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mZuzek said:
StreaK said:
Ughhh....50???? I wish it was like 25 instead. I don't think I can name 50 games I absolutely really love.

Well, if you can list 25 games you absolutely really love and then 25 you just really enjoyed, that's enough. That's how it went for me in the first few years, the bottom-half of my lists were full of games I enjoyed for a while or didn't even play that much of. Eventually, as I played more games (and remembered more great games from the past too), it's gotten to the point now where I love pretty much every game there, and am even having to cut a few out. If anything, back then I used to relish the challenge of looking back through games I had played and trying to remember the great ones.

Ok then, count me in! I just realized there's room for a ton of sequels, so yeah...it might actually be easier than I thought. Or harder. :/



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Barkley said:
shikamaru317 said:

Was it really all Nintendo in the top 20 last year? I voted last year, but never saw the results thread. 

VGC really needs some platform diversity.

Well other than Resident Evil 4, but even that started life as a Gamecube Exclusive. xD

Yeah, difficult to take this site seriously sometimes due to the users. I mean there's literally some dude on here that made an entire top 50 with nothing but Nintendo games. So what? Should I do that with Sony exclusive games, for example??? I mean, that just seems ridiculous...



Mnementh said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

I know what you mean.  Hopefully I still have my list of top 100 somewhere.  I figure there are some games in there that I may view more fondly now and others less so.  They are all games I love, but I just have a hard time putting most of them in a consistent order.

I have mine in a database from last year. To sort my list I wrote myself a little program, which asked if I prefer game A or game B and with many of these comparisons ordered them into a list. I add the new games I played and use that again.

By the way, I hope you are again at the guessing thread and guess my games that are from the last century. The more current games are guessed fine by other members too, but not the old ones.

That program sounds like a good idea, I'm finding it hard getting my list down to 50 and then sorting it all.



Mnementh said:
Barkley said:
I hope the top 20 games are all Nintendo again. We have diverse taste here.

In all fairness, Nintendo invest high in polishing their games and has a focus on lasting fun instead of graphics or stuff that fades over time. That's why older games hold up well in the personal best of the gamers. I myself was a PC gamer, so I have not much Nintendo nostalgia. But in these few years of me playing on console Nintendo already had some games which caught my heart. If more other companies have the same level of polish and focus, the list would look different. but they mostly manage it for a time or even for a game or a series (means it mostly is bound to some persons overseeing the games). That's why this level of Nintendo dominance is understable, although still a pity. because if more companies would make games with that focus, we just would've a lot more great games.

There are plenty of games that are objectively as good as Nintendo games though, that stand the test of time. The issue is "plenty", the votes will be far more spread out depending on user and company preference while Nintendo fans can just vote only Nintendo.



Mnementh said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

I know what you mean.  Hopefully I still have my list of top 100 somewhere.  I figure there are some games in there that I may view more fondly now and others less so.  They are all games I love, but I just have a hard time putting most of them in a consistent order.

I have mine in a database from last year. To sort my list I wrote myself a little program, which asked if I prefer game A or game B and with many of these comparisons ordered them into a list. I add the new games I played and use that again.

By the way, I hope you are again at the guessing thread and guess my games that are from the last century. The more current games are guessed fine by other members too, but not the old ones.

Yeah, I plan on posting in the guessing thread again.   I especially like seeing the lists from people who have been gaming a long time and include 8/16-bit games or old PC games.  These are the greatest games of all time after all.  They can't all be from the 21st century.



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mZuzek said:
Mnementh said:

We have now this nifty subscribe feature.

There's also a nifty multi-quote feature.

Yeah, I never learn. I answer each post right away, before going on to read more posts in the thread. I try to better myself.

StreaK said:
Barkley said:

Well other than Resident Evil 4, but even that started life as a Gamecube Exclusive. xD

Yeah, difficult to take this site seriously sometimes due to the users. I mean there's literally some dude on here that made an entire top 50 with nothing but Nintendo games. So what? Should I do that with Sony exclusive games, for example??? I mean, that just seems ridiculous...

It's Rol. I doubt his vote alone does much to sway the result. But the method gathering points is helping Nintendo games. See next answer for the explanation.

Farsala said:
Mnementh said:

In all fairness, Nintendo invest high in polishing their games and has a focus on lasting fun instead of graphics or stuff that fades over time. That's why older games hold up well in the personal best of the gamers. I myself was a PC gamer, so I have not much Nintendo nostalgia. But in these few years of me playing on console Nintendo already had some games which caught my heart. If more other companies have the same level of polish and focus, the list would look different. but they mostly manage it for a time or even for a game or a series (means it mostly is bound to some persons overseeing the games). That's why this level of Nintendo dominance is understable, although still a pity. because if more companies would make games with that focus, we just would've a lot more great games.

There are plenty of games that are objectively as good as Nintendo games though, that stand the test of time. The issue is "plenty", the votes will be far more spread out depending on user and company preference while Nintendo fans can just vote only Nintendo.

It's not just the Nintendo fans. I started out as a PC gamer and my last years list has Fire Emblem Awakening as first Nintendo game on four and overall 13 Nintendo titles. But my first titles all ended up on much lower places. That's because the method of counting points is helping Nintendo up in the final charts. See, a game often mentioned in different lists, even on lower places is gaining more than a game named a few times but really high up. So a game to be successful here must be of good enough quality to enter the TOP 50 (and Nintendo has a constant good quality to ensure that) and enough exposure to be known by many (and that is also true for Nintendo). If we look at other titles, then the names with big exposure like Farcry, Battlefield, Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, FIFA and so on are usually deemed of less than good quality and seldom are named in the TOP 50. Even if they do, they usually have so much different games in the series, that votes are spread over different titles with each ending up on mediocre numbers. On the other hands the titles we deem great (for me Heroes of Might and Magic III) are usually known by fewer people and therefore getting once or twice high points, but overall not that much. So it is not the Nintendo fans causing this problem, it is the method of counting and the unique way Nintendo works in the industry. Dunno how to fix it, maybe titles high up in personal tops should gain much more points.

Landale_Star said:
Mnementh said:

I have mine in a database from last year. To sort my list I wrote myself a little program, which asked if I prefer game A or game B and with many of these comparisons ordered them into a list. I add the new games I played and use that again.

By the way, I hope you are again at the guessing thread and guess my games that are from the last century. The more current games are guessed fine by other members too, but not the old ones.

That program sounds like a good idea, I'm finding it hard getting my list down to 50 and then sorting it all.

Yeah, it is helpful. My program is not really user-friendly, it is command-line (text) and you have to compile yourself. That's OK for me, but probably not usable for non-programmers. I thought last year I should make it into a website for others to use, but then I'm a lazy bastard, so I didn't.

The_Liquid_Laser said:
Mnementh said:

I have mine in a database from last year. To sort my list I wrote myself a little program, which asked if I prefer game A or game B and with many of these comparisons ordered them into a list. I add the new games I played and use that again.

By the way, I hope you are again at the guessing thread and guess my games that are from the last century. The more current games are guessed fine by other members too, but not the old ones.

Yeah, I plan on posting in the guessing thread again.   I especially like seeing the lists from people who have been gaming a long time and include 8/16-bit games or old PC games.  These are the greatest games of all time after all.  They can't all be from the 21st century.

Oh yeah, that was fun. I'll see if I get my TOP to differ a bit from last year, to keep it fresh.



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StreaK said:
Barkley said:

Well other than Resident Evil 4, but even that started life as a Gamecube Exclusive. xD

Yeah, difficult to take this site seriously sometimes due to the users. I mean there's literally some dude on here that made an entire top 50 with nothing but Nintendo games. So what? Should I do that with Sony exclusive games, for example??? I mean, that just seems ridiculous...

If the Top 50 games you've played in your life are all Sony exclusive then go for it. You can't really go wrong when making a list of your favorites. Follow 98 Degrees and Stevie Wonder's advice and just be True to Your Heart!

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