10 games that everyone should play

What do you think are 10 games that everyone should play some time in their life? They don't necessarily have to be the most fun, but just the ones that you think people really need to play, be it because of pop culture references or just the general experiences received from playing them. My list would be:

1. Super Mario Bros.

2. Any Zelda game

3. Half-Life (1 or 2)

4. Any Halo game

5. Bioshock

6. Final Fantasy VII

7. Metal Gear Solid

8. Phoenix Wright

9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

10. Okami

What would your list be?

Not in any order

1. FFVII
2. Chrono Cross
3. MGS1
4. MGS4
5. MGS3
6. Soul Calibur
7. Diablo 2
8. RE2
9. Halo CE
10. Persona 3

My list would be

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3. Soul Calibur 2 (GC)
4. Metal Gear Solid
5. Super Metroid
6. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7. Final Fantasy VII
8. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
9. Secret of Mana
10. Resident Evil 4

1. Bioshock

2. GTA IV

3. Civilization IV

4. Call of Duty 4

5. Halo 3

6. Age of Empires II

7. Gears of War

8. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

9. Perfect Dark (N64)

and then the grand daddy of them all....

10. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)

1. Ultima VII: The Black Gate

2. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

3. Planescape: Torment

4. Thief II: The Metal Age

5. System Shock 2

6. No One Lives Forever 2

7. Guild Wars

8. Bookworm

9. Knights of the Old Republic

10. Civilization IV

super mario

super smash bros

need for speed

zeldas

burnouts

goldeneye

timesplitters

grand theft autos

twisted metals

mario karts

Sonic the Hedgehog

Super Mario Bros 3

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Chrono Trigger

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Metal Gear Solid

System Shock 2

Final Fantasy X

GTA San Andreas

Pro Evolution Soccer 6

1. Super Mario Bros.[nes]

2. Super Mario World. [snes]

3. Resident Evil 2. [ps]

4. KOTOR. [xbx]

5. Doom. [pc]

6. Wolfenstein 3d. [pc]

7. Super Metroid. [snes]

8. Earthbound. [snes]

9. Kingdom Hearts. [ps2]

10. Legend of Zelda. [nes]

Halo

Max Payne 2

Kameo

Condemned

GTA4

Call of Duty 4

Indiana Jones and The Emperors Tomb

Wolfenstein Tides of War

Buffy Vampire Slayer

Ninja Gaiden

1. Super Mario Bros.

2. Any Zelda game

3. Half-Life (1 or 2)

4. Any Halo game

5. Bioshock

6. Final Fantasy VII

7. Metal Gear Solid

8. Phoenix Wright

9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

10. Okami

Timbydude

1. Planescape Torment

2. Fallout

3. Ultima IV or V

4. Super Mario Brothers 3

5. Civ 1,2,3, or 4

6. Diablo 2

7. Half Life 1 or 2

8. Mass Effect

9. Zelda - Link to the Past

10. Baldur's Gate 2

1.Diablo 2
2.Ocarina of Time
3.Super Mario Bros
4.Guild Wars
5.Red Alert 2
6.Wii Sports
7.Doom
8.Final Fantasy X
9.Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie
10.Virtua Fighter 5

I considered series as one. Here's my list

1. Okami

2. MGS series

3. GTA series

4. Hitman series

5. Bully

6. RE series

7. SMB series

8. Original Megeman series

9. Kamatari series

10. Rogue Galaxy

NOTE: Not in order except #1-5. :)

• Metroid Prime
• DOOM 2: Hell on Earth
• Grim Fandango
• Starcraft/Brood Wars
• Diablo 2/ Lord of Destruction
• LoZ: Ocarina of Time
• Resident Evil (GC remake)
• Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn / Throne of Bhaal
• Max Payne
• Super Mario Galaxy

This would give a good mix of different styles of games. In multiplatform games, I'm listing the games as the PC versions.

Honorable mentions go to Heroes of Might and Magic III, Skies of Arcadia Legends, RE4, and Half-Life 2

Most of these lists don't strike me as games that "everyone" should play, only seasoned gamers.foxhound_fox

i agree completely, and i found your list to be the best so far. zork was a nice touch. i would add wii sports to your list (maybe just wii bowling). something like bioshock, which i see listed a lot, is not a game i would put on a must play list.

Grim Fandango

Final fantasy xii

any total war

jedi knight II jedi outcast

any monkey island

thats it thats all i can think

• Final Fantasy VII
• Metal Gear Solid
• Half-life
• Deus Ex
• Metriod Prime
• Halo
• Resident Evil 2
• Shadow of the Collossus
• Daiblo 2
• Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

in no order

1.Resident Evil 4

2.Super Mario Bros 3

3.Call of Duty 4

4.Old Sonic games

5.Gran Turismo

6.Any Street Fighter

7.Halo:CE

8.Mercinaries

9.Command and Conquer

10.Mario Kart

1 Super Mario Brothers

2 Portal

3 Metroid Prime

4 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

5 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

6 Resident Evil 4

7 Halo: Combat Evolved

8 Super Mario Brothers 3

9 Super Mario 64

10 Guitar Hero

Not in any order:

1. Starcraft

2. Diablo

3. Knights of the Old Republic

4. Half-Life

5. Super Mario World

6. Need for Speed

7. Zelda: A Link to the Past

8. Metal Gear Solid

9. UnrealTournament

10. Simcity 2000

I want to put more, but there's 10 for you!

Ive tried FFA and i thought it was ok but i didnt like the rpg element of it. But for that style of game it was great. Metal gear solid was also a great game. To bad it didnt come over to xbox.

1. Any Halo Game

2. Counter Strike 1.6

3. Gears of War

4. World of Warcraft

5. Diablo series

6. Comand and Conquer and Red alert series

7. Half life and the Orange Box

8. Americas Army for the xbox. Great online game but not alot of people play it.

9.Call of duty series. I never played the first one. And i thought cod2 was the best one.

10. Sims series. Herd sims 2 was great too but i never played it.