How long have you been gaming and what are your top 5 games of all time?

[Turbonutter]

I've been playing since '84-'85 roughly... starting with the Commodore 64. We'll call it 34 years... and I'm 38 now, so I'd call that a good chunk of my lifetime.


As for my top five favorites... my answer would likely change depending on the day of the week I got asked, but here goes:

1. Super Metroid - This was the game that really set the standard for exploration and item-based progression for generations to come. It wasn't the first to try to marry all the concepts together, but it was the best.

2. Chrono Trigger - Still my favorite JRPG to date (admittedly nostalgia is a factor) but again a standard-setting title: multiple endings, party management, a cohesive story... it all came together so well.

3. Metal Gear Solid - I flip between the 1st and 3rd games in the series, but... the first was the one that really changed the way I saw 3rd-person tactical shooters, and had that glorious Kojima-ness all over it to boot. Maybe it was a bit heavy-handed with cutscenes (or more than a bit) but I loved it all the same.

4. Super Mario Bros. 3 - Still to this day one of the ultimate platformers, and shifted the entire industry's outlook on what a game could be. This was the original title that showed the world what "polish" meant.

5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Most people usually roll with Ocarina when they bring up the best in franchise. I beg to differ: aLTTP was the foundation that OoT was laid upon, but wasn't compromised by consoles first foray into actual 3D titles - and all the technical hamstringing that went along with it. Ocarina of Time was a great game too, but it did not have the same scope of its predecessor.



I'm realizing here, rather amusingly, that for a self-professed PC gamer there's nothing but older console titles at the top of my list.

[Verhoven 69]

I forgot the Chrono series in my list but since Xenogears was from the same team.........

[Turbonutter]

Xenogears was one of those titles I somehow glossed-over when it was new. I've yet to rectify having never played through a single title in the xeno series... someday maybe I'll correct that sin.

[Clavicle]

Started playing games back in 1993/94. Have been gaming for 25 years-ish!

Started with a SNES and had that for a few years and then when the PS1 released lots of people i knew abandoned their early to mid 90s systems, and i bought many of friends for so cheap. I painted some Warhammer in exchange for a NES lol, and got a Sega Mega Drive off someone else for about £15. I never had a PS1 until about 1998.

Top 5 games:

1: Resident Evil Remake.
2: Metal Gear Solid 2.
3: Bayonetta 2.
4: Streets of Rage 2.
5: Parasite Eve 2:

It appears i really like sequels.

[Frank_Underw00d]

34 years of gaming, atari and Apple IIe were where it began for me

1: Doom
2:Mass Effect 2
3:Xenogears
4:Sim City
5:World of Warcraft (the MMO)

[shoyu]

Started at 1989 at 4yrs old with the NES. Been playing to this day at 34.

Ohh...how I find it so hard to list my top games. But i'll try.

1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP)
2. Pokemon Red/Blue
3. Goldeneye 64
4. Command & Conquer
5. Unreal Tournament (1999)

Even as I wrote that list, it kept changing orders and titles. So, honorable mentions are:

* Persona 5
* Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
* Marvel vs. Capcom 2
* Counter-Strike (original)
* Guild Wars

[mcsupersport]

I am not sure the exact age I was, but it was mid 70s on an old knob Pong machine from Sears my parents had, lol. So I have been gaming around 40 years now.
My list in no particular order... I am 47 now....

Pac-Man.....cause vaulted Vid games to fame, though I could use Space Invaders, Donkey Kong or Asteroids, but I remember most of the hype over Pac-Man.
Skyrim....cause, 3k hours on it.
StarCraft w/Brood, because it is still being played and is still a great game.
FreeLancer...microsoft release of space game, fun, still fun after many years.
Mass Effect...entire series, don't ask me to pick one.

[RusticFighter]

If been playing games for about three years, My top games are

I have 1100 hours Rainbow six siege honestly, it's my favorite game of all time, it has free DLC and in the upper ranks, the community isn't as toxic. 400 hours in Call of duty black ops, I have to pick this in particular because it just plays the best all the new COD's just aren't to my liking and in the older ones had unbalanced guns, unbalanced maps, and the last 2 releases before BO3 where cheeks. +1000 hours in Battlefield 4 just a great game. World of Tanks, it's an amazing free to play experience on console, it has a great online community and there's very little toxicity. 250 hours on Forza Horizon, The story is amazing and it still good looks, but it's a shame that all the other releases feel like carbon copies of the original.

[Zalachai]

I believe I was around 4 years old when I first played a video game. It may have been Super Mario World or Star Fox. I've been gaming for 26 years.

My top five games of all time is tricky. Sometimes games move up and down. I could choose the 5 most influential on my life, FFVII, Chrono Trigger, Wild Arms, Super Mario Rpg, Breath of Fire 4.

Or I could choose the top five games I go back to all the time. FFVII, Breath of Fire 4, Romancing Saga, Final Fantasy XII, ES: Oblivion.

Or top 5 game soundtracks. FFVII, Romancing Saga, Chrono Trigger, Wild Arms 3, Persona 4.

I mean, FFVII is basically on every list, but the rest shuffle around based on what exactly makes the game great.

[Nic]

I've been playing video games as long as my memory goes and I'm 17, so somewhere around 12 years or so. And in no particular order, Snake Eater, Majora, Red Dead Redemption, Tomb Raider (the original not the square enix uncharted clone), Minecraft, Persona 3.

[SnarkyJay]

I've been gaming since the early 1980's, and my top 5 games are as follows:

Thief 2
Silent Hill 2
Deus Ex
Actraiser
Final Fantasy 6

[B V]

I can't give accurate metrics. I'm almost positive I've gamed in some capacity for around 25 years.

My top 5 are
1) Civilizations VI: Absolutely loved being able to do a long-form strategy game. I spent six days in a stalemate with a friend.
2) X-COM 2: There's something really thrilling about hot-seating some guerilla warfare.
3) Bladestorm: Nightmare: Kessen's spiritual successor. No real thought involved, just hammy dialogue, lots of dudes to slaughter and a power trip.
4) Fire Emblem: Heroes: My go-to companion whenever I'm in transit for a few hours, which is pretty common.
5) Grand Theft Auto V: A shooting spree isn't a shooting spree unless you're airlifting a tank and shooting at pursuers.

[JMC]

I've been gaming for 38 years. My favorites, in no particular order...

Witcher series (W3 + expacs especially)
Journey
Destiny of an Emperor
Dishonored series
FFVII (including Crisis Core)

[Black Lotus]

Since 1986 for me so er...a long time I guess.

1) Suikoden
2) One Must Fall
2) Mechwarrior
3) Parasite Eve
4) Neverwinter
4) Arcanum
5) Baldurs Gate

Ok I know that was cheating but there are some games I hold in equal value and also here is a freebie.

6) Call of Duty 2, Modern Warfare 1 and Darius

[tejotl (Polish Bear)]

Started in late 80s so around 30 years playing games. I can't really rank these games but my top at the moment would be
Pirates!
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
The Last of Us
Witcher Wild Hunt
Vandal Hearts

What I try to do is keep nostalgia out of it so I try to replay old games I remember from C-64 and Amiga days (Stunt Car Racer, Pirates!, Wings) just to validate that they still hold up 😂

[Village Idiot]

I started roughly 43years ago with Pong. Graduated to Atari 2600 and actually worked for Sega during the release of Sonic 3. I enjoy PC and console systems.
For the 5 games, it's hard to choose.
Pong because that's where it started.
Zork (everyone laugh here)
Far Cry
Sonic, all of them.
Doom, I ran a server for a while.

[The Final Boss]

Literally longer than i could remember. I'm told I was playing (probably not very well, but still kinda playing) Jazz Jackrabbit 2 with my dad at like 2 or 3 years old. I'm about to hit 24 in a couple months now.
Top 5, well, that's a tough one. In no particular order, tho, I think

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Dark Souls 3
• Original Spyro Trilogy. Those games just have too dear of place in my heart to ignore.
  Divinity: Original Sin (although you can update this to D:OS 2, when I get to actually play it more)
• Worms Armageddon - So many good times with friends.
• Mortal Kombat. Probably MK9

Tho really, I can't say this is strictly speaking true. Some games I can't recall right now and some are viewed differently over time. For example, I played GTA San Andreas for a really long time, but now it just feels dated and eventually I got bored of it, but only long past the point where I should have gotten bored.

Screw it, I can't do just 5:

• Dota 2 - Played for literally thousands of hours, but I have a love-hate relationship with that game
• Saga Frontier II - Came back to that game multiples times, every time learning something new. I only recently beat it for the first time after more than 10 years. Kinda hope to make a spiritual successor to it.
• Enter the Gungeon
• Guilty Gear Xrd - Revelator - I honestly think this is a better game than MK, but I've just played Mortal Kombat games since I was 4.
• Undertale - I cri everityem