Top 10 All Time Best Games for Console & Pc - Part 1

The games industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, with new games releasing left, right, and center. Naturally, some games are better than others, and then there are the games that have managed to etch their names in our collective minds through their innovation and quality. With this feature, we'll be taking a look at 30 of the best games of all time. Also, keep in mind there is a fair chance that some of your favorite games may not be listed here. It's impossible to please everyone with lists like these, but with that out of the way…

10. Tekken 8

Tekken is one of the oldest and most revered fighting franchises of all time, and that prolonged status of prestige can be attributed to the developer's consistent innovation with each new entry. Tekken 8 has recently been released to great critical and commercial reception, and it represents a big leap over its predecessors in more ways than one. With a new heat system that prioritizes aggressive play and shiny new visuals courtesy of Unreal Engine 5, Tekken 8 is arguably the series at its best.

9. Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5 is a game that feels like a love letter to gearheads. It pays due tribute to the artistry of cars and everything surrounding it, and it's a game that's just a blissful experience from start to finish. There's just something special about cruising down a highway while seated in a luxury sports car, all the while the sun shines down and casts a beautiful reflection across the shiny coat of exterior paint of your car. Forza Horizon 5 has no shortage of such moments, and its ingenious progression system hooks the player for hours and doesn't let go.

8. Uncharted 2

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, arguably one of Naughty Dog's finest works to date, is the perfection of the formula that started with the first game. Nathan Drake's journey of finding a coveted treasure is consistently a thrilling adventure that rarely takes its foot off the gas, treating the player to one beautifully choreographed set-piece sequence after another. Everything from the platforming to the charismatic characters and the gorgeous locales come together to create an experience unlike any other.

7. Alien Isolation

Alien: Isolation is a game that has perhaps not received as much love as it should have, and that's a shame because it's a genuinely great horror game with an interesting trick up its sleeve. Unlike traditional horror games where jump scares are heavily choreographed, Alien: Isolation's xenomorph has an intelligent brain that adapts to your play style, and that keeps the feeling of cat-and-mouse chase consistent throughout its run. Add to that some amazing atmosphere, and Alien: Isolation becomes a game that will be the reason for your nightmares long after the credits roll.

6. Marvel Spider-Man 2

Insomniac Games took what worked in Spider-Man 2018 and Miles Morales and meshed it all together in a big open world with the sequel, Marvel's Spider-Man 2. While that description may sound reductive, Spider-Man 2 is everything we previously saw but polished to an immaculate sheen. The story of Kraven's Last Hunt is filled with plenty of amazing scenes, and all characters get appropriate screen time to shine and build out their character arcs. New suit abilities make combat more interesting, and the boss battles peppered throughout the experience are equal parts thrilling and surprising. In all honesty, Spider-Man 2 makes you feel like the friendly neighborhood webhead.

5. Street Fighter 6

Much like Tekken 8 as we discussed previously, Street Fighter has also managed to remain relevant through decades, off the back of its consistent innovation of its fighting mechanics. Street Fighter 6 is the latest chapter in the saga, and it takes the learnings accrued from past outings and morphs them into a rather unique open-world structure with the new World Tour mode. What we get is a game that's bursting with new ideas while still remaining true to its core, and that makes Street Fighter 6 one of the best fighting games that you can play right now.

4. Dead Space 2023

Dead Space is easily one of the best horror games of recent memory, and Motive has done a fabulous job of recreating it from scratch and rebuilding it in a way that caters to both new and returning fans. In addition to a massive visual overhaul, the Dead Space remake adds entire new areas, side quests, and weapon upgrades into the mix, making a second trip through the USG Ishimura a worthwhile experience. Many of these improvements are iterative in nature, but that only speaks volumes about the quality of the original version and its timeless nature, which still holds up surprisingly well today.

3. Control

Control is not just a great game in its own right; it's also an important game for the AA games industry at large. Jesse Faden's journey of clearing out the mysterious Hiss from the FBC is bursting with creativity, right from the brutalist architecture of the building to its borderline eccentric narrative, power-driven gameplay, and much more. Despite having a middling budget that honestly shows in certain aspects of the game, Control's excellent suite of ideas is something that can put many of the biggest AAA titles to shame.

2. Halflife 2

Much like the original Half-Life, Valve's sequel to this runaway success is also considered to be a revolutionary game. Half-Life 2 took what worked in the original and spun an even crazier game with larger set pieces, huge levels, and interesting physics-based puzzles that are just the right amount of brain work for players. It's a showcase of how to create an enthralling action-adventure that's punctuated with memorable firefights and set pieces galore. And while some of its elements haven't aged that well, Half-Life 2 remains a blast through and through.

1. Resident Evil 2 (2019)

Resident Evil 2 delivered a wonderful reimagining of a horror classic with its 2019 remake. Despite taking players on a familiar ride from a different lens, Resident Evil 2 manages to capture the same feelings of hopelessness and desperation as you slowly trudge through the abandoned rooms of the police station, all while the undead zombies lie in wait for a chance to chew you down to bits. The visuals are a fantastic evolution of the original, and Leon's unpredictable encounters with Mr. X never fail to add another layer of tension to the entire affair.