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My top 10 in decreasing order (the first series' games I listed individually to give due credit to these masterpieces):
Nethack : old school roguelike
Tale of Maj Eyal : removing of tediousness in old school roguelike
Baldur Gate 2 : D&D implementation
Civilization 2 : just one more turn
Fallout 2 : narrative based on character build
XCom : tactical combat with base building
Jagged alliance: tactical combat with squad building
Knight of Legend : best original turnbased combat system never done again
Slay the Spire: For deck building
Quake: playing with friend
In no particular order:
Okay done
Ranking is tough but I'll give it a go. The ranking is based on the impact and enjoyment I got out of them regardless of playtime.
What Remains of Edith Finch & Kentucky Route Zero (shared 1st place)
Life is Strange
Stray
GRIS
Cyberpunk 2077
SOMA
Heaven's Vault
The Town of Light
FAR: Lone Sails
Portal 2
That last one is a bit of an outlier but I have laughed so much while playing it, it deserves a place at the table.
I see you like narrative-driven games. Have you played Detroit : become human? It scratched the itch for me when I ran out of life is strange
I'll add mine in no particular order:
Zelda: tears of the kingdom
Diablo 3
Secret of Mana
Skyrim/Oblivion
Super Mario Odyssey
Zelda: ocarina of time
Command: aces of the deep
Halo 3
Metal gear solid
Donkey Kong country 2
These are the games over gotten the most enjoyment out of over the years
Elden ring
Borderlands 2
Pokemon emerald
Fallout 4
Monster Hunter world
Chivalry II
Gears of war 2
PUBG
Escape from Tarkov
Call of duty: World at war
Roughly in that order
Honorable mention for all of the Diablo's really, been playing them since the first one, and all of the Fallouts, playing since the 2nd. Shoutout to my X-Com homies.
Might and magic III
F19
Submarine Commander (Atari computer game)
B17 (intellivision)
Counterstrike.1.6
Half-life
Castle Wolfenstein
WOW
WoT
Witcher 3
Cyberpunk 2077
I play them still.
I don't play them but would easily
Huh. That's it. StarCraft is out as I played for a day before cavedog ruined it for me forever, but it get it if you still love it.
Boom Blocks - Wii - top of my list. Not because it's a good game, but because my kids and I had uproarious hours spent playing it together.
Video game I have not yet figured out the name of. It came out in 1986(ish?) and it had a robot/cyborg in a kind of metroidvania level set. Macintosh.
Doom, the original. Scared the PISS out of me. Then I played it hardcore after that. Doom II came out and I set up LAN parties and opened up my nascent IT outsourcing business for those.
Helldivers 2 - Honestly, I haven't actually engaged with a game this hard for decades.
Senua's Sacrifice - This game helped me considerably, in understanding the people I love.
Doom 2016 - What's not to like. It's perfect.
Starcraft II - When it came out. Excellent weaving of story and gameplay.
HI-FI Rush - Unexpected fun.
Zork - I would have never expected this level of amazing story telling this many years ago.
I know I am short of 10, but I can't think of anything else.
In no particular order:
Honorable Mentions:
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Katamari Damacy
Sims 2
Stardew Valley
Skyrim
The 101 Dalmatians Puzzle Game for Gameboy Color.
These are the games I have the fondest memories of ๐
R360
Operation wolf
GTI club
VideoPoker
Coin pushers
Fussball
Bar billiards
Darts
Bowling
Paintball
Hylics 1/2
Half Life 1
Myst
Jet Set Radio Future
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Factorio
Doom II (heavily modded)
OpenRCT2
Voices of the Void
The Sims (I like the series as a whole, I feel like each game has its own pros and cons)
This is off the top of the dome and given more time I'd probably change this significantly, but here's 10 of my favorites from a multitude of genres:
(Those are pretty firmly my top 3, all totally mindblowing experiences that surprised and awed me multiple times)
Honorable mentions for Guilty Gear and Tekken as series, and I have a special place in my heart for the 2000 title Sacrifice, which is my eternal top pick for a remaster/remake.
In no real particular order, games with highest impact on me:
Ground breaking at the time. Physics and gamespeed have never been captured by any other game. Consumed my free time for a long time.
2 counter strike
Simple concept, extreme depth. I've clocked several thousand hours into this franchise.
In terms of world building and story telling... Incredible.
Absolute masterclass in game design, world design. Puzzle design.. This is an incredible puzzle game that will shift your perspective.
I haven't found anything else quite scratch that replay ability, that tethering on the brink of losing, itch. It's a unique game.
Completely changed the way mmorpgs were played, and was a great mmo.
I wanted to mention a point and click, several spring to mind, but this still series lives in my mind the most. Although space quest is another that impacted my young brain.
Like... I was there since its debut. Still watching and enjoying mc related content.
Space is pretty big and cool
Getting back stabbed by the person you've been back stabbing for, so you join the enemies of your friends to be able to backstab your backstabbers.