It’ll legitimately take longer than writing and sorting your own personalised list, but if you have time to kill and like making really, really difficult choices, this online program will help you create your top 20 video games of all time list.
Its super fun. But it’s also a slow descent into madness. Be warned. Click here and leave your sanity behind.
How does the program work? Essentially it’s presented as a series of choices. It presents you with an endless array of choices: which game do you prefer? Then at the end it creates you a list of your preferences.
The choices become increasingly brutal. Take this one for example:
I sat here for like five whole minutes.
(I chose Super Metroid in the end.)
Then this one. This one was even worse.
I honestly don’t think I can pick between these two games. This made me break down into tears. I honestly put Metroid Prime, A Link To The Past and Dark Souls as my top three games of all time.
Bugger it, I went with A Link To The Past. That was brutal.
Next tough choice was this. This is basically my face-off for Game of the Year 2015.
Also — be warned. It takes a long time. For perspective — I was 55% of the way through and I had made a ridiculous 277 choices.
Things started to get a little easier towards the end, but there were still some humdingers thrown in there…
But then this fucking happened. No. Stop. Stop making me choose. No. GOD NO. PLEASE NO. WHY. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
Why are you doing this to me? Why do you want to hurt me. These choices are ripping apart the molecules of my goddamn humanity.
(I chose Metroid Prime. I hovered the mouse over A Link To The Past for a long time, then I rapidly switched it to Metroid Prime. I think I regret this decision.)
This was the point I sort of figured out that my top 3 would be Metroid Prime, A Link To The Past and Dark Souls.
The end game was near. I could almost sense the choices filtering into my list.
Here, in all it’s glory, was my final list.
1 Metroid Prime
2 Zelda: A Link to the Past
3 Dark Souls
4 Super Metroid
5 Super Mario World
6 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7 Super Mario Galaxy
8 Halo: Combat Evolved
9 Bloodborne
10 Red Dead Redemption
11 Metal Gear Solid 3
12 Mass Effect 2
13 Journey
14 Super Mario Galaxy 2
15 Metal Gear Solid
16 Metal Gear Solid 4
17 Super Mario 64
18 Halo 3
19 Resident Evil 4
20 Metal Gear Solid 2
21 Metal Gear Solid V
22 Chrono Trigger
23 Assassin’s Creed II
24 Zelda: The Wind Waker
25 Star Wars: KOTOR
26 Shadow of the Colossus
27 Resident Evil
28 Portal 2
29 Resident Evil 2
30 Morrowind
31 Skyrim
32 Zelda: Twilight Princess
33 Uncharted 2
34 Tetris
35 Super Mario Bros. 3
36 Portal
37 The Last of Us
38 Perfect Dark
39 Splatoon
40 Okami
41 Mass Effect
42 Batman: Arkham City
43 Destiny
44 Oblivion
45 Grand Theft Auto V
46 Mario Kart 8
47 Phoenix Wright
48 GoldenEye 007
49 Minecraft
50 Final Fantasy VII
51 GTA: Vice City
52 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
53 Fallout 3
53 Life is Strange
53 Undertale
53 Mass Effect 3
57 Final Fantasy VI
57 Paper Mario: TYD
57 Tales of Symphonia
57 Xenogears
57 Pokemon X/Y
57 Smash Bros. Wii U
57 Planescape: Torment
64 The Witcher 3
65 DK Country 2
66 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
67 Call of Duty 4
67 Dragon Age: Origins
69 Super Mario Maker
70 Final Fantasy XII
70 Valkyria Chronicles
72 Banjo-Kazooie
72 Castlevania: SOTN
74 Smash Bros. Melee
74 Kingdom Hearts II
74 Age of Empires II
74 Pokemon Red/Blue
74 The Walking Dead
74 Final Fantasy VIII
74 Animal Crossing New Leaf
74 Diablo II
74 Demon’s Souls
74 Final Fantasy Tactics
74 Skies of Arcadia
74 Persona 4
74 999
74 Hearthstone
74 Suikoden II
74 Monster Hunter 4U
74 Warcraft III
74 Final Fantasy IX
74 Xenoblade Chronicles
74 Baldur’s Gate II
74 Phoenix Wright: Trials
74 Civilization V
74 Shenmue
74 Super Mario RPG
74 GTA: San Andreas
74 Binding of Isaac Rebirth
74 Fallout: New Vegas
74 Paper Mario
74 EarthBound
74 Team Fortress 2
74 Bayonetta 2
74 Mother 3
74 Silent Hill 2
74 Starcraft
74 Virtue’s Last Reward
109 Half-Life 2
110 BioShock
111 Ratchet & Clank 3
111 Dragon Quest VIII
111 Persona 3
111 Mega Man X
111 Final Fantasy X
111 Pokemon Gold/Silver
111 World Ends with You
111 Fire Emblem: Awakening
111 Cave Story
111 Deus Ex
111 Shovel Knight
111 Chrono Cross
111 BioShock Infinite
111 Borderlands 2
125 Half-Life
126 Kingdom Hearts
126 Final Fantasy IV
126 World of Warcraft
It’s weird. I think this is a good list that does a fairly good job of filtering my own personal tastes. I think if I were to sit down and create a list like this manually, it would look pretty similar.
There are a few exceptions. I think Bloodborne might be a little high, I think Super Mario World is also a little high. I’m surprised to see Splatoon at 39, but I really, really love that game. Towards the bottom end it all gets a little bit messy. There are games I haven’t even played here like Deus Ex and Kingdom Hearts (I know I know).
Regardless, this was a lot of fun. I recommend it. Post your lists below!
Comments
104 responses to “This Online Program Decides Your Favourite Video Games Of All Time”
Maybe not perfect (needed options for pirates!, colonization, x-wing and total war), but given the limitations of the form system it’s not bad.
1 The Witcher 3
2 Zelda: The Wind Waker
3 Persona 4
4 Red Dead Redemption
5 Civilization V
6 Half-Life 2
7 GTA: Vice City
8 Mass Effect 2
9 Fire Emblem: Awakening
10 Okami
The choices are all from this year’s GameFAQS Best. Game. Ever poll. Someone needs to take them to task over their bad taste.
Or include people over the age of 13.
I applaud having Civ V so high. Hats off to you sir.
Goldeneye 007 vs Diablo II
THIS IS JUST EVIL MARK!!!!
Yeah I can’t lie. I’m a dirty Pokemon lover.
1 Pokemon Red/Blue
2 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3 GoldenEye 007
3 Diablo II
5 Pokemon Gold/Silver
6 Warcraft III
7 Civilization V
8 Zelda: A Link to the Past
9 GTA: Vice City
10 Final Fantasy Tactics
11 Perfect Dark
12 World of Warcraft
13 Grand Theft Auto V
14 Starcraft
15 Team Fortress 2
16 Smash Bros. Melee
17 Minecraft
18 Final Fantasy VI
19 Skyrim
20 Age of Empires II
Same here. Several great games went up against red and blue… several great games lost.
Having said that, TLOU came out top of my list, which feels *about* right.
I have never played the Last of Us.
If that is shocking to you, then so be it…
(bonus points for getting the reference)
Also I’m not sure Diablo II should have ended up at number 3 for me… Oh well?
“I feel the same way about both”.
Yes yes, but I don’t. 007 won in the end. That game was far too much fun ^_^
1 GoldenEye 007
2 Perfect Dark
3 BioShock Infinite
4 Half-Life
5 Pokemon Red/Blue
6 Half-Life 2
7 The Last of Us
8 Super Mario Bros. 3
9 Age of Empires II
10 DK Country 2
Might have put Half Life 2 above Half Life, but both very enjoyable.
A lot of Nintendo classics in there Mark, good to see! My list would be very similar actually.
Just waiting on the wii u to come down in price, sob, then Nintendo goodness will be mine again…oh yes
I’VE JUST BEEN GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN DARK SOULS AND BLOODBORNE AND I THREW MY PHONE OUT THE WINDOW INSTEAD 🙁
Edit: I’ve calmed down a bit. Here’s my list. I’m pretty confident in the first seven, though I’m questioning whether Phoenix Wright really deserves absolute top billing, and I think the wheels came off the algorithm a little bit after that (user error, probably).
1. Phoenix Wright
2. Dark Souls
3. Metal Gear Solid
4. Metal Gear Solid 2
5. Phoenix Wright: Trials
6. Bloodborne
7. Demon’s Souls
—
8. Life is Strange
9. The Last of Us
10. Final Fantasy X
11. Shadow of the Colossus
12. Zelda: OoT
13. Zelda: LttP
14. Mario Kart 8
15. Metal Gear Solid 3
I know right!? I sat there for 30 minutes thinking about this twisted and horrific battle that has no good answer
If it’s so hard to choose, why not select, you know, the middle option which is you like them the same? That’s the point of the test.
Because this way is much funnier to write about.
“Heh, this’ll be easy. I don’t even care about most of the games that’ll pop up.”
Battle 9: RE4 vs Paper Mario
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-
I’ve only played around 30 of the games on the list long enough to have a proper opinion of them, but it still managed to come up with a pretty accurate (80%ish) list.
1 Metal Gear Solid V
2 Final Fantasy VII
3 Metal Gear Solid 2
4 Metal Gear Solid
5 Starcraft
6 Final Fantasy X
7 Oblivion
8 Super Mario Bros. 3
9 Super Mario World
10 Grand Theft Auto V
I wouldve thought Super Metroid and HL2 would be higher, but pretty accurate otherwise.
1 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2 World of Warcraft
3 Bloodborne
4 GTA: San Andreas
4 Chrono Cross
6 Super Metroid
7 Final Fantasy VII
8 GoldenEye 007
9 Team Fortress 2
10 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
11 Hearthstone
12 Super Mario Bros. 3
13 Metroid Prime
14 Super Mario World
15 GTA: Vice City
16 Super Mario 64
17 Half-Life 2
18 Half-Life
19 Mega Man X
20 Metal Gear Solid 2
1 Baldur’s Gate II
2 Star Wars: KOTOR
3 Pokemon Red/Blue
4 Fire Emblem: Awakening
5 World of Warcraft
6 Phoenix Wright
7 Grand Theft Auto V
8 Resident Evil
9 GTA: Vice City
10 Resident Evil 2
11 BioShock
12 Uncharted 2
13 Skyrim
14 GTA: San Andreas
15 Oblivion
16 Fallout 3
17 Dragon Age: Origins
18 Resident Evil 4
19 Pokemon X/Y
20 Chrono Trigger
A bit odd for some of mine. There’s a few games I really like that ended up low on my list because they just kept being compared to games I didn’t like that much or hadn’t played over and over. Same goes for a few of the games that made it in to my top 20 that I no doubt like but wouldn’t rank them there if I made my own list. No idea how pokemon x/y and dragon age ended up so high because I click other games against them that ended up lower. Same for San Andreas.
Same for me. Diablo II is a top 15 for me, but number 3? That’s a bit rich 😛
I always preferred the first diablo
Yeah but I didn’t have a family PC that could run it that early. Our Pentium 75 just wasn’t able to cut it.
Things like that play a big part in what games we rate from the past, the first Diablo was one of the first games I really got hooked on and would use editors to create crazy items. We also used to lan it and then later play the PS1 port for multiplayer. Diablo 2 on the other hand I didn’t play until a few years after launch and only ever played through it on my own and so don’t have as fond memories.
Whereas we sessioned the hell out of D2, even though it was old, right after I bought my own PC for the first time. Was kind of amazing 😀
1. The Urbz: Sims in the City
2. Mass Effect
3. MGS 3
What is this even. I haven’t played like half the games on it, the Sims is not on there (and the Dragon Age sequels) and my SEVENTH game(s) are games I haven’t played because I couldn’t choose between them due to not having played them. GAAAAAAAH
I had a whole lot of old PC games down the bottom that, I’m pretty sure are good, but I never played.
I glazed over when JRPGs came along and misclicked once, leading to Journey being 3rd instead of 1st.
The games on the list look like the sort you’d see in a GameFAQs top 200 poll.
A JRPG came first & third on mine 😀
PSX dominates followed by SNES & a sprinkling of everything else.
I assume everything else is Pokemon :p
Well Pokemon DID dominate mine. How could it not? *hugs his plush Pikachu shutup I’m not 30 until next year…*
It’s a shame there isn’t as much games on there (hah!). I have some favourites that should be in my own top ten that just aren’t there for selection. ANYWAYS, These games are somewhere in my all-time favourites, they’ll always hold a special place somewhere in my heart for the countless hours I’ve spent in them and vivid memories I have of them, from years since their release, till now. This was fun to use 🙂
1 Halo 3
2 Halo: Combat Evolved
3 Skyrim
4 Fallout: New Vegas
4 Borderlands 2
6 Minecraft
7 Portal 2
8 Dragon Age: Origins
9 Grand Theft Auto V
10 Team Fortress 2
My list is different, THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!
Wait, you too? I thought I was the only one!
28: Xenoblade vs DKC2. Wow, guy.
215: SMB3 vs SMW. The eternal battle.
Wondering how bad the inconsistencies are screwing things up as I go along. Up to battle 353, 89% sorted.
Huh, done already.
1 Super Mario 64
2 Metroid Prime
3 Super Mario Bros. 3
4 Super Mario World
5 Resident Evil 4
6 Paper Mario: TYD
7 Paper Mario
8 Super Metroid
9 Perfect Dark
10 Splatoon
11 Zelda: The Wind Waker
12 Smash Bros. Wii U
13 Smash Bros. Melee
14 Bayonetta 2
15 GoldenEye 007
16 DK Country 2
17 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
18 Banjo-Kazooie
19 Zelda: A Link to the Past
20 Okami
21 Xenoblade Chronicles
22 Shovel Knight
23 Pokemon X/Y
24 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
25 Monster Hunter 4U
26 Super Mario Galaxy
27 Tetris
28 Phoenix Wright
29 Zelda: Twilight Princess
30 Pokemon Red/Blue
31 Super Mario Galaxy 2
32 Mario Kart 8
33 Starcraft
34 Cave Story
35 Skies of Arcadia
35 Persona 4
35 999
38 Resident Evil
39 Super Mario Maker
40 Pokemon Gold/Silver
41 Age of Empires II
42 Minecraft
43 Halo: Combat Evolved
Wait how in the hell did Persona 4 and 999 end up so high, I never clicked on them at all :/
Otherwise, pretty reasonable I guess.
It’s easy to spot the Nintendo gamers 😛
Because they have the good games up at the top of their list 😛
My question is how Pokemon X/Y end up higher than Blue/Red!?!?! 😛
A very good question.
I don’t know what the answer is, but I can only presume it’s “Hawlucha!”
1 The Witcher 3
2 Pokemon Red/Blue
2 Diablo II
4 Dark Souls
4 Bloodborne
6 Grand Theft Auto V
7 Red Dead Redemption
8 Dragon Age: Origins
9 Assassin’s Creed II
10 Oblivion
11 Age of Empires II
12 GTA: San Andreas
12 World of Warcraft
14 Final Fantasy VII
15 Skyrim
16 Pokemon Gold/Silver
17 Fallout 3
18 Demon’s Souls
19 Perfect Dark
20 Fallout: New Vegas
Rank Game
1 Persona 4 Golden: Rise Best Girl Edition.
2 Mass Effect 3
3 Borderlands 2
3 Mass Effect 2
5 Bloodborne
6 Final Fantasy VII
7 The Last of Us
8 Persona 3
9 Journey
10 Valkyria Chronicles
11 Civilization V
12 Fire Emblem: Awakening
13 The Witcher 3
14 Red Dead Redemption
15 Demon’s Souls
16 Okami
17 Virtue’s Last Reward
18 Starcraft
19 Assassin’s Creed II
20 Mass Effect
I feel pretty happy with that list. Persona 4 Golden is just a masterpiece of JRPG goodness. I never got a direct ME2 vs ME3 choice, but I think I’m happy, considering the awesome multiplayer that ME3 had (plus the Citadel DLC was delicious). Borderlands 2 I got burned out on, but I had to acknowledge the many many hours of zany fun it gave me. Bloodborne for me is the best Souls game.
Disappointed some games weren’t on the list, like FFXIII, Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd, The Last Ninja etc.
1 Baldur’s Gate II
2 Mass Effect 2
3 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4 Zelda: A Link to the Past
5 Mass Effect
6 Dragon Age: Origins
7 Mass Effect 3
8 Red Dead Redemption
9 Fallout 3
9 World of Warcraft
11 Planescape: Torment
12 Assassin’s Creed II
13 Star Wars: KOTOR
14 Super Mario 64
15 Grand Theft Auto V
16 Skyrim
17 Half-Life
18 Fallout: New Vegas
19 Portal 2
20 Portal
21 Metal Gear Solid
22 Borderlands 2
23 Chrono Trigger
23 Ratchet & Clank 3
25 The Witcher 3
26 DK Country 2
27 Call of Duty 4
28 GTA: San Andreas
29 Banjo-Kazooie
30 Deus Ex
Seems about right:
1 Diablo II
2 Super Metroid
2 Starcraft
4 Chrono Trigger
5 Zelda: A Link to the Past
6 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7 Super Mario 64
8 Mega Man X
9 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
10 GoldenEye 007
Though to be honest of the top 10 it’s hard to put any of them in front of another… I guess that’s why this did it for me.
I wonder if you could populate this list with your own selection of games. Would be neat to go through and fill out your personal collection.
Also infinitely maddening.
So maddening.
Especially if you own Madden.
Not even angry hahahahaha.
Shadow of the Colossus vs Team Fortress 2
On one hand is a Video Game that I’ve only played from start to end once, but has made a lasting impression on me. On the other hand is a game that I pre-ordered the Orange Box specifically for and spent WAY too many hours on. YE GADS HOW DO YOU CHOOSE?!
Hahaha, so the first question I got was Shadow of the Colossus vs Team Fortress 2. Now that I’ve finished the quiz, this is what I got:
1 Final Fantasy VIII
2 Chrono Trigger
3 Final Fantasy VI
4 Dark Souls
5 Demon’s Souls
6 Metal Gear Solid
7 Shadow of the Colossus
7 Team Fortress 2
9 Final Fantasy IV
10 Valkyria Chronicles
That’s kinda funny 🙂
1 World of Warcraft
2 Morrowind
2 Demon’s Souls
4 Skyrim
5 Fallout 3
6 Oblivion
7 Monster Hunter 4U
8 Bloodborne
9 Dark Souls
10 Diablo II
11 Red Dead Redemption
12 Fallout: New Vegas
13 Fire Emblem: Awakening
14 Star Wars: KOTOR
15 Borderlands 2
16 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
16 Suikoden II
18 Pokemon X/Y
19 Shovel Knight
20 The Witcher 3
1 Dark Souls
2 Half-Life 2
3 Bloodborne
4 World of Warcraft
5 The Last of Us
6 Portal 2
7 Portal
8 Metal Gear Solid
9 GTA: Vice City
10 Resident Evil 2
11 Halo: Combat Evolved
12 Warcraft III
13 Grand Theft Auto V
14 BioShock Infinite
15 BioShock
16 Diablo II
17 GoldenEye 007
18 Half-Life
19 Journey
20 Assassin’s Creed II
21 Fallout: New Vegas
22 Resident Evil
23 Call of Duty 4
24 Destiny
25 GTA: San Andreas
26 Dragon Age: Origins
27 Demon’s Souls
28 Halo 3
29 Final Fantasy VIII
30 Skyrim
I scrolled up and down the article about 10 times trying to find that little ‘click here’ pink link.
Same – even after I’d read your comment.
Why can’t links just be placed at the bottom of the article?
Is it part of the game?
Haha. For everyone else, the link is in the second paragraph. Its called ‘here’.
Pokemon X/Y or Wind Waker?
Splatoon or Borderlands?
F**k you.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat…..
No Street Fighter 2!
1 Half-Life 2
2 Zelda: A Link to the Past
3 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4 Final Fantasy VII
5 The Last of Us
6 Half-Life
7 Shadow of the Colossus
8 GTA: Vice City
9 Diablo II
10 Banjo-Kazooie
11 Pokemon Red/Blue
12 BioShock
13 Uncharted 2
13 The Walking Dead
15 GoldenEye 007
16 Call of Duty 4
17 Shovel Knight
18 Portal
19 Starcraft
20 GTA: San Andreas
21 Resident Evil
22 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
23 Super Mario 64
24 Resident Evil 2
25 Red Dead Redemption
List would have been much different if they’d included more games. For some reason the walking dead is in there and I hate that game, never clicked it once.
To be honest, this list is surprisingly accurate. RE2 & SH2 are my top 2 of all time no doubt. Pokemon Gold/Silver is my favorite out of all the Pokemon games.
Like @selz, I am disappointed by the lack of any Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat games in this list.
1. Resident Evil 2
2. Silent Hill 2
3. Pokemon Gold/Silver
4. Bioshock
5. Pokemon Red/Blue
6. Batman: Arkham City
7. Metal Gear Solid 3
8. Metal Gear Solid V
9. Red Dead Redemption
10. Kingdom Hearts
Stuck on GoldenEye and Super Mario 64….
Edit: Halo CE or Halo 3….ffs
That’s about right.
Rank Game
1 Warcraft III
2 Metal Gear Solid 4
3 Smash Bros. Wii U
4 Metal Gear Solid
5 Starcraft
6 Smash Bros. Melee
7 Age of Empires II
8 Skyrim
9 Halo: Combat Evolved
10 Fallout 3
11 GTA: Vice City
12 Final Fantasy VII
13 Half-Life 2
14 GoldenEye 007
15 Diablo II
16 Morrowind
17 Final Fantasy VIII
18 Undertale
19 EarthBound
20 Grand Theft Auto V
21 Metal Gear Solid 2
22 Oblivion
22 Metal Gear Solid 3
24 GTA: San Andreas
25 Hearthstone
26 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
27 World of Warcraft
27 Chrono Cross
29 Mass Effect 2
30 Bloodborne
31 Metal Gear Solid V
32 Final Fantasy XII
32 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
32 Valkyria Chronicles
35 Dark Souls
36 Deus Ex
37 Final Fantasy IV
38 Zelda: A Link to the Past
38 Cave Story
38 Perfect Dark
38 Civilization V
38 Super Metroid
38 Call of Duty 4
38 Super Mario Galaxy
38 Dragon Age: Origins
46 Pokemon Gold/Silver
47 Half-Life
48 Final Fantasy VI
49 Chrono Trigger
49 Ratchet & Clank 3
51 Portal
51 World Ends with You
53 Star Wars: KOTOR
53 Xenogears
53 Zelda: The Wind Waker
53 Pokemon X/Y
57 Super Mario 64
57 Mario Kart 8
57 Final Fantasy Tactics
57 Resident Evil 2
61 Zelda: Twilight Princess
61 Skies of Arcadia
61 Persona 4
61 999
65 Portal 2
65 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
65 Uncharted 2
65 The Walking Dead
69 Pokemon Red/Blue
70 Dragon Quest VIII
70 Persona 3
70 Batman: Arkham City
70 Mega Man X
70 Final Fantasy X
70 Kingdom Hearts II
70 The Last of Us
70 Halo 3
70 Assassin’s Creed II
70 Paper Mario: TYD
70 Tales of Symphonia
70 Planescape: Torment
70 Mass Effect
70 Minecraft
70 Journey
70 Suikoden II
70 Monster Hunter 4U
70 Okami
70 Final Fantasy IX
70 Kingdom Hearts
90 Super Mario Galaxy 2
90 Super Mario Bros. 3
90 Tetris
90 Life is Strange
90 Mass Effect 3
90 Super Mario World
90 Animal Crossing New Leaf
90 Phoenix Wright
90 Metroid Prime
90 Demon’s Souls
100 Xenoblade Chronicles
100 DK Country 2
100 Fire Emblem: Awakening
100 Super Mario Maker
100 Banjo-Kazooie
100 Baldur’s Gate II
100 Castlevania: SOTN
100 Phoenix Wright: Trials
100 Shenmue
100 Super Mario RPG
100 Shovel Knight
100 The Witcher 3
100 Binding of Isaac Rebirth
100 Resident Evil
100 Fallout: New Vegas
100 BioShock Infinite
100 Resident Evil 4
100 Splatoon
100 Borderlands 2
100 Shadow of the Colossus
100 Team Fortress 2
100 Red Dead Redemption
100 Bayonetta 2
100 Mother 3
100 BioShock
100 Destiny
100 Virtue’s Last Reward
127 Paper Mario
127 Silent Hill 2
You all realise that you don’t have to choose between two favourite games at all, right?
That’s why there’s the ‘I feel the same way about both’ option!
The point of the super long test is to sort the list for you. If you are undecided about MGS2 and Borderlands 2, say so!
Then, when you say you like Portal 2 more than MGS2, and then later say you like Borderlands 2 over Portal 2, the test can then apply the sort to the list, and can conclude objectively you must then like Borderlands 2 more than MGS2, without having to ask you directly!
EDIT: Ya’ll are some nostalgic motherfuckers! It’s any wonder Disney is promoting the new Star Wars in the manner they are. It’s too strong a drug to ignore.
And here’s what happens when you hit ‘I feel the same about both’ for a large number of the list.
I only had less than 20 ranking numbers in my whole list, lol.
This is still probably the most accurate ranking. There’s no way I can actually objectively rank over 100 games without some being equal. The vast majority of that list I’ve never actually played anyway.
Rank Game
1 The Last of Us
1 Red Dead Redemption
3 Pokemon Gold/Silver
3 Half-Life 2
3 Grand Theft Auto V
6 Mass Effect
6 Portal 2
6 Uncharted 2
6 Mass Effect 2
10 Mass Effect 3
11 Deus Ex
12 GTA: Vice City
13 Portal
13 The Witcher 3
15 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
16 Civilization V
17 GTA: San Andreas
18 Assassin’s Creed II
19 Half-Life
19 Pokemon Red/Blue
21 Star Wars: KOTOR
21 Pokemon X/Y
21 Shenmue
21 Shovel Knight
21 World of Warcraft
21 Chrono Cross
27 World Ends with You
28 Skies of Arcadia
29 Age of Empires II
30 Minecraft
30 Journey
32 Kingdom Hearts II
32 Final Fantasy VII
32 Tetris
32 Fallout 3
32 Life is Strange
32 Skyrim
32 Diablo II
32 Mario Kart 8
32 Final Fantasy Tactics
32 Resident Evil 2
32 Zelda: Twilight Princess
32 Persona 4
32 999
32 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
32 Kingdom Hearts
32 Baldur’s Gate II
32 Perfect Dark
32 BioShock
50 Phoenix Wright
50 GoldenEye 007
50 Morrowind
50 Demon’s Souls
50 Fire Emblem: Awakening
50 Banjo-Kazooie
50 Castlevania: SOTN
50 Phoenix Wright: Trials
50 Call of Duty 4
50 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
50 Oblivion
50 Super Mario RPG
50 Binding of Isaac Rebirth
50 Metal Gear Solid 2
50 Resident Evil
50 Fallout: New Vegas
50 BioShock Infinite
50 Resident Evil 4
50 Paper Mario
50 Metal Gear Solid
50 EarthBound
50 Borderlands 2
50 Shadow of the Colossus
50 Metal Gear Solid 3
50 Mother 3
50 Silent Hill 2
50 Starcraft
50 Destiny
50 Virtue’s Last Reward
79 Chrono Trigger
79 Ratchet & Clank 3
79 Dragon Quest VIII
79 Persona 3
79 Batman: Arkham City
79 Mega Man X
79 Final Fantasy X
79 Final Fantasy VI
79 Paper Mario: TYD
79 Tales of Symphonia
79 Xenogears
79 Zelda: The Wind Waker
79 Super Mario Bros. 3
79 The Walking Dead
79 Undertale
79 Final Fantasy VIII
79 Super Mario World
79 Animal Crossing New Leaf
79 Metroid Prime
79 Hearthstone
79 Suikoden II
79 Monster Hunter 4U
79 Okami
79 Warcraft III
79 Final Fantasy IX
79 Xenoblade Chronicles
79 DK Country 2
79 Super Mario Maker
79 Zelda: A Link to the Past
79 Cave Story
79 Final Fantasy IV
79 Metal Gear Solid V
79 Dark Souls
79 Super Metroid
79 Super Mario Galaxy
79 Dragon Age: Origins
79 Bloodborne
79 Final Fantasy XII
79 Valkyria Chronicles
79 Splatoon
79 Team Fortress 2
79 Bayonetta 2
121 Smash Bros. Melee
121 Metal Gear Solid 4
121 Halo 3
121 Smash Bros. Wii U
121 Planescape: Torment
121 Super Mario Galaxy 2
121 Halo: Combat Evolved
121 Super Mario 64
It’s wrong Edenist, Pokemon Blue/Red at 19 is a TRAVESTY! 😛 I don’t always like to choose the middle option though.
Well I’ve got gold/silver at number 3, which actually still holds up as an awesome game today.
I also try not to let nostalgia cloud my judgement in these cases. If I play a game now, will it still be as good as a modern game? In most cases, the answer is no. 10 year old me would say sonic 2 is the greatest thing ever. Current me (who still plays it currently) would have to disagree.
I wasn’t being serious at all mate so don’t stress XD
You’re totally right in nostalgia creeping into the judgement, but I actually went with that instead of picking the better game. For me it was all about the impact it had at the time, and how it still affects me to this day. So sure, Pokemon Gold/Silver is a better game than the original Red/Blue but it didn’t influence me as much as the older game. Same could be said for GTA V being a MUCH better game than Vice City, and yet Vice City’s soundtrack has left a profound impression on my whole damn life. So yeah it’s a tough one! Definitely depends on how you approach it.
Super Mario 64 at the very bottom hey?
ill fite u 😛
It’s actually got shared last place with both super smash bros, mario galaxy 2, both halo games and mgs4…… I think you’ll need to take a number 😉
Yeah but it’s actually good!
I’m actually rather surprised it made it to the top of my list. I’m fairly sure I would normally rate Perfect Dark above it.
They’re not bad games. They’re just not games that have ever really appealed to my taste, so I’ve never enjoyed them personally.
You know you make it awfully hard to fanboy when you start being all “reasonable” like that.
Some of my weirder personal favourites are obviously missing (ie. Danganronpa), and wtf I don’t know how Half-Life got there (imagine The Walking Dead is in its place), but otherwise, not bad.
1. The Witcher 3
2. Kingdom Hearts II
3. Skyrim
3. Mass Effect 2
3. Virtue’s Last Reward
3. Persona 4
7. Kingdom Hearts
8. BioShock Infinite
9. Mass Effect 3
10. Final Fantasy X
10. Half Life
12. Dragon Age Origins
13. 999
14. Assassin’s Creed II
15. The Walking Dead
16. Fallout 3
17. The Last of Us
18. Mass Effect
19. Minecraft
20. Journey
That was surprisingly accurate a list for me!
1 Deus Ex
2 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3 Baldur’s Gate II
4 GoldenEye 007
5 Perfect Dark
6 Morrowind
7 The Last of Us
8 BioShock
9 Fallout 3
10 Call of Duty 4
11 BioShock Infinite
12 Bloodborne
13 Journey
14 Zelda: The Wind Waker
15 Half-Life 2
I clicked the middle option the whole way through just go see what would happen. Chrono Trigger, which is actually my favourite game of all time, ended up on top! What is this sorcery??!
My top ten. Pretty spot on in my opinion:
1 Bloodborne
2 Demon’s Souls
3 GoldenEye 007
4 Journey
5 The Last of Us
6 Uncharted 2
7 Metal Gear Solid 4
8 Destiny
9 Virtue’s Last Reward
10 Portal 2
How did you get Bloodborne and Demon’s Souls as your top two, but then no Dark Souls cracking the top ten?
I think Dark Souls slipped into my top 20. Was never as enamoured with Dark Souls as I was with Demon Souls and then Bloodborne. I think whatever was your first experience with a Souls game leaves the biggest impression. Cracking little app.
Fair enough. Yeah good fun, pretty accurate really.
Ended up with Ratchet & Clank 3 at the very top.
That sounds about right.
Mine seems pretty accurate!
1 Minecraft
2 Portal 2
3 Half-Life 2
4 Splatoon
4 Team Fortress 2
6 Portal
6 World Ends with You
8 Red Dead Redemption
9 Skyrim
10 BioShock
11 World of Warcraft
12 Batman: Arkham City
12 Half-Life
14 Pokemon Gold/Silver
14 The Last of Us
16 Borderlands 2
Though, I think I would probably swap Portal 2 and HL2 around. And to be honest, I hadn’t really played a lot of what was in the list… no GTA, Metal Gear, Halo, Final Fantasy (gasp, I know!) etc. So I mostly clicked that I felt the same and ended up with a bunch of ties in my list.
Pretty much what I thought it would be except Majoras Mask and Witcher 3 would be flipped around. I just realised how many games I haven’t played…
1 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2 Final Fantasy X
3 Pokémon Red/Blue
4 Final Fantasy VII
5 Uncharted 2
6 The Last of Us
7 The Witcher 3
8 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
9 Metal Gear Solid V
10 Mass Effect 2
11 Fire Emblem: Awakening
12 Dragon Age: Origins
13 GTA: San Andreas
14 Red Dead Redemption
15 Mass Effect 3
16 DK Country 2
17 World Ends with You
18 Kingdom Hearts
19 Okami
20 Final Fantasy VIII
21 Pokémon X/Y
22 The Walking Dead
23 Paper Mario
24 Batman: Arkham City
24 Skyrim
26 Assassins Creed II
26 Phoenix Wright
28 Grand Theft Auto V
29 Pokémon Gold/Silver
30 Super Mario Bros 3
My top 10 is pretty much spot on, 10 – 20 could be changed around a bit but its accurate.
1 Persona 4
2 Persona 3
3 Final Fantasy X
4 Phoenix Wright
5 Halo: Combat Evolved
6 Phoenix Wright: Trials
7 999
8 Virtue’s Last Reward
9 Final Fantasy VII
10 World Ends with You
11 Star Wars: KOTOR
12 Splatoon
13 Shenmue
13 GTA: San Andreas
15 Half-Life 2
16 Grand Theft Auto V
17 Kingdom Hearts
18 Pokemon Gold/Silver
19 Skyrim
20 Red Dead Redemption
This site made me choose between Half-Life and Metal Gear Solid 3. Too cruel. Decently accurate given the lack of games, would like to see a much larger version that would take an hour plus at minimum; someone get on that.
This was my list in the end (without the games I haven’t played but had to vote for because I hate bioshock with a passion)
1) MGS3
2) Half-Life (probably equal with MGS3 but my favourite HL game was episode 2 which is never included in these lists So I place that at the top in my own list)
3) Metal Gear Solid and Team Fortress 2
4) Fire Emblem: Awakening (one of those games worth buying a whole system for IMO)
5) Mass Effect
6) The Walking Dead (assuming that’s the telltale game)
7) HL2
8) LoZ: OoT
9) Portal 2
10) Portal
This list makes me think there should only be one entry per series which is considered to be the fan favourite of the individual amongst the series; that way you don’t get this collection of HL/HL2, MGS3/MGS, Portal 2/Portal on a single list. I understand that might piss off a few final fantasy fans for example but the resultant lists always look a little screwy.
Pretty accurate except for Cave Story. It asked me about it once at the beginning and I said that I liked it as much as SMW, but it was never brought around again. Pretty sure it wouldn’t be so up there if I was given more choices with it. Funnily enough, I’m pretty sure it asked me over and over for each of the titles on my bottom 20 or something.
1 Chrono Trigger
2 Super Metroid
3 Zelda: A Link to the Past
4 Metroid Prime
5 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
6 Diablo II
7 Zelda: The Wind Waker
8 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
9 Skyrim
10 Final Fantasy IX
11 Final Fantasy X
12 Final Fantasy VI
13 Final Fantasy VII
14 Final Fantasy IV
15 Mario Kart 8
16 Red Dead Redemption
17 Zelda: Twilight Princess
18 Starcraft
18 Mass Effect 2
20 Final Fantasy VIII
Gee, do you think there’s a trend here?
Rank Game
1 Journey
2 Deus Ex
3 Mass Effect 2
4 Mass Effect
5 The Last of Us
6 Grand Theft Auto V
7 Assassin’s Creed II
8 Destiny
9 Shadow of the Colossus
10 Mass Effect 3
11 GTA: San Andreas
12 Portal
13 Red Dead Redemption
14 Half-Life 2
15 Half-Life
16 GTA: Vice City
17 Dragon Age: Origins
18 Tetris
19 Minecraft
20 Uncharted 2
So, yeah. That sort of sums me up.
Dear God, What will become of me??? My top 10 are just time pits…
1 Skyrim
2 Splatoon
3 World of Warcraft
4 Super Mario 64
5 Oblivion
6 Grand Theft Auto V
7 Mario Kart 8
8 The Witcher 3
9 Minecraft
10 Zelda: A Link to the Past
11 Civilization V
12 Super Metroid
13 Warcraft III
14 GoldenEye 007
15 Super Mario World
16 Super Mario Bros. 3
17 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
18 Hearthstone
19 Age of Empires II
20 BioShock
My list was pretty accurate to about 50, then it started into titles I hadn’t played enough of to formulate an accurate opinion or games I did play and didn’t think much of, or as highly of as society expects me to, I’m looking at you FF7 and Super Metroid languishing around the 60-70 mark.
Top 5 though went something like
1-TLoU
2-Chronotrigger
3-Kingdom Hearts 2
4-Uncharted 2
5-Phoenix Wright
1 Resident Evil
2 The Last of Us
3 Bloodborne
4 Resident Evil 2
5 Metal Gear Solid
6 Dark Souls
7 Resident Evil 4
8 Metal Gear Solid 3
9 Metal Gear Solid V
10 BioShock
10 Silent Hill 2
1 Super Metroid
2 Deus Ex
3 Civilization V
4 Tetris
5 Portal
6 Journey
6 Shovel Knight
8 Mario Kart 8
9 Zelda: A Link to the Past
9 Cave Story
11 GoldenEye 007
11 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
My list seems pretty different to the others I’ve read so figured I’d post the relevant ones.
1 Grand Theft Auto V
2 Red Dead Redemption
3 Mass Effect 3
4 Fallout: New Vegas
5 Portal 2
6 Final Fantasy X
7 Final Fantasy VII
8 Skyrim
9 Civilization V
10 Portal
11 Mass Effect
12 Mass Effect 2
13 World of Warcraft
14 Deus Ex
15 Hearthstone
I feel like Deus Ex should be a touch higher, but otherwise out of the very limited choices it seems pretty accurate.
I lost my list after my firefox crashed, but here is what I remember:
1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Metal Gear Solid 3
3. Valkyria Chronicles
4. Pheonix Wright Trials
5. Pokemon X/Y
6. Mass Effect 2
7. SSB Melee
8. Fire Emblem Awakening
9. GTA Vice City
10. Civilisation V
Having said that if I think about it FFX/FFXII/Uncharted 2 really should be in that top 10…they werent far outside from memory…
What I dislike about this is there is basically no fighting games (a few Tekkens would actually be in my top 20), no racing games to speak of (NFS?? Forza?? GT??), pretty much no strategy other than Civ, no puzzle games etc…Also they miss key games from some series and add in too may from other series. For example, the original Mario brothers is not present, but MGS4 is? Needs to be less subjective.
My first 16.
Rank Game
1 Star Wars: KOTOR
1 Planescape: Torment
3 Dragon Age: Origins
3 The Witcher 3
5 Batman: Arkham City
6 Mass Effect 2
7 Baldur’s Gate II
8 Portal
9 Grand Theft Auto V
9 Oblivion
11 Skyrim
11 Half-Life 2
13 Age of Empires II
14 Portal 2
15 Deus Ex
16 Mass Effect 3
My top 20 was pretty damn accurate. Though I’d probably swap Destiny out for Uncharted 2.
1 Dragon Age: Origins
2 Red Dead Redemption
3 Star Wars: KOTOR
4 Mass Effect 2
5 Mass Effect
6 Oblivion
7 GTA: San Andreas
8 Zelda: The Wind Waker
9 Skyrim
10 Fallout 3
11 Mass Effect 3
12 The Last of Us
13 Half-Life
14 Final Fantasy VII
15 Zelda: Ocarina of Time
16 Final Fantasy IX
17 Destiny
18 BioShock
19 Minecraft
20 Diablo II
This is actually crazy spot-on.
1 Fallout 3
2 Half-Life 2
3 The Last of Us
4 Pokemon Red/Blue
5 Half-Life
6 Fallout: New Vegas
7 Civilization V
8 Portal 2
9 Red Dead Redemption
10 Assassin’s Creed II
11 Destiny
12 GoldenEye 007
13 Grand Theft Auto V
14 Pokemon X/Y
15 Journey
16 World of Warcraft
17 Mass Effect 2
18 Age of Empires II
18 Team Fortress 2
20 Hearthstone
Seems legit, pretty close to my ranking for only the games shown… some that would be up the top missing but still had to make tough choices!
1 Super Mario World
2 Red Dead Redemption
3 Fallout: New Vegas
4 Fallout 3
5 World of Warcraft
6 Portal
7 Skyrim
8 Star Wars: KOTOR
9 Portal 2
10 Mass Effect 2
It may not be immediately obvious, but I tend to favour RPGs.
1 The Witcher 3
2 Persona 4
3 Dragon Age: Origins
4 Tales of Symphonia
5 Fallout: New Vegas
6 Persona 3
7 Skyrim
8 Final Fantasy VII
9 Oblivion
10 Fallout 3
11 Morrowind
12 Mass Effect 2
13 Xenoblade Chronicles
14 Baldur’s Gate II
15 Final Fantasy XII
16 Final Fantasy X
17 Planescape: Torment
18 Star Wars: KOTOR
19 Portal 2 <– The only game on the list that isn’t at least partly an RPG
20 Final Fantasy VIII
BTW it took 536 “battles” to come up with my list, rather than the stated maximum of 448. Probably because game preferences are not transitive. (I admit I had to look that up; initially I used “commutative”, which means something else.)
1. Civilization V
2 Hearthstone
3 Grand Theft Auto V
4 Bloodborne
5 Super Mario Bros. 3
6 Final Fantasy X
7 Final Fantasy VIII
8 Final Fantasy VII
9 Shadow of the Colossus
10 Red Dead Redemption
Hahaha! The program couldn’t calculate number 1!
1 Halo: Combat Evolved
1 Final Fantasy VII
1 Dark Souls
1 Resident Evil 4
5 Suikoden II
6 Halo 3
6 Metal Gear Solid V
8 Skyrim
8 Metroid Prime
10 World Ends with You
11 Batman: Arkham City
11 Mega Man X
13 Chrono Trigger
14 Half-Life 2
14 Demon’s Souls
16 Super Mario Bros. 3
17 Super Metroid
17 Call of Duty 4
17 Bloodborne
20 Grand Theft Auto V
20 The Witcher 3
20 Fallout: New Vegas
20 Metal Gear Solid 3
24 Warcraft III
25 Mass Effect 3
26 Mass Effect 2
27 Dragon Age: Origins
27 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
29 Metal Gear Solid
29 Shadow of the Colossus
29 Red Dead Redemption
32 DK Country 2
33 Final Fantasy IX
33 Kingdom Hearts
35 Fire Emblem: Awakening
35 Cave Story
35 Deus Ex
35 Final Fantasy IV
35 Perfect Dark
35 Super Mario Galaxy
35 Final Fantasy XII
42 Pokemon Gold/Silver
43 Super Mario World
44 Half-Life
45 Journey
46 Uncharted 2
46 The Walking Dead
46 Phoenix Wright
49 Pokemon Red/Blue
50 Final Fantasy VI
Wasn’t really all that surprised with mine, surprised however it was missing Counter Strike or the Battlefield series (My fav’s though is Day of Defeat, but that’s more due to the online community playing it):
1 Fallout 3
2 Skyrim
3 Morrowind
4 Oblivion
5 Fallout: New Vegas
6 BioShock Infinite
7 GoldenEye 007
8 Half-Life 2
9 Resident Evil 2
1 Dragon Age: Origins
2 Planescape: Torment
3 Warcraft III
4 Baldur’s Gate II
5 The Last of Us
6 World of Warcraft
7 The Witcher 3
8 Binding of Isaac Rebirth
9 Grand Theft Auto V
10 Civilization V
Given the list of games I’m fairly happy with my top 10.
1 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
1 Final Fantasy IX
1 Bloodborne
4 Kingdom Hearts
4 Dark Souls
4 Super Metroid
4 Chrono Cross
8 Final Fantasy X
8 The Last of Us
8 Pokemon Red/Blue
11 Final Fantasy VII
12 Ratchet & Clank 3
13 Chrono Trigger
14 Final Fantasy IV
15 Kingdom Hearts II
15 Demon’s Souls
17 Pokemon Gold/Silver
17 Uncharted 2
19 Grand Theft Auto V
19 Shovel Knight
19 Binding of Isaac Rebirth
22 Shadow of the Colossus
23 Final Fantasy VI
24 GTA: San Andreas
25 Undertale
26 GTA: Vice City
27 Final Fantasy VIII
28 Mega Man X
This was my top 20:
1 Ratchet & Clank 3
2 Age of Empires II
3 Skyrim
4 Mass Effect 3
5 Half-Life 2
6 Portal 2
6 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
8 Uncharted 2
9 GoldenEye 007
10 The Witcher 3
11 Grand Theft Auto V
12 BioShock Infinite
13 Mass Effect
14 Portal
15 Batman: Arkham City
16 Half-Life
17 Kingdom Hearts II
18 Smash Bros. Melee
19 The Last of Us
20 Halo 3
I made a few mistakes as I was rushing it but it was pretty accurate
1 Metal Gear Solid
2 Persona 4
3 Star Wars: KOTOR
4 Zelda: A Link to the Past
5 Shadow of the Colossus
6 The Last of Us
6 Morrowind
6 Half-Life 2
9 GTA: Vice City
10 Uncharted 2
10 The Walking Dead
12 Zelda: Majora’s Mask
13 Zelda: The Wind Waker
14 The Witcher 3
15 Deus Ex
16 Red Dead Redemption
17 Warcraft III
17 Final Fantasy IX
19 Metal Gear Solid 3
20 EarthBound