Favorite and least favorite games of all-time

counter strike 1.6

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Not everyone’s cup of tea, but interesting to see how different games handle randomness and risk.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3(still getting fanbased updates over 25 years later...).

Starcraft 1 and 2, though they've been somewhat runied by time and bad update decisions.

Civilisation 3. The later games just leaves me cold, but 3 and to a lesser extent Civ2 are just great. After some massive modding of course... I can never leave a game unmodded.

Fran Bow, because oh my goodness... Just take a little pill now and see aaall the pretty colors, lol...

D2.

Supreme commander 1(with expansion).

Pirates! Original C64/128 and Amiga versions!

XCOM 3 Apocalypse. Most of the best parts from the first games, but with massively improved, almost everything else. And so much more fun than the modern XCOM remakes.

Transport Tycoon. Fanbased remake version is still HUGE.

Star wars Rebellion. Despite issues, lots of fun game, especially after some proper modding.

Pinball Dreams/Fantasy/Illusions series.

Dungeon keeper 1&2.

Settlers 3.

Imperialism 2.

I have absolutely forgotten a bunch, it's currently around 40 years since i got my first own computer so i wasn't limited to my brother's C20 and C64 and my oldest brother's Acorn Atom...

Retro console & arcade favorites sorted by hardware

NES/Famicom

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8 Eyes
Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers
Crystalis
Dick Tracy
Dragon Warrior I
Double Dragon III
Fester's Quest
Final Fantasy
Guardian Legend
Ikari Warriors 1 & 2
Kick Master
Kung Fu Heroes
Legend of Kage
Legend of Zelda 2
Ninja Gaiden 2
Pro Wrestling
Rampage
River City Ransom
Rockin Kats
Spy Vs Spy
Wizards & Warriors III

Genesis/Mega Drive

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Adventures of Batman & Robin
Aladdin (Disney games always seemed better on the Genesis)
Cyborg Justice
Desert Strike
Earthworm Jim
Gain Ground
Ghouls & Ghosts
Gunstar Heroes
King's Bounty (or the PS2 remake Heroes of Might & Magic Quest for the Dragonbone Staff)
Lion King
Rings of Power
Streets of Rage 1 & 2
Valis III
Vectorman
X-Men 2 Clone Wars

Game Boy

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Final Fantasy Legend III
Gargoyle's Quest
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Star Trek 25th Anniversary
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan

Game Gear

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Defenders of Oasis
Jurassic Park
Master of Darkness
Mega Man
Power Rangers
Tails Adventure

SNES/SFC

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Actraiser (my favourite unexpected genre mashup of all time)
Arcana (not really a great game but I loved that all of your characters were cards)
Battleclash
Chrono Trigger
Contra III
Cybernator/Assault Suits Valken
Donkey Kong Country
Final Fantasy VI
Jurassic Park
Knights of the Round
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Lemmings
Mechwarrior
Mega Man X
Metal Warriors
Pilotwings
Rampart
Secret of Mana
Shadowrun
Star Trek Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator (wow that's a long title)
Super Mario RPG
Super Metroid
TMNT IV Turtles in Time
Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Playstation 1

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Armored Core + its two expansions
Assault Rigs (fun but not amazing, mostly an excuse to use my SCPH-1110 Playstation Analog Joystick)
Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Blood Omen Legacy of Kain
Brave Fencer Musashi (bought this just for the Final Fantasy 8 demo, ended up hating FF8 & loving Brave Fencer)
Colony Wars 1-3
Defcon 5 (one of the most stressful games I've ever played, the space station starts falling apart while you try to escape)
Diablo 1 (after playing it on PC I was surprised how well it worked on a controller)
Dragon Ball Legends
Einhander
Elemental Gearbolt
Final Fantasy Tactics
Future Cop LAPD
Ghost in the Shell (a great game on its own and another fun excuse to break out my SCPH-1110)
Herc's Adventures
IQ Intelligent Qube
Jet Moto 1 & 2
Jumping Flash
King's Field
Lunar Silver Star Story Complete
Magic the Gathering Battlemage
Parasite Eve
Philosoma (the perspective changes in this shmup were fun)
Ridge Racer 1 & 2
Riven
Robo Pit
SaGa Frontier
Spyro
Star Trek Invasion
Tecmo's Deception
Tenchu Stealth Assassins
Tiny Tank
Tobal No. 1
Twisted Metal 1, 2, & 4
WarGames Defcon 1
Warhawk
WipEout 1 & 2

Arcade

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1943 Battle of Midway
Alien vs Predator
Final Fight
Forgotten Worlds
In the Hunt
Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road (SNES/SFC port was great too)
Lightbringer/Dungeon Magic (great title for ARPG fans, loved the branching & sometimes hidden paths)
OutRun
RoadBlasters (great NES & Genesis ports)
Simpsons
Smash TV
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
Sunset Riders
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
X-Men

And instead of least favorites I'm gonna list some games I like even though I don't usually like their genre

Fighting Games

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Killer Instinct (arcade & SNES/SFC)
Mortal Kombat 1-3 (props to the Game Gear version of 1&2 for being surprisingly good)
Primal Rage (arcade & SNES/SFC)
Street Fighter 2's many incarnations + Alpha
World Heroes Perfect
X-Men Children of the Atom

F/TPS

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Aliens Fireteam Elite
Descent (PS1)
Disruptor (PS1)
Doom I + 64 + 2016
Faceball 2000 (Game Boy & SNES/SFC)
Halo 1-3 + ODST + Reach
Zero Tolerance (Genesis/Mega Drive)

Sports

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Arch Rivals (arcade & NES)
Cyberball (arcade & NES)
NBA Jam Tournament Edition (arcade, Genesis, & SNES)

NES:
Dynablaster
Captain Planet

PC:
Winter Games (DOS)
Bleifuss Fun
Space Cadet 3D Pinball
Quake 2
Quake 3 Arena
Anno 1602
NFS 2 SE
NFS 3
GTA 3
GTA Vice City
Diablo 1 (also with Hellfire)
Diablo 2 (also with LoD)
Diablo 2 Resurrected

Least:
Heroes of Might and Magic
Black and White
Diablo 3
Diablo Immortal (!)

Sure some games belonging in the "Least" Section got erased over time from my Memory.

Favourite:
PC
1. Diablo 1
2. Diablo 2
3. Diablo 2 Resurrected
4, The Witcher 3
5. Assassin Creed Origin
6. Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2
7. Age of Empires 3
8. Fallout 1 - 4

PS
1. Horizon Zero Dawn Series
2. God of War & Ragnarok
3. Astro Bot

Least Favourite
1. Too Many

My personal Top 20: (no particular order)

Diablo 2 (LoD/D2R)
Diablo 1 (Tchernobog mod)
Jagged Alliance 2 (1.13 mod)
Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Ed.
Icewind Dale EE
Dawn of War Soulstorm
Helldivers
The Binding of Isaac
TES Skyrim (modded)
Dungeon Keeper (FX)
7 Days to Die
Prey (2017)
Heroes of Might & Magic V
Halflife 1+2
Portal 1+2
Company of Heroes
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Gothic 1-3
Left 4 Dead 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

No need to talk about bad games, there are too many. I tend to forget them. But if I would make a Top 10 of Worst Games, Diablo Immoral and Dungeon Keeper mobile would be placed there, both for raping a great name.

Yooo OP is a fellow L4D2 fan!

I can't possibly name all my favorite games but I'll list a few off the top of my head. I don't think I keep track of my least favorites.

Diablo 2 (and 1, why not)
L4D2 (and 1)
Metroid Prime 1 and 2
Super Metroid
Zelda (pretty much all of them but especially Zelda 2, OoT, Zelda 1, ALttP, WW, and TP)
The Binding of Isaac
Amplitude
Mass Effect 3 (specifically the multiplayer)
Bioshock 1-3
SMB3
Starcraft
Red Alert 2
Portal
Resident Evil (all mainline games up to and including Resi 4, and Resi 7)
Trials Frontier
Madden '06 (lol)

PC:

• EvE: Online
• World of Warcraft (Vanilla, TBC, WoTLK, Classic)
• Warcraft 3 (ROC + TFT)
• Starcraft 2 (WOL)
• Diablo 2 (LoD + Resurrected)
• Rise of Nations (Conquerors + EE)
• Stronghold (HD, DE)

Consoles:

• Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
• Super Mario 64 (N64)
• Super Smash Bros: Melee (GC)
• Mario Kart: Double Dash (GC)
• Pokemon Red/Blue (GB)
• Pokemon Leaf Green/Fire Red (GBA)

I could play these games and nothing else for the rest of my life and be completely and utterly satisfied.

C64:

• Newcomer

• Archon

• Bburago Rally

• Streed Rod 2

• Wizard of Wor

• Mayhem in Monsterland

PC:

• Diablo 2 LoD (mainly on local priv realms, was a totally different experience than bnet)

• Diablo (1) hellfire

• Red alert (1)

• Fallout 2

• Fallout New Vegas

• Diablo 2 Resurrected (much better than LoD bnet)

• Heroes 3 (still playing HotA sometimes)

• TTD (and OpenTTD ofc)