The 25 Best Video Games Today
by directorsdaughtr | created - 07 Feb 2013 | updated - 11 Jul 2014 | PublicA list of the top 25 best video games on the market today in my own opinion.
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1. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being revived from death and having to join a pro-human organization without a choice, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, battle a new threat, and make tough choices in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once more.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Maggie Baird, Adam Baldwin, Michael Beattie
Votes: 21,483
FemShep all the way
2. Mass Effect (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a technologically advanced future, an elite human soldier takes command of a prototype star ship and works to defend the galaxy from danger.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Steven Barr, Kimberly Brooks, Keith David, Seth Green
Votes: 19,820
3. Mass Effect 3 (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Earth is under attack by a monstrous race of gigantic living ships known as the Reapers. Even if Commander Shepard could unite all surviving species in the galaxy, only a miracle could save them. Then again, Shepard did come back from the dead.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Mark Meer, Kimberly Brooks, Raphael Sbarge
Votes: 16,892
4. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Treasure hunter Nathan Drake embarks on a quest in search of the Atlantis of the Sands while battling an ancient, sinister organization.
Directors: Amy Hennig, Justin Richmond | Stars: Nolan North, Richard McGonagle, Emily Rose, Claudia Black
Votes: 24,743
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being tracked down by Harry Flynn, Nathan Drake goes on a quest for Marco Polo's lost fleet. However when things take an unexpected turn for the worst, Drake must rely on those closest to him in order to find the Cintomani Stone.
Directors: Amy Hennig, Bruce Straley | Stars: Nolan North, Emily Rose, Claudia Black, Richard McGonagle
Votes: 28,276
6. The Sims 3 (2009 Video Game)
T | Family
The Sims returns with a more expanded character creation, and let's you step out of your neighborhood for the first time.
Director: Will Wright | Stars: Khary Payton, William Salyers, Elisa Gabrielli, Georgie Kidder
Votes: 2,759
The Sims 3: University is the best expansion.
7. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Treasure hunter Nathan Drake, embarks in the adventure of his life searching for the legendary treasure, El Dorado while fighting a group of mercenaries.
Director: Amy Hennig | Stars: Nolan North, Emily Rose, Richard McGonagle, Simon Templeman
Votes: 22,938
8. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison
Votes: 30,522
9. Grand Theft Auto V (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three very different criminals team up for a series of heists and walk into some of the most thrilling experiences in the corrupt city of Los Santos.
Stars: Shawn Fonteno, Ned Luke, Steven Ogg, Gerald 'Slink' Johnson
Votes: 71,807
10. Fable III (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Your journey to rule the throne of Albion begins fifty years after the events of the last chapter, and you play as the child of your hero from Fable II (2008).
Stars: John Cleese, Michael Fassbender, Stephen Fry, Naomie Harris
Votes: 2,950
11. Worms 3D (2003 Video Game)
T | Action
Strategic battles between a bunch of warring worms.
Stars: Christopher Corey Smith, Lani Minella, Glen Colechin, Bjorn Lynne
Votes: 272
12. Rock Band (2007 Video Game)
T | Family, Music
Rock Band allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular rock songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments, such as lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums.
Stars: Mark A Edwards, Stephan Hinz, Kimberly Pace-Nieva, Tommy Rickard
Votes: 965
Rock Band 3 is by far the best.
13. The Sims 2 (2004 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Family, Romance
The sequel to one of the most successful PC games of all-time: The Sims (2000). In The Sims 2, players have a wide range of new options, socials, objects and lots more.
Director: Will Wright | Stars: David Boat, Jack Conte, Zoe Galvez, Roger Jackson
Votes: 3,385
The Sims 2: University is the best expansion.
14. Bully (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Drama
A troubled teen is dropped off at the worst school in the country and must survive by rising through the rankings of the school system.
Stars: Gerry Rosenthal, Peter Vack, Matt Bush, John Lavelle
Votes: 6,242
15. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After escaping execution, the last living Dragonborn must grow in strength and power to defeat the dragons that have once again begun to plague the land of Skyrim.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Joan Allen, Michael Hogan
Votes: 33,668
16. Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (2011 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Journey through the second part of the Lego Harry Potter universe.
Directors: Arthur Parsons, Jon Burton | Stars: Lottie Deakin-Berry, Julie-Ann Dean, Paul Tylak
Votes: 1,710
17. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (2010 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Experience the first half of Harry Potter's school life in Lego form.
Directors: Jon Burton, Dave Brown, Phil Gray, Duncan Kinnaird, Bill Martin | Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Lottie Deakin-Berry, Julie-Ann Dean, Richard Griffiths
Votes: 2,243
18. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
After being released from jail, Tommy Vercetti leaves Liberty City for Vice City, a city overrun by the mob. Now, Tommy is out to make Vice City his home.
Stars: Ray Liotta, William Fichtner, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 29,525
19. The Sims (2000 Video Game)
T | Comedy, Drama
"The Sims" is a close up look at a family of Will Wright's critically acclaimed "Sim City" series. In this game you create a family of "Sims" and build a house for them on the lot they are put on.
Director: Will Wright | Stars: Gerri Lawlor, Stephen Kearin, Sean O'Connor, Laurel McCarl Kapros
Votes: 2,408
20. Portal (2007 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A test subject wakes up in a scientific facility controlled by a sadistic artificial intelligence and must escape with the help of the only instrument she has--a gun that makes portals.
Stars: Ellen McLain, Mike Patton, Alesia Glidewell, Jeep Barnett
Votes: 14,418
21. Pirates! (2004 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure
Remake of Sid Meier's 1987 game with a few new elements and improvements.
Stars: Jerome Atherholt, Anne Kristin Barnes, Michael Bazzell, Tiffany Beadenkopff
Votes: 291
22. Civilization IV (2005 Video Game)
E10+
Fourth installment in the turn-based strategy series Civilization, adding new tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and options.
Director: Mo Davoudian | Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Sid Meier
Votes: 1,564
23. Halo: Combat Evolved (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Super-soldier John-117, Master Chief of the United Nations Space Command, must battle a genocidal alien race known as the Covenant following his violent crash-landing on Halo, an ancient and mysterious ring-world.
Director: Jason Jones | Stars: Jen Taylor, Pete Stacker, Tim Dadabo, Steve Downes
Votes: 12,171
24. Dragon Age: Origins (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After four hundred years since the last Blight, a new Archdemon seeks to destroy the land of Ferelden. It is up to the player - as one of the remaining Grey Wardens - to unite the divided armies of Ferelden and save humanity.
Director: Dan Tudge | Stars: Steve Valentine, Peter Renaday, Kate Mulgrew, Tim Curry
Votes: 8,624
25. Heavy Rain (2010 Video Game)
M | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As a child goes missing, his father tirelessly works to rescue him, while a journalist, an FBI agent, and a private detective try to identify his kidnapper known only as the "Origami Killer".
Director: David Cage | Stars: Pascal Langdale, Jacqui Ainsley, Judi Beecher, Sam Douglas
Votes: 14,837
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