Greatest games ever
by ianstewartbrown | created - 15 Feb 2015 | updated - 24 Dec 2015 | Public- Genres
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1. The Last of Us (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a hostile, post-pandemic world, Joel and Ellie, brought together by desperate circumstances, must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey across what remains of the United States.
Directors: Neil Druckmann, Bruce Straley | Stars: Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson, Hana Hayes, Jeffrey Pierce
Votes: 76,154
2. Doom (1993 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
In the future, an unnamed marine fights for survival on a space station on Mars where the Union Aerospace Corporation accidentally opened up a physical portal to Hell.
Directors: John Carmack, Tomohiko Sato | Stars: Kevin Cloud, David Koseruba, Christopher Murvey, Bobby Prince
Votes: 5,622
3. Batman: Arkham City (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Mystery
When part of Gotham is turned into a private reserve for criminals known as Arkham City, all hell is sure to break loose, and the Dark Knight is the only one who can stop it.
Director: Sefton Hill | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, David Kaye, Carlos Alazraqui
Votes: 34,907
4. Sleeping Dogs (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Asian-American cop Wei Shen goes undercover in Hong Kong to infiltrate a Triad organization. However, he is soon torn between his duty as a police officer and the organization he helped rise through the ranks.
Directors: Justin Bullard, Sean Horne, Blade Zavier | Stars: Will Yun Lee, Edison Chen, Kelly Hu, Robin Shou
Votes: 7,758
5. Assassin's Creed II (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Desmond Miles is trained to become a modern-day Assassin through the resurrected memories of ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who uncovers a massive Templar conspiracy in Renaissance Italy leading to the new Pope.
Directors: Sylvain Bernard, Shea Wageman | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Kristen Bell, Nolan North, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 25,847
6. Far Cry 4 (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
To fulfil his mother's dying wish, Ajay Ghale travels to Kyrat to scatter her ashes. Before he can accomplish this, though, he must end a civil war between the Golden Path and Min's forces.
Director: Patrick Methe | Stars: Troy Baker, Naveen Andrews, Janina Gavankar, Travis Willingham
Votes: 11,248
7. Dying Light (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Directors: Adrian Ciszewski, Marcin Nowak | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Nazneen Contractor, Suraj Partha, Roger Aaron Brown
Votes: 5,281
8. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in the year 2054, private military corporation ATLAS has emerged with the power to rescue humanity from a devastated world struggling to rebuild.
Directors: Michael Condrey, Glen A. Schofield, Keith Arem | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Angela Gots, Brian Bloom
Votes: 8,732
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. 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: 28,277
11. Metro: Last Light (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Following the events of Metro 2033, Artyom, now an experienced ranger, confronted with guilt must go on a journey to face threats from outside the metro and within, as he finds out that he is humanity's last salvation for peace.
Director: Andrew Prokhorov | Stars: Aleksandr Vilkov, Aleksey Cherevatenko, Anatoliy Bogush, Anatoliy Zinovenko
Votes: 4,555
12. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, War
A massacre at a Russian airport leads to a war between Russia and the United States. Meanwhile, a Task Force is sent to find the perpetrators and bring the bloodshed to an end.
Director: Jason West | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Keith David, Barry Pepper, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 26,061
13. Tomb Raider (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Armed with only the raw instincts and physical ability, experience Lara Croft's intense origin story from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
Director: Noah Hughes | Stars: Camilla Luddington, Robin Atkin Downes, Cooper Thornton, Robert Craighead
Votes: 20,900
14. Resident Evil (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
The RPD are investigating strange cannibalized corpses on the outskirts of the city. The Alpha squad, Jill and Chris, are sent to locate missing team members. While there, mutated dogs cause them to flee into a supposedly abandoned mansion.
Directors: Shinji Mikami, Mitsuhisa Hosoki | Stars: Charlie Kraslavsky, Inezh, Greg Smith, Linda
Votes: 5,924
15. Half-Life (1998 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr. Gordon Freeman must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong.
Directors: Gabe Newell, Randy Pitchford | Stars: Kathy Levin, Harry S. Robins, Mike Shapiro, Bill van Buren
Votes: 11,280
16. 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
17. The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series (2012 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Horror
In a world devastated by the undead, a convicted criminal is given a second chance at life when he comes across a little girl named Clementine.
Directors: Sean Ainsworth, Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Eric Parsons, Jake Rodkin, Sean Vanaman | Stars: Dave Fennoy, Melissa Hutchison, Nick Herman, Chuck Kourouklis
Votes: 15,154
18. 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
19. Silent Hill (1999 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Harry awakes from a car crash to notice his daughter, Cheryl, vanished. As he searches for her, through the eerie town of Silent Hill, a terrifying descent into the unknown is set.
Director: Keiichiro Toyama | Stars: Michael Guinn, Susan Papa, Thessaly Lerner, Jarion Monroe
Votes: 6,291
20. Max Payne 3 (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
The ex-cop turned private security guard for a wealthy family in Sao Paulo, Brazil finds himself thrown into a new deadly conflict.
Stars: James McCaffrey, Julian Rebolledo, Frank Rodriguez, Benedita Pereira
Votes: 11,560
21. Star Wars: Battlefront (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Play as either the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire, or the Rebel Alliance, and lead each faction in the key battles of the Republic age, and the Empire age.
Director: Eric 'Giz' Gewirtz | Stars: G.W. Childs, Chris Cox, Nick Jameson, Tom Kane
Votes: 4,508
22. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the nations of the world rely upon private military companies to fight their battles for them, renegade Liquid Ocelot emerges as the head of a potent coalition of mercenary powers. Solid Snake returns to save the world once again.
Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Josh Keaton, Peter Lurie, Paul Eiding
Votes: 11,137
23. Batman: Arkham Knight (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Mystery
With his back against the wall, Batman turns to his closest allies to help him save Gotham City from the clutches of Scarecrow and the Arkham Knight's army. A familiar face also returns to give The Dark Knight a message he cannot ignore.
Director: Sefton Hill | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 23,954
24. Alien: Isolation (2014 Video Game)
M | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In this first person survival horror adventure set fifteen years after the events of Alien (1979), Ripley's daughter becomes trapped on an alien-infested space station which holds answers to the mystery of her mother's disappearance.
Director: Alistair Hope | Stars: Andrea Deck, George Anton, Kezia Burrows, Richie Campbell
Votes: 6,281
25. 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
26. BioShock Infinite (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man is sent to the flying city of Columbia to find a missing girl. However, upon arrival he discovers that the city, its people, and his objective are all not what they seem.
Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Troy Baker, Courtnee Draper, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Laura Bailey
Votes: 22,158
27. GoldenEye 007 (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond must track down agent-turned-terrorist Alec Trevelyan to stop the launch of a powerful satellite. Play the game that set the stage for the First-person shooter genre on the console.
Director: Martin Hollis | Stars: Kevin Bayliss, Ken Lobb, Scott Hochberg
Votes: 6,068
28. World of Warcraft (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
First entry in the MMORPG series. Four years have passed since the mortal races stood together against the might of the Burning Legion. Peace is fading. The lands of the world of Azeroth have once again become host to a World of Warcraft.
Directors: Marc Messenger, Terran Gregory, Jeffrey Kaplan | Stars: Michele Marie Arko, Tracy W. Bush, Grant George, Joey Cash
Votes: 6,963
29. The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series (2012 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Horror
In a world devastated by the undead, a convicted criminal is given a second chance at life when he comes across a little girl named Clementine.
Directors: Sean Ainsworth, Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Eric Parsons, Jake Rodkin, Sean Vanaman | Stars: Dave Fennoy, Melissa Hutchison, Nick Herman, Chuck Kourouklis
Votes: 15,154
30. The Walking Dead: The Game - Season 2 (2013 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Left to fend for herself, Clementine has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad. Many months have passed and she is in search of safety.
Directors: Sean Ainsworth, Jason Latino, Dennis Lenart, Eric Parsons, Graham Ross | Stars: Melissa Hutchison, Scott Porter, Mara Junot, Owen Thomas
Votes: 8,481
31. Dead Space (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
Engineer Isaac Clarke and his crew get stranded on a large, abandoned mining ship. There, Clarke needs to repair the giant ship while battling nasty aliens and solving the mystery of what happened to the ship.
Director: Michael Condrey | Stars: Tonantzin Carmelo, J.G. Hertzler, Iyari Limon, Peter Mensah
Votes: 10,553
32. 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
33. God of War III (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Armed with his deadly double-chained blades, Kratos must take on Greek mythology's darkest creatures to destroy Olympus and the mighty Zeus himself.
Director: Stig Asmussen | Stars: George Ball, Adrienne Barbeau, Susanne Blakeslee, Clancy Brown
Votes: 12,896
34. Myst (1993 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
The player is the Stranger, an unknown person mysteriously transported to the island of Myst. Alone and without clues, the Stranger must solve the mysteries and discover the secrets of this strange place.
Directors: Rand Miller, Robyn C. Miller, Hiroshi Yamada | Stars: Rand Miller, Robyn C. Miller
Votes: 822
35. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a shadowy black ops team kidnaps several scientists security manager Adam Jensen was sworn to protect, he must harness the power of his new-found cybernetic augmentations to save their lives.
Directors: Jean-François Dugas, Blade Zavier | Stars: Elias Toufexis, Stephen Shellen, Andreas Apergis, Michelle Boback
Votes: 5,914
36. Bayonetta (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A trigger happy witch wakes up with no recollection of who or where she is, when a flashback takes her 500 years back in time and leads her on a quest to retrieve artifacts known as "Eyes of the World".
Directors: Hideki Kamiya, Isao Negishi | Stars: Hellena Taylor, Grey Griffin, Chick Vennera, Yuri Lowenthal
Votes: 2,089
37. 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: 28,277
38. 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
39. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After awakening from a nine year coma, Big Boss forms a new mercenary group called, Diamond Dogs, and teams up with his former rival, Ocelot, to track down the men responsible for the destruction of MSF.
Directors: Hideo Kojima, Junji Tago | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Robin Atkin Downes, Troy Baker, Stefanie Joosten
Votes: 8,539
40. Dark Souls (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After narrowly escaping a doomed fate in an asylum, an undead warrior fights his way through the desolate remains of Lordran, once a sprawling utopia lead by the gods, to seek his purpose and fulfill a centuries old prophecy.
Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki | Stars: Adam Sopp, Andy Gathergood, Blake Ritson, Charlie Cameron
Votes: 6,119
41. Fallout 3 (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Centuries following nuclear war, a teen leaves the safety of an underground vault in order to find their father, who left in hopes of creating a water purifier.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Liam Neeson, Malcolm McDowell, Ron Perlman, Odette Annable
Votes: 20,371
42. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young Dante is opening up his Merc Agency when he receives a challenge from his twin brother Vergil. The following events exponentially shape his future and make for one hell of a party.
Director: Hideaki Itsuno | Stars: Adam D. Clark, Reuben Langdon, Larry Leong, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Votes: 3,332
43. Beyond Good & Evil (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
On the small island civilization of Hillys, the DomZ creatures are a ruthless alien race which have invaded the Hillyan people. The government has set up the Alpha Section, which is a society "devoted to the safety of Hillys".
Director: Michel Ancel | Stars: Jodi Forrest, David Gasman, Robert Burns, Eddie Crew
Votes: 1,524
44. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Dracula awakens after decades of slumber to find that Satan's return is imminent. He reluctantly teams up with his old enemy Zobek to stop the apocalypse from happening.
Directors: Enric Álvarez, Jesús Cobo | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Patrick Stewart, Richard Madden, Jason Isaacs
Votes: 847
45. Resident Evil 4 (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Six years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.
Directors: Shinji Mikami, Kuniomi Matsushita | Stars: Paul Mercier, Carolyn Lawrence, Rino Romano, Salli Saffioti
Votes: 15,269
46. BioShock (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
In 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.
Director: Ken Levine | Stars: John Ahlin, Greg Baldwin, Jane Beller, Susanne Blakeslee
Votes: 22,008
47. 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
48. Just Cause 3 (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
Rico Rodriguez returns to his homeland, the island of Medici, to help the rebellion fight against the evil military run by Di Ravello who is seeking global domination.
Directors: Roland Lesterlin, Paul Furminger | Stars: King Joseph, Jon Avner, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Sahar Bibiyan
Votes: 2,800
49. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1964, a U.S. government operative codenamed "Snake" must infiltrate mountainous Soviet territory to rescue a scientist building a weapon of terrible power.
Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Suzetta Miñet, Jim Piddock, Heather Halley
Votes: 11,332
50. Elite (1984 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The classic space trading game. You and your Cobra Mk III battle wagon have to become 'Elite.' but this is only achieved if you do very suicidal things You start the game with the rating '... See full summary »
Votes: 108
51. Wild Arms (1996 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Three travelers come together to save their world, Filgaia, from a group of metallic-skin demons who plan to awaken their leader, Mother, and subjugate the world through ancient weapons of mass destruction called Golems.
Votes: 151
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