Elden Ring
Baldurs Gate 3
VtolVr
Borderlands 2 (based on when I played it years ago, it was peak as a middle schooler)
Beamng (once I got a wheel, it got bumped up)
Prob not super accurate, just the first 5 that come to mind.
blade and sorcery might be one and prob #1, unmatched feeling, haven't even played the full release yet
In the order I played them,
Metroid Prime, WoW, Subnautica, Satisfactory, Hollow Knight
I literally spent the entire night thinking about this lol. Don’t judge me but here we go. In no particular order:
Outer Wilds
UNBEATABLE
Portal 2
Rhythm Doctor
Peaks of Yore
There’s a lot of people with good taste in this thread. Will edit when I think of mine
I love loads of games, old and new - I feel really bad that Uncharted, MGS, Alan Wake, Control, Death Stranding, and a load of other brilliant games aren't on that list, but I feel like those 5 are the ones that were most epoch-defining for me for the kind of games I love.
Chrono Trigger
Outer Wilds
Subnautica
Deus Ex
Ocarina of Time
Half-life 2
Full Throttle
Day of the Tentacle
Broforce
Assassin's Creed 2
Arma 3 Sonic 3 and Knuckles Resident Evil 4 Dark Souls 2 Metal Gear Solid 1
Honorable mentions:
Lucky for me, I already had to make a top 25 when topsters lists went around earlier this year.
I can hardly believe it, but trimming this down to 5 now seems to be just as hard as building it up to 25 back then... uh, you pick 5?
For me, it’s the following:
Honourable mentions include Skyrim, Undertale, Assassin’s Creed II, Breath of the Wild, and Pokémon Emerald.
resident evil 4
portal
Metroid prime
metal gear solid
god of war (ps2)
Pokemon crystal
Dance Dance Revolution 8th Mix - Extreme
Deus Ex HR
Fallout NV
Fallout 4
Deus Ex
(6. Deus Ex MD)
The order would probably change each time I need to think of this:
Other ones up there:
Dwarf fortress
Valhiem
Factorio
Starsector
Half life 1+2
Mass Effect 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Starcraft: Brood War, Witcher 3, Natural Selection 2
In no particular order, here's some games I absolutely adore, some of which absolutely have deep flaws.
Undertale
Gotcha Force
Dragon's Dogma
Kenshi
F-Zero GX
I feel like I'm deeply undercutting some loves, especially story driven games (such as the popular in this thread disco elysium) because I simply haven't poured dozens of hours of them individually and they don't spring to mind as easily. Devil May Cry 5, World War Z, Death Road to Canada, Mass Effect (yes, one), there are so many greats, and I want to enjoy them all. But when I think facorites, I end up thinking of games that let me go fast and explore a cool world
I don't have the mental capacity right now to put together a list, but one that I haven't seen listed that would definitely be in my top 5 would be Star Control 2.
The game has a lot of "really good...for its time" to it but it's still one of my favorites.
Organized chronologically and with the system that I played them on listed:
honorable mentions:
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