PC Gamer's Top 50 Games of All-Time

AngryCola · #1 03-01-2005, 08:20 PM

The new PCG has an updated list of their top 50 games of all-time.
The list had not been done in PCG since 2001.

At that time, Half-Life was the clear choice for #1.

So, here is the list:

<ul type="square">[*](50) Freedom Force[*](49) The Secret of Monkey Island[*](48) Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger[*](47) Worms Armageddon[*](46) Homeworld[*](45) Sam & Max Hit the Road[*](44) Master of Orion[*](43) High Head Major League Baseball 2002[*](42) Panzer General[*](41) Max Payne[*](40) IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles[*](39) System Shock 2[*](38) Beavis & Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity[/list]
How in the hell can they put B&B above SS2 and Homeworld?
That's craziness.
<ul type="square">[*](37) Tomb Raider[*](36) Rise of Nations[*](35) Neverwinter Nights[*](34) Total Annihilation[*](33) The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery[*](32) Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar[*](31) Mechwarrior 2[*](30) Unreal Tournament 2004[*](29) Simcity 2000[*](28) Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed[*](27) Deus Ex[*](26) Quake[*](25) Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia[*](24) Everquest[*](23) The Sims[*](22) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six[*](21) Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II[*](20) Call of Duty[*](19) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic[*](18) Far Cry[*](17) Command & Conquer: Red Alert[*](16) Diablo II[*](15) Duke Nukem 3D[*](14) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon[*](13) Star Wars: Tie Fighter (word)[*](12) Grand Theft Auto III[*](11) Baldur's Gate[*](10) Fallout[*](9) Battlefield 1942[*](8) X-Com: UFO Defense[*](7) Starcraft (oh yes)[*](6) Diablo[*](5) Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness[*](4) Half-Life 2[*](3) Sid Meier's Civilization II[*](2) Doom[*](The Winner) Half-Life[/list]

I agree and disagree with many parts of this list.
It's interesting to note that Blizzard has 4 titles in the top 20, and 3 of them are in the top 10. Obviously, the only other big winner in the top ten is Valve.

Discuss!

ClaytonN · #2 03-01-2005, 08:23 PM

Are they not counting Halo based on a technicality or something? I know it's PC Gamer, but Halo was released as a PC game, and is clearly than, *ahem*

Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity.

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daveymck · #3 03-01-2005, 08:27 PM

Not sure how BF1942 got so high, Call of Duty is a better game and Return to Castle Wolfenstein was better than both, particulary multiplayer.

Half Life 2 I got really bored with the level when you are driving that motorbike boat thing and havent touched it since.

Lawrence Ng · #4 03-02-2005, 06:36 AM

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Not sure how BF1942 got so high, Call of Duty is a better game and Return to Castle Wolfenstein was better than both, particulary multiplayer.

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Agreed.

Lawrence

AngryCola · #5 03-02-2005, 06:40 AM

Return to Castle Wolfenstein never did much for me. I felt it was overrated. Also, if HL2 bored you, I'm not really sure what else I can say.

daveymck · #6 03-02-2005, 07:01 AM

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Return to Castle Wolfenstein never did much for me. I felt it was overrated. Also, if HL2 bored you, I'm not really sure what else I can say.

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RTCW as a clan multiplayer game is probably the best game out there for variety tactics etc, although the scence dies on its arse quite quickly. I was in a clan which is probably why I am biased.

At the moment poker is my main gaming, the boat level on HL2 is just to long repetative and boring at the stages I am at anyway, yes the grahics are great etc and the atmosphere of the game is good in the initial parts but the get so far have to jump off find a switch/puzzle to open blocked path to me is just so old, maybe it get better later in the game.

But I prefere the WW2 type shooters so again my opinion goes that way.

riffraff · #7 03-01-2005, 08:24 PM

Blizzard is da bomb.

istewart · #8 03-01-2005, 08:25 PM

Hock-a-Loogie in B&B! Most fun game.

PhatTBoll · #9 03-01-2005, 08:30 PM

How can Civ 2 and GTA3 be in the top 10 but their far superior sequels don't even make the list? Where is Star Control 2?

AngryCola · #10 03-01-2005, 08:32 PM

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How can Civ 2 and GTA3 be in the top 10 but not their far superior sequels?

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The key is in how revolutionary the game is.
It's not based on pure gameplay or graphics.

If that was the case, many of the older games could not be on this list.