Game Informer's New Top 200 Games of All Time

[kit]

Here are my personal favs and their places on this list...

8. Final Fantasy III (SNES, 1994)
12. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1992
15. Final Fantasy VII (PS, 1997)
17. Chrono Trigger (SNES, 1995)
21. Super Metroid (SNES, 1994)
27. BioShock (360/PC, 2007)
28. Diablo II (PC, 2000)
30. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360/PC, 2006)
55. Ico (PS2, 2001)
63. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N64, 2000)
79. Kingdom Hearts (PS2, 2002)
82. Left 4 Dead (PC, 2008)
83. Okami (PS2, 2006)
86. Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube, 2001)
93. Skies of Arcadia (DC, 2000)
96. Counter-Strike (PC, 1999)
97. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SEGA Genesis, 1992)
101. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC, 2002) - should be much higher
127. Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (PS, 1997)
136. Star Fox (SNES, 1993)

There are obviously a lot of other games I really enjoy, but these are my top most played/most loved

 

[Chris Lionheart]

The list is a complete joke. The Halo games are on it.

 

[The Real Gamer]

any of the Mario Parties,.

Sir what are you on and where can I get it?

 

[Scooach]

Sir what are you on and where can I get it?

I actually enjoyed the first 2 Mario Parties but they killed it with 3+.

It was a unique experience and based on their criteria of not being biased it should actually fit into this list somewhere.

-In my own opinion though-

 

[Deleted member]

This list has a severe lack of:

-Kirby
-Fire Emblem
-Super Mario World

 

[day-day]

BIG FREAKIN' LIE.

This is one of the most biased lists I've seen. It's got RPG/1st Person Shooter fanboyism written all-over it.

Still can't figure out how Ms. Pac-Man is 10th, yet Pac-Man is 52nd, or how SMW, LoZ:OoT, Chrono Trigger, nor Melee MADE THE TOP15 in this list, or how Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, Brawl, SSB64, Kirby Super Star, Mario Kart 64, any of the Mario Parties, Final Fantasy I, Final Fantasy VI, Mario Kart DS, Space Invaders, Centipede, Donkey Kong Country AND Banjo-Kazooie did not make the list PERIOD.

I somewhat agree with the RPG/1st person shooter fanboyism statement.
I think SMW should be in the top 15 but OoT, Chrono, and Melee? Not a chance. Gold/Silver/Crystal, at least one Kirby game, and one Mario Kart/party should be somewhere on this list. Mario Kart Ds shouldn't be on the list, but most of the games you listed are mad retro and do deserve a spot somewhere on the list. Don't need two Mario Kart's on the list, bad enough we got just about every Zelda on here..

The list is a complete joke. The Halo games are on it.

And might I ask how this list is a complete joke just because the Halo games are on it? Did Halo: CE not revitalize FPS and give the the X-Box a mascot?

Edit: @Chibo A lot of this list has issues..LoZ on a list 7 times is complete nonsense..Just noticed that a Jak and Daxter game is pretty much at the bottom of the barrel which it shouldn't be.

 

[CT Chia]

Yea, I can't agree with much of this list at all

 

[Sephiroths Masamune]

how did Final fantasy 6 beat 7? (btw if you don't already know FF6 was released as FF3 in the US)
And Ocarina should be higher!

 

[UberMario]

This list has a severe lack of:
-Fire Emblem

If it weren't for the fact that Mario Picross is on this list, I would have said that this was due to most of the games in the series being Japanese only, but since they did include some imports I totally agree.

 

[Brightside6382]

"Taking into account quality, cultural relevance, and industry impact, the staff voted with their hearts and minds to create our definitive list chronicling the best of the best" - Game Informer

If this statement was actually true Starcraft would have been #1.

 

[Yink]

This list has a severe lack of:

-Kirby
-Fire Emblem
-Super Mario World

Super Mario world is #47. It should be a LOT higher than that though. Some of these FPS shouldn't be beating it.

Why is NHL even on the list? I didn't know people liked those games. I was wrong I guess.

It's still a bit depressing to see some of these Mario games so low/not even there.

And, Starcraft isn't in the top 10. Sad list is very sad.

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Look, all of you are biased in different ways.

Calling this a bad list doesn't do much at all, because if any of you made a list then you too would have people calling it bad.

It's not like they're claiming this is the best list ever made or anything.

 

[The Real Gamer]

Look, all of you are biased in different ways.

Calling this a bad list doesn't do much at all, because if any of you made a list then you too would have people calling it bad.

It's not like they're claiming this is the best list ever made or anything.

Thank you. Someone with some common sense. I'm amazed at how offended people get over this. I'm going to repeat that this is GI's top 200 games of all time, not THE top 200 games of all time.

 

[Yink]

Look, all of you are biased in different ways.

Calling this a bad list doesn't do much at all, because if any of you made a list then you too would have people calling it bad.

It's not like they're claiming this is the best list ever made or anything.

You do realize on the first page he states we can leave our opinions on it right? I'm pretty sure that's what (mostly) everyone was doing.

No one's trying to change the list, they're just giving their opinions on it.

I myself am just saying that I don't agree with the list very much (though there are a couple titles on there that surprise me in good ways, like Earthbound). When I say it's a sad list, I really do mean that for some of the more important titles, not all of the titles.

I don't think people are as offended as they are shocked, to be honest.