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Pokemon Red/Blue better be up there too.

note the two giant PC letters? :aiee:

 

I'm guessing one of the major factors of what went into this is their sales. Another would be the review scores, and the final would be impact on pop culture.

 

Dues probably rated lower because it's impact on pop culture was low and it was more of a closet game than a smash. Call of duty was a good seller and had a better feel to it than say, medal of honor.

 

My guess is Half Life will top that list.

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People, people, this is IGN. How seriously do you take IGN? How seriously do you take "best of all time" lists? Have you seen "The Definitive 200 albums of all time"? It will melt your brain. This list is kind of like that (but not nearly as painful) But stuff like this is still fun.

 

I'm going to take a guess as to what games they could possibly include in the top 10.

 

Fallout

Doom

Half-Life

Starcraft

Command & Conquer

Civilization 2

Quake

Diablo

Baldur's Gate

 

Some of those, and some other games I've never played or never cared to play.

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Pokemon Red/Blue better be up there too.

note the two giant PC letters? :aiee:

 

I'm guessing one of the major factors of what went into this is their sales. Another would be the review scores, and the final would be impact on pop culture.

 

Dues probably rated lower because it's impact on pop culture was low and it was more of a closet game than a smash. Call of duty was a good seller and had a better feel to it than say, medal of honor.

 

My guess is Half Life will top that list.

 

My bad.

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I see that IGN has once again forgotten to ask my divine opionons on the best games ever.

 

#5 System Shock 2

#3 Deus Ex

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Picks 10-6 are up today.

 

http://pc.ign.com/articles/772/772285p3.html

 

Half Life 2? *sighs* Did Valve send IGN a check for that one?

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People, people, this is IGN. How seriously do you take IGN? How seriously do you take "best of all time" lists? Have you seen "The Definitive 200 albums of all time"? It will melt your brain. This list is kind of like that (but not nearly as painful) But stuff like this is still fun.

 

 

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Top # Lists are, in my opinion, the most useless things in the world when it comes to music and games. Everyone has different preferences, and everytime someone compiles a list its based on theirs.

 

Plus they're always wrong.

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Sim2000?

These lists are amusing. :rolleyes:

 

DungeonKeeper should be on that list, hehee ;)

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Picks 10-6 are up today.

 

http://pc.ign.com/articles/772/772285p3.html

 

Half Life 2? *sighs* Did Valve send IGN a check for that one?

They probably sent IGN a copy of the game. That would have been bribery enough.

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Starcraft and Baldur's Gate was expected, but Half-Life 2? what?

 

Diablo will be #2 or #1 with a mindset like that.

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"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

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I dunno...I kinda think if there's a Diablo on that list, it might be Diablo2, not the first one.

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I love lists like this, personally. Being neither all that prolific a gamer nor willing to comb through all the bajillion or so reviews/web sites/media hype-fests which inevitably spring up around each and every game that gets released, but still enjoying the odd romp every now and again, these sorts of lists throw out the names of games that I might possibly enjoy, that someone else out there (in this case, three someones) thought were pretty darn good, but that I probably haven't played yet. What order they happen to be in is compeltely irrelevant.

 

My only complaint with this particular list is that it's a little too broad in scope. "All time" and "all genres", even for just the PC, picks up a lot of fluff . . . "fluff" being defined as "things I probably wouldn't bother playing".

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It'd be nice if people could put way their personal preferences and look for games that represent a pinnacle of a genre or are important for the gaming industry as a whole. IGN is attempting to do that, although they aren't doing very well at it.

 

For example, I dislike RTS and FPS games. But I would put Half-Life and Starcraft on my top ten list because they are a high point in their genre, and in many ways transcend the genre itself. My list would go like this:

 

10. Starcraft

9. Zork

8. Dues Ex

7. Baldur's Gate

6. Front Page Sports Football (95 I think? Madden learned all its tricks from them)

5. King's Quest Series

4. Half-Life

3. Fallout

2. Doom

1. Xcom

 

Honestly, this list could change n the next few minutes. As will IGN's list.

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I dunno...I kinda think if there's a Diablo on that list, it might be Diablo2, not the first one.

 

1 or 2, it wouldn't matter really.

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"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

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1 or 2, it wouldn't matter really.

True enough. :lol:

It's just on other lists I've seen, D2 is often used, probably because it's still played by a regular fanbase, and many think it surpasses the first as a genre game - which it probably does.

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HL2? Check. Good, it should be there.

BG2? Check. It too should be there.

Simcity 2000? WTF? :lol:

Starcraft? Check, it (too) should be there

Age of Kings 2? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Sim City 2000 ruled, I played that for endless hours when it came out.

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