Your Favorite Game of ALL TIME

[njshadow]

And so the question stands. What is your favorite video game of all time?

For me it would definitely have to be Sonic and Knuckles linked up with Sonic 3. I put in sooooo many hours on those games and they were and still are truly a blast. Excellent music, game play, graphics, you name it! :D (Even though my first REAL BIG TIME gaming experience was with the original Sonic 1, I still enjoyed the latter games as well. I would die to come home from pre-school, kindergarten, etc. just to play Sonic. :D )

[ste116]

battlefield 2 really simple formula lots of people in a modern setting but, couldn't be any more fun

[phunlee]

Golden Eye and Perfect Dark was pretty fun, too...

I'm not much of a video game-r.

-W

[MaxTheSilent]

Old school: TURRICAN 2 (C-64)

New school: SYBERIA (PC)

Sentimental fave: FINAL FANTASY 8 (PS1)

Honourable mentions: SILENT HILL 2 (PS2), OBLIVION (XBOX 360),

[maz420]

"Back in the day" - Ultima and Myst

Now - The Orange Box and soon to be Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare. The beta for xbox360 was insane and the demo for pc was just sick.

Throwback Favorite - No matter how many times I play it I still can't get enough of it. Final Fantasy VII

[darthender]

Fffffffff.....Chronotrigger maybe? Or Planescape: Torment.

[mistersums]

I'm going with Chrono Trigger also. Must have played through that game 20 times...it wins.

Runner ups are Super Mario Bros., Baldur's Gate 2, Morrowind, Halo, and most of the classics. Especially Paperboy.

[gojira]

Super Metroid

[boink]

This question has always been a tie for me.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or Super Metriod. no way for me to choose between them.

[ngower]

Beyond Good and Evil.

Blasto, the Pro Evolution Soccer/Winning Eleven series, and the original Spyro are all favorites of mine as well.

[sirchrissypoo]

Echo the Dolphin. Hands down. I've always thought that was the greatest game I've ever played. And the recent XBLA port was pretty good itself, although nothing beats pulling out the old Genesis.

[barrelroll]

Would have to be between Final Fantasy Tactics and Chrono Trigger... These are the 2 games I can pick up anytime and still have a blast. Replaying these every few years is so nostalgic and still an utterly engaging experience.

[tamtamg]

Hands down, Zombies Ate My Neighbors for the SNES is my favorite game of all time. I wish it would come out for the wii already.

[frankiethewaffle]

I have a lot of favorites, but one I just love to hook up the system and play is Goldeneye. I just like how that game feels. Perfect Dark too. Made by the same people, it had to be as good.

I don't think a first person shooter has been made as good for the past ten years. Not even HALO and I just wanted to love that game too.

Other favorites are any Final Fantasy game. I still will hook up my NES to play FF1. And many Mario games.

[njshadow]

Echo the Dolphin. Hands down. I've always thought that was the greatest game I've ever played. And the recent XBLA port was pretty good itself, although nothing beats pulling out the old Genesis.

YES, the "Ecco The Dolphin" series was and still is INCREDIBLE! I have 1 and 2 on my Genesis, The remake on my Dreamcast, and Jr., 1, and 2 on my PSP. Could you imagine what it would look like on a next-gen console in 1080p!? I really hope they come out with a new Ecco. Great music, gam eplay and the levels were just so beautiful, creative, and overall awesome! Ecco 2: The Tides of Time was my favorite in the series. :D Those games rocked! :D

[flightman]

Mafia on the pc is still one of the best games i have ever played. It was also one of the most underated IMO.

[mltvcocktail]

Old School: Super Mario World, still know exactly where every secret is.
New School: Resident Evil 4

[serenity]

The Oddworld series.

[patch]

The Oddworld series.

Oh yes! I haven't played those in years! I didn't like the last one (Stranger or something like that.) but all the ones with Abe in them were great! It'd be awesome to see those on XBLA.

[thorton]

Deus Ex for the PC, not the console sequel.

[serenity]

Oh yes! I haven't played those in years! I didn't like the last one (Stranger or something like that.) but all the ones with Abe in them were great! It'd be awesome to see those on XBLA.

Stranger's Wrath wasn't bad - great game for that type (action/adventure/shooting - with living animal ammo!), in fact.

I was thinking more of the Abe adventures however. I haven't played the first one in a while but from what I remember it was the hardest and when it came out the graphics were really lovely for the time. All of them have this great, goofy sense of humor that I adore.

[torgodevil]

I've got them broken down by categories. Too many to choose.

PC:
Turn Based Strategy: Worms Armageddon. Final Fantasy Tactics
All time favorite FPS: Doom 2
Multi player FPS: Quake 2, Tremulous
Single Player FPS: Half Life
Real Time Strategy: Starcraft. (I live in South Korea. It's practically a law.)

Console:
Platformer: Mario Series
Horror: Resident Evil 4
Fighter: Super Smash Brothers: Melee (Bought a Wii for Brawl)
Racing: Mario Kart: Double Dash

Portable:
Strategy: Advanced Wars DS
Music: Oendan! or Elite Beat Agents
RPG/Time Waster: Animal Crossing
Platform: Mario Series/ Kirby/ Castlevania series
Puzzle: Tetris Attack, Tetris
Adventure: Zelda series

[chepito]

Grim Fandango. The Best Game Ever.

[concernicus]

Console-Super Smash Bros Melee (soon to be Brawl hopefully)

PC
RPG- Diablo II
RTS- Starcraft
FPS- Halflife 2/Bioshock

[guagloves]

Tetris, Legend Of Zelda: OOT, Super Mario Bros 3, Starcraft, Half-Life

It's way to hard for me too choose just one game.

[gonzooo]

"Ultima Online".

[dstrack007]

Half Life 2 is on the top of my list.

[geekluv]

Final Fantasy VII, hands down. That game made me the obsessive adult gamer I am today :)

[ramshaw]

Half Life 2.

[agentsik]

Jet Grind Radio

[njshadow]

Jet Grind Radio

Aw yeah, that was a CLASSIC! Some of the best beats in a game EVER! :D Plus, some pretty fun game play!

[sirchrissypoo]

YES, the "Ecco The Dolphin" series was and still is INCREDIBLE! I have 1 and 2 on my Genesis, The remake on my Dreamcast, and Jr., 1, and 2 on my PSP. Could you imagine what it would look like on a next-gen console in 1080p!? I really hope they come out with a new Ecco. Great music, gam eplay and the levels were just so beautiful, creative, and overall awesome! Ecco 2: The Tides of Time was my favorite in the series. :D Those games rocked! :D

Oh man I'm just picturing like a next-gen Ecco the Dolphin game and my mind was just blown by the prospect. As long as they would have the excellent gameplay of the originals, it could be an amazing game. Unfortunately, I don't see it getting made, as Ecco has always been a sort of underground kind of game.

[satori]

Hide The Salami

[willijay]

I will have to say:


8 Bit: Phantasy Star 1

16 Bit: Shining Force 1 & 2, Mortal Kombat (all)

32 Bit: Thrill Kill

64 Bit: Mario 64

128 Bit: Soul Calibur, Chronicles or Riddick, Halo 1,2, Ninja Gaiden

Next Gen: Gears Of War

[rexeisen]

SMB3, Earthbound, GoldenEye, FFVII

Earthbound gets my nod as the greatest.

[radical_edward]

From my Totally Rad childhood Nightstalker for INTELLIVISION,

OLDSCHOOL NES METROID,

FLASHBACK for super nes,

FF VII for ps1,

RESIDENT EVIL 4 gamecube,

honorable mention REZ for PS2

I ****en love videogames::eek:

[dutch]

Oh! Resident Evil 2. I saw the opening cut-scene at a friends place and had nightmares for weeks.

[cmu]

from old to new:

- Star Fox
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Day of the Tentacle
- FF VII
- Zelda 64 Ocarina of Time
- WipeOut 2097
- Metroid Prime
- Half Life 2
- Portal

[spacegrass]

everquest . at some point it stoped being just a game and became a life style. i actually called in sick to work so i could get my fabled fbss.

[translucentfish]

Old: Cafe Shuffle Puck or Oregon Trail (MAC)

New: Psychonauts or Grim Fandango

[yodaizmyhomie]

Battlefield 2 and KotOR.

Ecco was pretty freakin' awesome though.

[brundlefly]

This is a tough one. I've always been MUCH more oriented towards computer gaming than standalone systems. The one game that, for me, has stood the test of time is Diablo II. I still play it about an hour a day. It would be easy for me to pick it.

However, I think back to the old days when I was a young teen and PC computers were still shipping with hard drives that were measured in megs, not gigs. There was a game called Stonekeep that I was simply addicted to. So, for pure nostalgia, I'll have to go with that game... but as far as sheer addiction and replay value, Diablo II.

For purposes of not totally dating myself, I didn't even consider the text based games on Commodore 64, written in basic, that I would type out and program, character for character, from magazines when I was in 2nd grade.

[MaxTheSilent]

For purposes of not totally dating myself, I didn't even consider the text based games on Commodore 64, written in basic, that I would type out and program, character for character, from magazines when I was in 2nd grade.

Embrace and cherish these gaming moments, my friend. For that is what makes us old-school gamers mighty.

We remember finishing the PIRATE'S COVE text adventure on the Commodfore Vic 20.

We remember having our mind's blown by LAST NINJA and TURRICAN 2 on the C-64.

We remember IT CAME FROM THE DESERT and THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND on the Commodore Amiga.

We remember putting our money into the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES arcade machine after school.

STREETFIGHTER 2 on the Super Nintendo was a life-changing experience.

Like Jeff stated in ep 33, we have been there at every evolutionary step of home video gaming. And as such our opinions must be respected.

[darthender]

It's wierd but, in reguards to myself and PC gaming, my experience was in...I guess phases. Because in my first several computers were far enough apart that I owned them long after they became obsolete for gaming purposes.

I'd get a new PC, play it for like 3 years, and then go 3 years unable to play the new games coming out, before I(or I should say, my parents) got another one.

And in each of this phases, my gaming was completely dominated by a particular gaming company. Which is to say, like 75% of the games that I played and enjoyed, came from one company.

With the first computer I got, it was Sierra. Games like the King's Quest series were almost all I played on my first computer. I think I got all the way to King's Quest 4 before I couldn't get my computer to run them anymore.

With my second computer, it was all about Origin. The Ultima and Wing Commander series. And to a lesser extent, Lucasarts. TIE Fighter and Dark Forces were probably the only thing that got me away from Origin's games.

When my third computer came around, I couldn't get enough of anything Bioware made. Fallouts, Baldur's Gates, Planescape: Torment. Those games, and then the Thief series by Looking Glass. Those were the games of that machine.

By the time my forth machine came around, it was all Valve and Blizzard.

[mittop]

I have played so many games, it is almost impossible to choose. Thinking about it, I was struck by just how few of them are console games, though I started playing on Pong when I was to young to know what it was. Now, here I am playing games like Supreme Commander and Halo 3.

Anyway, some favorites.
Atari 2600 - Combat, Asteroids (I still remember "flipping" the score on it)
Apple IIc - Castle Smurfenstein
AppleIIgs - Ultima IV, EOS (Earth Orbit Station), Bards Tale, Wasteland, Leisure Suit Larry
PC (Older) - (Short List) Warcraft II, Quake AvP II, Command & Conquer, Starcraft, Diablo, Masters of Orion II, Masters of Magic, Alpha Centauri
PC (Current) - Galactic Civilization II, World of Warcraft, Battlefield 2142, Supreme Commander, Sim City 4
Playstation 2 - Madden NFL, Tekken
XBox - Halo, The Suffering
XBox 360 - Halo 3, Gears of War, Oblivion, Bioshock, Guitar Hero II

Damn, I never realized just how much lunch money went to feed this particular addition. Glad I never started smoking, I might have needed to turn to crime to make ends meet. :D

[jimithing]

Legend Of Zelda: OOT

[mikejl]

Half Life 2
Gothic 1 and 2
WoW