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squexa
05/10/23 12:01:42 PM
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https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/best-video-games-all-time/amp

The greatest games of all time ranked by 300 "developers, streamers, directors and journalists in the business" chosen by GQ magazine.

Top 10:
10. Half-Life 2
9. Dark Souls
8. Portal 2
7. Metal Gear Solid
6. Mass Effect 2
5. Witcher III
4. Bloodborne.
3. Tetris
2. The Last of Us
1. Breath of the Wild

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swordz9
05/10/23 12:06:06 PM
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10-7 I havent played
6 is solid.
5, 4 and 2 are amazing games.
3 is something thats never held my interest
1 Ive said enough on how I feel about
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pyresword
05/10/23 12:08:48 PM
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where is trails in the sky

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RySenkari
05/10/23 12:10:46 PM
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Link to the Past and Super Metroid are too low.

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LightningStrikes
05/10/23 12:13:30 PM
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The correct number 1.

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NBIceman
05/10/23 12:15:35 PM
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I've played about a quarter of the whole list but just two in the top 10, which was honestly more than I was expecting.

So, yeah, doesn't resemble what my theoretical top games list would ever be, but I wouldn't expect it to.

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swordz9
05/10/23 12:15:48 PM
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Mario Odyssey somehow insanely low for the best Mario game
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squexa
05/10/23 12:26:03 PM
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swordz9 posted...
Mario Odyssey somehow insanely low for the best Mario game

Mario suffers from too much votesplitting. This style of polling benefits games in series with fewer entries.

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Dels
05/10/23 12:26:27 PM
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i like how their pic for hollow knight is a screenshot of silksong
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MoogleKupo141
05/10/23 12:29:35 PM
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thats ten very good games

none of them would be in my top ten, and some wouldnt even make my top 100, but theyre very good games

adequate job, magazine

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swordz9
05/10/23 12:32:06 PM
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squexa posted...
Mario suffers from too much votesplitting. This style of polling benefits games in series with fewer entries.
That certainly didnt stop LoZ though and every single one of its games beat Odyssey on this list
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MacArrowny
05/10/23 12:32:37 PM
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squexa posted...
Mario suffers from too much votesplitting. This style of polling benefits games in series with fewer entries.
Two From games in the top 10 and a third in the top 20 tho (the list would be much better with Elden Ring in the top 10 instead of one of those two).

BotW is the only one in the top 10 that'd be a contender for my own. It's a fine list, I guess. I'd be more interested in a "best 100 games of the 21st century" list than this. All-time is pretty awkward in its age-related biases at this point.

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jcgamer107
05/10/23 12:42:52 PM
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MoogleKupo141 posted...
adequate job, magazine
^^

My complaints are, they picked one of the worst Mario Karts, and they're missing Myst, a Smash Bros entry, RollerCoaster Tycoon and Sonic 2.

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scarletspeed7
05/10/23 12:43:00 PM
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Awesome to see Mass Effect 2 still going strong on lists like these!

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squexa
05/10/23 12:43:39 PM
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MacArrowny posted...
Two From games in the top 10 and a third in the top 20 tho (the list would be much better with Elden Ring in the top 10 instead of one of those two).

BotW is the only one in the top 10 that'd be a contender for my own. It's a fine list, I guess. I'd be more interested in a "best 100 games of the 21st century" list than this. All-time is pretty awkward in its age-related biases at this point.

Think it goes to show that those games would be even stronger without the other entries existing.

For example TotK is coming this week and there's no way BotW and TotK wouldn't start having an adverse effect on each other. Very few people would put both of them in a top 10 list, so a portion of current BotW voters will stick with BotW while another will go with TotK instead. It's possible TotK will pick up support from people not that into BotW, but neither BotW and TotK would get as much support individually as BotW gets now.

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Arti
05/10/23 12:47:45 PM
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I've played only one game in their top 10

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Fiop
05/10/23 12:48:33 PM
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jcgamer107 posted...
they picked one of the worst Mario Karts
Yup, I noticed this too. The people who picked this probably haven't played SMK in awhile. I'd think MK8D or MK Wii would be the best choices for the series - maybe there was some split voting or something.

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Kenri
05/10/23 12:56:28 PM
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Good list as a whole but the top 10 is definitely the worst part of it.

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Menji
05/10/23 1:00:09 PM
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I'm not a fan of including inferior prequels/sequels, especially If they haven't aged well.

GTA III and IV over SA/Vice City
Bioshock Infinite


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foolm0r0n
05/10/23 1:22:07 PM
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Super boring but typical top 10 due to regression to the mean. Tetris is an impressive inclusion though.

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HeroDelTiempo17
05/10/23 1:26:08 PM
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Mass Effect 2 is such a weird choice, I loved it a decade ago but it feels so outdated to me now. Not exactly a timeless classic.

TLOU feels borderline for similar reasons - but I'm obviously wrong about that since people seem to love the TV series. Also it had a huge impact on AAA gaming as a technical achievement, that's just facts, so it's understandable. Still feels like a bit of TV show recency hype.

edit: Oh the top like, 25 or 30 or so is actually pretty good. Lots of bangers, classics both old and modern in there. It's just as foolmo says, regression to the mean smooths out the top 10.

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MZero
05/10/23 1:27:46 PM
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Disappointed but not surprised to see only the two worst Pokemon games on the list

Good to see Hollow Knight even if it's criminally low

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jcgamer107
05/10/23 1:29:11 PM
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*two best

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HeroDelTiempo17
05/10/23 1:30:30 PM
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majora's mask at 69 also makes this an objectively good list. that's the true #1

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Kenri
05/10/23 1:34:14 PM
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foolm0r0n posted...
Super boring but typical top 10 due to regression to the mean. Tetris is an impressive inclusion though.
Tetris in the top 5 feels like a huge cliche for lists like this tbh

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Leonhart4
05/10/23 1:43:37 PM
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It's a solid top ten if you're trying to pick games that a large percentage of gamers agree are good.

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Robazoid
05/10/23 1:46:26 PM
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Sad to see Life is Strange didn't make it in, especially since a story-driven game like Firewatch did make it in. That game had a lot of potential but wound up being a gigantic letdown.

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paperwarior
05/10/23 1:58:42 PM
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Standard and inoffensive, not worrying too much about the order. They surveyed a rather large group, after all.

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pjbasis
05/10/23 2:16:24 PM
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squexa posted...
For example TotK is coming this week and there's no way BotW and TotK wouldn't start having an adverse effect on each other. Very few people would put both of them in a top 10 list, so a portion of current BotW voters will stick with BotW while another will go with TotK instead. It's possible TotK will pick up support from people not that into BotW, but neither BotW and TotK would get as much support individually as BotW gets now.

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wallmasterz
05/10/23 2:32:31 PM
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No REmake? Bad choice

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Obellisk
05/10/23 2:34:57 PM
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classic PC gaming getting almost no representation, but two tetris games need to be on the list.

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trdl23
05/10/23 2:40:51 PM
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Imagine not having GameFAQs-crowned Best Game Ever Undertale in the top 10

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Leonhart4
05/10/23 2:43:27 PM
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trdl23 posted...
Imagine not having GameFAQs-crowned Best Game Ever Undertale in the top 10

It doesn't have any of our best games ever in the top ten!

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Mega_Mana
05/10/23 2:51:12 PM
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swordz9 posted...
10-7 I havent played
6 is solid.
5, 4 and 2 are amazing games.
3 is something thats never held my interest
1 Ive said enough on how I feel about

No, 7 is Solid. 6 is Mass Effect.

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trdl23
05/10/23 2:51:18 PM
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Oh god, it doesn't

Absolutely criminal

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LinkMarioSamus
05/10/23 3:12:23 PM
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I'd be a dunce and be glad my four favorite games all made it, but you know.

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Paratroopa1
05/10/23 4:04:34 PM
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The top 10 is almost entirely made out of games that just aren't my thing at all, but then I saw that they have Outer Wilds at #30 and the list is completely redeemed
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WazzupGenius00
05/10/23 6:22:40 PM
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Portal 2 being so high is strange to me. People definitely liked that game, but nobody ever talks about it like literal top 10 game of all time.

Anyway, the big holes here are handheld games (none that arent Pokmon), arcade games (only one), and freeware.

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MarkS2222222222
05/10/23 6:23:41 PM
#39:


How did they do this when were only on day 16 of Save My Most Important Video Game


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wallmasterz
05/10/23 6:25:41 PM
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No guitar hero 2 or rock band feels wrong too

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Leonhart4
05/10/23 6:26:29 PM
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I get that Street Fighter II is meant to represent all the offshoots, but just put Super Turbo on there. The original is impossible to go back to now.

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XIII_Rocks
05/10/23 6:43:46 PM
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Paratroopa1 posted...
The top 10 is almost entirely made out of games that just aren't my thing at all, but then I saw that they have Outer Wilds at #30 and the list is completely redeemed

I liked how high it was, but greedily wanted it higher

List seems pretty good, but no MGS2 given how well that game has aged is a shame. I can't really get on board with MGS1 in the top 10 and 2 not even being on the list.

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wallmasterz
05/10/23 6:49:34 PM
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Two highest ranked GameCube games

Wind Waker - #67
RE4 - #11

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plasmabeam
05/10/23 7:17:46 PM
#44:


FF9 is way too high.

OoT is way too low.

Mass Effect 1 and TLOU2 are garbage.

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plasmabeam
05/10/23 7:19:30 PM
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Leonhart4 posted...
It's a solid top ten if you're trying to pick games that a large percentage of gamers agree are good.

Imagine a safer pick than Tetris

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MartinFF7
05/10/23 7:20:24 PM
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17. Final Fantasy VII (1997)

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ZeroSignal
05/10/23 7:25:53 PM
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squexa posted...
2. The Last of Us
1. Breath of the Wild

They weren't even the best games released in 2013 or 2017

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foolm0r0n
05/10/23 7:33:19 PM
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XIII_Rocks posted...
I can't really get on board with MGS1 in the top 10 and 2 not even being on the list.
Just like on gfaqs, the first of a series represents the whole of it

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KamikazePotato
05/10/23 7:36:07 PM
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These lists are always interesting because they don't seem to make anyone happy. Even if someone 90% agrees with a list overall, they'll call it bad because their personal favorite thing didn't do as well as it 'should'.

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
TLOU feels borderline for similar reasons - but I'm obviously wrong about that since people seem to love the TV series. Also it had a huge impact on AAA gaming as a technical achievement, that's just facts, so it's understandable. Still feels like a bit of TV show recency hype.
TV show probably helped erase the lingering effects of TLOU2, but overall people never stopped loving 1.

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Leonhart4
05/10/23 7:36:48 PM
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foolm0r0n posted...
Just like on gfaqs, the first of a series represents the whole of it

Except MGS3 is the most popular one here and is also on that list

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