Forbes.com recently published an article about the future of gaming and named top ten games that will be classics. Having played half of them, it’s an interesting list to say the least.

Played: Bioshock, Puzzle Quest, Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports and Rock Band
Haven’t: Portal, WoW, Brain Age 2, The Witcher and LoZ: Phantom Hourglass

I am not sure they hit on any of these – but let’s stick with the ones I’ve played.

Bioshock, while very engrossing and enjoyable, is a flawed video game. The guns were way overpowered when compared the much more interesting plasmids, the life system was flawed, it wasn’t all that difficult and above all, I have very little desire to play through it again. I guess there are some cool scenes I’d like some friends to see, but play through the whole thing again?

While I played the far inferior Wii version of Puzzle Quest, it was a very deep puzzle/RPG that I could see myself playing somewhere down the road. The biggest hurdle I see here is that many of the problems with this game are easily fixable with a sequel. This could become one of the best puzzle games ever with a few simple tweaks – therefore, I doubt this version is going to be a classic.

Mario Galaxy is inferior in almost every way to Mario 64. That game is the classic of the modern Mario’s, not Galaxy.

Wii Sports, to put it simply, is awful. I haven’t played it since about week two of owning my Wii. It was great to show off to people who didn’t know what the system was about and is still moderately entertaining to those who don’t game much, but it isn’t deep at all, has spotty controls and gets a pass because it’s pretty much free. Wario Ware is better, many of the myriad of other Wii mini-game games are better.

I see Rock Band going the way of guitar hero, releasing sequels until it is no longer profitable. Who’s to say that Rock Band 2 won’t have better songs, nicer peripherals and better graphics? I also find it hard to envision people bringing out dusty drum kits, guitars and the microphone from the attic for a vintage session of Rock Band in 10 years. And isn’t this just an evolved Guitar Hero?

As for the rest of the list, The Witcher sticks out like a sore thumb, WoW has potential and could be like Starcraft (maintaining a die-hard fan base for years), Phantom Hourglass is a weak Zelda choice, Brain Age is less of a game and more of a tool and Portal may have the best candidacy for the “classic” label.