Topic: PC Gamer's 100 Best PC Games Of All Time List - 2011 Edition

[MysterD]

PC Gamer's 100 Best PC Games Of All Time - 2011 Edition.

[iPPi]

That list is ridiculous.  I looked about 4-5 pages of it... nearly all the games are 'new entries' and true gems like Grim Fandango have fallen down to 80th.  Minecraft is 17th?  World of Warcraft is number 2?

How the hell did Hitman Blood Money get #21?  I mean I love the Hitman series, but I always got the impression that it was under-appreciated and most people thought it was a forgettable experience.

Starcraft 2, out for less than a year got #9, while the original is nearly ousted to the bottom of the list. 

I think the only one I agree with is Deus Ex at number 1.

[MysterD]

My jaw dropped w/ SupCom2 at 29.
How the hell did GTA4 go from 15th last year to now this year at 100th?

[idolminds]

Unreal Tournament rating higher than Quake 3? LIST INVALIDATED

But Tribes is higher than both, so they got something right.

I think they should have cut down on listing multiple games from the same series. I mean, both L4D and L4D2? Counter Strike and CS:S? They are practically the same games. Same could be argued for the Monkey Island games. Fallout vs Fallout 3...not so much since they are quite different.

Also, here is the list. Save you some clicks:

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   1. Deus Ex
   2. World of Warcraft
   3. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
   4. Team Fortress 2
   5. Half-Life 2
   6. Rome: Total War
   7. Diablo 2
   8. Portal
   9. StarCraft 2
  10. Ultima VII: The Black Gate
  11. Company of Heroes Online
  12. UFO: Enemy Unknown
  13. Arma 2
  14. Half-Life
  15. Left 4 Dead
  16. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV
  17. Minecraft
  18. Counter-Strike
  19. Planescape: Torment
  20. Half-Life 2: Episode 2
  21. Hitman: Blood Money
  22. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
  23. Starsiege: Tribes
  24. Unreal Tournament
  25. Mass Effect
  26. Age of Empires II
  27. Fallout 3
  28. Freespace 2
  29. Supreme Commander 2
  30. System Shock 2
  31. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  32. Homeworld
  33. Braid
  34. BioShock
  35. Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
  36. Fallout
  37. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
  38. STALKER: Call of Pripyat
  39. The Longest Journey
  40. Dragon Age: Origins
  41. Doom
  42. Mass Effect 2
  43. Medal of Honour: Allied Assault
  44. Planetside
  45. The Sims 3
  46. Star Wars: TIE Fighter
  47. Battlefield 2
  48. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
  49. Battle of Britain 2
  50. Neptune’s Pride
  51. Quake 3
  52. Star Control 2
  53. System Shock
  54. Thief II: The Metal Age
  55. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
  56. Wurm Online
  57. Dungeon Keeper
  58. Day of The Tentacle
  59. Anachronox
  60. Counter-Strike: Source
  61. Frontier: Elite 2
  62. Left 4 Dead 2
  63. SimCity 2000
  64. VVVVVV
  65. Zeno Clash
  66. Torchlight
  67. Anchorhead
  68. Dwarf Fortress
  69. Flight Simulator 2004
  70. League of Legends
  71. Spelunky
  72. Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
  73. Zuma’s Revenge!
  74. Burnout Paradise
  75. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
  76. Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
  77. Command & Conquer: Red Alert
  78. Crysis
  79. Galactic Civilizations II
  80. Grim Fandango
  81. Kings Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
  82. MechCommander
  83. The Curse of Monkey Island
  84. Silent Hunter 3
  85. Sins of A Solar Empire
  86. StarCraft
  87. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
  88. Dungeon Siege
  89. Gothic 2
  90. Mirror’s Edge
  91. Mount & Blade
  92. Red Faction: Guerrilla
  93. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
  94. The Last Express
  95. Audiosurf
  96. Football Manager 2011
  97. Max Payne
  98. Ultima Underworld II
  99. Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
 100. Grand Theft Auto IV

[Cools!]

Starcraft 2, out for less than a year got #9, while the original is nearly ousted to the bottom of the list. 

Yeah, the original should've been way higher.

[scottws]

That list is ridiculous.  I looked about 4-5 pages of it... nearly all the games are 'new entries' and true gems like Grim Fandango have fallen down to 80th.  Minecraft is 17th?  World of Warcraft is number 2?

How the hell did Hitman Blood Money get #21?  I mean I love the Hitman series, but I always got the impression that it was under-appreciated and most people thought it was a forgettable experience.

Starcraft 2, out for less than a year got #9, while the original is nearly ousted to the bottom of the list. 

I think the only one I agree with is Deus Ex at number 1.

I know it is easy to disagree with lists like this, especially a 100-game one.  But come on!  My first gripe with it was Red Faction: Guerilla making the list at all.  That game is so completely average it doesn't deserve to be on any list with "Best" in the title.  But then Starcraft at 86 and SCII at 9?  You are kidding, right?