Lot of great games on this thread. Nothing like subjectivity disguised as objectivity.
Greatest game for me was FF6 because it was the first RPG I really had and blew my mind with the in-depth story and how they could bring in slavery, death, craziness, ancient relics, adventure, and treasure hunting etc so wonderfully. When the crazy man actually succeeds in destroying the world - holy F...
FF7 was a masterpiece in its own right but it built on what came before it. Also loved it.
Best Zelda game? I've played pretty much all. Ocarina was amazing obviously. I think I had more enjoyment with Majora's mask because it was harder/freakier but OOT was first for sure for N64 awesomeness. All the games have been amazing up to BOTW. I remember reading a review of OOT and the author was complaining about getting old and still saving zelda every f-ing time and same old same old. Yet I'm probably the same age and loved them all. Skyward sword might have been my favourite there. I really enjoyed uncovering the 'history' and obviously BOTW was incredible too.
Multiplayer - Goldeneye if you were of the right age was fantastic. Also first over the top 1st person shooter. Sure you had crazy weapons in doom etc but it was the genre. Goldeneye you could be launching rockets or shooting with the golden gun or paint gun for real. Was crazy fun. And we had sleepover parties staying up all night for that sh-t. What a blast.
Then in college we had unreal tournament. Also plenty of fun. Great time to have LAN type parties with everyone playing together - what a blast.
Also huge in the college days for us was Tony Hawk 1 and 2. Like who would have thought a skateboarding game could be a blast? yet whomever had a playstation in their dorm was king. Launched a whole genre of 'niche' sports games outside of Madden, MLB, NHL, FIFA games.
2 player fighting games? Streetfighter 2. That is still #1. I think the codes are basically pop culture now and I could still launch an energy blast if I picked it up. "I'm mucus!" IYKYK. Killer instinct, mortal kombat were fun but SF2 was the first mainstreamer to really make it amazing.
