"Final Fantasy VII" has often placed at or near the top of many reader polls of all-time best games. In 1997 it placed 9th in "EGM"s readers' top 10 games of all time, which the publication noted was startling because the game had not been released in the United States (where "EGM" was published) at the time of voting. It was voted the "Reader's Choice Game of the Century" in an IGN poll in 2000, and placed second in the "Top 100 Favorite Games of All Time" by Japanese magazine "Famitsu" in 2006 (it was also voted as ninth in "Famitsu"'s 2011 poll of most tear-inducing games of all time). Users of GameFAQs voted it the "Best Game Ever" in 2004 and in 2005, and placed it second in 2009. In 2008, readers of "Dengeki" magazine voted it the best game ever made, as well as the ninth most tear-inducing game of all time.