More hints.

#30

-A secret mission taking place at the same time as the events of another game in the series

-Set in an alternate version of Europe during a great war

#29

-The origin of the dragon and the mad dog (Yakuza 0)

#28

-The fog denotes a murder

-To get the true ending of this game requires some very specific actions to be taken

#27

-The New World features a massive wall often called "The End of the World" that divides the continent in two

-Developed by Game Arts, this game was originally released on the Sega Saturn in 1997, but only in Japan. The later Playstation port was released in the west as well

#26

-The first game in a tetralogy, set after a trilogy, and taking place concurrently to a duology (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel)

Yesss...

That was quite the obscure hint but now that I know it, it does bring back memories. I loved annoying units by clicking constantly on them in Warcraft and StarCraft. Especially the critters that would explode at some point.

I feel like this part of the list is full of games that I would probably place differently if I were to replay them today. 

Just some short thoughts, I'll have a lot more to say about the closer I get to the top.  

God of War 2:

Played this on the PS3 collection. The cutscenes felt like PS2 yet, but the actual gameplay looked pretty good. I played through the entire trilogy through a couple weeks, so unfortunately I don't remember much of the story. 

God of War 3:

This was quite unexpected coming from the God of War remasters on PS3. The visuals and scale were a massive step up. The scale in particular was one of the most impressive things I've still seen today in a game.

Uncharted 3:

Visually the game looks great, but it felt like a big disappointment for me coming from Uncharted 2. Pacing in particular felt like a big step down. Some big levels that felt like they were just there to distract the player/give them something to look at. Which isn't really the reason I play these games.

Bioshock Infinite:

LittleBigPlanet 2:

Really enjoyed LBP, but this time I got more into the creation aspects, and had a lot of fun with that. Really cool how much easier they made it compared to the previous game.

New Super Mario Bros Wii:

I really love the original Super Mario Bros games, and I had a lot of good fun returning to that.

Pokémon Yellow:

What I love about this one is that you get all 3 of the starters from the previous games. Instead you start with Pikachu, with some added gimmicks of being able to talk to it. I think in a lot of ways this is the classic Pokémon experience.

Pokémon Sapphire:

I put hundreds of hours into this one. I get a kick out of the fact that the water legendary is able to learn moves like thunderbolt and earthquake. Absolutely loved leveling him up, he was overpowered.

Age of Mythology:

One of my favorite RTS's, was largely Age of Empires 2 with a twist of having a God with super powers instead of having a civilization with a normal tech tree. 

Mario Kart Wii:

I've played a few of the Mario Kart games, and this is the one that I felt the best controlling and had quite a few options for tracks. And it's a game I've put hundreds of hours into playing with my family. (Maybe when I get around to Mario Kart 8 more, that will replace it.)

Horizon: Zero Dawn:

An amazing post-post-apocalyptic game. I don't think Horizon does anything wholly uniquely, but as a package I don't think there's anything quite like it. You have some simple RPG mechanics, you have large robot dinosaurs roaming a massive open world. You have some big mysteries to unravel. 

Batman Arkham Knight:

I played this one on the PC when things were bad, maybe it would be higher now.

Tried some new things with the controversial batmobile, but I had a lot of fun with it. 

Yes, had I needed more hints I would have mentioned the exploding critters lol. Or how a footman would "(..) rather be sailing" and the bickering Ogres.

#33

YoY: =    My Rating: 9.1/10

I've been a huge fan of the Tales series since I first played Tales of Symphonia on the Gamecube with a few of my friends. Over the following almost 20 years I've played through five other games in the series, and for quite a long time my two favourites were Symphonia and Xillia. I loved their worlds, characters, and stories the most out of the entire series, and they are still wonderful games in my opinion. However, my favourite finally changed just last year, when I got around to playing Tales of Berseria.

One of the elements that instantly stood out to me from Tales of Berseria was its main character, Velvet Crowe. Unlike just about every other main character in the series, she was motivated almost entirely by vengeance against a person who is seen as just about everyone else in the world as a savior. In essence, in the eyes of the world, Velvet is the true villain of the story, labeled the Lord of Calamity, a moniker and role she eventually embraces. The story also takes things into some very dark and sad places at times, often because of Velvet and her rather shaky mental state. Other games in the series have taken dark turns in the past, but none of them have gone quite as far as Berseria (I haven't played every single game in the series, so there's that caveat).

The rest of the game, from its supporting cast, to the story, battle system, and music are also among the series' best in my opinion. 

"Why do you think that birds fly?"

#32

(-2)

And now one of my favorite 2D platformers I’ve played. Normally I am very much not a fan of these types of rage games but the excellent level design and shortness of each level allows for consistent replay to feel fun and not frustrating. Plus the death montages at the end make it all worth it. One I need to go back to very much but nonetheless a consistent favorite for a while.

let's give a last chance for #33:

#33: The Errant Errand
Fight for Your Time Slot!
That's Just Frank
The 6th Cutest Girl
A Terrible Monster Appears!
Saturday, the Bonus Stage

#32: Muhahaha! You think you outsmarted me, the mighty Moldorc?! I don't think so Yoked Girth!
...so stop by, fill up, and make sure you get your Billy Hog hot dog before you jet away.
Introducing Apricop... it's a punch to the gut!
Good morning Brookhollow. Today is October 20, 1990.
More local teenagers are missing - and you play one of them!

#31: guessed by coolbeans: Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV

#30: Your heroes grow old and retire - if they aren't killed on the battlefield.
They also can acquire strange body parts, like a fire arm, a wolf's head or crow's feet.
The mages can manipulate objects in the battle stage to do damage.
Age of Ulstryx

#29: Draw the map of the high school yourself on graph paper.
This is a mashup of one game series, with the gameplay of another.

#28: Silver haired girl.

_{ranking in the guessing game, list so far}

Guessed by UnderwaterFunktown

I'm interested in history. And a big part of classical history is mythology. Gods and goddesses and heroes and mythical beasts. Age of Mythology was made for me. The game follows the big three classical European/Mediterranean, fundamental civilisations. The ones that started all others; Greek, Egyptian and Norse. Though in reality the Norse would be a couple millennia younger, but there you have it, here they and their Gods can battle the others. They could have added a whole bunch of other great mythological civilisations, like Babylonians or Persians, or outside of the Mediterranean region Chinese or Aztec, but for the expansion they went with adding the mythological Atlanteans. I guess, it fits the name of the game. This expansion also added the end-game unit of the 'Titan'. A huge, enormously powerful unit. It is kind of a cop-out to use it, but it sure does put a smile on your face.

Guessed by Mnementh

When I was a kid, I played things like Duck Hunt (#45), Star Wars Rebel Assault II (#40) or SimCity 2000 (#41). But then, we also ended up owning Wolfenstein 3D, the quintessential first person shooter. I don't know how, but I guess back then you just ended up with certain games because things came with other things. Obviously, with the game's nazi-imagery like swastikas and dictator Adolf Hitler himself, plus the fact that you shoot and kill people and even dogs, my parents weren't really keen on letting me play a game like this. But I was interested in it. Very much so. I was intrigued by the theme. So at some point they let me watch first. But this phase didn't last long, because watching isn't as fun as playing. At least I thought so then. So I whined. And finally, they let me play myself, because what harm could it actually do? It might also be a chance for an educational experience. In any case, harm, it certainly didn't do.

Alright, let's make this the actual final hint for these two games:

35) This game has several clips of live action footage, including one that creeped me out despite being very mundane
Hint 2: You could call it Conspiracy Theory: The Game
Hint 3: But what does S3 really stand for?
Hint 4: Only mainline game where you don't play as a snake

34) The protagonist of the first game is really old in this second entry, but in the third game he's young again.
Hint 2: But this game has a different protagonist who shares his name with a letter from the greek alphabet
Hint 3: Visual novel meets puzzle game
Hint 4: Originally released only on handheld consoles (3DS and Vita)