Top five favourite games of all time, And WHY Options

[Dr Strum]

Simple. Post your top five favourite games of all time (Riviera is implied since you're here, so avoid listing it), and WHY they are your favorite games.

Mine (unordered):

• Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (GEN)
  I loved the first Sonic, and then this one came along and blew it away. Faster Sonic, larger, more diverse levels, bigger bosses and multiplayer. One of the earliest games I remember playing as well.
• Frequency (PS2)
  A music game, although Frequency is really indescribable. But any game that can put me into a trance with fast, rhythmic button mashing, beautiful visuals and great sound is a good game (and the multiplayer was insane).
• Advance Wars (GBA)
  My first Turn Based Stratey game, and probably one of the most balanced strategy games I've ever played. Great animation, likeable characters, some really difficult gameplay, and fun music makes for a game I keep playing, years after its release, and the release of the not-as-good sequels.
• Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons (GBC)
  Not my first Zelda, but the first one(s) I beat. I collected every ring, every weapon, every heartpiece and beat EVERY mini-game in Seasons and Ages. The bosses were fun, the puzzles were great (and many of the Ages puzzles involving lots of time travelling were downright maddening), and if you beat one game, you can link it up to the other to continue and get a different final boss. To COMPLETELY beat it, you had to play through each game four times (eg, eight times total). Hmm, maybe I oughta' go play through again...
• Feel the Magic: XY/XX (DS)
  A recent game, sure, but I spent months on this game. I beat normal mode the night I got it, but it took me a few months to finish hard mode, and I only finished hell mode a few weeks ago (more than a year after its release). Still haven't filled up all the games in Maniac... But, I can't wait for the sequel (coming out on Valentine's Day <3).

[Shadow]

· Chrono Trigger
My very first RPG. My PC had only 16 colors (sigh) when a friend handed me a CD with a lot of emulators (NES, SNES, PC-E and Sega Genesis). I found CT and automatically fell in love with it. The only problem was that the emulator was really crappy: you had to click in some strange icon to launch every game, and the speed of the games was increased, which made almost impossible to get past the console in the future (the first time you get there). I played the game again many times to see if I was missing something for that part, until I managed to open the secret passageway by smashing my keyboard.

· Okami
I love Japanese mythology. The graphics are quite something, and the music is probably the best aspect of the game, in my opinion. This is one of those games that I would play over and over again forever.

· Disgaea
Strategy RPGs are just my thing. The characters and the storyline are still the thing that I most appreciate.

· Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
The gameplay is just awesome. It's too short, which is a big waste, but the game is still amazing.

· Persona 3 FES
A perfect mix between a sim dating game and a dungeon crawler. It could have been prefect with a little H scenes.