Welcome to part five of my top 100 videogames. Just look at my recent entries to the right for past installments.

60. Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (PS2)

If you thought my last clue was about a porn game, get your mind out of the gutter, you sick monkey. Trust me, you don't want to imagine me naked. Anyways, Going Commando is so good that X-Play (before they sold out) named it the best PS2 game since it improved on the original in every way. The second game in the R&C series, Going Commando had Ratchet and Clank exploring another universe and helping with the capture of a strange creature called the proto-pet. The weapons were more expansive than before, with crazy stuff like a lava gun and chicken ray. What made this different is that you could upgrade nearly every function of your weapons, and even Ratchet could improve himself with an experience system. This game also focused more on comedy this time, with tons of tongue-in-cheek dialog. It's part of the PS2's trinity of platformer series and is definitely one of the best. Strangely, this works as a third person shooter too.

59. Mega Man Battle Network 3 (GBA)

Let me make this clear: I don't give a damn about which version of this game because they're the same damn thing with a slight chip change. Anyways, I like this one better that number two because it feels a bit more epic. I'm not to sure why, but I think it's because of Bass. As I mentioned in the first part of my villains list, the battle network version of Bass is pure bad ass. He makes a great villain here and oozes bad ass with that cloak (even if all Capcom characters seemed to love wearing that thing at the time). Little changed in the gameplay department, but the story felt much more important.

58. Pokemon Blue version (Gameboy)

....Woha. I just felt my childhood rush back to me.

Pokemon Blue was my first RPG, and it was Poke-crack to me. Everything about this game fascinated me. The creatures looked strange and intriguing, the world was vast and the simple challenge of catching all of those little buggers kept me coming. It's still a huge phenomenon, like Nintendo looked into the minds of children to see what they would find addicting. Hell, I wanted to trade with people, so I convinced my mom to buy my cousin red version for his birthday. He has every Pokemon version to this day. Everyone here (cept Flashpenny) probably loves this series and still plays it to this day.

57. Civilization II Gold Edition (PC)

One of the greatest strategy games ever made, the civilization series has been a PC staple for a long time. The basic idea is that you play as an immortal ruler in the early ages of man with the goal of ruling the Earth and taking over the other countries over time and into modern day and the future. It's a very fun series that gives you tons of choices: do you start an early military strike or focus on science and advancements and get them later without as much mess? And where will they be in the future? Along with trying to be liked by your empire, your also trying to deal with world politics, colonization and keeping up with the necessities for life. You can play seriously or just have some fun since you can pick how many countries, how difficult and how big the world is. It's one of the best strategy games out there, and every version is fantastic. I think there's a box set out there with Civ I-IV, so try tracking it down.

56. Final Fantasy X (PS2)

The only reason this isn't higher is because of bad voice acting. It's far from the worst I've heard, but it's pretty bad. I got X several years after it's release, and the graphics still blew me away. While Square can obviously make beautiful water, all of the cast was well designed with a wonderfully haunting world around them. None of the other Final Fantasy games before this one had such a full world created for them, mostly because of the big jump in power from PS1 to PS2. The battle system went turn based and cut out a lot of hassle by letting you switch out your characters without ending your turn. It made random encounters much easier to deal with than when the ATB system was in place. The story also made improvements, with a great tragic villain in Seymour and a love story I actually cared about, which didn't occur often in the older games. Screw the haters, I love this game, even if the true villain sucked.

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Seymour battle theme

Decisive Battle

55. Dragon Warrior III (GBC)

While Final Fantasy X focused on story, Dragon Warrior III just focused on the basics of RPGs and made a great game. This game was the first JRPG to let you make your character's personality and did it with an interesting random test at the beginning of the game. I would start new games just to play through these. The gameplay was classic Dragon Quest, with random battles, a large world and level grinding. This one did add something else, though: the ability to make your own characters for your party. It was an equally addictive system, just to see how a new character would come out. Out of all of this, my favorite parts were the little Easter eggs in the game. For example, after returning a crown to a king, he lets you become one and switch places. It just meant people talked to you differently until you switched back, but it was a fun little surprise.

54. Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS)

Advance Wars games are mostly a giant game of rock/paper/scissors: everything has strength and weakness to everything else, so the battle comes down to how you use your troops. Days of Ruin took the series in a dark turn, but it doesn't work for me. I prefer the happy-go-lucky COs that could use built up power to unleash super moves to give their army a boost in power. It's very simple and very fun, and Dual Strike added more of everything. Some battles took place on two screens, needing you to think about two situations at once to achieve victory. It was challenging and fun, and the best in portable strategy.

53. Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (GC)

Created by Silicon Knights, Twin Snakes was a fantastic remake of one of the best games ever made. The story was that Solid Snake must stop a group of terrorists called Foxhound from stealing and using a powerful nuclear weapon called Metal Gear Rex. However, the plot has deeper themes to it, such as the danger of nuclear power and consequences of playing god. Most people ***** about the cutscenes in the game, but I actually like them. Unlike the Xenosaga games where a cutscene was just people standing around and talking, something is happening in these movies and the talking is actually interesting (like in a Tarantino moive). The stealth gameplay still hasn't been topped, even by the Splinter Cell series, and remains a great gaming classic.

52. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)

I'm going to be honest here. I think the 3D Zelda games are overrated. Say what you want, but it's how I feel. After playing games like Devil May Cry, I want more action and less torches. I still like them, but I've begun to notice that they rarely change. That isn't always a bad thing, but I'm just tired of it. Still, I love Wind Waker. While it's still very similar, Wind Waker still tries something a bit different. The massive ocean to travel was fun to explore, the cel shaded graphics look amazing and vibrant and the story did something interesting with Ganondorf as the villain with the theme of letting go of the past and moving into the future (which Twilight Princess didn't do...). The Link and Zelda in this game had more personality than the others before them and the red king was a great sidekick. It was something special that changed up some of the formula, and I love it for that. Like most Zelda games, it had great music.

The Legendary Hero

Hyrule castle

Ganondorf battle

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51. Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)

The Sly series stands out so much because it has more personality that almost any other platformer. It had balls with it's story and had some fantastic villains, not to mention great characters like Sly Cooper. While Clockwerk wasn't in this game, Dr. M made a great villain and was pretty impressive in his own right. This game put a lot of focus on Sly's friends, and they were pretty fun to play as. The game had racing, first and third person shooting and even ship battles. Still, it's hard to beat the fun you can have with Sly with all of his sneaky moves. I hope Sucker Punch returns to this series soon. It's a fantastic series that has some strong legs.

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