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Edge Magazine, celebrating the release of their 200th issue, recently posted a complacent article which addresses the top 100 games of all-time… with a twist.
“This time we wanted to make it personal by asking the question, if you had every game ever made at your fingertips, which would we play right now? What are the games, shorn of nostalgia and presumption, that we would actually want to spend time playing?"
"It means that you’ll find many games that did so much to inspire and direct videogame culture and design missing.”
Let’s be honest here; lists are bad news. What you may think is the greatest game ever, someone else would rather do shots of trash juice than play. Organizations, fans, everyone gets slammed for their attempt in composing a list. They’re opinions; opinions that are in no way capable of pleasing the majority unless they have every Halo, Mario, Final Fantasy, and Zelda game at the top. Even still, lists are a necessity that can spawn interesting conversation, especially when it follows unconventional means.
I find it funny that Edge can’t even follow the guidelines it gives to their own readers. If you’re having trouble understanding what they’re talking about, please let me oblige:
Instead of following every “best games of all-time” list, we decided to go with the modern games we want to play presently. Cut out the longing for the past and cut out the old games that helped shape the gaming generation we’re currently in. This is the “Modern Warfare” version of the best games of all-time.
Edge, your terminology isn’t hard to understand, but your logic is a whole different story. I’m downright insulted that a group calling themselves professional gaming writers put together this wreckage. While there are notable entries, most of it makes absolutely no sense. Explain to me how Far Cry, a game right at the end of the list, actually makes it on. Far Cry impressed due to its technology, nothing more. You comment on how extraordinary it is while I comment on how the hell people a half-mile away can pinpoint my position after a sniper shot and hit me with pistols. But this is beside the point; you mean to tell me, at this very moment, you’d rather load up the first Far Cry instead of playing the technically superior second? I don’t believe you.
This list is full of nonsense and some of the strangest choices you could ever hope to think of. Here are some of the decisions that were made with a roll of the die:
96 Twilight Princess
Zelda is a series that has shown its incredible resilience and is definitely deserving of a spot on any top game list. But again, according to your guidelines you want to play games that don’t take you back to the old-school era. Why then is every widely recognized Zelda game on this list? “Ocarina of Time” is a fantastic game through and through but how do you justify the number one placement? Oh, you talk about what it did and how it was such a great game. There’s a word for that: nostalgia. How about “A Link to the Past” breaking the top 5 as well. Again, an incredible game and one of my personal favorites, but you’re going to load this up over Twilight Princess? Open your eyes.
94 Space Giraffe
An arcade remake of a not so great game takes the 94th spot on the best 100 games list. Need I continue?
89 Final Fantasy VI
“Final Fantasy VI” is one of my favorite games of all time, and I can’t proclaim that enough. Alas, this game has no place on the list. It was made back in 1994 for the SNES and we’ve had six other “Final Fantasy” titles since.
88 Panel De Pon
This game beats “Final Fantasy VI.” Enough said.
87 Doom II
Okay, do you know what the word nostalgia means because I don’t think you do? Doom is a classic shooter responsible for… well you know already. It was made back when PCs were bigger than my whole body. You couldn’t think of any other shooter available right now that’s better than Doom II? I’m not sure if that’s sad for the genre or plain ignorance.
76 Planescape Torment
This is an unbelievable game that begs to be played by every kind of RPG fan. It was made by Black Isle back in 1999, a now defunct studio and I’m not even going to ask why it’s on here.
64 Puyo Puyo Fever
According to the unprecedented minds at Edge, this game beats “Shadow of the Colossus” and “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.”
61 Robotron 2084
The last thing I would do is anger Ryu Hayabusa. And on a serious note; pick up a dictionary. I’m not kidding.
40 Wario Ware, Inc (GBA)
We’re going back, again. How many Wario Ware games have we had and are currently in production? Also, the words “looking back” are used and “The Twin Snakes,” “Final Fantasy VII,” and “Portal” get trounced by this.
21 Metal Gear Solid 3
“Metal Gear Solid” is a modern classic and Edge was right to put it close to the top. However, since all these other games have their second or fifth game on here where’s the rest of the MGS series? Oh yeah, had to make room for “Super Monkey Ball” and the rest of the “Grand Theft Autos.”
20 Super Mario Brothers 3
Classic gaming at its finest… but it’s classic.
10 Yoshi’s Island
What the hell? You’re kidding right? Fun game, but number 10?
9 Halo
Despite the love hate relations within the gaming community, no one can deny what “Halo” has done in our generation. It’s a true modern classic that continues to hold its head high above the competition even if I did hate the third game’s campaign. And just like Metal Gear, where are the other games at? Found ‘em! They’re right under “Tetris.”
7 Tetris
Let me spell it for you: C-L-A-S-S-I-C
2 Mario 64
There are Mario games that deserve to be on this list for sure, but why don’t you take a look at just how many you put on here. Good job in taking the rankings from other notable games like “God of War.”
I could continue ranting about this list but you’re better off just looking at it yourself. It’s the worst excuse of a list I’ve ever seen and I can’t believe the omission of some of the greater games of the modern era. Clearly the people at Edge need a lesson on following directions.
Before I close this out, understand that I believe lists are a good thing. As I said above, people are never going to agree with them as personal taste differs, but that’s what makes the gaming community so great. Too many times do we see “the greatest games ever” lists which become full of bias and mediocrity. I say if you want to do a list, make sure you understand what you’re attempting to do and have some guidelines instead of trying to encompass every single corner of the gaming world. Can you really classify the original Super Mario Bros. as the best game ever? Perhaps if you’re doing a list based on popularity and what it did for the industry.
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