Game Informer's top 200 games of ALL TIME

[ExedExes]

Oh great! Another best games of all time list consisting of nothing but stupid votes!

CONFETTI

Of *course* your favorite games & genre definers aren't gonna be there!

[saturnfan]

I didn't get my issue yet, but it seems like a pitiful one.

[Luke]

Oh great! Another best games of all time list consisting of nothing but stupid votes!

CONFETTI

Of *course* your favorite games & genre definers aren't gonna be there!

Did anyone read my post?

[flex wood]

Did anyone read my post?

I did actually they ranked Zelda number one.

Haven't the year end lists been just thrown together like that for a while Luke? What issue was it in maybe I read it.

[flex wood]

Didn't want to start a new thread as this contains "Game Informer" in the title. So in this issue of propaganda I have two questions.

Okay, so what's with the "Best games of 2011 'article'"? Some games are just there without any accolades. Is this some Highlights style puzzle where I have to look for games that actually won something? Any clarification on how the titles were picked?

And then, even worse is the console launch "article". No explanation on how they graded a consoles' launch, and I believe the PS2 received a C or a D? What is this article other than another few horribly written pages before more pages of advertisements?

Ugh. I'd gladly pay $5 for my GS card and nothing else than pay $15 for a card and awful promotional material that takes up room in my circular file.

Maybe you should change the title of this thread since it's a little unclear I guess that people are responding to a thread about a list made in 2009

[GameMasterGuy]

Ugh, half the NES games should be below their SNES counterparts. Why is LttP below the original Zelda? SMW Below SMB? Super Metroid below the original? At least they didn't pull any crap with the FF ratings, what with rating 6 (3) higher than 7.

[BoringSupreez]

Did anybody see there launch library reviews. I swear I slammed my face into a wall repeatedly while reading it in the store. They forgot half the pack in games and 75% of the time they either missed like 2 or 3 or included 2 or 3 that were released like a year and a half after the console was.

Game Informer is so terrible.

What do you expect from a "free" magazine?

Also, fail for putting a THPS game in the top 10 at all, and for choosing THPS2 over THPS3. And double fail for Half-Life 2, Civilization IV, and Ocarina of Time not being in the top 10. Triple for choosing Metroid over Super Metroid. If that's the best they can do, they ought to let amateurs do their articles for free instead of paying the current crop of fools.

[ninjainspandex]

no shining force games at all on this list?

[Flake]

I like the scope of the list but I find myself wondering what the criteria for inclusion / placement was. There are a lot of games that just do not make sense.

The original Phantasy Star is on the list but not Phantasy Star II, IV, or Phantasy Star Online? How does that work?

The original Zelda is number one. Good game but better than A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time?

Quality and nostalgia seem to be used interchangeably which makes for a schizophrenic list.

[Luke]

Maybe you should change the title of this thread since it's a little unclear I guess that people are responding to a thread about a list made in 2009

Maybe this will help clarify.

Game Informer's Top Games of 2011 list makes no sense.