Random: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Tops GQ's 100 Greatest Games Of All Time

Yeah that's about right.

Lists are extremely a trap but no list of good games made in 2023 should have Bioshock Infinite on it, even at #83.
**runs**

Breath of the Wild definitely captures the spirit of the original Zelda, which won inspired countless developers in the business. It's nice to see it on a top 10.

GQ? Game Quandary? Neat

Overrated

Ow, hey, look out! Why is everyone throwing things at me?!

I can understand BotW being at the top (hopefully soon to be dethroned Friday) but...

I LOVE Super Mario Kart, it will always one of my top 3 of that franchise, but MK8D is clearly better in every way yet the former made it in over the latter. Super Metroid and Prime are too low (in the 60's and 70's?!)

Bloodborne in number 4 seems high to me considering the effect some of those other top 10 titles have had on video games in general.

Super Mario Odyssey at 87 is way to low and Mario Kart 8 should have been there instead of Super Mario Kart.
Overall pretty good list though with the only right choice for the top spot.

IT IS the best game of all time.

I know when I need top gaming lists, GQ is always my first stop. lol

@kupocake

Whoa, Ghost Trick is nowhere on that list. Bummer.

To pick out one other minor gripe, Final Fantasy VI is far too low.

I probably wouldn't even put it in my top 5 Zelda games, but different strokes I guess.

Kind of disappointed how ‘recent’ most of these games are. I don’t care who needs to hear it, The Last of Us and Dark Souls are insanely overrated.

Of this top ten MGS is my favorite (although I never managed to finish it because of - imo - bad controls in the final boss fight). But I've only played four (ok and Tetris lol) of them in total, so idk.

Portal 2 is top 10! Can’t say I’m surprised the game freakin rules

Nice win,, but I don't put a lot of stock in this.

TLOU has an incredible story and world building, but is at best a competent cover shooter. We can see that in how poorly gameplay holds up in the remakes.

Tetris is ... tetris.

Bloodborne is easily the most accessible "souls" game, but it doesn't even crack a 90% user score and was never a game changer, even in a incredible niche genre.

The Witcher 3 is great and still one of the best looking games ever made to this day, but pushing the "limits" of PC hardware is not the same as pushing the limits of a console. Without the tech aspect, it's a top tier RPG but not "best of all time" materal.

ME2 - Ok, that one I agree with. It was the technical apex of that generation and the story decision to give the player absolute moral authority (where all your actions are justified and "good", even murder and deception, because you are SAVING ALL LIFE EVERYWHERE and anyone inhibiting that goal is inherently evil) was actually really important in the development of how games approach narrative.

Metal Gear Solid - Sure. Personally not a favorite, but it defined 2 genres of gameplay at once while being one of the most technically stunning games of it's generation.

Portal 2 - Fantastic half-life 2 mod with fantastic story telling. Kim Swift told Gabe that Gordon Freemen should have a voice but Gabe said gamers don't connect on an emotional level to characters outside of completely story driven games. She told him she could make players fall in love with an inanimate cube to the point where some would choose not to progress past a given point in the game. So ... easy top 10 best stories in gaming, but as a game on it's own ...

Dark souls - The justification for having a souls-like on this list is that it defined OR it was the peek of, a genre. Having two on this list is just silly.

Half-life 2 - Having Portal and Half-life 2 on the same list is even more silly then having 2 soul likes. Again, they only deserve a spot for how they refined a genre, and in all honestly, half-life 1 was WAY more groundbreaking then the second.

9 games from after the PS era and Tetris. So if this was a list of "most popular games with 30 year olds" ... sure, seems pretty legit. But to put the word "greatest" there despite nothing from the era that defined gaming as we know it today being in the top 10 seems a bit sus.

My top 10 is different to be sure, but some respectful choices. From a Nintendo perspective, I think Galaxy 1 or 2 should be somewhere in there, it’s the peak of imagination in a Mario game to me. Halo games aren’t high enough either, I think the third title has a case in the top 10. Otherwise, I respect the list! The top 5 are all masterpieces, I love them dearly (including Tetris).

I wouldn’t say it’s the best of all time, but it is very good. It’s weird, but I feel like it is now kinda underrated compared to how overrated it was at launch. A lot of Zelda fans act like it’s a 6/10 game just because it doesn’t have traditional dungeons even though it blows the Zelda series out of the water in most everything else. ( except for story, but most Zelda games don’t have amazing stories either.)

That's a fairly rubbish list

The last of us making this list is adorable.

The absolute state of gaming critics

Edit: Also, Okami is 94th, after GTA4

I know that gaming critics don't know what a video game is, but I'm surprised somebody signed this list, this is worse than most and that's saying a lot.

@Rambler I agree wholeheartedly. There's not a single japanese developer/director/gaming journalist etc. among the so called experts, but at least 5 from Naughty Dog and Arkane respectively.

Not exactly what you'd call a representative list.

@Mauzuri Only one can have it though.

And no, Skyrim is absolutely not better than BotW. I can know because I started playing Skyrim after BotW and it just felt incredibly clunky. Why can I not just climb on every mountain everywhere? Why can't I reach all places everywhere? Why can't I chop trees for my own benefit? Etc...

Witcher 3 has recently replaced BOTW as my all time favourite game. Super Mario 3 is still the GOAT though.

Super Mario world is the greatest followed by BOTW , the last of us lol 😂

Not sure about that Top 10, or the way they have gone about voting on it. But that's subjective.

Objectively... their article displaying the Top 100 is utterly horrendous to read/scroll/navigate. Embarrassingly bad way of publishing a list online. Did they even test it on a mobile phone? It's so bad!

Dance Dance Revolution is my number 1 game.
BOTW?
I don't even play that game.

This really, REALLY bad list is so obviously prejudged by what has released recently and what is releasing in the very near future. Whomever these "industry experts" are - they are terrible at making top 10 lists worth a damn.

Sorry everyone - BotW is objectively not the greatest game ever made. Subjectively, I wouldn't put it anywhere near the top 10.

@PessitheMystic I had the exact opposite reaction. I thought it was nice to see a list for once that doesn't overly rely on nostalgic picks.

Witcher 3 shouldn't even be on the list. It's a generic, clumsy dialogue simulator where the open world has no interactivity and no other purpose but to move your character from one point to another. And Tetris... really. It's there just for the sake of being the first puzzle game like that or something but in that case they could've filled the top 10 with old games.

As for BotW, it's number one because from the point of game design it's hard to beat. The developers know this and that's why they rate it so high.

@Cashews
If you have a conspiracy theory then you should be able to prove it. So, give me the evidence?

Every time a Nintendo game tops some list people say Nintendo paid it.

@Cashews
Also, you say that GQ is hardly a bastion of journalism. Did you not read the article? This is what it says:

"List was compiled with the help of 239 experts from the games industry (from a total of 300 invites), including developers, directors, writers, streamers, and journalists."

So, it may be true that GQ itself is a weird site to do a list like this, but they managed to get the results from a huge of amount of known people in gaming industry.

Most of the games in the top ten aren't my cup of tea at all...

Would've thought I would've saw the likes of golden age rpgs like Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, or FF VI or modern classics like Persona 5 Royal or Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age- Definitive Edition. Love these kinds of games, that top ten I just can't get behind.

Not seeing Mario games in the top ten is ludicrous though. Platforming is my next favorite genre after SRPG/JRPGs, and these games remain hugely relevant to this day. Sitting outside of the top ten... Mama mia.

@Cia here I go assembling a crack research team to get to the bottom of this mystery. i'll have it on your desk eob.

@Cashews
Ha, go for it. I'll be waiting forever.

@BodkinDQ I disagree having somewhat niche jrpgs on the list. FF7 maybe since it was monumental to the PS2's success and influenced rpgs until today even.

But gosh dern you are right about Mario. No mario on a top 10 video game list ololollllll. makes the entire thing really dumb and useless.

No SMB 2 but Witcher 3 and Last of Us lol okay.

ME2 is the worst of the trilogy. ME1>>>ME3>ME2

@Cashews As a general rule I agree that rpgs are objectively niche and I'll admit that even as a fan. But that's why I didn't go off mentioning a lot of my favorites, cos even while some are popular, they aren't top 10 popular. That's why I mentioned the ones I did, cos all of them have made a huge splash in not just rpgs territory, but gaming in general. In particular Chrono Trigger I would think would have a top ten space...

...glad I'm not the only one who thought not seeing some Mario representation in the top 10 was a head scratcher. Just can't take the list seriously with that in mind.

@Ooyah
Happy Birthday! I'm with you and others here on the lack of classic 8- and 16-bit games in this GQ list. But I can't say I'm surprised - people have short memories and games are so iterative that later ones are always building upon and often improving on older titles.

But certainly don't be bashful about your age here! I suspect I'm among the oldest readers here on NL, and the way I look at it, those of us who came up in the arcades and the Atari/8-bit/16-bit generations were subjected to some really primitive and sometimes brutally difficult games, and yet came to love them anyway. We would burn every bush and bomb every wall in LOZ, looking for secrets, with no all-knowing internet to guide us. I'd dare say we're the greatest generation of gamers!

So basically, I salute your great taste in games!

I think a "Most Formative Games in History" list would be more interesting than an ephemeral "top 100" list, anyway.

@BodkinDQ after a mario movie with bad writing made 12 trillion dollars. nope, mario is a fad people don't like.

"I choose Bloodbourne as third greatest game ever made."

Lists are always highly subjective, even if 300 people combine to make one. This one reads like it was put together by 300 people who've only been playing video games for the last decade or so.

I kinda figured BOTW would be a highly rated game cause anyone can play it for all ages. That's probably why it's so highly rated and with TOTK coming that will elevate the Zelda series even more. They'll probably chart topping sales and youtube gaming gameplays views for the rest of the year.

@PlasmaticSnake
You should read the list of people who were involved compiling the list from the bottom of the CQ's article.

Recency bias! Right on!

@Cia It's a very Anglosaxon centric list you have to admit; if you were going to be a bit nasty, you could almost say the list is racist; Japan is imo the most important country in the history of gaming (forget about Atari and the US - it was japanese games that like REALLY popularized video games) and yet the compilers of this hasn't reached (it seems from the names and companies) out to ONE single japanese "gaming personality (could be a language issue - but still it's HIGHLY problematic when you claim to have compiled (the?) a list of the 100 greatest video games ever. It is bordering on being racist imo.

I can't understand all the love for Portal 2. If you take away the voice acting, it's just an ok puzzle game. Baba is You is far better (and harder!) as a puzzle game.

I wonder what my top 10 list would look like these days. I haven't thought about it in a long time. I feel like I'd have to make two lists... the childhood nostalgia list and then the current favorites list.

With the nostalgia list, I'd certainly pick Donkey Kong Country 2, Starfox 64, Viewtiful Joe, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Majora's Mask. With the adult list, I know that Hollow Knight and Dark Souls 3 would be there. But are favorite games the ones that gave you a massive impression during the initial playthrough? Or is it more which games you still enjoy playing over and over?

After you've played several hundred games from across 5 decades, it really feels nearly impossible to rank games anymore.

This is apparently a hot take after reading these comments, but... A game being influential doesn't make it good. Just because a game changed the course of gaming history doesn't mean it's still as good in retrospect. Like, half the music I listen to allegedly wouldn't exist without The Ramones, but that doesn't make me like The Ramones.

@Bret Sure. But if you were to make a Top 10 greatest bands of all time list and you listed Blink 182 because you liked them - any judge would certify it justifiable if someone burned your house down.

The reason The Ramones are chosen for punk, the Beatles for pop, Gordon Lightfoot (RIP) for folk, Siouxsie Sioux for alt are chosen so often is not only because they were so influential - but also because they were masters of their craft, titans of innovation and are still insanely listenable today.

Same with games. Some might not like the lo-fi play of SMB 3 but it is still tight as nails gameplay and most people could still pick it up and play. Some games just transcend. Street Fighter 2, Pac Man, Final Fantasy 7, GTA 3. Some of them are on the newer side. I'd put Fortnite ahead of at least 9 of these including Zelda - and I can't stand Fortnite. Christ Minecraft. MINECRAFT changed the entire industry and reverberates in every facet of game development in every second of the day.

Like how could you put Bloodbourne- a game literally no one ever mentions ever, over a game like SF2 - which had kids lining up for multiple hours for a chance to play on the big screen against the toughest kid in the arcade - which is still cranking out huge sales numbers and has people competing at crazy high levels?

I want to see a list where industry experts throw the gauntlet down and say “these are the games that have had an influence on the rest of the industry”. I don't think BOTW would be in the top ten considering the games that have preceded it, but there’s no doubt this game was a programming achievement.

It shouldn’t even be enumerated- just grouped.

@Cashews Loving the talk of punk rock- my favorite music genre. It's a coin toss as to who is more influential to the punk scene and the wide spectrum of rock be it the Sex Pistols or Ramones. Both bands made punk on different sides of the pond and rocked way hard. Everything is owed so much to those 2, and I stand by them both as making great music and that they did. Hardcore is great too, love some Minor Threat~

To coincide with what you're saying, it's fine if an artist or game isn't your cup of tea, but to deny impact, influence, and greatness, just cos something isn't your cup of tea doesn't mean something is bad. Example, I can't stand the COD games, but I'm aware they're a juggernaut that a lot of people love. I don't like it, but I understand it's placement in gaming.

@BodkinDQ that's true. I was a big fan of COD 4 when it came out. We had a group of fellows that met through Final Fantasy 11, got bored of our literal lives being taken over by a MMO and moved on to the X360 together. After Gears of War started getting stale we moved over to COD because it had the most hype and we liked competition.

It is all we could do to not quit our lives and just play that all day every day. When it came out it was all encompassing.

Good god why is Everquest or World of Warcraft not on this list?*((^$#%^%$#&**!

All of these lists amount to little more than opinion pieces. The more games you play, the more you'll realize that it's a hopeless task to try and 'rank' them, because so many games accomplish amazing things in different ways. But I do enjoy how angry certain people become about BotW's continued popularity and success.

After Breath Of The Wild I will never again believe critics when it comes to Zelda.

Ignoring its monumental impact, Super Mario 64 doesn't deserve a top 20 position (top 100 but not 20). Even though each world remains timeless and impressive today (not to mention the expansiveness of the moveset), the clunkiness of the controls (especially the camera) are hard to ignore in this scenario.

Imagine if you asked a bunch of instagram/tiktok/youtube "influencers" (the type who get arrested and deported from Bali because they filmed themselves dancing naked in Hindu temples) to name the top 100 greatest works of fiction in the English language; instead of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, etc, you would end up with a list containing the likes of The Da Vinci Code, Twilight, and some truly terrible fan fiction taking the majority of the top places. This is the video games equivalent of that list.

The real surprise is Elden Ring not making the Top 10.

@Ralizah wonderful and well said. Each game on this list (and the many greats not even listed) accomplished their own strengths within the confines of their artistic direction and goals. Ranking is ultimately absurd, but, a fun exercise I think! I have my own list which granted is so subjective to my tastes, but it’s nice to reflect on what makes these games so monumental. And, it gives people pause to consider games they have yet to play. Maybe it’s a guilty pleasure, but I genuinely enjoy looking at lists like this. I just wish the GQ article had put an effort into explaining why these games are great. Surely with the hundreds you consulted… you could have elaborated? 😅

I'm pretty surprised they didn't list Cave Story. It's influence on the Indie scene is massive.

@Magician that gave me a good chuckle. Thank you.

@Enriesto I enjoy making and reading lists myself. Although mostly from individual people, since it gives you a sense of what they value in a game. I don't know what a list like this accomplishes, since it sounds like the simple result of a popularity contest among the people they polled. Individuals often try to provide more context for their choices.

But yeah, so many games are so different, but very effective within their niche, so comparing them seems a bit pointless.

I have my favorites as well, of course.

@Mauzuri I can see the argument for saying it's not the best game ever, but saying it's 6/10 is equally ridiculous if not more. If you can't see why it gets great reviews other than the shortcomings you mentioned, you can't be very critical of any other game developers who don't even put forth a fraction of the effort they did on Breath of the Wild.

I really wanted to like BOTW but I found it so repetitive and boring. Huge open world is great, but it was so empty. There was no challenge and the game was annoying with the breaking weapons. I get people love it because it was a Zelda game but if it was made by Microsoft and had a different name, people wouldn't be so forgiving with the flaws the game clearly had. Nintendo fans will just growl and hiss is you say anything bad about a game but hey, let's forget the downside because ZELDA!!

Lol. Can't say I give a rat's ass about the opinion of these 'experts'. Even less after seeing their list.

@NinjaNicky
You're not gonna like TotK either then. It will most certainly have large sweeping vistas just like the previous game. This time it's even worse, though, because you're gonna have to cross empty spaces of air. Sounds boring, right?

It would certainly be better if there was a flying puzzle or NPC in every square inch of air. I mean, who needs to see beautiful sunsets? I'd rather look at a whole mess of stuff floating on the entirety of air space. The floating islands just don't cover enough area.

You can apply the same great design idea to every square inch of land and underground areas the game offers.

Not saying that it doesn't deserve the spot but I chuckled when I read "industry experts".

Interesting list. I definitely agree with BotW at #1. Half Life 2 and Dark Souls would probably be in my top 10 as well.

Seemed like a solid list to me. You don't have to agree with every placing, or even any placing, to think that.

Normally these lists generate some wtf moments when you're sure a game's just been included to appease a particular group. I didn't get that this time. I'd heard of every game and each of them was well received.

Considering it was comprised by getting each person to list just 10 games, it's pretty solid, and once again I feel letdown by the all-too-predictable negativity above me.

All lists are subjective, but sooooo much fun to pick apart. Personally, I think Undertale deserves a top 10 spot. I was very late to playing that game, but was blown away by it, especially the music and characters. Ace Attorney, Ogre Battle, I have odd tastes I'm sure, but I love games that do different types of things.

It’s just missing the masterpiece of Superman 64.

The only game I disagree with is TLOU. Because it’s more an interactive story with some gameplay elements. It may be the epitope of interactive entertainment but it’s not really a true game in my opinion. Tetris on the other hand is all game and no fluff - timeless, addictive and (probably) the greatest IMO.

@Cashews You lost me at justifiable arson based on an opinion.

If they do the list next year will it be TOTK first and BOTW second, will something else overtake BOTW or will TOTK be absolute bobbins?

Very well deserved and quite expected #1 spot. I don't remember seeing a single top100 list since BotW release where it wasn't #1. Here's a couple of recent ones.

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-best-100-video-games-of-all-time

https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-videogames-of-the-decade-2010s (Down there is the voted list of the best games of the decade)

I've been gaming since the late 80's and Breath of the Wild is also my number #1 game of all time. I'm actually still playing it quite often with the wife even after 300-400hours. It's simply just so well designed game that it's always fun just to explore and have an adventure. The Last of Us and Bloodborne make my top10 of all time as well, but I'd have liked to see a bit more old point and click adventures on the list and The Wind Waker is my second favorite Zelda so I'd rank it way higher. Nice to see Ocarina and Link to the Past get respectable placing. I also think all three Bloodborne, Dark Souls and Elden Ring do belong in the top 20.

Overall I think it's a pretty good list with a good mix of old classics, nostalgia and some really good recent games.

Judging by the comments, it seems like too many people don't understand that this list was based on personal tastes. There is a lot of judgment that this top 10 isn't the "correct" top 10, but it is purely based on subjective opinions of various GQ employees, with the results being aggregated.

Pokemon, Skyrim, Tetris, Final Fantasy VII, and Minecraft might be "important" games but they'd never make my top 10. But I wouldn't judge if they were on someone else's list.

Taste is something to allow, not to attack.

not a terrible list but no Diablo?? I see three voters associated with Blizzard and none to Activision. No Activision games and just the old World of Warcraft picked.

Some people also don't seem to understand this is not just some random list, but a list voted by more than 200 people working as a professional games reviewer, developer or a journalist. It doesn't get much more credible when it comes to ranking games.

Wish they would have similar site to games as theyshootpictures is for movies where all the professional lists are gathered and compiled as a one massive list, which is updated yearly.

https://theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php

Funny part is that many people complain about the lists but I've taken part to several voting and compilation of top100 lists whether it's games or movies and most of the time the lists end up looking quite similar. It's almost always the same games and movies that make the cut but in just a bit different order. If we would compile a top100 list here at Nintendolife BotW would most likely be #1 as well.

@Mauzuri
Oblivion... yeah, a great game. You can walk, swing a sword and cast a spell. There's the entirety of its gaming mechanics. Well, technically you can ride a horse but it's laughable as everyone knows.

The world of Oblivion is just a coulisse with no interactive elements, and the NPCs are at the same time generic as hell and look like they came from a horror movie... ugh, I can never forget the character creation.

As for Witcher 3, it's just as clumsy as if the developers had a hard time programming stuff like walking around. Once again the world is just a stage with no interactive elements. Go from icon A to icon B and through endless amounts of boring dialogue. "But oh wow, the trees are swaying in the wind!" It's like the "Oh wow a dragon!" moment from Skyrim, a game that is just slightly better than Oblivion.

These games are not in the same league with BotW, as we can see from the ratings and most lists out there.

The point is, the quests in BotW are just side content. Whoever thought they're the main meat of the game can't see the forest for the trees. It's like wondering why Metroid Prime doesn't have any quests where you move from point a to point b and complaining about it.

@HeadPirate Spot on.

Breath of the Wild is a good game, but it was lacking in dungeons and story compared to some other Zelda games.

Super Mario Odyssey is my favorite game of the past few years. It was a magical experience.

When.a similar list is made 10-15 years from now, none of those ranked 4-10 will even make top 20. Super Mario World, however.

No COUNTER STRIKE? Really? 24-30 million people playing monthly this game year after year....one of the most important and influential game ever!

No Activision game? Really? This list is more political than realistic.

LOL....Street Fighter is the only fighting game in this list? LOL LOL LOL no King of Fighters? no Tekken? no Mortal Kombat? REALLY???

ok...its trash!

FABLE 2 (trash trash trash) is there, but NOT DIABLO ???? REALLY???? All Rogue-lite drink from the source of Diablo!! pssss

"Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss" is there (LOL)....but NOT ROCKET LEAGUE??? 20 million people playing monthly this game for 13 years!!! One of the most intense e-sports leagues in this world OUT from this list? It´s a joke!

The Secret of Monkey Island, but NOT "The Dig", the most important point-&-click EVER! It´s a joke.

"What Remains of Edith Finch" is there, but NOT XCOM....LOL

Sorry...i put this list in the trash.

Nobody needs to agree with me. And it is impossible for me to change my opinion after having gone to check the list.

You can tell this list is extremely biased when they don't have a single Pokemon or Mario game in the Top 10 - the two biggest selling video game franchises of all time.

@Cia I prefer The Witcher 3 than Zelda BOTW (I feel like falling asleep playing this game.).. The Witcher 3 world is just perfect. The dub is perfect, characters, everything. And i does not like RPG......

No need to get freaked out by "best of" lists. There is no way to measure "the best" games. People like games in a different order than you like them. It's inherently subjective.

I get that in making the list they are claiming objectivity but just chill. It's fine.

Lot of games listed there had no business being on a top 100 list.

@Magician Mario Galaxy deserves BOTWs spot

I’m looking forward to TotK but I’m also prepared to temper my expectations of how this game will be reviewed and rated. I could see this game getting 8’s and 9’s compared the now standard Zelda 10! Not saying it’ll be a bad game, 8, 9 is still a very good score but I could see this being more of a Majoras Mask then Ocarina of Time. Still a classic but I believe those “Switch hardware limitations” will have this game characterized as having a bit too much “more of the same” syndrome. Won’t impact my enjoyment with the game but u know how reviews can impact how games can be perceived

Awful list in my opinion but wasn't expecting anything better from such a mainstream publication.

@Switch_Pro

It has been written several times that this is not the opinion of gq-magazine but list voted by more than 200 people working as a professional games reviewer, developer or a journalist. In my opinion this list has more merit than most lists out there.

Plenty of same games here on the recent IGN top 100 list. https://www.ign.com/articles/the-best-100-video-games-of-all-time

Besides I don't get how some are so surprised by the list, it's usually always the same games just a different order.

You don't usually see film fans complaining this much about best movie lists.

Super Mario World and Mario Galaxy should both be in the top 10! The thing that makes this list invalid is that Pac-Man and/or Ms. Pac-Man are not included.

Good list. And very cool to see Kate Gray listed as one of the voters.

A new sarcastic emoticon should be invented for having Disco Elysium placed 80 spots above Super Mario Bros.

I count a full FIFTY of GQ's 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time are on Switch!

@PessitheMystic Can’t speak for Dark Souls (it’s not my cup of tea but I can see why people love it) but I agree with Last of Us. I love it but the best part about it (the story) isn’t something that could only be done in a video game, something that’s just been emphasised by the TV show which told the story just as well. Beyond that it is a technical marvel for the time with the PS3 version still looking great today and it’s a decent third person shooter but second best game of all time? No

@Guybrush-Threepwood I know, I still don't like the list, it feels like it was made by someone that started gaming in 2010. Bloodborne is not even the best Souls title, how is it that high?

@Switch_Pro

Maybe because it's the best From game

I seriously still think Bloodborne is the best of the series and I know many people agree. Even though Elden Ring got close. I still think Bloodborne has the best combat and the world in the series. There's just something about that dark and disturbing world and haunting atmosphere. I personally would rank Bloodborne in my top 5 of all time as well and if it makes any difference I've been gaming since the late 80's.

@Guybrush-Threepwood Where is that coming from though? I'm sure many people will agree with you on that, but it doesn't have the highest Metacritic score, nor is it the most popular, nor the most influential. When making a top list of all time, at least to me, a game being influential is extremely important. Which is why I think the first Dark Souls deserves to be a lot higher than Bloodborne. Personally, I enjoy it more as well, but that's kinda secondary.

I personally didn't feel the open world in Elden Ring brought anything revolutionary to the Souls series. It's one of the best games of recent years but I still enjoyed most all the self-contained areas like Leyndell, Volcano Manor etc. We're splitting hairs here because all Bloodborne, Elden Ring and Dark Souls are in my top 20 of all time, but comparing Elden Ring and Bloodborne more is not necessarily always better. In addition to reasons I mentioned about Bloodborne I think it's just the right length and has a perfect pacing. Elden Ring being a massive game has some of the lesser moments by default.

I don't really care which is ranked higher since both Bloodborne and Elden Ring are my favorite games of the century along with Breath of the Wild and The Last of Us.

@Guybrush-Threepwood But it isn't just about Bloodborne. The selection of games simply isn't good for an all time top 10 list. One cannot take any list without a single Mario game in the top 10 seriously.

I saw Final Fantasy 6 at #73 and I almost spit coffee all over my laptop. Same with Castlevania: SotN at #62 and Super Metroid at #60. And no Mega Man!?

@Mauzuri Fair points but I still think with those things being said, it's not hard to understand why the game gets the praise it gets. The ambition and attention to detail alone are to be commended in a gaming environment where most developers only care about their DLC.

@Switch_Pro

That's true of course, you would have expected to see at least one Mario in the top 10 but that's just how the voting went this time.

This recent IGN list has two Mario games in top10 and three in top 11.

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-best-100-video-games-of-all-time

That Too 10 sucks and as much as I like it, BOTW is ridiculously overrated. For all it does right, it also has the worst dungeons, bosses, and music of any 3D Zelda game. Also the Tunic of the Wild is the worst tunic since the original.

@NIN10DOXD
I don't understand the hardcore nostalgia towards the old 3d Zelda games. I completed them all back in the day, but compared to BotW they suck! Going back feels clunky with dated game design and the only games that can compete musically or in anyway are OOT and MM.

TP, WW and SS are mediocre and boring games. I think the whole series would be better without them, honestly. BotW is the game the developers always wanted to make according to themselves. It's no wonder it tops most lists, such as the ones from IGN, Edge Magazine and this.