The Video Game Critic

Think back to every console you've owned, and tell me what you think it's best game (or, at least the best game you played) is.

SNES: Donkey Kong Country 2.

PS2: Kingdom Hearts 2.

PS3: Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Xbox 360: Alan Wake.

Wii: Xenoblade Chronicles.

Wii U: Breath of the Wild.

PS4: Bloodborne.

Genesis - Sonic 2
SNES - Super Metroid
Playstation - Castlevania Symphonies of the Night
N64 - Zelda Ocarina of Time
Playstation 2 - God of War II
Gamecube - Resident Evil 4
PS3 - Persona 4
Wii - Xenoblade Chronicles
Wii U - Bayonetta 2
PS4 - Horizon Zero Dawn
Switch - Zelda Breath of the Wild
3DS - Zelda Link Between Worlds

I’m going to assume you mean favorite game? If so:

Atari 2600: Enduro

Atari 5200: Kangaroo

Atari 7800: Food Fight

Atari Lynx: Toki

Atari Jaguar: Tempest 2000

NES: River City Ransom/Final Fantasy (tie)

SNES: Prince of Persia/Final Fantasy III (tie)

N64: Conker’s Bad Fur Day

GameCube: Super Mario Sunshine/Metroid Prime

Wii: Super Mario Galaxy

Wii U: Breath of the Wild

Switch: Super Mario Odyssey/Celeste (tie)

Sega Genesis: Dune/Toejam and Earl (tie)

Sega CD: Sewer Shark/The Adventures of Willy Beamish (tie)

Sega Saturn: Diehard Arcade/Shinobi Legions (tie)

Dreamcast: Shenmue/Crazy Taxi (tie)

PS1: Final Fantasy VII

PS2: GTA: San Andreas

PS3: Demon’s Souls/The Last of Us/Uncharted 2 (three way tie)

PS4: Bloodborne

Game Boy: Final Fantasy Adventure/Link’s Awakening (tie)

Game Boy Advance: Metroid Fusion/Castlevania Aria of Sorrow

DS: GTA: Chinatown Wars/Radiant Historia (tie)

3DS: Link Between Worlds

PSP: Patapon

Vita: Hotline Miami

Oh wow... I don’t know if I can remember every console I’ve owned! Let’s see if I can do this off the top of the dome.

Atari 8 bit computer - Oils Well

NES - Mega Man 2

Game Boy - Donkey Kong ‘94

Genesis - Shinobi III

Game Gear - Aladdin

SNES - Zelda: A Link to the Past

TG16/PCE - Soldier Blade

PCE-CD - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Atari Jaguar - Wolfenstein 3D

Saturn - Street Fighter Zero 3

PS1 - Mega Man X4

Game Boy Color - Zelda: Link’s Awakening Dx

N64 - F Zero X

Dreamcast - Skies of Arcadia

PS2 - God of War

XBox - Halo: Combat Evolved

GameCube - Resident Evil 4

GBA - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

DS - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

XBox 360 - DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou

Wii - Super Mario Galaxy 2

PSP - Persona 3 Portable

PS3 - The Last of Us

Wii U - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

3DS - Shin Megami Tensei 4

Vita - DanganRonpa 2

PS4 - NieR: Automata

Sega Master System - Bubble Bobble
Sega MegaDrive - Streets of Rage 2
Sega 32X - Virtua Racing Deluxe
Sega Saturn - Sega Worldwide Soccer 97
Game Boy Classic - Zelda: Link's Awakening
Game Boy Advance: Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Nintendo DS: Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Nintendo 3DS: Gunman Clive
Nintendo GameCube: Sonic Adventure DX
Nintendo Wii: Super Mario Galaxy
Xbox 360: BioShock 1

I’m just going to list the systems I had some serious playtime with:

ZX Spectrum - Skool Daze
Atari ST - Toki / Premier Manager
Master System - R-Type
Mega Drive - Street Fighter 2
Mega CD - Final Fight
32x - Virtua Racing
Saturn - Sega Rally
PS1 - Metal Gear Solid
PS2 - Metal Gear Solid 2
PS3 - BioShock
PS4 - Metal Gear Solid V

2600-Warlords
O2-KC’s Crazy Chase
Colecovision-Frenzy
C64-Project Firestart
NES-Donkey Kong Classics
Genesis-Pirates Gold
Sega CD-Snatcher
Saturn-Christmas Nights Into Dreams
PS1-?
PS2-Resident Evil 4
GameCube-Resident Evil
Dreamcast-Crazy Taxi
360-Sniper Elite V2

For the most part everything I pick was exclusive for the system at the time (may have been ported later). In the rare case it’s not I added a favorite exclusive too)

Atari 2600 - Berzerk
NES - Super Mario 3
Sega Master System - Shinobi
Turbografx 16 - Bonk’s Revenge
Sega Genesis - Sonic 2
SNES - Super Metroid
PlayStation - Metal Gear Solid
Sega Saturn - Nights into Dreams
N64 - Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Sega Dreamcast - Soul Calibur
PS2 - God of War 2
GameCube - Smash Bros Melee
Xbox - Halo
Xbox 360 - Rock Band (favorite exclusive: Halo 3)
PS3 - The Last of Us
Wii - Super Mario Galaxy
Wii U - Zelda: Breath of the Wild (this is what I played it on) (favorite exclusive: Mario Maker
Xbox One - Overwatch (favorite exclusive: Gears 4)
Switch - Mario Odyssey

Game Boy: Pokemon Red or Blue (I don’t really find these fun anymore but it’s hard to pick against a game I played so much as a kid; for what I’d play now it’d be Mario Land 2)
Game Boy Color: Link’s Awakening DX (not exactly exclusive, but the system didn’t have too many)
Game Gear: Sonic Triple Trouble
Game Boy Advance: Metroid Fusion
Nintendo DS: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Neo Geo Pocket Color: Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Color
PSP: Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (cheating a bit again, but this version is so graphically different from the original, and including the original and Symphony of the Night is just gravy)
PlayStation Vita: Uncharted: Golden Abyss (jury is still out though because I just bought one so I have a big library to go through)

And I don’t own a PS4, but I bet I could confidently say Uncharted 4 would be my favorite of what’s out now, given my love of the series.

This is my list.
2600 Cross force/Journey Escape
Coleco Venture/Ladybug
ZX spectrum 3D Deathchase
Atari 800xl Zybex
7800 Joust
Megadrive
SNES Doom
Saturn Alien Trilogy
Jaguar Doom
N64 Doom
Ps1 Doom
Xbox Halo
Dreamcast Metro street racer
Ps2 Gradius collection
Cube Judge Dread
Ps3 Last of Us
360 Doom 3
Xbox 1 Skyrim

BanjoPickles wrote:I’m going to assume you mean favorite game?

Not really. If I were to list my favorite games, I would probably put either Tales of Xillia or Nier for my PS3 pick. But in terms of gameplay, graphics, and overall quality, I can't deny that Arkham Asylum is better than both of those, even if I didn't enjoy it quite as much.