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Where are Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger tho. Well, I think it's nice that FFXII was included, it's a great game that never gets the recognition it deserves, also I think Xenoblade should be higher but whatever.
Anyway, this kind of stuff in super subjective imo, so I won't whine and scream"this list is shiiiiiiiit!!!"



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20. Ultra Street Fighter IV - outdated garbage that people don't recall as fondly as Street Fighter 2; it's like saying 007 Quantum of Solace is better than From Russia with Love and Goldfinger because it uses more current effects..
19. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Yeah, there are better MGS games than this.
18. Rez Infinite - This is not even a real game.
17. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - nope.
16. Super Mario World - sure, but like SMG1, putting the smaller, easier, and (in many ways) inferior little brother Super Mario Bros 3 above it seems wrong.
15. Red Dead Redemption - garbage.
14. Super Mario 64 - Fairly big, but not Super Mario Bros or Super Mario 3 big.
13. Portal - nope
12. Bayonetta 2 - HAHAHA, no.
11. Minecraft - Should be higher up, this one was massively important.
10. Resident Evil 4 - nah.
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - probably should be #2.
8. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - nope, the first game was almost as good, it had a much bigger and far more important impact.
7. Tetris - Highly deserving, but it's weird how this is the only classic on here, and it's not even the best, biggest, or most important from its era.
6. Half-Life 2 - Yes, even though I'm not an FPS person, I recognize this one's cultural impact.
5. Bloodborne - Nope.
4. The Last of Us - Nope.
3. Grand Theft Auto V - I suppose this is deserving.
2. Dark Souls - Huh?
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - the latest game considered the greatest.

In short, these guys don't respect games as art, and I can't see what kind of criteria they're using to score games on this list. It seems very haphazard.



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stamps1646 said:

Easily half that list is complete BS.

Here's a small taste of what games should have made it to that list.

 

Suikoden II

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Ori and the Blind Forest

Illusion of Gaia

Shovel Knight

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Hollow Knight

Wild Arms

Lunar: Silver Star Story

Portal 2 instead of- Portal

Halo 2 instead of- Halo 3

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Tales from the Borderlands

Bayonetta instead of -Bayonetta 2 <---honestly I wouldn't have even added it to a top 100 list IMO.

Phantasy Star IV

Metroid Fusion or Metroid Zero Mission instead of- Super Metroid or all three.

Snatcher 

Farcry 3 instead of -Far Cry 4

MGS 2 or 3 instead of- MGSV

Grandia

Fire Emblem Awakening instead of -FE Fates

ES Morrowind or ES Oblivion, instead of ES: Skyrim

KOTOR

Max Payne 2

Pillars of Eternity

Warcraft 3

The Last of Us - Check the top 5.

Vagrant Story

World of Warcraft

Civ IV

Chrono Trigger

Skies of Arcadia

MYST

Final Fantasy VI or IX instead of -FFXII

Legend of Dragoon

Diablo 2

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Dark Souls 3 instead of -Dark Souls 

Soul Calibur -DC version



A subjective list is subjective.



Zelda is #1! Wow. I've gotta say, even my brother who had not bought a Nintendo console in a long time played Breath of the Wild for hours on end and rated it a 10. This is somebody who was exclusively a PlayStation fan for some time and that really surprised me.



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Even if it's subjective, it's a rubbish and pretentious list.



So this is every game that comes after Chrono Trigger, correct?



VGPolyglot said:
JakDaSnack said:
I like how they took their nostalgia glasses off, this is one of the better top 100 lists I've seen.

But not everyone has 20/20 vision, some people need glasses to see better.

Vision can exceed 20/20 you know.

JakDaSnack said:
VGPolyglot said:

But not everyone has 20/20 vision, some people need glasses to see better.

lol same joke as the person above, but you are right any top 100 list that differs from yours is wrong.

That depends on how the list was formulated.

If you are taking a subjective approach, then it will of course always be wrong.

If you are basing a top 100 list on say... Best selling, critically acclaimed... And so on, then it doesn't matter what anyones opinions are.



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Pavolink said:
setsunatenshi said:

and why is that exactly?

Because BotW is the correct number 1 and you would have not put at the top.

Says the person with Link on the sig, portrait and on a pillow to hug a night xD

 

clearly an unbiased source on the topic hehe



Making lists across all genres is stupid anyway.



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