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).

[Yuka]

I played Soul Nomad. I just couldn't get into it as well as I could some previous NIS games. I kinda expected something a tiny bit different from it.

[Shadow]

Okay you can marry me too.

[MARIA IRL]

I'd give a kidney if it'd fund a PSP port already goddammit. With more routes and more heartbreaking. I have friends who worship everything NIS puts out who refuse to play it on the grounds of "the graphics suck." SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HUMANITY?

[Lloyd Seegymont the Rasier]

What to add?

I guess:

Devil May Cry 3: No other hack n' slash has every come close to this. I've played this game so many times, I've almost memorized the entire script. I'd be impressed if someone showed me a better hack n' slash.

[Shadow]

I'd give a kidney if it'd fund a PSP port already goddammit. With more routes and more heartbreaking. I have friends who worship everything NIS puts out who refuse to play it on the grounds of "the graphics suck." SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HUMANITY?

I turned a friend from a graphics whore into a normal person with Disgaea once. Now I kindly tell them to go suck their own genitals. I MEAN HOW CAN YOU INSULT BLAZBLUE'S GRAPHICS FOR FUCKS SAKE

Also the evil path was really crazy.