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5. Mount and Blade: Warband
Too many elements to mention, it's a really brilliant game hampered only by its budget.

4. Quake 3
The immortal classic, still the highest skill-ceiling FPS ever made.

3. F-Zero X
May not have been the best looking F-Zero, but they sacrificed a lot in terms of graphics for 60 FPS, blazing speed, 30 unique vehicles, and damn near perfect racing physics. Classic example of game play over graphics.

2. Super Mario World
The secrets were what made this one so much fun. For some reason they haven't repeated the idea of the whole world being connected like they did with SMW. People ask how Galaxy could ever be topped, SMW holds the secret: don't segregate the worlds (make it all one giant fluid one), and give tons of secrets for going back and forth.

1. Operation Flashpoint
Yeah ARMA may have topped this one, but for 2001 a giant open world FPS with tons of vehicles was revolutionary. To date, nothing has topped the sheer sense of mind blowing awesome this game provided for its time. Top it off with an incredible mod community and you have a game that lasted years. Again, graphics weren't the best, but a lot of sacrifices were made so you could snipe at 1000+ meters (provided you know how to properly range your scope). Cruel, unforgiving, and amazing in every way.