I appreciate the threads! More conversations and debates are always welcome (as long as they’re civil and carried on in good faith).
My pick is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. To plagiarize myself:
The brilliance of Breath of the Wild doesn't come from any one system or framework. It comes from the intentional, planful organization of many systems working together to create results both expected and unexpected. Emergent gameplay, improvisational combat, and player mobility combine to form an open-world sandbox second to none, and a video game experience that ranks among the greatest ever conceived.