Game Informer’s top 200 games of all time

[Onyxmeth]

Boutros said:

Onyxmeth said:

Of course not. It has new game stink all over it. I don't need 12 months to know Modern Warfare 2 is one of the best games ever either. However, based on history and how I and everyone else can hype new games to oblivion, there were plenty of times it was better for me to keep my mouth shut. While Uncharted 2 may be a game that ages gracefully, it may also be a game that gets replaced quickly with a far superior sequel or far superior copycats. Uncharted was not a bad game. Back in 2007, it may have been able to be on a list just like this. It has now been torn to shreds by it's sequel (or so I've heard). This is why it's best to wait. Not for you though. You do what you want. I'm talking about what the most circulated video game magazine should be doing when they create a list like this.

But they should consider the impact the games have had when they came out and not if the game was beaten by it's sequel.

It's true that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is worst in every way than Uncharted 2 but when Uncharted: DF came out, it was big.

They should first ask which games are still relevant after so many years. They require more attention than whatever games were hot when they first released. A lot of very forgettable games now were hot when they first released. I don't particularly mind so much that some newer games make the list, but I think they should be stuck near the bottom until they show they have the same longevity as the earlier games on the list. MW2 has a much more appropriate place right now, because it's behind a lot of games that have proven themselves to have staying power on big lists like these for years and years. Games that jump started entire genres should always take very high precedence on the list, because historical importance is important so the list isn't some big clusterfuck.