Wonder where Minesweeper is going to wind up.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
yeah sausage roll is way too low
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/28/16689522/polygon-500-best-games-of-all-time-400-301
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
368. SUPER MARIO LAND 2: SIX GOLDEN COINS
I know there are better Mario games but love this eternally as it was the only one I played as a young kid.
― devvvine, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
Missed that one. Yeah, it's all-time. I spent so much pre-adolescent time scrunched up on the couch playing that thing.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
this is such a weird list
― Mordy, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
I am cracking up at "Stephen's Sausage Roll"
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
Polygon's list of 500 games that exist
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
stephen's sausage roll is a pretty damned good game. those puzzles are hard as fuck
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
I dunno I kinda like how random this list is. It's like a coint and plick rollout lol
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
#1 of all time: marvel puzzle quest
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
harsh but fair
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
Any list of 500 games from all systems released over the course of several decades is going to be a weird list.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
Stephen's Sausage Roll: Hard as Fuck
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
it's not just weird bc it's from all systems released over the course of several decades. it's weird bc a lot of the games they chose are not what i'd think of as the top 500 games of all time? it seems v ad hoc like ppl have mentioned in this thread "here are 500 games we thought of" rather than any kind of guiding idea for what makes a game great, worthy of inclusion, etc. feel like 500 top games of all time is a cool idea but probably requires a better group to put something legitimately interesting together. also have i missed it or have there been zero infocom games? also obligatory deus ex + DOTT too low. i have no mouth is great -- kudos to them for including it def in personal my top 100.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
lol djp
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
Understanding the criteria for scoring would have been nice. And put goddamn screen caps for each game.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
IMO the inclusion of any mobile game, however popular it may be, has to have more than 'boy, did a lot of people ever play this while taking a shit' going for it.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/29/16693094/polygon-500-best-games-of-all-time-300-201
Starting it off right with ... Microsoft Flight Simulator? Sheesh
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
Solitaire better be top 10, man, I'm telling you.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
and the #1 game of all time is...
the game YOU make up inside your head
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
Fez at only 263?!?!?!? Okay, seriously, gtfo.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
Tony Hawk Underground sucks shit wtf.
No way is that shit better than ... Snake for Nokia phones
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
All of these would probably be competing for my top 10:293. PROTEUS 262. AGE OF EMPIRES 2259. BLOODBORNE219. DOOM (2016)
Rooting for a high Frog Fractions finish.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
so like maniac mansion is not 100 slots better than DOTT. those two should be reversed.
hitchhiker's is the first infocom. a good list imo should also include
a mind forever voyagingzorkplanetfalldeadlinethe lurking horror
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
mind forever voyaging is 221
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
oh didn't get down to it yet! glad to see they included it!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
those games are good but are they really better than ... MINI METRO (2015, PC, others)?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
did both dishonored games really need to be on this list?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
no
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
fallout new vegas is not better than fallout 1, 2 or wasteland
stardew valley top spots below animal crossing suggests that they just listed games as they thought of them
basically every entry in mgs, mario, zelda games is gonna place huh?
how many warioware games were there??? (also two in immediate proximity)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
stardew valley ten* spots
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
warioware: twisted and warioware inc: mega microgames! -- two of the greatest games of all time apparently
i can't remember which warioware game I played but it was extremely fun. great party game.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
i personally would argue for bloodborne being a little higher and demon's souls being ~200 places higher, but dark souls 2 prob shouldn't be on this list at all.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
warioware rules
― devvvine, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
fuckit i'mma just make my own list
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
I don't know how any rational person could argue that Maniac Mansion is better than DOTT if for no other reason than the fact that you can actually play Maniac Mansion in its entirety within the game world of DOTT.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
This list is great so far
Seeing that they placed Star Control already I'm hoping that SC2 makes top 20 at least
As it should
The first and second WarioWare games are awesome, the first especially
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
Played Quake 3 the most of this batch.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
oh, you're that Jeff. enjoyed sniping u
― mh, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/30/16717548/polygon-500-best-games-of-all-time-200-101
Frog Fractions in the hizzouse
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
really an accomplishment how bad this is. i applaud the deliberate and determined effort it must've taken.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
lol so glad they found room for rock band AND rock band 2 (exactly 5 spots apart)
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
still no beatles rock band yet *crosses fingers*
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
And we left out sequels that we deemed too similar to the games that came before them.
i mean i dunno, can you play brass instruments on the second one?
― another day another dolour (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
have any guitar heroes placed???
would be pretty funny if the top 20 was all different guitar band / rock band variants
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
what the hell Guitar Hero Aerosmith is #1?!
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
maybe this list is a criticism of lists. the real list is a layer deeper
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
https://youtu.be/jeBKRk_gaf8?t=59s
― another day another dolour (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 November 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
it really doesn't seem like it was a choice. it kinda seems like they just sat down, brainstormed a bunch of games, listed them as they thought them up (that's why so many sequels and related games are a couple spots a part), and then figured out a top 50 that included in mostly no particular order the ones they thought were the classics.
― Mordy, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
is gameboy pokemon really #5 all time
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
This list is perfect
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 1 December 2017 23:17 (six years ago) link
Except they forgot Star Control 2 but for some reason ranked Star Control 1
Love the rogue-likes in the top 100 (would've placed ADOM up there myself), love that their ranking of every game considers its innovation and impact at the time (ranking Zelda 1 and SMB3 highest in their respective series).
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 1 December 2017 23:21 (six years ago) link
I, also, wish that it was 2002, when I was at my physical peak and a website could write whole-page essays on 500 games wtf is wrong with you.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 2 December 2017 10:15 (six years ago) link
241. Shenmue
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 2 December 2017 10:44 (six years ago) link
A clone of the game Rogue, the roguelike NetHack
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 2 December 2017 11:05 (six years ago) link