Favorite Games of All Time

These are my favorite games. Some choices on this list are remasters/remakes and those specific versions are the reasons they are where they are. I played games growing up, but they were mostly Mario games, as well as a lot of sports and party games. I didn’t get deep into games until I was in my early 20s around 2011. So I don’t have a lot of nostalgia around my picks and I try my best to judge current and old games as best as I can to when they were released and how I liked them. The only exception to that is The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. That game was my introduction to the Zelda games and became my gateway game into everything else that I ultimately play now. It was my #1 game for a long time, but others have surpassed it. I recognize it is not the best, but I love its epic, darker medieval tone, Midna is amazing and the dungeons are fantastic. Anyway, I do have a preference for more modern games and bigger open worlds, but there are some classics on this list that can’t be denied. It is probably also clear that I have a bias towards Nintendo, which is somewhat true. I do play their games the most, but I do appreciate other systems. I currently own a Switch, PS5 and an XBOX series X and am always looking for great games to play on all systems. It just so happens that many of the best games are made by Nintendo and their developers. Lastly, the Xeno franchise has impacted me the most and I would recommend these games to anyone. I had to sit on it for a little bit, but I did realize that Xenoblade 3 was my favorite game a few months after completing it and before Future Redeemed even came out. Also, I played all the old Xeno games after Xenoblade. Honestly, they have enhanced my views on the blade games and I even like Xenoblade 3 more now than I did before knowing more of the lore and history of this wild franchise. But they are just great games with such rich stories with deep concepts and incredible music and characters, etc. I could go on and on about them. From Xenogears to Xenoblade 3, they are all worth playing! Even the ones not on here.