I cannot have a ranking system for my favorite games. All though I like to play Gears of War, any RPG made by Bethesda, any game made by Valve, and I like the Assassin's Creed series, and L.A. Noire is pretty good. Any of those, I love to play.

Right now, I'm looking at:

1. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2. No One Lives Forever
3. Freespace 2
4. Fallout 3
5. X-Wing Alliance
6. Fallout: New Vegas
7. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
8. Age of Empires II
9. Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
10. Splinter Cell II: Pandora Tomorrow

Honorable Mention: KotoR I&II, Jedi Outcast, Age of Mythology, Tom Clancy's Rogue Spear, Deus Ex.

There's certainly room for it to move in the Top Ten. Cracking the Top 5 will be very tough. I still play Morrowind/NoLF/XWA/FS2. I never finished Grim Fandango, the cd broke early on. It probably would have been a Top 5.

Well, the game hasn't come out, so i can't say. But, as of now my top 5 are:

1) Red Dead Redemption (2010)
2) Fallout 3 (2008)
3) Mass Effect (2007)
4) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
5) Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)

I think Skyrim has a chance at being #1 though. And it should be at least #2.

1.) Oblivion
2.) Red Dead Redemption
4.) Call of Duty 4
4.) Left 4 Dead
5.) Fallout 3

I'm expecting/hoping that Skyrim will take the number 1 spot and push everything down a peg.

You're making me feel old when 2006 is the oldest game lol.

Personally I think Skyrim's got some real competition with The Witcher 2. My favourite game this year, and it has some strong capability to compete head to head with Skyrim in my opinion. Dragon Age 2 was a complete fail, hardly worthy of Dragon Age 3 (which they're already planning and in pre-production, hiring, etc.) Anyway, I'm going to wait till Skyrim actually comes out to make any judgments. Look how much hype DA2 had behind it, and look what happened. It's gotten an 80+ score on average from critics, and yet its players collectively rate it just over 4, based on thousands of reviews. I'm not saying Skyrim will turn out a flop, but I'm trying not to buy into the hype until I actually get my hands on the game and make my own judgments. Plus, I find it incredibly difficult to make a list where one game is definitely better or more deserving than any other particular game I highly enjoyed. Some games are crafted extremely well in one area, while another favourite of mine is crafted well in others. Hard to say.

I enjoyed Morrowind more than Oblivion, and I'm hoping I'll enjoy Skyrim more than both. The Witcher 2 (just finished it), was absolutely incredible and it went above and beyond everything the first did that was so appealing to me. The Witcher series is a testament to how games should be developed. Dragon Age: Origins I enjoyed immensely, but DA2 was an absolute disaster, and more of a cash grab than anything -- especially now that they're already announcing work on DA3?! We can all thank EA once again for corrupting yet another brilliant studio into believing their monetary, cyclical, mass-consuming, and downright absurd business practices. Just look at what they've been doing with Call of Duty over the last few years or so. Sure, keep on recycling the same game over and over again with new maps, weapons, perks, release it 6 months after the last installment, and watch the kiddies eat it up like it's birthday cake. Incredible monetary gain in short stints backed by enormous hype campaigns to ensure it sells well, and do it all over again 6-12 months later. Cyclical consumption works, and it's an absolute mockery to this industry. Same thing happened with the transition from ME1 to ME2. Mass Effect 1 had a real special, unique vibe to it that no other game was able to reproduce for me at that time. Sure, there were some issues or useless annoyances with the RPG mechanics and the inventory system, among other minute annoyances, but entirely stripping their RPG roots out of the second installment in favour of a wider reaching, laughably streamlined, and "more accessible" action-oriented FPS with some RPG elements, was not the answer. But, it sold stupifyingly well, so the Dr.'s at Bioware don't really care if ME2 could have had twice as much depth and sense of scale like ME1 had. ME2 felt so small to me. It didn't feel like I was on another planet, ever. Every on-world encounter felt like a scripted quicktime event with a different backdrop. Thank you again, EA, for stripping yet another great franchise of its heritage, and making it just one more 12 month dev cycle, cut and paste product to feed to kids who have an itch to button mash and kill aliens. The gaming industry needs to realize that streamlining is in fact a good thing to do so that it's more accessible. I agree with this. But as soon as we start to assume that our target audiences are 12 year old kids who can't decipher an inventory system without throwing a temper tantrum, we fail at being innovative. It's as simple as that. The Witcher series was from a tiny studio in Poland with a tenth of the budget of these triple A titles we all tend to eat up for the sake of eating them, so until I start to see more innovation and less cash grab business models, I'm not going to even begin trying to contemplate a top 5. Games are very rarely made the way they used to be, and the way they should be. So it's almost impossible for me to say indefinitely what I enjoy most about newer franchises/installments.

So what does that rant have to do with my top 5? Well, I'm hoping Bethesda continues to dominate the RPG world with their innovations, and that I'm as pleased with Skyrim as all the hype is telling me to be. Because if Skyrim does appeal to me like it claims it does, it will be my # 1 favourite. Right now, it's The Witcher 2.

I believe that they are diametrically opposed. The Witcher (2), spotlights places in that world, and their significance to the story... While Skyrim will most likely highlight the world itself and see the story come secondary to offering the player the freedom to adventure within a timeless sandbox.

Witcher (2) does not attempt an open world like TES, nor [IMO] attempt to aggressively substitute the player for Geralt (else it would surely be done as First Person); Skyrim will almost certainly default to First Person and attempt to simulate the senses of the PC, for the player to better put themselves into the experience ~personally.

I am not sure it is going to make my top 5 most anticipated games of this year. The more things that get cut because it is insert buzzword here the less I am looking forward to the game. About the only thing that might keep it int he top 5 for this year is Mass Effect 3 got bumped to next year. A bit disappointing since it was in the top spot for my most anticipated games when it was first announced.

The genesis version of Shadowrun was better IMO.

It's definitely a possibility. Almost everything i have heard about the game so far is either positive or acceptable.

As for my current top 5.
1. and 2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Dragon Age: Origins. Can't choose. They are both Singleplayer WRPGs but they are also very different. Oblivion wins on exploration and freedom but Orgins has a much stronger story and much more memorable characters. How do you choose between that? I like both in my RPGs.
3. and 4. Mass Effect or Mass Effect 2. Again, i can't choose, they both have their strenth and weaknesses.
5. Super Mario 64. To me the game is simply one of the best examples of pure gaming joy.

As you can probably see, i find it hard to rank my absolute favourite games. Nothing is set in stone.

I might have changed my mind (slightly) if you ask me the same question 4 months from now.

Since 2006 when i fell in love with roleplaying games (thank you for that Bethesda) there has been a trend however, singleplayer RPGs like Morrowind and Dragon Age is increasingly pushing old favourites like Super Mario Bros 3, Tekken 3 and NHL 98 down on the list. But so far, only games from BioWare and Bethesda has been able to do that. Ofcause i don't play RPGs from them exclusively or anything. I have tried atleast one game from most of the bigger WRPG developers but they don't hold my interest the same way. I am playing The Witcher at the moment however and so far, the game has been a joy to play so CD Project might be the ones to change that.

Skyrim is in the TOP3 of the games that I'll buy in 2011.
My top3 is this:

1. Skyrim
2. Duke Nukem Forever
3. Mass Effect 3
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Yes, there is a chance Skyrim will become my number 1 pc game ever, for that to happen it should replace Morrowind which is no easy task :shrug:

Lol that's one elaborate page dedicated to gaming

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I'm expecting it to be in top 5 of this year.

* Battlefield 3
* Elderscrolls: Skyrim
* Gears of War 3 / Batman: AC
* Uncharted 3
* Infamous 2

It's to be expected on a forum from that developer.

I only have a top 3, the rest keep changing depending on what I feel like playing.

1. Morrowind
2. Deus Ex
3. Fallout 3

Other favourites are then Planescape Torment, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Psychonauts, Chrono Trigger, STALKER SoC, Mirror's Edge...

I don't like to say top games, but maybe top game series

1. Sid Meier's Civilization
2. Mass Effect
3. The Elders Scrolls
4. The Settlers
5. Call Of Duty
6. Heroes of Might and Magic
7. Assassin's Creed


Couldn't fit it to top 5, but theres bit over sized version...though I would recomend top 10 atleast.

1: Fallout 3
2: Morrowind
3: Heroes of Might and Magic 3
4: Diablo 2
5: Oblivion

Would be fantastic if Skyrim will be even better than Morrowind.

I'll wait to play it before deciding.

Right now, in no particular order : Morrowind, Oblivion, Baldur's Gate series, Fallout 3, Civilisation II (yeah, II = 2)

i dont really have a top 5 game list but i do have 1 for each genre

rpg. morrowind
fps. halo 3
action adventure. uncharted 2
stealth. hitman
rts. dawn of war

Top RPG games are difficult - like the poster above, let's go with series:

1. Elder Scrolls
2. Fallout (1,2, and 3 with an *)
3. Krondor (BAK is the best bame I have ever played for story, mechanics and balance - a brilliant game)
4. Baldur's Gate (includes an average vote for Neverwinter nights)
5. KOTOR (1 more than 2)

JimC

I think my top 5 will be something lile

1. Skyrim
2. Mass effect 2
3. Oblvion
4. Final fantasy X
5. Deus ex

I think Skyrim will end up in my Top 5 by the looks of what I'm seeing so far. Time will tell. The games I've been playing mostly in the last year are Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 3 and I'm about to begin Portal 2 as soon as my current Oblivion game Main Quest is over. Open World for me though...it's what I love the most.

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Skyrim is likely going to be in my TOP 5 sharing the place with Morrowind and Oblivion.

1. Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters (PC)
2. UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-COM: UFO Defense (PC)
3. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
4. The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind & Oblivion (PC) (Skyrim is likely going to be here)
5. FreeSpace 2 (PC)

After those:
- Mass Effect 1 & 2 (PC)
- Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares (PC)
- Doom 2 (PC)
- Counter-Strike (PC)
Edit: - The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (Yes, it's here after Doom and Counter-Strike)

1.Elder scrolls
2.Halo (all of them)
3.NHL series
4.Battlefield BC 2
5.Timesplitters

My favourite games atm are Assassin's Creed - Brotherhood, Battlefield: Bad Company, League of Legends, Oblivion and Super Mario World for SNES
I think and hope that Skyrim will end up as number 1 on my list.

1. Ultima Underworld 1 and 2
2. Xcom: Apocalypse
3. Shadowrun (SNES)
4. Thief series
5. Morrowind and Oblivion