101 Best Video Games Of All Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- A little while ago, we released a video titled 101 Worst Video Games of All Time, and you guys turned out in your literal millions to point and laugh at the most egregious games that the world has ever seen. However, whilst awful titles are a lot of fun, every so often it is nice to kick back with a game that’s actually half decent. I know, it’s shocking that we don’t spend all of our time playing utterly plops video games, but it’s true, and actually, most of the time, we prefer titles that are, you know, good. But which games are the crème de la crème? The top of the heap? The best of the best? To work that out, we’re going to need a big list. Here are the 101 Best Video Games of All Time.
The 101 Best Games Of All Time:
• Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
• Baldur’s Gate III
• Batman: Arkham City
• BioShock
• BioShock Infinite
• Burnout 3: Takedown
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Celeste
• Championship Manager 4
• Chrono Cross
• Chrono Trigger
• Devil May Cry
• Diablo
• Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
• Elden Ring
• Final Fantasy IX
• Gears of War
• God of War (2005)
• God of War (2018)
• God of War: Ragnarök
• GoldenEye 007
• Gran Turismo
• Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
• Grand Theft Auto III
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Grim Fandango
• Half-Life
• Half-Life 2
• Halo 2
• Halo 3
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Jack Jeanne
• Jet Set Radio
• Journey
• LittleBigPlanet
• Madden NFL 2002
• Madden NFL 2003
• Madden NFL 2004
• Mass Effect 2
• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel
• Metroid Prime
• Metroid Prime Remastered
• NCAA Football 2004
• NFL 2K1
• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Perfect Dark
• Persona 4 Golden
• Persona 5 Royal
• Portal 2
• Quake
• Red Dead Redemption
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Resident Evil - Code: Veronica
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 4
• Sid Meier’s Civilization II
• Sid Meier’s Civilization IV
• SoulCalibur
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Street Fighter IV
• Super Mario 64
• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Super Mario World
• Super Metroid
• Tekken 3
• Tetris Effect: Connected
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• The House in Fata Morgana - Dreams of the Revenants Edition
• The Last of Us Remastered
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• The Orange Box
• The Walking Dead: Episode 5 - No Time Left
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Undertale
• Wipeout XL
• World of Goo
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude) & Ashton Matthews (@ScrambledAshton)
Script: Cat Elliott
Video Editor: Ciaran Henry
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What's your favourite game of all time? Were the critics wrong? Let us know!
to name a few: (limiting myself to 1 entry per franchise)
Worms Battle Islands
Trainz Simulator 2006
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
Skylanders Trap Team
Angry Birds Seasons
LittleBigPlanet 2
@@TeamTripleJump Splatoon 3 and Mario 3d world are tied at number one for me. Marvels Spider-Man’s also a good game.
Persona 5 Royal along with the entire Persona franchise.
My Top 5 :
Dead Rising 1 (xbox/pc)
Farcry 2 (ps3)
Resident evil 2 (PS1 ❤/N64)
Wario's woods (NES❤/SNES)
Donkey kong 94 GB
Actually, we'd like to know what your favorite games of all time are. I clicked off the video when I realized this was just a rehashed list of games from Metacritic
2:52: Civ 4
4:25: God Of War
5:51 NCAA Football 2004
7:18 Metal Gear Solid 4
8:52 God Of War Ragnarok
10:10 Metal Gear Solid 3
11:36 Diablo
12:50 Burnout 3
14:23 Resident evil veronica
15:40 Grim Fandango
16:53 Metal Gear Solid
18:23 Jet Set Radio
19:50 Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
21:21 Street Fighter 4
22:51 Halo 3
24:15 Jack Jeane
25:51 Quake
27:25 Witcher 3 Complete
29:09 Civ 2
30:37 Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion
32:04 Gears of war
33:40 Madden NFL 2004
35:02 Celeste
36:21 Chrono Cross
37:35 Ocarina of time 3d
38:57 Metroid Prime REM
40:15 Madden NFL 2002
41:41 Devil May Cry
43:00 Pro Skater 4
44:24 MW2
45:45 Final Fantasy 9
47:08 Tetris COnnnected
48:14 Splinter Cell Theory
49:35 World Of Goo
50:56 God Of War
52:25 Undertale
53:38 COD4
54:54 Persona 4
56:13 Star Wars old republic
57:31 Resident Evil 2
59:02 Super Mario World
1:00:20 Wipeout XL
1:02:01 Walking Dead Ep 5
1:03:40 Ninja Gaiden Black
1:05:07 Journey
1:06:45 Champion Ship Manager 4
1:08:24 Metal gear S 5
1:10:00 Tony hawk pro skater 2
1:11:43 Madden NFL 2003
1:13:20 Majoras Mask
1:15:00 Link to the Past and 4 Swords
1:16:35 Persona 5
1:18:02 Halo 2
1:19:35 Gran Turismo 3 A spec
1:20:54 RDR
1:22:17 Little Big Planet
1:23:42 GTA Vice City
1:24:58 Baldurs Gate 2
1:26:05 GTA San Andreas
1:27:37 Portal 2
1:29:01 Metal Gear Solid Ghost Babel
1:30:20 Chrono Trigger
1:31:41 Last of us rem
1:33:10 Bioshock infinite
1:34:33 Metal Gear Solid 2
1:35:42 Tears of the Kingdom
1:37:09 Gran Turismo
1:38:27 Wind Waker
1:39:38 Half Life
1:40:58 Skyrim
1:42:16 Twilight princess
1:43:45 House In Fata Morgana Dreams of revenants
1:45:15 Mass effect 2
1:46:46 Elden Ring
1:48:31 Tekken 3
1:50:07 Batman Arkham City
1:52:00 Resident Evil 4
1:53:45 GoldenEye007
1:55:42 BioShock
1:57:33 Half Life 2
1:59:18 The Orange Box
2:00:55 Super Mario 64
2:02:17 Uncharted 2
2:03:39 Super Metroid
2:05:06 NFL 2k1
2:06:39 Halo Combat Evolved
2:08:05 GTA 3
2:09:23 Metroid Prime
2:10:52 Perfect Dark
2:12:20 Tony hawk Pro Skater 3
2:13:49 Disco Elysium Final Cut
2:15:14 Baldurs Gate 3
2:17:07 Breath Of the wild
2:18:22 Super Mario Galaxy 2
2:19:38 Super Mario Odyssey
2:20:57 RDR2
2:22:38 Super Mario Galaxy
2:25:58 GTA 4
2:27:35 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
2:28:52 GTA 5
2:30:33 Ocarina Of Time
Thanks a lot friend
@@radhechouhan2805 yeah no problem
Wow thanks for this!
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You know, usually I won’t like someone who asks for likes but considering the work you did. I’ll like it.
If Ocrina of Time was made in the current day, those outlets giving it a 9 would be flooded with death threats.
Rightly so. But only with this game.
@@SteveAustin-zv1nnGiving people death threats isn't funny.
And they wouldnt get a preview copy for the next thing either. Shillers took over from critics.
Love all the work you guys put in to the videos. Great vid!
Love the long list videos you guys do even if i have no interest in the game(s) its always entertaining
I will say, players were NOT happy at first for Wind Wakers graphics. It was a big deal as before Wind Waker was announced, a graphics demo at E3 showed a much different, super dark and gritty Zelda game was shown. This would go on to be the template for Twilight Princess, but that would be years after Wind Waker. Obviously Waker would be loved still once people got their hands on it, but leading up to release MOST people were hesitent.
Disco Elysium at 11, personally screams criminal, but thank you so much for putting it so high. It's a deeply personal game that means so so much. 11 is more than enough to make me delighted. Seriously if you haven't played it, play it.
Just finished it this year. It beat bloodborne as my favorite game of all time. It fundamentally changed how I think. My wife even played it and got the cryptid ending and she hates gaming lol
@KojimaMadeMeAComrade the cryptid is an all time top 5 gaming moment. Beautiful, humorous and emphasizes all the themes
3 mins into the video and I can't hold myself back to click the like button - these videos are that good. Thank you very much!!
It's funny that even a list that's stated at the start to be ranked solely based on average review score still has people arguing in the comments about the rankings being 'wrong'. Like yeah, opinions of a game are subjective, but in the context of this list the metric being used is irrefutable since it's being sorted by numbers.
Well, it's just two websites that collect some reviews. It's definitely not all reviews that were made in the world. You also have to acknowedge that a lot of games from the 80s and 90s are not as much represented on metacritic. Back then videogamecritis mostly started just from scratch and were quite unprofessional as well. And then you also have the situations were gamescame out broke, got patched and people loved them. But they had bad reviews because of early reviews. So in my opinion it's not just numbers. ;-)
@@PaulPararnoid All of what you said is irrelevant in the context of this list. The review scores they used were all sorted and ranked based on that. That's literally it. No different from if they'd sorted the games alphabetically instead. Would that still get people arguing about the list being 'wrong'?
@@qactustick Of course, you are right in that way. They are describing their methods very clearly and so you can't argue that the list is wrong. :-)
I just ment it in the view that this is the ultimate list what defines the best game and that you can't argue about that.
But yeah, I guess a list like this will anyway never exist. =)
So the title should be changed in that case. Plus critic were very pro-playstation in the Saturn era, an era upon which if a game did not includes polygon, you would have gotten a 6 out of 10 from the start on any review. But today today, we don't care if it's 2d as long as it's good and the games have qualities. Critic are often a product of their time and are too often based on comparaison instead of for what the game really is about, which can make them totally biased. All I say is critic were biased back then and titling "101 best video game of all time" and then base it on biased and outdated critic score AFTERWARD is misleading, therefore there is place for argumentation what ever you like that or not.
Great list!!!! It was very nice to gander at this.
Are there Gas and Plasma Snakes as well? Asking for a friend.
Pong, Space Invaders, Pacman, Manic Miner, Tetris, Lemmings, Street Fighter II, Goldeneye 007, Quake II
Goldeneye is there tho
But which port ofTetris?
@@Kn0wOneNos3 NES or Gameboy are the most important
Thief 2, Diablo 2, Warcraft III, Age of Empires 2, Anno 1404, etc... 😉
Quake 2 mentioned!!
So glad world of goo was on hear, also hopefull for the sequel
Simpsons Hit & Run isn’t here, this entire list is a sham
Severely underrated game, none of the SSX games made it. Same with Mad Max
None of the SSX games made it, same with Darksiders and Manhunt. There were many that I personally enjoyed that didn't make it here.
ooooooooooooooohhhhhh good ! that's my Friday sorted
10 predictions in no order:
Paper Mario TTYD
Baldur’s Gate 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Halo: Combat Evolved
The Sims
Portal
Def Jam: FFNY
Guitar Hero 3
God of War 3
GTA: San Andreas (though they’ll probably put V)
Really surprised SOTC didn't make it.
@@Prisonerthirt33nMe too. Just checked, both the original and the remake have a 91/100.
It's not exactly earth shattering having OoT as 1 but you really had to be there to experience it. For me personally it's SF2 but OoT, alongside FF7, at the time were absolutely mind blowing. Like you could not fathom this depth of a game at the time, it was fucking amazing. By now I'm sure it's quaint and novel but my God going from 16-bit to that? Good lord.
SF2?
Syphon Filter 2, of course
@@carlosamorim1204 ha ok, just making sure. I love SF2, too, it's true!
@@HighFive212Pretty sure it's Street Fighter 2
@@tylarjackson7928 I've been made a fool of. You win again, internet... Thanks dude haha
Oh yeah, here we go... restock those shirt sizes please! 😑🙏 I've been waiting a year+ to order a large!
I don't think review scores is the only metric, nor do I think one body of reviewers is "objectively" better than another. Rating videogames is a highly subjective thing, as it is for any artistic entertainment media. Here's some things to consider:
1. Longevity
2. Legacy
3. Accessibility
4. Downloads
5. Sales
6. Acclaim
7. Entertainment
8. Influence
9. Concept
10. Content
Another great video ❤
I'm guessing now before it even starts its Ocarina. If not, then Breath. Critics love their Zelda
I wonder which PUBLISHER/Developer had the most games on here? Nintendo? Sony? Rockstar? Kojima? Hard to beat Nintendo in the end
Just wanted to say that I love you three and I very much appreciate what you do and what your whole team puts into these long~form videos. I watch them over and over again. Cheers from a rando American!
I don't believe Diablo was a PC exclusive. I actually fondly remember playing Diablo 1 as a kid for hours at a friends house on his ps1
I personally know it as a ps1 game lol
i think it was initially released as a PC exclusive and later on got a PS1 port
@@CC-jh1vm So then in the end it wasn't "pc exclusive"
@@longdong3972 in the end, no. at the time of release, yes. i wasn't contradicting you
My favourite game of all time remains *The Secret of Monkey Island* (Amiga version).
Any car racing game beating God of war is a fucking crime
I'm pretty old, but any list that doesn't include Tie Fighter CD is inherently flawed
When Super Mario Bros. 3 came out it was one of the biggest events in gaming history. There being too few reviews sound ridiculus in my mind...
i'm very surprised that only one blizzard title made the list and it was diablo 1. that's... weird. i wouldn't have even thought that was in the top 5 of blizzard titles, but there you go.
There's a LOT of excellent games missing. It's a shame they didn't receive more positive scores/reviews from critics. So here are 25 more games that deserve to be on a list like this (in alphabetical order & one game per franchise):
Advance Wars
Assassin's Creed II
Beyond Good & Evil
Bully (or Canis Canem Edit if you want to get PAL about this)
Def Jam: Fight for New York
Deus Ex
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Crash Team Racing
EarthBound (or Mother 2 if you want to get Japanese about this)
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Far Cry 3
Ghost of Tsushima
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Marvel's Spider-Man
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
NBA Street Vol. 2
Okami
Silent Hill 2
Suikoden II
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
The Legend of Dragoon
The Warriors
TimeSplitters 2
Xenogears
Aka the metal gear, mario, zelda and madden show.
You should do a top 101 triple jump team favorite games!
Just so people know, lists like these are subjective, we don’t need to be arguing, just enjoy shit
Knack didn't make the cut, huh? Must have been no. 102.
Eh, Knack was just okay. But KNACK 2 BABY!! Knack 2 is the only game to ever score a perfect 100! It's actually number 0 on this list, but they didn't include it because it sounds too good to be true.
Shocked that Marvels Spider-Man is not here, the goat super hero game of all time.
Thanks!
Metal gear for game.boy color far better Than Majoras Mask, and almost as Chrono Trigger? Thats amazing
Metal Gear on Gameboy Color is the best thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.
Died when he said Mother Fluffers 😂😂😂😂😂
Shoot the Bad Man 5 better be on here
Lol is this a playstation access call back?
Spoiler for #1:
Leisure Suit Larry
And it's not even close. This won by a long shot.
I feel if Ocarina was released now in its current state, it would get a significantly lower score 😂
I feel that the title of this video would be more accurate if these were based on user scores.
This'll be good
I particularly enjoyed the deception about when the next Metal Gear/Kojima game would appear in the list. Very Metal Gear.
ocarna of time is a good choice. critic's didn't colossally mess up
lists like this are kind of futile, but fun. scores are just that, scores, and not a review. i wish people didn't abide so much by them
Breath of the wild is the best zelda
I don't agree with everything Ashton says, but I'll give you props for the Madden NFL 2002 comment of "One critic even said even players who weren't massive American football fans would have a great time.." (with the game) and Ashton basically saying "yeah we're not sure about that.." is absolutely spot on.
Over my lengthy video game playing life I have found every single American football game to be 100% unplayable. Without exception.
1:35:35 - listening through headphones while working and this made me jump out of my skin 😂
SNES and Nintendo 64 games are getting no love due to the era that they released...
"Bioshock". Thank you and good night.
How about best short games of all time (like, under 10 hours)
MGS’ soundtracks sound like Hollywood scores because they are. Harry Greggson-Williams has been doing the soundtrack for awhile.
Ocarina of Time: Ship of Harkanine
Majora's Mask: Zelda 64 Recompiled / 2 Ship 2 Harkanine
Super Mario 64: SM64 Plus
Sonic 3: Sonic 3 AIR
Link to the Past: Zelda3
Goldeneye 007: Project Bean (X360 Arcade) (I can't recommend this one highly enough!)
& AM2R for good measure!
No Silent Hill? Winback hitman? Great work though Thank you
Can't believe Untitled Goose Game was number one
Wait did he say gears of war wasn’t very innovative? It basically ushered in the cover shooter 🤣
It popularized it, but didn't necessairly invent the loop. Or cover shooter mechanics. It's hard to say.
Wow you just hurt Time Crisis' feelings so much
As usual , World of Goo came too late.
I got you Ben ❤😅
Y'all mention Little Big Planet is narrated by Stephen Fry but not that Civ IV is narrated by Leonard Nimoy? An iconic voice is an iconic voice y'all.
Hell ya man
Lol Soul Caliber ahead of Baldur's Gate 3?
Yeah .. no
A list based around personal opinion is so much more interesting than using Metacritic.
thanks too
Can't believe there no catwoman that game was amazing!!!
Sooo... where's the brave timestamp maker now? ;-)
There is no universe in which Soul Calibur is better than Tekken 3.
I picked up godfall mostly because at the launch of the PS5 there were not many games to choose from. The game looked great. Combat was fine. But my lord if there was a story i can't remember it lol. If they could have popped spme jrpg elements in that game we could have had it all 😂
We list for modern games like from 2010 till now. Older games are unplayable now
I always love the: Oh yeah, here we go, sports time 😂😂😂😂
It always makes me think of one of my favorite shirts:
_"Hooray Sports Team!!_
_Do the Thing! Score the points!!"_
Just started watching the video but I'm hoping Suikoden 2 to be here somewhere.
I can't believe the greatest Football game of all time NFL 2k5 PS2 didn't make the list but 2k1 which was mediocre at best it's here.
I'd say some franchises seem a bit overrepresented. And there is a lack of strategy games that absolutely belong in there.
Just started but, I'm super excited to see Earthbound at #1!
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Another amazing giant video! chef kiss* Thanks Triple Jump!
Call of duty 4 modern warfare (2007) best game ever made
You shoul put only one Madden.
No Castlevania is crazy
One can‘t help but wonder whether EA Sports bribed gaming media from 2000 to 2010.
Best games time blessed to see all from 1980-Now
Grim Fandango forever my #1 ❤
Fantastic Game Town is just Montreal.
World of goo better that Simpsons hit and run, & Fallout new Vegas???
Single player: God of War 3
Multiplayer: MW2
BMX XXX isn’t on here? Whack!
This video just proves that metacritic is idiotic. Not ONE video game from the Doom series made this list, and that’s insane
I always feel like nintendo comes up a bit short with their retro content. If youre gonna aim at speed running why no punchout
Where's Custer's Revenge?!
Penultimate at #4?
All imma say is as i pause if NFL 2K5 isnt on here its wrong.
Clem and Lee ❤
Drama, momma?
Kinda crazy how Yakuza 0 is the definitive number 1
Elden Ring best game ever made no other game gives you this massive interesting World
I do love a big ranked list of games! Good job everyone
I honestly did not expect Ocarina of Time to take the top spot but if the Big N ever wants to drive the video game economy then their Switch 2 should have a remastered version of OoT as a debut game.
How is ff7 not in here??
i was thinking that too
Since this list is ranked solely based on average professional review score (and it having at least 7 different reviews), that must mean that FF7 either didn't meet the minimum 94% requirement or didn't have enough professional reviews.
FF7 metacritic rating is 92, FF7 Remake is at 87 and FF7 Rebirth is at 92. Not high enough
SPORTS TIME😂
Jack Jeanne better than Halo 3 💀💀💀
THPS1
Deadly premonition is both the greatest and worst game.
Woohoo! Games!
Without even starting the list you know that Ocarina of Time is going to be number 1 cus it’s textbook knowledge that they hold the rdd Ed cord for highest rayed game on Metacritic.
I Think you had a stroke near the end there.
well i believe that a different title deserves to hold the rdd Ed cord for highest rayed game!
@@Txupport I was trying to walk up bus stairs while the bus was moving. The ends supposed that say: record for highest rated game on Metacritic.
@@RockChunk "the ends support the say"
I think you meant the ends justify the means, but that is only something you say when you do something bad to accomplish something good.
Your words suck, and your grammar and spelling are Reader Rabbit level 1 bad.
Don't write comments if you can't make sense. Go to school instead of watching TH-cam. Or stop watching TH-cam at school instead of learning.
@@Spacething7474the highest rayed man rcc ed rrd is a good award.
If Soul Calibur or Tony Hawk was really top 5 of all-time, why don't we ever hear about them, except in these videos?
People talk about Soul Calibur and Tony Hawk’s all the time lol
Soul Calibur pretty much brought in the type of single player content people love in fighting games, and well, it’s Tony Hawk’s it was super popular… to the point it had 2 modern remakes/remasters
By any chance are you under 20?
@@deadpool3982The first 4 Tony Hawk games all scored above a 90 I believe, and set the world on fire around the turn of the century. It may not be as widely talked about now, but yeah man it was huge back then. I was only 6 or 7 and THPS, along with Final Fantasy 7, were the games people in school were mainly talking about.
Edit: I can't say the same for Soul Calibur though. I was aware of it, but most people I hung out with were more into Tekken.