User blog comment:Lancer1289/Your Favorites for your Consoles...and PC too/@comment-58609-20120118062145

For consoles and PC, top five...well, I can't say that these are in any particular order, and I'll likely miss some hidden gems, but I'll give it a shot:

Sega Megadrive Top Five:


 * Sonic series (all-time favourite would be 'Sonic 3 and Knuckles')
 * Castle of Illusion (solid platformer...Micky Mouse notwithstanding)
 * Prince Talmit's Adventure (kinda campy, and not as good as the others, but still decent overall)
 * Jurassic Park (Grant much easier than the raptor, but hey, dinosaurs are cool!)
 * Bonanza Brothers (catchy music, solid gameplay...and characters exclaiming "shit?")

Nintendo 64 Top 5:


 * James Bond Series (owned both Goldeneye and TWINE, but Goldeneye alone makes the top five)
 * Legend of Zelda Series (Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask...latter was excellent, former was, and still is, a masterpiece)
 * Star Fox 64 ("do a barrel roll!" 'Nuff said)
 * Banjo-Kazooie Series (liked the first more than the second, but overall, good games. Even liked Banjo-Kazooie more than Super Mario 64)
 * Kind of a tie between Mario games and Perfect Dark. Honourable mention should also go to 'Rogue Squadron' I guess. SSB is another case, but it's completely overshadowed by 'Melee'

Resident Evil games (only owned RE1 and RE3 on the PS1, but it was the console generation that introduced me to the series)
 * PS1 Top Five:
 * Metal Gear Solid (best stealth game ever. 'Nuff said)
 * Um...don't own that many, so I'll cut this list short. I could name some other series I loved on the PS1 (e.g. Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, but I don't actually own that many of them)

Sega Dreamcast Top 5


 * Sonic series (Sonic Shuffle a bit hit and miss, but SA1 and SA2...what S3&K was to 2-D Sonic, these two are to 3-D Sonic)
 * Soul Calibur (boobs, weapons and solid gameplay. Excellent)
 * Rayman 2 (solid platformer)
 * Toy Commander (Army Men did it first, but Toy Commander really used the concept to its full potential)
 * House of the Dead 2 (horrible voice acting, but solid gameplay)

Playstation 2 Top Five


 * Resident Evil Series (most RE games of mine are on this platform. Decent quality overall)
 * 'Legend of Spyro Trilogy (average gameplay, but I appreciate the concept and story)
 * 'Star Wars: Battlefront Series (solid multiplayer)
 * Metal Gear Solid Series (as in, Sons of Liberty and Snake Eater. SNAAKE!)
 * GTA would probably go here, but I don't actually own it, so...Honourable mention also goes to Killzone

Gamecube Top Five


 * Sonic series (not as good as previous eras, but at least it was before things hit rock bottom with Sonic '06. Ugh)
 * Super Smash Brothers Melee (Best. Multiplayer. Ever. Well, on the Gamecube at least, but you get the idea)
 * Legend of Zelda series (Skyward Sword was a bit meh at times, but Twilight Princess more than made up for it)
 * Lord of the Rings series (as in, Two Towers, Return of the King and the Third Age. Probably haven't aged that well, but I loved them at the time.)
 * Star Fox Series (Adventures and Assault failed to match Star Fox 64, but I enjoyed them all the same)

Honourable mention goes to Resident Evil 4, which stands as my favourite RE game. However, it's only one of two RE games I have on the Gamecube, and Zero was forgettable, hence why it doesn't make the top five)

Xbox/Xbox 360 Top Five


 * Halo Series (...what? You expected otherwise?)
 * Mass Effect Series (geez, what gave you that idea?)
 * Gears of War Series (over the top at times, but I think it's solid both in gameplay and story)
 * Dead Space Series (only own DS1, but I like the series as a whole)
 * Can't really pick a fifth one. Most games at this stage are series as a whole, and my console has succumbed to the red ring of death, hence why I haven't been picking up games recently)

PC Top Five


 * StarCraft Series (one of the best RTS games ever, both in gameplay and the ammount of detail the universe has. Also led to me being an admin on the StarCraft wiki so...yeah. And IMO, WoL was indeed worth waiting 12 BLOODY YEARS! :))


 * Warcraft Series (more like Warcraft III, as the earlier RTS games were average and I didn't move on to WoW gameplay wise. Still, W3 alone warrents inclusion, and I still have two full shelves of Warcraft novels and sourcebooks, so...)


 * Battlefield Series (stopped short at BF2, but from the series that began with 1942, it definately deserves inclusion IMO)


 * Command and Conquer Series (came to the series late with Tiberium Wars, and Tiberian Twilight left a bitter taste in my mouth, but I like the series overall)


 * Dawn of War/Diablo Series (kind of a draw. Dawn of War had solid gameplay, while I never really got into Diablo's. On the other hand, Dawn of War has always been constrained storywise IMO, while Diablo is an original property, and I've got tie-in media to prove it.)

So yeah. That's it. I don't actually play games that much nowadays, ever since my Xbox 360 went the way of the dodo. I certainly follow them for stories, even if I don't actually own them. There are many cases where I own tie-in works, but not the actual games themselves (Warcraft, Diablo, Assassin's Creed and Dragon Age are examples). Also own many handheld consoles, but as this was for consoles only, I haven't included them in a top five list.