QUITE SIMPLY, THE MOST PERFECT GAME EVER CREATED. SHIGERU MIYAMOTO'S FINAL ZELDA GAME AS DIRECTOR IS A MASTERPIECE. IT EVOLVED THE GAMING INDUSTRY MORE THAN ANY OTHER GAME BEFORE IT.

THE GAME'S INFLUENCE OVER 3D PLATFORMERS AND GAMERS IS INFINITE AS EVERYONE TRIED TO FIND ALL 128 STARS. IT SEEMS MARIO COULD MAKE JUST AS BIG AN IMPACT IN 3D AS HE DID 2D.

THE COMBINATION OF PHYSICS AND WEAPONS IN HALF-LIFE 2 ARE UNMATCHED AND THE GRAVITY GUN IS ONE OF THE BEST WEAPONS EVER CREATED. THE EVOLVING NARRATIVE AND PUZZLE-LIKE FPS GAMEPLAY EVOLVED THE GENRE IN A WAY EVER SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE.

BEFORE RESIDENT EVIL, SURVIVAL HORROR WAS CAUGHT IN A REPETITIVE RUT. THEN RE4 CAME IN AND TURNED THE GENRE ON ITS HEAD WITH NON-STOP ACTION AND TENSION. SURVIVAL HORROR GAMES HAVE NO MORE EXCUSES TO GO BACK TO THE GAME MECHANICS BEFORE THIS CLASSIC WAS MADE.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is not just a regurgetation of the first game, but is such a big improvement, it makes it seem irrelevant. To put it shortly, Super Mario Galaxy 2 isn't only amazing, it easily falls in the top 10 games of all-time.

QUICK, NAME ANOTHER GAME FRANCHISE THAT IS BOTH A NATIONAL SPORT AND A RIGHT OF PASSAGE IN KOREA. WHILE STARCRAFT MAY NOT HAVE BROKE THE RTS MOLD, IN MANY WAYS, IT PERFECTED IT.

IT SHARES MANY OF THE BEST QUALITITES OF ACTION GAMES AND RPGs AT THE TIME, BUT THE SERIES, AT ITS HEART, IS ALL ABOUT ADVENTURE AND EXPLORATION. LINK HAS SINCE SLAYED GANONDORF MORE TIMES THAN YOU CAN COUNT ON TWO HANDS, BUT THE ELEMENTS FROM THE FIRST GAME ARE STILL APARENT TODAY. AND SO IS GANON'S HAUNTING GAME-OVER SCREEN.

CHRONO TRIGGER IS ONE OF THE BEST RPGs OF ALL-TIME AND IS SHOULD BE, IT WAS MADE BY A DREAM TEAM OF FINAL FANTASY DEVELOPERS. CHRONO TRIGGER DID RIGHT WHAT SO MANY RPGs DID WRONG. IT HAD A FULFILLING BATTLE SYSTEM, A GREAT STORY WITH COMPELLING CHARACTERS AND LOTS OF TIME TRAVEL.

ALL THE FINAL FANTASIES HAVE BEEN GOOD, BUT THE BEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL WAS FINAL FANTASY VI. THE STORY, MUSIC, CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVE-TIME BATTLES, HUGE CAST OF CHARACTERS, AND SHEER EPIC FEEL INFLUENCED THE SERIES AND RPGs FOREVER.

IMAGINE COMBINING THE OPEN WORLD OF OBLIVION, AWESOME WEAPONS, AND AN INTERESTING POST-APOCOLYPTIC SETTING. THAT IS WHAT AWAITED GAMERS WHO PLAYED FALLOUT 3.

TAKING THE FORMULA OF THE ORIGINAL SUPER MARIO BROS. AND BYPASSING THE DIFFERENCES IN SMB 2, SMB 3 OFFERED THE SEQUEL EVERYBODY WANTED. THERE WERE LOTS OF VARIED POWER-UPS, A BETTER MAP, AND IMPROVED GAMEPLAY.

THE STEALTH GAMEPLAY AND THE COMPLICATED, YET MEMORABLE PLOT AND CUT-SCENES FELT LIKE A REVOLUTION. GAMERS DEMANDED TO SEE SOLID SNAKE AND HIS CAST OF CRAZY CHARACTERS IN FUTURE GAMES.

THE VARIETY OF GAMEPLAY AND MISSIONS SEEMED ENDLESS AS IT WAS VERY COMMON TO SEE GAMERS PLAYING FOR OVER 100 HOURS TRYING TO DO MORE QUESTS IN THEIR GUILD OR JUST TRYING TO FINISH THE MAIN QUEST AFTER GETTING SIDE-TRACKED AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF SIDE QUESTS.

BEFORE DEUS EX, FPSs WERE STRAIGHT FORWARD SHOOT OR BE SHOT EXPERIENCES, BUT DEUS EX OFFERED TONS OF CHOICES IN ITS DYSTOPIAN WORLD. THE PLOT WAS INCREDIBLY INTRIGUING AND IT WAS YOUR CHOICE HOW TO NAVIGATE IT.

WITH MODERN WARFARE, THE SINGLE-PLAYER WAS MUCH IMPROVED AND VARIED. OF COURSE, THE MAIN DRAW WAS STILL THE FANTASTIC MULTIPLAYER. GAMERS WERE TREATED TO AN INNOVATIVE LEVELING SYSTEM AND LOTS OF VARIATIONS.

MARIO GALAXY TOOK MARIO AND 3D PLATFORMING TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SPACE. THE PLANETS THEMSELVES MAY HAVE FELT LIMITED, BUT THE LEVEL STRUCTURE WAS HUGE AND THE LEVEL DESIGN WAS AMAZING. THE STORY OF MARIO GALAXY MAY HAVE BEEN THE SAME, BUT THE WORLD FEELS SO DIFFERENT.

THE MULTIPLAYER ELEMENTS WERE RARELY SEEN AND THE ACTION WAS FAST-PACED ON INCREDIBLE FUN. THE MARIO-THEMED WEAPONS AND THEIR USE CAUSED MANY BROKEN NOSES. IT BECAME THE START OF GAMER'S LOVE WITH MARIO KART.

WITHOUT SONIC, IT IS POSSIBLE SEGA WOULD'VE BEEN A THIRD-PARTY PUBLISHER LONG BEFORE 2001. IT PROVIDED ONE OF THE FIRST EXHILIRATING GAMING EXPERIENCES AND MADE SONIC AN ICON TO THIS DAY.

IT FEATURED AN EPIC PLOT, LOTS OF CUSTOMIZABLE OPTIONS FOR YOUR CREATED CHARACTER, THE ABILITY TO RECRUIT UP TO FIVE NPCs, LOTS OF LOOT, AND AN INCREDIBLE FEELING THAT YOUR ACTIONS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

WARCRAFT III ADDED MORE PLAYABLE RACES, WHILE STILL INCLUDING THE TIGHT AND BALANCED MULTIPLAYER, EXPANDED THE STRONG UNIVERSE WITH A GREAT STORY AND IMPROVED THE MULTIPLAYER.