38.  New Super Mario Bros Wii.  (That was the game I originally meant, but typed the wrong one, lol.)

Also no! Very close, though. I mean, it's the world map, not the level map. So, like one big open world map! 

25 - RuneScape? 

24 - Gauntlet?

That's the one.

Galaxy 2

Persona 3?

IT's NEw Super Mario Bros U. Deluxe! You know, big open world map, alternative paths, secret exits and tricks, etc. I absolutely love NSMBU, it reminds me in all the right ways of Super Mario World and I actually get irrationally angry when people tell me it's bland or boring. It's easily by far and away the best of the NSMB games, with the most interesting level designs and themes. 

Sure, it shares a lot of hazards and enemies from prior games, but I just went through it again on Switch and I honestly found it quite refreshing! Even without my hesitation or desire to like it (I was trying to be critical of it to see why so many people dislike it), I found it to be a genuinely great game! 

Then Super Mario Maker came along and that's like 99% troll levels and gimmick shit. I can't even stand watching other people play that game. It's a shame, too. But Super Mario Maker showed to me how important the interconnected world design and sense of progression matters in a Mario game. The individual levels don't really mean much to me at all and never have. It's the sense of finding secrets, of exploring the world, of mystery that I like. That's why my favourite 2D mario games are Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World, and NSMB U. All the ones with the world maps and the secrets. Other games have world maps (NSMB1, 2, and Wii), but none really felt like there was much to hide or much to explore. To this day, after beating SMW probably 100+ times, I still find little things and alternate routes and secrets I didn't know about. 

That's all I got for now. but yeah, I absolutely LOVE NSMBU, and I will fight to the death on behalf of its quality! 

Super Mario Galaxy is correct!

28 and 26 aren't. For 26 I implied my game's older than 4 though.

Both incorrect. I don't know about the Blade Runner adventure. Does that start with rain? I guess there's plenty of games that do, but there's one in particular that really fits me.

I'll give new hints for all the games in my next post, except 27 obviously.

Exactly

Real second hints;

#30: From a subway on -6 to a cathedral on 100.

Hint 2: And in between that you can build all kinds of other stuff, like offices, shops, condos, hotel rooms and grand lobbies. Guessed by Bofferbrauer2 - SimTower

#29: Should have checked the forecast before going outside, it's rainy.

Hint 2: You need to go though, the princess telepathically called for you. Luckily the castle isn't far. Guessed by Mnementh - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

#28: This game made me not get a PS2.

Hint 2: It's great graphics and buttery smooth swordplay proved the Dreamcast was already good enough. And big swords is the name of the game. Guessed by Mnementh - Soulcalibur

#27: Somehow, the creators of this game actually managed to make walking upside down and around feel natural and intuitive. Guessed by UnderwaterFunktown - Super Mario Galaxy

#26: A multiplayer level, probably the most famous one in all of this now decently long lasting and certainly well selling franchise, is based on a real-life town which is also featured in an unrelated tv miniseries (which does have the same subject) looking eerily similar to how it looks in this game.

Hint 2: The multiplayer map I'm talking about in this Call of Duty game is based on a real town in France. After it's original inclusion in the game I'm looking for, it was also included in the sequel, remastered with a different setting in CoD4 and remade as DLC some time later again in one of the newer games. Guessed UnderwaterFunktown - Call of Duty