ILX'S 100 GREATEST VIDEO GAMES EVER

it's no where near the same calibre as seeing chun li's knickers if you knock her out in SF2, obv

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look, there were also puzzles involving levers, ok?

the best part of being able to slow down an emulator

hahaha in the first tomb raider her boobs were just pointy polygons

you don't like pointy boobs?

are you gay or something

from the greatest thread evah. to this. in 4 days.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/captain.custard/CPC%20images/Lara%20Croft%20then%20and%20now.jpg

ken's comments do not diminish this thread in the slightest. pointy boobs rool.

the GTA games were vastly different from each other, in comparison the Gran Turismo series all looked the flippin same.

but equally the championship manager games on the amiga were totally different beasts from the one Dom and Louis are OCD about today. pro evolution soccer series (this is called Winning Eleven in the US right? lol) similarly changed a lot from the original incarnations of it.

monkey island one and two otoh, as with a number of other games in that list, were very much cut from the same cloth ----> vote splitting. as a series they would have presumably cracked the top 5. Governor Elaine marley the first fictioinal character i had a crush on.

Just like to point out that last night on Football Manager 2008, I got Northampton Town promoted to the Premiership. In the 2016/2017 season. On the playoffs. After we'd been out of the play-offs all season up to the last three games. And losing the first leg 5-3 (won the second leg 2-0 and got through on penalties). And won the final 1-0 after West Brom had their catain sent off in the third minute.

Our ground capacity is 13,500. We are going to get royally SHAGGED this season.

The game I am playing right now I got Ipswich up to the Prem in 2009-2010, and I think I am going to finish in 17th place! Woooooooo! They're one of the easier Champ teams, but all champ teams are difficult in the Prem...

I haven't played WoW in a month ;_;

Ive had GTA IV for almost a week and havent even opened it :(

This thread seems to have faded away altogether too rapidly considering how much build-up and anticipation there was. presumably there's some kind of sexxy analogy that I can't be bothered to come up with but feel free to insert (lol) yr own.

I have nothing particularly worthwhile to say other than SIMCITY WTF? Which has been said many mnay times.

well my votes didn't seem to get registered so I'm in a strop about the whole thing

well make the strop PUBLIC and give it a full-blown airing in here.

Monkey Ball at 95???? CHRIST ON A BIKE

I did, and got ignored.

I guess my vote is the only reason Monkey Ball is in the top 100 at all. I love that game. The only one I've clocked on the hardest difficulty level since I was a kid.

s'okay. i can understand the attachment i was urging people to nominate the chaos engine and the attack of the mutant camels in the earlier thread. and possibly would have picked ipod poker if i'd thought of it at the time.

oh god chaos engine

i think we're due to redo this poll.
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#100: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
#99: Kirby's Adventure (1993)
#98: Wolfenstein 3-D (1992)
#97: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004)
#96: Diablo II (2000)
#95: Super Monkey Ball (2001)
#94: Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
#93: Metroid: Zero Mission (2004)
#92: Maniac Mansion (1987)
#91: Rez (2001)
#90: Super Mario Bros 2 (1988)
#89: Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon (1991)
#88: Lords of Midnight (1984)
#87: Double Dragon II - The Revenge (1988)
#86: Master of Magic (1993)
#85: WipEout 2097 (1996)
#84: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
#83: A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985)
#82: Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
#81: Defender (1980)
#80: River City Ransom (1989)
#79: Ico (2001)
#78: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)
#77: Spy Hunter (1983)
#76: Xenogears (1998)
#75: Ninja Gaiden (1988)
#74: Elite (1984)
#73: Scorched Earth (1991)
#72: Castlevania (1986)
#71: Metroid (1986)
#70: Deus Ex (2000)
#69: Tomb Raider
#68: Bioshock (2007)
#67: Contra (1987)
#66: The Sims (2000)
#65: Secret of Mana (1993)
#64: Nethack (1987)
#63: Cannon Fodder (1993)
#62: Planescape: Torment (1999)
#61: Final Fantasy VII (1997)
#60: Prince of Persia (1989)
#59: Sega NHL series (1991-2007)
#58: R-Type (1987)
#57: Grim Fandango (1998)
#56: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991)
#55: Galaga (1981)
#54: Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (1987)
#53: Guitar Hero (2005)
#52: Worms Armageddon (1999)
#51: Jet Set Radio (2000)
#50: Gran Turismo series (1997-)
#49: Chuckie Egg (1983)
#48: Marble Madness (1984)
#47: Pac-Man (1980)
#46: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
#45: Dance Dance Revolution series (1998-)
#44: Wii Sports (2006)
#43: Micro Machines (1991)
#42: Portal (2007)
#41: Singstar series (2004-)
#40: Arkanoid (1986)
#39: The Legend of Zelda (1986)
#38: Another World (1991)
#37: Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)
#36: Katamari Damacy (2004)
#35: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
#34: Sensible Soccer series (1992-1998)
#33: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
#32: Madden NFL series (1988-)
#31: Half-Life (1998)
#30: Resident Evil 4 (2005)
#29: We ♥ Katamari (2005)
#28: Worms (1995)
#27: Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe (1990)
#26: Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
#25: GoldenEye 007 (1997)
#24: Bomberman (1983)
#23: Fallout (1997)
#22: Bubble Bobble (1986)
#21: Mega Man 2 (1989)
#20: Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
#19: Super Metroid (1994)
#18: Super Mario 64 (1996)
#17: Championship Manager/Football Manager series (1992-)
#16: Metal Gear Solid (1998)
#15: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
#14: Super Mario Bros. (1985)
#13: Half-Life 2 (2004)
#12: Pro Evolution Soccer series (2001-)
#11: Chrono Trigger (1995)
#10: The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
#9: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
#8: Lemmings (1991)
#7: Super Mario Kart (1992)
#6: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
#5: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
#4: Super Mario World (1990)
#3: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
#2: Tetris (1985)
#1: Sid Meier's Civilization II (1996)

i bet a quarter of these wouldn't make the cut today.

i mean, wii sports? singstar? defender?

all of these sorts of lists get dominated by newer games. i'd kinda rather see specific decade polls

another one, then?

#97: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004)

r.i.p. tombot realest bro alive

iirc dom had some contrived nominating system to ensure that the poll didnt get too clogged up w/ newer titles

i support this proposition for a decade specific poll

regarding the poll - STILLLLLLL, i'm not seeing why mario is warranted enough to gain multiple positions. the platformers were all very, very much the same game... innovative, possibly, in context of themselves but never in the wider spectrum of things. also i suspect iconoclasm for not including shadow of the colossus - as it is a really, truly great game.

we should do this cuz i'm new

i can run this next month once the semester is done

i mean, wii sports? singstar? defender?

i'm a singstar defender.

why the sudden frenzy to do-over polls? are we getting old? is there nothing new under the sun?

This is nerds vs. jocks and US vs. UK at its finest.

Tru-nerds are the ones who play RPGs, fwiw. People who like Ico and Nethack go biking and on dates from time to time

j-rpg's, definitely. but fact that skyrim has it's own pre-launch parties and has been advertised off the fucking ying yang (television ads??) makes me thing rpg's have broken into that lower tier of nerdom.

or maybe its just bethesda games. i was thinking fallout 3 as another case-study til i realized these are all games developed by the same dudes.

jonny greenwood likes ico

would say Ico was more for dweebs than nerds

why the sudden frenzy to do-over polls? are we getting old? is there nothing new under the sun?

polls are fun and most ilx threads are super shitty atm idk

is there real interest in (re)doing this btw?? kidna feeling a video games poll of sort or another tbh

I like by decade.

nominate the eighties.

I'm looking for video game recommendations, and I guess this is as good a thread as any to ask for them...

I recently played through Kingdoms of Amalur, and I'm now playing Skyrim, and while I'm enjoying it a lot, one thing's kinda bugging me... In both of these games there's a "speech" skill, and even though it can occasionally be used to persuade or intimidate someone to do what I want, in 95% of the quests you just have to kill someone, using your speech skill with them is not even an option. I kinda miss Jade Empire, where a lot of quests (though obviously not all of them) could actually be solved either by persuading/intimidating someone, or by killing them. So, I was wondering if you could recommend me some good RPGs (preferably fantasy ones) where speech would actually matter?

Planescape: Torment, Arcanum, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (at least for the first 3/4ths of the game), and Fallout 1, 2, and New Vegas all have interesting quest solutions for characters with strong speech skills.

Think we might almost be getting close to it being okay to re-do this. Maybe in another year or two. Dom's ''each person gets one nom per decade'' really squeezed out some faves to the point where we had to have a secondary poll of flagrantly overlooked games (e.g. SFII). On the other hand, plenty of beloved cult-favorite stuff DID get nommed but still got no votes so maybe it was fine...

dom haunts us from beyond the grave

That list needs more Castlevania and Mega Man games.

Thanks for the recommendations, One Way Street! I've previously read positive comments on Planescape: Torment and Arcanum, but I'm not sure if I can handle the isometric (is that the correct word?) graphics and old-school RPG gameplay... Maybe I'll try them one day, though. As for Vampire the Masquerade, I'm kinda averse to vampire stuff in general, and the VtM franchise in particular, so I'm not sure I want to play that one.

So yeah, I'd still love to hear recommendations on newer (i.e. ones with 3D graphics) fantasy RPGs where fighting is not the only option.

Action adventure game (a la Zelda or Psychonauts) recommendations are welcome too.

i think we're due to redo this poll.
anybody wanna drive?

― loads of personality, loved to chase chickens (forksclovetofu)

If C+P doesn't destroy me, this is something i might be willing to do in ~6 months. if there's interest.

I'd endorse that, it's been a reasonably long time and it might be interesting to see how things roll witha different nom system/ballot size. I'd vote, for sure, with the caveat that I haven't *played* that many additional games since 2008!

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