Half-Life 2, Max Payne 2 and Mass Effect because I‘ve been an impressionable teenager and a nitpicking adult.

PHANTOM CRASH!

RDR2

Project Zomboid

My top 3 are based on "for their time".

Morrowind

Portal

Halo 2

Dota 2

Starcraft: Brood War

Vagrant Story

1. Europa Universalis IV
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3. Lords of the Realm II

EUIV will probably be replaced by EUV when it comes out.

1. Factorio

2. League of Legends

3. Call of Duty 2

Dungeon Keeper.
BOTW.
Emperor: Rise of the middle kingdom

Dune 2, WoW, Stardew Valley

It's hard as there's a lot of different games that I like for different reasons, but if I had to narrow it down it'd probably be:

• Minecraft
• Mirror's Edge
• Dragon's Dogma

Fallout New Vegas Batman: Arkham City Path Of Exile

1. Horizon: Zero Dawn
2. Ghost of Tsushima
3. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• Nier: Automata
• Kingdom Hearts
• Super Smash Bros: Melee

1. Cyberpunk 2077, just by hours played and number of replays.

2. The Horizon games. I just adore the world and Aloy.

3. Great Gianna Sisters for hours played and the music.

I also loved the Portal games, they might be a contender for third place.

Mostly based off hours played: EU4, Borderlands 2, Bioshock.

I excluded League of Legends even though I probably have the second most hours in that. Toxic as shit and I'm glad I gave it up.

Read everyone else's picks and Tales of Phantasia is one RPG I've gone back to countless times. Might be the only one where I can come back to it months later and pick right back up where I left off. I know it that well.

The Last of Us, Mass Effect 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Bg3

Fo NV

Cultic

Smb3.

HL2.

Team Fortress Classic.

Falcon 4.0 gets my respect for forcing me into advanced computer tinkering and sending me into my career eventually.

1. Super Metroid
2. Fallout: New Vegas
3. Factorio

1. Singaporean Bridge - It's basically a crossover of Bridge and Werewolf / Polar Bear / Among Us. That small change of not knowing who your partner is from the start makes for games that are way more fun.
2. Pokemon Soulsilver - I love the following mechanic. The other features of the game are really great too.
3. Raze 2 - I have seen others describe it as the "Halo of flash games". Personally, I had a blast playing it. Also, Waterflame's soundtracks are the GOAT.

• Wing Commander 4 - At the time, I was very young, and this game changed how I looked at videogames. For my little brain, the FMV cutscenes and genuinely decent acting (ffs, it has Mark Hammil) somehow made it click that games could have compelling narrative
• Kingdom Hearts - this game changed my life in many ways. I can genuinely say I wouldn't be doing what I do today if it weren't for this game and my involvement in the fan community around it. This game is very special to me because of its themes and major plot beats, and how those interacted with my life at the time. This game taught me that you could go beyond "compelling narrative" and break my heart with a video game lol
• Natural Selection 2 - I wish this game were more popular in its prime. This is the epitome of what I think good competition looks like, and a great manifestation of what I personally love in esports

Those are all relatively new games. How old are you? Just decade, not specifics. I'm in my 40s. I'd say my top 3 are World of Warcraft, Factorio, and Final Fantasy 6.

Gameboy Tetris, Galaga on the Amiga, ZX Spectrum Atic Atac.

Final Fantasy XI
Shovel Knight
Hades

Final Fantasy VII Kingdom Hearts II (or BBS depending on the day of the week) Persona 4 Golden

To be honest these three could be different any day of the week. I play more than just RPGs but because these are heavily story driven they stick in the front of my mind more when it comes to these questions.

Of all time is a hard one. I guess I'll go by most play hours. So in no particular order, WoW, Stellaris, and Warframe.

Today:

• Super mario world
• Shadowrun Dragonfall
• Mechwarrior 4 mercenaries

Of all time?

Galaxian - I have an antique table top arcade version my aunt gave me about 20ish years ago that I enjoy.

Civilization - Hot seat multiplayer was awesome. Pikeman as active borders for your country.

Doom - Soundtrack alone is worth the experience

Going by time played it's probably something like:

• WoW
• Rocket league
• Tony Hawk

• Shadow Warrior 2 (playing with Quake 3 arsenal)
• Prey (playing in VR)
• Burnout Paradise (playing with wheel and VR).

Oh, cheeky 4th one: Magicraft (best bite-sized PoE/arpg ever)

Planetside 2 used to be my no.1 game, but I haven't played in a couple years and do not believe I'll ever return.

1. Skullgirls - Simply the best fighting game ever made. There's so much depth in a comparatively small roster that I could basically never get bored or see every viable strategy in it.
2. Baldur's Gate 3 - Tried and true RPG mechanics combined with the best version yet of Larian's engine that encourages free form problem solving. And on top of that, they managed best in class presentation in NPC dialogue and had some of the best writing in the genre. This will be a tough act to follow, especially since I don't think their last two Original Sin RPG systems were anywhere near as good as D&D 5e.
3. Elden Ring - It's been a great couple of years for two of my favorite games of all time to come out within a year and a half of each other, but this is another one of those games where there's just so much to see and so many ways to solve the problem in front of you. Pattern recognition for where to find your next reward is up to you; your next goal is up to you; how you conquer the bad guy in front of you is up to you.

All three of these games just respect your intelligence and are composed of systems deep enough to give you countless ways to solve their challenges.

Beat Off The Wiener was a game I enjoyed as a youth as well.

MGS3

Rocket League

Resident Evil 4