Maniac Mansion?

25. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)

Up from #27 and skipping over it's beloved predecessor is the same old Zelda, done to near perfection.  There are plenty of sidequests to keep you busy and the main storyline leads you through just about every type environment imaginable.  The twilight realm was good if not beautiful although the wolf gameplay just wasn't as fun as the rest.  The enemies in this game feel more responsive in this game than before which is a welcome change.  In addition the puzzles in the game seemed to set themselves apart from other games, primarily due to items such as the spinner and double clawshot. The end of this game was my favorite among the Zelda games I have played.

Nope!

Ok, didn't Saren say something along those lines? So Mass Effect?

Correct and correct.

I paraphrased because quoting directly would mean that a simple google search would reveal the character and game.

The second one isn't Saren, but rather the final decision of the game.

The seconds sounds more like something Garrus says during Mass Effect 3 which confused me a little. But the first was very much Saren so I took a guess .

I don't understand your scoring pattern. How can this game be a 7.9 out of 10 when I've seen games lower of your list score 9 out of 10. Not criticizing, just curious how it works?

Clue for #24:

Getting jiggy with it....again.

#24 - Jumping Flash! (PS1)

As guessed by Ganoncrotch (you're getting good at this!)  Oddly the first videogame I ever played, Jumping Flash! was - and still is - a rare beast of a first person platformer.  The sense of height you'd get from leaping in the air as Robbit, using your feet to judge landings was just incredible.  Mix in some varied stages, loads of collectable and you just have an incredibly fun game.  Going back recently, it's incredibly short by today's standards, but it's still super fun to play and I'm kind of saddened that Robbit's brand of platforming got lost in the post Mario-64 era.

Clue for my #23 - An entry in Sony's longest-running self-developed franchise, which appeared on the PSP but was ported to the PS2 - oddly - only in Europe.

31. Medieval II: Total War (PC)



Puts the "grand" in "grand strategy game". Medieval II has about a million problems, ranging from dodgy AI to broken units to fatal crashes when the computer doesn't know how to handle a given situation, but it's probably stolen more hours of my life precious than any other game because there's nothing else quite like it. Just when I'll think I've finally had enough of this game and its unending bullshit, that itch to conquer Europe will find me again.

30. Secret of Mana (SNES, iOS, not XBLA/PSN for some fucking reason)



The above picture has always left me awestruck to the point of being near tears. In that way it's pretty representative of the game itself, as Secret of Mana boasts a world that is just so huge and varied that it inspires an almost constant sense of wonder. Although it is almost relentlessly colorful and whimsical (overalls for armor, healing with magic candy, and, of course, rabites), its save-the-world storyline is definitely "Square epic" and gets surprisingly heavy at times. I was already a worshiper at the altar of Squaresoft thanks to Final Fantasy IV, but playing a Square game with a friend usually meant one person plays while the other watches. Secret of Mana's support for drop in, drop out co-op was nothing short of a revelation. (Another revelation: I only just discovered within the past year or so that the Girl actually has pointed ears! I always thought it was just her hair covering part of her ear. My head is still spinning!)

29. Mass Effect 3 (X360, PS3, PC, Wii U)



Sure, the end is shit and a terrible send off for a truly great trilogy, but the 99% of the game's content that precedes it is some of the most emotionally engaging stuff I've ever experienced from a video game. The prior two installments' worth of decisions culminated in such a way that it gave a remarkable sense of ownership to the proceedings - this was my story. I'd grown to love and depend on all these characters, and the resolution of their stories mattered to me. Bioware did not disappoint there, in many instances even exceeding my lofty expectations. Such a shame about that ending!

28. Doom (approximately every system ever)



When I was 11, what I most appreciated about Doom was its shocking ultraviolence. But as I grow older and games become increasingly like interactive movies, it's the above that makes me come to appreciate Doom more and more with each passing year.