Wii is best. Obviously.

GC cos of that rad massive A button that the game leaner heavy upon, turning into a context sensitive 'every button'

I've only dabbled with the Wii version and it hasn't done much for me, it's a GC game, it's got royal blood.

*mash A to high five*

Resident Evil 4 isn't even top anymore, so we can stop talking about it.

Ocarina of Time is the best game ever this week.

I liked Ocarina a lot and I understand the praise heaped on it but I don't feel as passionate about it as most who played it.
Part of this I think is the second half of the game has some sludgey textures which I really struggled with being colour blind.

OP updated. Good news for Zelda and for Mario, with Galaxy finally showing in the top list.

Tempy wrote:

I never owned an N64 so by the time I played Ocarina I was significantly underwhelmed.

When did you get around to it?

I wouldn't be surprised if most people like Zeldas in the order they first played them. I'd certainly go for LttP, then OoT then Majora's, and after that the others seem much of a muchness. Phantom Hourglass was one of the better recent efforts though, the DS stuff made it a bit fresher.

Link to the Past for me. Ageless graphical look. Utterly charming.Its offspring have been recycling the ideas as far as I can make out.I completed it which is rare for me and that type of game.

Link to the Past on SNES came with a fold out map that has a lovely hand drawn look to it and a sealed tips book only to be opened when you had no hair left.



The Dark World / Light World puzzling, starting with spectacle rock, was splendid.

In fact, I think it's the only game of the adventure/narrative style that I ever completed. As much as I loved it, I had had enough of that sort of thing after playing it. Same with FPS games. After completing Doom 2 and experiencing a bit of multi-player LAN Quake I had had enough of that genre.

I was OOT first then WW.
Perhaps the reason I love WW so much is that I had no preconceptions of what a Zelda game should or shouldn't be.
OOT is second fave though.
Others played...
TP, I liked but it wasn't amazing.
SS, really did not like, I just don't want to use wiimotes for extended play sessions even if the swordplay was good.
Phantom Hourglass, fuck that repeated Knight dungeon.
Lttp, played very late on, onl;y a couple of years ago. I just don't really like the 2D ones.
MM played too late, suffered from ugliness.

OoT. Lost interest in Jabu Jabu's Belly
WW. Can't remember now. Got to sail around a bit and I think I got past the 1st dungeon (or maybe the second) and lost interest. Loved the look of it though.
MM. Fiddled about at the start. Played it for maybe an hour and then lost interest.
TP. Got on the horse and arsed around. Maybe fished a bit and then lost interest.

Basically I can't be arsed second guessing a story someone else has in mind. If I want a story I'll read a book.

In 3D environments I always end up going round in circles, missing a key thing and eventually getting bored. Life is too bloody short for that crap. I then leave it for a few days and when I return to it I can't remember what I was supposed to do and give up.

In Shenmue I lost interest after finding the first arcade.
In GTA 3 I got bored shitless full stop. What an overrated pile of tripe. Drove about a while and lost interest after getting attacked by guys with kitchen knives (I think).
Every other FPS - Duke Nukem, Goldeneye, Quake 2, Timesplitters 2, Call of Duty:whatever - lost interest somewhere in level 2 usually.

The thing with me is that I expect so much from that type of game; egged on no doubt by the cinematics. They all boil down to a linear slog with a bit of shooting and some glorified QTEs.  They get conquered through perserverance. Thanks but no thanks.

Poor Mario Sunshine, it is like the Daniel Baldwin of games.

Tempy likes Daniel Baldwin.

You don't like Wave Race? That was great.

I love water in games, especially when it's done well. Lovely sunny blue skies too. I liked Sunshine visually, I got bored of it all though and never went back to it.