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The 25 Best Videogames of the Last 25 Years

ew.com — These are the "new classics" - GTA 4 makes the list!

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  • dbldn, on 07/03/2008, -1/+125Oooops. HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED was on the XBox originally, not the XBOX 360.
    • Reap, on 07/05/2008, -24/+4Nope, origionally it was on the PC.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribes_2
    • moo2u2, on 07/05/2008, -14/+1should have put Halo 3, that was the best of the three + was on 360
      • hmunkey, on 07/05/2008, -0/+9Maybe, but H1 was the original, and was the most creative one which jumpstarted a wave of space shooters.
      • goonbaggins, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3Don't know what in the world makes you think that. As the graphics got better the gameplay got worse. I'd say gameplay is a bit more important.
    • GoatMonkey2112, on 07/05/2008, -0/+9They also used Doom instead of Doom 2 or Doom 3. I think they were looking at the version that showed a somewhat groundbreaking concept instead of the the most polished version.

      They've got most of the right games in the top 50. The order is all wrong though. I would put Starcraft and WoW much higher.

      I guess you have to remember that this list is in Entertainment Weekly instead of a dedicated gaming site.
    • FuckXboxx, on 07/05/2008, -8/+1Wrong...it was originally on PC and Mac and then Microsoft stole it and put it on Xbox.
      • enignock, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4Yeah, MS has nothing to do with PC's or Mac's for that matter.
  • JMitch42, on 07/03/2008, -15/+228No Super Mario 64? Something's wrong here...
    • AwesomeMonster, on 07/03/2008, -4/+12I think they tried to put what they thought was the best in certain series rather than the most groundbreaking. That's why they have galaxy instead.
    • navster15, on 07/04/2008, -3/+23I agree. Super Mario Galaxy is great, but it was nowhere near as groundbreaking as Super Mario 64. For shame EW.
    • ZenMojo, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8This list is booty. If you want to get testy, realize that 50-26 is kind of insulting.
      http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209879,00.html

      Really? Silent Hill 2 is at #44? fail.
      • jgtg32a, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1I agree it should be higher.
      • ohmahgawd, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2SH2 should be at least in the top 25 for the masterpiece it is.
    • Inflammo, on 07/05/2008, -2/+24Guitar Hero also ranks above Goldeneye. *****.
      • Sornos, on 07/05/2008, -8/+1As it should. Guitar Hero invented a new genre. Goldeneye just polished what was already there.
      • Seemefearme, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7Buried for thinking Guitar Hero invented anything 'new'.
      • Jugador12, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5Sornos you fail, a new genre? There have been games such as DK Bongos, DDR, all of the singing games for ages...if anything Guitar Hero polished what was already there
    • Sabin, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4No virtua fighter? How is it that Tekken and Soul Calibur made the top 50 but the game that created the genre (not to mention that VF5 is better than any Tekken game) didn't even make an appearance.
    • ummagummas08, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1I feel like this is some kind of cheap marketing ploy to get the digg audience to buy video games for their kids, maybe I'm just being paranoid. What age group primarily uses digg anyways?
      At any rate, this list is crap.
    • MrFisty, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Not sure if some of these have just been added for "contemporary flavour". And you've also got to decide what constitutes 'best'. Is it best sales, best reviews or best innovation? This is just my opinion, but I thought Mario 64 was more important than Galaxy and that GTA3 or GTA:VC as being better than GTA4 in terms of really cementing and refining the sandbox platform. Jury's still out for me on whether I'd call Gears among the best 25 games of the last 25 years. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it didn't really bring anything groundbreaking to the table. Same goes for Halo. Was pleased to see Shadow of the Colossus on the list, a great example of how you take a sword swinging action game and feel genuinely remorseful about killing the bad guys, all through music and next to no dialogue.
    • Elranzer, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2True. This has got to be the worst "Best Of" lists for video games I've ever seen.
    • MizFresh15, on 07/09/2008, -0/+0i agree where is the super mario 64. what is a best games list without it?
  • PacoDG, on 07/03/2008, -25/+87Tetris at number 1, as it should be.

    Good list!
    • jimminy, on 07/05/2008, -1/+8Yeah, I was surprised to see Doom that "low" on the list but Tetris at top gave me a nice warm feeling.
    • FishHammer, on 07/05/2008, -22/+2Thank you for spoiling the entire list in the 3rd comment there *****
      • theshizzler, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7Perhaps you should read the article before reading what people are saying about said article.
      • djholybolt, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1You're welcome, *****.
    • BedPost, on 07/05/2008, -2/+7Uh, I'd contest that - while Tetris is of course a timeless classic, Ocarina of Time is THE timeless classic.

      It just doesn't get any better.
      • Acglaphotis, on 07/05/2008, -2/+3Majora Mask, if it weren't for that damned timer everyone would have deemed it the best Zelda.
    • WallyAnti, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7I'm just happy that Goldeneye is on there. That game is the reason I got addicted to multipayer FPS. Well that and some Jedi Knight concussion rifle action.
      • Flashtone, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3Goldeneye ftw. was happy to see it also.
    • psykiv, on 07/05/2008, -2/+2I was going to bury it when I saw Starcraft at number 21, and Ocarina at 2, but now dugg it because tetris is at #1. Tetris is a perfect game.
    • eliot2000, on 07/05/2008, -1/+5Tetris is always forgotten on these lists. Almost every person who has played Tetris has been addicted to it for a while. I know people that have never played a game before or since who gave themselves Nintendo plus-shaped thumb blisters with the game.
    • iMoth, on 07/05/2008, -6/+1*****.
    • Sirlolalot, on 07/05/2008, -4/+1FFS, thanks for the spoiler! :(
    • erasermcfleafly, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2tetris is ***** gay as *****!!! the dude probably thought up the whole thing in like 20 seconds.
  • samwproc, on 07/03/2008, -15/+183No Portal? Although Tetris at number 1 is good.
    • dstz, on 07/05/2008, -18/+4Only got Portal a few days ago. The game isn't bad, but it's just an extremely short puzzle with the HL2 engine, nothing amazing. If compared with great games that went on sale at about the same time, like Stalker or The Witcher, Portal ain't in the same ballpark, at all.
      • noumuon, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3stalker was horrible.
      • 42Vindictive, on 07/05/2008, -2/+6Yes, because a brand new, conceptual game that breaks the boundaries of physics and game engines as we know it and compacts it into a small, cheap, intricate, descriptive and amazing package is obviously not in the same league as GENERIC RPG 1.2
      • Elranzer, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Actually... Generic RPG VII.
    • wilkinnh, on 07/05/2008, -6/+1there is no cake.
    • phorty40, on 07/05/2008, -4/+12tetris at number one is a copout , i mean come on , its just to appease us gaming fanatics.
      and seriously guitar hero better than final fantasy 7? no , no ,no because let us all remember one fact

      final fantasy never had an 80's edition nor an Aerosmith one

      and Guitar Hero did.


      Game.Set.Match.

    • Bologner, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1@ phorty

      3 Words: Dirge of Cerberus.
  • AwesomeMonster, on 07/03/2008, -16/+252good list.... terribly organized. Also... wtf is guitar hero doing on this list?
    • PacoDG, on 07/03/2008, -2/+9I personally would have chose Rock Band over Guitar Hero, but one can't deny the effect Guitar Hero has had on gaming right now, getting both those "casual" gamers and the "hardcore"... it is like DDR, but good.
      • CoreyHalliwell, on 07/05/2008, -15/+4Here's an idea buy REAL instruments and make a REAL band...
      • s3rgi0, on 07/05/2008, -2/+9Why? Those require huge time investments, which people don't always want to make. Guitar Hero lets people have fun easily. Isn't that the point of video games?
      • Disease, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3Please not this again.
      • Nath2k8, on 07/05/2008, -0/+13Yeah and why not join the army instead of playing COD4??
      • Kanten, on 07/05/2008, -4/+3"one can't deny the effect Guitar Hero has had on gaming right now, getting both those "casual" gamers and the "hardcore""

        Actually I think the Wii did more of that.
      • chaosblade77, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Hardcore gamers on Wii? Beyond maybe four first party releases (Twilight Princess (even though it was a GCN port), Metroid Prime 3, Galaxy, and Smash Bros), I'd say hardcore gamers are avoiding it until some better games arrive.

        Guitar Hero did a much better job of it than the Wii has, at least so far.
      • Coffeedemon, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2"Actually I think the Wii did more of that."
        There were people playing Guitar Hero who hadn't played a videogame in years long before the Wii sold its first unit.
    • KyjL, on 07/05/2008, -4/+15It's insanely popular and it's a music game that doesn't have the prerequesite of being a japanophile to enjoy it. Regular people can pick up and play it without fear of looking like an ADD-afflicted retard.
    • lamiaconfitor, on 07/05/2008, -8/+4Seriously, DDR is the actual groundbreaking rhythm based game. Guitar hero/Rock band appeal to lazy, vain people who want to pretend they are Rock Stars.
    • SilentSlayer97, on 07/05/2008, -4/+4I don't mind guitar hero being on the list, but #5, pfft.
    • chaosblade77, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4I actually only agree with about half of that list. I don't see how a lot of those titles are better than Super Metroid or Chrono Trigger.

      No way does GTA IV deserve to be in the top 10 either...
    • AnOMNOMymous, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1No kidding. I buried this article. Guitar hero doesn't even belong in the top 50.
  • richman241, on 07/03/2008, -17/+131Guitar Hero? Ya that game was good, but it certainly wasn't better than FFVII....
    • Ezxen, on 07/05/2008, -10/+2not that im not saying ff7 was not a good game but you ff fanboy's/girls over hype that game to the paint that the mire mention of 7 sends me into a rage,but i guess ff7 is to FF fans as OoT is to us Zelda fans .By the way OoT so kicked FF7 ass on that list .

      also Gh was new and innovative
      • 42Vindictive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4*cough* Dance dance revolution
      • dungbeetle, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Except large guys like me can actually play it. I could never get into DDR.
  • Striss, on 07/03/2008, -15/+132Strange list...Mario Galaxy and Guitar Hero? Hardly the best games in the last 25 years...

    Where the heck is TIE Fighter for PC?
    • Frozenfuryblade, on 07/04/2008, -5/+21Game reviewers beg to differ.

      Mario Galaxy was at a time the best reviewed game ever.
      • Kanten, on 07/05/2008, -2/+13Reviewers are INCREDIBLY reliable resources. Just ask Jeff Gerstmann.
      • jgtg32a, on 07/05/2008, -2/+8Didn't they say Halo 3 was the second coming of Christ also?
      • Greg535, on 07/05/2008, -1/+0Actually they said it was the third coming.
      • Elranzer, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1I think after all of the reviews poured in, Ocarina of Time still rates higher than Super Mario Galaxy.
    • sugarazor, on 07/05/2008, -9/+6Guitar Hero has completely changed the gaming landscape, it not being on here would be ridiculous.
    • welliwonder, on 07/05/2008, -1/+11amen tie fighter was so fun
    • ferrariman60, on 07/05/2008, -1/+5It's in spot 36. I'm actually serious here. Here's the list from 50-26:
      http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209879,00.html

      And here's TIE Fighter:
      http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209879_14,00.htm ...
    • PurgueFlantar, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3Of all the hundreds of games I've played throughout the years (I'm old) Tie Fighter for me holds the dearest spot in my heart. And all the time I played it I had the WORST time keeping my joystick calibrated... anyone else had that?
  • acero47, on 07/03/2008, -18/+11A lot of strange choices, and the order was a bit odd. My personal list would have a lot more RPGs on it (and no Halo), but to each his own.
    • thebuggalo, on 07/05/2008, -6/+16i'm sorry, but this wasn't titled "Acero47's Top 25 Best Videogames".

      Just because you personally don't like Halo doesn't mean you can deny the popularity of the game. It's one of the biggest new video game franchises out there.
    • ace429k, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Halo wasnt bad. shoot it had me after i threw my first sticky onto someones ass. he looked like a bunny!
  • Intensity, on 07/03/2008, -4/+77Deus ex, Starcraft, Half-Life, Chrono Trigger, Goldeneye, Ocarina of time, and Tetris deserve to be on the list, the rest I don't really care about either way.
    • lennybird, on 07/05/2008, -7/+14I'm a Half-Life fan at heart, but you have to admit - Halo deserves to be on that list (only CE).
    • Alex74447, on 07/05/2008, -4/+5What, no Doom?
      • Dhalamar, on 07/05/2008, -9/+3Did you even read through it all? Doom is #3. Not surprisingly beating out Halo.

        Give me Goldeneye and Doom over Halo anytime. Just never could get into Halo.
      • NotOptium, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2I think he was pointing out that it was strange that Intensity didn't put Doom on his list.
    • slightlygifted, on 07/05/2008, -9/+1half life is not that fun. yes no one ever says it but its just not. hours of creeping around corners throwing saw blades at crab head guys with the grav gun. its just a dark, long, and annoying game. especially the vehicles, worst vehicles ive ever seen in a game. half life may have started the fps stories or whatever, but halo did it in an awesome and fun way.
      • potofgravy, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1Yes, I do enjoy spending 20 hours just to turn around.

        And don't give me that PC port crap, the only port to out crap the Halo port was the Halo 2 port. The crosshair wasn't even in the centre of the screen.
      • pikelet, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7That gave me the best laugh I've had in weeks, cheers mate!

        Wait.

        You're serious :|
      • alexforcefive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+13Methinks someone got stuck in ravenholm....
      • ThickGreenPuke, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4We don't go to Ravenholm
      • 42Vindictive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1If anyone happened to notice, he mentioned Half-Life 1, not Half-Life 2. You ***** youngins.
      • FLarsen, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1@42Vindictive: Can you tell me where in Half-Life 1 you throw saw blades with the gravity gun?

        Didn't think so. Read before you post.
    • Ayavaron, on 07/05/2008, -7/+4Out of curiosity, have you played Goldeneye lately? It's really suffered in the test of time. The FPS genre really took leaps forward and Goldeneye isn't very good in comparion. It's barely even average.
      • Lith25, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5Yes I have played goldeneye lately and it's still pretty fun. Sure, the controls are a little hard to get used to after not picking up an N64 for years, but it deserves to be on the list.
    • ThickGreenPuke, on 07/05/2008, -1/+7I think Half-life 2 deserved to be on there. A FPS getting everything right!
    • homercles337, on 07/05/2008, -0/+10Not to mention that HL ranked lower than Halo? That was the WTF moment for me.
    • jparkinson, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3Half life should definitely be higher than halo and every other shooter on there except Doom.

      Other then that I don't have that many problems with this list..
    • Tanath, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2Just because GoldenEye was more popular (due to the Bond franchise) does not make it better than Perfect Dark, which was a big improvement. PD should replace GE on such lists.
      • Dhalamar, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1Perfect Dark was (and still is) awesome, it's just a pain to play multiplayer because of all the slowdown. Goldeneye wasn't awesome to me because of the Bond franchise, it's just an awesome game. Doesn't need the memory addon to be played fully, doesn't slow down to a crawl multiplayer and is insanely fun to play.

        Saying that, I still play both Goldeneye and Perfect Dark to this day all the time. When one of my friends gets done stomping my ass in Halo on the very rare times I actually decide to play it, we play Goldeneye and I'll drive her nuts punching her to death. :P And pretty much the same thing with Perfect Dark. I wouldn't give up my N64 for the world.
  • yargthepirate, on 07/03/2008, -6/+139Starcraft is 21? WTF?
    • MattSFJ2, on 07/04/2008, -6/+55This is the US list, not Korean list...
      • Pake, on 07/05/2008, -2/+15Even then, it should be in the top 10 easily, if not top 5.
    • darkened, on 07/05/2008, -2/+12I said the same WTF, 2nd WTF chronotrigger LOWER than FF7? no way, buried as inaccurate.
    • shawnanigans, on 07/05/2008, -0/+26I believe this magazine just declared war with Korea.
    • mustang460, on 07/05/2008, -1/+21yea and no diablo

      also WoW should be on there, whether you like the game or not, ~10,000,000 subscribers
      I'd say a "few" people would call it a new classic

      blizzardism at its best next we'll see flaming snowflakes at blizzard HQ's lawn
    • SolarUpNote, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1Found a "challenge" to that list where you can add your own:
      http://digg.com/xbox/Challenge_to_EW_com_s_Top_25_ ...
    • dukeochutney, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1half life at 18 is bollocks. considering it was a revolutionary masterpiece of an fps. and started the entire mod community for fps. but i guess that doesnt matter. buried for that *****
  • thefangedrabbit, on 07/03/2008, -19/+47I like how they say that FFVII is unfairly criticized. They don't realize that that's far from the truth, and if anything it's overrated.
    • ZenMojo, on 07/05/2008, -3/+3As proven by this list. When he says the game is "more than the sum of its parts" he means, "It's the sum of its parts PLUS the undue hype I am going to give it right now."
    • Chadbr0chill17, on 07/05/2008, -8/+11ooo yeah, let's all jump on the "Final Fantasy VII is overrated" bandwagon. It's the cool thing to do on the internet!
    • arobicha, on 07/05/2008, -3/+12Awe don't ***** yourself. It was a good game, and you played it to the end like everybody else did. There were 10+ games on that list however that you wouldn't catch me finishing unless I had a gun to my head.
    • bakatrinh, on 07/05/2008, -8/+10FFVII is not overrated.
    • WallyAnti, on 07/05/2008, -3/+3I think you have to have a lot of patience to play FFVII. The gameplay experience was very very redundant to me, and I figured if I wanted to read a story I'd just pick up a book and use my imagination. The graphics are better.
    • Shogi, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2Even if you want to argue that the game was not that great, the fact that is is so famous and loved makes it one of the best.
    • kestrel7e7, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1*****
    • SnakeLemma, on 07/05/2008, -0/+0wouldnt saying that its overrated be a form of criticism? just throwin it out there...
      • arobicha, on 07/05/2008, -1/+0Yes it is, but it is also unfounded without evidence to support it. He could have said that the game was slow because of the summons, or that the story was poorly written, or that the graphics (when compared with some of the other games on PS1) have aged horribly, or that the characters were difficult to relate to... but of course all of those things are moot points, because the game was still great.
    • Seemefearme, on 07/05/2008, -2/+2FFVII was alright. I caught onto Final Fantasy right after VIII was released, so VII was actually my 2nd Final Fantasy and I thought compared to the next 3 (8,9 and 10) that it was alright. I've read into a bit and VII was a lot of peoples first Final Fantasy because it was the first in 3d. I think no matter what personal opinion someone offers, those who played it before 8 9 or 10 will disagree. I personally enjoyed them all and couldn't pick a single one to play above the others.
  • TheDeepFriar, on 07/03/2008, -0/+96....because this story wouldn't have gotten diggs unless "GTA 4" was in the description.........
    • Ajajadude, on 07/05/2008, -2/+14I didn't think GTA IV was as great as I thought it would be. I still like Vice City over the past few versions.
      • superlolz, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4What part of VC was better than SA?
      • Disease, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Dark-skinned gentlemen.
      • kinseyincanada, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5Vice city had a way better feel, and vibe to it. It truly made you feel like a gangster rising to glory.
      • Ajajadude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1The overall feel to the VC was better than San Andreas and the rest of them, in my opinion. I didn't get very far into GTA IV before I sold it...I just couldn't get into the game. It wasn't a bad game, I just couldn't a feel for the game. I had a much easier time getting into the character of a gangster than a gangsta or a cliche of an immigrant that has a dark and mysterious past.

        That and Rockstar has made it too damned hard to go on a killing spree when you get bored with following the plot. You can't kill one person in IV without having the cops get all over you. That and I miss buying up the city.
    • RusskiGuy, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7Agree with above, except I prefer San Andreas. GTA 4 was good for storytelling, but it failed at the end horribly, when the player finds himself done with the storyline and able to do missions for $ while having nothing to spend it on. No city control, no rising up through the ranks, and so on. I found myself only playing through it once and putting away.
    • Niubai, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2I really think they should have gone with GTA3 on the list. GTA3 was the innovative start of all.
  • plucas, on 07/03/2008, -7/+38"Where is *insert_game_here*!!??" But seriously, Link to the Past?
    • WallyAnti, on 07/05/2008, -4/+2i know right. why are rpg's represented by final fantasy but not zelda. Lame
      • dysfunction, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6Ocarina of Time is #2.
      • WallyAnti, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Never played it. Guess that's why I didn't notice.
  • OasisR123, on 07/03/2008, -7/+46The obligatory 25 itmes = 25 pages comment
  • twistedlogic149, on 07/03/2008, -17/+2Chrono Trigger isn't #1.
    Chrono Trigger isn't #1.
    Chrono Trigger isn't #1.
  • NaziHatinChimp, on 07/03/2008, -9/+5Aside from the order, that's not actually a bad list. Maybe take Galaxy off for a Final Fantasy or at least Mario 64.
  • mrblaack, on 07/03/2008, -5/+27no Duke Nukem?
    • ThickGreenPuke, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3His balls of steel are too big for the list!
    • Greg535, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Duke Nukem Forever will make the next list! I swear!
  • kinseyincanada, on 07/03/2008, -4/+81umm Diablo?, Mario 64?
  • duggtodeath, on 07/03/2008, -15/+19There are two problems with this list; first, Halo 1 is an average shooter and doesn't belong on this list. Secondly, where the ***** is System Shock 2?
    • dnw5032, on 07/05/2008, -5/+2hey man, don't be dis'n on Halo now
    • ace429k, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1you cant deny that halo has been a huge success. and thats part of it being popular. I dont much like WoW but i cant deny the success it's had and the popularity with casual to hardcore gamers.
    • suminona, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3I couldn't care less about Halo, but I wholeheartedly agree with System Shock 2. sshock2 and Deus Ex are two games that I find myself reinstalling again and again and..
  • dsm88, on 07/03/2008, -9/+25324. TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 2
    23. DEUS EX
    22. SUPER METROID
    21. STARCRAFT
    20. GEARS OF WAR
    19. SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION II
    18. HALF-LIFE
    17. SIM CITY
    16. GRAN TURISMO
    15. CHRONO TRIGGER
    14. RESIDENT EVIL 4
    13. FINAL FANTASY VII
    12. SUPER MARIO GALAXY
    11. HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED
    10. METAL GEAR SOLID
    9. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
    8. GOLDENEYE 007
    7. SUPER MARIO KART
    6. STREET FIGHTER II
    5. GUITAR HERO
    4. SUPER MARIO WORLD
    3. DOOM
    2. LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME
    1. TETRIS
    • BoonTobias, on 07/03/2008, -9/+21pacman
      killer instinct
      mk
      nba jam
      link to the past
      donkey kong (and dk country)
      river raid
      galaga
      definitely need to be on this list
      • Takumi831, on 07/05/2008, -1/+22Nba Jam...


        BOOM SHAKA LAKA
      • LeviTheSmith, on 07/05/2008, -0/+20HEEESS ON FIRE!!
      • mastazed, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8GALAGA = ***** YEAH!!!
      • Karmavs, on 07/05/2008, -0/+11Super Mario Bros. 3 Makes the 25 year cut; it should be on the list too.
      • Karmavs, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8Actually, So does SMB1. That's a better game (well; it's a more influential game)
      • zonto, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1"of the last 25 years"
      • WallyAnti, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Sorry Boon but Pac-man and Galaga don't make the 25 year cut. That said, why did the author pick 25 years? I mean that span only really cuts out Atari and Arcade games I think. Most of which nobody remembers anymore bc gaming was such a niche hobby.


        Galaga ate so many of my quarters it's not even funny.
      • recruz, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1WITH A HAND IN HIS CROTCH! -- that was the joke me and friends always made- where the guy says, "with a hand in his face!"
      • bossgalaga, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3See username =)
    • rdmorley, on 07/05/2008, -13/+0karma whore

      /reddit
      //buried
    • LimeParrot, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6Freespace 2...?
      • pb186, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2ahhh now that was a great game...
      • Coolone84, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2This man speaks the truth. FS2 Rocked the house
      • BenKenobi88, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1Not quite on the list but still an awesome game.
    • brett1337, on 07/05/2008, -2/+5now was that so hard.
      Learn to list on one page!
    • sadsadrobot, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1Thanks so much
    • Ismith988, on 07/05/2008, -2/+11World of Warcraft BOOYA!

      /sarcasm
    • shondell, on 07/05/2008, -11/+2METAL GEAR SOLID 4 = best game ever. Certainly in the last 25 years.
      • RomanThommassen, on 07/05/2008, -2/+11you're a desillusional fanboy
      • RetroMUFC, on 07/05/2008, -2/+3MGS3 was the pinnacle of the series. MGS4 is a step back with it's overblown plot and out of control cutscenes. Saying this was the best game ever is like saying that macaroni and cheese is the greatest food dish in history.
      • SpeedDensityET, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Wait, since when is mac and cheese not the best food ever? Say what you want about MGS4, but lay off of mac and cheese...........
    • H1tchh1k3r, on 07/05/2008, -2/+9WHY ARE WE YELLING?
    • Scaryclouds, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8Gears of War did not deserve to be on that list, sure as hell not ahead of Starcraft.
    • Disket, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6Their 50-26 list:

      50. MADDEN NFL 2005
      49. WORLD OF WARCRAFT
      48. WIPEOUT
      47. THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
      46. PERFECT DARK
      45. PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME
      44. SILENT HILL 2
      43. PSYCHONAUTS
      42. WING COMMANDER II: VENGEANCE OF THE KILRATHI
      41. TECMO SUPER BOWL
      40. OKAMI
      39. CONTRA
      38. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
      37. TEKKEN 3
      36. STAR WARS: TIE FIGHTER
      35. SUPER PUZZLE FIGHTER II TURBO
      34. TOMB RAIDER
      33. METROID PRIME
      32. CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT
      31. MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2
      30. STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC
      29. FINAL FANTASY III
      28. BIOSHOCK
      27. SOULCALIBUR
      26. GOD OF WAR
      • kalphegor, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Where's UT:GOTY ?
      • chaosblade77, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3Perfect Dark, Metroid Prime, and Contra, among others, should have all been higher, especially considering some of the games that made the top 25.
    • henryfosdike, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3For some reason the OP didn't put number 25 which was Shadow of the Colossus.
    • SolarUpNote, on 07/05/2008, -3/+1Found a "challenge" to that list where you can add your own:
      http://digg.com/xbox/Challenge_to_EW_com_s_Top_25_ ...
    • richiegecko79, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0Not a single Sonic the Hedgehog title. That is a sin.
  • SulkyGirl, on 07/03/2008, -19/+9Dugg because it was a delightful trip down memory lane, but Dugg RELUCTANTLY because they left off my beloved Bioshock.

  • Divals, on 07/03/2008, -9/+3Any list of 'best video games' should include the Marathon trilogy, or at least a part of it. But including Doom AND Halo while leaving off Marathon? Now that's just insulting.
  • Koush, on 07/03/2008, -5/+48Mario galaxy? i thought it was good and all, but a classic that beat the likes of Dues ex, Starcraft, Half life, Chrono trigger, Final fantasy VII or even Super mario 64?

    I think not.
  • ZurMacht, on 07/04/2008, -5/+66Starcraft is number 21? Are you ***** kidding me?
  • estvir, on 07/04/2008, -22/+55What a horrible list, buried. GoW, GTAIV, Guitar Hero, Halo, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Galaxy, etc really shouldn't be in a top 25 games list.
    • Reap, on 07/05/2008, -6/+13RE4 is arguable. It really is a very good game. Not better than sim city, half life, starcraft, civ II, or deus ex, but I could see it being on the list.

      Hell of a lot more than HALO, anyway....
    • sherbertbones, on 07/05/2008, -6/+3RE4>>>>>>>>>>>You
    • PURPLEDRINK, on 07/05/2008, -10/+4res evil 4 sucked. oh man...

      Capcom came up with the brilliant idea of taking survival + horror and replacing it with adventure and action, then re-using the same platforming engine from the psx for something that played much more like a fps, just without the fps.

      The whole point of RE was the exact genre it seems to have created and killed: survival + horror. In Resident evil 4, ammo was never a problem. the story was utter *****, so it was very hard to understand why any idiot would want roam around a spanish castle full of zombies wearing knight armor. wow... just wow, what a bad game. Semi-good list though.
      • Kanten, on 07/05/2008, -2/+2Dugg for someone who actually understands.
      • Darkangel754, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2I agree with a lot of the stuff you said but it was still a very good game, just not a survival horror game.

        Sadly things don't look like they're going back to survival horror with RE5, there's rumors that there will be coop and a cover system....WTF cover system? you're fighting zombies not dodging bullets!
    • cryonix, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5Though I agree with you, the article clearly doesn't speak for all. Everyone is free to their own opinion however wrong it is :)
    • TheGooseyOne, on 07/05/2008, -3/+7Gears of War and Guitar Hero were sort of lame picks to be on there.

      As for RE4 and Super Mario Galaxy, I whole-heartedly agree. Those games are pure excellence. Especially SMG.
    • weters, on 07/05/2008, -8/+4You sir are being an idiot. Three of the biggest franchises of all time (GTA, Guitar Hero, Halo) and none of them deserve to be in a top 10? You're right, it's not a real video game unless it's some kind of foreign made RPG. You're buried for being lame.
      • RetroMUFC, on 07/05/2008, -4/+7Just because they are big franchises doesn't make them good.
      • flano1, on 07/05/2008, -1/+7So by your logic, McDonalds is the world's best restaraunt.
    • L4WL3RS34L, on 07/05/2008, -5/+1The other Resident Evils (especially REmake) were so much better than RE4, but no one has played them so no one knows. RE4 ruined the series...it made the series more popular but it completely ruined the whole survival horror genre that made RE so good in the first place.
  • qpingu, on 07/04/2008, -5/+48Dugg the instant I saw Shadow of the Colossus.
    • bowserkid, on 07/04/2008, -1/+7Agreed. I kind of want Ico to be up there too, though.
    • winterorange, on 07/05/2008, -1/+5Too bad the rest of the list is pretty bad.
    • enignock, on 07/05/2008, -8/+1Shadow of the Colossus is so emo, I always have to talk my copy out of cutting itself.
    • Krazykorean530, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Indeed but it was that lists one and only highlight.
  • Prathik89, on 07/04/2008, -3/+53In my opinion KOTOR should be there. But seriously, why does everyone love GTA IV? I finished it twice, yet it left me feeling cold. I thought there was something wrong with me, but seriously, the games very short and has almost re-playability ( I played it through twice just to see so) they barely added anything new to the series except physics, and the "moral decisions" thing.
    • mugicha, on 07/05/2008, -7/+3Why would you play through a game twice that you didn't like the first time? Go read a book or something.
      • Prathik89, on 07/05/2008, -2/+3I played through it twice cause I didnt understand why I didn't like it. Ugh and I read books like crazy, read one novel a week usually. So yeah.
    • Dhalamar, on 07/05/2008, -2/+4After GTA 2 I couldn't get into the GTA series anymore. I tried like hell to like it, just didn't give in to all the hype and nonsense.

      Occasionally I'll play it just to drive like mad mowing people over and slamming into cars for about 5 or 10 minutes, but for the most part ... just couldn't get into the game anymore.
    • Kanten, on 07/05/2008, -2/+4GTA4 was essentially GTA3 with better graphics. Numerous game features removed and an incredibly bland storyline = Mediocre sequel.
    • Peaco19, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1KOTOR is 30:

      http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209879_20,00.htm ...
  • Prathik89, on 07/04/2008, -7/+4and remember, you cant just make a 25 best video games list and then everyone agrees with you. I think only history can make this kinda list, based on its influence and impact on games. So.. nay, Boo to your list.
  • sUGArDawg, on 07/04/2008, -9/+104Buried for Guitar Hero being ranked above Goldeneye
    • duffy89, on 07/05/2008, -5/+5I hate Guitar Hero, if people are gonna waste time playing on a model of a guitar that doesn't do anything.. may as well learn to play an actual guitar
      • opmike, on 07/05/2008, -1/+5How can you possibly have this stance as a video gamer? That's like saying, "Well, instead of staying inside playing Gran Turismo on your little plastic wheel, you might as well go out and actually learn to drive on a track." It's a game, of course it's a waste of time. This whole mentality of 'I don't like it so it's stupid' is really childish.
      • Akraz, on 07/05/2008, -2/+5Im not having this conversation again. You sir, are a ***** idiot. THEY ARE GAMES FOR A REASON.
      • flano1, on 07/05/2008, -3/+1Playing the guitar is not difficult to do in real life, being a race car driver is a not exactly something everyone can do.
      • opmike, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4"Playing the guitar is not difficult to do in real life, being a race car driver is a not exactly something everyone can do."

        What are you talking about? Anyone with some basic instruction can "play" a guitar and anyone with some basic instruction can "drive" a car. The difference is, not everyone is going to be a Hendrix or Senna. Performing an action is not the same as being skilled/competent with the action you're performing.
      • duffy89, on 07/05/2008, -3/+1Your a prick
      • chaosblade77, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3@duffy89: Excellent reply to yourself.
  • kiffar, on 07/05/2008, -8/+2Holy crap, a list that actually makes some sense. Dugg for that alone
  • Croecop, on 07/05/2008, -15/+3OMGZ GTA4 MADE THE LIST!!! LAWLZ .

    Shut the ***** up
  • chaos7, on 07/05/2008, -11/+1guitar hero should definitely be on the list
    • ScottMitchell, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3As should Tetris, Doom, and Goldeneye.

      Oh wait.
  • blanketfury, on 07/05/2008, -10/+2Wow no Call of Duty 4 -.-
    • urgeigh, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I like CoD 4 much more than Gears of War.
    • Bluestump86, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1its on the first part of the list (50-26) i think it got in the 40s
  • chaos7, on 07/05/2008, -6/+98Portal should definitely be on the list
    • recruz, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6where the hell is counterstrike? people have been playing that for years and continue to play it!
  • Arcae, on 07/05/2008, -2/+12I don't really disagree with most of the games on the list, but I do disagree with the order.
  • rukeypoo, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4How about some narrative, an anecdote, something. Top 'x' lists lose their novelty when the author just spews out a ranking; anybody can do that. And don't tell me those 2 sentence descriptions were anything. A parent who heard about the game through their child could have written those.
  • Nysul, on 07/05/2008, -5/+45Switch Guitar Hero out for Baldur's Gate II.
  • Jenadae, on 07/05/2008, -20/+17I'm so tired of seeing Tetris as #1 on these lists.
    • ZenMojo, on 07/05/2008, -3/+8Get used to it.
    • CoreyHalliwell, on 07/05/2008, -2/+18Tetris made No 1. Because of its simplicity. In a time where gaming was still too socially awkward to get accepted widely in the main stream, (late 80's), anyone from 8 year olds to 40 year old moms could pick up tetris and have a ball. I mean everyone has killed time with tetris. A game doesnt have to be all flash and hype to be a GOOD game (*Cough* Halo)
      • 1randomguyO8, on 07/05/2008, -14/+4Tetris is probably the most boring game i've ever played imo

        wow lets make lines with bricks. I find work more entertaining.
      • grumpyrain, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2> wow lets make lines with bricks.

        Who said anything about needing bricks? People work equally well.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LtUX_6IXY
      • beanenator, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1tetris is a really good game but i never found it the most addicting thing ever. are the best game ever
    • Ourcellardoor, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5No joke, I'd rather see Pacman or OoT.
    • donjuan571, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1Just because any retard could pick it up and play it doesn't make it # 1, its a ***** glorified 2D puzzle game whoop-de-doo. You mean to tell me that in the last 25 years of computer programming, Tetris, TETRIS, is the best thing man has come up with? CoreyHalliwell, you are a ***** insane crackhead if you actually believe that. So with that said, don't lay your mundane intellectual inadequacies and generalizations of late 80's moms on the gaming community and then actually mention halo like you knew what you were talking about.
  • hellahyphy, on 07/05/2008, -4/+15New Classics? This is an oxymoron.
  • hinmanj, on 07/05/2008, -5/+34Why was gears of war on here? I mean... It's good, but it didn't change the face of gaming like Doom or Starcraft, and by no means revolutionary. Even though I've only beta tested and not played WoW since release, I'd rather replace GoW with it just because it added so many gamers to our collective!
    • terminalpariah, on 07/05/2008, -4/+8Gears really nailed the cover-based shooter mechanics and brought a lot of attention to them. I'd say it definitely influenced the industry (Mass Effect, Uncharted and GTA4 spring to mind).
      Also, it was the first console game to deliver "next-gen" visuals.
    • sobe86, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4It wasn't that original, just really, really good. One of the few games that I've ever bothered to complete on the hardest difficulty setting.
  • bwonder, on 07/05/2008, -3/+7Tetris pulls it out. Whenever these lists pop-up Tetris is almost always either omitted or left near the bottom. Good to see it getting some love.

    I have my original GB Tetris cartridge sitting in my bathroom for those extra-long midnight adventures.
    • ninjaned79, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5ew?
    • andreo, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6Perhaps if you concentrated on the business at hand, the adventure wouldn't last so long...
  • wuvamber, on 07/05/2008, -13/+6oh please, super mario galaxy is not better than GOW
    • sherbertbones, on 07/05/2008, -8/+8GOW has got to be the most overrated game out there, same with Halo.

      Of course, not saying Super Mario Galaxy is anything spectacular, but 20x better than GOW.
      • Karmavs, on 07/05/2008, -1/+6Though, BTW, Super Mario Galaxy IS something spectacular.
      • Acglaphotis, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2Pff, Halo > GoW. Easily.
  • jetpackjeff, on 07/05/2008, -11/+2TETRIS NUMBER 1

    THAT MADE ME SHOUT "YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"
  • btschul, on 07/05/2008, -5/+40Portal? Bioshock? Call of Duty 4? Since when is Tetris a "new classic"? Buried as inaccurate.
    • KyjL, on 07/05/2008, -3/+6Don't you mean System Shock 2 instead of Bioshock?

      Before you jump down my throat, no I'm not echoing Yahtzee.
    • Reap, on 07/05/2008, -3/+3bioshock? What about it? It wasn't BAD, I suppose, but certainly not top-25 material.
      • btschul, on 07/05/2008, -2/+8The atmosphere, the music, the story, the *spoiler* totally unexpected plot twist (atlas has been controlling you the entire time with a code phrase, making this the first game I know of to use the linear you have to complete this objective to progress game style as a major plot point), the integration of an entire philosophical school of thought into a game (objectivism), the characters, the weapons, the moral choice system, the big daddies, the setting, the voice work. That's what made it top 25 material.
      • laconix, on 07/05/2008, -4/+1Oh man that plot twist sounds totally lame, just like the game...
        To be completely honest though; the game was scary, though it got boring and I did not finish it.
    • kineticarl, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3They made the bottom half of the top 50 (except for portal for whatever reason).
  • welliwonder, on 07/05/2008, -7/+1Jesus Christ crucified on a lollipop stick, I'm sure this list is ***** but... PUT IT ALL ON ONE PAGE ASSHOLES!
  • ZenMojo, on 07/05/2008, -1/+9"Go ahead, hate us — FFIII is No. 29, if you're looking — but FFVII is far more than the sum of its (unfairly criticized) parts."

    Done. Because it sure as hell ain't better than the sum of FFIII's parts. But what do you expect from Entertainment Weekly? The writer probably asked his 12 year old what games should be on the list.
    • PrometheusZero, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Both games are fantastic, and largely go off nostalgia at this point more than anything, but I reckon FFVII just had more of that impact on gaming as a whole than VI did, despite how much you enjoyed VI over VII.
  • sugarazor, on 07/05/2008, -1/+6I kinda have to laugh at the notion of "new classics" when console gaming has only been around for about 25 years. Of course there were video games before that, but these games on this list are all from the NES era and beyond, when gaming really started to become mainstream. Couldn't this list just be "The 25 Best Video Games?"
    • superoven, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1exactly what I was thinking, this list is highly flawed anyway
    • theragu40, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1It could be, but then it would be an even bigger failure.
  • CoreyHalliwell, on 07/05/2008, -5/+67How in the sweet ***** did Halo get placed higher than Half-Life? These internet lists are all so ***** abritrary...
    • ndnspongebob, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4and how did it get placed right above chrono trigger. halo is no where close to chrono trigger.
    • Snoz, on 07/05/2008, -2/+8Half-life kicks the ***** out of Halo. Even Half-Life 2 with episodes 1 and 2 beats every Halo game.
  • Zurahn, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8I don't like to argue with these lists since there's so many ways to look at it, but uh... Super Mario Bros. on the NES?
  • Tyrghast, on 07/05/2008, -2/+325 games? They aren't really restraining themselves very much, huh...
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