aka. IGN Top 100 Games 2007
Before you click on this link. I know what you're first going to check. It's Super Mario Bros. on the NES. Well, I love to rant and complain, so this is like a gift from the heavens.
Am I the only one to think that this list is a little... how to say... shitty? I've been sitting here trying to figure out how the HELL they came up with these rankings, and my final conclusion is... arbitrarily, and I have plenty of evidence to why i say that.
SO FIRSTLY i thought, hey, maybe they're ranking it purely on what the average score for that game is. But a LITTLE research shows that World of Warcraft (Rank: 83) should be way ahead of Super Smash Bros. (Rank: 50) by their respective average review scores (9.2 vs 8.0).
THEN i thought, hey... again, maybe they're ranking it on.... how the game has stood against the test of time. But then I realized.. who the hell plays Doom (Rank: 19), Mechwarrior II (Rank: 72), Tecmo Bowl (Rank: 70)
OKAY so then i thought, hey... man, maybe they're ranking it on how much of an influence this game made on the gaming world. But then I realized that Shadow of Colossus (Rank: 16) hasn't made an impact on the gaming world whatsoever. And on a sidenote. Shadow of the Colossus what the fuck. I played that game for like 3 hours before becoming disgusted with it's imprecise controls, bad camera angles, bad framerate and mediocre graphics.
Then I thought... maybe it's some sort of mysterious composite of all those factors. But then I realized that's way too complicated in terms of ranking and weighting to keep objective and effective.
I guess props to IGN for trying. I know i'm being picky and they DO give props to some sick games (I'm not gonna list them all but... Starcraft #11 sweet), but still they've tried to do something impossible.
On another note, Michael pointed out an interesting little factoid. 6/10 of the top 10 are from Nintendo. Props to Nintendo.
And in NO PARTICULAR ORDER cuz i don't try to rank my shit like IGN:
- How the hell did HL2 get voted higher than HL
- How did Shadow of the Colossus get on top 20
- How did WoW get only #83 but an average game (and i know what i'm talking about) like burnout 3 get ranked #66.
- How did NO unreal tournament game make this list
- How is HL only one spot above KOTOR
- What the hell is Pirates (Rank: 14)
If anyone can enlighten me on any of these issues, I would actually sincerely appreciate.
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9 comments:
THat list fucking sucks. IGN can sucka muh nuts.
<--- P3ng, btw
I also dont get how the hell Metroid Priem got up there...
I'd have to say that was one of the worst god damn game ive ever played
I agree, this list sucks
I like a lot of the top 10 rankings, but after that the list seems to follow no logical order.
im not a fan of tetris so i didnt really like that up there... also i was thinking diablo would be on the list somewhere, and half life maybe a bit higher.
yeah, diablo (either one) seemed like a pretty big omission on their part. BTW I missed this earlier but on the first page they actually state what criteria they look at, you can be the judge on how well they did.
Pirates was an amazing game, fuck you Weison. ^^
MR. FEINBERG, you've played the original pirates? are you 40?
go rick roll yourself.
^^
here's my top 10 list in no particular order:
diablo 2
warcraft 3
CS
FFX
WoW
CoD
Super Mario Brothers (NES)
guess i never made it to 10.
HAHAH nice try jon
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