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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jul 25, 2012 0:31:07 GMT -5
1. 2. 3. 4. Grand Theft Auto III 5. 6. 7. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Super Mario Galaxy 2 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
I wouldn't exactly say those two games were shocking inclusions to the list.
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Post by BearDogg-X on Jul 25, 2012 0:59:37 GMT -5
1st game from my list in the ranking.
Had GTA3 8th.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2012 1:07:19 GMT -5
1) EarthBound #33 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Suikoden #27 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25)
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 25, 2012 9:59:47 GMT -5
26. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (40 points) Developer(s): Atlus Publisher(s): Atlus, Square Enix, Ubisoft Platform(s): PlayStation 2 Genre: RPG, Social Simulation Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, originally released in Japan as simply Persona 4, is a role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for Sony's PlayStation 2, and chronologically the fifth installment in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. Persona 4 was released in Japan in July 2008, North America in December 2008, and Europe in March 2009. It features a weather forecast system with events happening on foggy days to replace the moon phase system implemented in the previous games. Instead of the city locales of previous games in the series, Persona 4 takes place in a fictional Japanese countryside and is indirectly related to both Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (in terms of gameplay, story and production) and the Persona 2 duology (in terms of Shadow selves and confronting them to awaken Persona). The player-named main protagonist is a high-school student who moved into the countryside from the city for a year. During his year-long stay, he becomes involved in investigating mysterious murders while harnessing the power of summoning Persona. The release of the game in Japan was also accompanied with retail merchandise revolving around the game's theme such as character costumes and accessories. The North American package of the game was released with a CD with selected music from the game, and, unlike Persona 3, the European package also contained a soundtrack CD. The music was composed by Shōji Meguro, with vocals by Shihoko Hirata who sang the theme song "Pursuing My True Self". The game was positively received by critics, and it continues to be promoted by Atlus through releases in other media such as adaptation in manga and anime, followed by an enhanced remake, a fighting game spinoff, and side stories in the forms of a manga and light novel.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 25, 2012 10:02:13 GMT -5
1. Final Fantasy IX 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Fallout 3 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Persona 4 23. 24. 25.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 25, 2012 16:03:16 GMT -5
25. Mother 3 (41 points) Developer(s): Nintendo, Brownie Brown, HAL Laboratory Publisher(s): Nintendo Platform(s): Game Boy Advance Genre: RPG Mother 3 is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Nintendo, Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory and published for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console. The game has only been released in Japan, though it has a cult following among English-speakers. It was written by Shigesato Itoi, the creator of the series, and directed by Nobuyuki Inoue. The music was composed by Shogo Sakai. While Mother 3 is the sequel to EarthBound and is the third game in the series, the story focuses on a new, unrelated cast of characters. Mother 3 is set on the "Nowhere Islands", a series of sparsely inhabited islands on Earth. The game switches perspectives between the main characters, who are all people (or animals) who live on the islands. The game focuses on a pair of twins named Lucas and Claus, their family, and the friends who join them to fight against the mysterious Pigmask Army. The game's story is a tragedy: its main themes involve coping with the loss of family members and the perils of consumerism. The game also has many comedic elements, such as parody of other video games. The game was advertised as "funny, strange, [and] heartrending". Four editors for Famitsu gave it a 10, 9, 8, and 8 out of 10.[12] 1UP.com's Jeremy Parish compared Mother 3 to the notoriously delayed Duke Nukem Forever, but wrote that the delays were since Mother 3 became less technologically advanced was "deeply impressed" by its "involving, rhythm-based battle system, its charming visuals, and its moving storyline". Eurogamer's Simon Parkin praised the storytelling; he wrote that while it "initially appears to be a straightforward tale told in primary colours", it "soon demonstrates a breadth and depth of quality that few titles many times its budget achieve". He added that its character designs, which he called "unusually Western in appearance", "communicate comedy and tragedy with unexpected impact". He compared the method of splitting chapters up between different main characters to Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, which also used this method. He felt that the gameplay was simple, but was "elegant in its simplicity" and was a "journey palatable even to genre detractors". GamerTell's Jenni Lada named it the "Second Runner-Up" for their list of must-import Game Boy Advance games. She explained that its low ranking on the list was due to it being hard to understand for those who cannot read hiragana. GamePro's Kat Bailey attributed her continued use of her Game Boy Advance in part to Mother 3. She wrote that it "may be the GBA's best RPG". GameSpy's Andrew Alfonso praised its "interesting and entertaining gameplay", "nice visuals", and "fast-paced gameplay", but felt that it did not "appear to be an incredibly deep game". GameSpot's Greg Kasavin called it amusing, and wrote that it had a chance to be released in English considering Nintendo's English localizations of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! and Electroplankton.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 25, 2012 16:47:40 GMT -5
24. Super Smash Bros. Melee (41 points) Developer(s): HAL Laboratory Publisher(s): Nintendo Platform(s): Nintendo GameCube Genre: Fighting Super Smash Bros. Melee, known in Japan as Dairantō Smash Brothers DX, often abbreviated as SSBM or simply as Melee, is a crossover fighting game released for the Nintendo GameCube shortly after its launch in 2001 (2002 in the PAL region). It is the successor to the 1999 Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros., and the predecessor to the 2008 Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. HAL Laboratory developed the game, with Masahiro Sakurai as head of production. The game is centered on characters from Nintendo's video gaming franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon. The stages and gameplay modes make references to, or take their designs from, popular games released by Nintendo. Melee's gameplay system offers an unorthodox approach to the "fighter" genre as percentage counters measure the level of damage received, rather than the health bar traditionally seen in most fighting games. It builds on the first game's broad appeal by adding new features related to gameplay and playable characters. Following the popularity of its multiplayer gameplay, Melee has been featured in several multiplayer gaming tournaments. The game received universal acclaim from the media, as well as awards and acknowledgements from gaming publications. It achieved strong sales upon release, and is the GameCube's best-selling game, with more than 7 million copies sold as of March 10, 2008.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Jul 25, 2012 16:51:25 GMT -5
{Spoiler}1. 2. 3. 4. Super Smash Bros Melee 5. 6. Super Mario 2: Yoshi's Island 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Earthbound 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Still not too many from my list showing up yet.
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Post by lionheart21 on Jul 25, 2012 17:43:24 GMT -5
And I continue to be shut out, for now at least.
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Post by Chronos on Jul 25, 2012 18:24:02 GMT -5
1. 2. 3. Mother 3 4. 5. Chrono Cross 6. 7. 8. 9. Persona 4 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 25, 2012 18:54:26 GMT -5
23. WCW/NWO Revenge (41 points) Developer(s): Asmik Ace Entertainment Publisher(s): AKI Corporation Platform(s): Nintendo 64 Genre: Wrestling WCW/nWo Revenge is a professional wrestling video game released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 game console. It is the sequel to 1997's WCW vs. nWo: World Tour and would be THQ's last game for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Like its predecessor, Revenge features AKI's revolutionary grappling system as well as heavily improved graphics, a championship mode, and a large roster of wrestlers (real and fictional). Revenge gained critical praise and tremendous commercial success. According to a 1999 article by IGN, Revenge was the best-selling wrestling game for the N64 console, and at the time, was the top selling third-party Nintendo game ever.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 25, 2012 19:48:18 GMT -5
22. Mass Effect 2 (42 points) Developer(s): Bioware Publisher(s): Electronic Arts Platform(s): Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 Genre: Action RPG, third-person shooter Mass Effect 2 is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on January 26, 2010, and for PlayStation 3 on January 18, 2011. Mass Effect 2 is a sequel to the original Mass Effect and the second main game in the Mass Effect series. Set within the Milky Way galaxy during the 22nd century, the game follows Commander Shepard, an elite human soldier who must recruit and gain the loyalty of a diverse team in order to defeat an insect-like species called the Collectors in a suicide mission. Many gameplay elements were changed and simplified compared to the original game, with further emphasis put on third-person shooter aspects, including limited ammunition and regenerable health. The game features a compatibility mode that allows several major plot decisions from its predecessor to impact the story of the game. Mass Effect 2 also supports a variety of downloadable content packs that were released from January 2010 to May 2011. The downloadable content can range from single in-game character outfits to entirely new plot-related missions. Mass Effect 2 was a critical and commercial success, selling over two million units in its first week of release. The game received universal critical acclaim from video game publications. At the review aggregate websites GameRankings and Metacritic, the Xbox 360 version holds an average review score of 95.66% and 96 out of 100 respectively. Critics widely praised its interactive storytelling, deep characters, and improved gameplay over the original game. The game received numerous year-end awards, including AIAS Game of the Year and BAFTA Game of the Year. A sequel, Mass Effect 3, was released in 2012.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 25, 2012 22:14:49 GMT -5
21. Mario Kart 64 (42 points) Developer(s): Nintendo EAD Publisher(s): Nintendo Platform(s): Nintendo 64 Genre: Racing Mario Kart 64 is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Mario Kart series. It was released in 1996 in Japan and in 1997 in North America and Europe. In January 2007, Mario Kart 64 was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Wii. Mario Kart 64 is the sequel to Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Changes from the original include the move to 3D computer graphics and the inclusion of four-player support. Players take control of characters from the Mario universe, who race around a variety of tracks with items that can either harm opponents or aid the user. The move to three-dimensional graphics allowed for track features not possible with the original game's Mode 7 graphics, such as changes in elevation, bridges, walls, and pits. However, the characters and items remained 2D pre-rendered sprites. The game was critically well received and was a best seller. Mario Kart 64 was one of the first games in the series to feature Charles Martinet as the voice of both Luigi and Wario.
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Post by stinger on Jul 26, 2012 0:31:07 GMT -5
There was my Number 1.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 26, 2012 8:52:42 GMT -5
20. Portal 2 (44 points) Developer(s): Valve Corporation Publisher(s): Valve Corpotion Platform(s): Micrsoft Windows, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Genre: Puzzle-platform game Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to Portal (2007) and was released on April 19, 2011 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The retail versions of the game are distributed by Electronic Arts, while digital distribution of the Windows and OS X versions is handled by Valve's content delivery service, Steam. Portal 2 was announced on March 5, 2010, following a week-long alternate reality game based on new patches to the original game. The sequel's release on Steam was preceded by a second multi-week alternate reality game, the Potato Sack, involving 13 independently-developed titles which culminated in a distributed computing spoof to release Portal 2 several hours early. Like its predecessor, Portal 2 primarily comprises a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and simple objects using the "portal gun", a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes. The game's modified physics engine allows momentum to be retained through these portals, which must be used creatively to maneuver through the game's challenges. In addition to retaining most of the original Portal's gameplay elements, the sequel added new features, including tractor beams, laser redirection, bridges made of light, and paint-like gels that give surfaces special properties (e.g. accelerating the player's speed, allowing them to jump higher). These gels were created by the team from the Independent Games Festival-winning DigiPen student project Tag: The Power of Paint. Within the single-player campaign, the player returns as the human Chell, having awakened from stasis after many years. Chell must navigate the now-dilapidated Aperture Science Enrichment Center with the portal gun while the facility is rebuilt by the reactivated GLaDOS, an artificially-intelligent computer that appeared in Portal as its main antagonist. The storyline is longer than that of Portal's, and introduced new characters, including: Wheatley, a personality core voiced by Stephen Merchant; and recordings of Cave Johnson, the deceased CEO of Aperture Science voiced by J. K. Simmons. Ellen McLain reprised the role of GLaDOS. Jonathan Coulton and The National produced one song each for the game. Portal 2 also includes a two-player co-operative mode, in which the robotic player-characters Atlas and P-Body are each given a portal gun and are required to work together to solve test chambers specifically designed to require co-operation. Valve provided post-release support for the game, including additional downloadable content and a simplified map editor to allow players to create and share test chambers with others. Though many reviewers were initially concerned about the difficulty of expanding Portal into a full sequel, critics universally praised Portal 2. The game's writing, pacing, and dark humor were highlighted as stand-out elements, with critics applauding the voice work of McLain, Merchant, and Simmons. Reviews also highlighted the new gameplay elements, the game's challenging but surmountable learning curve, and the additional co-operative mode. Numerous gaming journalists ranked Portal 2 among the top games of 2011, including several naming it their Game of the Year.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 26, 2012 11:22:12 GMT -5
19. Suikoden V (45 points) [video src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= "] [/video] Developer(s): Konami, Hudson Soft Publisher(s): Konami Platform(s): Playstation 2 Genre: RPG Suikoden V is a role-playing video game developed by Konami and Hudson Soft and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console and the fifth main installment of the Suikoden video game series. It was released in 2006, and has sold around 200,000 copies in Japan. Loosely based on a classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan by Shi Nai'an, Suikoden V centers around the political struggles of the Queendom of Falena, and takes place 6 in-universe years before the events of the first Suikoden. The player controls the Prince of Falena and travels the world, acquiring allies and dealing with the problems of the nation. The game features a vast array of characters, with over sixty characters usable in combat and many more able to help or hinder the Prince in a variety of ways. Suikoden V had disappointing sales compared to earlier PlayStation 2 Suikodens. In 2006 in Japan, the game sold 194,780 copies, down from Suikoden IV's 303,069 in Japan. Critical and fan reaction was generally positive. The plot received praise for the depth of its political maneuverings, even if the game starts off somewhat slowly: GameSpy said "Suikoden V has a robust, well-done plot that doesn't telegraph every twist or conform to embarrassing clichés." Most reviewers also found the cast of characters engaging, as well; GameSpot said that "Suikoden's always been great at making the stars evince unique personalities with just a few exchanges of conversation, and there's lots of interesting people to meet and lure to your forces." Suikoden V also reversed some of the unpopular changes of Suikoden IV (such as 4-person parties), and offered some tie-ins to Suikoden and Suikoden II for fans of the original PlayStation games. The graphics and loading times were generally criticized, however. IGN wrote "there's a ton of loading everywhere you turn. Moving from one area to another means 2-5 second loads; initiating a battle means 7-10 second loads; winning a skirmish brings 4-6 second loads afterwards." Game-Revolution said of the graphics that "Army battles and in-engine cut scenes look blocky and raw, but the CGI cut scenes are beautiful and detailed. Towns look great, but dungeons are horrid, bland, maze-like nightmares." Suikoden V won IGN's 2006 award for Best Story on the PlayStation 2. It also won the Danish gaming magazine Gamereactor's award for Best Story overall, and was named the 9th best game of the year by them.[/center]
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2012 12:50:28 GMT -5
1) EarthBound #33 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Suikoden V #19 7) 8) Suikoden #27 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2012 13:37:53 GMT -5
Mario Kart 64 [#21) WCW/NWO Revenge (#13)
At least I'm not completely shut out
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Jul 26, 2012 13:54:01 GMT -5
Suikoden V was my number 1
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Jul 26, 2012 18:26:47 GMT -5
I have never heard of Suikoden.
I'm sensing not many of my list is going to make it as most of these so far have been RPGs
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