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The 25 Best Videogames of the Last 25 Years

ew.com — These are the "new classics" - GTA 4 makes the list!

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  • dsm88, on 07/03/2008, -9/+25324. TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 2
    23. DEUS EX
    22. SUPER METROID
    21. STARCRAFT
    20. GEARS OF WAR
    19. SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION II
    18. HALF-LIFE
    17. SIM CITY
    16. GRAN TURISMO
    15. CHRONO TRIGGER
    14. RESIDENT EVIL 4
    13. FINAL FANTASY VII
    12. SUPER MARIO GALAXY
    11. HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED
    10. METAL GEAR SOLID
    9. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
    8. GOLDENEYE 007
    7. SUPER MARIO KART
    6. STREET FIGHTER II
    5. GUITAR HERO
    4. SUPER MARIO WORLD
    3. DOOM
    2. LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME
    1. TETRIS
  • AwesomeMonster, on 07/03/2008, -16/+252good list.... terribly organized. Also... wtf is guitar hero doing on this list?
  • JMitch42, on 07/03/2008, -14/+228No Super Mario 64? Something's wrong here...
  • samwproc, on 07/03/2008, -15/+183No Portal? Although Tetris at number 1 is good.
  • yargthepirate, on 07/03/2008, -6/+139Starcraft is 21? WTF?
  • dbldn, on 07/03/2008, -1/+124Oooops. HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED was on the XBox originally, not the XBOX 360.
  • Striss, on 07/03/2008, -15/+132Strange list...Mario Galaxy and Guitar Hero? Hardly the best games in the last 25 years...

    Where the heck is TIE Fighter for PC?
  • richman241, on 07/03/2008, -17/+131Guitar Hero? Ya that game was good, but it certainly wasn't better than FFVII....
  • TheDeepFriar, on 07/03/2008, -0/+96....because this story wouldn't have gotten diggs unless "GTA 4" was in the description.........
  • sUGArDawg, on 07/04/2008, -9/+104Buried for Guitar Hero being ranked above Goldeneye
  • chaos7, on 07/05/2008, -6/+98Portal should definitely be on the list
  • kinseyincanada, on 07/03/2008, -4/+81umm Diablo?, Mario 64?
  • Intensity, on 07/03/2008, -4/+77Deus ex, Starcraft, Half-Life, Chrono Trigger, Goldeneye, Ocarina of time, and Tetris deserve to be on the list, the rest I don't really care about either way.
  • PacoDG, on 07/03/2008, -25/+87Tetris at number 1, as it should be.

    Good list!
  • CoreyHalliwell, on 07/05/2008, -5/+67How in the sweet ***** did Halo get placed higher than Half-Life? These internet lists are all so ***** abritrary...
  • ZurMacht, on 07/04/2008, -5/+66Starcraft is number 21? Are you ***** kidding me?
  • Prathik89, on 07/04/2008, -3/+53In my opinion KOTOR should be there. But seriously, why does everyone love GTA IV? I finished it twice, yet it left me feeling cold. I thought there was something wrong with me, but seriously, the games very short and has almost re-playability ( I played it through twice just to see so) they barely added anything new to the series except physics, and the "moral decisions" thing.
  • MattSFJ2, on 07/04/2008, -6/+55This is the US list, not Korean list...
  • qpingu, on 07/04/2008, -5/+48Dugg the instant I saw Shadow of the Colossus.
  • Koush, on 07/03/2008, -5/+48Mario galaxy? i thought it was good and all, but a classic that beat the likes of Dues ex, Starcraft, Half life, Chrono trigger, Final fantasy VII or even Super mario 64?

    I think not.
  • Nysul, on 07/05/2008, -5/+45Switch Guitar Hero out for Baldur's Gate II.
  • OasisR123, on 07/03/2008, -7/+46The obligatory 25 itmes = 25 pages comment
  • btschul, on 07/05/2008, -5/+40Portal? Bioshock? Call of Duty 4? Since when is Tetris a "new classic"? Buried as inaccurate.
  • estvir, on 07/04/2008, -22/+55What a horrible list, buried. GoW, GTAIV, Guitar Hero, Halo, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Galaxy, etc really shouldn't be in a top 25 games list.
  • plucas, on 07/03/2008, -7/+38"Where is *insert_game_here*!!??" But seriously, Link to the Past?
  • hinmanj, on 07/05/2008, -5/+34Why was gears of war on here? I mean... It's good, but it didn't change the face of gaming like Doom or Starcraft, and by no means revolutionary. Even though I've only beta tested and not played WoW since release, I'd rather replace GoW with it just because it added so many gamers to our collective!
  • thefangedrabbit, on 07/03/2008, -19/+47I like how they say that FFVII is unfairly criticized. They don't realize that that's far from the truth, and if anything it's overrated.
  • internetcoward, on 07/03/2008, -3/+30Wait what... they have 2 mario games on here already... and I think Mario 64 was better than Super Mario World.
  • shawnanigans, on 07/05/2008, -0/+26I believe this magazine just declared war with Korea.
  • Inflammo, on 07/05/2008, -2/+24Guitar Hero also ranks above Goldeneye. *****.
  • mrblaack, on 07/03/2008, -5/+27no Duke Nukem?
  • Takumi831, on 07/05/2008, -1/+22Nba Jam...


    BOOM SHAKA LAKA
  • LeviTheSmith, on 07/05/2008, -0/+20HEEESS ON FIRE!!
  • mustang460, on 07/05/2008, -1/+21yea and no diablo

    also WoW should be on there, whether you like the game or not, ~10,000,000 subscribers
    I'd say a "few" people would call it a new classic

    blizzardism at its best next we'll see flaming snowflakes at blizzard HQ's lawn
  • navster15, on 07/04/2008, -3/+23I agree. Super Mario Galaxy is great, but it was nowhere near as groundbreaking as Super Mario 64. For shame EW.
  • CoreyHalliwell, on 07/05/2008, -2/+18Tetris made No 1. Because of its simplicity. In a time where gaming was still too socially awkward to get accepted widely in the main stream, (late 80's), anyone from 8 year olds to 40 year old moms could pick up tetris and have a ball. I mean everyone has killed time with tetris. A game doesnt have to be all flash and hype to be a GOOD game (*Cough* Halo)
  • Frozenfuryblade, on 07/04/2008, -5/+21Game reviewers beg to differ.

    Mario Galaxy was at a time the best reviewed game ever.
  • Nath2k8, on 07/05/2008, -0/+14Yeah and why not join the army instead of playing COD4??
  • Pake, on 07/05/2008, -2/+15Even then, it should be in the top 10 easily, if not top 5.
  • alexforcefive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+13Methinks someone got stuck in ravenholm....
  • Ajajadude, on 07/05/2008, -2/+14I didn't think GTA IV was as great as I thought it would be. I still like Vice City over the past few versions.
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -9/+21pacman
    killer instinct
    mk
    nba jam
    link to the past
    donkey kong (and dk country)
    river raid
    galaga
    definitely need to be on this list
  • Kanten, on 07/05/2008, -2/+13Reviewers are INCREDIBLY reliable resources. Just ask Jeff Gerstmann.
  • Samo89, on 07/05/2008, -5/+16agree with most of it, BUT WHERE THE HELL IS SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!?
  • Karmavs, on 07/05/2008, -0/+11Super Mario Bros. 3 Makes the 25 year cut; it should be on the list too.
  • Duncast, on 07/05/2008, -0/+11Nope originally on my abacus.
  • KyjL, on 07/05/2008, -4/+15It's insanely popular and it's a music game that doesn't have the prerequesite of being a japanophile to enjoy it. Regular people can pick up and play it without fear of looking like an ADD-afflicted retard.
  • hellahyphy, on 07/05/2008, -4/+15New Classics? This is an oxymoron.
  • futureisours, on 07/05/2008, -0/+11Where is Diablo II, Baldur's Gate, Command & Conquer, Warcraft, KOTOR, Mech Warrior 2, Fallout, Tie Fighter, and several other classics that I can't think of at the moment.

    Oh this is from Entertainment Weekly. What should I expect?
  • inactive, on 07/05/2008, -1/+11amen tie fighter was so fun
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