IGN's Top 100 Games

[Othello Harrington]

I agree. I was just saying that making a list purely based on quality will still have retro stuff. Most of the best first-person shooters are recent but most of the best 2d platformers are old.

I agree with this, 2d plats are near death anyway so I doubt we'll see a new ground breaking title that isn't on a handheld.

[Yoshi]

[Othello Harrington]

Yeah it is sad.

[bVork]

Man, I bet the IGN editors have never turned on a computer that isn't a PC or a Mac. I already whined about the lack of C64 games and, while I can understand that something like Wizball may not be "important," the lack of Elite is a real shame. It's only one of the most important games ever released: one of the very first space sims, open-ended sandbox gameplay, absolutely amazing vector (with hidden line removal) graphics, and astonishingly huge universe to explore, and all sorts of secrets and hidden things. It's also damn fun. And it was incredibly popular. It got ported to pretty much every computer system in the 80s. Surely even the PSX kiddies at IGN should have come across it at some point.

And I thought the whole myth that SMB saved the gaming industry from the great crash was put to bed often enough that the debunking had even penetrated the ivory tower of IGNorance. It is an amazing game, but I somewhat question its importance.

Sad to see The Secret of Monkey Island missing from the list. If you're going by both importance and quality, that's THE LucasArts adventure. It codified the design principles that all later adventures used, and it was fantastic in its own right. Later games that use the formula established by Monkey Island are present, but the original really should have taken priority.

Where are Dani Bunten's games? Both Seven Cities of Gold and M.U.L.E. are innovative games that mostly remain unequaled in their gameplay.

And, well, I'm just not going to get into the write-ups on the RPGs. There's just no excuse for that, especially when there are fantastic articles like this one to fall back upon.

[Finch]

I already whined about the lack of C64 games and, while I can understand that something like Wizball may not be "important," the lack of Elite is a real shame. It's only one of the most important games ever released: one of the very first space sims, open-ended sandbox gameplay, absolutely amazing vector (with hidden line removal) graphics, and astonishingly huge universe to explore, and all sorts of secrets and hidden things. It's also damn fun. And it was incredibly popular. It got ported to pretty much every computer system in the 80s.

I don't think Elite ever got a proper American introduction, or at least it wasn't nearly as popular as it was in Europe. I could be wrong, but how many people on this board even would list Elite as one of the best games of all time?

[The_Meach]

I have zero problem with the Top 10. And why can't an editorial board man up and publish a Best 100 Games list?

[Tain]

Elite is a pretty huge deal, AND it's better than its sequels.

[Othello Harrington]

I have zero problem with the Top 10. And why can't an editorial board man up and publish a Best 100 Games list?

Because this person wouldn't get passed game 98 before the whole thread breaks down.

Here is how it would go;


98) Thunder Force

Yoshi "That's bullshit, let me know 55 shooters that are better"

begin flames....

[Yoshi]

<3 ThunderForce

[Othello Harrington]

But is 98 an acceptable position in the top 100?