If you’ll recall, last year Guinness put together a list of the best videogames using a panel of “experts”. You may also recall that it was filled to the brim with fail.

This year they decided to do it a little differently- allowing readers to choose the best game franchises. “We decided to take a different approach with this list than we did in the previous edition,” said Guinness gaming editor Gaz Deaves.

“Instead of asking developers, industry insiders and journalists to rank their favorite titles, we approached a different kind of expert: the players themselves. “We are confident that this ‘top 50′ more accurately reflects the tastes of the average gamer and not just the critics.”

While it’s obviously difficult to appease every game with a list, it looks like this one’s still filled with fail. Halo and Call of Duty? Best gaming franchise? Bah! Some of the games in the list aren’t even series! Smackdown above Starcraft, Diablo and Mario Kart? The excessive stupid is quite frankly making my head hurt.

Anyway, here’s the list – take a gander – and let us know which you think belong there…and which quite obviously don’t.

Halo

1. Call of Duty
2. The Legend of Zelda
3. Guitar Hero
4. Metal Gear
5. Super Mario Bros.
6. World of Warcraft
7. Gears of War
8. Super Smash Bros.
9. Grand Theft Auto
10. Pokémon
11. Resident Evil
12. Fallout
13. Half-Life
14. Sonic the Hedgehog
15. Counter-Strike
16. Runescape
17. FIFA
18. Kingdom Hearts
19. Final Fantasy
20. Pac-Man
21. Madden NFL
22. The Sims
23. Tomb Raider
24. WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW
25. Rock Band
26. LittleBigPlanet
27. Saints Row
28. The Elder Scrolls
29. God of War
30. GoldenEye 007
31. Bioshock
32. KillZone
33. Skate
34. Left 4 Dead
35. Need for Speed
36. Chrono Trigger
37. Gran Turismo
38. StarCraft
39. Ratchet & Clank
40. Pong
41. Tom Clancy’s
42. Star Wars: Battlefront
43. Battlefield
44. Diablo
45. Lego Batman
46. Mario Kart
47. Burnout
48. Crash Bandicoot
49. Pro Evolution Soccer

Source : VG247