TIME has named its ‘Top Ten Video Games of 2007’ and called Halo 3 the best of the bunch. They praise it as the ‘perfect hardcore first-person combat simulator’ and liken it to a pebble, rounded by the ages.

The Top 10 According to TIME:

• Halo 3
• The Orange Box (although that is technically MANY games)
• Rock Band
• Super Mario Galaxy
• BioShock
• Call of Duty 4
• Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
• Mass Effect
• Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
• God of War 2

Now, far be it from me to disagree with TIME… but, I have to call shenanigans on a few things here. First: Halo 3, while a great game, is not as good as BioShock. It is still plagued by problems seen in previous games as far as level design and gameplay is concerned. BioShock, on the other hand, was a superb gaming experience and should have easily been the top of the bunch on the list.

The Orange Box is an interesting choice as well, but should not be on the list as it is a collection of games, not one. Is it a great value? Heck yeah, just not a fair choice as a top ten ‘game’. In the interest of fairness, however, Portal should definitely be in the top ten pack. It was truly a great gaming experience with some novel elements.

Ace Combat 6? Really? Dont get me wrong, the expensive controller was an interesting novelty for most console owners but after getting past that, the game was just ‘meh’. I would have much rather seen Crysis or Assasin’s Creed round out the top ten instead of AC6 and GoWII which was actually much better than the former mentioned.

Crysis, while innovative graphically, added some very interesting gameplay elements into its seemingly normal fps outer shell. The switching of your armor’s modes and weapon customization coupled with the almost-seemless switching in and out of cutscenes make this a far better choice than AC6.

Hopefully, TIME will do a bit more research on their top ten lists for 2008 instead of just pulling a random list of titles from the Gamestop website.