Rllmuk Top 100 Games 2017

[Stanley]

[Loik V credern]

11 minutes ago, Fallows said:

How something like Super Mario 3D World could not be considered a bastion of creativity is beyond me entirely.

 

Hmm. Nintendo established their game design in the 80s and honed it in the 90s, and now just lavish care on it and expand it, but haven't altered it. Grass, trees, wood, bricks, crates, blocks, coins, round coloured enemies, bullet bills, piranha plants, ice world, desert world, fire world, blue sky, white fluffy clouds, cartoon turtles, shells, etc. A giant planet made of Yoshi. Nintendo could take the fundamentals and actually take it somewhere, but the all friendly style of Mario won't allow it. I don't think chucking more stuff at you counts as being creative, they never shift the tone, they're never subversive, irreverent, dark, confounding, all words that are kind of laughable to associate with Mario, but then it'd need to touch on these things to warrant such acclaim for me. Modern Mario as in 3d World is the most sanitized example of calculated measured 'creativity' there's ever been. I think Iwata was awful for Nintendo in that sense, and there are signs with Odyssey that the team were given more freedom.

[mdn2]

So, Minesweeper is number one, then?

[CovisGod]

I can hardly catch my Breath (of the wild)

[layten]

27 minutes ago, Qazimod said:

Just time to quickly dig this out again!

 

Still don't rate em, but I probably could have said it a little better at the time.  

 

I'd expect BotW to get a bit more than 4 votes for #1  

[Mr Do 71]

Go Zelda 

[Benny]

You know when I said it was close? I lied. Resi 4 might have been 2 votes apart with the next game on the list, but the ranking score is leeeagues apart.

[nakamura]

Resi 4 is so fucking amazing. 

[Loik V credern]

Resident Evil 4 is the only game i regret not playing another 15* times, the only game I regret to not putting my life on hold to dedicate every fibre of my being to, the only game that after 12 years I can't believe how completely brilliant it was, the only game I half yearn to hit my head hard, fall into a coma, and develop severe amnesia, just so I can replay the thing fresh one last time. Its special blend of atmospheric awesomeness will not age, ever.

 

*0

[Sabreman]

You guys and yer Resi 4. It's just especially funny to me because I never liked it, rather than being a case of digging it but not thinking it quite as good as everyone else does.

[Captain Kelsten]

Resident Evil 4 is superb but, for me, it's not as good as 2. 2 just meant so much to me, had such an impact, that I could never rate 4 ahead of it, even if it is, technically,  a better game. 

 

Confession time: bought 4 on release, imported with one of those freeloader discs that let you play import games on a UK gamecube.  Finished it in a day or so. Absolutely loved it. Couldn't get over how amazing it was. Have never completed it again since, despite buying it on ps3. And now it's on sale on Ps4. £8.99 for the second greatest game ever made? Be rude not to, really. 

[Down by Law]

EL FORASTERO ! 

 

Playing the Gamecube version on launch was a spectacular experience. How could that little box produce visuals like this? How did Capcom manage to take a series about zombies in Inner City America and transplant it into a Spanish village, and make it even scarier? How did the Chainsaw man get back up, after I shotgunned him point blank, making him fly out of a goddamn window, into a crowd below? Why can I throw eggs at enemies? Why is neatly sorting out my never-seen briefcase so compelling? Why is suplexing a monk so hard his head smashes off, hilarious?

 

For all these answers and more, play Resident Evil 4.

[palaver]

An opportune moment to remember gaming's greatest hero: Mike. He knew a good bar. 

[Benny]

Forget Mike, it's all about Hunk.

 

 

He had the best music too.

[Paulando]

27 minutes ago, Sabreman said:

You guys and yer Resi 4. It's just especially funny to me because I never liked it, rather than being a case of digging it but not thinking it quite as good as everyone else does.

 

I’m not a fan either. Imported it on launch, and I also have it on Wii and Xbox 360. That’s my continuing effort to see what the fuss is all about, but I just don’t enjoy it. It’s the genre more than anything, I just can’t deal with these stressful situations in games 

 

Deserves to be there though.

[Benny]

Didn't enjoy it so much you bought it 3 times. That's how brilliant Resi 4 is. Even people who don't like it love it.

[Marlew]

I first played it when I lived in China. I'd imported a Wii, and picked up a load of Japanese GC games and a Wavebird in some computer market. I finished it twice in a week. Next time I went back to the store the Wii version had come out. I finished it three times in a row. I've seldom been so obsessed with any game. Unbelievable mechanics, unbelievable pacing, probably the best ever, in fact. 

 

DETRAS DE TI, IMBECIL!

 

I tried to play it again on the PS4 recently and couldn't get past the controls. It was like bumping into your first girlfriend and finding out she's into homeopathy, or something similar. Except I'm the one with the problem. It's hard to find an analogy. 

[Paulando]

13 minutes ago, Benny said:

Didn't enjoy it so much you bought it 3 times. That's how brilliant Resi 4 is. Even people who don't like it love it.

 

 

You can’t say I didn’t give it my best shot!

 

I actually enjoy the first bit - the slow-building tension of the intro leading to the discovery of the village, and the crazy attack that ensues. It’s masterful design, I can appreciate that, but I just can’t deal with the stress involved in these survival horror games.

 

I’d love to love it. Might give it another try soon, why not.

[Benny]

The question now is: should I keep everyone waiting for number 1 while I play it first?

[Mr Do 71]

Just now, Benny said:

The question now is: should I keep everyone waiting for number 1 while I play it first?

 

[Boozy The Clown]

I bought a Resi 4  Silver Ltd Edition gamecube after the consolevania review "the best game, it's the best game." Brought it home, set it up and entered the nightmare. Played through the village popping heads, running away, climbing ladders and jumping through windows.  Trapped in the top floor of a house, running out of ammo as the villagers of the damned broke down the front door, climbed in the windows, pointed at me in a threatening manner. Shit was tense.  Then the big guy showed up, my bullets hardly slowed him down, he clearly wasn't willing to listen to reason or help me with my mission and eventually he got close enough to cut off my head in  a torrent of crimson and guts.

 

Didn't play it again for months. 

 

 

[Couch Corpse]

We'll get #1 tonight, right Benny?

[Majora]

I do love me some Resi 4 but I've always thought its biggest flaw is that it peaks too early. It's all good to varying degrees but the village is undoubtedly the star of the show, then the castle, then the island. In fact, whisper it, the island is the only section I'd consider less than excellent overall. 

 

Still an amazing game though obviously. 

[Mr Do 71]

2 minutes ago, grindmouse said:

So, Overwatch or Dark Souls 2 at No.1 - ridiculous rllmuk. 

 

Nah, it's Dishonored 2 

[Couch Corpse]

Breath of the Wild, very disappointing.

[Benny]

9 minutes ago, Couch Corpse said:

We'll get #1 tonight, right Benny?

 

Only if you're good.

[Pob]

8 hours ago, Starbreaker said:

3) Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

2) Wargasm 

1) Any Kw*lee game 

 

Wargasm would genuinely be in my top 20!

[Couch Corpse]

4 minutes ago, grindmouse said:

 

I must've missed that review.

I should probably play it.

[footle]

3 hours ago, Benny said:

I should probably say the final 2 are so close it's almost painful.

 

They won’t be in two years time when everyone’s played the No.1 game.

[Benny]

And at long last, the best game of all time is...

 

 

 

 

 

Wait for it.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Full Throttle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original format: PC. Released: 1995

(2015 Rllmuk top 100 position: new entry, number of votes: incalculable.)

 

Rllmuk never ceases to amaze! All those votes I received via PM really paid off. Finally, the true best game of all time gets the recognition it deserves. There were so many votes for this I think it broke my spreadsheet, such was the outpouring of love for what is one of the finest adventure games ever made. If there was one person, one designer, capable of toppling Resident Evil 4 from its hallowed perch, it’s Tim Schafer.

 

Explaining the absence of Day of the Tentacle from the list, it seems most voters have now replaced it in their eyes with this, Schafer’s truly finest work. Now available as a remastered version (with some screens pictured above, though I prefer the more charming look of the original sprites, if not the cutscenes), It's an essential purchase for anyone who loves a good yarn.

 

I will not say too much about the game, because it is absolutely best to experience the incredible characters and events for yourself, but what an amazing story it is, with some truly excellent subtle humour, and characters that feel both more believable and sympathetic than those you will find in nearly any other game.

 

Not least of which is Maureen, whose relationship with Ben is truly brilliant and “grown up” in a way that nearly all other game writers should have learned from, and sets a standard that…

 

Oh whoops sorry, just kidding, the real best game of all time is...