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The 100 Best Video Games (www.empireonline.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All the usual problems you expect with lists like these.

Franchises represented by their first or most ubiquitous game rather than their best (or better yet, all of them that deserve it making the list)
Recency bias toward games that likely won’t be recognized as this good 5 years from now.
Missing entries so egregious that almost anyone would agree they belong on the list (see the lack of Symphony of the Night, for example).
Arguably too much weight put on storytelling.
(most importantly) The items above being applied randomly and inconsistently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Your 4th point really hits on the main problem with all lists like this and that is that what is "best" is different for everyone. I agree with you that this puts too much weight on storytelling, but I know for some people story is by far the most important part of any game. For me, I rarely care about the story at all, I just want interesting mechanics.