37. Medieval II: Total War
Total War to me has felt like the perfect mix of Age of Empires and Europa Univeralis, luckily without being as difficult as EU. Total War always felt relatively easy to pick up and learn, hard to master and a hell of a good time to be the all controlling God of your armies on your conquest of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. As a Catholic nation you have to keep the Pope happy and do his dirty work or else he'll kick you out and get everybody else to hate you which is already kind of a problem since the AI can never really decide if it's your friend or enemy. Islamic and Orthodox nations however are free from this (although Muslim nations can call a jihad) and to keep things interesting the Mongols and Timurds will pay a visit to see how you're doing. The games are dozens of hours long and highly addicting and best of all, Third Age: Total War is a mod for M2: Kingdoms which allows you to play Total War with Lord of the Rings!
36. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Nintendo's newest Smash game and the first one to be released on portable systems. To be honest I was pretty impressed how well it turned out, the game looks really good, and runs very smoothly. All the characters are there and there are tons of stages to choose from. Famous modes like Classic, Home Run Contest are back along with some new fun ones like Smash Run. For a portable fighting game the online is pretty good with all things considered but however there are some frusterating lag issues which can really ruin a match. Also while I love Smash Run, the lack of an Adventure Mode hurts and the new Target Blast mode just feels off. But at its core the game is a Smash Bros game and a great one at that, if you don't have a Wii U then this is the next best thing.
