Chrono Trigger

Outer Wilds

Subnautica

Deus Ex

Ocarina of Time

Off the top of my head? Alan Wake 2, Max Payne 2, Silent Hill2, Mario Kart 64, and Assassin’s Creed Unity.

Some of them are nostalgia, some of them come from a genuine love and appreciation for the game

Mass Effect 2

Civilization IV

Fallout 3

Super Mario World

Monster Hunter Rise

• Wizball on the C64. I cannot even begin to explain how much fun I had with that game.
• Wing Commander III on the Amiga. Ginger Lynn Allen in all her pixellated glory? AND Tim Curry? What more can you ask?
• Ratchet & Clank (all of them) on the PS2. Shout-out for Jak & Daxter though.
• Silent Hill III on the PS2. Not necessarily the best SH game, but the first one I played, and that amusement park was the first time I was ever genuinely scared by a video game.
• Half Life 2 on PC. I mean, nuff said.

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.

Resident Evil 4

Bayonetta

Bloodborne

Breathe Of The Wild

Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri

Half-life 2

Full Throttle

Day of the Tentacle

Broforce

Assassin’s Creed 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

1. Minecraft

2. Half-Life 2 & Portal 2

3. Hollow Knight

4. Undertale & Deltarune (cant separate them)

5. Disco Elysium

Other good games: rimworld, silksong, stellaris, ori 1+2, little nightmares 2, tetris, factorio, openTTD, cubyz(potential minecraft 2?), plants vs zombies, slime rancher, postal 2, world of goo 1+2, KSP

The order would probably change each time I need to think of this:

• Stalker GAMMA
• System Shock 2
• Prey (2016)
• Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Other ones up there:

• Final Fantasy X
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Balatro
• Resident Evil 2 (1998)
• The shareware version of Commander Keen on my grandfather’s PC when I was a child

I literally spent the entire night thinking about this lol. Don’t judge me but here we go. In no particular order:

1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [PS3,PS4,PC]
2. Super Mario 64 [N64]
3. Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories [PS1]
4. Pokémon Trading Card Game [GB Color]
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 [Xbox360]

Battle for wesnoth

Divinity

Divinity 2

Witcher 3

Baldur’s Gate 3

1. Control
2. Metal Gear Solid
3. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
4. Alan Wake 2
5. Red Dead Redemption 2

Tales of Symphonia - boy does the discrimination critique feel more relevant than ever now lol

Dragon’s Dogma

Final Fantasy 14

Guild Wars

TLoZ: Majora’s Mask

In no particular order.

I’d say Dark Souls, Monster Hunter, Tales of Vesperia, Spyro, and the mainline FF’s would be some honorable mentions.

Chrono trigger Ocarina of time Portal 2 Final fantasy 6 Kingdom hearts

1. Cyberpunk 2077
2. Civilization III with Balancer Reloaded
3. GTA IV and V
4. Factorio
5. Age of Empires II