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[StreetsofBeige]

The 50 best video games of 2021

The genre is dead, long live the genre

www.polygon.com

1. Inscryption
2. Chicory
3. Halo Infinite
4. Metroid Dread
5. RE Village
6. Hitman 3
7. Death's Door
8. Wildermyth
9. Psychonauts 2
10. Unsighted
11. Outer Wilds: Echo
12. Forza Horizon 5
13. Unpacking
14. Monster Hunter Rise
15. Tales of Arise
16. Ruined King
17: Overboard
18. Guardians of Galaxy
19. Deathloop
20. Ratchet & Clank
21. Chivalry 2
22. Valheim
23. Age of Empires 4
24. Shin Megami Tensei 5
25. Pokemon Unite
26. Animal Crossing: New Horizon 2
27. Forgotten City
28. Sable
29. Loop Hero
30. Guilty Gear Strive
31. Super Mario 3D
32. Genshin Impact 2
33. Returnal
34. Toem
35. Moonglow Bay
36. Nier Replicant
37. Ace Attorney Chronicles
38. Eastward
39. ME Legendary
40. Dorfromantik
41. Boyfriend Dungeon
42. Persona 5 Strikers
43. No More Heroes 3
44. Artful Escape
45. Cookie Run
46. Tender Creature Comfort
47. Back 4 Blood
48. Mundaun
49. FF7 Remake Intergrade
50. Immortals Fenix Rising

 

[Interfectum]

Hitman 3 in top 10. Legit list. That or Halo should be #1 though.

 

[Punished Miku]

There's some severe trash takes in the list, but it's actually not a complete embarrassment.

I guess I'll keep an eye out for Inscryption if it ever hits consoles. Kind of unsure why people are hyping up Loop Hero either, so I guess I'll put it on the radar.

 

[R6Rider]

Time for the onslaught of "that's not how MY list would go!"

 

[tmlDan]

Returnal 33rd......da fuck are they on.

 

[SpokkX]

Start from 3 and this would be pretty much my list

 

[BaneIsPain]

No Kena. Ridiculous

 

[Flabagast]

Pretty good list. And bold

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

shit list

 

[elliot5]

good list

 

[Gameplaylover]

With a few exceptions a very good list.

 

[Markio128]

A list

 

[marcincz]

TGA goty isn't on that list? These rankings are always great.

 

[GymWolf]

Polygon? I'm Surprised that it is not just a list with "get in the car, loser!" Repeated 50 times...

 

[DeepEnigma]

CTRL F "It Takes Two"

Y'all garbage!

 

[CitizenZ]

Its like a list of what they played for 10 minutes ea this yr

 

[remember_spinal]

Hate the list but glad chicory is number 2

 

[manfestival]

Inscryption as number 1? I am pleasantly surprised. The game blew me away after the demo. Rest of the list is kinda whatever.

Side note: I have not played SMT5 but is Tales of Arise really better than it? Always kinda viewed SMT/Persona titles as the cream of the crop for modern jrpgs.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Valheim above SMT V

Yeah nah

 

[STARSBarry]

Notice how Hitman 3 which is essentially a better Deathloop, is higher up a list once journalists stop pretending to gush about a games "themes".

Honestly the game was robbed, its one of the most fun sandboxes ever built, but oh no its too formulaic to be a critical darling like Deathloop with its inferior level design, targets and NPC AI and reactions.

 

[SpiceRacz]

I actually agree with Inscryption at 1. More people need to play that game.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Polygon still a thing ? Geez