CIG

1. Mass Effect 2 

2. Persona 4 

3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 

4. Grand Theft Auto 3

5. Super Metroid

6. Marvel's Spider-Man 

7. Super Mario Odyssey

8. Red Dead Redemption 

9. Rock Band

10. Fallout: New Vegas

11. Twisted Metal 2 

12. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 

13. NieR: Automata

14. Tecmo Super Bowl 

15. God of War 2 

16. Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain 

G/B

1. Half Life 2

2. Shadow of the Colossus

3. Pokemon Red and Blue

4. Super Mario RPG

5. WWE Smackdown - Here Comes The Pain

6. Katamari Damacy

7. Silent Hill 2 

8. LA Noire 

9. Bully

10. Tekken 5

11. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time 

12. Far Cry 3 

13. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

14. Lolipop Chainsaw 

15. Midnight Club 3 

16. Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy 

Close one here as I like both teams (well half of each) but it's hard to beat LTTP and SMW2.

So cig is 4-0 up at the time of posting, which is baffling, because G/B has opened with three of the legit greatest games ever made. He also has Super Mario RPG, a great Smackdown game, and Silent Hill 2. It drops off after that point with a bunch of games I've never played and have no interest in. Still, a couple of 10/10s and a few other great games.

Can cig top that? Nah. He does have a 10/10 game in Persona 4, and GTA3 is very strong, but the rest of his roster doesn't pack enough of a punch to take down G/B.

CIG

1. Mass Effect 2 - One of my favorite games of all time
4. Grand Theft Auto 3 - Just fun to mess around with for small period of time.
8. Red Dead Redemption - While I didn't get far into 2 I loved the original
10. Fallout: New Vegas - Last great Fallout game even with the glitches
11. Twisted Metal 2 - Fun mindless destruction. This genre needs to come back.
14. Tecmo Super Bowl
15. God of War 2 - probably best one of the original series

G/B

2. Shadow of the Colossus - Only recently played it and while some fight felt unique and amazing. Some of them felt they were just trying to stretch out the numbers.
3. Pokemon Red and Blue - Very popular in high school. I went blue the one most people didn't want so wasn't hard to find people with Red.
4. Super Mario RPG - It was weird when I first tried it since it was not the style of game I was use too. originally didn't get too far until I came back many years later.
5. WWE Smackdown - Here Comes The Pain: Back in the day were their were major improvements each year.
8. LA Noire - Homicide desk was really fun but didn't like it much after Vice.
9. Bully - I feel like I have the same 2:00am limit most nights.
11. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time - Probably the best one in the series. Was hoping you would have picked 3 for the Courtney Gears video.
15. Midnight Club 3

CIG ‘s list was the other list that I feared. It has my three favorite games from Bioware, Bethesda, and Rockstar. Back before Bioware and Bethesda fell from grace. Though G/B’s list does match a lot more of my not as main stream stuff.

CIG

1. Mass Effect 2
2. Persona 4
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Grand Theft Auto 3
5. Super Metroid
6. Marvel's Spider-Man
7. Super Mario Odyssey
8. Red Dead Redemption
9. Rock Band
10. Fallout: New Vegas
11. Twisted Metal 2
12. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
13. NieR: Automata
14. Tecmo Super Bowl
15. God of War 2
16. Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

G/B

1. Half Life 2
2. Shadow of the Colossus
3. Pokemon Red and Blue
4. Super Mario RPG
5. WWE Smackdown - Here Comes The Pain
6. Katamari Damacy
7. Silent Hill 2
8. LA Noire
9. Bully
10. Tekken 5
11. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time
12. Far Cry 3
13. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
14. Lolipop Chainsaw
15. Midnight Club 3
16. Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy

7 from CIG's list for me, and only 3 from G/B.  So I guess I vote CIG even though I will never forgive him for stealing Mass Effect 2 from me just before I could get it  :@

Can I just vote AGAINST Shadow of the Colossus?

Has nobody played Half Life 2 or Shadow of the Colossus?

What's going on?

May 4, 2020 18:34:14 GMT Emperor said:

Has nobody played Half Life 2 or Shadow of the Colossus?

What's going on?

One amazing genre redefining game, one very good 8.5

I won't say which is which out of fear of being banned

May 4, 2020 18:34:14 GMT Emperor said:

Has nobody played Half Life 2 or Shadow of the Colossus?

What's going on?

I've played Half Life 2, and really dug it!

But then. Shadow of the Colossus...

May 4, 2020 20:38:02 GMT cig said:

May 4, 2020 18:34:14 GMT Emperor said:

Has nobody played Half Life 2 or Shadow of the Colossus?

What's going on?

One amazing genre redefining game, one very good 8.5

I won't say which is which out of fear of being banned

Are you calling one of those a solid B+?

May 4, 2020 22:08:54 GMT X-zero said:

May 4, 2020 20:38:02 GMT cig said:

One amazing genre redefining game, one very good 8.5

I won't say which is which out of fear of being banned

Are you calling one of those a solid B+?

In the Squared Circle of Gaming, it would be a rock solid IC champ.


1. Half Life 2 - 9.5
2. Shadow of the Colossus

SPOILER: Click to show

8.5

3. Pokemon Red and Blue - 9
4. Super Mario RPG - 8.5
5. WWE Smackdown - Here Comes The Pain - 9
6. Katamari Damacy
7. Silent Hill 2 - 8
8. LA Noire - 8
9. Bully - 9
10. Tekken 5
11. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time - 8
12. Far Cry 3 - 7
13. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
14. Lolipop Chainsaw
15. Midnight Club 3
16. Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy

Total = 84.5
Average = 8.45
High = 9.5

Shadow of the Colossus is an easy 10/10.

Yeah, I don't have time to do the full comparison thing on this one. Luckily, CIG is clearly the winner just at a glance. G/B has some good picks but a lot of stinkers as well, but every game on CIG's list is solid as fuck. In fact, he probably is going to win the whole thing now that I look at it.

IDK about all of that, lots of great lineups. Thanks for the kind words though!

May 4, 2020 18:27:26 GMT Rogue said:

CIG

1. Mass Effect 2
2. Persona 4
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Grand Theft Auto 3
5. Super Metroid
6. Marvel's Spider-Man
7. Super Mario Odyssey
8. Red Dead Redemption
9. Rock Band
10. Fallout: New Vegas
11. Twisted Metal 2
12. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
13. NieR: Automata
14. Tecmo Super Bowl
15. God of War 2
16. Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

G/B

1. Half Life 2
2. Shadow of the Colossus
3. Pokemon Red and Blue
4. Super Mario RPG
5. WWE Smackdown - Here Comes The Pain
6. Katamari Damacy
7. Silent Hill 2
8. LA Noire
9. Bully
10. Tekken 5
11. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time
12. Far Cry 3
13. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
14. Lolipop Chainsaw
15. Midnight Club 3
16. Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy

7 from CIG's list for me, and only 3 from G/B.  So I guess I vote CIG even though I will never forgive him for stealing Mass Effect 2 from me just before I could get it  :@

Had to because I figured you would if I didn't!

I'll drop NieR and add Shadow of the Colossus.

May 6, 2020 21:45:18 GMT cig said:

I'll drop NieR and add Shadow of the Colossus.

So this message definitely wasn't tampered with by a vengeful mod.

May 7, 2020 1:10:16 GMT X-zero said:

May 6, 2020 21:45:18 GMT cig said:

I'll drop NieR and add Shadow of the Colossus.

So this message definitely wasn't tampered with by a vengeful mod.

Gotta give the people what they want.

Even if they are wrong.

May 6, 2020 8:04:22 GMT cig said:

IDK about all of that, lots of great lineups. Thanks for the kind words though!

It was more pessimism than kindness. Fear that your list might obliterate mine as I scanned down your list. My eyes widened and I grew more and more worried as I read the title of each game.

Naturally, my list does have better games...but the unwashed masses may vote in your favor out of ignorance. The fools.

CIG easily. Mass Effect 2, GTA 3, God of War 2, Red Dead Redemption and Fallout New Vegas beat out anything on G/B's list. He also has Tecmo Super Bowl, which was one of my favorite sports games ever.