Posting this because I made it while talking to a friend.
I'll be honest:
1.) Some games are ranked higher like Super Mario RPG due to nostalgia. I love the game and enjoy playing it even now. So it's hard for me to move other new games above them.
2.) After like the 10th place, it gets difficult to make placements.
3.) The Souls games and Oblivion I haven't put enough time in, so i don't quite feel good enough about them to put them high on the list. Even though i feel they deserve to be here.
- Bloodborne
- Uncharted 2
- The Last of Us
- Final Fantasy X
- Super Mario RPG
- God of War PS4
- Astrobot
- The Last of Us 2
- LittlebigPlanet
- Skyrim
- Jak and Daxter
- Jak 3
- Jak 2
- Kingdom Hearts 1
- Kingdom Hearts 2
- Portal 2
- Super Mario Bros 3
- Super Mario bros 1
- Uncharted TLL
- Uncharted 4
- Bioshock Infinite
- Bioshock
- Bioshock 2
- Horizon
- Mario Kart Wii
- Super Smash Bros Brawl
- Age of Empires 2
- Age of Empires
- Pokemon Sapphire
- Pokemon Leaf green
- Pokemon Yellow
- LittleBigPlanet 2
- God of War 3
- God of War 2
- God of War
- Uncharted 1
- Dark Cloud
- New Super Mario Bros Wii
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Radiata Stories
- Batman Arkham Asylum
- Batman Arkham City
- Batman Arkham Knight
- Demon's Souls
- Dark Souls 3
- Dark Souls
- Dark Souls 2
- Sekiro
- Oblivion
- Uncharted 3
this would take some serious work to list out. I'll try but it will take some time.
okay, so i thought about it during my shower and came up with a methodology I figured would make this as accurate as possible.
1. i listed every system i owned
2. i listed every game i truely loved on each system
3. i ranked the games in order for individual systems
4. then i made my full list by only considering which game i loved the most from the top of each individual system's list.
I came up with this:
1 | PC | World of Warcraft |
2 | PS4 | God of War |
3 | Wii | Mario Galaxy |
4 | SNES | Zelda A link to the past |
5 | PS4 | the Last of Us Remastered |
6 | GC | Metroid Prime |
7 | PS3 | Uncharted 2 |
8 | N64 | Zelda Ocrina of Time |
9 | PS3 | God of War III |
10 | PS3 | Rachet and Clank Crack in Time |
11 | PS4 | rocket league |
12 | SNES | Super Metroid |
13 | SNES | Super Mario World |
14 | GC | Smash Bros Melee |
15 | PS3 | Little Big Planet |
16 | PS3 | Valkyria Chronicles |
17 | PS3 | Demon's Souls |
18 | NES | super mario 3 |
19 | PSVITA | Tearaway |
20 | PS3 | Portal 2 |
21 | Wii | Zelda Twilight Princess |
22 | PC | Riven |
23 | PS4 | Talos Principle |
24 | DC | Samba De Amigo |
25 | PS4 | Fez |
26 | PS4 | the witness |
27 | PS4 | Bloodborne |
28 | PS3 | Rachet and Clank Tools of Destruction |
29 | PS3 | Journey |
30 | PS3 | Flower |
31 | PS3 | braid |
32 | PS4 | Uncharted Lost Legacy |
33 | PS4 | Horizon Zero Dawn |
34 | PSVITA | Rayman Legends |
35 | PC | Warcraft III |
36 | PS2 | Ratchet and Clank 3 |
37 | GC | Mario Tennis |
38 | NES | bubble bobble |
39 | PS3 | Echochrome |
40 | PS3 | Fat Princess |
41 | PS3 | Killzone 2 |
42 | MOBILE | Plants vs zombies heros |
43 | PS4 | Divinity Orginal Sin 2 |
44 | PSVITA | Rayman Origins |
45 | SNES | Contra III |
46 | SNES | TMNT In Time |
47 | PS3 | Dead Space |
48 | PS3 | pupeteer |
49 | PS2 | Ratchet and Clank 2 |
50 | N64 | Zelda MM |
51 | PS4 | Astro Bot Rescue Mission |
52 | PSVITA | Gravity Rush |
53 | PS3 | Ratchet and Clank into the nexus |
54 | PS3 | inFamous |
55 | GC | Ikaruga |
56 | Wii | boom blox |
57 | SNES | battle toads |
58 | SNES | Earthworm Jim |
59 | PS3 | Heavy Rain |
60 | Wii | wii sports |
61 | PSVITA | Little Big planet Vita |
62 | PS2 | Ratchet and Clank 1 |
63 | SNES | Donkey Kong Country |
64 | PS3 | PixelJunk Shooter |
65 | PSVITA | Guacamelee |
66 | SNES | Mega Man X |
67 | PS3 | rock band beatles |
68 | PS3 | Ratchet and clank a quest for booty |
69 | GC | Animal Crossing |
70 | PS3 | Shadow of the Collosus |
71 | NES | super C |
72 | NES | ikari warriors |
73 | PS4 | the swapper |
74 | SNES | F-zero |
75 | PS3 | outland |
76 | PSVITA | Stealth Inc |
77 | GB | Zelda Link's Awakening |
78 | SNES | Star Fox |
79 | GC | Zelda Wind waker |
80 | PS3 | bioshock |
81 | PSVITA | Knytt Underground |
82 | Wii | zack and wiki |
83 | NES | TMNT 2 |
84 | NES | Castlevania II |
85 | Wii | Lost Winds |
86 | PS4 | the last guardian |
87 | NES | Metal Gear |
88 | NES | Million's Secret Castle |
89 | SNES | Aladdin |
It should be noted that I have a sort of anti-recency bias in that i don't play games until they drop in price so games tend to be 1-2 years old. So here are some games i expect will be in my list if only I had played them:
PS4 | TLoU2 |
PS4 | Ghost of Tushima |
PS4 | Spiderman |
PS4 | cuphead |
PS4 | Valkyria Chronicles 4 |
Most beloved systems (as indicated by most beloved games):
ps3
ps4
snes
nes and psvita tied
gc and wii tied
ps2 and pc tied
n64
dreamcast, gb, and mobile tied
seems legit other than PC which is where i played my number 1 most favorite game ever.
I'm impressed.
Here's the 51 (okay I cheated a bit) games I'd score a 90 or above on a 100 point scale along with the year and platform I played them on. Its pretty much in order inside the scores but my mind sometimes changes and I move them a bit:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 100 | 2017 | Switch |
God of War (2018) | 99 | 2018 | PS4 |
The Last of Us | 99 | 2014 | PS4 |
Super Mario Galaxy | 98 | 2008 | Wii |
Hades | 98 | 2020 | PC |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 98 | 2018 | PS4 |
Super Mario Galaxy 2 | 97 | 2010 | Wii |
Super Mario Odyssey | 97 | 2017 | Switch |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 97 | 2017 | PS4 |
The Last of Us Part II | 96 | 2020 | PS4 |
Bloodborne | 96 | 2015 | PS4 |
Uncharted 2 Among Thieves | 96 | 2015 | PS4 |
Uncharted 4 A Thief's End | 95 | 2016 | PS4 |
Astro Bot Rescue Mission | 95 | 2018 | PS4 |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 95 | 2017 | Switch |
Driveclub | 95 | 2014 | PS4 |
Grand Theft Auto V | 95 | 2014 | PS4 |
Hollow Knight | 94 | 2020 | PC |
Celeste | 94 | 2018 | Switch |
Forza Horizon 3 | 94 | 2018 | PC |
Guild Wars 2 | 94 | 2012 | PC |
Mario Kart DS | 94 | 2006 | DS |
Marvel's Spider-Man | 93 | 2018 | PS4 |
Undertale | 93 | 2015 | PC |
Dragon Age Inquisition | 93 | 2014 | PS4 |
Portal 2 | 93 | 2012 | PC |
Call of Duty Black Ops | 93 | 2010 | PS3 |
Pokemon SoulSilver | 93 | 2009 | DS |
Forza Horizon 4 | 92 | 2018 | PC |
Uncharted The Lost Legacy | 92 | 2017 | PS4 |
Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception | 92 | 2015 | PS4 |
Ghost of Tsushima | 92 | 2020 | PS4 |
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 | 92 | 2011 | PS3 |
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood | 92 | 2010 | PS3 |
Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana | 92 | 2019 | Switch |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl | 92 | 2008 | Wii |
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas | 91 | 2006 | PS2 |
God of War 3 | 91 | 2015 | PS4 |
Rayman Legends | 91 | 2014 | PS4 |
Path of Exile | 91 | 2019 | PC |
Pokemon Diamond | 91 | 2007 | DS |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 91 | 2018 | Switch |
Final Fantasy 7 Remake | 90 | 2020 | PS4 |
Journey | 90 | 2016 | PS4 |
Rocket League | 90 | 2015 | PS4 |
Divinity Original Sin 2 | 90 | 2017 | PC |
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag | 90 | 2013 | PS4 |
Call of Duty Modern Warfare | 90 | 2016 | PS4 |
Civilization V | 90 | 2013 | PC |
Tetris Effect | 90 | 2018 | PS4 |
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 90 | 2019 | PS4 |
This can be a bit inconsistent because its mainly for my own fun, but some of the scores are with all DLC accounted for and after patches, some are just I played them at launch and ignored patches or new content. So perhaps its not all fair playing field to all games but I guess it'd be similar for most people with their lists. The year played is usually the year I mainly played them before moving on, for games I come back to I might update the score but I don't usually bother to update the year, sometimes I do if I played a remake/ remaster like Modern Warfare or the Uncharteds in the NDC.