Are we talking best games ever here or just great games?
Here's 10 I would play again (and have) in no particular order:
Zelda - Link to the Past
Zelda - Breath of the Wild
Super Mario 64
Final Fantasy Tactics
Chrono Trigger
Half Life
Far Cry
GTA V
The Last of Us
Uncharted 2
Demons Souls
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
Skyrim
Fallout 3/4
The Witcher 3
15 games, sorry.
My top ten, on various consoles are:
Kick off 2 - Amiga
Match Day 2 - Spectrum
Tekken 1 & 2 - PS2
Conflict Desert Storm 1 & 2 - PS2
Command and Conquer, Red Alert 2 - PC
Medieval Total War - PC
Rainbow Six, Vegas 6 2 - Xbox360
Battlefield Bad company 2 - Xbox360
these are games that i happily replay all the time
mass effect trilogy
fallout 3
last of us
bioshock trilogy
resistance fall of man 2 and 3
dead space trilogy
gears of war trilogy
heavy rain
beyond two souls
batman arkham asylum
alien isolation
I can't do 10, really tried, failed :
Uncharted Series (apart from #1)
Burnout Revenge
Assassins Creed II
Batman Arkham City
Mass Effect Trilogy
Worms W.M.D
Portal & Portal 2
Forza Horizon 3
Skyrim
Fallout 3 / 4
Ico / Shadow of the Colossus / The Last Guardian
SSX Tricky / SSX 3
or copying Toasty, number #1 from 10 different systems data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 :
ZX Spectrum: Head Over Heals
Amiga: Flashback
PlayStation: Final Fantasy VII
Dreamcast: Power Stone 2
PS2: SSX Tricky
Wii: Super Mario Galaxy 2
Xbox 360: Portal \ Portal 2
PS3: Uncharted 2
PS4: Skyrim
Xbox One: Forza Horizon 3
that was fun. thanks OP.
Ooh, I think I will have a go at this! Based on systems I've played on and/or owned - likely going to be an RPG theme:
Crystal Warriors - Game Gear (think shining force but a bit more basic)
Jet Force Gemini - N64
Ocarina of Time - N64
Zero Escape Trilogy- DS/3DS (grouped, but simply bonkers)
Team Fortress 2 - PC
Final Fantasy 7-9 - PS 1 (grouped, as I loved all of these)
Deus Ex - PC
Mario Kart - Wii
Tony Hawks 2 - PS1
Pokémon - DS/3DS - (grouped and love the series, even if it's for kids)
Modest, but when I really think hard about it, these are games that had real definition when I was growing up and growing older.
Good call, FF7 tends to get the credit and I was guilty of this too in this thread, but all 7-9 were an absolute pleasure to play back in the day..
Some people couldn't cope with how different they were but I thought it was a great thing - all so different in style and substance - especially the mechanics around setting your party up.
Materia Vs junction Vs jobs. It was great! FF12 board seems good but only just started out.
The following are easy to get into and great fun:
1. Speedball 2 (SMS)
2. Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
3. Toe Jam & Earl (SMD)
4. Golden Axe (SMD)
5. Road Rash 2 (SMD)
6. Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
7. Simpsons (ARCADE/Emulator)
While these are quite expansive and more slow burners, but have amazing depth:
8. Populous (SMS)
9. Wonderboy III The Dragons Trap (SMS)
10. Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PC)
Not my definitive top 10 or anything but all these games I love and have 1 thing in common, they are great classics!
Toe Jam & Earl really should have been remastered long before now for a modern console. It is perfect for the Switch...
At the time of each system these were my favs
Atari - River RAID
C64 - Revenge of the Mutant Camels
Mega drive - Micro
Machines
N64 - Golden Eye
PS1 - F1 (linked with another PS1)
PS2 - Tekken 2
GC - Pikmin
DC - Alien Front Online
Xbox - Halo
Ps3 - Burnout
360 - Bioshock
Xbox One - Fallout 4