Duke Nukem?

Uncharted 2?

34. New Super Mario Bros Wii (20 last year), first impression 8, replay 7.5, technical 8.

Pros: 2D Mario continues to rock on consoles, with super-fine-tuned platforming, memorable new items like the propeller cap and the penguin suit, and possibly the best 2D final Bowser fight in the franchise.

Cons: While many parts are memorable, the stages are not and the layout is fairly linear compared to 2D Marios that scored higher up.

The name of number 33 was prophetic for the Season 3 season finale of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (okay, I don't really expect too many people to try on this one. The clue is in the episode titles for the season 4 premiers)

Ah. How you could interpret that is correct, but that wasn't really what I meant to say. What I meant there was simply that OoT was after it's release widely regarded as the greatest game ever made, even though my game was credited for doing something better. But, like I said, interpreting that part the way you did is still correct, and you're right in assuming the game I want was released before OoT. However, OoT is a '1998' game .

I'll add a little something to the clue though. It's not Mario 64 yet; This game was credited for having better textures, as opposed to OoT as said in a couple of the latter's reviews.

Could be anything from Banjo Kazooie, to Starfox 64, to Goldeneye 007.

Either of those correct? I don't think the textures in Starfox were particularly good, but Goldeneye 007 was very graphically capable.

35 - Luigi's Mansion (Guessed by S.Peelman)

I didn't play this game first until a few years ago, I bought it out of what I've heard and I never looked back. This game truly stands out as a very good game. It looks very nice, the music fits the enviroment and it played nice. It was hard to get into, but when I got into it I enjoyed it very much. There is not much to say about this game, it's a very polished game with a lot of positive sides. The only negatives I have for it is the shitty 1st boss and the annoying backtracking. Otherwise it was just very good and without those flaws it would've reached in the mid 20's. It just doesn't have that awesomeness that other games in the list has. It's better than the sequel though.

Hint 34 -
For its time this game was the most expensive game to play to get full enjoyment out of it.

Steel Battallion or Rock Band.

33. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (22 last year), first impression 9, replay 8, technical 7.5

Pros: The moodiest of the Zelda games, it is still top-of-the-line for creating emotional scenes, like this one, and the game gave us a taste of what wide-open Hylian fields could really look like. Epic boss-fights, too.

Cons: It was the nadir of dungeon difficulty for 3D Zelda, and close to the nadir for combat difficulty (which shall forever be held by Wind Waker and its "press A to win" mechanic). The big Hylian fields were almost as empty and lifeless as Wind Waker's sea without the excuse of being sea.