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THE TOP
10 NON-ADVENTURE GAMES OF ALL TIME
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by Agustín Cordes and Michal
Necasek
One sunny day we were
browsing the Internet (is there anything better to do on sunny
days?) and stumbled upon a fancy Top 10 list. While
we generally enjoy reading such lists, we don’t always agree with
them. This one however was truly outrageous. You can’t imagine how
taken aback (or even upset, angry, maddened and thoroughly unhappy)
we were with the choice of supposedly the best game of all time: Super
Mario Brothers. These so-called game critics were resolutely
claiming right there in our faces that Super Mario was
the best game ever. We felt insulted, outraged, annoyed and almost
depressed by this show of exquisitely bad taste. To improve our
mood we decided to create a list of out own, to show those mainstream
sites which games are the really great ones. Anyway…
In this list you might
notice a preference for production value and game design. Production value meaning not just eye candy but
also a careful balance between visuals and gameplay, although there
are a couple of games with relatively low production value where
the design outshines everything else. Speaking of design, that is
a bit more tricky. Think about how the game would look on paper
and drafts. We’re talking about the heart of the game. Consider Half-Life for
instance, a game that was hailed by many as the best ever. If you’re
one of them, we must warn you, it isn’t on this list – please don’t
be too disappointed. While we enjoyed Half-Life and
consider it a remarkable game (among FPSs), its gameplay is lacking
in depth (like most FPSs). In other words, it’s a pretty straightforward
game. You could ask “who gives a damn about the depth if the
game plays great?” We would answer “you have a point there
but why rate it so high if there are other games with great gameplay and depth?” Games
such as the ones on this list. Save for a few minor issues in some
of them, these games have a perfect, balanced gameplay and a
remarkable design, in most cases revolutionary, spawning numerous
sequels and knock-offs.
This list is not intended to be the final word either. There was
no complicated scoring system, no ballots (no stuffed ballots either),
nothing like that – we selected these games because they are the
games we like best. We could be well talking utter nonsense here
of course (and that wouldn’t be a big surprise). Nevertheless, we
have full confidence in our judgment.
Because we don’t have a platformer on the list.
