Help me order/rank these games... too many to play!

[jethomas]

When I'm not playing my go to MW2 and WoW, I want to get through the massive pile of games I have stored up. I just don't know which ones to play through first! Help me put them in the order I should play them:

PS3:
-Uncharted 2

XBOX:
-Halo 3 ODST

PC:
-TorchLight
-Red Faction: Guerilla
-GhostBusters
-GTA4
-Assassins Creed
-Mass Effect
-Bioshock
-Borderlands


THANKS!

[siraim]

Mass Effect
Bioshock
GTA4
Uncharted 2
Halo 3 ODST
GhostBusters
Borderlands
Assassins Creed
Red Faction: Guerilla

The following doesn't fit... it's kind of a casual game. You can hop in/out whenever you'd like. I play Torchlight while killing time waiting for other things to happen.. or while on conference calls..
TorchLight

[blacksymbiote]

-Mass Effect
-Uncharted 2
-GhostBusters
-Borderlands
-Bioshock
-GTA4
-Red Faction: Guerilla
-Assassins Creed

I haven't played these games so I can't rate them. But I would have left them towards the end if I had to.
-Halo 3 ODST
-TorchLight

[tsmith15]

I would start with the shorter ones first, basically anything except the RPGs. That way, you complete games at the most efficient pace. Instead of spending 20 hours beating Mass Effect, you could beat GhostBusters in 5 or whatever (I have no idea how long it is). Also if you stopped playing WoW you could spend a lot more time with these other games, ;P

[dolson]

Originally Posted by tsmith15

I would start with the shorter ones first, basically anything except the RPGs. That way, you complete games at the most efficient pace. Instead of spending 20 hours beating Mass Effect, you could beat GhostBusters in 5 or whatever (I have no idea how long it is). Also if you stopped playing WoW you could spend a lot more time with these other games, ;P

Sound advice, and typically what I also recommend.

But you didn't specify what order. If you want to play the best games first, that's a totally different order than if you want to play shortest to longest. Or if you want to play games in a certain mood together, or if you want to mix it up... Lots of possibilities, and from what I've played of the list, those are all pretty solid games (I don't game on PC or 360, so I haven't tried Mass Effect or ODST, and I didn't enjoy the Ghostbusters demo).

A few I'm not sure about on there, but I'm guessing Ghostbusters or maybe Halo ODST is the shortest, followed by the other, and then Uncharted 2 (10-11 hours). The rest seem like they're longer ones to me.

[blacksymbiote]

I would say play Mass Effect first, as many people want to play it multiple times, so by the time you've finished off some of the others, you can go back to Mass Effect if you so choose and you won't have burnt yourself out on it.

Other than that, Ghostbusters is definitely near the top of my list because it doesn't take long, and GTA4 is near the bottom because it takes forever.

[th3-space-pope]

But the main reason to go for Mass Effect first is that Mass Effect 2 comes out at the end of January, and it is going to be 10 kinds of awesome.

-Mass Effect
-Uncharted 2
-Bioshock
-Borderlands (try to play it co-op)
-Halo 3 ODST
-TorchLight
-GTA4
-Assassins Creed
-Red Faction: Guerilla
-GhostBusters

[trunolimit]

I've never played mass effect but it seems to the thread favorite.

What I did with bio shock is I played it through on easy because I was so interested in the story and the sheer beauty of the game rather than the challenge which by the way can be very challenging (this game can be down right freakin hard). but by playing it on easy I could just focus on the story elements and run through the game rather then spend time getting stuck in certain parts. I can always go back and play through it on a harder difficulty if I thought it was worth it. You should consider this while playing through some of the games just for the story.

[aerodash84]

I don't know if I could order those myself, but I think some of those games can be played on the side. Like posted before I play Torchlight casually when I get some time to kill. Great game for that and there doesn't seem to be much of a story to follow. Borderlands also seems like it follows along those lines. I can't say for sure since I haven't played but I think you could pick it up and play when you feel like it. Some of those games on that list I just gave up on either from frustration or didn't catch my interest.

[dolson]

Originally Posted by aerodash84

I don't know if I could order those myself, but I think some of those games can be played on the side. Like posted before I play Torchlight casually when I get some time to kill. Great game for that and there doesn't seem to be much of a story to follow. Borderlands also seems like it follows along those lines. I can't say for sure since I haven't played but I think you could pick it up and play when you feel like it. Some of those games on that list I just gave up on either from frustration or didn't catch my interest.

WRT Borderlands - yes, you're right about that. However, I fell deeply in love with it and couldn't pull myself away from it long enough to play a different game until it was over.