Yea i'll try to play some Zelda games this year. OoT being one of them since it is being recommend by so many. I am sure nostalgia factors into lot of older games being higher up. Why did you not make a list Mr. NinPie?

I'm pretty sure Smeagsy was making this whole thread when I was still not very active. If I was active then I might've been able to scrape a list of 50 games together, *laughs.*

Gotcha

PC was the big winner compared to last year, so you guys are getting there.

How in the world could this list disappoint you? It has 250 games on it! One had to have made you somewhat happy.

It's very true. Belive it or not, western games gained a lot more ground this year. It seems to me that JRPG and PlayStation fan participation stayed stagnant from last year, while every other fanbase increased. To see Halo 3 in the top 50 (on a site [in]famous for it's lack of Xbox fans), along with more Western games such as Assassin's Creed II (This one came out of nowhere) and Bioshock (really improved from last year) is proof that the larger voting population helped out (we had 46 participants last year, 71 this year). I hope this trend continues. As much as I love Japanese-developed games, there's some amazing Western-developed games that deserve our love.

yeah I thought us putting it 1 and 4 (are they the same for each of us haha?) would make them go higher but :( zoh well.

Here's some other interesting things I've noticed:

• Assassin's Creed II: This game came out of nowhere. I mean, I've always heard great things about the game, but I never imagined it was so beloved. The game was consistently posted in top 50 lists to where it made it all the way to #28. Very impressive for a game that was completely off my radar (and I've been doing this for three years now, so I had a pretty good idea of what games make the top 50).
• Where's the Blizzard Love?: Other than WarCraft III (which deservedly earned its 44th spot), every other Blizzard game was down YoY. StarCraft, one of the most beloved and influential games... not in the top 50? Diablo II, a beloved classic... not in the top 100? WarCraft II not even in the top 250? Where's the Blizzard love guys?
• Close Calls between Franchise Brothers: Mario Kart: Double-Dash!! beat Mario Kart Wii by two points. That's insanely close. Final Fantasy IX beat out Final Fantasy IV by only three points. Looks like we got ourselves a rivalry going on here!
• Classic PS franchises: While the Final Fantasies and other PS JRPGs did well as usual, the other classic PlayStation franchises couldn't keep up in this marathon. I thought guys like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Lara Croft, Sweet Tooth, Jak & Daxter, Ico, and Ratchet & Clank would have performed better. PlayStation fans still love Nathan Drake though... and Cole from inFamous is becoming a beloved star. I won't deny that this mixed with the lukewarm sales of Battle Royale have me thinking: Why isn't PlayStation's great gaming history more revered by PS fans?
• It's about time: Sonic & Knuckles continues to climb the charts year after year. The game resides at the uper echelon of 2D Platforming, and gamrConnect is realizing this more and more each year. I'm proud of you guys.

How did the Splinter Cell games get on? I would have thought we had enough of a Microsoft/Sony fanbase for at least Chaos Theory to chart.

@Kantor

Up Your Arsenal only got 2 votes. :

As for Splinter Cell, three games in the franchise appeared (Splinter Cell, Chaos Theory, and Conviction). Of those, Chaos Theory performed the best... but still only received 2 votes. I guess there's some sort of unwritten VGChartz law that states you either love Metal Gear Solid or Splinter Cell, but not both...