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Editor's Choice

Syltefar has chosen this set of highly recommended games.
Note that for great series of games I usually choose a candidate game that I have a special attachment to represent the whole series.

tag   : #editorschoice
games : 34

Games

Title
System
Year
Completed only
Review Score


34 games in database, 22 completed (65%). Year range: 1980-2024, median: 2008.
list - box art - screenshots

 Pac-Man                                  ***   Namco                           Arcade  1980       2 videos           21 logs
 Defender                                       Williams                        Arcade  1981 Mar   2 videos           10 logs
 Dig Dug                                        Namco                           Galaga  1982       2 videos           12 logs
 Marble Madness                                 Atari                           Arcade  1984       2 videos           11 logs
 Arkanoid                                       Taito                           Arcade  1986                           5 logs
 R-Type                                         Irem                            M72     1987 May   6 videos           24 logs
 Tetris                                         Atari                           NES     1988       1 video            11 logs
 Elite                                          Ian Bell                        Amiga   1988                           2 logs
 Castlevania: Rondo of Blood              ***   Konami                          PCECD   1993       8 videos  C  x 4   36 logs
 DonPachi                                 **    Cave                            Cave68  1995       1 video            11 logs
 Street Fighter Alpha 2                   ***   Capcom                          CPS2    1996      12 videos  C  x 23  41 logs
 Tenchu: Stealth Assassins                ***   Acquire                         PS      1998       7 videos  C  x 2   15 logs
 Metal Gear Solid                         ***   Konami                          PS      1998       9 videos  C  x 2   21 logs
 Tekken 5                                 **    Namco                           PS2     2005                 C  x 2    9 logs
 Okami                                    ***   Clover Studio                   PS2     2006                 C         1 logs
 Super Mario Galaxy                       ***   Nintendo                        WII     2007                 C         4 logs
 Dead Space                               ***   Visceral Games                  360     2008                 C        11 logs
 Braid                                    ***   Number None                     360     2008                 C         3 logs
 Punch-Out!!                                    Next Level Games                WII     2009       1 video   C        15 logs
 Pac-Man Championship Edition DX          ***   Namco                           360     2010                 C        21 logs
 Halo: Reach                              **    Bungie                          360     2010       3 videos  C  x 2   19 logs
 Brogue                                   ***   Brian Walker                    Win     2010       6 videos           34 logs
 Mortal Kombat                            ***   NetherRealm Studios             360     2011                 C  x 35  61 logs
 Renegade Ops                             **    Avalanche Studios               360     2011                 C  x 4   23 logs
 Spelunky                                       Mossmouth                       PS4     2014       8 videos  C        16 logs
 Factorio                                 ***   Wube Software                   Win     2014      14 videos           30 logs
 Bloodborne                               ***   FromSoftware                    PS4     2015      52 videos  M   !   108 logs
 MGS5: The Phantom Pain                   ***   Kojima Productions              PS4     2015      32 videos  C  x 2   67 logs
 Helldivers                                     Arrowhead                       PS4     2015      13 videos  C        32 logs
 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard               ***   Capcom                          PS4     2017      33 videos  M   !    84 logs
 Death Stranding                          ***   Kojima Productions              PS4     2019      38 videos  C        47 logs
 Paper Beast                              ***   Pixel Reef                      PS4     2020       2 videos  C         5 logs
 Returnal                                 ***   Housemarque                     PS5     2021      29 videos  C        49 logs
 UFO 50                                   ***   Moppin                          Win     2024       2 videos            6 logs


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