Edge's top 20 of the last 20 years - The Bear and Badger

hylian_elf

@g.man: No ham??

mk64

regmcfly

Mrs reg's list -

Curse of Monkey Island
Journey
The Last of Us
The Walking Dead
Plants Vs Zombies
Theme Hospital
Rayman Origins
Little Big Planet
The Sims
Hydro Thunder

TheDJR

Mrs reg loves the undead.

regmcfly

She really got into zombies in 2012

g.man

hylian_elf wrote:

@g.man: No ham??

Just outside the top ten.

Hulka T

Halo 3
Resi 4
Half Life 2
Sega Rally
GoldenEye
Tekken 3
SM64
MGS
GTA Vice City
Mario Galaxy

stormyskiesahead

Aww man I totally suck at lists, always end up with far too many things and have to impose additional restrictions in order to cut 'em down. Soooo focusing on the nostalgia element I'm gonna cut out current gen titles and limit m'self to one game per series. The result isn't something I'd enter into a poll for the best games of the last twenty years tbh, but I loved 'em all a stupid amount back in the day.

Skies of Arcadia
Crazy Taxi
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
F-Zero GX
Gradius V
Metal Slug 3
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Phantom Crash
OutRun 2
Panzer Dragoon Orta

Roujin

FUUUUUUCKIIIIIIIIT FORGOT ABOIT UFO:ENEMY UNKNOWN, NOW EVERYTHING IS RUINED.

Ball and also bags.

stormyskiesahead

I've already thought of three more games that coulda fought for a place in my selection. Fuckin' lists.

Curtis

Without thinking about it too much:

Demon's Souls
Journey
The Last of Us
RE4
Wind Waker
GTA IV
...

Mind's gone blank.

beano

GoldenEye, Curtis. Jeez.

[Deleted User]

I think this being a list of personal favourites over a list of 'best games' makes it far more interesting.
Obviously there will be cross over but there are some interesting and forgotten gems coming up too.

Dark Soldier

Trials Evolution
Ocarina of Time
Metroid Prime
Resi 4
Trials HD
Borderlands 2
Call of Duty 4
Virtua Tennis 3
Peggle
Wipeout

I thank you.

Brooks

Don't get Slug 3 over Slug 2/X. The former has the gimmicks but the latter is better edited.

Curtis

beano wrote:

GoldenEye, Curtis. Jeez.

Nah fuck that! I don't do FPS'.

stormyskiesahead

Brooks wrote:

Don't get Slug 3 over Slug 2/X. The former has the gimmicks but the latter is better edited.

3 was my first Slug and the one I've put the most time into. I'll always remember the pure joy at playing through the first mission, had me laughing in delight more than once. And I s'pose I just like it more.

Stopharage

Bit of a struggle doing this but chose the below for the experiences they gave me. Sure they're not strictly the best games I ever played but:-

Championship Manager 93 (locked a dwarf in a wardrobe once, such was my desire to play it)
Peggle (spent hours trying to best every one of the challenges)
COD4 (really got me into online MP gaming. Over 30 days played on the MP FFS)
The Last of Us (loved every minute of it. Really hope there won't be a sequel)
Destruction Derby (invented my own team - Team Cow and Gate. My star driver - Chip McElvey. Took on the role of commentator - "Watch those barriers, they'll only slow you down" "Your car's about fucked" etc)
Resident Evil 4 - clicked with me in a way that no RE had before or after.
Morrowind - Just a massive, immersive game. The first RPG to really keep me up all night. Quite a squalid, dingy gaming environment but really added to the realism.
Mario Kart 64 - I'll never tire of trying to skid jump over the walls in Wario Stadium. Stayed up for 21 hours playing this when at Uni with a buddy. Lots of great family and friends moments on this.
Bioshock - favourite SP FPS experience. Loved the story line and the styling. Memorable characters and a wonderful game.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Story - When we first started seeing each other, the first time my wife stayed at my family home (back from uni), we began having a few goes on my brother's copy of this. 3 days later, a National Express coach missed and a subsequent 2 days late back to uni and we had finished the game. A true co-op experience and a marriage to boot.

tigersgogrrr

Locked a dwarf in a wardrobe?

Stopharage

Sounds worse than it was tbh.

Escape

krs wrote:

Bully/Canis Canem Edit
Grand Prix Legends
Grim Fandango
ICO
Portal
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Red Baron 3D
Shadow of the Colossus
The Last of Us
We Love Katamari

DOOM
Gran Turismo
Grand Prix Legends
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grim Fandango
ICO
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Uncharted 2
WipEout HD

hylian_elf

Liveinadive wrote:

I think this being a list of personal favourites over a list of 'best games' makes it far more interesting. Obviously there will be cross over but there are some interesting and forgotten gems coming up too.

It's not though. It's the opposite. 'Best' games in last 20 years, taking account of games and tech out at the time of the games.

tigersgogrrr

Ok, these things are always more interesting with a few comments. Let's try again, with a revised list;

Halo 3: My first multi-player obsession. Over 5000 games played, more amazing moments than I could even begin to list. Massive amount of love for all the regulars and particularly those who I spent vast amounts of time playing Doubles/Team Slayer with - Nexx, Shyam, Billy, Maylance, Jontacular... I can't list everyone, but it was incredible. This was a daily fixture for months. Team Get Tiger Recon shall never be forgotten.

Super Street Fighter 4: The best iteration, I feel. Got me back into fightmans big time, to the point of being involved enough to play in and commentate on Super Battle Opera qualifier streams. A special shout out to the whole Mordor Mashup crew (Cherry Pez, Shyam, Roujin, Hylian Elf, Dynamite Ready, MK... again, I can't list you all) but particularly to Nick Fullspec. An absolute legend who I'm lucky to have met. Our fightman community was built on a foundation of his hospitality and passion for games.

Baldur's Gate 2: The finest RPG of all time? It's certainly got the greatest ensemble. The first game was a cracker and this built on it in every respect. From Minsc and his miniature giant space hamster, to Edwin and his thirst for power, to the deliciously wicked Jon Irenicus, the seams are bursting with fantastic characters.

Planescape: Torment: One of the finest stories in videogames. The Nameless One and his quest to discover his past is enthralling. The set-up is intriguing and the setting peerless. Tattoos that give you stat boosts, digging long hidden artifacts out of your chest cavity, and unarguably the best writing in any game to date makes this an RPG like no other. The only game to have me obsessively playing until 2am every single night.

Sonic 3 & Knuckles: Great soundtrack, great level design. For me this was the high point of a fantastic series of games.

Championship Manager: God, I don't know which was my favourite. Digital cocaine and the only game that had me bunking off school so I could play it some more. The latest iterations have too much to them for my liking, but between 98-2005 these games were absolute must-haves. My Porto team shall never be forgotten.

Micro Machines '96: Just brilliant. I don't even know what to say. Just so damn fun.

Dark Souls: A dark fantasy of incredible depth whichsimply oozes class. Nothing beats those first, cautious steps into a new and terrifying area. A game that demands your complete attention and rewards you for it. Has basically ruined Fable for me and is the best game action RPG I've ever played. Game of the Generation.

Warioware (GC): The best party game ever. Hilarious with a 4 players and few drinks inside you. Turtles is the true test of manliness.

Dink Smallwood: A Zelda clone with black humour and an easy to use editor. The main game itself was average/poor, really, but the amount of time I spent creating modules for this game and the enjoyment I gained from designing dungeons and writing dialogue mean it warrants a place on this list. I also made the best ever module for it, so it's special to me.

tigersgogrrr

Dink Smallwood is obviously not SO BEST but I love it. Age of Empires 2 would take the final spot.

krs

Escape wrote:

krs wrote:

Bully/Canis Canem Edit
Grand Prix
Legends
Grim Fandango
ICO
Portal
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Red Baron 3D
Shadow of the Colossus
The Last of Us
We Love Katamari

I did toy with alphabetism but managed approximate order of preference. Last of Us, The should be under L rather than T though. And I don't all-capitalise Ico; it's too shouty for such a non-shouty game. Aside from it having a button to make Ico shout, I mean.

optimark_prime

I thought I knew my 10, then I started reading the thread and I was reminded of more games.

So, in no particular order....

NiGHTS Into Dreams (Saturn)

Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)

Gunstar Heroes (Mega Drive)

Samba De Amigo (Dreamcast)

Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)

MSR (Dreamcast)

Ocarina of Time (N64)

L4D (360)

Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Bayonetta (360)

(Possibly could change, as Rez, Shenmue, Guitaroo Man, Ico, Sonic 3 + Knuckles, Super Monkey Ball, Portal, Sands of Time and Burnout 2 are all wonderful too)

regmcfly

Soul calibur is bangin

Dark Soldier

Why oh my did I forget CM/FM? For shame.

optimark_prime

Just read the entirety of the thread.

I thought Streets of Rage 2 was too old, if it's not, it'd be on my list.

Without doubt the best scrolling beat em up around, better than Final Fight (I own the Mega-CD version) and even better than Guardian Heroes.

I still can't believe the feeble Mega Drive sound chip was capable of producing that soundtrack!

Also, I'd forgotten Crazy Taxi, Yoshi's Island, Zombies and Skies of Arcadia from my 'almost' list

hylian_elf

I'm sure I've said it before, but yeah, SoR 2 is too old.

I'm gonna submit my list to Edge and then post it here. There will be a couple of revisions, me thinks.

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