For me personally, Final Fantasy IV was foundational in my capacity to comprehend games as vehicles for a narrative payload, but a conversation about narrative payload that ignores The Last of us 1 & 2 seems delusional.
Similarly, if the evidence of my own life can be displayed honestly, I believe League of Legends is one of the greatest games of all time, but it feels dishonest to say that without acknowledging Command & Conquer, Dune, or Warcraft.
Gotcha. I hadn't ever heard it. Good to know. I've been pondering my top 5 because Sifu rocked me so hard. I think I need two top 5s though: legacy and modern. e.g. it's impossible to overstate the importance of NES Super Mario Bros., but Sifu is DEFINITELY in my modern top 5.
think it would make MY top 10 in either of those eras. But it absolutely commands a place in any realistic top 10 gaming list. Similarly with Quake and Doom. Some games are vital for the medium even if they didn't perfectly sing the song of MY heart.
Yeah I think there are some games that definitely changed the landscape (Half-Life, Resi 4, BOTW etc) but that's the beauty of your own list I guess! I would like to see said list if you ever finish it!
That's a clever time delimiter. I've also hemmed and hawed about optimal list length. 10 is attractive but in my internal debates, I wanted to start way shorter. So maybe top x HD/ Pre-HD for ME but also for gaming in general. For instance, Half-Life undoubtedly changed everything, but I don't
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