the essential top 10 games every gamer should play

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Chairman-Mao on 10 March 2011

Not in order, just 10 games everyone should have played at some point:

Beside each game I'm going to put the reason why

1. CoD4 - Best console online multiplayer experience ever

2. Fallout 3 - Just a straight up amazing game. Fallout 3 Broken Steel Add On is easily over 100 hours of gameplay if you explore, do side quests, and replay the game a couple times with different character setups.

3. Super Mario Bros 3 - The best game (my opinion) in the most popular series of all time. Probably the best 2D platformer ever.

4. The Sims - One of the best PC games ever

5. Gran Turismo 3 - The best game in the best racing series of all time

6. Pokemon Red/Blue - Best handheld game of all time

7. No One Lives Forever - An amazing PC/PS2 game but sadly got like no attention. Deserves way more credit.

8. Halo CE - Best Xbox game ever, one of the best FPS game ever

9. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped - My favourite platformer ever. Better than Mario in my opinion. Too bad this series is a joke now.

10. Any Grand Theft Auto game between GTA3 and San Andreas - Best sandbox games ever and a must play for anyone! The 2D ones on the PS1 were fun too but the 3D ones are amazing.

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rmarier83 on 10 March 2011

Super Smash Bros. Brawl or Melee

Zelda: OoT

Super Mario Bros. 3

Final Fantasy VI (GBA)

Goldeneye 007 (N64)

Pokemon Blue or Red

Wonderboy in Monster World

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Castlevania SOTN

Mortal Kombat (any of the SNES/Genesis era ones)

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MrT-Tar on 10 March 2011

in no particular order:

1. Zelda OoT

2. Final Fantasy VI

3. Metal Gear Solid

4. Any mainline Pokemon RPG

5. Super Mario Galaxy/2

6. Resident Evil 4

7. Age of Empires II

8. Super Mario World

9. GTA San Andreas

10. Gears of War

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oniyide on 10 March 2011

@OP the funny thing is outside of Mortal Kombat (never been a big fan) I have all those games in some capacity. I would replace MK with Street Fightet 2, that game is way more influential IMO

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Ninpanda on 10 March 2011

Super Metroid

Shadow of the Colossus

Metroid Prime

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (If you have a friend to play against.)

Ico

Ocarina of Time (I prefer Majora's Mask, but I realize I'm in the minority there.)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Chrono Trigger

Super Mario Bros. 3

Resident Evil 4

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Soulblazer on 10 March 2011

Chrono Trigger

Zelda A link to the past

Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater

Starcraft

Diablo 2

Super Mario World

Halo

Resident Evil 4

Soul Calibur

Final Fantasy 6

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perpride on 10 March 2011

1 - Final Fantasy VII

2 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

3 - Resident Evil 4

4 - Uncharted 2

5 - Gears of War

6 - Final Fantasy XIII

7 - Super Mario Galaxy 2

8 - Grand Theft Auto IV

9 - Final Fantasy VI

10 - Little Big Planet

If you've played at least one of these games, you can consider yourself well on the way to being a true gamer. If you've palyed 5 or more, then you're already a G in my books.

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perpride on 10 March 2011

twesterm said:

Meh, you should really just call this a personal top 10 list.

While some games on there are pretty universal like Super Mario Bros 3 and Tetris, other ones like Sonic 2 (too hard for a lot of people), Final Fantasy 7 (not everyone enjoys RPG's and I'm not even going to get into the best or most accessible FF argument), Metal Gear Solid (again, not for everyone), or Heavy Rain (lolwut?) just aren't games everyone should play. You love them and that's cool, but people's taste a pretty varied and it's incredibly difficult to find a game even most people would enjoy.

A better question would be what are the 10 most influential games (and leaving influential vague for a reason)?

Stop being a party pooper and list your top 10!!!!