Best Game of All Time Tournament - Nominate Your Favorites!

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Re: Best Game of All Time Tournament - Nominate Your Favorit

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Here is my list, which I'll probably have to edit as soon as I think of something else.

Kind of roughly chronological order:

Planetfall (Infocom)
Ultima IV
Tie Fighter
X-Com
Doom 2
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Falcon 4.0
Planescape: Torment
Fallout 2
System Shock 2
Starcraft
Silent Hunter 3
Sword of the Stars I
Half-Life 2
Civilization IV
Dragon Age: Origins [already on the list, I know]
Elder Scrolls: Skyrim [This too]
Portal 2 [This too]
Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy
Dwarf Fortress
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Everquest
Doom
Divine Divinity
Unreal Tournament
Quake 3
Blade of Darkness
Oblivion
Dragon Age Origins
Knights of the Old Republic
Bioshock 2
Icewind Dale
Eschalon Book II
Incubation
Fallout 3
Anachronox
Risen
Two Worlds
City of Heroes
Anarchy Online
Rune
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Goodness that's hard to choose. In no particular order.

1. Freespace 2
2. Starcraft
3. World of Warcraft
4. Final Fantasy VI
5. Counterstrike
6. Half-Life
7. Super Mario 64
8. Pokemon Red/Blue
9. Deus Ex
10. Civilization II
11. Super Mario Kart
12. Baldur's Gate 2
13. Planescape Torment
14. Mass Effect 2
15. Max Payne
16. Command and Conquer - Red Alert
17. Portal 2
18. Oblivion
19. Chrono Trigger
20. Team Fortress 2
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Baldur’s Gate 2
Fallout 3
Freespace 2
Legend of Zelda
Contra
World of Warcraft
Dark Age of Camelot
Homeworld
Starcraft
Street Fighter: Alpha
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
Tomb Raider
Assassins Creed 1
Madden 1
Football Manager 2011
Mass Effects 1
Pitfall!
System Shock 2
Knights of the Old Republic
Wing Commader 4
Grand Theft Auto IV
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Game fans, this weekend is your last chance to post or edit your list of nominees!

I've listed below a few entries I wasn't sure of, and what I'm assuming you mean.

Silvaril
XCom -– assuming X-COM: UFO Defense (1994)

tru1cy
Pitfall Harry -– assuming Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (2004)/Pitfall: The Big Adventure (2008)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City -- assuming Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.(2005)


Also below are those with over 20 noms. Please trim your lists down or I'll have to pick your 20!
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Hipolito wrote:Game fans, this weekend is your last chance to post or edit your list of nominees!

I've listed below a few entries I wasn't sure of, and what I'm assuming you mean.

Silvaril
XCom -– assuming X-COM: UFO Defense (1994)

tru1cy
Pitfall Harry -– assuming Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (2004)/Pitfall: The Big Adventure (2008)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City -- assuming Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.(2005)


Also below are those with over 20 noms. Please trim your lists down or I'll have to pick your 20!
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Heya
Hipolito wrote:I've listed below a few entries I wasn't sure of, and what I'm assuming you mean.

Silvaril
XCom -– assuming X-COM: UFO Defense (1994)
Yup, the issue I had when picking the by line was that it had a different one depending on Sales Region.
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Nomination round is officially over, with 22 participants. Thanks for the noms, everybody!

A couple of participants had more than 20 nominations, so from their lists I cut out some nominees that only received one vote (and therefore would not have made it into the bracket anyway).

Below are the nominees from most to least nominated.

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StarCraft	8
Alpha Centauri	7
Baldur's Gate II	7
Fallout 2	7
Planescape: Torment	7
Civilization IV	6
Knights of the Old Republic	6
TIE Fighter	6
Wing Commander: Privateer	6
X-COM: UFO Defense	6
Deus Ex	5
Freespace 2	5
System Shock 2	5
Civilization II	4
Doom II	4
Dwarf Fortress	4
Fallout	4
Mass Effect 2	4
Master of Orion	4
Minecraft	4
Portal	4
SimCity	4
Star Control II	4
World of Warcraft	4
Counter-Strike	3
Jagged Alliance 2	3
Master of Magic	3
Morrowind	3
Rock Band	3
Rome: Total War	3
SimCity 2000	3
Starflight 2	3
Super Mario Kart	3
Team Fortress 2	3
Tetris	3
The Secret of Monkey Island	3
Thief II	3
Unreal Tournament	3
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!	2
Bastion	2
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday	2
Civilization	2
Command & Conquer	2
Command and Conquer: Red Alert	2
Diablo II	2
Doom	2
Europa Universalis II	2
Everquest	2
Falcon 4.0	2
Fallout 3	2
Final Fantasy VI	2
Gothic II	2
Guitar Hero	2
Half-Life	2
Half-Life 2	2
Heroes of Might & Magic III	2
King of Dragon Pass	2
Mafia	2
Mass Effect	2
Master of Orion II	2
Max Payne	2
Oblivion	2
Pool of Radiance	2
Quest for Glory I	2
Silent Hunter III	2
Starflight	2
Super Mario World	2
Sword of the Stars	2
The Legend of Zelda	2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	2
Total Annihilation	2
Ultima IV	2
Wasteland	2
Wing Commander	2
688 Attack Sub	1
Abrams Battle Tank	1
Age of Wonders	1
Amnesia: The Dark Descent	1
Anachronox	1
Anarchy Online	1
Armadillo Run	1
Armageddon Empires	1
Assassin's Creed	1
Asteroids	1
Baldur's Gate	1
Bejeweled	1
BioShock	1
BioShock 2	1
Blade of Darkness	1
Borderlands	1
Chrono Trigger	1
City of Heroes	1
Combat	1
Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy	1
Command and Conquer: Generals	1
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2	1
Covert Action	1
Dark Age of Camelot	1
Dark Souls	1
Darklands	1
Day of the Tentacle	1
DEFCON	1
Demon's Souls	1
Divine Divinity	1
Dominions 3	1
Duke Nukem 3D	1
Dune II	1
Elite II: Frontier	1
Eschalon: Book II	1
Fantasy General	 1
Final Fantasy IV	1
Final Fantasy Tactics	1
Final Fantasy VII	1
Fire Emblem Awakening	1
Football Manager series	1
Front Page Sports Football series	1
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father	1
Grand Prix Legends	1
Grand Theft Auto IV	1
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	1
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	1
Gravity Bone	1
Grim Fandango	1
Guild Wars	1
Guild Wars 2	1
Gunship	1
Homeworld	1
Icewind Dale	1
Incubation	1
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis	1
Jade Empire	1
Katamari Damacy	1
Laser Squad Nemesis	1
Left 4 Dead	1
Longbow 2 	1
M.U.L.E. (1983)	1
Madden NFL series	1
Maniac Mansion	1
Mark of the Ninja	1
Mass Effect 3	1
Mech Brigade	1
MechWarrior 2	1
Mega Man 2	1
Might & Magic VI	1
Missile Command	1
Moria	1
Mortal Kombat	1
Myth II: Soulblighter	1
Neverwinter Nights	1
No One Lives Forever	1
Okami	1
Out of the Park Baseball series	1
Out of This World	1
Outcast	1
Persona 3	1
Pitfall!	1
Planetfall	1
Pokemon Red/Blue	1
Pro Wrestling	1
Psychonauts	1
Quake III Arena	1
Quest for Glory II	1
Risen	1
Road Rash	1
Rune	1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	1
SimCity 4	1
Solium Infernum	1
SoulCalibur	1
Space Rangers 2	1
Spacewar	1
Spellforce	1
Star Wars	1
StarCraft II	1
Street Fighter II	 1
Street Fighter: Alpha	1
Subspace	1
Super Mario 64	1
Super Mario Bros.	1
Syndicate	1
System Shock	1
The Last of Us	1
The Longest Journey	1
The Settlers III	1
The Walking Dead	1
To The Moon	1
Tomb Raider (1996)	1
Tomb Raider (2013)	1
Trinity	1
Two Worlds	1
Ultima VII	1
Warcraft III	1
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II	1
Warlords III	1
Wing Commander IV	1
Wizardry 8	1
Wolfenstein 3D	1
World of Goo	1
Xenoblade Chronicles	1
X-Wing	1
Zork	1
38 games have 3+ votes. They are in for sure. 36 games have 2 votes. So that I can create a big fat 64-game bracket, I'll run a bye round to narrow the 36 down to 26.

And the bye round is here!
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...and with a single post, Hipolito the Butcher has eliminated half of my favorite games of all time. :)
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