Five of the best videogames of all time

Youd have a heart of stone if you didnt laugh at a few of the ridiculous situations and puzzles that Day of the Tentacle throws at you.

There are videogames that you play and then forget. But every now and then a title comes along that's got the X factor – whether it's the story or innovative gameplay, some games are just destined to be classics and remembered for years to come.

However, creating a list of the best videogames of all time is a difficult thing – after all, everyone’s tastes are different. So instead of just us picking the best games, we have asked notable developers and personalities in the gaming industry to also choose their favourite titles.

While we laboured long and hard to whittle down our list to just five, our list essentially represents our love of adventure and puzzle games.

Braid (PC/PS3/Xbox 360)

It has been called the indie game that changed indie games forever and with good reason – Jonathan Blow’s platforming puzzler is, in our opinion, the greatest puzzle game ever made.

While essentially a 2D platformer, Blow manages to inject a time-rewind mechanic that not only mess with your mind but also require you to think outside the box to come up with the solution.

Braid looks like a simple 2D platformer, but designer Jonathan Blow manages to play around with your expectations and the game mechanics so much that you'll find the game all the more rewarding when you figure out the solution.

On the story front, Blow has one last trick up his sleeve that will, pardon our pun, blow your mind – we won't spoil it for you but it’s also this unexpected twist that puts Braid right at the top of our list.

Uncharted 2: Amongst Thieves (PS3/PS4)

Naughty Dog has many great Uncharted games and an excellent zombie apocalypse title (The Last Of Us) under its belt, but none are quite as much fun to play (and replay) or features as many jaw-dropping moments as Uncharted 2: Amongst Thieves.

When it comes to third person adventure games, its hard to top Uncharted 2.

Uncharted 2 represents the pinnacle of modern third-person platforming and shooting game – not only is its set pieces (like the shootout on top of a moving train) breathtaking, but it’s filled to the brim with lovable, interesting characters.

Heavy Rain (PS3/PS4)

Game director David Cage and his company Quantic Dream unleashed Heavy Rain on us in 2010 and while it’s more a visual novel than a game, it delivers a taut film noir thriller that lets you take control of multiple characters with many possible story branches and endings.

Quantic Dreams Heavy Rain brings you a detective noir thriller that allows you to play multiple characters with multiple possible story paths.

The motion capture is outstanding (it still looks fantastic today) but where Heavy Rain succeeds is that it manages to ratchet up the tension and make you care about every character you’re playing.

If you like a good thriller, you’ll love Heavy Rain – the game manages to keep the shocking twist a secret until the end, something even most movies fail to pull of these days.

Shadow of the Colossus (PS2/PS3)

Game designer Fumito Ueda is a genius, plain and simple.

One of many colossi you have to kill. 

After all, who but a genius would have come up with an idea of a game that only features boss battles? This is what this game essentially is, and it's to the designer's credit that it delivers such an impact that it makes it into the top five list more than once.

Day Of The Tentacle (PS4/PS Vita/PC/iOS)

It is interesting to note that both of developer Tim Schafer’s best adventure games, Grim Fandango and Day Of The Tentacle, have now been remastered and is now available on mobile, console and PC.

Where Grim Fandango is a great adventure game, but our is money Day Of The Tentacle as it’s downright silly and funny that you'll laugh out loud even as you're trying to solve its difficult puzzles.

(Up next: Local videogame developers and personalities give their list of favourite videogames of all time. Stay tuned!)