Rolling Stone's List of 50 Best Video Games of All Time

[jomiran@lemmy.ml]

No Disco Elysium?

I know it flopped but Titan Fall 2 is more worthy than others in that list. Also it is missing really old and influential games from the Atari 2600 and early PC era.

In all, it is a list put together by somebody young and with limited video game history knowledge, IMHO.

[snotflickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

In all, it is a list put together by somebody young, that really loves Nintendo, l and with limited video game history knowledge

Half the games on this list are from the 90's and were on Playstation??

They even correctly clocked that Ms. Pac-Man is actually a better game than Pac-Man.

Hell, there are only three Nintendo games in the to 10, as a reminder Tetris isn't actually a strictly Nintendo property despite being #2 in the list.

There's six fucking games in the top 10 that were all available on various generations of Playstations.

[douchebagmcswag@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

No no no fucking don't give this views.

This was GPT generated. Look at the list that it gave me:

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Creating a definitive list of the top 50 best games of all time can be subjective, as it often depends on personal preferences and experiences. However, I can provide you with a list that includes many games frequently celebrated for their impact, innovation, and popularity:

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Super Mario Bros.
3. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
4. Red Dead Redemption 2
5. The Last of Us
6. Tetris
7. Final Fantasy VII
8. Halo: Combat Evolved
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. Minecraft
11. Super Mario 64
12. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
13. Dark Souls
14. Half-Life 2
15. Metal Gear Solid
16. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
17. Portal 2
18. World of Warcraft
19. Chrono Trigger
20. Bioshock
21. Mass Effect 2
22. Super Metroid
23. Resident Evil 4
24. Doom (1993)
25. Street Fighter II
26. Pokémon Red/Blue
27. Undertale
28. Shadow of the Colossus
29. God of War (2018)
30. Silent Hill 2
31. Journey
32. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
33. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
34. Diablo II
35. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
36. Bloodborne
37. Final Fantasy VI
38. Super Mario Galaxy
39. Civilization V
40. StarCraft
41. The Sims
42. League of Legends
43. Pac-Man
44. Assassin's Creed II
45. Fortnite
46. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
47. Celeste
48. Monster Hunter: World
49. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
50. Hades

This list includes a mix of classics and modern titles across various genres and platforms. Each of these games has left a significant mark on the gaming world in its own way.
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[douchebagmcswag@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

This list was AI generated with recency bias. You're not going to get that on there.

[snotflickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Someone has never read a Rolling Stones best of list before.

They were upsetting people over how they ranked music for decades before ChatGPT was available.

[ampersandrew@lemmy.world]

This will happen for every "best of" list. It's why Giant Bomb always includes the deliberations, so you can hear how they arrived there.

[ampersandrew@lemmy.world]

I didn't care for Disco Elysium, and my friends list is full of people who got a few hours into it like I did and then put it down. I can't say why they did, but maybe while it really landed for some people, it didn't for plenty of others. In a top 50 of all time, I'm not certain Titanfall 2 would make it for me either, as much as I did enjoy that game.

[snotflickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Each game literally has two or three paragraphs dedicated to why it was chosen with the human authors name credited at the end of each game section.

[ampersandrew@lemmy.world]

Yeah, but how do I know they're not AIs with human names? /s

[omegaman@lemmings.world]

I think there's some massive omissions here. Not a single 3d mario? Dark souls? Mortal Kombat? The 4th best selling game of all time that spawned the Battle Royale genre PUBG? StarCraft? Warcraft 3 which also spawned the MOBA genre?

Some massive Ls here. Most of the things on the list deserve to be in the conversation but wow.

[lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world]

I would need more evidence to conclude that the list was generated using AI.

I don't think there's much argument over the merit of each of these games. Most "best games of all time" lists would have these games. I think it's natural that critically acclaimed and widely beloved games show up on both the Rolling Stone's list and in GPT 4o's training data.

I can understand arguments regarding the order of their list however. That was my intention when submitting the link – to stir up discussion regarding the order they chose for the games.

[righthandofikaros@lemmy.world]

Well since they asked... here is my list of 50 Best Vide Games of All Time, unranked, in no particular order:

1. The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

2. Steel Battalion

3. Super Mario World

4. Metroid Prime

5. Halo Combat Evolved

6. Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour

7. The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind

8. Panzer Dragoon Orta

9. Elden Ring

10. Resident Evil (1996)

11. Silent Hill 2

12. Project Zomboid

13. NieR Gestalt

14. Dark Souls

15. Star Wars Battlefront II (2005)

16. Metal Gear Solid 3

17. A Girl Who Chants Love At the Bound of This World YUNO (the 90s PC98 release or Windows releases, or the Saturn release)

18. Panzer Dragoon Saga

19. Need for Speed Underground 2

20. Phantasy Star Online V2 (Dreamcast)

21. Dino Crisis

22. Brightis

23. Policenauts (SEGA Saturn release)

24. Yakuza 0

25. XCOM 2

26. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

27. The Coma Recut

28. Super Metroid

29. No Man's Sky

30. The Forest

31. Shenmue

32. Hollow Knight

33. Star Wars Tie Fighter

34. Crimson Skies

35. Factorio

36. Age of Empires II (Definitive Edition is actually better than the original for once)

37. Metal Wolf Chaos

38. Minecraft

39. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

40. Battlefield 4

41. Deep Rock Galactic

42. King's Field II (Japan, aka King's Field globally)

43. Half Life

44. Quake II

45. Splinter Cell

46. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear

47. Elite Dangerous

48. MechAssault

49. The Operative No One Lives Forever

50. Gauntlet Dark Legacy

Thank you for reading my article, now give me ad revenue.

[douchebagmcswag@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Fuck yeah for Steel Battalion. With the rise of VR this would be an amazing game to come back to....too bad Capcom has no interest in it after Heavy Armor

[righthandofikaros@lemmy.world]

Heavy Armor wasn't FromSoftware's fault, it was Capcom's for forcing the Kinect as a controller. If they had made another controller for it like the first game, it definitely would have been better.

[douchebagmcswag@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

That is heartbreaking

[hal_5700x@sh.itjust.works]

People still read Rolling Stone?

[studchud@aussie.zone]

For anyone who wants this list without reading the article

::: spoiler List
50: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)
49: Hades (2020)
48: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
47: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992)
46: League of Legends (2009)
45: Fortnite (2017)
44: Elden Ring (2022)
43: Celeste (2018)
42: Batman: Arkham City (2011)
41: Metroid Prime (2002)
40: Chrono Trigger (1995)
39: God of War (2018)
38: Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
37: Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999)
36: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
35: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)
34: Hollow Knight (2017)
33: NBA 2K11 (2010)
32: Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
31: Counter-Strike (1999)
30: Wii Sports (2006)
29: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
28: Minecraft (2011)
27: Resident Evil 4 (2005)
26: Mass Effect 2 (2010)
25: Stardew Valley (2016)
24: The Sims (2000)
23: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (1999)
22: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
21: Fallout 3 (2008)
20: Mario Kart 64 (1996)
19: Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023)
18: Madden NFL 2004 (2003)
17: Diablo II (2000)
16: Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
15: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)
14: Street Fighter II (1991)
13: Doom (1993)
12: World of Warcraft (2004)
11: Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
10: Super Metroid (1994)
9: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
8: Final Fantasy VII (1997)
7: Metal Gear Solid (1998)
6: Half-Life 2 (2004)
5: The Last of Us (2013)
4: Super Mario World (1991)
3: Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
2: Tetris (1989)
1: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
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[kelly@lemmy.world]

It looks like Rolling Stone included Baulders Gate 3.

That game is recent enough that it hasn't qualified for Wikipedia's List of video games considered the best yet.

Wikipedia's list requires an entry feature on 6 different publications' "best of" lists so that implies RS may have applied some and haven't just cribbed directly.

[agrivar@lemmy.world]

Thank you!

[gooberear@lemmy.wtf]

Doing the lawd's work, so I also thank you.