GRcade Votes: Games of the Decade VOTING CLOSED

I've got a bit of a mental block thinking about this, but at the moment these are the games that immediately pop to mind as, like, "good games I played a lot of and enjoyed throughout".

Studio games

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild

2. Dark Souls

3. Mario Odyssey

4. Fallout: New Vegas

5. Pokemon: HeartGold

6. Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World

7. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

8. Portal 2

9. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Indie games

1. Untitled Goose Game

2. Doki Doki Literature Club

3. Skullgirls

ITSMILNER wrote:
Ding Dong Merrilly on Hide wrote:
Clarkman wrote:Metacritic list of their 50 best reviewed games. How many make your lists? How many have you played? Why haven't you voted?

I've played 21 from that list (22 if you can combined the 2 Last of Us entries)

Just one, Divinity: Original Sin II

There's very few 'big' games I can actually play these days, major devs/publishers don't seem to really cater to disabled gamers, even my usual go to genres such as JRPGs have mainly passed me by now most of them have ditched turn based battles.

Was it yourself that was trying some of the new adaptive controls? Did they not offer much assistance?

They did help to a certain degree but I'm still limited to games with few inputs (analog stick/d-pad and a couple of buttons) and I'm yet to try using them with a games console (might just get a cheap Xbone S to try it).

The main issue is getting everything set up and then having time to actually play something, its usually just far more convenient to get into my usual routine of posting on here and playing the PC games I can play using just the mouse.

Ding Dong Merrilly on Hide wrote:
ITSMILNER wrote:
Ding Dong Merrilly on Hide wrote:
Clarkman wrote:Metacritic list of their 50 best reviewed games. How many make your lists? How many have you played? Why haven't you voted?

I've played 21 from that list (22 if you can combined the 2 Last of Us entries)

Just one, Divinity: Original Sin II

There's very few 'big' games I can actually play these days, major devs/publishers don't seem to really cater to disabled gamers, even my usual go to genres such as JRPGs have mainly passed me by now most of them have ditched turn based battles.

Was it yourself that was trying some of the new adaptive controls? Did they not offer much assistance?

They did help to a certain degree but I'm still limited to games with few inputs (analog stick/d-pad and a couple of buttons) and I'm yet to try using them with a games console (might just get a cheap Xbone S to try it).

The main issue is getting everything set up and then having time to actually play something, its usually just far more convenient to get into my usual routine of posting on here and playing the PC games I can play using just the mouse.

That’s a pain, hopefully they improve them over time and they can be more convenient to use.

Karl_ wrote:5. Pokemon: HeartGold

Completely forgot this was a 2010 release in the West. strawberry float - some list rebalancing to do...

It was great at the time but I’m not sure I could go back to it now. Pokémon keeps marching on...

Eeeeww fire turkey Pokémon game. Gross.

Metacritic have very handily put together a compilation of various top 10 lists and applied their own formula for ranking the results. Guess what game came out on top?

Please keep getting your votes in!

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. [Red Dead Redemption 2] - 10 POINTS
2. [The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild] - 9 POINTS
3. [The Last of Us] - 8 POINTS
4. [Super Mario Odyssey] - 7 POINTS
5. [The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim] - 6 POINTS
6. [Nier Automata] - 5 POINTS
7. [Resident Evil 2 Remake] - 4 POINTS
8. [Octopath Traveler ] - 3 POINTS
9. [Portal 2] - 2 POINTS
10. [Persona 5] - 1 POINT

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. [Minecraft] - 10 POINTS
2. [Journey] - 9 POINTS
3. [Untitled Goose Game] - 8 POINTS
4. [Hellblade - Senua's Sacrifice] - 7 POINTS
5. [ABZU] - 6 POINTS
6. [Beat Saber] - 5 POINTS
7. [Rocket League] - 4 POINTS
8. [What Remains of Edith Finch] - 3 POINTS
9. [Inside] - 2 POINTS
10. [Stardew Valley] - 1 POINT

Frosty the Clarkman wrote:Metacritic list of their 50 best reviewed games. How many make your lists? How many have you played? Why haven't you voted?

I've played 21 from that list (22 if you can combined the 2 Last of Us entries)

I've only played 4 of those listed.

Why does Skyrim keep coming up on so many game of the decade lists when it is, in fact, not that great?

Karl_ wrote:Why does Skyrim keep coming up on so many game of the decade lists when it is, in fact, not that great?

Because you're utterly wrong?

Check out this Skyrimista cultist unable to accept criticism of his fundamentally compromised game.

i'm only messing don't get mad

I’ve played 14, finished 12. I started but never finished Portal 2 and (yes!) Skyrim.

If you're going for "most influential games of the decade" or "most notable games of the decade" I think it has a very good claim at either of those. It definitely has the sales numbers, cultural impact and mainstream appeal behind it.

Also for a game I love to criticise I've played it for hundreds of hours so...

I guess there isn't much at all in the way of competition in its genre? I don't think Witcher 3 counts given its predefined character, story-driven design.

In thinking about western RPGs I've just realised Mount and Blade: Warband came out in 2010 and therefore needs to be in my list. This will be difficult!

Karl_ wrote:Check out this Skyrimista cultist unable to accept criticism of his fundamentally compromised game.

i'm only messing don't get mad

I didn't say it didn't have issues, or wasn't "compromised" in some areas (the identikit dungeons...)

But it adds up to so much more than the sum of its parts.

Skyrim is the worst game that I have played for hundreds of hours.

Tim Rogers being typically excellent

Corazon de Leon

Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:Really wish I could have clicked with Hotline: Miami. So many people raved about it but I just couldn't see why myself.

Tempted to give it another shot actually.

I treated it almost as a puzzle game, rather than an action game. It improved the experience immeasurably. I also loved the visuals, the music, the stylistic flourishes - the whole package was a massive nostalgia trip. I think if that's stripped away, you're left with a good game, rather than a great one. But it ticked all my boxes. :wub:

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 10 POINTS
2. Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt - 9 POINTS
3. Bloodborne - 8 POINTS
4. Grand Theft Auto V - 7 POINTS
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 6 POINTS
6. Super Mario Maker - 5 POINTS
7. Resident Evil 7 - 4 POINTS
8. Fire Emblem: Awakening - 3 POINTS
9. Marvel Spider-Man - 2 POINTS
10. Civilization VI - 1 POINT

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Rez Infinite - 10 POINTS
2. Stardew Valley - 9 POINTS
3. Spelunky - 8 POINTS
4. Beat Saber - 7 POINTS
5. Rime - 6 POINTS
6. Limbo - 5 POINTS
7. Super Meat Boy - 4 POINTS
8. Superhot VR - 3 POINTS
9. The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom - 2 POINTS
10. Hyper Light Drifter - 1 POINT

Made a quick alteration to my list as I completely forgot about Sleeping Dogs, one of the best open world action games this decade.

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