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this type of question is too hard.. i wish people would at least limit these questions to a specific platform.
Ugh.. in no particular order
I guess, maybe. trying to compress 40+ years of games down to a top five is to goddamn hard.
You're all wrong, only correct answer is:
With Smash Melee and Hades II only just missing out.
I miss old Blizzard and Bioware :(
Half Life 2 (+ deathmatch, episodes, and Alyx all viewed as one piece), Sonic and knuckles (plus 2 & 3), Mario 3, dead by daylight.
No particular order, but these are the games I always come back to
Fuck. how could I have forgotten the escape velocity series??
One of the best computer game series of all time. I know some people prefer EV Nova, but Override and the Frozen Heart story-plugin will always be my favorite.
Honorable Mentions: Diablo 2, Destiny, Skyrim, Gran Turismo 4, Red Dead 2, Tetris, & Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver
Honourable mentions: Super Mario Bros 3, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Shovel Knight, Nier Automata, Persona 4
Bust a Move was pretty fun
In no order,
Tetris nes, Vanilla wow, Pokemon red, Zelda a link to the past, Final fantasy vi
Honorable mentions: Resident Evil 7, Doom Eternal, Duke Nukem 3D, Left 4 Dead 2, Helbreath, Super Mario World, Sniper Elite 4.
What's a loony-toons gaming community?
Spot the apostrophe.
Arma Cold War Assault (OG Operation Flashpoint)
Automobilista 1
Morrowind
Quake 2
DayZ
Some flight sim that i haven't played nearly enough, like Ill-2 Sturmovik 1946 or F22 Total Air War
Not in order:
Sim City 4
Mario Kart 64
Smb3
Little Big Planet
Fallout 4
Duke Nukem 3D should be on this list, but I'm unwilling to bump any of the others off.
Edit: how'd I forget Tetris (NES)?! Put that on the top five and bump Fallout 4 to an honorable mention.
I know you specified no need for explanation, but I’m in a sleep deprived state and feel the need to state several caveats. Heh.
Games I come back to over the years:
Witcher 3 Elden Ring Age of Empires 2: Conquerers Mass Effect 2 NFL QB Club
Honorable mention to Asheron’s Call. Not because it was a great game but because it was my first MMO and had all those addictive qualities that make people dump 1k+ hours into it and pay a subscription.
Sonic 3 and Knuckles. The only way to play it!
And mean Bean machine is a great way to kill time. Love the music!
Ironically, I think Sonic Spinball is my favorite Sonic game.
I had/have a love/hate relationship with it. It's literally the most consistently frustrating game I have ever played - I have never once made it past Lava Powerhouse - but after a long enough time, the mind forgets all that, and the heart yearns once more for the Toxic Caves...
(Toxic Caves literally the best music in the franchise IMO, by the way, though it's a close run thing with Casino Night Zone.)
Donkey Kong Country, Legend of Zelda Link to the past, Oblivion, Witcher 3, Resident Evil 2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - pick one
Rimworld
Dwarf Fortress
Space Station 13
The Witcher 3
Blue Prince
Shadow of the Colossus
Kirby Super Star
Brave Fencer Musashi
Morrowind
Would be two lists for me. One for "best", as in they were great, gave me joy or strong emotional responses, but their replay value is not great:
"Best" as in can't get enough of it and would take to a remote island:
Oregon Trail, Solitaire, Blackjack, Duke Nukem 3D, and Quake 2 plus Castle Wolfenstein
oh that's 7
Demons' Souls (PS3)
Tie Fighter
Outer Wilds
Master of Orion 2
Shenzhen I/O
It's a very difficult question to answer. Best of all time what? RPG's? Sandboxes? MMO's? They're not comparable at all. For example, I have SO MANY fucking hours in Rimworld, but I would never say it's a 'better' game than Disco Elysium, where my hours played are very limited indeed (it's not a game you play for weeks on end, of even replay very often). They're both good games, but I would still say Disco Elysium is a 'better' game, even though I would never pick it in a "you're only allowed to play 5 games for the rest of your life, which do you choose?'-situation.
So let's see, I guess any 5 of these would do (Mass Effect + 4 of these anyway)?
Mass Effect
Disco Elysium
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Path of Exile *
Deus Ex
Rimworld *
Terraria *
The Witcher
Baldur's Gate
Dishonored
Divinity Original Sin
No Man's Sky *
Slay the Spire *
Fallout New Vegas
And an honorable mention because I played it for over a decade in the past:
Ragnarok Online
Honestly, I've tried so many MMO's in the years since then trying to capture that feeling.. You all know what I'm talking about. THAT FEELING. Never found it again.
(The games with the * are the ones that I have the most hours in, not because they're the "best" games, but because they have the most replayability and no stories that can end. In a "pick 5 games for the rest of your life" situation those would be the ones I'd choose, I think. Or maybe I would trade one in for Mass Effect, because I can't have N7 Days otherwise. ;))
In no particular order:
WarCraft 3 Quake 3/live Warsow Binding of Isaac Counter-Strike
Shared 1st place: What Remains of Edith Finch & Kentucky Route Zero
3rd: Scarlet Hollow
4th: Life is Strange
5th: Baldur's Gate 3
Not in order
Quest for Glory 4(wholes series of that is an option) Valheim Witcher 1 Stardew Valley Mount and blade