The Obsidian Community all-time top 106 games (poll) - CLOSED! See new thread for results

[algroth]

Can new people play also?

 

Sure thing! Though please send me the list via PM with points distributed between them! Check the OP for more info on the rules.

[algroth]

Question: Could i mention more games than 25, but with 125p limit?

There are many games which deserve 1 point as honorable mention.

 

Unfortunately no, because your vote is worth more than the points themselves. The points act as tie-breaker between the games with equal amount of votes.

[SonicMage117]

Sunless Sea

 

Wow. I forgot all about Sunless Sea. Talk about underrated, probably one of the better rpg's out there in terms of storyline.

[Epaminondas]

Yeah, Sunless Sea really surprised me. I approached it with trepidation, but it absolutely shines. Talk about a game that really hits you. Anything that can be that goofy, funny, strange, irritating, suspenseful, and sad at the same time simply must be on any list of top games. I doubt that it makes the end list, but it deserves to be.

 

This community list was an excellent idea. Algorth did a great job. In fact, giving us 25 games and 125 points forced me to give serious thought to which games were on the list and how to rank them. I'm sure my list doesn't perfectly reflect every factor. I'm sure it could be better. ...But I'm happy with my list and my rankings.

[Amentep]

I ultimately used the criteria of how often I'd played the game; ie games I came back to again and again.  Still had around~30 games though so then had to make some hard choices.

[SonicMage117]

I doubt that it makes the end list, but it deserves to be.

 

Unfortunately populaity trumps all. Mass popularity never meant quality, in this life or the next. Which is strange considering that most people think "It must be good because everyone likes it" but all evidence points to the contrary in terms of the gaming community. Edited December 5, 2017 by SonicMage117

[algroth]

A quick update on the list so far... Here's the lists I've so far received and tallied:

 

Bartimaeus

Leferd

Raithe

Katphood

redneckdevil

Pidesco

IndiraLightfoot

eimatshya

Fenixp

ShadySands

Hurlshot

Keyrock

Tigranes

SonicMage117

evilcat

Epaminondas

Amentep

 

People who I still need more info from!

 

Malcador (need points!)

melkathi (need points!)

Humanoid

injurai (need points!)

 

Anyone else who I might be missing?

Edited December 7, 2017 by algroth

[marelooke]

Making the list was hard, ordering them was even harder and kinda falls apart after the first few I feel:

 

Dungeon Keeper 1 (1997)
Baldur's Gate 2 (2000)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)
Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines (2004)
Dragon's Dogma Dark Arison (2016)
Warzone 2100 (1999)
Jade Empire (2005)
Dead Space (2008)
Far Cry (2004)
F.E.A.R. (2005)
Unreal Tournament (1999)
Metro 2033 (2010)
Mass Effect 1 (2007)
Prey (2017)
KotOR2 (2004)
KotOR1 (2003)
Half Life 2 (2004)
TES V: Skyrim (2001)
Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga (2009)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (2006)
The Witcher (2007)
Test Drive Unlimited (2007)
Dragon Age: Origins (2009)
Mass Effect 2 (2010)
Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast (2002)

Honorable mentions (no particular order):
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (2009)
Mordheim: City of the Damned (2015)
SOMA (2015)
Endless Legend (2014)
Legend of Grimrock (2012)
Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
Hunted: The Demon's Forge (2011)
Resident Evil Revelations (2012)
Saints Row: The Third (2011)
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007)/Wrath of the Lich King (2008)
Guild Wars 2 (2012)
Warframe (2013)

Edited December 8, 2017 by marelooke

[algroth]

Making the list was hard, ordering them was even harder and kinda falls apart after the first few I feel:

 

Thanks! Can you PM it to me with the point distribution you'd like between them, though?

[Epaminondas]

Snip

It's amazing hiw many of your games *almost* made it onto my list. It's like yours is my honorable mentions. Mordheim was *this close!*

[algroth]

Ten days to go, guys!! Lists received and tallied so far...

 

Bartimaeus

Leferd

Raithe

Katphood

redneckdevil

Pidesco

IndiraLightfoot

eimatshya

Fenixp

ShadySands

Hurlshot

Keyrock

Tigranes

SonicMage117

evilcat

Epaminondas

Amentep

 

People who I still need more info from!

 

Malcador (need points!)

melkathi (need points!)

Humanoid

injurai (need points!)

marelooke (need points!)

[Blarghagh]

1. Dungeon Keeper

2. WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos

3. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

4. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

5. World of WarCraft

6. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

7. Super Mario Bros. 3

8. Pokemon Red & Blue

9. Portal

10. Beyond Good & Evil

11. StarCraft

12. Black & White

13. Silent Hill 2

14. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2

15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game

16. Unreal Tournament

17. Command & Conquer: Red Alert

18. Papers, Please

19. Little Samson

20. The Stanley Parable

21. Alien vs. Predator 2

22. Rayman Origins

23. Left 4 Dead 2

24. WarWind II: Human Onslaught

25. Rocket League

 

Just give 'em all 5 points.

 

Honorable Mention: Overwatch, which would have ended up on the list if it wasn't for the fact I have to orchestrate 11 other people to play with me because any kind of matchmaking gives me absolute human refuse.

[Bartimaeus]

 

if it wasn't for the fact I have to orchestrate 11 other people to play with me because any kind of matchmaking gives me absolute human refuse.

​but you have left 4 dead 2 in there Edited December 12, 2017 by Bartimaeus

[injurai]

 

if it wasn't for the fact I have to orchestrate 11 other people to play with me because any kind of matchmaking gives me absolute human refuse.

​but you have left 4 dead 2 in there

 

 

If you play on nightmare it actually becomes unfun if all you do is lone wolf or **** around. It also had a better community early on.

[Blarghagh]

I can play Left 4 Dead 2 with just 3 other people?

[injurai]

Yeah, that to. It's easy enough to find good people to play with. Even just by friending the few people that you enjoyed from match making.

[Zoraptor]

Found it pretty difficult to do a top 25, though I did eventually. I could do a top 10 or a top 50 easily- top 10 are absolute favourites but I have a lot of tier 2 titles that I like a lot but aren't quite top 10. For interest's sake here's my top 50(!) I worked down from. I also made an executive decision to exclude Elex and Witcher 3 which I played very recently. They'd probably make it in a year but at the moment I don't have enough perspective on them.

 

BG2

PST

Fallout 1, 2 and New Vegas

IWD

NWN2 w/ MOTB

KOTOR2

Stalker SoC

Duke Nukem 3D

Elite (original 1984)

Wizardry PGotMO and 8

SimCity (original)

Civ IV w/ expansions

EU3

Crusader Kings (1, not 2)

Victoria 2 w/ expansions

Independence War 2

VtMB

Twitcher (1)

Thief 2

System Shock and SS2

GTA: VC

Kings Bounty (Katauri)

Space Rangers 2 w/ expansions after some consideration

Dead Space

Alpha Centauri w/o AX

HoMM3

Sid Meier's Gettysburg

Divinity OS (1)

Deus Ex

Stardew Valley

Dungeon Keeper 2

Eador Genesis

Gothic 2 w/NdR

FEAR

FTL

Homeworld

Lords of Xulima

M&B Warband

Outcast

NeoScavenger

Pharaoh

Caesar 3

Privateer

WC 3/4

Saint's Row 3

Waking Mars

Jagged Alliance 2

Alpha Protocol

 

25 made the cut, 25 didn't.

[Hurlshort]

Mount and Blade and Privateer are good ones, I can't believe I forgot them.

[Blarghagh]

Can I ask why the people who picked Dungeon Keeper 2 did so over the original?

[Zoraptor]

Personally, I played Dungeon Keeper 2 before the 1st and had a lot of problems getting the original to run (no sound, iirc). I'm not sure I ever finished DK1 as a result though I replayed a lot of it when EA gave the game away a year or so ago.

[Gorgon]

I can't name 25 games that I like. 

[Epaminondas]

Mount and Blade and Privateer are good ones, I can't believe I forgot them.

I feel the same way about IWD (the original). There's just no way to create a list like this without forgetting something great. I'm happy with my list, but on any given day there would be some changes. The top five, however, are the top five in mine. I allocated 55 points to the top five and then tinkered very little with the rest of the distribution.

[algroth]

I can't name 25 games that I like. 

 

If you'd like, you can try to come up with as many as you can and split between them a total number of points equal to five per game you've mentioned. I'll be adding this as a possibility for those who can't name 25 games (though naming 25 would be optimal).

[Gorgon]

There is a suspicious lack of Deus Ex's

[Epaminondas]

There is a suspicious lack of Deus Ex's

only because thegame isn't all that. :D