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No. 92: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – 100 Greatest Games Ever
The first Call of Duty to take the series out of World War II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare still holds the distinction of having the best campaign of the bunch.
It's easy to forget how many great moments were in this game, with all of those yearly COD games clogging up the system...
No. 93: Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn – 100 Greatest Games Ever
The best video game to ever come out of Dungeons and Dragons, Baldur's Gate is a Bioware game set in the Forgotten Realms setting. Featuring a massive 100-hour quest across five CDs, the game was an instant hit, selling so well it kicked off an entire series of excellent RPGs (Planetscape: Torment, Icewind Dale) using the AD&D 2nd Edition rules. A ...
No. 28: Sonic CD – 100 Greatest Games Ever
This amazing Sonic installment allows users the ability to travel through time. As you run around each level, you'll find posts labeled "Past" and "Future". Run through either and you will travel accordingly, and even better, your actions in the past affect a future where a dystopian machine-controlled world can turn into a colorful paradise...
No. 27: Beyond Good & Evil – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Is Beyond Good & Evil a Zelda clone? Of course it is- the whole format is straight from Ocarina of Time. But with a title lifted from a Friedrich Nietzsche book you have to expect something a little more mature than Zelda, and that's just what we got.
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No. 94: Minecraft – 100 Greatest Games Ever
If there's one thing gamers like, it's customization. So it's no surprise that Minecraft was such a success, since it lets you create entire worlds. Very blocky ones. Just do a few searches around the internet and you'll see any location you can think of recreated in the game...
No. 95: God of War III – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Kratos, everyone's favorite constantly-angry demigod, never smiles or cracks a joke. He's angry, you see, and in this third installment of his God of War adventures, he's mad at Zeus Himself. Kratos decides to team up with the Titans to head up to Mount Olympus to kill Him...
No. 96: Okami – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Like playing a watercolor painting done up in Japanese woodcut form, the dazzling Okami was short-lived Clover Studios' finest work.
Playing the wolf-God Amaterasu as she travels around seeking to restore light and beauty to a world plagued with darkness, it seems like a standard action/adventure title at first, despite the visuals...
No. 97: Where’s My Water? – 100 Greatest Games Ever
A smartphone game about supplying water to a gator's pipes so that he can take a shower should not be this addictive, but gamers should know never to underestimate plumbers by now.
In Where's My Water?, you'll use the touch screen to carve dirt out of the way and allow the water to realistically flow down...
No. 22: Goldeneye 007 – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Before James Bond showed up consoles weren't seriously considered for multiplayer shooters. But the four ports on the N64 were built for multiplayer games, and Goldeneye took complete advantage of that to demonstrate how much fun shooting your friends could be...
No. 20: Grim Fandango – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Grim Fandango is a shining example of the adventure gaming genre that boasts a story and theme unlike any other. After all, how many games are done up in the style of film noir and thrown into a "dia de los muertos" setting? It's Casablanca with skeletons...
No. 39: Grandia – 100 Greatest Games Ever
The single best RPG of the 32-bit era, Grandia was originally released for the Saturn before getting a English port to the Playstation. 60 hours of gameplay await you, a massive, beautiful world (with a 3D envioronment that you can swing the camera completely around...
No. 98: Dead Space 2 – 100 Greatest Games Ever
No other games besides Dead Space can scare you so badly and make you shoot so frantically; and with enemies that encourage you to dismember them (they don't go down any other way), it certainly gives you more than your share of gore.
Dead Space 2 was improved from the original in every conceivable way, with more quiet, scary scenes, full control during the stunning zero-gravity sequences, and a v
No. 37: Lemmings – 100 Greatest Games Ever
It still makes us chuckle to think that DMA Design, the guys behind this whimsical title, went on to create the Grand Theft Auto series and become Rockstar North. Not to say GTA doesn't have its humor, but then there's also Manhunt!
But it all began with a group of witless little lemmings, stupid creatures that would walk straight to their death without your help...
No. 36: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – 100 Greatest Games Ever
The best thing to come out of the Star Wars franchise since Return of the Jedi, Knights of the Old Republic (affectionately abbreviated as KOTOR) is the real deal, and easily tells a more compelling and sensical story than any of the prequel films...
No. 34: Civilization V – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Perhaps inspired by the great Civilization Revolution for consoles, Firaxis decided to completely redesign Civilization 5's interface and make it easy for anyone to jump into. That's not to say this is a dumbed down version, though, all the complexity fans have come to expect remains...
No. 99: Mortal Kombat – 100 Greatest Games Ever
It took 19 years for the Mortal Kombat series to finally realize they needed to add a bit of gameplay to their delicious violence, but it was definitely worth it.
Twenty seven characters means for a lot of replay value and the fighting system (now with combos and everything...
No. 32: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 100 Greatest Games Ever
You know you're playing a great game when you forget about the story and just forge your own path. The main quest is the weakest part of this game, but it doesn't really matter. You can spend dozens of hours simply exploring the world, running into adventures and fighting monsters...
No. 31: Panzer Dragoon Saga – 100 Greatest Games Ever
The third Panzer Dragoon game took the on-rails shooter and turned it into a sprawling RPG. Set during a post-apocalyptic future where monsters roam the lands (but fortunately so do you, on a dragon), it sees a young soldier named Edge trying to save a girl from some baddies and uncovering secrets along the way...
No. 30: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Now this is how you update a beloved series. Sands of Time took the basic Prince of Persia formula and perfectly implemented it into a 3D environment (unlike the earlier Prince of Persia 3D). It would have have been enough for a great game but they went one step further with the titular sand, which helped turn it into a classic...
No. 29: Galaga – 100 Greatest Games Ever
One of the first shooters ever is easily one of the best. Everyone knows how it plays- swarms of insectoid aliens swarm in and start advancing on your position- but Galaga is still as addicting today, 31 years later.
The quest for the high score is a lifelong one and we'll admit that we can never pass by an arcade cabinet without trying to get through a few stages...