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Post by castletonsnob on Oct 6, 2023 16:14:31 GMT -5
To celebrate their 30th anniversary, Edge Magazine made a list of their top 100 games of the last 30 years.
100. Kentucky Route Zero
99. Warioware, Inc: Mega Microgames
98. Starcraft
97. God of War (2018)
96. Persona 5
95. Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
94. The Sims
93. Yakuza 0
92. Fez
91. Team Fortress 2
90. Papers, Please
89. System Shock
88. Fallout 3
87. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
86. Half-Life: Alyx
85. Thief: The Dark Project
84. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
83. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
82. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
81. Super Mario Galaxy 2
80. Street Fighter IV
79. Tomb Raider
78. Fortnite
77. Bayonetta
76. Immortality
75. Katamari Damacy
74. Demon's Souls
73. The Last Guardian
72. Mario Kart 64
71. Resident Evil
70. The Last of Us Part II
69. Silent Hill 2
68. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
67. Chrono Trigger
66. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
65. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
64. Halo 3
63. Shenmue
62. X-Com: UFO Defense
61. Red Dead Redemption
60. Xcom: Enemy Unknown
59. Advance Wars
58. The Witness
57. Hitman (2016)
56. Rez
55. Castlevania: Symphony of The Night
54. Mario Kart 8
53. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
52. Inside
51. Ico
50. Grand Theft Auto V
49. Quake
48. Mass Effect 2
47. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
46. Pokémon Red/Blue
45. Into the Breach
44. Civilization II
43. What Remains of Edith Finch
42. Hollow Knight
41. Super Mario Odyssey
40. Dishonored 2
39. Street Fighter II Turbo
38. Return of The Obra Dinn
37. Hades
36. Slay the Spire
35. Metroid Prime
34. Spelunky
33. Journey
32. Disco Elyisium
31. World of Warcraft
30. Half-Life
29. Tetris Effect
28. Red Dead Redemption 2
27. Super Metroid
26. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
25. Metal Gear Solid
24. Goldeneye 007
23. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
22. Portal 2
21. Bioshock
20. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
19. Outer Wilds
18. Grand Theft Auto III
17. Shadow of the Colossus
16. Deus Ex
15. The Last of Us
14. Final Fantasy VII
13. Minecraft
12. Bloodborne
11. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Doom
9. Elden Ring
8. Portal
7. Half-Life 2
6. Halo: Combat Evolved
5. Resident Evil 4
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Super Mario 64
2. Dark Souls
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Agree with the list? Disagree? Neutral? I would have put Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, System Shock 2, and The Walking Dead on the list.
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Post by Gunhaver on Oct 6, 2023 16:22:28 GMT -5
The top 10 checks out for me. I generally don't take the exact order of these things at face value so much as where they are relative to the top, middle, and bottom.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2023 16:23:50 GMT -5
I saw the headline for this list yesterday and still aint gonna agree with #1 let alone putting it above the #4 on the list.
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Post by ace on Oct 6, 2023 16:29:12 GMT -5
I saw the headline for this list yesterday and still aint gonna agree with #1 let alone putting it above the #4 on the list. It’s the most overrated game of all time.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Oct 6, 2023 17:14:57 GMT -5
I saw the headline for this list yesterday and still aint gonna agree with #1 let alone putting it above the #4 on the list. This list is full of these takes. Some I can understand but hard disagree with the order on some of this, Snake Eater below MGS1 and V I don't agree with but I get why people would say that. However, Portal over Portal 2 is a flat out insane take to me but there's no such thing as a perfect list like this so meh.
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Post by H-Virus on Oct 6, 2023 18:31:14 GMT -5
Is anyone else kind of annoyed that the only Super Mario games are the 3D ones (64, Galaxy 1 & 2, Odyssey)? None of the 2D side-scrollers? None of the Mario & Luigi Saga games? No Paper Marios?
I guess it doesn't really matter; there's no Binding of Isaac so the whole list is invalid anyway.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Oct 6, 2023 18:40:03 GMT -5
Is anyone else kind of annoyed that the only Super Mario games are the 3D ones (64, Galaxy 1 & 2, Odyssey)? None of the 2D side-scrollers? None of the Mario & Luigi Saga games? No Paper Marios? I guess it doesn't really matter; there's no Binding of Isaac so the whole list is invalid anyway. There's no Sonic games either, but that could be debated. I'd think at least Mario 3 or World would make this list but nope.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Oct 6, 2023 18:50:23 GMT -5
Why do people even do this? Every list is gonna be garbage to everyone but the people making it. The way to properly do this is to throw aside rankings and just be like: here's games that came to our minds when we tried to think of ones that were excellent. Let's talk about and celebrate these really good games.
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Post by ace on Oct 6, 2023 18:56:32 GMT -5
Is anyone else kind of annoyed that the only Super Mario games are the 3D ones (64, Galaxy 1 & 2, Odyssey)? None of the 2D side-scrollers? None of the Mario & Luigi Saga games? No Paper Marios? I guess it doesn't really matter; there's no Binding of Isaac so the whole list is invalid anyway. There's no Sonic games either, but that could be debated. I'd think at least Mario 3 or World would make this list but nope. Those games are more than 30 years old.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 6, 2023 19:15:18 GMT -5
Why do people even do this? Every list is gonna be garbage to everyone but the people making it. The way to properly do this is to throw aside rankings and just be like: here's games that came to our minds when we tried to think of ones that were excellent. Let's talk about and celebrate these really good games. Because people engage with it exactly like we are
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Oct 6, 2023 20:09:11 GMT -5
Is anyone else kind of annoyed that the only Super Mario games are the 3D ones (64, Galaxy 1 & 2, Odyssey)? None of the 2D side-scrollers? None of the Mario & Luigi Saga games? No Paper Marios? I guess it doesn't really matter; there's no Binding of Isaac so the whole list is invalid anyway. New Super Mario Bros Wii is one of my favourite games ever, it absolutely deserves more respect. It was one of the few games my ex wife and I actually enjoyed playing together, played it with my parents and sister for hours, it was a delight. Don’t have the reverance for the Mario RPG series’ that a lot of people do, but Superstar Saga and Paper Mario Thousand Year Door deserved some love. EDIT: While we’re on the subject, how does NSMB Wii never seem to get mentioned when it comes to ports and remasters? I want that game on the Switch! Let’s get Punch Out Wii on there too while we’re at it
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Post by darbus alan on Oct 6, 2023 20:59:14 GMT -5
This is a very typical Edge Magazine list.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 6, 2023 21:02:32 GMT -5
Why do people even do this? Every list is gonna be garbage to everyone but the people making it. The way to properly do this is to throw aside rankings and just be like: here's games that came to our minds when we tried to think of ones that were excellent. Let's talk about and celebrate these really good games. Because people engage with it exactly like we are Yeah, they are (relatively) easy content that provokes engagement, good or bad. I'll take it over people platforming really hateful shit for clicks, in any case, since that obviously does the same thing but is much more awful.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Oct 6, 2023 21:06:32 GMT -5
Top 100 games of the last 30 years, and Final Fantasy VI doesn't even make the list? Bunch of bullshit.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Oct 7, 2023 5:07:45 GMT -5
Persona 5 makes the list, but not 3 or 4?
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Post by castletonsnob on Oct 7, 2023 5:20:38 GMT -5
Top 100 games of the last 30 years, and Final Fantasy VI doesn't even make the list? Bunch of bullshit. Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, System Shock 2, and The Walking Dead should be on the list too.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 7, 2023 5:38:16 GMT -5
In general I hate lists like this because they're always 1), going to be full of a bunch of weird omissions, and 2), go with some super popular semi-recent thing as number one. I'm reminded of some random Youtube video I watched once that was ranking every Kirby game and put Forgotten Land at #1 when it'd come out like a month prior and personally I'd probably call it one of the worst in the series.
But yeah, hard disagree with a lot of these and a gigantic amount of them I don't care about at all. And I'd personally put BotW near the bottom of the 3D Zelda games; the worst is Tears of the Kingdom (hey, we released the same game again but overloaded it with grinding bullshit while going out of our way to remove every single quality of life convenience and making all of the shrines the same as each other!) but the only one I'm even considering putting BotW above besides it is Skyward Sword and even then it's a bit of a tossup.
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Post by Raskovnik on Oct 7, 2023 7:24:52 GMT -5
Incredibly bold decision to release a top 100 games list without having Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 or Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 or Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road on it
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Post by tirtefaa on Oct 7, 2023 7:53:45 GMT -5
Eh, it's someone's take.
Not gonna lie, I don't recognize a lot of the titles on the list, especially since I haven't touched a new game in over a decade.
And there's part of the issue I think I have, where minor improvements help gameplay instead of being revolutionary.
If I were to argue for any one game being number 1, it would be Grand Theft Auto 3, which absolutely changed the course of where video games would go for the next 20 years. Is it buggy and broken by today's standards? Yes. Are the subsequent games better? Yes. But GTA 3 still was such an insane leap from where we had been up until that point that it's impact is still felt today and still insanely popular.
Also...I like how both Galaxy games made the list. What...some minor tweaks to the first game allow for the second game to get grandfathered on? I mean sure...it's a good game, but it's mostly just more of the same from the first game.
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Post by The Ichi on Oct 7, 2023 8:32:51 GMT -5
Everything about this list makes it look AI generated.
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