IGN: Top 25 PC Games of All Time

IGN writes: "As with our previous list, it's a subjective list and we're sure that there will be many of you out there agree and disagree with some of our choices. Let us know what you think we got right and what we got wrong by leaving your comments below the article".

[mrv321]

No Ur-Quan masters or star control 2... which is their 17th best game of all time.

[-Mezzo-]

And i haven't even heard of it until yet, i must look into this title.

[mrv321]

It's also free... I've downloaded it and played it and the closest game to it would be fallout 3 without vats

The conbat sucks but the whole universe, music, characters, enemies, option, stories, graphics, immersion, plot developments, compasion all ROCK.

[solar]

CS shouldve been on that list.

[N4GAddict]

CS was a good part of my childhood.

[DERKADER]

CS would kind of fall under Half-Life.

[AnttiApina]

CS is actually mod but who cares, awesome list!

[Poopface the 2nd]

My 2 favorites are Half-life and Deus EX. But im a huge FPS fan. What about Dark forces II: Jedi knight. It was great and probably the first game to have a good/bad system which affected the game.

[evrfighter]

cs is a mod but even full retail games lived in its shadow. Some still do actually even in this gen. Obviously by amount of people still playing and not by graphics.

[ExPresident]

Good article. I was very pleased to see XCOM UFO Defense as #1. That game is insanely good. You can get it for like $5 via Steam. Finding on EBay for less than like $65 is nearly impossible on the original Playstation Disc.

I personally think Starcraft should be alittle higher up, although #16 is decent. It did kick professional gaming into a whole new level with what it did in South Korea which was simply astonishing.

Where was Quake and Duken Nukem 3D? Half Life should be on there but was Crysis so genre defining that it needed a spot there? I think Quake would have been a better fit as it actually helped revolutionize the genre.

[gamejediben]

Yeah Crysis has no place on a best 25 PC games list. The only thing it did was bring in better graphics which isn't that impressive.

[evrfighter]

Nope Crysis should never be near a top pc game of all time list. That's just stupid.

It effectively scared away a lot of devs from bringing us awesome graphics and instead stick to the "develop mediocre crap on consoles" safer road.

That and it's online sucked goat balls.

[Pandamobile]

What are you talking about... Crysis was fantastic. Most fun single player experience I've ever had. It's the only game I've beaten more than 15 times :P

[MasterBlaster]

Hurray for Tie Fighter. I loved that game and X-Wing.

Good memories.

[harrisk954]

How about Ultima? I spent hours with my brother playing on our Apple II GS computer!

[pippoppow]

Played Ultima 7. Great game. Remember the 1st time playing and as your avatar is moving around the village you hear a laugh that startled me. Remember also cheating and using a magic carpet with a crate full of regents to explore. Good times. The expansion was good also. A new Ultima would be something special. Wounds EA inflicted run deep.

[pippoppow]

Glad to see X-com and Tie-fighter at the top. Someone needs to come out with new sequels or spiritual successors to both. X-com is a difficult game but is so great at what is does. The atmosphere and gameplay are still hard to match even today. Games like X-wing/Tie fighter/Wing Commander Need to be revived. Space Combat/Exploration genre would welcomed back in a second by me and many others I'm sure. Nice to see a Mechwarrior game there but only played 3/4. At least there is a new HD mechwarrior game coming out within a year or 2. Grim was great but felt Full throttle edged it. Gabriel Knight games were really good also. Need to play Longest Journey and Siberia one day.I hope Heavy Rain ushers in a new era of new style graphic adventures. The way I see it, the more genres and cross genre titles the better.

[ExPresident]

As I said above XCom UFO Defense deserved that top spot but the I didn't actually care for the other XComs such as Apocolypse. Maybe I didn't spend enough time with it but it just didn't vibe with me the same way UFO Defense did.

[pippoppow]

Didn't get into the other ones either. First time I played it I gave up because it was too hard. Then played again and had gotten space crafts and my OS crashed. So never saw the ending but what a game. Will beat one day. Amazing how this game holds up so well, even today. Also, Myth is actually my favorite game and I believe deserves a spot on the list.

[gamejediben]

I'm actually surprised that Star Control 2 was not on that list. That game changed my outlook on games completely.

[ChampIDC]

Doh, they said Doom was released in 1983. That sure woulda been ahead of its time then!

[adsaidler]

i knew baldur's gate 2 would be on this list, it's THE best PC rpg, i've finished it like, 8 times O_O it was really ahead of it's time!

[JonnyBigBoss]

Man, I've really lost my love for PC gaming since I got a PS3, but this list just made me realize why I played PC for so long. So many great games that were so addicting. Starcraft, Counter-Strike, Half-Life 2, OH MY!

[cyberwaffles]

is it me, or do websites do this repetitive cop-out "Top <Insert value> <Insert Noun>" articles for some easy hits when they're bone dry on news? i think we all know by now the top 25 PC games of all time, along with the top 25 Sony franchises, or the Top 25 video game characters lists. so lame after a while.

[trgz]

I too was surprised to see the omission of CS (it is still a game even if it is a mod), Quake, and Planescape Torment - I've never played the latter but it gets raved about still. A bit unsure as to why Crysis is on there even though I've played it through more than most games.
I'd like to have seen Far Cry in there despite it's questionable last two levels. And I noticed no driving sims - how about Toca 2, Colin McRae 1, Richard Burns Rally, or even the original Need For Speed?