CaliggyJack: My 25 Favorite Video Games of All Time

CaliggyJack 05.07.26	Ghost in the Shell/PSX Super Mario Bros. Deluxe/GBC Sonic Heroes/PS2 Crash Tag Team Racing/PS2 The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian/PS2
artiswar 05.07.26	Tekken 4??????? The worst Tekken game? This list deeply offends me. You had FFIX up there so I'll tentatively forgive you
CaliggyJack 05.07.26	It is not the worst Tekken game and Tekken 8 proves this.
artiswar 05.07.26	I fell off after Tekken 7 so you got lucky, I can't dispute your claim
ConcubinaryCode 05.07.26	Dmc4 is an interesting pick as a favorite from the series. I still actually really like dmc1 though so I get it. Having first two KH games is a mood, I still think about those games often. I dont know which one I actually like more. 3 was a little underwhelming but still just fine. Im mostly checked out on thr story now but ill probably still play 4 when it drops.
BAT 05.07.26	Playing Bayonetta for the first time and it's peak, need to go back to my dmc4 save I was doing the legendary dark knight difficulty on a new ps4 save and shit was absolute pain, might pop in my ps3 disc and start over. Grew up with a lot of these and while they aren't my gotos I am fond of them, like medal of honors great but my memories of the series are permanently attached to allied assault back in the gamespy arcade days. Mario Ds I assume is the 64 port which is pretty controversial among old heads for not having analog percision
CaliggyJack 05.07.26	Its supposed to say Mario Kart DS my bad
BAT 05.07.26	ah yeah mario kart ds kinda slaps one of the few ds games i played online
budgie 05.07.26	diablo 1, diablo 2, age of empires 2, post scriptum, medieval 2 total w ar
Bloma 05.07.26	That is a very specific list. Only one in common I have is Dark Souls III, also one of my all time favourites. Have you played any other souls games?
CaliggyJack 05.07.26	Ive played all the Soulsborne games.
NudeTayne 05.07.26	Budgie I need your help in D2
artiswar 05.07.26	This is honestly one of the worst lists I've ever seen on this site, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you're just trolling. In which case you did a good job
smaugman 05.07.26	christ this is a boomer list if i ever saw one
smaugman 05.07.26	this list is like the guy with mullets from the 1980s who still have them in 2026
bigweinerdon 05.07.26	wheres GTA
artiswar 05.07.26	lol smaug some very suspect picks in this list
artiswar 05.07.26	7. Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. No comment
smaugman 05.07.26	Almost only 20+ year games, get with the times
artiswar 05.07.26	That's your issue? This dude's 5th favourite game of all time is Duelist Of The Roses. Down syndrome sucks
budgie 05.07.26	did u guys kno that artiswar is iroquois for i-eat-poop
smaugman 05.07.26	Thats a big issue yeah, it tells me this guy only played games from that period. Like a guy stop discovering music after 1990s because «those were the golden days»
artiswar 05.07.26	budgie is that true? I'm actually Algonquin
JWT155 05.07.26	Bioshock would have to make my list
artiswar 05.07.26	I was just testing you
CaliggyJack 05.07.26	@artiswar Nope, these are my favorite games. Also fight me Croc is awesome. Just bought the remastered and it still holds up. Croc 2 sucks tho, and Duelists of the Roses is GOATed af. I just bought a PS2 recently solely so I could replay that masterpiece. @smaugman just because there arent many newer titles on here doesn't mean I don't like New games lol. Also, I'm 31, of course my favorite games are going to be old lol. @JWT The entire trilogy is awesome but I have a particular fondness for BioShock 2.
artiswar 05.07.26	I really wanted a new PS1 game and my mom finally bought me Croc 2. It took me weeks to realize she was actually abusing me
CaliggyJack 05.07.26	If someone bought me Croc 2 I would assume they absolutely despised me. What an awful game.
NudeTayne 05.08.26	just the fact that Deadly Premonition isn't listed tells me you've never had a good video gaming experience in your life
SAPoodle 05.08.26	Medal of Honor and Underground were staples of my childhood. Always good to be reminded they exist
CaliggyJack 05.08.26	NudeTayne: DP is great. Not great enough to be on this list but still a great game.
Koris 05.08.26	Damn, Duelists of the Roses definitely takes me back... same goes for Forbidden Memories and Eternal Duelist Soul (Reshef too, but for all the wrong reasons). Looking back now, I played a lot of the Yu-Gi-Oh games growing up. I even dabbled in the card game itself during high school as well, but I definitely spent more time on the video games... I don't even wanna know how many hours I poured into Forbidden Memories alone (which was ultimately kinda fruitless, since I couldn't even get 20-30 of the cards without a peripheral that came with the Japanese version of the game)
artiswar 05.08.26	Ah yes Forbidden Memories where none of the cards had text and the strongest card was Meteor Black Dragon
Koris 05.08.26	Oh, and I forgot to mention Nightmare Troubadour for the DS. That's the other Yu-Gi-Oh game I played a lot. And out of all the ones I mentioned, it's definitely the closest to the actual card game rules-wise
CaliggyJack 05.08.26	@artiswar AKCHUWALLY the strongest were two Twin Headed Thunder Dragons
artiswar 05.08.26	I can't remember enough to dispute that. I just remember that game was so broken and basically a scam
budgie 05.08.26	artiswar licks buttholes
artiswar 05.08.26	I thought you were into it
NudeTayne 05.08.26	DP is pretty great ಡ⁠ ͜⁠ ⁠ʖ⁠ ⁠ಡ
ConcubinaryCode 05.08.26	Is this actually ranked? Like vexx is your favorite game oat?
artiswar 05.08.26	that's crazy
CaliggyJack 05.08.26	@Concubinary Oh God yes. There's not enough to describe how much Vexx means to me, I got the game when it came out for Christmas completely by accident. Outside of Croc and Spyro 1, I'd never really played many platforms. I remember seeing Timberdale for the first time and losing my shit, it was the most beautiful place I'd ever seen, while Nelson Everheart's soundtrack completely floored me with it's epic symphony. I could fight monsters, collect beating hearts, and do whatever I want. Every minute I discovered something new and exciting while trying to solve the riddles that explain where each heart was, and best of all, I COULD MANIPULATE THE TIME OF DAY. And then, after hours of just running around I came to the Hub room and remembered, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST AREA. Now take everything I just said and repeat it for Dragonreach, The Neverglades, Tempest Peak Manor, The Below, Daggercrag, Summit of the Sages and on and on. Before Vexx I was a kid who enjoyed video games but didn't think of them beyond a small past time. Vexx completely changed how I viewed video games, I became a massive video game lover and fanatic for the medium. I fucking love this game.
troyofyort 05.08.26	BASED AF Emerald is top tier pokemon with the Battle Frontier and Dark Souls 3 is best Dark Souls
teamster 05.08.26	Fun fact: I've been a gamer for nearly 50 years. I haven't played a single game on this list.
troyofyort 05.08.26	This list is kinda crazy whiplash in qualities but honestly good for liking what you like instead of trying to pick what everyone agrees is best. Kinda like how I love Sonic Adventure while acknowledging its flaws.
CaliggyJack 05.08.26	Oh yeah, it's why I named it "My 25 Favorite Video Games of All Time" instead of "The Best Video Games of All Time." Like I'm sure if it was the latter it would have stuff like Half-Life and Super Mario 64 or something but that wasn't what I wanted to do.
troyofyort 05.08.26	I'm just so sick of people who have to align greatest with favorite. Medievil II and Spyro are also some childhood favs!
CaliggyJack 05.08.26	I just bought it on PS5 and beat it in 4 days. So much fun.
Gyromania 05.12.26	Is this bait?
CaliggyJack 05.12.26	Uhh... no?
TheSupernatural 05.13.26	Certified millenialcore list Still waiting on a Duelist of the Roses remaster
CaliggyJack 05.13.26	Me too. In the meantime I have it for PS2 so im ok
Demon of the Fall 05.13.26	based nostalgia baiting list. I get it. and yeah, I re-bought a PS2 just to play DotR cos my laptop is too shitty to run the emulator I mean the game isn't technically very good but man, there's nothing like obsessing over creating the perfect themed decks for shits and giggles (whilst flat out refusing to use certain cards cos the AI sucks lol)
Aerisavion 05.13.26	Yoooooooo holy shit Duelists of the Roses? Fuck yeah.
IsisScript80 05.13.26	"christ this is a boomer list if i ever saw one" "Is this bait?" "Certified millenialcore list" The specific game choice aside, is the suggestion here that a person's favourite games ever should be completely based on how recently they came out? It's like saying that only new movies are good, because SFX are (supposedly) better. There's wider criteria for what makes something a "favourite".
Aerisavion 05.13.26	We're the old men now, Ace.
Feather 05.13.26	I remember playing split screen multiplayer for medal of honor rising sun and having a blast. I have always wanted to play Duelist of the Roses... they really really need to port that to the Switch. Kingdom Hearts series is goated. God of War 2 was good.. but I thought 3 blew it out of the water. Some of my PS2 Favorites: Need for Speed Most Wanted NFL Street 2 Soul Calibur 3 Golden Eye Rogue Agent 007 Agent Under Fire
IsisScript80 05.13.26	"We're the old men now, Ace." I think we just have to make peace with it. We are, of course, full-album music nerds who comment on a completely broken, outdated website that has lost the function to accept new logins/accounts. It's Pong and Pac-Man all the way.
Groundking 05.13.26	Duelist of the roses shout is huge, I loved that game as a kid
Gyromania 05.13.26	"The specific game choice aside, is the suggestion here that a person's favourite games ever should be completely based on how recently they came out? It's like saying that only new movies are good, because SFX are (supposedly) better." Definitely not, but it makes me think he hasn't played a game in the last 20 years. There are loads of classics on older consoles. I have multiple 10/10s that are back from the NES/Super Nintendo/Genesis days. But there have been numerous incredible games in the last couple decades. And I mean... Medal of Honour? That wasn't even top of its genre in its heyday, but it's borderline unplayable by today's standards. Even back when it dropped, I thought it was clunky, and shooting people just didn't feel responsive. And Mario Kart DS? I get loving that game and having so much nostalgia wrapped up in it, but Wii, 8, and DD all clear DS by a mile. Vexx is also a baffling choice for #1. It's not a bad game per se but it makes me think this is a pure nostalgia list from a casual gaming pov. And if that's the case, there's nothing wrong with that, but I thought Caliggy was a gamer.
Brabiz 05.13.26	25 is based af. That game is awesome
AlkemestRedux 05.13.26	I always wanted to play Age of Mythology but I think my family computer was just competent enough to run AoE2 which I played the shit out of, but not quite good enough for the more graphically demanding games like Mythology and by the time I got my own computer or a job many years later it was too late. Could probably find a good updated version now but idk if it would hit the same. It's like my own mini video game hauntological experience thinking about the what ifs lol Medal of Honor is still fun though. I actually bought a copy of it from Good Old Games during the pandemic and played a bit. Although my hands down favorite shooters from back in the day are Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Bad Company 2. Now days I find myself playing Pubg almost exclusively, or Valheim when I want to slow things down. Used to play a lot for Counter Strike too but my wifi kinda sucks in the new place.
Brabiz 05.13.26	3 is also based. Deception is my favorite MK game, but that one is also great
CaliggyJack 05.13.26	@feather "Golden Eye Rogue Agent" I fucking love you @gyro "And I mean... Medal of Honour? That wasn't even top of its genre in its heyday, but it's borderline unplayable by today's standards." This is just not true at all. The game literally ignited the WW2 shooter craze that dominated the 2000s because of how successful it was. Also it plays perfectly fine. "And Mario Kart DS? I get loving that game and having so much nostalgia wrapped up in it, but Wii, 8, and DD all clear DS by a mile. Vexx is also a baffling choice for #1. It's not a bad game per se but it makes me think this is a pure nostalgia list from a casual gaming pov." If this were a Top 25 Games of all time, this list would be very different. But it isn't, it's a "My 25 Favorite Video Games" list. @Alkemest "I always wanted to play Age of Mythology but I think my family computer was just competent enough to run AoE2 which I played the shit out of, but not quite good enough for the more graphically demanding games like Mythology and by the time I got my own computer or a job many years later it was too late. Could probably find a good updated version now but idk if it would hit the same. It's like my own mini video game hauntological experience thinking about the what ifs lol" I highly recommend the remake. They did such a good job on it without sacrificing the core of what made the game so good.
Feather 05.13.26	@Caliggy I have been convinced for years that I was one of 3 people in the world that had played that game. remember how sick the rail gun was that could shoot through walls?
AlkemestRedux 05.13.26	Hell yeah, I might give it a try Caliggy!
CaliggyJack 05.13.26	@Feather I used to play my friend in multi-player, we would always go to fun house and fight over the Golden Gun lol @alkemest Also, the remake has new expansions that weren't in the original game.
Aerisavion 05.13.26	“ Definitely not, but it makes me think he hasn't played a game in the last 20 years.” Meanwhile here I sit in my living room playing PS1 Resident Evil. Don’t mind me ;.;