The best video games of all time,
The best video games of all time,
Video game fans frequently try to crown one favorite or another as "The Best." There are tens of thousands of words scattered across the internet, all devoted to identifying the titles that represent the absolute pinnacle of games one can play.
There's also no consensus: My dull experience is another person's transcendent awakening. Even the basic definition of "best" and how it's applied to one or a list of games is open to debate.
That's why we're not having it.
Instead of trying to crown a set of games as the one-size-fits-all best video games of all time, I turned to the members of Mashable's games-loving team and asked them to share what they considered the best games for them. No other context given, and no guidance as to how "best" should be measured. Just tell me your best video games, and briefly explain why.
I ended up with eight sets of opinions and not a single repeat among them. Here's what we all had to say about the best video game of all time
1. A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985)
I was raised on Infocom's classic text adventures, and none made more of an impact than Steve Meretzky's A Mind Forever Voyaging. Your journey as an AI that learns about human nature by traveling backward and forward in a fictional person's life showed me at a young age how even the most rudimentary story-driven games can afford players the freedom to experiment and discover. It's exceedingly hard to play AMFV or any other Infocom game these days because of rights issues and a lack of support for older software, but I still think about it often.
2. Sid Meier's Civilization III (2001)
There are newer Civilization games, and better ones too. But Civilization III was my first, and the one I've put the most hours into by far. The premise of the series hasn't changed much over time: Starting from the Stone Age, you guide your chosen civ through scientific, cultural, military, and diplomatic advancements over a period of centuries. The degree of control you have over the development of your people lets you do things like turn the Roman Empire into a modern nuclear powerhouse, and the turn-based "just one more click!" format makes the game hard to put down. I've stuck with the series ever since, and it's still one of the few games I can binge for double-digit hours without breaking a sweat.
3. Destiny (2014)
Destiny is a special game for me. It's great fun to play, of course: the first-person running and jumping and shooting just feels right, and the RPG-style progression is sticky in a way that makes it hard to put down. But it's the social aspect of Destiny, from forming a small fireteam just for the hang to spending hours solving a raid's mysteries with five other friends, that carries the real power. I've made memories in this game. Formed friendships, too. And while I've since moved on to put more time into the sequel — mainly because that's where the crowds went — I still keep the original installed and ready to play at a moment's notice, in case the old gang wants to get back together for a raid.
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