Your actual top 10/20/25/50/100/200 games - have you ever?

I really don't. I play a lot of games on Switch and before that, even so recently as the 3DS, my line-ups were quite sparse. The eShop really has skewed my buying habits!

Anyway, I've now come up with the list. At some point I'll put it into picture form because nobody wants to read 100 game titles, only to find Infinite Space at 90. Well, Andy doesn't anyway.

I do well not a list but pictures and see if other things like Infinite Space that I may check out.

Currently rinsing Forza Horizon 4 - thanks Mas! It's a bit Ubisoft with its map, but an utter delight driving around Edinburgh. I can see why it's rated so highly.

Forza Horizon 5 has also gone into my Top 100 around the 60s.

Waiting on the Balla list but did go back through yours gJones and others to make a bit if wants list which I already bought Outrun 2 and Klonoa.

All right. It's time.

Balladeer's Top Hundred Games That He's Played
Of Interest To Maybe Two People Here
Number 94 will surprise you!

Unfortunately I have no idea how to make them all into one image like Mas so you'll have to click through to the link. That's definitely the easiest way to digest 100 games: however, that site has flaws. Flaws like, using the American names over the clearly superior British ones, or only letting you pick one game where it obviously should be two, or in one case (no. 49) flagging what was effectively the game's menu rather than the game itself. So, for the certifiable, I include below in text my Top Hundred Games That I've Played Not Including Tears Of The Kingdom And Its Knock-On Effects.

Words everywhere:

There now follow a bunch of numerical analyses of my own games because I'm a massive nerd. Please don't pedant at them unless your correction will materially change anything (looking at you Mas (even if you're probably the only person who'll open these spoilers)).

Analysis by platform:

Analysis by genre:

Analysis by company:

Analysis by franchise:

And finally, some remarks from me on the list in general and the stats. Honestly you should skip the five spoilers above and come straight here.

Comments:

Odd you've had issues with the site. I don't know about gJones and Cappa, but I've found it to be real easy to you use, and because of that made loads of lists like Top PS2 or Top 6th gen lists.

Like the stats part as who doesn't love a list, mine looks like this

Systems:

Genre:

Company and Region:

IP:

Think we share 20 games Balla, but you've got ones I do like a lot on there like Ni No Kuni which I think I had in my Top 300+ before I narrowed down and things I want to play such as Muramasa which on the wants list I made and others I hope maybe get a remaster like Prime 2 or go on sale like Fata Morgana.

Will say FFIV seems an odd one and not VI, like I get III due to the remaster. I like these lists a lot, and have said in the past that gJones list might have the most variety, but I think if I had yours I would have a great time as I do like a Nintendo JRPG.

Blimey that's some good stat-ing guys.

I can't do mine as I'm up to 921 now Neutral

One thing I have been keeping (I think this stems from the "best year in gaming" thread!) is the year each game is released. Pleasing I'm finding it's not just nostalgia; I play fewer games in these times, but the ones I am playing are breaking into top lists. Games are getting better, people!

Ironic that Balladeer's list couldn't appear visually, as the most striking thing about it is the artwork for each game. It's very colourful, driven by characters/mascots and I suspect 90% of the games are Japanese. It's probably the most interesting list here, which has a lot in common with what the Top 100 Official Nintendo Magazine did in their final issues. On the one hand, it's blinkered by being Nintendo only, but on the other, it demonstrates how rich the libraries of Nintendo consoles can be, and perhaps aren't always credited for being.

The thing about Balladeer’s list is: it’s proof that he’s never played SSX Tricky.

And with a bit of luck never will.

gjones wrote:: It's probably the most interesting list here, which has a lot in common with what the Top 100 Official Nintendo Magazine did in their final issues. On the one hand, it's blinkered by being Nintendo only, but on the other, it demonstrates how rich the libraries of Nintendo consoles can be, and perhaps aren't always credited for being.

Ooft, kind! I thought it was quite dull myself, up until the Switch anyway. I think the Switch's indie explosion is definitely responsible for a lot of that richness. I will say that I definitely don't feel like I need another machine, from a time perspective anyway. There's so much to play on Switch. (JRPGs being my most-played genre helps there, natch.)

gjones wrote:: Ironic that Balladeer's list couldn't appear visually, as the most striking thing about it is the artwork for each game. It's very colourful, driven by characters/mascots and I suspect 90% of the games are Japanese.

You're probably not far off: 80 of them are from big Japanese publishers, not sure about the indies. I've always had a fondness for the colourful over the grim or the realistic! That's another reason why I'm not that fussed about missing out on the other platforms, not since the Dreamcast anyway. If I were going to get another machine this generation it'd be a Playdate.

masofdas wrote:: Odd you've had issues with the site. I don't know about gJones and Cappa, but I've found it to be real easy to you use, and because of that made loads of lists like Top PS2 or Top 6th gen lists.

Bastard thing just kept restarting mid-list. Maybe it didn't like my cookie settings. Neutral

You having a slant towards Sony doesn't surprise me at all, although the companies redress that somewhat! ('9 Konami 5 Kojima' is peak Mas.) You do like a Nintendo RPG, after all. Quite funny that, despite that and our (largely but not entirely!) different lists, we have much the same taste in genres.

masofdas wrote:: Will say FFIV seems an odd one and not VI, like I get III due to the remaster.

Much though I love exploration, my favourite kinds of games have tightly designed linear experiences in broader explorable worlds. I like open worlds and freedom a lot less than I like scripted, hand-crafted paths. BotW and TotK are exceptions, because (each story path within them has more scripting and) their worlds are vibrant and beautiful. FFVI's second half does not have this same quality.

Jimbob wrote:: One thing I have been keeping (I think this stems from the "best year in gaming" thread!) is the year each game is released. Pleasing I'm finding it's not just nostalgia; I play fewer games in these times, but the ones I am playing are breaking into top lists. Games are getting better, people!

Yes! This! Dance

Oh and I've already decided that Last Window is at least five places too low.

Did I see elsewhere FFIV was on DS?

Yeah, Japanese! Games for me this year out of the 32 things I've finished this half been Japanese and not sure all the indies where from, and 16 things on Nintendo.

It is... I don't like the DS version as much. They've got rid of the massive post-game dungeons and the ability to play as all the characters in the ending that the GBA version had, and the voice acting ain't that great. GBA version is best for me.

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