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VGPolyglot on 30 August 2017
JakDaSnack said:
VGPolyglot said:

But not everyone has 20/20 vision, some people need glasses to see better.

lol same joke as the person above, but you are right any top 100 list that differs from yours is wrong.

Not really. I'm saying that some people don't need "nostalgia glasses", i.e. they prefer modern games, while others do, i.e. they prefer retro games.



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DaveTheMinion13 on 30 August 2017

Breath of the Wild #1? Lol whatever floats Edges boat, its their list



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pokoko on 30 August 2017

Those saying, "opinions shouldn't be criticized," it's certainly not that simple. This list isn't titled "my favorite games" , it's supposedly "the greatest games of all-time." That's a substantial difference. We look for a meaningful degree of objectivity from professional publications. Completely subjective lists are only meaningful to the person who wrote them. Otherwise, all reviewers would be throwing out arbitrary scores like Jim Sterling and they would be useless.

This looks exactly like a "my favorite games" list. Taken as a "greatest games" list, it looks silly.



JustThatGamer on 30 August 2017

A shit list but this is from EDGE so no surprise there.



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bigtakilla on 30 August 2017
pokoko said:
Those saying, "opinions shouldn't be criticized," it's certainly not that simple. This list isn't titled "my favorite games" , it's supposedly "the greatest games of all-time." That's a substantial difference. We look for a meaningful degree of objectivity from professional publications. Completely subjective lists are only meaningful to the person who wrote them. Otherwise, all reviewers would be throwing out arbitrary scores like Jim Sterling and they would be useless.

This looks exactly like a "my favorite games" list. Taken as a "greatest games" list, it looks silly.

Great way to put it, my feelings exactly.



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Rogerioandrade on 30 August 2017
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Rogerioandrade said:

Yeah... but every "top  best " list is  highly subjective, as most reviews today.

????? Thats what I just said

About this list yeah... I just complemented your idea that it is like that in any list today.

I´m not a fan of EDGE and personally, I don´t like their list. It lacks many influential games...



AngryLittleAlchemist on 30 August 2017
Rogerioandrade said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

????? Thats what I just said

About this list yeah... I just complemented your idea that it is like that in any list today.

I´m not a fan of EDGE and personally, I don´t like their list. It lacks many influential games...

I said everything is subjective. As in, any opinion on any piece of media is subjective. So every ranking list is subjective. I don't know what about everything is specifically EDGE, but ok.



Pavolink on 30 August 2017
DaveTheMinion13 said:
Breath of the Wild #1? Lol whatever floats Edges boat, its their list

It is number 1. No doubt about it. Fact.



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fleischr on 30 August 2017

No Persona 5... anywhere?

Garbage list.



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Veknoid_Outcast on 30 August 2017
pokoko said:
Those saying, "opinions shouldn't be criticized," it's certainly not that simple. This list isn't titled "my favorite games" , it's supposedly "the greatest games of all-time." That's a substantial difference. We look for a meaningful degree of objectivity from professional publications. Completely subjective lists are only meaningful to the person who wrote them. Otherwise, all reviewers would be throwing out arbitrary scores like Jim Sterling and they would be useless.

This looks exactly like a "my favorite games" list. Taken as a "greatest games" list, it looks silly.

I half agree with you. I definitely think this whole cultural relativism line of thinking is silly. Of course we can applaud, criticize, or even rip to shreds a list such as this. The fact that all lists are subjective doesn't prevent us, as consumers, from applying our own subjective perspective to them.

But I disagree about a greatest games list requiring some degree of objectivity. You simply can't measure greatness in any objective, empirical way. You can measure sales, and scores, and influence, but not greatness. So I'm fine with EDGE embracing the subjective opinions of its writers. Those opinions just happen to be far removed from my own, which is why I'm down on the list.