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[Supermercado]

So IGN posted their reader's top 99 games based on all the votes accumulated over however many years and released the list recently, I guess.

http://microsites.ign.com/kfc/top99games/

What a load of crap. There are so many things wrong with this list. I can only name a few; otherwise, we'd be here all day.

First of all, the original Legend of Zelda is only #80? Come on now. StarCraft at #74? k, I'll admit, I've never really played the game but even I know it's the best RTS game ever made. I think that's deserving of at least top 20. Doom 3 at #58? Not in my book. One of the biggest travesties of all: Super Mario World at #53?! UT2004 is on the list at #42, but what about any of the Quake games? GTA:VC beats out GTA3 but GTA:SA is like top 15 or something. No way. Super Mario 64 at #31? Right... Final Fantasy VII at #29? That's barely top 30. FFVII is like top 10 material and I never really even played it. One thing not wrong with the list: Perfect Dark  made it at #24. Glad to see it got some recognition. Halo and Halo 2 are not the 18th and 19th best games ever, I'm sorry. For all the fanboys out there, Halo is nothing more than an overrated piece of crap. It'd be a mediocre game at best on the PC. God of War as the #6 best game of all time? That came out like last week, for crying out loud! It may be a good game but let's let it stand the test of time and see if anyone's still playing it this time next year before we give it #6 best game of all time. Half-Life 2 at #5, but where the fuck is Half-Life? Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, same as God of War.  It's been out for like 3 months. It's not the #3 best game ever yet. I'm not a Resident Evil fan in the least but I think there's probably a more deserving #1 best game than RE4. Like Zelda: Ocarina of Time, there at #2. Or better yet, Chrono Trigger at #4.

k, I guess I got a little carried away with blasting this worthless piece of shit list. Of course, when a reader list is compiled from a site like IGN, what else can you expect? Most of their audience isn't even able to drive a car legally, I'm sure. Total disregard for any of the early games. Pac-Man? Tetris? Hello... The list proves one thing, that's for sure: graphics matter to kiddies. Forget about the fact that Tetris was so simple in its design and so addicting (I still play it almost every day). No, you can't rip someone's heart out or cut off their head or anything, but how many games will you find that people still play almost 20 years after first being released?

And I'm still being carried away. So I'm ending here. Anyone else have any thoughts on this almost-total piece of shit list?

[LostArtofRolando]

I would have to agree with you Big John.  Half-Life could very easily best most of those games.  My biggest concern is 2/3 of the list are games that are less than 2 years old.  I don't think that in the entire history of gaming, 2/3 of the best games ever were released in a 2 year span.

Should have beens: Anybody else notice Warcraft 3 was not on here?  That may be my ideal mix between an RTS and some RPG elements.  Starcraft was obviously a bigger effect, but WC3 was a stupendously better game.  damn shame it didnt get a nod.  Another deserving a nod is the entire Monkey Island series and Full Throttle.  LucasArts may be largely famous for their Star Wars games (duh), but they had great success with the comedic genre of games with these hilarious tales.  For Monkey Island, think all the good parts of Pirates of the Caribbean, throw it up a notch and cut off all the fluff.  The series spanned at least 4 games over 10 years, and all were damn hilarious.  For Full Throttle, think what happens when you get a wise-crackin badass biker, and all of the sudden take away his bike.  All of the sudden he ain't so happy and the hilarity ensues.

Should NOT have beens: Halo 1 and 2 (like John stated, 2 of the most overrated games ever): a mediocre shooter with excellent multiplayer (and only because they managed to market it so heavily that EVERYBODY bought it); ESPN series games.  The last few years have seen a huge decline in the ESPN series of games especially football.  Madden's where its at (even if theyre exclusivity will make us all poor)!

[Vengeance]

OMG! I about died when I saw #47 Gunstar Heroes. I'm sure I'm lame, but when that was a bit newer, I used to play it all the time. I won that game so many times it's pathetic. I still have it actually and if I ever figure out how to hook up that old Sega I have it will get played.

And Halo does not belong in the top 20. That game was weird and highly overrated.

[elmono311]

I have to ask: Why is there a WWE game on the list?

[Supermercado]

Because most of the AOL kiddies like them. And that's the primary user base for IGN.

[LostArtofRolando]

AOL ack!

[elmono311]

And, yes, Halo and Halo 2 are way overrated and Resident Evil 4, although I've heard it's good, should not be #1

[LostArtofRolando]

How did the old X-wing series or something like Medal of Honor (any of them) not break into the top 100?

[elmono311]

TIE Fighter was the greatest game in that series. Super and I used to play that all the time over at his house in Nebraska.

[Supermercado]

Agreed. TIE Fighter was and still is one of my favorite games, even though I've not played it in years. And heck, even if TIE Fighter isn't on the list, what about other games in the genre, like one of the Descent games? And what about something like Myst? There's just so many things missing from this list.

[jitspoe]

Heh, unless I miscounted... 5 PC games.  Total.  Who in their right mind would put the xbox version of doom3 above the PC version?  And the PC version isn't even on the list!

Bleh, not even going to waste my time preaching to the choir.

[Catfish]

Crackheads wrote this.

[LostArtofRolando]

...and not even crackheads who got hooked up with the good stuff.