[Question] Top 20 Games of the last 20 Years?

Although I like playing games, I never really had a gaming console or PC when we were growing up. It was only after I graduated high school that I owned a PC and had access to more games. So I'm not surprised that I've never played more than half of the games on this thread. My list may not be as obscure(?) as others, but I consider them the best that I've played so far.

1. Final Fantasy IX - FF7 was my first, FF8 was ok, but FF9 turned out to be the best Final Fantasy experience I've ever had. Sure, most people will say FFVI is the best, but I've never beaten it yet (I'm getting there). FF9 had a wonderful and loveable cast of characters, beatifully designed environment, a great world, funny dialogue, and good music. I still think it's the best Final Fantasy game ever.

2. Xenogears - While we're still talking about RPGs, I would like to mention that this game is one of my favorite games. I think the whole psychology/existential/bible stuff they packed in this game appealed to my rebellious teenager blood. Plus you can't deny the awesomeness of fighting in giant robots. Now that I think of it, the story was a bit too ridiculous.

3. Starcraft - I'm pretty sure everyone played this game. When I was young, it was pretty rare for someone to own a PC, so kids play games at an internet cafe/shop. And this game is the most popular among kids to play during that time. We used to spend 2-3 hours after school playing this game before heading home. I remember during our prom night, a few of my friends and I skipped the dancing and played some Starcraft instead. I think is should go and buy Starcraft 2 already.

4. Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge - Best 2D fighting game ever, or best 2D fighting game ever? With fast sword combos & parries, it puts Street Fighter's slow brawler fighting mechanic to shame. Plus it got ninjas, samurais, samurai chicks, ninja chicks, sword powers, Hanzo Hattori's 4-hit instant-KO combo, and more!

5. Quake 2 - This is probably the first multi-player FPS game that I have really enjoyed. The fast pace and variety of weapons (Rail Gun) made it a fun game to play with friends. Of course, we also played this at the internet cafes. And the first game I played with mods! The Darth Maul mod was pretty popular among the kids in my neighborhood.

6. Diablo 2 - Still the best dungeon crawler/loot collecting game. I had this on my PC and will save my character on a diskette, go to class, and afterwards play at a neary shop with my saved character, go home and continue playing after dinner. Cloud saves? What's that? It's al in the diskette, baby.

7. Tekken 3 - Another of my favorite fighting games. Tekken 3's improvement is leaps and bounds compared to Tekken 2 and the gameplay is a lot more smoother which allows for more juggles and combos. Played this a lot on the arcade, although I prefer playing it on the PSX because the controls are easier.

8. Resident Evil 2 - Personally the best RE game ever. The gameplay is more solid and organized while retaining the same horror atmosphere of the first game.

9. Silent Hill 3 - Hells yeah, Heather! Why don't they make horror games like this anymore? This is my favorite Silent Hill game. The horror and survival elemnts were very well balanced, without sacrificing the trademark Silent Hill creepiness.

10. Metal Gear Solid - Well, I hope everyone agrees that this is one hell of a game. The sneaking aspect of the game was very new to me at that time and I really enjoyed it. The multi-layer espionage story with a lot of military sci-fi elements really hooked me in, and of course that big ass robot! And Meryl.

11. Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly - This is the scariest game I've ever played. No shit. Plus, I play it after school, with the lights off and on a headset. The 1st game was scary enough, but this game is shit-your-pants-scary. I tried the 3rd game and was very disappointed that it was no where near this game. I hope they make a new one that's as good as this.

12. Professor and the Curious Village - Puzzles and stuff! Sometimes I feel like I'm really smart, and most of the time I feel like a bag of potatoes. Played all of the games except for The Eternal Diva on the 3DS (hopefully I can get a 3DS by the end of the year).

13. Dead Space - Because I like horror games and it's in space! The Necromorphs are pretty cool too. This kind of revived the survival horror fan in me. Plus, that ending is really cool.

14. Shadow of the Colossus - Man, just seeing the previews for this game really made me want to play it. Fighting the first colossi was just amazing, little did I know that there were even more bigger ones in the game. It's an amazing experience.

15. Portal 2 - The part where you fall down to the old testing facility and discover the history of the place gave me a sense of awe and amazement and felt like I was discovering something real and unknown. That and the puzzles. Oh and the funny British robot.

16. Final Fantasy VIII - Dat opening sequence. And that spaceship! It's named Ragnarok, how can you not like that?! Other than that, I liked the Tripe Triad mini game (which is the best FF mini-game), there was a good story even though it had it's shortcomings, and I also liked the GF system.

17. Tomb Raider (2013) - Because I really like it and I don't care what the fanboys say.

18. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - This is the first Zelda game I've finished and I really liked the art style and the overall gameplay. It really makes us of the DS's features to it's full potential, and I felt like it was very interactive and engaging.

19. DotA - The original game, not the one from Valve. It had a very steep learning curve, but once you get it, it's gonna suck you in. Played a lot of this even before LoL or DotA 2 were released. I may not be very good at it, but it's a lot fun playing with friends.

20. I ran out of games to mention.

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Wait what, I didn't know ICO had multiple endings!!

Also, I'm sorry Q, I did not include REmake in my list

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