The Top 5 Games of All Time

An anonymous reader writes "The guys over at trusted reviews have come up with lists of their top five games of all time. There are some obvious choices and some very obscure ones, but on the whole its interesting reading. See how their lists compare to yours."

What? No Freebird?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

This list sucks!

The Real Best Games

[VirusEqualsVeryYes]

Tch. Everyone knows that the real top 5 are:

1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2. Halo 2
3. Half Life 2
4. Counter Strike
5. Battlefield 2

All my 11-year-old neighbors told me so.

PONG ???

[Anonymous Coward]

If it doesn't include Pong, then it's not a real list.

Not a single mention of nethack!

[Virak]

What is this blasphemy doing on slashdot?!

29 trusted reviews later

[shawn443]

and I just puked advertisements.

Re:Online Scrabble & Chess..

[pookemon]

Ahh - this it the list of THEIR favourites. Not yours, or mine, but theirs... If you can convince them that they like Scrabble or Chess better than the games in the list, then maybe they'll update the list for you.

What?

[Sathias]

What? The particular game which I would have included if I made the list myself wasn't named? What an outrage!

missing game

[macadamia_harold]

See how their lists compare to yours

My #1 favorite game is "hide the sausage". Wonder why they didn't list that one.

Re:Lists Lists Lists

[pookemon]

Inundated? Go on then, list the Top 5 lists we've been inundated with... ;)

Re:Lists Lists Lists

[EEBaum]

Indeed. [wikipedia.org]

Re:Lists Lists Lists

[astromog]

The top 5 dams of all time: 1. Hoover Dam 2. Benmore Dam 3. Grande Dixence Dam 4. Keban Dam 5. Verzasca dam.

Re:missing game

[trash eighty]

er this is slashdot dude, you may have to explain that one

All good questions, but first...

[sir_montag]

Why don't you click on a few ads though? ;)

Well...

[sir_montag]

It tried to make the list, but it died of dysentery :(

Console games don't count

[sir_montag]

Who plays console games? I mean, seriously, do they even have a market percentage these days?

What, no Three Gorges Dam?

[sir_montag]

How can you fail to list Three Gorges Dam?

Re:Something to be said for Counter-Strike

[cyclomedia]

not my cup of tea, for comparison half life's DMC (Death Match Classic) mod played along these lines

1. spawn
2. run towards nearest big gun
3. kill people
4. die hilariously
5. repeat = fun

and counter strike, (which admittedly i havent played much since one of the original beta's back in 99) goes something like this

1. chose from vast array of guns in a menu and not being a firearms expert have no idea what's what or what's any good about them
2. spawn
3. try to find players on other team, half of whom are camping
4. die from single bullet shot to toe
5. wait 20 minutes for round to end
6. finally repeat = suckage

obviously the former falls into the arcade category and the latter into tactical, so whilst it's most certainly a question of taste i prefer my games to place their emphasis on fast furious fun

Re:Trusted Reviews?

[Chaffar]

But who exactly are these people at TrustedReviews.com?

Personally, I usually tend NOT to trust companies or people who ask me to just trust them.

Me: Hum... Are you sure this wifi card comes with linux drivers?

Retarded Store clerk: Of course! Trust me, it's my JOB, I know what I'm talking about...

Me: Mind if I make you sign this declaration swearing that this card comes with linux drivers?

Retarded Store clerk: ... let me check with my manager [disappears through this small previously unnoticed door and never comes back]

Re:Lists Lists Lists

[TeknoHog]

And in case you're atheist:

-1. Bud Dham

Re:Online Scrabble & Chess & the game of s

[56ker]

What would be interesting though would be a top 5 games slashdot commenters play eg:-

1) Trolling
2) Providing a link to the ad free version of the article
3) Saying something totally obvious but because you write more than a paragraph hoping it'll get modded as insightful
4) Karma whoring
5) Karma whoring other posts (eg mod parent up please!)

Re:Online Scrabble & Chess..

[indifferent children]

If the title meant ALL TIMES

What about Duke Nuke'em Forever? The term "ALL TIMES" includes future times (and even far-distant future times).

Re:Lists Lists Lists

[Himring]

Hi, this is the dam tour. I'm your dam guide. Let me know if you got any dam questions.

You got any damn bait?

Re:missing game

[gEvil (beta)]

I like to play it as a tabletop game. But, truth be told, it can be played anywhere.

speaking of bud...

[Anonymous Coward]

speaking of bud:

420: Amster Dam

Re:What, no Three Gorges Dam?

[Anonymous Coward]

He did, but it was censored [wikipedia.org]...

Re:missing game

[argStyopa]

My #1 favorite game is "hide the sausage". Wonder why they didn't list that one.

I think one of the requirements was that the reviewers had to have had experience playing the game.

Trusted!

[beaverfever]

Yeah, but this is "Trusted Reviews" - if we can't trust them, then who can we trust?

Re:missing game

[Anonymous Coward]

First person shooter.

Re:Lists Lists Lists

[briggsb]

You need to read the list of the five reasons you shouldn't list to blog lists [bbspot.com]. I wish more people would take its advice.