But my love of UT hasn’t blinded me to the fact that over the years, Quake kicked Unreal Tournament’s ass. Back then I was actually a big Unreal Tournament fan, and as such, didn’t play much Q3A. Q3A also went head to head against Unreal Tournament, the other major deathmatch-oriented FPS of the time. While I can (and ultimately did) accept that argument, Quake 3 Arena was still the game to perfect the experience, which in my mind made it the more worthy candidate. Some editors argued that Quake 2 should be on the list instead, because it started the multiplayer phenomenon and inspired id to make Q3A a multiplayer-only game in the first place.

Ingenious level design, spot-on controls, and a vibrant, highly dedicated community of players and modders made Q3A the game of choice for tournaments and LAN parties for countless years. Consider yourself warned.įor many gamers, their introduction to online gaming was an FPS deathmatch, and in that category, few games can stand up to Quake III Arena.

The following pictures alone would probably be enough to horribly scar a child, much less my explicit reveling in what make them so great. One final note: Despite the cuteness of the image above, these three picks are all horribly violent games. The second two, not so much – but the fact that they weren’t perfect didn’t sully my fondness of them. The first game I thought had a legitimate reason for being on the list. The following three games were my personal favorites that didn’t make the top 200. Some cried like babies at the lack of Sonic games on the list…well, actually only one editor did that, and I think we all know who it was. Some were moved by the rebuttals of their fellow editors and ceded the point graciously. Some laughed, openly acknowledging the long shot they were proposing. The latter are argued for unsuccessfully because, while you enjoyed them immensely, the rest of the room didn’t.Įditors responded to the rejection of their picks in different ways.

The former earn their spot by being revolutionary, influential, or impeccably well made (or all three). When there were arguments – and there were plenty of arguments – they stemmed from the difficult task of separating the games that need to be on the list from the games you want to be on the list. Sure, there were no-brainers like Super Mario Bros. Coming up with the list of the top 200 games of all time wasn't easy.

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