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No. 100: Halo: Reach – 100 Greatest Games Ever
After the one-two punches of Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, both of which featured enjoyable multiplayer action but campaigns as dull as you can get, Halo: Reach was a pleasant surprise. This is a battle for the planet and it really feels like it, with constant action that hardly ever lets up...
No. 24: Uncharted 2 – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Easily the strongest of Naughty Dog's incredible series, and possibly the reason to purchase a PS3, Uncharted 2 starts off on a cliffhanger - literally. As shown in the box art you wake up battered and bloody in a train car that's currently hanging over a precipice, and have to climb your way to the safety of a frozen wilderness...
No. 21: Grand Theft Auto IV – 100 Greatest Games Ever
While Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the last "fun" GTA installment, there's no besting Niko Bellic's tragic tale of an immigrant trying to make a name for himself in all the wrong ways. Liberty City feels like a real, lived-in city, and the hugely detailed world becomes as much of a character in the game as any of the people you meet...
No. 16: Half-Life 2 – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Without Half-Life, shooters as we know them wouldn't exist. Without Half-Life 2, they wouldn't be nearly as well done. Valve's landmark title serves as a blueprint of what every game should have, with a compelling story and incredible physics, sound effects, animation, graphics, AI, puzzles- the works...
No. 8: Doom II: Hell on Earth – 100 Greatest Games Ever
How could we pick Doom II over the original groundbreaking title? Two words: "super" and "shotgun." It doesn't matter that it takes forever to reload because you'll only need one shot.
The new weapon is one of the few things that have been changed from the original, since this is admittedly more of the same...
No. 9: Tetris – 100 Greatest Games Ever
The grandaddy of all puzzlers and still the most addicting game ever made. There have been dozens of different versions -- it's gone 3D, received its own world, it's attacked and even been played on the side of buildings -- but the ol' Game Boy version is still king...
No. 26: Diablo II – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Blizzard's followup to its classic hack and slash role playing game was a godsend for people dying for more loot. Because really, why do you play Diablo if not to kill hundreds of monsters for loot? It's easy to feel gain an addiction to finding better weapons and equipment, and this time instead of just going deeper and deeper into a single dungeon you're exploring all kinds of different areas ov
No. 1: Super Mario World – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Super Mario World is Mario's finest hour and the perfect showcase for the SNES. That silly raccoon tail was replaced by the far superior cape and Yoshi and all his friends were introduced, offering up oodles of levels in a beautiful, cartoony world
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No. 6: Final Fantasy III – 100 Greatest Games Ever
While cases can be made for the inclusion of the second, seventh, or ninth installments, Final Fantasy III is still the finest one -- even 18 years later.
An epic story that features a villain so despicable he poisons his own men to end a siege before destroying the world, it constantly throws new trials at you...
No. 10: Mass Effect 3 – 100 Greatest Games Ever
The stunning end to a trilogy unlike any other in video games. That's not hyperbole. There's never been a game before that's let you really live as another person the way Mass Effect has. Over the many hours of gameplay, you'll grow genuinely attached to the people in this universe...
No. 5: Bioshock – 100 Greatest Games Ever
A thrilling experience with atmosphere oozing from every waterlogged pore, Bioshock showed us what narrative in first person shooters could be. It's also a downright scary game. Besides the homicidal Splicers that populate the underwater city, the first time you come across the lumbering monster known as the Big Daddy is terrifying...
No. 25: Gunstar Heroes – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Side scrolling shooters and Treasure - they just go hand in hand. The famed developer's shining title is still its first, though- Gunstar Heroes, a game that combined great weaponry, inventive bosses, and of course, thousands of bullets...
No. 4 : The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Remember the music? Remember the jaw-dropping thunderstorm that started your adventure? Remember how it's the same story as every other Zelda game, you didn't care, because it's just so damn compelling?
You know you're in for something special right from the gripping opening where Zelda calls you to Hyrule Castle to rescue her...
No. 14: Resident Evil 4 – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Capcom decided to take the Resident Evil series in a new direction with the fourth installment and we're sure glad they did. The game offered a new kind of survival horror, that panicky, "crazed villagers are swarming me!" action horror...
No. 17: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty – 100 Greatest Games Ever
It took Blizzard Entertainment twelve years to finally make a sequel to the greatest RTS of all time. It was worth the wait. It's very similar to the first but why change a nearly perfect game? Instead, Blizzard added tons of new units, and a genuinely compelling story, along with missions that offer unique challenges each time...
No. 19: Chrono Trigger – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Chrono Trigger is rightfully known as one of Squaresoft's finest hours, thanks to the much-touted "Dream Team" trio of designers who had had worked on Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Dragon Ball.
With no random enemy encounters, and a battle system that kept users engaged, it allowed players to perform maneuvers by pairing up teammates...
No. 12: Red Dead Redemption – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Red Dead Redemption is the most compelling of Rockstar Games' titles thus far, a pitch-perfect take on the Western genre. John Marsten is the perfect protagonist, flawed and with a dark past and hoping in vain to change his ways. Just riding your horse around the country taking in all the sights and wildlife along the way is sensational, the trip itself as satisfying as the inevitable gunfight at
No. 18: Pac-Man Championship Edition DX – 100 Greatest Games Ever
It was long thought that Ms. Pac-Man would be the pinnacle of the series, but Namco Bandai flipped the world on its head a few years ago with the release of its Championship Editions of Pac-Man.
Filled with remixed, trippy graphics and a soundtrack to fit, the game got a serious injection of speed...
No. 13: Mario Kart 7 – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Who would have thought that the best racing series would involve turtle shells and bananas? Mario Kart's brilliance is that it would work even without its star performances. Fast-paced racing action, power-ups and shortcuts make for a thrilling (and more than slightly ridiculous) experience...
No. 7: Rock Band 3 – 100 Greatest Games Ever
Greatest party video game of all time? Yes. Yes it is. All the sloppy drunken fun of karaoke mixed with video game skills and an astounding selection of songs (3k and counting) means you'll find something to sing about. Especially considering that this refined third installment allows seven people to play at once -- two guitars, one drummer, one keyboardist and three singers...