HoloDust on 19 March 2019
Tomb Raider 2013 - in terms of mechanisms, it was tremandous leap over its predecessor...right to the bottom of deep chasm filled with modern AAA crap.
Fallout 3 is down their with it, though with much less said excrement.
On the upward side, as Boffenbrauer2 said, most 80s/90s IPs that have recently resurged are great candidates, if not necessarily gameplay wise, certainly in all other aspects.
From "recent" stuff, maybe Red Dead Redemption over Red Dead Revolver, Portal 2 over Portal, or Sleeping Dogs over True Crime: New York City.
