The Five Greatest Games of All Time

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1. BG II series
2. Planescape
3. Half-Life I
4. Heroes of M&M III
5. Icewind Dale series

 

1. Planescape: Torment
2. Fallout 2 (first one is damn good too)
3. Baldurs Gate II (-||)
4. Hmm... Half-Life maybe
5. Age of Empires II

 

For PC, in this order:

PS:T
BG
KotOR
BG2 w/ToB
KotOR2
<Diablo> squeeze in

For PS2, no particular order:
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy X
Prince of Persia I
FIFA series

 

Let me see...
I started waaaay back so it's hard:

Full Throttle
Sport Car GT
C&C Red Alert 2
BG saga
Vice City

 

Baldurs Gate 2
Half Life
Medieval: Total War
Placescape: Torment
World of Warcraft

Oh and Champ Manager / Football Manager! Can't believe I nearly forgot that (yes, I know that makes it 6!)

 

- The Monkey Island Series: Incredible funny, mind-bending puzzles, epic swordplay, dead pirates, a hot-tempered chick, a main character with a funny name, and grog... what else can you ask for?

- Another from Lucas Arts: Grim Fandango. The whole concept idea is simply brilliant. Great dialogue, dark humour, the feeling of watching an old Boggart movie from time to time... and some wickedly difficult puzzles. It must be played.

- Baldur's Gate 1: the one that started it all. It's my all time favourite, and the one I never tire of. The freedom that gives you in comparison to any similar games (including IWD and NWN) is simply the best of it.

- Thief 2 (haven't played 1, but it's surely good too). The most amazing sound I've heard in a game so far, especially if you have good earphones. The varied missions, the atmosphere, the tension of having to watch your step at all times... this game kept me playing and playing.

- Alone in the Dark: the beginning of Horror Survival games as we know them know. Sure the graphics are blocky and all, but it still gives me the creeps when I play it at night.

- Half-life. Take Doom, Thief, Quake and mix them thoroughly. Add some aliens, decent physics, and plenty of things to do... and you have a heck of a game.

 

A small alteration to mine. I just bought and completed Fahrenheit, and it now replaces F.E.A.R. on my top 5. Brilliant game!

 

My best 5,with a comment about each one:

1.Gabriel Knight 2 - A modern mystery tied to a 16th century legend-i just love this stuff.

2.Quest for Glory series - pure nostalgia,gentlemen. I suppose that if not for QFG, i wouldn't play any D&D games,pen&paper or computer's.("Say,dude,my #5 disk of QFG-2 is damaged again-can i borrow yours?"-old
high-school days...)

3.Baldur's Gate 2 - because of the plot,the romantics,the strongholds,and the real D&D feeling.

4.Heroes of M&M 3 - who said there aren't any legal drugs?

5.The Longest Journey - well,April is an ultimate cute.the same league with Aerie,Aribeth and Calista Flockheart.Besides,it's a good game.


And if we choose our best 5- what is the worse games you've played?

1.Temple of Elemental Evil - sorry guys.almost every aspect of this game is low.Too short,terrible voice system,many annoying Go-And-Fetch side-quests.I got the feeling that this game is half-baked,pure and simple. In fact,I would recommend that every game developer would have a copy of ToEE,as a good example how NOT to make a game.complete waste of time and money.

2.King's Quest 8 - what the hell did they think there at Sierra? "hey,let's make a game that looks like KQ series And Doom at the same time!" Bad idea,Mrs. Williams.

3.Super Mario - A game where a fat plumber jumps on the heads of giant snails in order to save a princess with a name of a fruit.
I mean,come on!!

i couldnwt find any more-but would like to know what's your's,guys.

 

@iceviper77
If you want to know the worst games of all time, you ought to start a new topic. It'd probably just be spamming to put them here.

 

hmm
1.Baldur's Gate 2
2.Starcraft
3.Wizardry 8
4.Age of Wonders
5.Master of Orion 2

 

Age of Wonders- The first (and best) in an incredible series of games. A must for fans of both strategy and role-playing games.
Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast- My personal pick of the two Baldur's Gate games. Though not as polished as its sequel, Baldur's Gate has a distinct pastoral charm that is perhaps lacking in the more epic sequel.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal- Grander and more exotic; this byzantine tale is a worthy successor to Baldur's Gate.
Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge- A personal favourite from this irreverent series of swashbuckling games.
The Elder Scroll III: Morrowind,Tribunal and Bloodmoon- A truly immersive experience.

 

Age of Empires II
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Diablo I
Half-Life
Tetris

 

The Faery Tale Adventure [Amiga]
Rise of the Dragon [Sega CD]
Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! [PSone with mouse]
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind [PC and Xbox]
Anachronox [PC]

Honorable Mention:
Final Fantasy Series
Chrono Trigger Series
Suikoden Series
Shin Megami Tensei Series [especially Persona for PSone and the DemiKids GBA games]
Balder's Gate Series
Icewind Dale Series
Planescape: Torment
Fallout Series
Star Ocean Series

and several more...

 

Planescape: Torment - Best game I ever played, no competition.
Sam & Max Hit the Road - Great adventure game, amazing humour.
Doom - I can still remember the adrenaline surge when I first met the Cyberdemon in E2M8. I was ducking the rockets in my chair
Ultima Underworld - Looks dated now, but it was so immersive at the time.
Ultima 4 - To my knowledge, the only RPG in existence where the goal is not to save the world.
Baldur's Gate - The entire series
Quest for Glory - The entire series
Thief - First person sneaker - who would have thought of such a concept?
Starcraft - Best real-time strategy game I've played. Very good story (something that was unheard of in the RTS world)
Civilization - The first one. I've poured more hours into this game than into any other recreational activity. I still go back to it occasionally (14 years later!)

I know, there's 10 and not 5, but even with 10 I feel I've left out some important ones!

 

Lost Meme,you're right.
I'm starting a new one.

 

Since I judged these games based on how much they changed the way I think, they've all turned out to be story-based adventures...

1. Planescape: Torment. Nothing needs to be said.
2. Anachronox. Beautifully written story, and characters second only to Torment. Only putting them side by side do I now see all the lovely similarities between Anachronox and Sigil, which only makes me love it all the more
3. Grim Fandango. Effectively put the adventure genre on ice by being too good. Nothing's been quite the same since. A masterpiece.
4. Zork. The first text adventure I ever played. I still occasionally think about grues when I turn my light off at night.
5. The Longest Journey. Another beautiful story... the ending reminds me of Edward Scissorhands.

Hon. mentions: Day of the Tentacle, Syberia, Zork: Grand Inquisitor, and because it's the closest anyone's come to Tim Burton in video games: American McGee's Alice.

 

surprised that half life isnt up here more often

1.Half-Life
2.Baldur's Gate series
3.Age of Empires II(w/o conquererors)
4.Final Fantasy 7...It Ruled
5.Quake/Unreal series...i couldn't make up my mind

 

1. Planescape: Torment.
This is the best game ever, nothing even comes close. And I am only about 2/3 of the way through!!

2. Baldur's gate (the series)-
these game rule.

3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

4. Diablo (the series)

5. Morrowind

 

In no particular order

The Monkey Island series - Never laughed so hard

Morrowind - Great fun and I didn't stop until I had completed virtually every quest and my character was as powerful as possible

Icewind Dale - This was the game that got me hooked on fantasy

Metal Gear Solid series - every game they bring out makes me love it more

Vampire The Maquerade - this game just had a certain *feel* about it

 

Top four in order:

1) Jagged Alliance 2 - I was sold from the first time I played the demo of JA2. Absolute classic, unforgettable characters, massive gameworld and unbeatable gameplay.

2) Baldur's Gate 2 - I love this game. Everything that's been said about this game applies here. It's also why I'm on these boards.

3) Diablo - I still have Diablo cravings. Diablo 2 had significantly enhanced gameplay aspects, but you can't beat the original when it first came out, it was a work of brilliance. The replay value of such a simple game is unreal.

4) Dungeon Keeper - Yus! I bought this game the first day it came out. And I'm still playing DK2 today. So much fun.

I can't decide on a fifth one...