mario 64
6. Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
7. StarCraft
8. Street Fighter II
9. Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM
10. Super Metroid
11. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
12. X-COM: UFO Defense
13. Chrono Trigger
14. Rome: Total War
15. Super Mario Kart
16. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
17. Star Control 2
18. ICO
19. Metal Gear Solid
20. Ms. Pac-Man
21. Deus Ex
22. Half-Life
23. Super Mario Bros. 3
24. Tecmo Super Bowl
25. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
26. Final Fantasy II (IV)
27. Burnout 3: Takedown
28. Half-Life 2
29. Golden Eye 007
30. Halo
31. SimCity 2000
32. Resident Evil 4
33. God of War
34. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
35. Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
36. Command and Conquer: Red Alert
37. Wave Race 64
38. Madden NFL 2004
39. DOOM
40. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
41. System Shock 2
42. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
43. Soul Calibur
44. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
45. Battlefield 1942
46. Super Mario World
47. NHL 94
48. The Secret of Mana
49. Grim Fandango
50. Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
51. Grand Theft Auto III
52. Metroid Prime
53. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
54. Panzer Dragoon Saga
55. Fallout
56. Final Fantasy III (VI)
57. Mike Tyson's Punch Out!
58. Super Smash Bros. Melee
59. Bionic Commando
60. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
61. Sam & Max Hit the Road
62. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
63. Sonic the Hedgehog
64. Advance Wars
65. MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
66. Homeworld
67. Rayman 2: The Great Escape
68. Starsiege: Tribes
69. Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs
70. Pokemon Red/Blue
71. Half-Life: Counter-Strike
72. Galaga
73. Return Fire
74. Syndicate
75. Crimson Skies
76. Tetris Attack
77. Archon: The Light and the Dark
78. Star Wars
79. Shining Force II
80. Baseball Stars
81. Freedom Force
82. Gunstar Heroes
83. Contra
84. Ultima VII: The Black Gate
85. Prince of Persia
86. Final Fantasy X
87. Thief II: The Metal Age
88. Final Fantasy VII
89. Alone in the Dark
90. Master of Orion
91. Virtua Tennis
92. Dragon Warrior
93. Quake II
94. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
95. Herzog Zwei
96. Mafia
97. F-Zero
98. BattleToads
99. Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
100. River System Ransom
 
PLATFORMERS
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. N/A
3. N/A
4. N/A
5. N/A
ACTION/ADVENTURE/ACTION ADVENTURES
1. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
2. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
3. The Legend of Zelda
4. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
5. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
1. Fire Emblem
2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
3. Final Fantasy X
4. Shenmue
5. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
SHOOTERS
1. Unreal Tournament 2004
2. Call of Duty
3. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
4. Half-Life
5. N/A
STRATEGY GAMES
1. Rome: Total War
2. StarCraft
3. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
4. N/A
5. N/A
SPORTS

I'll finish later.

Please note that these lists will be updated as more of the list is revealed.
 
Nobody gives a damn about some lists. Stop posting!
 
Alright, alright, alright. Though I really don't get how DK Jungle Beat made it into the Top 25 GCN Games List (IGN's). I watched Gamespot's video review and the reviewer beat the game in 3 hours without dying; that doesn't sound like the makings of a good game to me. Here are some that should have made it instead.

Star Fox Adventures
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Star Fox: Assault
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic Heroes
LEGO Star Wars
LEGO Star Wars II
 
No matter what my personal opinion is, I respect the choices of people whose job it is to play and rate video games because they would have definitely played far more games then I, or most people have. I don't care who you are and what you claim. Especially if you are some 12 year old who has no idea about 80% of the games that were ever made.
 
Agree, partly. It depends on what 12-year old kid you are talking about. Pick my nephew (11 on Friday!), and among others he would pick Perfect Dark, Sonic 3, C&C Red Alert, Europa Universalis II, Rastan, Silly Putty and Streets of Rage as his faves. Admittedly, he found most of these at my home, but there you go. When he was around yesterday, he asked for me to teach him how to play Civ III....

We do need to remember that most of the consoles that we of the Napster generation (now 22-25) were familiar with (like Mega Drives and SNES'es) are now become a hell of a lot rarer, and therefore are becoming collector's items. Good copies of games such as Mario All-Stars(SNES), Alex The Kidd in Miracle World(Master System), Zelda - Ocarina's Mask (N64) and even the humble Tetris (GameBoy) are now reaching over £20 - £25 these days. Why would a child buy one of those 'unknown, old' games when for the same price they could buy a game or two for their PS2.

Personally, I'm waiting for until Nintendo manage to cram Perfect Dark onto the DS...
 
Mr_Fusty said:
Personally, I'm waiting for until Nintendo manage to cram Perfect Dark onto the DS...
Click to expand...

Sir, Perfect Dark was made by Rare Ltd., which has since been bought by Microsoft. It'll most likely show up at the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade, just like Golden Eye 007 came dangerously close to doing so.
 
Smart Ass...

Sorry, I forgot. Mebad :blush: . Remember expaining to my nephew why the new Perfect Dark was not on the Wii or 'Cube. Damm annoying because that is the only 360-only title which I want.....
 
IGN's from 2003
1. Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, 1998)
3. Super Metroid (SNES, 1994)
4. Tetris (GB, 1989)
5. Super Mario 64 (N64, 1996)
6. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1992)
7. StarCraft (PC, 1998)
8. X-COM: UFO Defense (PC, 1994)
9. Final Fantasy II (SNES, 1991)
10. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (ARC, 1991)

IGN's Readers' Choice from 2005
1. Resident Evil 4 (GCN, 2005)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, 1998)
3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (XBX, 2005)
4. Chrono Trigger (SNES, 1995)
5. Half-Life 2 (PC, 2004)
6. God of War (PS2, 2005)
7. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2, 2004)
8. Soul Calibur (DC, 1999)
9. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, 2004)
10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1992)

IGN's from 2005
1. Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, 1998)
3. Tetris (GB, 1989)
4. Sid Meier's Civilization II (PC, 1996)
5. Super Mario 64 (N64, 1996)
6. Sid Meier's Pirates! (PC, 1987)
7. StarCraft (PC, 1998)
8. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (ARC, 1991)
9. Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM (PC, 1995)
10. Super Metroid (SNES, 1994)

IGN's Readers' Choice from 2006
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, 1998)
2. Chrono Trigger (SNES, 1995)
3. Resident Evil 4 (GCN, 2005)
4. Super Metroid (SNES, 1994)
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1992)
6. Soul Calibur (DC, 1999)
7. Golden Eye 007 (N64, 1997)
8. Final Fantasy III (SNES, 1994)
9. Metal Gear Solid (PSX, 1998)
10. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2, 2004)

IGN's from 2007
1. Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985)
2. Tetris (GB, 1989)
3. Sid Meier's Civilization II (PC, 1996)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, 1998)
5. Super Mario 64 (N64, 1996)
6. Half-Life 2 (PC, 2004)
7. Super Metroid (SNES, 1994)
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1992)
9. Final Fantasy III (SNES, 1994)
10. Resident Evil 4 (GCN, 2005)

The final list will be coming...
 
And please note one rule, different platform versions of one game are considered to be different games. This list is based on critic scores.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, 1998)
2. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, 2007)
3. Metroid Prime (GCN, 2002)
4. Soul Calibur (DC, 1999)
5. The Orange Box (PC, 2007)
6. The Orange Box (X360, 2007)
7. Super Mario 64 (N64, 1996)
8. Resident Evil 4 (GCN, 2005)
9. Tekken 3 (PSX, 1998)
10. Resident Evil 4 (PS2, 2005)
 
1. Super Mario Bros. (1985, Platformer)
2. Tetris (1989, Puzzle)
3. Civilization II (1996, Strategy)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Action Adventure)
5. Super Mario 64 (1996, Platformer)
6. Half-Life (2004, First-Person Shooter)
7. Super Metroid (1994, Action)
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992, Action Adventure)
9. Final Fantasy III (US) (1994, RPG)
10. Resident Evil 4 (2005, Third-Person Action Adventure)
11. StarCraft (1998, Real-Time Strategy)
12. Star Wars: TIE Fighter (Collector's CD-ROM) (1995, Action)
13. Ms. Pac-Man (1981, Action)
14. Pirates! (1987) (1987, Action Adventure)
15. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997, Action Adventure)
16. Shadow of the Colossus (2005, Third-Person Adventure)
17. Super Mario World (1990, Platformer)
18. Chrono Trigger (1995, Action RPG)
19. Doom (1993, First-Person Shooter)
20. Metal Gear Solid (1998, Action Adventure)
21. X-COM: UFO Defense (1993, Action)
22. System Shock 2 (1999, First-Person RPG)
23. Super Mario Kart (1992, Racing)
24. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991, Fighting)
25. SimCity 2000 (1996, Simulation)
26. Half-Life (1998, First-Person Shooter)
27. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003, RPG)
28. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995, Real-Time Strategy)
29. Dragon Warrior (1989, RPG)
30. Metroid Prime (2002, First-Person Action Adventure)

Next ten coming soon...
 
PLATFORMERS
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Super Mario 64
PUZZLES
1. Tetris
STRATEGY GAMES
1. Civilization II
ACTION/ADVENTURE/ACTION ADVENTURE GAMES
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Super Metroid
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Resident Evil 4
SHOOTERS
1. Half-Life 2
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
1. Final Fantasy III (US)
 
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