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.

*edit*

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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