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DeathsHand · 12-01-2007, 08:53 PM

Top 100 lists of anything are lame... The top 10 or so are usually fairly predictable, and 50-100 are usually just folks randomly listing games that they can think of that they enjoyed at one point in time or another...
Rayman 2? Yeah what the hell, let's stick it at 99...

They mention how PD was basically a bigger, better Goldeneye, but place it at a lower position... Ok, so maybe they're factoring in the freshness of it's time? Yeah, then they say flat-out that Half-Life 2 didn't innovate so much as it did perfect, and it scores hire than the original...
In the blurb about Castlevania: SotN, they mention how Dracula X: Rondo of Blood is "Arguably the best game of the series", but apparently that's not enough to top Archon and make the list... And they don't even attempt to humor us by ranking one of the first installments.
And for Christsake, they use a picture of the Game Boy Color installment of Bionic Commando when mentioning the NES game.

Though I was surprised that System Shock 2 ranked so high... Especially when compared to the previously mentioned #76.
I would have thought it'd appear at like 87 with the other glorified honorable mentions.
Then again, it is a rather hip game these days.
CBGB? I love that band!

12-01-2007, 08:53 PM	#4
DeathsHand Village Idiot DeathsHand is offline Location: Arlington, VA Now Playing: Go Fish Posts: 4,144	Re: IGN Top 100 games Top 100 lists of anything are lame... The top 10 or so are usually fairly predictable, and 50-100 are usually just folks randomly listing games that they can think of that they enjoyed at one point in time or another... Rayman 2? Yeah what the hell, let's stick it at 99... They mention how PD was basically a bigger, better Goldeneye, but place it at a lower position... Ok, so maybe they're factoring in the freshness of it's time? Yeah, then they say flat-out that Half-Life 2 didn't innovate so much as it did perfect, and it scores hire than the original... In the blurb about Castlevania: SotN, they mention how Dracula X: Rondo of Blood is "Arguably the best game of the series", but apparently that's not enough to top Archon and make the list... And they don't even attempt to humor us by ranking one of the first installments. And for Christsake, they use a picture of the Game Boy Color installment of Bionic Commando when mentioning the NES game. Though I was surprised that System Shock 2 ranked so high... Especially when compared to the previously mentioned #76. I would have thought it'd appear at like 87 with the other glorified honorable mentions. Then again, it is a rather hip game these days. CBGB? I love that band! Last edited by DeathsHand : 12-01-2007 at 09:07 PM.