How Often Has Your Top 10 Changed?

Hm i dont truly have a top 10 but i have a short list of games that are SPECIAL to me for various reasons.Some games simply left a strong impression on me and some even changed the way i perceive other games (lol guess..its only 1)

This has nothing to do with how long i played a game either.

(Well i have way over 1k hours in 2 of these and im at around 800+h in Cyberpunk 2077)
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Mine doesn't change very often. I think Witcher 3 might be the newest game on it, so over 9 years without change, it was changing a lot in that 2008-2016 period tho.

Not in exact order:
Castlevania SOTN
Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Baldur's Gate II
Mass Effect 2
The Witcher 3
The Last of Us
Contra
Tie-Fighter
World of Warcraft
 
Very often, because I'm not a loyalist of any brand.

This year E33 and Silksong could enter my top-20 (top-10 is too short), though I'd not be sure in which order.

My top 3 is very clear, the others could change.


Nier Automata
Bloodborne
Hollow Knight
Expedition 33
Devil May Cry 1
Final Fantasy 7
Devil May Cry 3
Silksong
Astrobot Rescue mission VR
Zelda Windwaker
 
I honestly cant just choose 10, I change my mind too often.

Top of my head just now in no particular order:

Shenmue
Golden Sun
Metroid Prime
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Perfect Dark
Final Fantasy IX
Silent Hill 2
Dark Souls
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Unreal Gold
 
I never spent any amount of time considering my top 10 of all time, but I'll spit out a list to the best of my memory. In no particular order because I'd lament about it for too long.

  • Final Fantasy IV - As far as which version, probably either "Complete" or the DS 3D remake. The pixel remasters all let me down, so fuck those. I enjoyed the extra optional content and the ability to change your final party over the original version. DS remake probably wins because it was harder and didn't contain "The After Years" which was kinda horseshit. Simple but effective story, amazing music, iconic characters.
  • Demon's Souls (PS3) - Unmatched atmosphere above any other game. I liked that some of the bosses were gimmick bosses instead of rollspam R1 R1 R1 stuff that the series later became. Even though it's 'ugly' by modern standards, the enemies had an unnatural and unnerving design.
  • Chrono Trigger - Just a classic in all ways. Tons of replayability, great cast, great music, great story, hype moments, fun battle system, flexible party mechanics.
  • Zelda ALttP - Top-down Zelda is where it's always felt 'right' to me. A Link Between Worlds almost beats it, except for the stupid item rental stuff. Blew my mind as a young kid when you warped to the Dark World for the first time. It's still a cool mechanic.
  • Burnout 3: Takedown - Great soundtrack that hyped you up for the racing, takedowns scenes were cool and cinematic without taking you out of the gameplay. It was the first game I really felt a sense of speed due to the motion blur and tricks that they used. Shame this series went open world and then died.
  • Nioh 2 - Best Samurai game I've ever played. Endlessly deep, super high skill ceiling, tons of variety with different weapons, spells/playstyles. Borrowed just enough from Souls while doing its own thing. Sheathe button and stylish sheathing animations for my inner weeb.
  • Genshin Impact - Probably not a popular pick, but it's insane that a game of this quality and variety is totally free to play (if you have self control). Great exploration, great ongoing world spanning story and good character moments, tons of variety of gameplay in limited events, unique combat using elemental reaction system - think (water + ice = freeze) + fire = melt.
  • Final Fantasy XI - Literally lost years of my life to this game. Crazy immersion and the only MMO I ever played that actually felt like a living breathing world. Stupid hard and inconvenient for the players, but it created a one-of-a-kind feeling when you accomplished stuff, and forced you to not be a dickwad and work with other players. We'll never have another game like this, and I'm glad I got to experience it in its prime.
  • Monster Hunter World (Iceborne) - The best MH game we'll ever likely have, considering the direction the game's gone with Rise and Wilds. Great balance between friction and QoL compared to older games in the series. Great cast of monsters with a lot of variety. Best feeling combat with a near perfect balance of risk/reward. Crutch Claw drags it down a bit, but not nearly as bad as Wirebug and the chocobos did in future installments. Good news is that the mod scene for the game is pretty robust, and even has monsters with unique movesets available that aren't in the vanilla game.
  • Rayman Legends - Best feeling platformer to play, great music, crazy stage designs and ideas. Origins is equally good, it could go either way.
So after looking at that list, I think it represents a nice variety of genres and decades. I'm happy with it. I'm sure there are other favorites I'm forgetting, especially from the PS1/PS2 eras since they don't age as gracefully as pixel games.

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Can't believe I forgot Symphony of the Night.
 
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1. Tennis (GB)
2. Donkey Kong 94 (GB)
3. Tetris (GB)
4. TLOZ: LA (GB)
5. Super Mario Land 2 (GB)
6. Metroid 2 (GB)
7. Batman the movie (GB)
8. Motocross Maniacs (GB)
9. Super Mario Land (GB)
10. Cyberpunk 2077
 
Here are all my favourite games and how they entered my "top" list:

1990s (5)


  • Resident Evil – 1996
  • Resident Evil 2 – 1998
  • Metal Gear Solid – 1998
  • System Shock 2 – 1999
  • Silent Hill – 1999

2000s (10)


  • Jak & Daxter – 2001
  • Silent Hill 2 – 2001
  • Resident Evil (Remake) – 2002
  • Eternal Darkness – 2002
  • GTA: San Andreas – 2004
  • Resident Evil 4 – 2005
  • Mass Effect – 2007
  • Halo 3 – 2007
  • Modern Warfare 2 – 2009
  • GTA: Chinatown Wars – 2009

2010s (11)


  • Mass Effect 2 – 2010
  • God of War 3 – 2010
  • Dark Souls – 2011
  • Skyrim – 2011
  • The Last of Us – 2013
  • Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 2013
  • Halo 2 Anniversary – 2014
  • Homeworld (Remastered) – 2015
  • Bloodborne – 2015
  • Assassin's Creed Origins – 2017
  • Resident Evil 2 (Remake) – 2019

2020s (4)


  • Half-Life: Black Mesa – 2020
  • Elden Ring – 2022
  • System Shock (Remake) – 2023
  • Resident Evil 4 (Remake) – 2023

I just realized how much gaming went of a cliff for me since the introduction of the smartphone/social media bomb (2012). Damn man, as if I needed more confirmation of what a shit invention all of this was.
 
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Arsic said:
Honorable mentions go to:
Disco Elysium
13 Sentinels Aegis Rim
Silent Hill 2 Remake

What about you guys? Has your list changed a lot with games like Zelda breath of the wild or maybe Elden Ring?
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I have been stumbling through Disco Elysium and it's hard, the guy goes insane on a dime, it's just such a weird vibe game.
 
It's like the list of best movies of all time, it depends on the new releases.

So far my list:

1. Super Mario 64
2. GTA V
3. Pokémon Blue
4. God of War III
5. God of War 2018
6. GTA San Andreas
7. GTA Vice City
8. Super Mario Odyssey
9. Super Mario Galaxy 2
10. Portal
 
GTA 3, Super Mario Bros 3, and WWF No Mercy will always been consistently in the top 10. Everything else is floating.

Vice City and San Andreas would probably end up there. Dead Rising used to be a solid contender, but after that remake I realized that maybe the flaws of that game have aged it out a bit. That Robocop game was pretty perfect. Bloodstained surprisingly became my favorite Metroidvania, but I don't know if it would hang if I replayed it. Super Mario Odyssey might be up there if I had to pick a 3D platformer.
 
Don't really have a true top 10

Dark Souls is #1 and that's about it

Super Mario 3 is special to me
Metal Gear Solid holds a special place to me
Heavy Rain is up there somewhere JASON JASON
Might throw in
The Witcher 3
Morrowind
Super Mario World

I would really have to think about it to remotely come up with much of a definitive list
 
I haven't kept track over the years, but it changed over the last few years due to titles like Elden Ring, and Stranger of Paradise, being added in.
 
Off the top of my head in no particular order and I feel like this changes every week just like my fav bands ever

Chrono Trigger
re4
Mario 3
Mega Man 2
Half Life 2
BioShock
Max Payne 3
Breath of the Wild
Killer7
Cyberpunk 2077
 
Not often, no. Modern releases aren't really my thing 90% of the time so if some game enters my list it must be some classic I never played before.

1. Zelda OOT
2. Dragon's Dogma
3. Metal Gear Rising
4. DOOM (1993)
5. Chrono Trigger
6. Thief - The Dark Project
7. Baldur's Gate II
8. Shin Megami Tensei IV
9. Banjo-Kazooie
10. Resident Evil 4
11? Dragon Quest V

5 and downwards depends a bit on the mood, but the Top 4 is always the same, love those games.
 
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let's see
2015 top 10

san andreas
portal 2
skyrim
witcher 3
gta 4
half-life
gta vice city
gta 5
divinity original sin
ori and the blind forest

2020 top 10

san andreas
portal 2
skyrim
cyberpunk 2077
witcher 3
gta 4
rdr 2
control
half-life
ori and the blind forest (i put blind forest very slightly over will of the wisps)

2025 top 10

san andreas
portal 2
skyrim
cyberpunk 2077
last of us part 2
death stranding
witcher 3
gta 4
rdr 2
tears of the kingdom

top 3 will hardly ever change though
 
Here is my list:
Ocarina of Time
MGS3
RE4
Witcher 3
Portal 2
Persona Golden
Kingdom Hearts II
Devil May Cry 3
Final Fantasy XII
GTA4
 
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To be honest - I don't even think of a Top 10 often. Let me try- surely miss and forget things.

Metal Gear Solid 1
Tomb Raider 2
Final Fantasy XI Online
GTA 5/Online
Gran Turismo 3 - A Spec
Pokemon Red
Destiny 1/2
Goldeneye 64
Uncharted 2
Battlefield 1942



Feels wrong just to single those out. MGS1 is my favorite of all time and that is certain.
Everything else here provides me with a sort of moment or memory i can always go back to - be it either an absolute obsession or simply amazing times with friends.

Honorable Mentions:
Twisted Metal 2
Metal Gear Solid 2
Titanfall 2
Modern Warfare 2
God of War 3
Driver
Death Stranding
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Super Smash Bros Melee
Star Wars Epi 1 Pod Racer
 
MGS4 - story telling felt like a priority, its own unique game.

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Mass Effect 2 - putting together a team, the collectors, discovering planets, nothing is better.

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Majora's Mask - The game is a powerhouse of originality and was apart of the 90s early 2000s gamings golden years.

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COD4 - an honor to play and addicting multiplayer through prestige.

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Gears of War - opened the door to socom players, and maybe the best third person shooter of all time.

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Cyberpunk 2077 - ahead of its time.

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Goldeneye - an entire generation grew up with its multiplayer but the campaign levels are filled with pockets of fun.

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Dead Space - makes you anxious in a good way, usg Ishimura one of the best game locations ever.

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Killzone 2 - craziest FPS ever and was once SONY's security blanket.

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Dragon Age Origins - a favorite of mine, where the hell is the remaster?

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It wiggles a little. Every once in awhile something comes out that really demands inclusion. At the same time, I feel like I could still waffle on them.

For instance, if you were a Hollow Knight person... if that's clearly in your top 10, does Silksong (which is in many, many ways an improvement IMO) ALSO have to be included?

Or you listed the new FF Tactics release... how much credit do you have to give Tactics, which is a full, what, 30 years old at this point? If you loved Tactics and that's in your top 10, does this new release also have to go in there? Because it, like Silksong, improves on the original a LOT.

I value groundbreaking development over incredible iteration. But only just. That said, it's a personal top 10 list... as you'll see from all over this thread, there's LOTS of personal opinions and nostalgic choices that pop up on these lists.

Here's what competes for my top 10, generally.

Mario 64, Super Metroid, A Link to the Past, Unreal Tournament, World of Warcraft, Red Dead Redemption, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Full Throttle, The Secret of Monkey Island, The Last of Us, The Last of Us Part 2, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy Tactics, Xenogears, Tekken 3, Metal Gear Solid, Half Life 2, Ninja Gaiden Black, Halo, Doom 2, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Hollow Knight, Silksong, Symphony of the Night, Chrono Trigger, Earthworm Jim, God of War 2, GTA San Andreas, Winning Eleven (one of them in the mid-aughts... Master League ftw!), NBA Live 95, aaaaand The Division. And maybe The Division 2 (very specific nostalgia, for me personally)

If I had to pare this down, it would probably mean having to make hard choices to only include 1 title from really specific devs, or genres, or series. And cutting the sports games which are SO iterative. And letting go of the bigger personal inclusions.

So, right now (in order of greatness!)...

Super Metroid
Mario 64
Unreal Tournament
World of Warcraft
Final Fantasy Tactics
A Link to the Past
Tekken 3
Final Fantasy 7
Metal Gear Solid
Half Life 2

Boy. That was pretty hard. But those top.... NINE... they basically never change. And I don't know what it would take to put something like Hollow Knight or RDR or TLOU over HL2. Those are probably the 3 clearest honorable mentions, for me.

So I guess the answer is no, it doesn't change very much.
 
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Man, there's some solid lists in this thread.
For us older folk, this is a harder and harder task. I probably have a new game sub in every 2 years or so.

Space Harrier
World of Warcraft
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 64
Project Gotham Racing 2
Dead Rising

The following four have subbed in over the last 6 years:
Shin Megami Tensei V
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Wreckfest
Yakuza Like a Dragon

And the following subbed out to make way for them:
Asheron's Call
Bayonetta
Starcraft 2
Advance Wars Dual Strike
 
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I don't have a specific list printed out or written somewhere, but if I started naming my all-time favorites I don't think there would be any games from the last 10 years. The last game I'd add to my hypothetical top 10 would be Driveclub and that was a 2014 release.
 
My top 10 doesn't really tend to change all that much. In the last decade I think only Disco Elysium and TOTK entered mine. Replay value is pretty important to me, so even if a game is a 10/10, if I don't replay it regularly or if subsequent playthroughs don't enrich the overall experience, chances are it won't hit my top 10. It's a pretty stable list, all things considered.
  1. Zelda OOT
  2. Mario 64
  3. Disco Elysium
  4. Mass Effect
  5. Deus Ex
  6. Zelda TOTK
  7. Fallout New Vegas
  8. Bloodborne
  9. Dishonored
  10. Skyrim
 
My top 10 list hasn't changed in years. I think it's due a revision. I don't really like more than 1 game per franchise on there to keep things fresh. I know Black Ops may seem like a strange game to have in there, but fuck it. I really enjoyed the multiplayer on that game. I have tried to get Shovel Knight on there for a while now, but it's difficult to arrange for me.

Dark Souls
Wind Waker
Super Mario World
Uncharted 2
Resident Evil 4
Okami
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Metroid Prime
Metal Gear Solid 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
 
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Not sure if the link is going to work so this has been the list since I first made one:

1. Revelations: Persona
2. Vampire Savior
3. Castlevania 64
4. Final Fantasy IV
5. Silent Hill 3
6. Resident Evil 3 Nemesis
7. Silent Hill
8. Final Fantasy X-2
9. Eyeshield 21 Amefuto no Yarouze YaHa!!
10. Elevator Action Returns

I suppose it's possible for something to grab the 10th spot but nothing is breaking into the top 9 at this point.
 
Some of these lists are terrible.

Starcraft
FF 6
UT2004
Chrono Trigger
Mario 64
Goldeneye
Quake 3
Zelda OoT

Hard to fill out the rest of the list without feeling like everything else is a noticeable step down.
 
I don't really have a fixed 10 as such. But Grim Fandango has been #1 for me since it came out and at this point I don't see that changing. Baldurs Gate 3 and Disco Elysium would be two recent games that would probably crack my top 10.
 
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Mine changes very rarely. Like I think the last change was Elden Ring, before that MGS3 after playing the hd collection and Demon Souls for ps3 before that.


Current.

1. Banjo Kazooie.
2. Super Mario 64
3. Starfox 64
4. Paper Mario
5. Halo Combat Evolved
6. Elden Ring
7. Mass Effect
8. TLOZ Twilight Princess
9. Bioshock
10. Metal Gear Solid 3
 
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Hasn't changed much, but I don't think I've tried to make any adjustments.

Halo 3
KOTOR
Burnout 3
Sons of Liberty
Final Fantasy X
Kingdom Hearts
Pokemon Gold
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Just for this post, I'll add the Last of Us. I have a feeling Part II might be better as well once I complete it.
 
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