If you’ll recall, last year Guinness put together a list of the best videogames using a panel of “expertsâ€. You may also recall that it was filled to the brim with fail.
This year they decided to do it a little differently- allowing readers to choose the best game franchises. “We decided to take a different approach with this list than we did in the previous edition,†said Guinness gaming editor Gaz Deaves.
“Instead of asking developers, industry insiders and journalists to rank their favorite titles, we approached a different kind of expert: the players themselves. “We are confident that this ‘top 50′ more accurately reflects the tastes of the average gamer and not just the critics.â€
While it’s obviously difficult to appease every game with a list, it looks like this one’s still filled with fail. Halo and Call of Duty? Best gaming franchise? Bah! Some of the games in the list aren’t even series! Smackdown above Starcraft, Diablo and Mario Kart? The excessive stupid is quite frankly making my head hurt.
Anyway, here’s the list – take a gander – and let us know which you think belong there…and which quite obviously don’t.
Halo
- Call of Duty
- The Legend of Zelda
- Guitar Hero
- Metal Gear
- Super Mario Bros.
- World of Warcraft
- Gears of War
- Super Smash Bros.
- Grand Theft Auto
- Pokémon
- Resident Evil
- Fallout
- Half-Life
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Counter-Strike
- Runescape
- FIFA
- Kingdom Hearts
- Final Fantasy
- Pac-Man
- Madden NFL
- The Sims
- Tomb Raider
- WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW
- Rock Band
- LittleBigPlanet
- Saints Row
- The Elder Scrolls
- God of War
- GoldenEye 007
- Bioshock
- KillZone
- Skate
- Left 4 Dead
- Need for Speed
- Chrono Trigger
- Gran Turismo
- StarCraft
- Ratchet & Clank
- Pong
- Tom Clancy’s
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Battlefield
- Diablo
- Lego Batman
- Mario Kart
- Burnout
- Crash Bandicoot
- Pro Evolution Soccer
Source : VG247
Last Updated: May 7, 2010
Bobby Kotick and his man beans
May 7, 2010 at 11:45
This list merely shows that yet again democracy = fail. It would be the same with music, if we asked internet users to compile a list of the best music of the last 50 years, Lady Gaga would be number 1.
Democracy, my friends… facepalm!
Tose
May 7, 2010 at 13:36
Legend of Zelda and Mario definitely belong on the list, and maybe Sonic. That’s about it, most of the rest are just single games. While Goldeneye is a great game, it’s not a franchise. And Runescape? This is why you let critics pick, the general population is retarded.
Bobby Kotick and the unplayed disk of Halo 3
May 7, 2010 at 13:54
I think we can agree that lists like these are uber-retarded. It’s funny that the stunning Legacy of Kain games (PSOne and PS2) aren’t featured and what about Eidos’s Hitman games? But to exclude Legend of Zelda or Mario…? Sweet goddess of broken controllers…
:sick:
Bobby Kotick can't read
May 7, 2010 at 13:57
Wow… shocking reading fail on my part! Zelda is number 2. I rest my radish-red face and luscious curly ginger locks in my palm.
:facepalm:
uberutang
May 7, 2010 at 14:03
Halo belongs on the top. Why?
Everbody wants to make a ‘halo killer’… coz it sells and people love playing it.
If there was no halo, there would be no fps worth a damn on consoles.
halo and live perfected online mp console gaming.
Love it / Hate it. You cannot deny it.
Geoff
May 7, 2010 at 14:15
Goldeneye and perfect dark were certainly worth a damn..and they came way, way before Halo. The dreamcast also had online with Quake 3.
Yes, Halo catapulted console FPS to mainstream – but it would have gotten there *eventually* regardless.