for me mine are 1. Elden Ring, 2. RDR2 3. BOTW, all because they genuinely blew my mind when playing them for the first time and changed how I saw and played video games.
for me mine are 1. Elden Ring, 2. RDR2 3. BOTW, all because they genuinely blew my mind when playing them for the first time and changed how I saw and played video games.
In no particular order ( mostly cos i think ranking beyond a certain degree of precision hurts the art involved ):
then i suppose one tier below, not consequent of any particular shortcomings, but rather just not being at the same “transendent” level as the above:
NieR automata literally changed my life, so it kinda deserves it’s own top spot, but placed as is in spirit of the question.