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Dexerto's top 100 games of all time

Thick Thighs Save Lives

NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire


Here's the full list (it took me a bit to compile it, lol):

100. WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain (2003)
99. Doom (2016)
98. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (2018)
97. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
96. EarthBound (1995)
95. Need For Speed: Underground 2 (2004)
94. Firewatch (2016)
93. Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
92. Sonic 2 (1992)
91. Dead Space (2008)
90. Phantasy Star Online (2000)
89. Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)
88. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
87. The Sims 3 (2009)
86. Diablo 4 (2023)
85. Soulcalibur 2 (2002)
84. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019)
83. PUBG (2017)
82. Tomb Raider (1996)
81. DOOM Eternal (2020)
80. Metroid Prime (2002)
79. Age of Empires 2 (1999)
78. Fortnite (2017)
77. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (2010)
76. Spec Ops: The Line (2012)
75. Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)
74. Street Fighter 4 (2008)
73. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
72. Fire Emblem Three Houses (2019)
71. Counter-Strike: Source (2004)
70. Sea of Thieves (2018)
69. Kingdom Hearts 2 (2005)
68. Yakuza 0 (2015)
67. Dota 2 (2013)
66. Nier: Automata (2017)
65. Ico (2001)
64. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
63. Persona 4 Golden (2008)
62. Borderlands 2 (2012)
61. Civilization 4 (2005)
60. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
59. Resident Evil (2002 Remake)
58. Gears of War 2 (2008)
57. Celeste (2018)
56. Apex Legends (2019)
55. Hitman: World of Assassination (2021)
54. Batman Arkham Asylum (2009)
53. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)
52. Outer Wilds (2019)
51. Gran Turismo 4 (2004)
50. Chrono Trigger (1995)
49. Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening (2005)
48. Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
47. League of Legends (2009)
46. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
45. Uncharted 4 (2016)
44. Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018)
43. BioShock (2007)
42. Left 4 Dead (2008)
41. Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
40. Journey (2012)
39. Overwatch (2016)
38. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012)
37. Mario 64 (1996)
36. Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
35. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
34. Silent Hill 2 (2001)
33. Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
32. Undertale (2015)
31. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
30. Inside (2016)
29. Hades (2018)
28. Stardew Valley (2016)
27. Destiny 2 (2017)
26. Minecraft (2011)
25. God of War (2018)
24. Half-Life 2 (2004)
23. Halo 3 (2007)
22. Ocarina of Time (1998)
21. Tetris (1984)
20. Dark Souls (2011)
19. Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
18. World of Warcraft (2004)
17. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)
16. Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver
15. Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
14. Skyrim (2011)
13. Final Fantasy 7 (1997)
12. Super Mario World (1990)
11. Resident Evil 4 (2005)
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
9. Bloodborne (2015)
8. Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023)
7. Mass Effect 2 (2010)
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
5. Portal 2 (2011)
4. The Last of Us (2013)
3. Persona 5 (2016)
2. Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
1. Elden Ring (2022)
 

GymWolf

Gold Member
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T4keD0wN

Member
AC Odyssey > Red Dead Redemption
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Solid guesswork attempt at making a biggest game wikis list and sorting by wordcount
 
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killatopak

Member
It’s very skewed towards recent games which isn’t wrong but I doubt he would make the same list at the same order 20 years later assuming no other game get released in that timeframe.
 

Gaiff

SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
I really hate top lists like that. What makes people think they're important enough for us to think we need to know the rankings of their favorite games?
 

killatopak

Member
Shit lol. i just realized he has Diablo 4 there over D2 and D3 which isn’t even on the list.

Either this guy is terribly young or he has bad tastes.
 

Gaiff

SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Also, 50 years of video games, but 6 of the top 10 came out in the last decade? 1 game from the 2000s, no from the 80s or 90s. Sure. No recency bias there.
 
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damidu

Member
god! how safe can you go?
a gen-whatever intern's first attempt of a list i guess,
 
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I know these lists are usually pretty light on PC games, but this is the worst offender yet.
There are so many multiplatform titles that it can be taken either way. My running theory is that this list was made by people who primarily started gaming young around the beginning of the xbox 360 generation, which would explain the few PS2 picks they have listed and the ton of games that were popular on the 360, both multiplat and exclusive.

Judging by some of the other picks like League, Bloodborne, and Civ, they probably went from Xbox 360 to early gen PS4 to PC/Switch. They skipped the PS3 console entirely and their Nintendo picks are too sporadic, which means they might have emulated, or borrowed those games from a friend, or played the newer versions of them on Nintendo's online service.

Titles like Mario 64, Earthbound, and SMW were probably recommended to them by someone or at most, they figured they should at least play it based on a collective review score from places like Metacritic.
 
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Seyken

Member
I'll never understand the Red Dead Redemption 2 appeal. Great story, sure, but the gameplay is atrocious.

I disagree with a lot on this list, but it's still better than what I usually see going around, specially since it didn't put BOTW at 1st (most overrated game of all time IMO).
 
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Tetris being so low was a shock. No GTA 3 was even worse. But what killed me was they put more than one Doom game but only one Pokemon game. One Final Fantasy game. ONE Metal Gear Solid game. Just no.
 
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