I guess they also count how great these games were for their time and how the influenced future games. In that case many of the games today are technically better but will be forgotten sooner.
This list sucks. No original Zelda. No Monkey Island. No Half-Life 2. No Battlefield 2. No Quake. No MMOs on the list. No Shinobi. No Gran Turismo. No Ikari Warriors. No MegaMan. Pirates too high. Deus Ex too high. Final Fantasy X too low. Half-Life too low. Wolfenstein 3-D too low. Excitebike too low. Wave Race, Dune II, Thief II, Rayman 2, Virtua Tennis, Pilotwings make the list?
I agree its a good game, but the storyline isnt anywhere near FF7, which isnt even on this list. Come on, I know people who got teary when Aeris bit it....
I saw this awhile back and wasn't too pleased with the list either. How you can include three Half-Life games and not Hao 1 AND 2 (or at least put Halo higher) is baffling. And Metroid Prime shouldn't be that high..definitely not higher than the other FPS. Ninja Gaiden should be on there as well, and I'd make a strong case for Burnout 3 too. And what about Street Fighter II.
Bad list, no FF7 or 8. The first Zelda isnt up thier either. Im surprised that megaman didnt make it either.
If they're going to put two ultima games in the list, they should be Ultima 4 & 5, not 7 and Underworld.
Of course we all know that while Mortal Kombat is indeed a very good game, Donkey Kong is the best game ever.
How about WORST games ever. Major League Baseball for the 8 bit Nintendo system was a tremendous piece of crap.
It wasnt bad considering it had MLB players. They did make Lenny Dykstra superhuman in that game though... But the gameplay sucked.