What is your choice for the best videogame ever made?

Chongqing said:
Wasn't Gran Turismo the highest selling?
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Wikipedia says it was with 10,850,000. It edged out FF7 which came in second. Pretty insane that an RPG did so well back in the mid 90's.

The superior Gran Turismo 2 came in third with 9,370,000 sold. But I do recall seeing GT1 at a friends place just when it came out and it was pretty mind blowing. Like 3D racers had been around for a while but GT was so much more refined and next level.
 
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Double Taps said:
Thief Deadly Shadows. The voice acting, visuals, ambient noises and music, it's one of those games that makes me feel spoiled with it's design.
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TDS is a messy game with some good aspects (let me guess, you love Shalebridge Cradle). Thief 1/2 is closer to perfect, amazing for the time, holds up well, and is polished to perfection when taking into account the fan patches based on leaked source code and the 1000+ fan missions that have been one upping each other over the past 25 years.

 
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As always it’s completely subjective but I will always hold Planescape: Torment as the greatest game I have ever played. I’ve sunk many more hours into other games, I’ve had a great deal of fun with others, but no game gripped me and refused to let go in the way Planescape did when I first played it 24 years ago. This was the game that showed me video games could be more than just a fun way to pass time, that they could be legitimate art too. Don’t get me wrong, the game has its warts and I fully acknowledge them, but the game remains something special to me that no other game has come close to.
 
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  1. Terraria – in its current state, it is truly peak videogame design. It has soulful 16-bit pixel art mixed with beautiful particle and lighting effects creating a game that looks effortlessly stunning. It has loads and loads of content, much of it entirely optional and just there for you to discover (where else can you find a fully functional golf minigame?). It has not one, but TWO great OSTs (Otherworld music, my beloved). It has all sorts of cool small stuff. Minecraft ain't got SHIT on this.
  2. Darkest Dungeon (the first one) – some might consider this a controversial pick, but I don't care. The narrator, the sound design, the music, the artstyle - everything is perfect. Even though the gameplay admittedly gets repetitive fairly quickly, it just works. This game isn't meant to be streamed or watched through let's plays. It is meant to be played, to be slowly grinded through just like your heroes grind past overwhelming adversity in-game. I will never forgive Red Hook for fucking up the sequel.
  3. GTA: San Andreas – it just does a lot of things better than its successors – better map variety than GTA 4, better map usage than GTA 5, plus it has an unparalleled sense of progression, with the way the vibe and atmosphere keep shifting each time you gain access to a new zone or city. Also, it wasn't afraid to go completely batshit insane at the drop of a hat (hello, Just Business! hello, Black Project!) without any tongue in cheek, winking-at-the-camera bullshit.
  4. Heroes of Might & Magic 5 – I might piss off some oldfags here, but I wholeheartedly believe this game is better than 3. It just OOZES early 2000's soul, from the music, to the panning city camera views, to the early WoW-esque unit and environment designs. "b-b-but muh gamebreaking strategies! muh 3000 power liches!" I do not care. Shut up, boomer, back to the retirement home with you.
 
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The Mass Shooter Ron Soye said:
TDS is a messy game with some good aspects (let me guess, you love Shalebridge Cradle). Thief 1/2 is closer to perfect, amazing for the time, holds up well, and is polished to perfection when taking into account the fan patches based on leaked source code and the 1000+ fan missions that have been one upping each other over the past 25 years.
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The Cradle is nice, but Overlook Mansion and St Edgar Cathedral were the highpoints for me personally. The game isn't without its problems, but it maintains the immersion really well. To be fair I got into deadly shadows before playing the first 2, so it left the imprint first. I've always liked the odd sequels to games like Invisible War to the original Deus Ex, or my runner up for best game being Dishonored 2.
 
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foam rolla said:
I do recall seeing GT1 at a friends place just when it came out and it was pretty mind blowing. Like 3D racers had been around for a while but GT was so much more refined and next level
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I still think it's the best racing game. I've tried other more modern ones, but nothing stacks up.
 
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I struggle with really deciding what’s the best game ever made. I mean you have all these quality games in a list and it’s hard to just pick one. But I do know this, the best shooter ever made is Vanquish.
 
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Oo......fuck. Hmmmm.........I'd go with.......you know what fuck it. Tales of Symphonia. It goes there. Had a huge impact on me. So many absolutely bonkers moments that keep you on edge, a well known legendary dub cast they can never replicate again, the story is fantastic, and all 8 characters bring something to the table. They all get their own time in the spotlight.

Honorable mentions go to Beyond Good and Evil, Cold Steel 3, and Ys Lacrimosa of Dana.
 
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Chongqing said:
I feel so old.

Are they as good as the first?
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I played a lot of GT2 and it's just an improvement and expansion of the first one. I always really enjoyed it and thought it was the best racing game on PS1. The only other one I played was GT6 on PS3. It was really good and refined. Some of the content was a bit filler though.
 
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Really feels like you can't compare across genres fairly, so I'll say Dynamite Headdy, Diddy Kong Racing, Chrono Trigger, Slay the Spire, Super Metroid and Megaman 2 with SM taking it overall. The older I get the more I appreciate stuff you can revisit and get the full experience in one sitting, and half of those games have extensive libraries of mods or randomizers make them feel fresher. Good way to kill long busrides/flights.

Factorio gets my vote for most impressive netcode of all time, though.
 
It's not my personal favorite, but I'm gonna have to say Tetris. It's gone on for decades with dozens of remakes and variations. If you ask some random dude on the street if they ever played Tetris, odds are good you're going to get yes as a response. Besides maybe Minecraft, you'd be hardpressed to find another game with such wide spread appeal.

Testacles Maximus said:
Sonic and Knuckles. You don’t just have to be knuckles in that game. You can put other games on top of it and also be knuckles in those games too.
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Not gonna lie. Streets of Rage 4 & Knuckles was pretty sweet
 
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  • New Vegas for its worldbuilding and gunplay.
  • Dark Souls 3 for OST and as the grand finale to a trilogy.
  • TF2 as a funny hero shooter.
  • Resident Evil for the waifus.
  • Silent Hill for horror.
  • Civilization 5 for teaching me more about world history than I ever learned in school.
 
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