The 25 Games You Need to Finish Before You Die
The apocalypse is nigh. Or maybe it's not. Who knows. Either way, you're going to want to finish these games before the Grim Reaper taps you on the shoulder.
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Scott Jones
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18.
DOOM (PC; 1993)
What you'll miss out on: A battle with a towering, goat-horned Cyberdemon that will make your palms itch afterwards.
17.
Chrono Trigger (SNES, PlayStation; DS; 1995)
What you'll miss out on: One of the deepest, most satisfying storylines in gaming history. "And,"
John Teti adds, "Ayla was pretty hot."
16.
Final Fantasy VI (SNES, PlayStation; 1994)
What you'll miss out on: More rich and varied characters than a Robert Altman movie. Yes, we said
VI, not
VII. Don't even start with us.
15.
Grand Theft Auto III (PS2, PC, Xbox; 2001)
What you'll miss out on: The birth of the sandbox genre. And Rockstar somehow made all of it look completely effortless.
14.
Fallout (PC, Mac; 1997)
What you'll miss out on: The only way one should ever visit the Wasteland.
13.
Mafia (PC; 2002)
What you'll miss out on: Imagine the Godfather games, only done with wit, intelligence and conviction.
12.
Advance Wars (GBA; 2001)
What you'll miss out on: It sounds dull -- it's chess done Nintendo-style -- but there's a jaw-dropping amount of content crammed into this tiny cartridge.
11.
Guitar Hero II (PS2, 360; 2006)
What you'll miss out on: The quintessential I'm-playing-a-little-plastic-instrument moment: playing Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird."
10.
Beyond Good & Evil (PC, Xbox, GameCube, PS2; 2003)
What you'll miss out on: One of gaming's great heroines -- the green-lipstick-wearing Jade -- and one of the most ambitious (and poorest-selling) videogames ever made.
