41. Devil May Cry

Devil May Cry is the result of turning a Resident Evil prototype into a hack and slash and it works great! Even in 2013 (when I played it) I thought it aged decently well for an early 6th gen title. The graphics and atmosphere are great and the music is intense and fits the intense battles throughout the game. The game is divided up into levels based around the castle you spend the game in. The levels have you do specific tasks around the castle, like open up a door before the timer runs out and the breakup of the game into levels gives the player a chance to breathe and set back from the intense action.  I think probably my favourite part about the game is the crazy boss battles (especially the final boss) and the variety of powers and weapons that you unlock.

40. Halo 2

Growing up, I didn't really know anybody who had a Xbox. Almost all the kids I knew either had a PS2 or a Gamecube, but I did find a friend near the end of elementary school who did have a Xbox and with that Halo 2. I was a newbie to FPSes and the idea of co-op in the campaign just blew my mind. We pretty much spent most of the time screwing around on Outskirts and Metropolis. Playing around with the giant soccer ball and completely obliterating everything with the Scarab Gun. Nostalgia aside, Halo 2 has the most levels in the mainline Halo series taking you from Earth to Halo to High Charity. The levels overall are really good, not as open as Halo CE but more varied in terms of the environments you will fight in. The gameplay itself is not changed too much from Halo CE. There are no longer healthpacks since your health along with your shields also regen, you can now dual wield specific weapons along with a few new ones as well. Halo 2, then and now is still a great game.

Hint for #39. A tale of two worlds, but both worlds are just on one side of the same coin. The same holds true for you too.

Right! 

Hint for my #39: The change of environment for this long awaited sequel wasn't well received by some fans, but the game still turned out to be pretty good.

At the end of the game, the main character told another that he'll walk, but limping.

It's the third entry of the franchise that took 9 years to be released, from the sixth to the seventh generation. The change of environment was from a cold and dark one to a hot and colorful one, which didn't bode too well for the main character.

Max Payne 3!

Diablo 3? Not sure about the change of environment and the limping stuff, but the rest fits I believe.

Correct! I thought no one would guess it.

#40: Super Mario World (Nintendo, 1991) - SNES

There's nothing to be said about this game that hasn't been said a bazillion times. It's the most cliche choice for a game on "best of all time" list and I'm willing to bet money that this game will appear on at least 90% of the lists. It controls beautifully, it has catchy as hell songs (despite being just variations of the same theme, which is amazing), it's the debut of Yoshi, it's colorful... It's fucking Super Mario World, moving on.

#39: Fire is evil, ice is good. Gotcha.

Hm. I'm not too sure but I am going to guess Ace Combat 2.

I remember playing the demo of Ace Combat 2 wayyyyyy back and repeatedly crashed my craft into the sea because it looked spectacular (at the time) :P

Now i'm back on track.

Number 40 is Wario Land 3, for the Game Boy Color back in 2000. It built on the excellent gameplay dynamics of Wario Land II: the immortality meaning that navigating cleverly-constructed levels was your key task, well, Wario Land 3 upped the cleverness several levels, with each stage containing multiple keys, each to one treasure chest, and with Wario's powers being upgradeable (though that was also a drawback, as things like "can't swim" were VERY annoying in the early-game), meaning you had to think at a higher level all the time in a deceptively-simple platformer.

Number 39 was a dating sim and a medieval SRPG in one