Ok, got caught up playing Persona and kinda forgot about this the last few days. Let's do some catch up.
49. Nier Automata
Played this one for the first time last year. Thoroughly loved the writing, the way the story is layered, and how you just peel it all back more and more as you progress through different "endings." Very cool, unique experience, that really is in many ways the ultimate representation of what you can do with gaming as medium. The gameplay got a bit boring for me at a certain point, which is really the only reason it's not higher in my rankings.
48. Titanfall
I know the sequel is everybody's darling because of it's stellar campaign, but for me, TF was all about the MP, and I very much preferred the first game in that respect. I honestly loved everything about it, and my friend group put hundreds and hundreds of hours into this title. It's really a shame this franchise is currently on ice, cus I don't think I've had as much fun with any shooter since this game came along.
47. Wasteland 3
Man...I think it took roughly half a year or so for this game to be in a technical state that allowed me and my buddy to actually go through this game in co-op without non-stop crashing. Many games have a reputation these days for being utterly busted at launch, but this was honestly the worst experience I've ever had with bugs and crashes in my entire life. I say all this, because once we did get to actually enjoy the game, it's fucking fantastic in pretty much every way imaginable. The writing, the player agency, the music, the gameplay loop, the dark humor. It's truly a top tier RPG. If my first impression hadn't been so sour, and I didn't have to wait so long to really get into it, this would also shoot way higher on my rankings.
46. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
All I can really say about this game, is that's quintessentially cool. Slicing and dicing - in the most literal possible sense - your way through the world of Metal Gear was just fucking awesome. I'd kill for a Star Wars game that lets me do this with a lightsaber. If you wanna feel like a badass, there are few games I would recommend over MGR.
45. Alien Isolation
I came to the Alien franchise pretty late. My first real interaction with it was the movie Prometheus, which I thought was just alright, and didn't really leave me wanting to explore it further. However, during a bit of gaming drought for me personally a couple years later, I picked up Alien Isolation on a whim for like 20 bucks. I went in with 0 expectations, and I loved pretty much every moment of it. The atmosphere, and tension are just world class. Even as someone who doesn't generally connect much with horror games, I was utterly immersed in this game, to the point that I actually went back afterwards and watched all the old Alien movies for the first time ever. And since the first 2 of those are so damn brilliant, it just made me love this game even more for introducing this series to me in a more befitting way than Prometheus did before it.
44. Prey
A good friend of mine bought this for me the year it came out. I played roughly the first hour, loved it, and then promptly ignored it to go play other stuff. I didn't return to it for what I estimate was roughly 3 years and change. Wow. Talk about delayed gratification. This is one of most all-consuming games I've ever played. Once I really sunk my teeth into it, I literally couldn't put it down until I had done absolutely everything. Seen all the endings, found all the secrets, played with all the powers, explored every inch of the station. It's one of the most rich sci-fi experiences in gaming, and that's all I really wanna say about it. If you haven't played it, go do so.
