The Discussion Thread: The Greatest Games Event 2017 - FINISH YOUR LISTS

[Darashiva]

Alright, here's a brief summary of my top 50, just for fun I guess. 

Decade Split:

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
1	12 (1 in top 10)	20 (4 in top 10)	17 (5 in top 10)

 

• The only game from the 80s still on my top 50 is Mega Man 2 at #46
• The highest game from the 90s is Freespace 2 at #3, followed by Final Fantasy VIII at #12
• The top 2 games are both from 2001, Final Fantasy IX at #1, and The Legend of Dragoon at #2
• The newest game in the top 50 is Uncharted 4 at #10, followed by Dark Souls III at #8

Platform Split:

NES	SNES	N64	GC	WII	PS1	PS2	PS3	PS4	PC
3	4	1	1	1	5	8	17	3	8

• The highest NES game is Super Mario Bros. 3 at 24, the highest SNES game is Final Fantasy VI at 17
• The only N64 game is Super Mario 64, and it barely made the list at #50
• The Gamecube's highest, and only, game is Tales of Symphonia at #49, and the Wii's only game is Super Smash Bros. Brawl at #30
• The PS1 only has 5 games, but it also takes the top 2 spots.
• The highest PS2 game is Shadow of the Colossus at #6, followed by Final Fantasy X at #15
• The PS3 has 4 games in the top 10, with Dark Souls and Valkyria Chronicles the two highest at #4 and 5 respectively
• The PS4 only has three games, but all are in the top 11
• The highest PC game is Freespace 2, the second highest The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky at #7

Most Represented Developers:

1. Square/Square Enix (7 games)
2. FromSoftware (4 games)
3. Nihon Falcom (4 games)
4. Nintendo (4 games)
5. Naughty Dog (3 games)
6. Level 5 (3 games)
7. Westwood (2 games)
8. Capcom (2 games)

• In addition there were 21 developers each with a single game in the top 50, unless we count Team Ico as part of Sony Japan Studios rather than as a separate entiry, as then they also have two games on the list.

Most Represented Franchises:

1. Final Fantasy (5 games)
2. The Legend of Heroes (4 games)
3. Dark Souls (3 games)
4. Uncharted (2 games)
5. Command & Conquer (2 games)
6. Mega Man (2 games)

• In addition, there were 32 franchises with a single game in the top 50.

Finally, of the 50 games on my list 36 were developed in Japan, and the rest in either Europe or North America, so while I definitely play a lot of games from both Western and Japanese developers, it's clear which I've historically liked slightly more. 

And that's it for my list this year.