The Best Video Game

[Farewell into the night]

Dear Codexer,

which video game do you consider to be THE BEST in the world and WHY?

The rule is: you can choose only ONE game, so think hard.
I'll post my choice soon™

 

[jaydee2k]

 

[Darth Roxor]

ELEX!

 

[Mustawd]

Solitaire.

Why?

1. Free
2. Single Player
3. Quick games
4. Randomly generated so every playthrough is truly different
5. Required specs are of a potato

 

[agentorange]

banjo kazooie

 

[DakaSha V]

I dont have a favorite game (not even close to one), so the following is just the one that probably destroyed my soul the most when i was a very young console fag: Secret of Mana

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Mountain Blade Warband for the endless possibilites and deep strategic decision making

Spoiler

Impossible to answer really, but Warband would be up there

 

[Life of the Party]

The best video game is the RPG game.

 

[Lazing Dirk]

Minesweeper.

Why?

1. Free
2. Single Player
3. Quick games
4. Randomly generated so every playthrough is truly different
5. Required specs are of a potato

FTFY

 

[Astral Rag]

Hockey Rage 2005 for the Gizmondo. Because it's the best hockey game for the system.

 

[funkadelik]

SkiFree:

It had drama
It had romance
And just like in life, the ending was inevitable.

 

[Falksi]

Super Mario World

 

[Parsifarka]

Grimoire v2.

 

[Dodo1610]

Beyond Good & Evil

Great mix of gameplay; stealth, driving, action.
One of the few well written female protagonist in gaming history.
Unique sci-fi world
Truely fantastic soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTdcJWDNsao / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p48dpXQixgk
Unique conspircy story with a great plot twist at the end.

Pretty much every other game I like these days is a RPG but BGE will allways be my favorite.

 

[Swampy_Merkin]

Mount & Blade: Warband
- In its purest form it is absolutely, hands down, the best sword-fighting game ever made. This alone would make it one of the best games ever.
- Add humongous battles, and deep layers of strategy in an open, sandbox world, then you have something god-tier.
- Add prestigious multiplayer with tons of variety, plus an enormous number of mods which include everything from minor tweaks to complete overhauls.

G.G.O.A.T.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

the best sword-fighting game ever made

C'mon brah. I love Warband too, but it's no Dark Messiah of Kickin' Dem Orcs

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Realms of Arkania HD.

 

[Swampy_Merkin]

C'mon brah. I love Warband too, but it's no Dark Messiah of Kickin' Dem Orcs

I can't believe I've never even heard of that game before. It looks great and now it's on my list (I would brofist you, but I'm a newfag).

When I say Warband is the greatest sword-fighting game of all time, I'm talking about pvp duels.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

I can't believe I've never even heard of that game before. It looks great and now it's on my list

You're in for a treat

 

[deltamind]

I may be a gamer of the newer generation but I really like Battlefield 3 and 4, I didn't have bugs/server issues at all and the graphics of the game are really good as well, even when I had an older PC then too it was working very smooth.

 

[Strange Fellow]

This is Football 2005. FIFA and PES don't have shit on the TIF franchise. One of the buttons on the controller had you do this insane kamikaze tackle, like so:

It would invariably result in a red card if you connected with it. The immersion levels were off the charts.

Edit: I almost forgot, there was also a diving button! Truly ahead of its time, that game.

 

[Egosphere]

I'll go with Thief:the Dark Project. Stellar level design & soundtrack; superb execution of very unique game mechanics that have little to no competition in the 20 year long game catalog that follow; great artistic decision ( like replacing cutscenes with hand-painted 2d animations ); probably the greatest integration of a tutorial level into the main game ("the keepers were training me to be one of them, but I found other uses for those skills..")

I played it for the first time 2 years ago, so my decision is entirely nostalgia-free.

 

[skacky]

I'm with Egosphere. I'd also add that the sound propagation system is still unmatched 20 years later.

 

[Strange Fellow]

SkiFree:

It had drama
It had romance
And just like in life, the ending was inevitable.

Oh shit, what a blast from the past! This guy has got it right

 

[Wunderbar]

the best sword-fighting game ever made

C'mon brah. I love Warband too, but it's no Dark Messiah of Kickin' Dem Orcs

C'mon brah. We all love M&B and Dark Messiah, but the king of swordfighting games is Severance - Blade of Darkness.