The British magazine Sight & Sound publishes a list every decade with the top ten movies of all time, as voted by critics (another top 10 list began in 1992, as voted on by directors.)
Whatever you think of the Sight & Sound list -- I happen to believe it's the very best -- there is no doubt that Citizen Kane has been the most acclaimed movie. It was the #1 movie in 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992, and 2002. In 2012, Vertigo leaped above Citizen Kane to claim the #1 spot. Vertigo was #2 in the 2002 list.
So, if we accept that Ocarina of Time is the video game equivalent of Citizen Kane -- generally regarded as the best of its medium -- what game is Vertigo? In other words, what video game will surpass Ocarina as the game that is generally considered the best?
I think it will be Half-Life 2.
Evidence that Ocarina is the critical and popular consensus pick for #1:
*It holds the top spot on always-updating sites like GameRankings, Metacritic, and Unikgamer.
*Number 1 on the 2008 IGN Readers' Poll
*Number 1 on our own VGChartz 2009 list
*Plus mentions on dozens of other lists: Nintendo Power, Yahoo, GameTrailers, Edge Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, etc.
[Edit] Your suggestions so far:
Half-Life 2
Tetris
Pac-Man
Metal Gear Solid 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Super Mario Bros.
Uncharted 2