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[Mnementh]

My 50 greatest games of all time - 2019 edition

I'll link the titles to posts that explain more about the game. The platform contains the platform (or platforms) I played said game on, it may have been released on others. As I can't remember for all which year I played it, the year is the year of release of the game.

#	title	platform	year	creator
1.	Heroes of Might and Magic III	Windows	1999	New World Computing/3DO
2.	Dragon Quest Builders 2	Switch	2018	SquareEnix
3.	Katamari Damacy	PS2/Switch	2004	Namco
4.	Pandora's Tower	Wii	2011	Ganbarion
5.	Octopath Traveler	Switch	2018	Square Enix
6.	Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE	WiiU	2015	Atlus
7.	Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl	3DS	2013	Atlus/NIS America
8.	Xenoblade Chronicles	Wii	2010	Monolith Soft/Nintendo
9.	Ōkami	PS2/Wii/Switch	2006	Clover Studio/Capcom
10.	Star Wars: Dark Forces	DOS	1995	LucasArts
11.	Demon's Souls	PS3	2009	From Software/Sony
12.	Baldur's Gate	Windows/Switch	1998	BioWare/Black Isle Studios/Interplay
13.	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Switch	2017	Nintendo
14.	Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land	PS2	2001	Racjin/Atlus
15.	Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	3DS	2014	Atlus
16.	Day of the Tentacle	DOS	1993	LucasArts
17.	Pillars of Eternity	Linux/Switch	2015	Obsidian Entertainment/Paradox Interactive
18.	Kid Icarus: Uprising	3DS	2012	Sora/Nintendo
19.	The Secret of Monkey Island	DOS	1990	Lucasfilm Games (aka LucasArts)
20.	Fire Emblem Awakening	3DS	2012	Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
21.	Deus Ex: Human Revolution	WiiU	2011	Eidos/Square Enix
22.	UFO: Enemy Unknown	DOS	1994	Mythos Games/MicroProse
23.	Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn	Wii	2007	Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
24.	Return to Zork	DOS	1993	Activision/Infocom
25.	StarCraft/Brood War	Windows	1998	Blizzard Entertainment
26.	Supaplex	DOS	1991	Think!Ware Development/Dream Factory/Digital Integration
27.	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	3DS	2000	Nintendo
28.	Jagged Alliance	DOS	1995	Madlab Software/Sir-Tech
29.	Attack of the Friday Monsters!	3DS	2013	Millenium Kitchen/Aquria/Level-5
30.	Resident Evil: Revelations	3DS/WiiU/Switch	2012	Capcom
31.	Armello	Linux/Switch	2015	League of Geeks
32.	Final Fantasy X	PS2/Switch	2001	Square
33.	Pikmin	Gamecube/Wii	2001	Nintendo
34.	Dragon Quest Builders	Switch	2016	Square Enix
35.	The Battle for Wesnoth	Linux	2005	David White and others
36.	Cadence of Hyrule	Switch	2019	Brace Yourself Games
37.	Child of Light	WiiU/Switch	2014	Ubisoft
38.	Resident Evil	Wii/Switch	1996	Capcom
39.	Descent	DOS	1995	Parallax Software/Interplay
40.	Pinball Dreams	DOS	1992	Digital Illusions/21st Century Entertainment
41.	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Wii	2007	Retro Studios/Nintendo
42.	Dyna Blaster/Bomberman	DOS	1990	Hudson Soft
43.	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Wii/WiiU	2006	Nintendo
44.	Valkyria Chronicles 4	Switch	2018	Sega
45.	Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana	Switch	2016	Nihon Falcom/NIS America
46.	Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle	Switch	2017	Ubisoft
47.	Rabbids Go Home	Wii	2009	Ubisoft
48.	Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure	Wii	2007	Capcom
49.	Heretic	DOS	1994	Raven Software/id software
50.	Dillon's Rolling Western	3DS	2012	Vanpool/Nintendo

There are some new titles, and that means some titles that were on the list in the past years didn't make the cut this year:

title	platform	year	creator	2017	2018
One Must Fall: 2097	DOS	1994	Diversions Entertainment/Epic MegaGames	#50
Zen Pinball 2	WiiU	2012	Zen Studios	#49
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Wii	2008	Game Arts/Sora Ltd./Nintendo	#47
NetHack/Slash'EM	Linux	1987	The DevTeam	#45
The Cave	WiiU	2013	Double Fine Productions/Sega	#44
Splatoon	WiiU	2015	Nintendo	#43
Pikmin 3	WiiU	2013	Nintendo	#42
Lego City Undercover	WiiU	2013	TT Fusion/Warner Bros.	#41
Mario Kart 8	WiiU	2014	Nintendo	#37
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	DOS	1989	LucasFilm Games (later LucasArts)	#33
Monster Hunter Tri	Wii/WiiU	2009	Capcom	#32
Borderlands 2 (Tiny Tina DLC)	PS3	2012	Gearbox Software/2K Games	#24
Disgaea 5	Switch	2015	Nippon Ichi Software	#30	#48
The Curious Expedition	Linux	2016	Maschinen-Mensch	#36	#46
Hotel Dusk: Room 215	DS	2007	Cing	#31	#45
Hyrule Warriors	WiiU/Switch	2014	Omega Force/Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo	#27	#43
Pokémon Omega Ruby	3DS	2014	Game Freak/Nintendo	#29	#42
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate	Switch	2017	Capcom		#33
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Switch	2011	Bethesda		#28

Following some honorable mentions. As I didn't repeated last years mentions, I list all three years:

• 2017: Wii Sports Resort (Wii, 2009), Dune (DOS, 1992), Hearthstone (Android, 2014), Chaos Overlords (DOS, 1996), Dillon's Rolling Western (3DS, 2012), Micro Machines (DOS, 1991), Bravely Default (3DS, 2012) and Duke Nukem 3D (DOS, 1996)
• 2018: Undertale (Switch, 2015), Oxenfree (Switch, 2016), Darksiders II (WiiU, 2012), Unreal Tournament (Windows, 1999), Doom reboot (Switch, 2016)
• 2019: Into the Breach (Switch, 2018), Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (WiiU/Switch, 2014), Wacky Wheels (DOS, 1994), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch, 2018), FreedroidRPG (Linux, 2011), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Switch, 2015), Sid Meier's Colonization (DOS, 1994), Blockout (DOS, 1989)

 

Here some statistics. As I played some games on multiple platforms, the platform numbers will add up to more than 50. As creators I list only these, which made multiple games I like.

	entries	highest

platforms

Switch	17	#2 Dragon Quest Builders 2
DOS	11	#10 Star Wars: Dark Forces
Wii	10	#4 Pandora's Tower
3DS	8	#7 Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl
WiiU	5	#6 Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE
PS2	4	#3 Katamari Damacy
Linux	3	#17 Pillars of Eternity
Windows	3	#1 Heroes of Might and Magic III
Gamecube	1	#33 Pikmin
PS3	1	#11 Demon's Souls

decades

90s	15	#1 Heroes of Might and Magic III
00s	12	#3 Katamari Damacy
10s	22	#2 Dragon Quest Builders 2

creators

Nintendo	10	#8 Xenoblade Chronicles
Square Enix	5	#2 Dragon Quest Builders 2
Capcom	4	#9 Ōkami
Atlus	4	#6 Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE
Ubisoft	3	#37 Child of Light
LucasArts	3	#10 Star Wars: Dark Forces
Intelligent Systems	2	#20 Fire Emblem Awakening
Interplay	2	#12 Baldur's Gate

 

And in the discussion thread we have again this year the guessing game. Here are the results of who guessed how much of my games.

user	count	entries
The_Liquid_Laser	22	#40, #39, #36, #34, #33, #35, #31, #24, #23, #20, #22, #19, #16, #13, #15, #14, #11, #7, #5, #4, #3, #1
Jpcc86	6	#49, #45, #29, #25, #17, #12
S.Peelman	6	#43, #27, #30, #18, #10, #6
SanAndreasX	3	#40, #38, #37
Landale_Star	2	#42, #26
Darashiva	2	#28, #21
Keybladewielder	2	#9, #8
TruckOSaurus	1	#48
RingoGaSuki	1	#50
Agente42	1	#47
Bofferbrauer2	1	#46
forest-spirit	1	#44
BraLoD	1	#41
Farsala	1	#32

Last edited by Mnementh - on 27 October 2020