To celebrate our 10 year anniversary I think it's only fair that we do the exact same thing every video game magazine did whenever they reached a milestone... create a top 100 list. So that's what I'm going to do. I've spent the last couple weeks thinking this over and I have a list in front of me that I'm pretty happy with. No one else on earth will be happy with it, but as I always say, "fuck off it's my list and I don't give two shits what you think you little pissant." At least I think I say that.
Also, if you recall I did do a top 28 list a while back. However, that was 5 years ago and many great games have come out since, so even that top 28 has some changes in it. There's a few new games, a few games my opinions have changed on, and there was one really great one that I completely overlooked somehow when I made the list the first time. So rest assured there will be some very noticeable changes.
And it's going to go by fast. Since I've got that new job starting in just over a week, my free time may be reduced, so I'm going to try to get all 100 games posted within the next two weeks. I need to sharpen up my writing since this is a PR job so it's good practice. Writing about insurance benefits and filing medical claims is just like video games right?
100Sonic Adventure
99Kaboom
98Conquests of the Longbow
97Streets of Rage 2
96Lollipop Chainsaw
95Bloodborne
94 Crazy Taxi
93Bit.Trip.Beat
92Wii Ski & Snowboard
91RiverCity Ransom
90Dragon Quest Monsters
89Jones in the Fastlane
88Dark Cloud 2
87Professor Layton and the Curious Village
86MadWorld
85Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
84Torneko the Last Hope
83Crystal Castles
82Space Harrier
81Retro Game Challenge
80Final Fantasy VII
79Bulletstorm
78Rayman Legends
77Super Dodge Ball
76World of Goo
75The Magic of Scherazade
74Minecraft
73Fantasy Zone 2
72Golden Axe: Revege of Death Adder
71Final Fantasy Legend II
70Hotel Dusk
69Splatoon
68Pitfall
67Dragon Quest V
66SteamWorld Dig
65Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
64Order Up
63Hearthstone
62Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge
61Bayonetta
60Galaga
59 Earthbound
58Super Mario Bros.
57Wii Sports Resort
56Pac-Man CE: DX
55Trauma Team
Crazy Taxi was one of my favorite Dreamcast games. Played hours and hours of it. Funny enough, I thought it was going to be stupid and I was wasting my money on it. They pulled that shit off brilliantly. Has to be one of the best arcade style console games ever made. It really was one of the last games that made me feel like I WAS at the arcades...like I should be putting quarters into the Dreamcast somewhere. In an era where games were getting far away from that kind of pick up and play fun factor...it was a great change of pace. Fucking production values were amazing too.
I couldn't bear to listen to a second of Crazy Taxi's music outside of Crazy Taxi, but boy did it complement Crazy Taxi well.
Crazy Taxi was what pushed me over the line on the recent Sega humble bundle.
The removal of all the licensed properties from Crazy Taxi has given it a small hit in my eye. It's nothing too bad, but everytime I drive by the generic chicken shack, it always stings a little.
I had a lot of fun with Crazy Taxi on the Dreamcast. Picked it up again on the 360 awhile ago but without the original music it just wasn’t the same.
The HD version doesn't have the original tracks? Lame.
Oh well, when I get around to playing it, I was planning to listen to my own music anyway.
#93. Bit.Trip Beat
Bit.Trip Beat can either be described as the ultimate evolution of Pong or simply Pong on acid with some really good music in the background. Tough to argue against either description. Basically it starts out as something very similar to Pong. A ball approches from the right side of the screen, and you line up your paddle to bounce it back. However it turns into something else quickly. The balls start to change and they approach with their own rhythm patterns, and when you bounce them back at the correct moment the noise it makes synches up with the game's soundtrack to create as it was intended to be heard. So basically it's a crazy music based rhythm game. And all the while the background starts flashing, with different shapes ranging from basic cubes to DNA double helixes floating in the background. Even with it's basic look and sound, it's a hell of an audio/visual experience. Despite the simple basic idea the game is tough as nails and probably could have been a touch easier. Oh and if you can, try and track down a Wii version of the game. It was since ported to the 3DS, iOS and PC, but none of them match using the Wiimote's motion control and tilt feature to move the game's paddle.
Wiimote?
Dildo?