first off, just wondering terradont, have you played Soul Calibur 2? becouse you are the first one ive seen to prefer SC4 infront of SC2
anyhow, i guess im bound to do this aswell, but this will be a Wall O'Text
NOT IN ORDER:
Super Smash Brothers Brawl:
Many and many argue about it being so much slower and worse than Melee and even 64, but i see this one as the supreme becouse of 1 thing : No damn fill-ins like Pichu and Roy, oh, and that it actually requires some thinking(some more thinking that is) than the precedors(dunt knuw huw tu spell dat).
Team Fortress 2:
Just. Simply. Awesome. I've spent countless hours just killing and killing and killing and never getting enough of it. I just love the variation. Yes, I have to admit, i stopped playing it for a while becouse it got repetative, but then when the archievements that allowed you to unlock new weapons came, I re-fell inlove with it. It has set my bar high for Class based FPSs and is my favorite Multiplayer FPS right now.
Half-Life 2:
I was first sceptic about playing it before I had played it becouse so many people said it was so ridiculusly great. I thought they were just overreacting, but then when I got my hands on it, I realised what they had been talking about. The engine made the game almost perfect along with a good storyline. It also had innovative weapons like the Gravity Gun and the turrets that are actually the enemy´s. And when I got to the part where you first got the Bugbait, I gave the game a 10/10 score in my head.
Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning:
This game, in my oppinion, took most of the things good and bad about WoW, remade it(both for the better and for the worse), and combined it with DAoC to form a MMORPG of my style. It does not take forever to max out, while being a quite long and big game. PQs are just great and working with Knockback has been extremely hilarating(yes, i made up a new word there).
Soul Calibur 2:
This really is my pinnacle of "Fighting Games where you play 1v1 and the contestants are at two different sides of the screen while the game is 3 dimensional". Have spent countless hours with friends just playing Team Battle Mode until my thumbs bled(not literrarly(yes, another word I cant spell)). It's fast enough to see whats going on, and mind-tricky enough to the inexperienced to get a hang of most things.
Warcraft 3:
The Editor should be a role model for all future strategy games if they are going to make an editor. There are some limits, but for many, the limits are not even close to be seen. This game even gave birth to an e-Sport, only becouse of its great editor(yeah yeah, I know, many see the game as an abonimation, but still). This game was also the first game for me to introduce the whole "Hero" or "Experience" concept in its melee form, which made a big impact on how I see the game today.
Starcraft:
Another RTS, yes, but this one is here for a reason. With its almost flawless lore and almost perfect balanced gameplay, this game will always have a place in my heart. Remembering my father playing and being totally devastating at it, I have always tried to reach the goal of becoming as great as him. Another reason for this game to be here on my list is becouse this game spawned the whole "zerg" concept, which to me means "just rush the damn place, mindlessly".
Worms Armageddon:
This game just never grows old. Playing it with friends is just great, and I just love the game in general. The only thing that I dislike is the overcomplex singleplayer maps. Its good that they are overcomplex sometimes, but I just don't like it. I like it when I have to think alot, but not when I have to do things almost after a formula to complete a certain map.
Luckily enough, this is meant to be a Multiplayer game, and at that it wins many, many internets for me.
Diablo 2:
One of the best RPGs I've ever played mainly becouse of its replayability. Its long, replayable, and great to play with friends. Too bad it was only updated for a while, and that the bosses stayed to same in Nightmare and Hell(and by that I mean, they just got stronger, not smarter and gained more skills). This game was balanced, but could be more balanced. Some things in the lategame made it imbalanced mainly becouse there was no way to Respec. First time you played it, and went for the Sorceress, and decided to main 1 of the 3 elements, you realised that the lategame wasnt that great. Only being able to kill about half of the enemies in a good rate was not that funny. And Thorns Paladins were just not funny to face with my Barbarian :S. With a Respecability, this game would have been a 10/10.
Last but not least, Guitar Hero 3 : Legends of Rock:
This game is just awesome. I've tried World Tour, and liked it so far(tried it for about half an hour or so, cant wait to get more), but this game almost forced me to get better once I started to play it. As fast as you archieved something, you instantly realised there was something new that you hadnt archieved(until you finally completed that horrible Through The Fire and Flames on Expert. Oh man I got so happy when I did that
), and that it was great to play with friends, co-op and versus. To clear things up : 1. No, I have not tried Rockband or Rockband 2 yet. 2. No, I have not tried the latter ones. 3. I played the Wii verison, which means I would have liked this game even more If I had got the 360 or PS3 verison since you could DL new songs on those.
And no damn "get a real guitar n00bcaek". I know its nowhere near the same. Tried a real guitar before Guitar Hero, so im not some mindless freak thinking im great at guitar now.
Honorable mentions:
Heroes of Might and Magic IV and III
Age of Empires 2(it was either this one or Starcraft)
Pokemon Red and Silver(I might have been a kid when I played them, but those games were very good, almost like Final Fantasy except without the storylines and with monsters instead of emopeople
(kidding kidding, dont worry. Only Squall is emo))
Final Fantasy Series
Super Mario Galaxy
Day of Defeat : Source
Stronghold
Empire Earth II
The Legend of Zelda Series(all of them except the first one, excluding the Game Boy ones, even though Links awakening was great)
Super Mario 64