Last call for number 30 - tweaked the clues for that one a bit. It's a really well known franchise.
Current list - https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248646/post-only-once-the-official-thread-the-15th-annual-greatest-games-event/4/#4
30 - Tomb Raider III
- Unlike the previous titles in this series, you get to pick the order you complete some of the levels in this globe trotting adventure.
- A remaster of this game was released on the heroine’s birthday this year, in a collection with two other games in the series. The heroine in question is one of gaming’s most well known characters.
- The next three games in this series will be getting the same treatment, with their release due at the same time next year.
23
- One of the titular characters in this game first appeared in another game of a different genre.
- This character can take flight in both this game and the other game mentioned above, although the method in which he does so is different.
- Both of the titular characters are named after musical instruments.
22
- The name of the NTSC version of this game is surely a reference to a legendary heavy metal album.
- I mean, after all, both this game and the front cover of that album are based on Ancient Egypt.
- A ‘90s first person shooter in which you collect artifacts that enable you to reach previously inaccessible areas and level exits.
21
- You can see the site of the final conflict draw closer and closer with each world you complete.
- Takes place on an island shaped like the head of the titular character.
- A reptilian foe has stolen the hero’s hoard of favourite fruit.
20 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Duplication glitches are handy for those who don’t have the time or patience to grind for resources.
- We can now go above and below this familiar land.
18 - Resident Evil 4
- A game that was responsible for shaking up one of the biggest game franchises and steering it in a different direction.
- More focused on action than before.