33: Bioshock
The first playthrough has some of the most memorable moments of any game I've played.
32: Uncharted The Lost Legacy
I think what I appreciate most about Uncharted TLL is that it doesn't have hours of bloat. It's an Uncharted package without boring sections.
31: Super Mario Bros 1
30: Super Mario Bros 3
I played these both in the Super Mario All Stars Collection. They were two of the first games I've ever played, and they are still great.
29: Kingdom Hearts 2
Slightly improved gameplay but worse story compared to KH1 is my personal feelings on it.
28: Kingdom Hearts 1
For me, Kingdom Hearts 1 still stands as the best. In large part, because it did something more unique. The latter games seemed to be concerned about retaining the story of each world. Whereas this one had a more unique story to bind everything together.
27: Jak II
Jak 2 is a game that a lot of people hate for getting away from the formula that Jak and Daxter created and arguably perfected. But I appreciate the story changes. It isn't as a lovely a world that Jak and Daxter had, but I think there's lots of room for both kinds of stories and both kinds of worlds. The biggest problem with the game is that it has quite a difficulty curve.
26: Mass Effect
25: Jak 3
24: Mass Effect 3
23: Batman Arkham City
A sequel to AA, but bigger and better in a lot of ways.
22: Batman Arkham Asylum
Funnily enough, I had a passing interest in Batman before this game. It came out the same year as one of my all time favorites, and it was one of my first PS3 games. I was absolutely floored. The combat, the world was amazing to play through. This game made me much more interested in Batman.
21: Paper Mario
20: Dark Souls 2
The black sheep of the Souls games. Coming off of Dark Souls 1, there were a number of changes that I really appreciated. The fact that fast travel was available at the start, you have a faster walking speed, there's more options for healing. At the same time, this feels like the least polished Souls game. It doesn't quite have the world or level design quality of the other games.
19: Jak and Daxter
This was the first game that was actually mine. And I still love it. It has a generally cheery world, and it's generally a joy to adventure across.
18: Mass Effect 2
17: Portal 2
I'm not great at puzzles, but this game is a joy to play. Lots of great writing and monologue sequences.
16: Age of Empires 2
I am probably underrating my personal feelings for this game. It is my quintessential PC title and I have spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours throughout the years. I haven't played many games that allow you to resource collect, build cities, create armies and fight. But this is the gold standard that I compare every RTS I play to.
15: Skyrim
A huge open world filled with quests and items. The combat could use some work, but it made up for that with how diverse and huge the experience was. I feel like this game really tried to be a world and not just a game. You can settle down and build a house if you wanted to.
