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The 100 Best Videogames of the 2010s (Paste Magazine)


Starting with #25 for word count limit.

25. Titanfall 2
Year
: 2016
Original platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
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24. Cuphead
Year
: 2017
Original platforms: Xbox One, PC
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23. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Year
: 2013
Original platform: 3DS
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22. Stardew Valley
Year
: 2016
Original platforms: PC, Mac
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21. Nier: Automata
Year
: 2017
Original platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
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20. No Man’s Sky
Year
: 2016
Original platforms: PlayStation 4, PC
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19. Florence
Year
: 2018
Original platforms: iOS, Android
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18. Return of the Obra Dinn
Year
: 2018
Original platforms: PC, Mac
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17. Undertale
Year
: 2015
Original platforms: PC, Mac
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16. Alan Wake
Year
: 2010
Original platforms: Xbox 360
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15. Minecraft
Year
: 2011
Original platforms: PC, Mac, iOS, Android
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14. Outer Wilds
Year
: 2019
Original platforms: Xbox One, PC
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13. Papers, Please
Year
: 2013
Original platforms: PC, Mac
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12. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Year
: 2011
Original platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PC
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11. Bastion
Year
: 2011
Original platform: Xbox 360
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10. Gone Home
Year
: 2013
Original platforms: PC, Mac
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9. Portal 2
Year
: 2011
Original platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC
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8. Super Mario Odyssey
Year
: 2017
Original platforms: Switch
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7. Dark Souls
Year
: 2011
Original platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
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6. Control
Year
: 2019
Original platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
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5. Mass Effect 2
Year
: 2010
Original platforms: Xbox 360, PC
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4. Spelunky
Year
: 2012
Original platforms: Xbox 360
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3. Kentucky Route Zero
Year
: 2013-2016
Original platforms: PC
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2. Thumper
Year
: 2016
Original platforms: PlayStation 4, PC
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1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Year
: 2017
Original platforms: Switch
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dirthead

Banned
I was looking at Pitchfork's list of the best albums of the 2010s, and I'm looking at the games released this decade...

YIKES.

Something's off. I can blame it all on simply being elderly, but that's not really what it is. Shit just sucks. One more decade like this one and I think I'm out. Going to be full time MAME/emulation.
 

diffusionx

Gold Member
I was looking at Pitchfork's list of the best albums of the 2010s, and I'm looking at the games released this decade...

YIKES.

Something's off. I can blame it all on simply being elderly, but that's not really what it is. Shit just sucks. One more decade like this one and I think I'm out. Going to be full time MAME/emulation.

It’s just gonna get worse man. Next gen will be all GAAS and battle pass all the time.

And FFS stop reading Pitchfork.
 

Heimdall_Xtreme

Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
FEZ, Dying light, The Disney Infinity Series , Super Hexagon , Guitar Hero Live , Saints Row IV , Rock Band 3, Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds , VVVVVV , Nidhogg , Proteus , XCOM: Enemy Unknown , Overwatch No Man’s Sky , Control .

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Not only Horrible games... These games are super-boring... Guitar Hero Live was Good but they fail the stupid free-to play- mode in Live and the servers closed...sometimes I regret buying the guitar bundle
 
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KyoZz

Tag, you're it.
Control is a great game and it's a contender for me, but personally my GOTY is God of War (yeah I know it's a 2018 game, and I'm late)
 
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A lot of the write-ups for these games are extremely pretentious and horrible. Look at the entry for Kentucky Route Zero:

Kentucky Route Zero has always seemed to be a game about rest. The experience of playing the game itself is noticeably muted, and while the pacing isn’t exactly slow, there’s a meandering quality to it. The game itself asks very little of the player, as if it was created with the weary and heavy-laden in mind.

By now I’m starting to view Kentucky Route Zero as a game about discovering how to rest. We all have a good idea of how to physically rest; just lay down, close your eyes, and fall asleep. The next day, we’re back to normal, given enough time in slumber. But how does a spiritually exhausted person rest? How do we recharge our tired souls?—Richard Clark

I can't get through a read of this without laughing. Imagine gazing this deep and lovingly into your naval.
 

Bigrx1

Banned
Seems to be a fairly pretentious list to look cool, hip and indie. Even a lot of the AAA titles on the list are a little more "weird and quirky" leaning.
 

rofif

Can’t Git Gud
Kinda weird list... but not looked beyond 25 posted here. Ds1,2,3 and bloodborne all should be higher. These are the best games ever. Not only of 2010s
Control should switch places with Alan Wake (Control is nowhere near as good as AW)
Titanfall 2 is about where it should be or could be lower. I think it was overrated.
Saints Row 3 would be almost in first 10 on my list. Gears 3 also deserves to be there.

Not played outer wilds and florence... that florence game looks bad tho. Thumper number 2 ?! Rythm game... really ?! No man sky does not deserve to be this high too. Gone Home I liked... but Firewatch was better game.
 

brian0057

Banned
Breath of the Wild ahead of Dark Souls, Witcher, Bloodborne, Skyrim, AND Mass Effect?




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I'm Ok with that one.
If it were the original Mass Effect instead of the inferior sequel, It'd be another story.
And Dragon Age Origins is better than the other four.
This one hurts the most.
Alien: Isolation is a horror masterpiece and not seeing it anywhere on the list is BS.
 
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Bryank75

Banned
Wow wow wow... what a terrible list.

Looks like they really have no clue. I will be avoiding that site forevermore.
 

DunDunDunpachi

Patient MembeR
Not that bad of a list, actually. Much better than most dedicated gaming websites, who tend to spill 90% of their nuts for console releases and then divvy up that last 10% for mobile and PC. Surprised to see stuff like Superhot, Spelunky, Threes, FTL, and Nidhogg.

That #1... :messenger_weary: :messenger_ok:

No Diablo III tho :(
 
well that is a strange list, the 2010s are not over yet, and well some of the top 25 choices are not worthy according to my objective opinion.
 
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