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The top 10 games of the generation

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You can click the spoiler below for the actual top 10, but the following games did not make the list.

- Red Dead Redemption 2
- God of War
- The Last of Us 2
- Sekiro
- The Last Guardian
- Metal Gear Solid V
- Death Stranding
- Resident Evil 7
- Overwatch

Actual top ten. Kentucky Route Zero made it!

Spoiler: "Top" Ten

10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
9. Threes
8. Nier: Automata
7. Slay the Spire
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
5. Titanfall 2
4. Kentucky Route Zero
3. Outer Wilds
2. Bloodborne
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

 

[Spaceman292]

It's not that bad.

 

[DJT123]

Witcher 3 is #1 by most metrics you can measure.

 

[01011001]

well BotW is absolutely deserved at #1

the game I miss here is The Witness, Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro.

 

[AV]

Slay the Spire

Fuck yeah.

 

[FranXico]

What the fuck is Kentucky Route Zero.
The top 3 games are good, that part is ok.

 

[xrnzaaas]

A mobile math game in the top 10?

 

[Explosive Zombie]

Do you think RDR 2 not making it is professional jealousy?

 

[Sub_Level]

I don't see the hilarity aside from Threes. All seem like good games and an inoffensive top ten ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[SantaC]

witcher 3 only 10th place?

 

[Dr.D00p]

Digital Foundrys Richard Leadbetter is about to host a Twitch discussion on the Xbox Series S and what it means for the console space...starts in a few minutes

 

[Abriael_GN]

I don't see the hilarity aside from Threes.

That's pretty big hilarity.

 

[Flintty]

BOTW a deserving winner for sure.

 

[Trogdor1123]

List isn't what I'd pick bit it seems totally fine to me.

 

[Woffls]

Great list despite Uncharted clawing its mediocre ass in there.

 

[GymWolf]

I was expecting something very bad...and they still managed to ass-fuck my expectations completely...

 

[VN1X]

List isn't what I'd pick bit it seems totally fine to me.

Yup.

Don't see anything inherently wrong with that list and that's coming from someone who absolutely despised Kentucky Route Zero from start to finish.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Much prefer Witcher 3 to BOTW although I liked that game. Outer Wilds was good although I’m disappointed your character wasn’t shown much in cinematics/dialogue and prefer third person.

Not a terrible list imo although I’m someone who loves Infamous Second Son and Sunset Overdrive ha.

 

[Fake]

Bloodborne is ahead BOTW, but still a fair position.

 

[YCoCg]

I get Metal Gear Solid has a huge following, I loved the series too, and the gameplay of MGSV is fun,. but come on, let's be honest, the story is a complete mess, it's missing an entire act and has a rushed ending, that alone would disqualify it for most.

 

[JokerMM]

Nier Automata in the top 10

good list

 

[SlimySnake]

I get Metal Gear Solid has a huge following, I loved the series too, and the gameplay of MGSV is fun,. but come on, let's be honest, the story is a complete mess, it's missing an entire act and has a rushed ending, that alone would disqualify it for most.

i hated the story too. but gameplay is the best for any third person action shooter this gen.

isnt that why these indie games got the nod?

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

I never heard of numbers 4 and 9. The 9th game sounds like a mobile title. Not a bad list though.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

So it went down exactly like our GOTC polls here? (outside Bloodborne)

 

[Spokker]

Nier Automata in the top 10

good list

Surprised to see fan service and upskirts represented in the top 10 haha

 

[Zghia]

The Witcher 3 should have been at no 1

 

[down 2 orth]

Titanfall 2 is worthy of being on that list.

 

[Mister Wolf]

1. Zelda
2. Wild Hunt

The rest are far behind.

 

[mcjmetroid]

It seems they went for unique experiences which is a refreshing change.

That math game was a little wtf but I haven't played it so I don't know.

 

[RoadHazard]

Deserving winner (best game ever made), a few other good choices, a few wtf, a few missing that should be there. It's alright.

 

[Boss Mog]

Respect for including Titanfall 2 and Nier. I can live with the omissions except for God of War. I'm hoping it wins GAF Game of the Generation (though i have a lot of issues with how that's being done)

 

[sackings]

Botw staying overrated i see (dont get me wrong its great), but to say its better than bloodborne or witcher is laughable. I'd still put it in my top 5 though.

 

[Alx]

Titanfall is there so it's fine by me. Threes may be the odd one, but why not (I thought 2048 was the original game, but apparently it's the other way around).

 

[MiguelItUp]

I'm surprised some titles are absent from that list, but I'm also pleased that Overwatch isn't there.

Overwatch, for me, was a fun game for a few weeks, and then that was it. I never understood people throwing it onto their "best games" list. It always felt out of place to me.

 

[John Mullins]

RDR2 didn't make it due to it being shit.

 

[ShirAhava]

Titanfall 2 is better than all those games that did not make the list.....IMO


These games wouldn't even be on my top 30
-Red Dead Redemption 2
- God of War
- The Last of Us 2
- The Last Guardian
- Death Stranding
- Resident Evil 7

 

[Sweden85]

BOTW the crappiest GOTY ever..Has no content, if Sony or Microsoft released that shell of a game they would be criticised to hell.

 

[YCoCg]

i hated the story too. but gameplay is the best for any third person action shooter this gen.

isnt that why these indie games got the nod?

Could be chalked up to Expectation Vs What We Got. For a AAA title you at least expect a complete story, MGSV did not deliver that, we got an amazing first act, a second act full of repeated missions dragging down the pace and then a rushed ending that comes out of nowhere. Even in Indie titles, even with a much more basic story, it's at least properly structured.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Fortnite demonstrably better, more important, and more impactful than the entire top 10 lost combined.

 

[Le Big Mac]

Solid list if we're being honest. Great breadth of games and a welcome surprise they haven't gravitated towards really hyped games like GoW/Lou2/rdr2.

Not to say those games are bad but by and far the game mechanics in the games of Titanfall/botw/Bloodborne are a clear cut above those. Surprising that uncharted 4 made the list though.

 

[CAB_Life]

Eh, not onboard with 90% of those, but it ain’t my list and I have weird tastes. I think the takeaway is that there were a lot of great games last gen.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

As long as Zelda is number 1, I'm fine.

 

[JLB]

Its not that bad. Ori should be there, but its a matter of subjective taste.

 

[G-Bus]

Very pleased to see Slay the Spire in that list. Addictive game. Still suck at it though.

 

[Piku_Ringo]

Only needed GOW to give the list some actual legitimacy.

 

[THEAP99]

titanfall 2 had a solid campaign and multiplayer but with the way people talk about it online on it being "such a gem that's overlooked" you can say it's overrated. it's honestly just a standard fps campaign with a cool story beat or two.

 

[mcjmetroid]

Only needed GOW to give the list some actual legitimacy.

Agreed replace the pretentious math puzzle game with that and were golden

 

[the_master]

Not too bad. The intro gave me lower expectations. I quite like that Threes is there. A very small game but a very good idea for a puzzle game. I would also Place The Witcher 3 number 1, but I am glad it is at least there.

 

[Yams]

Legitimately a great list.

Agreed replace the pretentious math puzzle game with that and were golden

Threes? The game is about as unpretentious as you can get.

 

[Portugeezer]

Not too bad. Zelda and Bloodborne high up is what I like to see.

Witcher 3 is #1 by most metrics you can measure.

Including jank.