@@PlayStationAccess Ranking Exclusives, I would probably go: 1) Ratchet and Clank (Series) 2) Ghost of Tsushima 3) The Spidermen Games (Peter Spiderman and Miles Spiderman) 4) Bloodborne 5) Concrete Genie.
@PlayStationAccess Mine would be FFVII (As one entity, I cant choose between OG, Remake and Rebirth), Tomb Raider 2, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Alan Wake 2, Silent Hill 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 2 (remake), Tekken 3, Metal Gear Solid, Ghost of Tsushima
FFVII: Rebirth Chrono Trigger Resident Evil 4: Remake Final Fantasy VI Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Elden Ring Nioh 2 Metal Gear Solid Yakuza: Like a Dragon Devil May Cry V That's ten! I can't disagree with most of the list, although no mention of Chrono Trigger or FFVI left me surprised.
With no repeating franchises either. If you're going to include Final Fantasy, GTA, or MGS (which obviously you would), there can only be one from each!
Agreed. I would like to see you guys’ individual top 30 PlayStation games. It would be fun for us to try and guess your list based on how well we’ve gotten to know y’all over the years.
Same here. All three are practically synonymous with the PlayStation, and certainly acts as mascots in some capacity (though Crash seems to be the most official of the trio). Plus they each made their impact on gaming as a whole in some way. Some series wouldn’t even exist as we know them without Lara, Crash, or Spyro. I’d like to see the Top 50 list.
The list of games mentioned: 30. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 29. Resident Evil 4 28. Shadow of the Colossus 27. Tekken 3 26. Kingdom Hearts 2 25. Grand Theft Auto 5 24. Elden Ring 23. Final Fantasy 9 22. Final Fantasy 7 Remake 21. Resident Evil 2 20. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth 19. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 18. Persona 5 17. Marvel Spider-Man 16. Final Fantasy 10 15. Skyrim 14. Astro Bot 13. Red Dead Redemption 2 12. The Last of Us Part Two 11. Ghost of Tsushima 10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9. Metal Gear Solid 8. Horizon Zero Dawn 7. God of War Ragnarok 6. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 4. Bloodborne 3. Final Fantasy 7 2. God of War (2018) 1. The Last of Us
The witcher, red dead 2, Skyrim, Grand theft auto 5 and Elden Ring shouldn't even be here. They aren't games I associate with Playstation. They should have games that started their career on the console and then became multiplatform. Not the other way around.
@@dman1988 That would be for the best, if they could do that for the ps5, heck, they could do that for the ps5 pro, that would finally give people a REAL reason, to even THINK about getting it.
@@skeletonmandiecastcollector THPS3 was huge when I was young; even better because, on the original Xbox, you could rip your CDs and play them as the background music.
Gran Turismo 2 was brilliant. Playing it split screen with your friends and family is something I won't forget. Those days are gone now. My favourite part was going to the used car sell to find a bargain, then customise it for the races while learning about car components in a video game!
I bought a PS3 from a pawn shop a couple of months before PS4 debuted. As part of my purchase I was able to choose 3 games for free. I didn't really recognize any so I picked the 3 that looked the best. Those 3 were The Last Of Us, Uncharted, and the second Uncharted. Been Naughty Dog loyal since then
Will always be FF7 OG for me. My first ever PlayStation game, the first time a game had captivated me emotionally, the cast of characters, the OST, the turn based combat, the cutscenes for its time were mind blowing. Man take me back!
I think they should do a series countdown. Batman, far cry, uncharted, infamous, lbp, gta, saints row, crysis, witcher (even tho only w3 was on PlayStation), God of war, cod, BF, etc
@@iamthejolson Yeah this is very true. There are SO MANY amazing games but I think the list here should have gone off sales not votes. Legit sales would have made more sense.
I only got a PS4 about 4 years ago (now have a PS5) and was torn on this exact issue if this should have been any and all games or exclusives only because a lot of these I got to play on X-Box. But I tend to agree this would be better as a PS exclusives list
@@VanillaLoaf Because then basically it's just a "30 Best Games of All Time" list. So what's the point? A celebration of 30 years of Playstation should be exactly that: 30 reasons why people bought one.
I have to give a shout-out to some of my favorite games that did not make this list. Portal 2- I had never played a puzzle game so funny and satisfying before this title. Brave Fencer Musashi- Maybe it's childhood nostalgia, but I feel this game was highly slept on. I remember it to be adequately challenging for a game rated E. I would also love a re-release with a trophy for using shishkabob on the Vambees. It was basically the only way to keep them from grabbing you Chrono Cross- from the first time I saw the opening cinematic on demo disc, I begged my parents for this game. Having played it again recently with adult level skills of mastering the combat system for the turn based rpg, I still love it just as much as I did as a child. The multitude of possible ends is also a bonus for replay
Metal Gear Solid 2. Surprised it wasn't here. I do remember the demo. As a matter of fact, I remember a free game (Zone of Enders) packaged with my $50 MGS2 demo.
Rob & Playstation Access team, the script of this video is just absolutely fantastic. Number 1 evoked goosebumps everytime I play the masterpiece. I love this list and tribute :)
The fact that Journey isn’t on this list absolutely baffles me….Easily one of the best games, let alone PlayStation games, of all time. There were some very obvious names that made the list that truly deserve their spots but there were also some that I was surprised to see included. So many other great PlayStation classics like Crash, Spyro, ratchet and clank, jak and daxter, little big planet, infamous, kill zone etc really should’ve been mentioned rather in my opinion
@@KharlStefanovic Speaking for myself, I think Journey just takes a bit more work from the player that some aren't willing to give. I'm old, I'm tired, I just need my games to be games. Likely a preference derived from the days when games HAD to be fully about gameplay because we didn't have graphics or the ability to even play actual music 🤣
Which is fair. Their games aren't all timers. They are legendary. But not the best ever. Not now. If you did this poll 15 years ago, maybe. But not now.
My brother and I grew up playing Final Fantasy 7, Soul Blade, Metal Gear solid, Micro-Machines and Gran Turismo. We still reminisce and talk about it today. We were very lucky to be so blessed with such an array of great games.
List is good though i assume most voters are young as majority here are new games, lots great game in early ps1 ps2 era , castlevania sotn, parasite eve series, chrono trigger/cross, legend of dragoon, and a lot more, but overall a good list. Also surprised that horizon was finally given its credit!
Exactly what i said. As someone who is gen x I say this list is voted on more by gen z thats for sure. There would not be amazing cinematic games like god of war 2018 without cinematic masterpiece games like Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy 7 back in the 90s. I played the majority of them the very day they released back then and as much as i love the newer games, like horizon and god of war etc, they just would not exist without those and therefore can’t be put above them on a list of best ever games. Like you also mentioned Parasite eve and chrono trigger etc. Loads of amazing games that are not even listed because these kids haven’t played them
I think there is certainly a case to answer for recency bias. Yes Astrobot is a fantastic game, but better than iconic games like Spyro, Crash Bandicoot or Ratchet and Clank? No Gran Turismo on the list at all? No Tomb Raider? No Silent Hill? No Resistance? No Killzone? And as good as FF7 is from a nostalgia point of view and it's impact on gaming as a whole, the two remakes are far better games.
I do think astro bot is better then spyro crash and ratchet and I love all 3 of those. But Astro has somehow managed to get best of all them while leaving their most annoying and frustrating elements out. Crash could be really frustrating in mendatory levels. Spyro could be a little one note as Spyro mostly had the same controls for most worlds and Ratchet is more of an action shooter by the later games then a platformer. Which is fine. I love the new ratchet game. But Astro just feels like a master of its genre. Opinions of course. I will say its a bit unfair to say it must be recency bias when the opposide can be said for old games when it comes to nostalgia bias.
@@TheBake1986 What argument, I said as good as the old game was the new ones are just better. I don't see what is better with Astrobot over say Crash Bandicoot. Astrobot is still at heart just a basic platformer with better graphics. FF7 remake is so much more than the original on all levels. Totally different comparisons.
I'd say Crash 2, Ratchet & Clank 2 and Spyro 1 are the best of their respected series but honestly Astrobot is the best platformer playstation have made. I agree about the FF7 remake, I'm playing the 1st remake after playing the original game 2 years ago... Despite being more action oriented, it's better at being tactical combat wise and also does not sideline characters, fleshes each character out and expands upon past dungeons making it more satisfying to explore more. My personal list would have featured less story games like god of war 4 or RDR2 just cause I've always seen gameplay as king and to me there are better games in their own series that do gameplay better.
As someone that has been around since the PlayStation launched, I want to say that my genuine highlight of the last 30 years has been PlayStation Access. As much as I have loved playing every console generation, and every first party title, nothing has given me as much joy as seeing Dave and Nath battle it out in one on onesie or Rob’s Friday features. You may not have been going for 30 years, but you are my highlight and I can’t thank you enough for all the content you have given us. PlayStation would not be the same to me without you. Thank you.
@@truthizlight9409 RE4 was also originally a GameCube release. Red Dead Redemption 2 was a multiplatform, same with Elden Ring. So I don't think pure exclusivity really mattered.
Great list, some of my favorites Elden Ring, FFVII (and the remakes), Red Dead Redemption 2(yes Rockstars greatest, at least for now), Blood Borne(personal favorite).
Of course it is. It's voted on by people who actually play and love PS.. Who have actually played tons of games. Not some board of people at IGN, while I'm sure have played games, always seems like more their job alone now at times. =/ which isn't a good way to view games.
@@brucewayne404 I agree with your sentiment, people hate IGN just to hate IGN, but I assure you my comment was genuine and sincere. I can't speak for all the replies though, naturally.
I really enjoyed the last of us back in 2013 and couldnt wait for the sequel. However all the remakes, remasters and disappointing sequel kind of ruined that memory of it being a great game for some reason.
@@Rodrigo4391 Dude, you can have record breaking sales on games like GT, but in the end it's still just a racing game. Most of them are not particularly memorable. The next game in the franchise is usually the same, but prettier. I also dont know what the voting process was, but I would assume people were asked to give a top 3 maybe. Be realistic. How many people would have a GT game in their top 3 PS games of all time? Let alone expecting them all to vote for the same GT game?
When I got myself the Last of us, it was a cold winter season (it existed in 2013). So I went on a week holiday from work, turned my room into a dark cave and played it. On of the best memories of my whole life.
The Last of Us is one of those games that will forever stand the test of time. Originally when I first picked it up I made it through the intro, and put the game down for over a year because I wasn’t ready for such an emotional journey. 2 years prior to its release, I lost the love of my life to suicide, and it was just too hard to play TLOU with something like that still so fresh in my mind. Little did I know it would sink its claws into me when I finally picked it back up only for it to soar to the top of my all-time favorite games. Never, EVER has a video game produced so much raw emotion to the point where I felt like a blubbering baby because it had me tearing up so much. Naughty Dog did such a great job with every little detail, but the thing that struck me the most was how invested I felt with every last character. Every. Last. One of them. Honestly don’t think we’ll ever get another game like it story wise that hits as hard as it did. Absolute 11/10 masterpiece!
I think that’s down to how each FF entry does quite a lot different from the previous one in the franchise. It’s why you see the fan base so fractured and often arguing with each other which ones are crap, or betrayals of the previous entries. Also, each generation discovers the latest FF for themselves as their first, and it becomes their all time favorite. Not to mention that from roughly FF6-10 Square were banging out hit after hit. Those classic FF deserve their place on the list as much as any game.
@@makasete30 I'm not talking about the different FFs. I'm talking about FF7 only. The OG, Remake, Rebirth and there was one other FF7 in there. Like com'on. Don't need them all in there. The OG is the best one and should be the only one on the list.
I didn’t put Witcher 3 on my list just because when I think PlayStation, I don’t immediately think Witcher. I probably would say Witcher 3 is a better game though.
@@ichrisho I kind of took it as a whole; the ranking system is pretty arbitrary. More like "30 amazing games in no particular order". HZD ranking so much higher than Elden Ring was a travesty, but you never know. It seems the top of the list was exclusive-heavy so maybe people just didn't give much weight to multi-console releases.
Upon further review.... where the hell is Returnal!? Also, nothing from Killzone, Resistance, Fallout, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider or Infamous series? Too many jrpg games for me personally, but to be honest, 1 would be too many!
Seeing Crash, Ratchet and FF8 not even make the list just shows how incredibly strong PlayStation really is. Gods i’m so happy I live at a time when video games exist.
My god, how are Metal Gear Solid 3, Elden Ring, Shadow of the Colossus and Resident Evil 4, some of the best games ever made, not only on PS consoles, so low in this list??? They're easily top 20 goat material. Also, kind of hard to fathom someone -- ANYONE -- would consider FF VII Remake better than FFIX... And SPIDER-MAN better than the aforementioned greats.
God of War 3 should have been somewhere on the list. The game was legendary. The epic scale of the game was perfectly demonstrated when you were climbing on the titan Chronos
Genuinely surprised at some of the rankings here, and there are a couple of series I wish had made the list (DMC, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider, Jak & Daxter, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame), but I have no complaints on the whole. PlayStation has had its ups and downs, but on this we can all agree: gaming was changed forever by the Little Grey Box That Could. Nintendo’s betrayal was all of our gains, ultimately including theirs.
Turned my PlayStation 5 on this morning while checking emails and i heard a very familiar PlayStation 1 sound . Thanks to Sony for taking me back in time hearing that sound brings back memories.
I can still remember the Christmas we got the playstation 1. We were actually going to get the sega Saturn as we had the mega drive but my aunt talked my mum into getting a playstation instead. We got ESPN extreme games, wipeout, a demo disc and then tekken 1 for my birthday. Was so happy
I'm so glad TLOU got the top spot. I'm the sort of gamer who goes back and forth switching games constantly. But this was a game that kept me playing from beginning to end and never got boring. With one of the greatest storylines I've ever seen and some of the best gameplay I've ever experienced.
My Top Five PS1: 1. FF VII 2. MGS 3. Gran Turismo 2 4. Suikoden 2 5. Syndicate Wars PS2: 1. San Andreas 2. Shadow of the Colossus 3. Gran Turismo 4 4. Final Fantasy X 5. MGS 2 PS3: 1. LittleBigPlanet 2. Uncharted 2 3. GTA V 4. GTA IV 5. Assassin's Creed Black Flag PS4: 1. Witcher 3 2. Persona 5 3. Uncharted 4 4. Red Dead Redemption 2 5. Ghost of Tsushima PS5: 1. FF VII Rebirth 2. Spiderman 2 3. Gran Turismo 7 4. Cyberpunk 5. Horizon Forbidden West
@@Adamantaimai I didn't like remake that much. It had some fantastic sections but they were few and far between and it felt like far too much of the game was running around massively overstretched and samey sewers, industrial catwalks, train graveyards etc engaged in endless battles, where these sections were much shorter interludes in the original. Rebirth solved all that, the open world was far more engaging and there was so much more meaningful content and gameplay that wasn't just combat, it felt much closer to evoking the feeling of the original game for more of the time for me.
I still remember getting my PS1 when I was in the 5th grade. My birthday is a few days before Christmas so I usually only got one gift but it was a big gift. I asked for a PlayStation and Crash Bandicoot and my parents lied to me, they said there weren’t any PlayStations in stock anywhere but on that day before leaving for school my Mom and Dad surprised with exactly what I asked for plus Crash Bandicoot 2 as well. My brother and I played the hell out of those games. That was one hell of a Christmas break.
Holy smokes, even just looking at the brief flash of Midgar on the screen gave me chills up my spine. I really need to replay the original. The new one is great, but it's more of a love letter to the world of FF7 than an actual remake.
This video made me tingle quite frankly. We here all love games, but I guarantee we have friends and family that “don’t get it”. Well going back through this list makes me tie in life events and elevates some of these examples as masterpieces of media in any format. Here’s to another 30 years of wonder 🎉
There should be some honorable mentions about game franchises that helped shape PS history: Tomb Raider, Need for Speed, Gran Turismo, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet and Clank, Tony Hawk's pro skater, Silent Hill, Splinter Cell, Fallout. And Journey. It's not a franchise but deserved a mention just for how lifechanging it is
I would limit it to one entry per franchise. I'm not a Final Fantasy guy at all but I get the relevance of the series. It's just a lot to see a remake and the original take up two of only thirty spots. Not mentioning all the other 2 entries from the series. Playing by your rules however, my biggest absenties are: -GTA 3 and Vice City -Batman Arkham City (Asylum and Knight are also worthy) -COD MW 1 and 2 -Red Dead Redemption -MOH Frontline
Tough I agree with number 1, i was shockingly surprised about number 30, 29 and 28. A couple of years ago those 3 games were on top of any "best playstation games" list.
Personally, Bioshock would easily make my top 10, never mind top 30... Also, not a huge COD fan but I always remember when I first played Modern Warfare 2, I think it has a place on that list, for sure.
Interesting list - I can't help but feel Abe's Odyssee, one of the Crash games, one of the Spyro games, one of the Tomb Raider games, one of the Wipeout games, one of the THPS games and one of the Worms games should be in there.
Maybe it speaks to the age of the people who voted? I'd definitely have Wipeout 2097, Tomb Raider and either Gran Turismo 1 or A:Spec in there, but sadly I am 42 🤣
@ My point exactly! VC was an important game for so many people and the industry in general. I’m not mad for seeing SA on here, but damn give the others some love
Great list! I would personally remove Kingdom hearts 2, Horizon zero dawn, Astrobot, FF7 remake and added Gran Turismo 2, Dark Souls 1, Silent hill 2 and Crash Bandicoot Warped
Story Street has a fantastic video on Uncharted 4 and, replaying it after seeing it, I definitely learned to appreciate it more. Maybe it was the video or maybe I just needed to get older a bit to relate to Nate more.
Nobody is going to agree entirely with this list and that's OK 😅
What would your top games be? Let us know below ⬇
@@PlayStationAccess Ranking Exclusives, I would probably go:
1) Ratchet and Clank (Series)
2) Ghost of Tsushima
3) The Spidermen Games (Peter Spiderman and Miles Spiderman)
4) Bloodborne
5) Concrete Genie.
@PlayStationAccess Mine would be FFVII (As one entity, I cant choose between OG, Remake and Rebirth), Tomb Raider 2, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Alan Wake 2, Silent Hill 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 2 (remake), Tekken 3, Metal Gear Solid, Ghost of Tsushima
Last of Us part 2 is the greatest narrative game experience ever. I was totally blown away, and so where all of my friends who played it.
FFVII: Rebirth
Chrono Trigger
Resident Evil 4: Remake
Final Fantasy VI
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
Elden Ring
Nioh 2
Metal Gear Solid
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Devil May Cry V
That's ten! I can't disagree with most of the list, although no mention of Chrono Trigger or FFVI left me surprised.
@@roninviszla6628 Well, go on. Let's have it.
We now want to see the PlayStation Access top 30!
Playstation access top 30 with rob tied up in a chair so he cant bias the MGS games to the top 10!
Something tells me Yakuza and Crash would be there. :p
I'd like a community post with each of their top 10 and we have to guess whose is which.
With no repeating franchises either. If you're going to include Final Fantasy, GTA, or MGS (which obviously you would), there can only be one from each!
Agreed. I would like to see you guys’ individual top 30 PlayStation games. It would be fun for us to try and guess your list based on how well we’ve gotten to know y’all over the years.
Genuinely surprised not to see Crash, Tomb Raider or Spyro
Definitely an RPG-Heavy community
They’re not as great as your nostalgia makes them
was just about to write the same thing! especially Crash and Spyro they were semi-mascots when they came out!
Also no Ratchet and Clank!
Same here. All three are practically synonymous with the PlayStation, and certainly acts as mascots in some capacity (though Crash seems to be the most official of the trio). Plus they each made their impact on gaming as a whole in some way. Some series wouldn’t even exist as we know them without Lara, Crash, or Spyro.
I’d like to see the Top 50 list.
Man, kind of a shame to not see series like Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider, Jak & Daxter or Ratchet and Clank represented here.
I know right these JR devs expect us to move on even though these games are special to us because it was our childhood
Or Sly
Instead so many final fantasy games. That's odd IMO
Don't forget Silent Hill 2...
Mostly agree with the top 20 but yeah - OG tomb raider or R&C should have been included as well
The list of games mentioned:
30. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
29. Resident Evil 4
28. Shadow of the Colossus
27. Tekken 3
26. Kingdom Hearts 2
25. Grand Theft Auto 5
24. Elden Ring
23. Final Fantasy 9
22. Final Fantasy 7 Remake
21. Resident Evil 2
20. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
19. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
18. Persona 5
17. Marvel Spider-Man
16. Final Fantasy 10
15. Skyrim
14. Astro Bot
13. Red Dead Redemption 2
12. The Last of Us Part Two
11. Ghost of Tsushima
10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
9. Metal Gear Solid
8. Horizon Zero Dawn
7. God of War Ragnarok
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
4. Bloodborne
3. Final Fantasy 7
2. God of War (2018)
1. The Last of Us
Not all heroes wear capes, you are a hero
Thanks bro 👍
What's Zero Dawn doing there?
No Tomb Raider, Gran Turismo, Bandicoot seems a very lazy list or demographic chosen.
The witcher, red dead 2, Skyrim, Grand theft auto 5 and Elden Ring shouldn't even be here. They aren't games I associate with Playstation. They should have games that started their career on the console and then became multiplatform. Not the other way around.
When did we vote for this??
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A few weeks ago in a community post...
They put out a community post maybe a week or two ago
they need to step up announcing these votes. I don't tend to go to the community tap but if its for a poll I would.
Well, colour me purple and call me Nancy, I haven't played a single game in this top#30.😂
Grant us eyes Sony
(Winter Lantern singing)
let us say that someone wanted to make a Bloodborne 2, where could they take the story? What could they do to make it better?
@@frederiog That is a great question. I don't know that it needs a sequel, as it is difficult to improve on perfection.
Grunt us remake
@@dman1988 That would be for the best, if they could do that for the ps5, heck, they could do that for the ps5 pro, that would finally give people a REAL reason, to even THINK about getting it.
No Spyro, Ratchet and clank, Crash
Splinter Cell, Twisted Metal, Tony Hawk and so many others as well
@@skeletonmandiecastcollector THPS3 was huge when I was young; even better because, on the original Xbox, you could rip your CDs and play them as the background music.
The people have spoke
We have no one to blame but ourselves.
No Sly Cooper or Jak & Daxter either
No Gran Turismo, Tomb Raider, Burnout 3 Takedown, Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2,3 and 4.
@phu961 Oh Burnout 3 how I loved that game
Burnout games were on another level 🔥🔥🔥
How Gran Turismo 3 or 4 didn’t get on this list I’ll never know
Yeah how's GT1 not here it's the reason my brothers and me bought the PS1, we'd had never seen anything like it before
Burnout 3! Literally the only racing game I hold in high regard
Solid list, but it would be more interesting if it was one game per franchise. I mean Final Fantasy VII alone appears THREE times here!
Remake was bûllshit..
Forced idîdots to pay 40/50 quid each one!!😅😅
@@adamhagerty3869 Rebirth is bigger and has more content than many of the games this year combined.
@@adamhagerty3869definitely worth that 40-50 quid though
That PS1 loadup screen theme, though 🤤
I was completely caught off guard by it last night and laughed to keep myself from nostalgia tears.
@@MyManJFKTV My exact reaction:
*Shivers* "Oooh, it's like heroin"
My wife: 🤨
So many didn't make the list that deserve a spot, just shows how amazing this 30 years have been.
So many great games on the different generations of PlayStations...
Gran turismo surely?
I think Gran Turismo 2 was the eye opener for sure after the first game that deserved to be up there on the list.
Gran Turismo 2 was brilliant. Playing it split screen with your friends and family is something I won't forget. Those days are gone now. My favourite part was going to the used car sell to find a bargain, then customise it for the races while learning about car components in a video game!
Votes were probably split between the many excellent versions. GT7 VR would've got my vote.
I felt old seeing Uncharted 2, its aged! It never looks like that in my memories, it has the sheen of U4!
I bought a PS3 from a pawn shop a couple of months before PS4 debuted. As part of my purchase I was able to choose 3 games for free. I didn't really recognize any so I picked the 3 that looked the best. Those 3 were The Last Of Us, Uncharted, and the second Uncharted. Been Naughty Dog loyal since then
@@randybrumfieldjr.5669
Those were the 3 best decisions you could have made in that moment. You got a bargain my friend.
That was PS3 footage.
The remaster even running on PS4 still looks great nowadays.
Will always be FF7 OG for me. My first ever PlayStation game, the first time a game had captivated me emotionally, the cast of characters, the OST, the turn based combat, the cutscenes for its time were mind blowing. Man take me back!
Yes
I have a 1997 copy. got my wife playing it for the first time. Using it for some episodes of one of my podcasts.
Yes, truly an incredible achievement
Was it 7 discs or 5?
I forgot lol, also didn't it take up a whole 15 blocks on the memory card?
@@roccojames4703 nope and nope. 3 discs and one block each save.
List was great but I would add Batman Arkham city
I think they should do a series countdown. Batman, far cry, uncharted, infamous, lbp, gta, saints row, crysis, witcher (even tho only w3 was on PlayStation), God of war, cod, BF, etc
How the classic tomb raiders are not on here is staggering.
I could also say that about Twisted Metal 1, 2 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks to the bloomers.
@@princegroove It's very easy to suggest that the majority of this vote was done by modern players. New gamers you could say.
The problem is- what do you put them over? Just too many amazing games
@@iamthejolson Yeah this is very true. There are SO MANY amazing games but I think the list here should have gone off sales not votes. Legit sales would have made more sense.
This list really should have been made up of only PS exclusives.
I only got a PS4 about 4 years ago (now have a PS5) and was torn on this exact issue if this should have been any and all games or exclusives only because a lot of these I got to play on X-Box. But I tend to agree this would be better as a PS exclusives list
Why? If you can turn it on and play it on a Sony console, it should have been eligible.
@@VanillaLoaf Because then basically it's just a "30 Best Games of All Time" list. So what's the point? A celebration of 30 years of Playstation should be exactly that: 30 reasons why people bought one.
bloodborne!!!!!
Definitely bloodborne
🔥🔥🔥🔥
I have to give a shout-out to some of my favorite games that did not make this list.
Portal 2- I had never played a puzzle game so funny and satisfying before this title.
Brave Fencer Musashi- Maybe it's childhood nostalgia, but I feel this game was highly slept on. I remember it to be adequately challenging for a game rated E. I would also love a re-release with a trophy for using shishkabob on the Vambees. It was basically the only way to keep them from grabbing you
Chrono Cross- from the first time I saw the opening cinematic on demo disc, I begged my parents for this game. Having played it again recently with adult level skills of mastering the combat system for the turn based rpg, I still love it just as much as I did as a child. The multitude of possible ends is also a bonus for replay
Metal Gear Solid 2. Surprised it wasn't here. I do remember the demo. As a matter of fact, I remember a free game (Zone of Enders) packaged with my $50 MGS2 demo.
Love it lol
Easily one of the best demos of all time
Omfg memories!!!!
Yeah I thought 2 was more popular & liked than 3
Those rain effects today still hold up really well
Rob & Playstation Access team, the script of this video is just absolutely fantastic. Number 1 evoked goosebumps everytime I play the masterpiece. I love this list and tribute :)
The fact that Journey isn’t on this list absolutely baffles me….Easily one of the best games, let alone PlayStation games, of all time.
There were some very obvious names that made the list that truly deserve their spots but there were also some that I was surprised to see included.
So many other great PlayStation classics like Crash, Spyro, ratchet and clank, jak and daxter, little big planet, infamous, kill zone etc really should’ve been mentioned rather in my opinion
@@KharlStefanovic Speaking for myself, I think Journey just takes a bit more work from the player that some aren't willing to give.
I'm old, I'm tired, I just need my games to be games. Likely a preference derived from the days when games HAD to be fully about gameplay because we didn't have graphics or the ability to even play actual music 🤣
No Sly, Jak, RAC. Spyro or Crash???
Which is fair. Their games aren't all timers. They are legendary. But not the best ever. Not now. If you did this poll 15 years ago, maybe. But not now.
@@Seamus_Mac They could have replaced a lot of the game from this top 30
My brother and I grew up playing Final Fantasy 7, Soul Blade, Metal Gear solid, Micro-Machines and Gran Turismo. We still reminisce and talk about it today. We were very lucky to be so blessed with such an array of great games.
Ratchet and Clank 2 deserved a spot on here for sure!
Prefer 3 but yeah the og trilogy could all be here 😅
List is good though i assume most voters are young as majority here are new games, lots great game in early ps1 ps2 era , castlevania sotn, parasite eve series, chrono trigger/cross, legend of dragoon, and a lot more, but overall a good list.
Also surprised that horizon was finally given its credit!
Exactly what i said. As someone who is gen x I say this list is voted on more by gen z thats for sure. There would not be amazing cinematic games like god of war 2018 without cinematic masterpiece games like Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy 7 back in the 90s. I played the majority of them the very day they released back then and as much as i love the newer games, like horizon and god of war etc, they just would not exist without those and therefore can’t be put above them on a list of best ever games. Like you also mentioned Parasite eve and chrono trigger etc. Loads of amazing games that are not even listed because these kids haven’t played them
I think there is certainly a case to answer for recency bias. Yes Astrobot is a fantastic game, but better than iconic games like Spyro, Crash Bandicoot or Ratchet and Clank?
No Gran Turismo on the list at all?
No Tomb Raider?
No Silent Hill?
No Resistance?
No Killzone?
And as good as FF7 is from a nostalgia point of view and it's impact on gaming as a whole, the two remakes are far better games.
I would use your FF7 argument for why Astrobot is on the list ahead of Crash
I do think astro bot is better then spyro crash and ratchet and I love all 3 of those. But Astro has somehow managed to get best of all them while leaving their most annoying and frustrating elements out. Crash could be really frustrating in mendatory levels. Spyro could be a little one note as Spyro mostly had the same controls for most worlds and Ratchet is more of an action shooter by the later games then a platformer. Which is fine. I love the new ratchet game. But Astro just feels like a master of its genre. Opinions of course.
I will say its a bit unfair to say it must be recency bias when the opposide can be said for old games when it comes to nostalgia bias.
@@TheBake1986 What argument, I said as good as the old game was the new ones are just better. I don't see what is better with Astrobot over say Crash Bandicoot. Astrobot is still at heart just a basic platformer with better graphics. FF7 remake is so much more than the original on all levels. Totally different comparisons.
I'd say Crash 2, Ratchet & Clank 2 and Spyro 1 are the best of their respected series but honestly Astrobot is the best platformer playstation have made.
I agree about the FF7 remake, I'm playing the 1st remake after playing the original game 2 years ago... Despite being more action oriented, it's better at being tactical combat wise and also does not sideline characters, fleshes each character out and expands upon past dungeons making it more satisfying to explore more.
My personal list would have featured less story games like god of war 4 or RDR2 just cause I've always seen gameplay as king and to me there are better games in their own series that do gameplay better.
Resistance is not that good. Killzone is not top 30 either. Crash, spyro and ratchet and clank tho
As someone that has been around since the PlayStation launched, I want to say that my genuine highlight of the last 30 years has been PlayStation Access. As much as I have loved playing every console generation, and every first party title, nothing has given me as much joy as seeing Dave and Nath battle it out in one on onesie or Rob’s Friday features. You may not have been going for 30 years, but you are my highlight and I can’t thank you enough for all the content you have given us. PlayStation would not be the same to me without you. Thank you.
No Mass Effect on the list 😭 Gutted!
Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite game of all time, I feel you lol
One of my all time faves as well. It was released on Xbox originally though.
@@truthizlight9409 RE4 was also originally a GameCube release. Red Dead Redemption 2 was a multiplatform, same with Elden Ring. So I don't think pure exclusivity really mattered.
I only played ME for the first time this year, and it's easily in my top 10. Phenomenal trilogy.
@@ShinrasFinest I think that's it. It's the greatest as a trilogy, but the individual games don't make it on the list alone
I love the positive energy flowing through this video.
FFVII first game of that genre I completed fully and stuck with me ever since (over 20 years ago) It's genre defining game that's for sure
Cool list
1- Bloodborne
2 - Castlevania Symphony of the Night
3 - God of war
4 - Horizon Zero Dawn
I was kinda expecting Rachet & Clank to make an appearance.
So many memories right there.
Excellent run down Rob your a gem
Great list, some of my favorites Elden Ring, FFVII (and the remakes), Red Dead Redemption 2(yes Rockstars greatest, at least for now), Blood Borne(personal favorite).
I know it's 30 compared to 100, but my word this list is SO much better than IGN's lol.
Of course it is. It's voted on by people who actually play and love PS.. Who have actually played tons of games. Not some board of people at IGN, while I'm sure have played games, always seems like more their job alone now at times. =/ which isn't a good way to view games.
because it was voted for purely by the community
If IGN's list was exactly the same as this one people still would've complained.
@@brucewayne404 I agree with your sentiment, people hate IGN just to hate IGN, but I assure you my comment was genuine and sincere.
I can't speak for all the replies though, naturally.
@@brucewayne404 Gamers love to complain all the time. It's a top N list across generations, everyone's list is bound to be different
I really enjoyed the last of us back in 2013 and couldnt wait for the sequel. However all the remakes, remasters and disappointing sequel kind of ruined that memory of it being a great game for some reason.
I just found this channel yesterday and have been watching these videos a lot lately!
This list is insane and is a prime example of why The Game Awards shouldn't be 100% player voted.
Cmon, it's a bit recency biased, but it's not a bad list.
Right because the voters aren't older than 21 it seems
@@MrSlade138its a bad list. GT is the most successful and important playstation franchise and it's not even on the list
@@Rodrigo4391 Dude, you can have record breaking sales on games like GT, but in the end it's still just a racing game. Most of them are not particularly memorable. The next game in the franchise is usually the same, but prettier.
I also dont know what the voting process was, but I would assume people were asked to give a top 3 maybe. Be realistic. How many people would have a GT game in their top 3 PS games of all time? Let alone expecting them all to vote for the same GT game?
The Game Awards are not 100% player voted, lol. 😂
When I got myself the Last of us, it was a cold winter season (it existed in 2013). So I went on a week holiday from work, turned my room into a dark cave and played it. On of the best memories of my whole life.
The Last of Us is one of those games that will forever stand the test of time. Originally when I first picked it up I made it through the intro, and put the game down for over a year because I wasn’t ready for such an emotional journey. 2 years prior to its release, I lost the love of my life to suicide, and it was just too hard to play TLOU with something like that still so fresh in my mind. Little did I know it would sink its claws into me when I finally picked it back up only for it to soar to the top of my all-time favorite games. Never, EVER has a video game produced so much raw emotion to the point where I felt like a blubbering baby because it had me tearing up so much. Naughty Dog did such a great job with every little detail, but the thing that struck me the most was how invested I felt with every last character. Every. Last. One of them. Honestly don’t think we’ll ever get another game like it story wise that hits as hard as it did. Absolute 11/10 masterpiece!
None of the original God of War games making the list is absolute criminal. lol
Such a solid list! I would’ve changed the order of a few, but overall such an impressive collection of games!
Pretty good list. I don't think we need 4 FF7s in there and could have put Crash and Tomb Raider in there instead but otherwise a pretty good list.
I think that’s down to how each FF entry does quite a lot different from the previous one in the franchise. It’s why you see the fan base so fractured and often arguing with each other which ones are crap, or betrayals of the previous entries.
Also, each generation discovers the latest FF for themselves as their first, and it becomes their all time favorite. Not to mention that from roughly FF6-10 Square were banging out hit after hit.
Those classic FF deserve their place on the list as much as any game.
@@makasete30 I'm not talking about the different FFs. I'm talking about FF7 only. The OG, Remake, Rebirth and there was one other FF7 in there. Like com'on. Don't need them all in there. The OG is the best one and should be the only one on the list.
@@DN_13 that wasn't a 4th FF7, that was Kingdom Hearts 2 where Cloud is involved.
Shadow of the colossus is the greatest, and you'll never change my mind.
No Jak and Daxter, no Spyro, no Ratchet & Clank, no Sly Cooper, no Crash Bandicoot...I am truly shocked and ashamed of my fellow Playstation fans.
No Gran turismo either usually one of the best selling playstation games.
How did Mass effect not make this list, that's wild
Horizon Zero Dawn higher than Witcher 3 - folk be high. Jaysus that’s shocking.
I didn’t put Witcher 3 on my list just because when I think PlayStation, I don’t immediately think Witcher. I probably would say Witcher 3 is a better game though.
i agree with this. the actual game-action of W3 is not very good. combat in Horizon is incredible
@@ichrisho I kind of took it as a whole; the ranking system is pretty arbitrary. More like "30 amazing games in no particular order".
HZD ranking so much higher than Elden Ring was a travesty, but you never know. It seems the top of the list was exclusive-heavy so maybe people just didn't give much weight to multi-console releases.
No, folks be dumb.
@@princegrooveur mama dum,b to give u birth
Upon further review.... where the hell is Returnal!?
Also, nothing from Killzone, Resistance, Fallout, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider or Infamous series?
Too many jrpg games for me personally, but to be honest, 1 would be too many!
Days gone deserves some love people.
No Castlevania Symphony of the Night are you kidding me
I know. List was rigged from the start.
11:05 the fact that Rob is saying this about bloodborne shows how much of a masterpiece this game is, really put a smile on my face
Seeing Crash, Ratchet and FF8 not even make the list just shows how incredibly strong PlayStation really is.
Gods i’m so happy I live at a time when video games exist.
@@Oddskin_the_Hogg The Sony catalogue is truly an insane, wonderful labyrinth.
There are a few cross-platform titles here, in place of actual Playstation franchises, shame.
@@mrpositronia I mean it’s only a bit fun but yes.
Shout out to TENCHU: STEALTH ASSASSINS. 4 console generations later, and I'm still thinking about those rooftops from time to time...
My god, how are Metal Gear Solid 3, Elden Ring, Shadow of the Colossus and Resident Evil 4, some of the best games ever made, not only on PS consoles, so low in this list??? They're easily top 20 goat material.
Also, kind of hard to fathom someone -- ANYONE -- would consider FF VII Remake better than FFIX... And SPIDER-MAN better than the aforementioned greats.
God of War 3 should have been somewhere on the list. The game was legendary. The epic scale of the game was perfectly demonstrated when you were climbing on the titan Chronos
nice list, i personally really loved final fantasy 8, crash and spyro
30 years of nostalgia. ❤
Genuinely surprised at some of the rankings here, and there are a couple of series I wish had made the list (DMC, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider, Jak & Daxter, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame), but I have no complaints on the whole. PlayStation has had its ups and downs, but on this we can all agree: gaming was changed forever by the Little Grey Box That Could. Nintendo’s betrayal was all of our gains, ultimately including theirs.
The narrator is great. Makes this list very exciting
Castlevania, Symphony of the Night. Literally half of the namesake MetroidVania, and entire genre of games.
Turned my PlayStation 5 on this morning while checking emails and i heard a very familiar PlayStation 1 sound . Thanks to Sony for taking me back in time hearing that sound brings back memories.
BTW I would pay top dollar to see everyone from Playstation Access sit down, discuss, argue, and make a Top 30 of their own. Just saying....
I can still remember the Christmas we got the playstation 1. We were actually going to get the sega Saturn as we had the mega drive but my aunt talked my mum into getting a playstation instead. We got ESPN extreme games, wipeout, a demo disc and then tekken 1 for my birthday. Was so happy
no tomb raider , no gran turismo , no crash .. are people mental !
Very cool to see both ff7 remake games on here, glad other people love those games as much as me!
Some real recency bias on this list
What a beautiful hommage - I need to revisit a lot of titles I guess ❤
I'm so glad TLOU got the top spot. I'm the sort of gamer who goes back and forth switching games constantly.
But this was a game that kept me playing from beginning to end and never got boring.
With one of the greatest storylines I've ever seen and some of the best gameplay I've ever experienced.
I play the game that took number 1 at least once every year so i'm glad it took the number 1 spot. An absolute gem of a game. What a game!
FF7, BG3, Bloodborne, GTA SA, GT3
Acceptable list. Agree with a lot of this. RDR2 shouldve been much higher though, thats top 5 material
My Top Five PS1:
1. FF VII
2. MGS
3. Gran Turismo 2
4. Suikoden 2
5. Syndicate Wars
PS2:
1. San Andreas
2. Shadow of the Colossus
3. Gran Turismo 4
4. Final Fantasy X
5. MGS 2
PS3:
1. LittleBigPlanet
2. Uncharted 2
3. GTA V
4. GTA IV
5. Assassin's Creed Black Flag
PS4:
1. Witcher 3
2. Persona 5
3. Uncharted 4
4. Red Dead Redemption 2
5. Ghost of Tsushima
PS5:
1. FF VII Rebirth
2. Spiderman 2
3. Gran Turismo 7
4. Cyberpunk
5. Horizon Forbidden West
Interesting you have ff7 and rebirth first place but no remake in the top 5.
@@Adamantaimai I didn't like remake that much. It had some fantastic sections but they were few and far between and it felt like far too much of the game was running around massively overstretched and samey sewers, industrial catwalks, train graveyards etc engaged in endless battles, where these sections were much shorter interludes in the original.
Rebirth solved all that, the open world was far more engaging and there was so much more meaningful content and gameplay that wasn't just combat, it felt much closer to evoking the feeling of the original game for more of the time for me.
Platinumed 9 out of the top 10 and 13 of the top 15. Some absolute peak gaming all over this list!
My number 1 would be Red Dead Redemption 2
I still remember getting my PS1 when I was in the 5th grade. My birthday is a few days before Christmas so I usually only got one gift but it was a big gift. I asked for a PlayStation and Crash Bandicoot and my parents lied to me, they said there weren’t any PlayStations in stock anywhere but on that day before leaving for school my Mom and Dad surprised with exactly what I asked for plus Crash Bandicoot 2 as well. My brother and I played the hell out of those games. That was one hell of a Christmas break.
Bloodborne 100% deserves the top spot
Holy smokes, even just looking at the brief flash of Midgar on the screen gave me chills up my spine. I really need to replay the original. The new one is great, but it's more of a love letter to the world of FF7 than an actual remake.
Glad that FFVII is so high. Absolutely agree that LOU is number 1
This video made me tingle quite frankly. We here all love games, but I guarantee we have friends and family that “don’t get it”. Well going back through this list makes me tie in life events and elevates some of these examples as masterpieces of media in any format. Here’s to another 30 years of wonder 🎉
I’m sorry but where is little big planet?!
Good shout! I feel like that one missed out for sure.
There should be some honorable mentions about game franchises that helped shape PS history: Tomb Raider, Need for Speed, Gran Turismo, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet and Clank, Tony Hawk's pro skater, Silent Hill, Splinter Cell, Fallout.
And Journey. It's not a franchise but deserved a mention just for how lifechanging it is
You had to put that song for Final Fantasy X, why?! I'm like a sleeper agent programmed to cry with 'To Zanarkand' haha
How about "Suteki da Ne?" ?
I'm glad to see some of my favourites made it into the list! 😁
I would limit it to one entry per franchise. I'm not a Final Fantasy guy at all but I get the relevance of the series. It's just a lot to see a remake and the original take up two of only thirty spots.
Not mentioning all the other 2 entries from the series.
Playing by your rules however, my biggest absenties are:
-GTA 3 and Vice City
-Batman Arkham City (Asylum and Knight are also worthy)
-COD MW 1 and 2
-Red Dead Redemption
-MOH Frontline
I guess I'll break it to you - FF7 took up 3 of the 30 slots - Remake, Rebirth, AND the original. ;)
Tough I agree with number 1, i was shockingly surprised about number 30, 29 and 28. A couple of years ago those 3 games were on top of any "best playstation games" list.
Nice to see Horizon getting some love from the community. Love that game. Happy 30th Anniversary everyone.
I was so pleased to see bloodbourne rank so highly.
The game is almost perfect.
The music is the best I've heard in a long time.
Personally, Bioshock would easily make my top 10, never mind top 30... Also, not a huge COD fan but I always remember when I first played Modern Warfare 2, I think it has a place on that list, for sure.
Started God of War 2018 a couple of days ago on my PC. I thought it was time to play it again. Got the Blades yesterday and I still get goosebumps ❤
No Crash, Spyro, Sly, Infamous, Jak, Ratchet and Gran Turismo is wild
Interesting list - I can't help but feel Abe's Odyssee, one of the Crash games, one of the Spyro games, one of the Tomb Raider games, one of the Wipeout games, one of the THPS games and one of the Worms games should be in there.
Maybe it speaks to the age of the people who voted? I'd definitely have Wipeout 2097, Tomb Raider and either Gran Turismo 1 or A:Spec in there, but sadly I am 42 🤣
Uncharted 4 will always be number 1 to me
have you played gow 2018 or tlou? I haven't met anyone who prefers uncharted 4 over those 2
this list is way better than the ign top 100 playstation games, now that was just a horrendous list.
Vice City and GTA 3 walked so SA could run. Those two not getting recognition is criminal
Personally I prefer Vice City over any other GTA game so to see it not here is gutting!
@ My point exactly! VC was an important game for so many people and the industry in general. I’m not mad for seeing SA on here, but damn give the others some love
@@mustardmule4723vice city and IV over SA and V anyday
Great list!
I would personally remove Kingdom hearts 2, Horizon zero dawn, Astrobot, FF7 remake and added Gran Turismo 2, Dark Souls 1, Silent hill 2 and Crash Bandicoot Warped
Pour one out for Gran Truismo 7 😔
Story Street has a fantastic video on Uncharted 4 and, replaying it after seeing it, I definitely learned to appreciate it more. Maybe it was the video or maybe I just needed to get older a bit to relate to Nate more.