My Top 100 Favorite Games
I've seen so many people do this and I thought it would be fun. I'm going to keep this updated as time goes on.
100 Games
This came out at just the right time to leave a massive impact on teenage me. It helped make me more comfortable with being myself. I can't thank it enough for that. It also helps that its wrapped in the best turn-based RPG I've ever played.
1
The most consistently amazing entry in the series. There isn't a moment anywhere in this game that drags it down like some others. Ryuji is one of only two antagonists in the series that feel worthy to stand up to Kiryu.
2
The vibe of Kingdom Hearts II is one that takes me back to being a little kid in the summer. It is a capsule of a very specific moment in time that just happens to be a fantastic Action RPG.
3
I love Heather. She is my favorite Silent Hill protagonist. It helps that she leads the game that is the most fun to play, while also still being fucking terrifying.
4
A truly generational experience with my favorite RPG party ever.
5
My favorite stealth game with a story that knocked me on my ass by the end. The fight with The Boss is an all time great.
6
Whenever I think of this game, I think back to being maybe 4 or 5, sitting in my aunt's house, and finally after so much struggling finishing the final level and how excited I was to finally do it. As I got older I was able to appreciate all the other great things about this game like the fantastic story and the amazing soundtrack, but in the end I can't help but be transported back to being that little kid at my aunt's house whenever I think about it.
7
This was the first game I ever had that was my own. I got it for Christmas in either 2003 or 2004 with my own PS2. Whenever I am going through a rough patch in life, I play it and immediately just feel at peace for at least the three-ish hours it takes me for a run these days.
8
The best game in a series that I adore. It nails both the action and the horror elements of the series so well.
9
As someone who is terrified of the ocean, I should hate this game. Somehow though, I really, REALLY love it. Its a game I stumbled upon as a child that has stuck with me over the years.
10
After a lot of arguing with myself, I've come to the conclusion that Underground is absolutely the best Tony Hawk game.
11
Maybe it was just the place I was in at the time, or maybe it was actually that powerful to me, but the feelings I felt upon walking into the City of Tears for the first time are something that very few things have ever been able to replicate.
12
Somehow, Dark Souls ended up being a huge comfort game for me. Its something I like to just boot and play randomly. I played this game so much with my friend back in like 2013/2014 that I know it inside and out at this point.
13
I had to do a lot of thinking here and I came out on the other side knowing that Halo 3 is my favorite FPS game ever. It means too much to me for it not to be.
14
The best game I've ever played on my Switch, and probably my favorite Nintendo game I've ever played. Simply stellar top to bottom.
15
I'm only in the Heavensward patch quests right now but I absolutely adore this game. I've grown very attached to my Warrior of Light in that time, we've been through a lot together. By the time I'm caught up this could easily land in my top 10 but for now this is a good spot for it.
16
Even if I don't think Classic Sonic is all that great in this game and I hate the final boss, the Modern Sonic stages in this game are so incredible that they skyrocketed the game incredibly far up this list. City Escape in this game is maybe my favorite Sonic stage ever.
17
Incredible gunplay mixed with really fun movement abilities and a surprisingly fun story makes for the best shooter of the eighth generation.
18
Silent Hill 2 is a game that is 100% carried by its story, but you know what? Some times that's okay. The story told here is absolutely phenomenal.
19
I have spent more time with this game than most people should. I played the hell out of the 360 version with friends. Sadly that version never got any updates, but we played those few base game heists more times than I can count. Spending time with the PS4 version just solidified my feelings of this being my favorite co-op game.
20
While Dark Souls might be higher on this list for emotional reason, Elden Ring is 100% the best of these games. The feeling of exploration is unmatched, the combat is the smoothest its felt, and they told an actual story. I spent near 100 hours in a single playthrough and I don't regret a second of it.
21
This game has the best versions of these characters. I love them so much. It also has a really fun combat system with a phenomenal soundtrack and a really great story.
22
I love just being in the world of Fable II. Even if the combat isn't very good, and the story is pretty boilerplate, the world is just enthralling. Being able to start a family and just live in these towns is incredible.
23
The new standard for third-person shooters. Capcom really out here redefining the genre for the second time.
24
A surprisingly great sequel to my favorite game. The new characters are great and I liked seeing all of the main characters after they've already been through their arcs. The soundtrack is killer, and the gameplay is surprisingly great.
25
I was surprised how much I ended up loving this game. It really is cool as shit. Before Frontiers, this was the last time Sonic was written well, and its still probably the best written game in the series. Sonic with an actual message and incredibly well performed is something we don't see nearly enough of. Give Sonic a sword again.
26
This is the best action game ever made. Not only are Nero and Dante fucking superb, V is also a hell of a lot of fun. The music is incredible, it looks insane, and it has really well told story about family. Nero saying fuck you gave me goosebumps.
27
DMCV may be the best action game I've played, but Revengeance is hands down the coolest game I've ever played. It just fucking oozes style. The soundtrack is an all-timer, the gameplay is incredibly fun, and the boss fights are just peak video games.
28
Still the scariest in the series to me. The PS1 aesthetic just adds to the creepy vibe of everything.
29
I absolutely understand why people like NMH 1 more, but 2 just clicked with me in a way 1 didn't. Even if I don't think they nailed everything they were going for story wise, it came out the other side something special. Travis finally snapping at the end after realizing how fucked up everything he's been doing is might not be the best executed thing in the world, but it still landed incredibly well for me. The final boss is so fucking funny that I can't be mad at it like most people seem to be. I do agree that they kinda lost the thread when it came to Travis a bit, but it didn't really bring the story down for me. Philistine fucking bangs.
30
As much as I liked the storytelling in 2018, the combat and spectacle were both lacking. Not only did Ragnarok fix both of those problems, they also improved the storytelling in ways I didn't think they could. They somehow made a God of War game that made me cry like a goddamn baby.
31
An incredibly satisfying stealth game that almost dares you to find ways to break it. 3 also had some story beats that really hit above their weight and I appreciate that a lot.
32
I cried for like 20 minutes after getting ending E.
33
I came into Cyberpunk with low expectations, and came out blown away. I fucking adore this game. I love the world, I love the characters, and I actually enjoy the combat. I spent hours at the end of the game just doing side quests because I really didn't want it to end.
34
This is my favorite FPS game since Doom Eternal. The mixture of a rhythm game and an incredibly satisfying shooter was really fantastic. I also really love the soundtrack, its just an incredibly well produced metal album.
35
While I understand why people generally like Shadow of the Colossus better, Ico just hits harder for me for some reason. I think it might just be the vibes of the castle and I actually really enjoy just running around the castle solving puzzles.
36
This was the first Deus Ex game I played and I absolutely adore it. Director's Cut fixed the boss fights so now I really don't have anything negative to say. Really great game.
37
Groundbreaking technical and artistic accomplishment. Even if I like Ico more, I still love this game quite a lot. That ending never fails to hit me right in the gut.
38
Insomniac reminded me why I love Spider-Man so much, and has made me feel excited about this franchise in a way I haven't been able to in years.
39
My favorite of the plastic instrument games. It has my favorite out of the box setlist, and is just a damn good time.
40
This is the game I always imagined Jet Set Radio would be before I actually played it. It feels and looks incredible, it has my favorite soundtrack of 2023, and the story was surprisingly fun. This was a game made specifically for me.
41
MGS2 is not only a great stealth game, it quite possibly has my favorite twist in a video game. Everything starting to unravel at the end is an incredible moment, and the game ends on a message that will seemingly stay relevant forever.
42
Man, I don't know what to say this game is just really cool.
43
I have not had something that emotionally affected me this much since Your Name. Man, Final Fantasy kicks ass.
44
I have spent more time with this game than any reasonable person probably should. Its my favorite of the series, and just all around a great time.
45
My favorite shooter of the 6th gen. Not only is it just a really great shooter, its really fucking funny.
46
My favorite RE story. It also has the scariest moment in the entire series. I'll never understand the hate for the first-person REs.
47
What can I say that hasn't been said already? Minecraft is just a pleasant game to hang out in. I like digging holes (:
48
A hell of an introduction to the new cast. Not many studios can handle that transition as well as they did, and the story being told alongside it is also phenomenal.
49
As the game that first shoved the stealth genre into the spotlight, it has a few things that aren't there that you would expect, but it also still works surprisingly well as just a simple and fun stealth game with a great story.
50
This game broke me. The ending hit me so hard it made me feel things most media can't. I have problems with the gameplay which is why its not higher, but I can't understate the impact the story had on me.
51
The second the game made me dogfight with an ace pilot in the middle of a thunderstorm in a massive canyon I knew it was an all-timer. JPEG dog is peak fiction.
52
My favorite game in a series that means so incredibly much to me. I love Rivet and Kit, I love the gameplay, and it is still the most technically impressive PS5 game on the market.
53
What can be said that hasn't been already? Its pretty alright.
54
A very satisfying conclusion to a storyline years in the making. I cried multiple times.
55
I don't understand quite what it is about Death Stranding that makes me love it so much, but it really hits all the buttons in my brain. Never has walking across a mountain in a game felt more daunting of a task.
56
Despite being much shorter than 2018, I ended up enjoying Miles Morales a lot more. The combat was a lot more satisfying and I really love Miles as a character.
57
This has my favorite writing in the series. Not only is Sonic great in this game, but every other character is written just as well, with Eggman being the biggest surprise in the cast. Mike Pollock is a hell of an actor, and his performance made me cry at the end of the game.
58
No other game could get away with making me replay the second half of it three times along with completing every side quest to see every ending. Papa Nier superiority.
59
Despite liking NMH2 better in almost every way, 1 has a vibe that most games can't match. Travis is such a dirtbag that I can't help but love him, and the writing is so incredible the whole way through.
60
One of the best FPS games ever made. The campaign is genuinely really incredible, somehow managing to build such a relationship with BT that I teared up when the ending happened. More games need a really cool grappling hook.
61
I spent so much time replaying this game over and over again while listening to the 30 Seconds to Mars album A Beautiful Lie as a teenager that the two are inseparable in my head now.
62
People who hate this game are weak and should not be listened to. The perfect ending to this insane series.
63
The story of The Last of Us is one of the best zombie stories I've seen. In a genre so tired, they managed to have a unique take on it. I am a sucker for father/child stories, and this is one of my favorites.
64
A great remake that basically invalidates the original games. I am still so incredibly, indescribably angry about how Vicarious Visions was treated by Activision.
65
The shift in perspective did a lot to aid in making this feel fresh, while also being a great return to form after the mess that was 6.
66
Such a unique and interesting take on the turn-based RPG. It really nails both the RPG half and the horror half.
67
This is one of those situations where the gameplay being overly simple works to the games benefit. Bugsnax isn't trying to be an overly challenging puzzle game, it just wants to be a chill time where you hang out with a bunch of incredibly well written characters while you solve an intriguing mystery.
68
This is a game that I have always needed in my life. Even in it's unfinished and buggy state, the writing and the early 2000s goth vibes really shine through in a way that hits just right. I fucking love it, man.
69
Despite it all, this is still my favorite COD. It could be nostalgia, it could just be that the game is actually that good, I don't care. This game affected kid me in ways I wouldn't have expected it to. It was a rude awakening to how hellish war actually is, which was a lot for this kid raised in the US post 9/11.
70
They took one of my favorite games and made a sequel that is better in every way. I love Arthur as a protagonist, every member of the gang is fleshed out and made to be actual humans instead of the cartoonish husks of people from RDR. The game made me cry multiple times. I fucking love it. It needs a PS5 version already.
71
Hands down the best Uncharted. It takes all of the great things from the PS3 games and cranks them all to 11. Its also the first game in the series to have a really great story.
72
While not as great as the games it is obviously inspired by, it still manages to stand on its own as an incredible survival horror game with a well told and surprisingly heartfelt story.
73
Takes the good from Jak II and throws out the bad. I have spent so much of my life playing this game.
74
A really fun 3D platformer with an incredible soundtrack and fun story. While I don't love every stage, I still think the game as a whole is fantastic. People who say Sonic had a rough transition to 3D just hate fun.
75
One of the only survival games to ever get its hooks into me. Despite being terrified of the deep, I was enthralled with this game from top to bottom. It also has a surprisingly really good story.
76
Despite liking Miles Morales more, 2018 still stands up there as one of my favorite games.
77
A really fantastic shooter with an interesting setting and an incredibly well told story. They somehow made B.J. motherfucking Blazkowicz one of the best written and performed characters in the medium. Mick Gordon still can't miss with his soundtrack.
78
Probably the best kart racer ever made. From top to bottom it is just pure joy.
79
As of this writing I have spent around 500 hours with this game. I might not be as slavishly devoted to it as I once was, but my island really felt like a second home to me.
80
Before Dread, this was my favorite Metroid, and it's still an incredible game. Samus just feels to smooth to control. It gave us the Zero Suit so I will be forever grateful.
81
The best of the classic style of Resident Evil. The police station is an incredibly fun setting. The bigger emphasis on action compared to RE1 I think only benefited it.
82
This is basically a perfect game to me. I don't have any real problems with it. The only reason it's so low on the list is most of the games above this are more emotionally fulfilling to me, which makes me sad because this is a genuinely incredible game that everyone should play.
83
Still one of the best games in the series. All of the levels are really great, and the soundtrack is killer. The only thing really missing are flatland tricks.
84
Persona 4 has problems that I think 5 really fixed, but in the end it is still an incredible game. Despite what the constant discourse around it would have you believe, it does handle some touchy subject matter really well, but it also is a game about teenagers from 2008 so some aspects are handled clumsily and Yosuke being homophobic honestly shouldn't surprise anybody.
85
This is the game that everyone sold Breath of the Wild as. Genuinely breathtaking.
86
What Remains of Edith Finch is one of few games that left me feeling numb by the end. The story of this family all succumbing to a "curse" that in reality was just some old woman's ramblings was heart-wrenching. At the same time, this is maybe the most creativity filled game I've ever played. What seems as first to be a basic walking sim, it quickly breaks that mold by having you play through so many incredible sequences showing how every member of the Finch family died. Between playing as a baby drowning in the bath, to an incredibly depressed 20-something who was so bored by the monotony of his job chopping off fish heads at the cannery that he lost himself in his own little world, only to end up with his own head under the blade, it makes full use of the medium in ways most games could only imagine.
87
The best 2D Sonic. It just makes me happy to play around with. The soundtrack is stellar as usual.
88
Running around catching Pokemon in this game was so engrossing, I just couldn't put the game down. I had so much fun with it.
89
This game has a vibe that I can only describe as "early PS2". It is a surprisingly deep flight game that has you completing challenging objectives in really pretty environments.
90
It gets a little lost in the weeds with it's story sometimes, but as a puzzle game it is genuinely incredible.
91
One of the last campaigns in the series that felt ambitious. Having multiple endings based on choices that actually effect the story in neat ways is really cool. The zombies in this game also goes incredibly hard with Mob of the Dead being my favorite map in the series.
92
I have so much fun just running around and grabbing collectables in this game. It has some of the best traversal in an open world game.
93
The writing here is so incredible. Sam Lake really is one of the best in the business. The game is also a lot of fun, but not enough to bring it any higher.
94
I enjoy this game more than most Mario Karts. It feels so good to play, and has a surprisingly in depth story mode that feels like a real conclusion to the series.
95
"I had a dream of my wife. She was dead. But it was alright."
96
I love the campaign and multiplayer in this game, but it easily has my favorite zombies mode in the series. There's just something about the simplicity of Kino Der Toten that makes it really engaging.
97
The video game equivalent of cocaine. It just throws so much random shit at you and expects you to deal with it. That shouldn't work so well, but the action feels so incredible that it just does.
98
Man Too Mad to Die: The Game. Even if the beat-em-up gameplay isn't great, there is so much cool shit here that it doesn't matter. Motherfucker stabbed through the moon.
99
The best 2D beat-em-up ever made. It just makes me so happy. The music is incredible, I just wish they didn't blow their load with the Wu-Tang before the final boss.
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