Games you reckon are better than the genres market leader.

[Leynos]

Sengoku 2&3 was better than Streets of Rage

Assault Suits Valken is better than Contra III

AC Oddessey is better than the RDR series

VanQuish from a gameplay perspective is better than Gears of War

Titanfall 2 is better than CoD

Prodeus is better than Doom Eternal

Wonder Boy III is better than Castlevania SOTN

Guilty Gear is better than SF

Xenoblade is better than FF

SMT is better than Pokemon but has a massive margin

Sin n Punishment Star Successor is better than Space Harrier

Hagane is better than Ninja Gaiden 2D.

Shining Force 1-3 is better than every Fire Emblem of the same era

GOEMON Mystical Ninja was better than Majora's Mask

Okami was better than TP

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk bests Jet Set Radio Future (except OST)

Crusader of Centy is better than LTTP

3D Dot Game Heroes better than Skyward Sword/DS Zeldas

All Stars Racing Transformed was better than MK Wii and 7

Dragon's Dogma/Kingdoms of Amalur is better than Skyrim

ESPN 2k5 was better than Madden

Klonoa was better than Crash on PS1

Not a market leader but since Tales is Namco's top in house RPG series. Scarlet Nexus is far far better than Arise.

Panzer Dragoon is still the best in its genre (Rez is very close tho)

Strider is still the best of all the good Strider clone attempts. (Cannon Dancer is a really good try)

ZOE2 is still the best mech action game

Guardian Heroes is still the best side-scrolling Beat em up RPG (only a cunts hair ahead of Dragon's Crown)

Yakuza is still the best at what it does

Nier is still the best at what it does tho Stellar Blade is an amazing game not identical. Ultra Age. You tried not bad but no cigar.

Nex Machina is still the best twin-stick

This answer is semi-cheating as the perspectives are different. But Ascent is better at Cyberpunk than 2077. Better RPG as well. I like both. (Side not Ruiner is also great)

BotW/ToTK is best in that formula of Zelda

DMC and Bayo are still best in the stylish action genre

Virtual On still the best mech Arena games (Not much but ARMS wasn't a terrible clone)

Persona is still best at that.

Last edited by Leynos - on 03 September 2024