IGN revises its all-time list and has named Zelda: Breath of the Wild the Greatest Game of All Time

That top 30 is ass.

Bioshock instead of System Shock.
Mass Effect 2 instead of the original.
Halo 2 instead of Combat Evolved.
No Knights of the Old Republic.
No Elder Scrolls. Not even Skyrim.
No Ultima Underworld.
No Deus Ex.
No Silent Hill.
No Resident Evil.
No Thief.

You truly can't spell "ignorant" without IGN.
 
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Such an irritating list. Mass Effect 2 is great, but good Lord #6? No way. Hades wasn't the most amazing game to me. It was doing what other games do, but it resets your progress when you die. It had cool art, but I liked Transistor more. Breath of the Wild is the most accessible, but it had the worst dungeons out of any Zelda game. They must really want to look good to Nintendo.
 
They can't say they are trying to remove the games that rely on influence and historical impact and then place A Link To The Past on number 4. That game is completely outdated, no matter how awesome it was back then. It's fucking ancient.
 
Northeastmonk said:
Such an irritating list. Mass Effect 2 is great, but good Lord #6? No way. Hades wasn't the most amazing game to me. It was doing what other games do, but it resets your progress when you die. It had cool art, but I liked Transistor more. Breath of the Wild is the most accessible, but it had the worst dungeons out of any Zelda game. They must really want to look good to Nintendo.
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why would they suck up to Nintendo? what would they gain?? MS is the one with tons of $$$$. Sony is the big conglomerate. EA, Activision, Rockstar, Ubi, Steam, are the ones buying their ads.
 
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BlackM1st said:
What a terrible list.

V better than IV or San Andreas?

Hades at 13? Above SoTN?

D II at 49? What?

Also, no way Zelda is N1. That's just a click bait, but hey... I clicked, so um... GG, IGN.
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San Andreas? that can play like an old outdated PS2 game, which it is. The idea is to remove old games that don't play well today.
 
Bragr said:
They can't say they are trying to remove the games that rely on influence and historical impact and then place A Link To The Past on number 4. That game is completely outdated, no matter how awesome it was back then. It's fucking ancient.
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How is A Link to the Past outdated?
 
Ah yes the greatest game of all time, its had such a huge influence in gaming since its release. Just like Halo's regenerative sheilds all open world games have gained weapon breaking.... ah wait no, everyone hated that.

Actually what impact has BoTW actually had on gaming? Like... you would think the greatest game of all time would have influenced something... Genshin Impact maybe?
 
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KingGhidorah said:
why would they suck up to Nintendo? what would they gain?? MS is the one with tons of $$$$. Sony is the big conglomerate. EA, Activision, Rockstar are the ones buying their ads.
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To look good in the video game scene. It may not make sense to some people, but Nintendo is king in the video game world. From past to present. I don't think they want to look bad, especially with how big Nintendo gets with Zelda and other franchises. I think putting BotW at #1 is proof of that. They obviously can't criticize it enough to take it out of its top position.
 
Rise of the Tomb Raider at 62, lmao.

But here's a little secret folks, Ocarina of Time at 34 after spending the last decades at number one? Only to be replaced by… BOW? Ahahaha couldn't be anymore scripted. These people act like their audience are a bunch of clowns.

Don't need more proof these lists are a waste of brain matter.
 
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How is A Link to the Past outdated?
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Its combat is button-mashing, not much to it but simple timing, no checkpoints, its gameplay has been reproduced a thousand times better at this point. It has a brilliant legendary art style, fantastic soundtrack, but it plays like the old top-down action game it is.

Just try and compare it to the action-adventure games of today, like The Witcher 3, The Last of Us 2, and Breath of the Wild. It was outdated by the end of the 90s.

Metroid Dread has also completely outdated Super Metroid.
 
Bloodborne would like a word...I cant wait for the era where nintendo games are no longer voted in off nostlgia alone. Give me MGS snake eater over super mario any day.
 
Bragr said:
Its combat is button-mashing, not much to it but simple timing, no checkpoints, its gameplay has been reproduced a thousand times better at this point. It has a brilliant legendary art style, fantastic soundtrack, but it plays like the old top-down action game it is.
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The combat is simple yeah, but the game's not about the combat, but about exploring, finding secrets and solving puzzles, and I think the game really shines when it comes to all that. Also bosses (and some enemies) require you to use items, so it's not always that button mashy.

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The Witcher 3, The Last of Us 2
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Well I know this this is 100% subjetive but I think ALTTP blows those games out of the water.

TLOU2's is more linear and has worst "puzzles" than an SNES game, and The Witcher 3's gameplay just sucks, absolute jank, and it has braindead exploration that points you to where things are instead of letting you find them through natural exploration.

I'm not pissing on them, I know they have their good things and both of them gave me some fun, but for me Zelda: ALTTP is way, way better.
 


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It's a start , but Metroid dread definitely should be before casual common crap like mass effect and red dead .. 🤢🤮
 
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And this is why we whip out our cocks, shake a bit and piss on IGN.

This is what happens when you let emotional female gamers have a say. FFS.
 
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TintoConCasera said:
The combat is simple yeah, but the game's not about the combat, but about exploring, finding secrets and solving puzzles, and I think the game really shines when it comes to all that. Also bosses (and some enemies) require you to use items, so it's not always that button mashy.
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The combat is a huge part of the game, and a lot of the puzzles are too vague and have been outdated by more refined clues and player direction in modern game design. It's not even comparable.

Take Super Mario Bros. 3, people place it on lists all over. But go back and play it for 10 seconds. There is no save! You have to start over every time. That alone KILLS the whole game by modern standards, even the people who place it on these lists wouldn't actually wanna play it, but people are so nostalgia-eyed they still place it on all-time lists. These lists and their reasoning are absurd.

There are very very VERY few games before 2000 that could compete with the games of the last 15 years. Almost every game on the PS2 is COMPLETELY outdated, even the best ones.

I play a lot of old games, a lot of games from the 90s, but to compare them to modern games is fucking dumb as hell. Gamers can't get their nostalgia glasses off.

There should be 2 different lists, historically minded lists and lists based on what plays best right now.
 
Bragr said:
They can't say they are trying to remove the games that rely on influence and historical impact and then place A Link To The Past on number 4. That game is completely outdated, no matter how awesome it was back then. It's fucking ancient.
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What's wrong with you? Link to the Past is still great. I would have much less issue with it being #1 than I do with BotW. LTTP is the best Zelda game still and one of Nintendo's best games ever.

And it holds up great to this day (and yes, I have played it start to finish within the last year).
 
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Vagswarm said:
Ocarina is #34. Which is strange considering they're one of the publications to give it a perfect 10 and mention its greatness time and again.

Super Mario Galaxy was their Game of the Year AND Game of the Generation and it's not even on the list... lmao.
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Ah right you are, missed that, damn NYE discombobulation!

Agreed, just like the rolling stone magazine new top 500 having some total crap at the top, can't abide by these things.. portal 2 higher than all but two games in history? Fuck off...
 
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Tschumi said:
Ah right you are, missed that, damn NYE discombobulation!

Agreed, just like the rolling stone magazine new top 500 having some total crap at the top, can't abide by these things.. portal 2 higher than all but one game in history? Fuck off...
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Damn, I forgot about that horrible list, and by one of the most popular and once credible music sources. Puts things into perspective here, lol.

There's a few games that are way too low, like Mass Effect 2 and Disco. And they pretty much omitted RTS games entirely... just because they're not popular doesn't mean they're not good. And Blizzard's classics are still awesome.

A lot of these lists are based on what's popular right now with some classics mixed in + some added trolling for clicks.
 
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Portal 2 is a junk ass game. Better indie games come out every year than Portal 2. That game isn't even top 500 games ever made .

Should've put cyberpunk 2077 in its place if we just want donkey shit to muck up the ratings.
 
Captain Toad said:
What's wrong with you? Link to the Past is still great. I would have much less issue with it being #1 than I do with BotW. LTTP is the best Zelda game still and one of Nintendo's best games ever.

And it holds up great to this day (and yes, I have played it start to finish within the last year).
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It's historically one of Nintendo's best games, but that doesn't mean it automatically plays well in 2021. Just the scrolling of the screen as you move around in the overworld is too much of an issue by today's standard. The lack of checkpoints and having to re-tread ground when you die is outdated too. Tons of things you can point at that could be better if they made it today.

Compare its combat to Hades or something, it's nowhere close by today's standard.
 
Resident Evil is closer to Rise of the Tomb Raider than it is to Mass Effect 2. What? RDR2 probably made the top 10 because the auto aim almost plays itself. Out with this trash.

And man, Nintendo fans only vote for Nintendo games. That's just a fact.
 
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KingGhidorah said:
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Top-30

30. Final Fantasy XIV
29. Doom
28. Tetris
27. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
26. Half-Life: Alyx
25. God of War
24. Chrono Trigger
23. Portal
22. Street Fighter II
21. Super Mario Bros.
20. Undertale
19. Bloodborne
18. BioShock
17. The Last of Us
16. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
15. Halo 2
14. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
13. Hades
12. Grand Theft Auto V
11. Super Mario Bros. 3
10. Disco Elysium
9. Half-Life 2
8. Red Dead Redemption 2
7. Super Mario 64
6. Mass Effect 2
5. Super Metroid
4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3. Portal 2
2. Super Mario World
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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BoTW is an overrated walking simulator that is a great prescription for insomnia. A 7 of 10 at best. Come at me bruvs with your witty retorts and essays that rebuke me plz, I want your tears to drip. I espeicaillay want the bruvs to explain how the game doesn't include ubisoft towers.
 
Ebidramon said:
Btw, think BotW will run on playable framerate on Switch 2?
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I wouldn't expect that much of a graphical increase in the sequel. I expect it to be similar with the additional benefits of years of experience with the Switch and optimizations to that engine.
 
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