According to MetaCritic, Zelda: Breath of the Wild topped “best games of the 2010s” lists, appearing in 1st place in 17 of these lists. In 2030, what game of the 2020s decade will appear on the 1st place in most of these lists? (It should be noted that we are in the middle of the 2020s decade so this may change as new games get released).

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    16·
    1 day ago

    We’re not even through the first half yet, so it’s pretty impossible to say, I think. BG3 could be in there, but we could also just be blown away by other things unforeseeable from here/now.

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        3·
        21 hours ago

        It’s the 2022 expansion for Outer Wilds, which released in 2019. Just as much a masterpiece as the first entry. if you know nothing, you owe it to yourself to play them.

        • MP3Martin@programming.dev
          2·
          52 minutes ago

          I like it more than the base game, but I would have never played it if it had been a standalone game.

          Both the main game and the dlc are amazing.

        • Dymonika@beehaw.org
          2·
          18 hours ago

          I tried OW and couldn’t stand feeling dumb. I gave up after not figuring out how to advance in the water world with the vortices. This is the same reason I despise most point-&-click adventures; needing to hunt down and trigger the one event that will advance everything is infuriating and shouldn’t be hard.

          • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
            5·
            16 hours ago

            that’s a shame. i’m not going to force it on you if you don’t enjoy the experience, but i will say that there are no mechanical progress gates at all in Outer Wilds, no intended order to do things in, and multiple interleaving threads to pull on. if you get stuck in one place, going to another may let you learn how to proceed. if it feels like you’re missing something, you probably are, and going somewhere else may help you find it.

            it’s been my game of the year five years running, if that means anything. the dlc only cemented that position even more.

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Central Hyrule on horseback in BotW was such an amazing feeling. TotK didn’t ever catch that level of action, but everything else was more fun. Plus it has a lot of QoL changes that helped. Opening chests with full inventory comes to mind. I was upset BG3 beat it for game of the year but the competition was really tough.

      • MrEff@lemmy.world
        51·
        2 days ago

        Also up vote because obviously the only correct answer. It was based on golden source material. Therefore could not fail.

    • Dymonika@beehaw.org
      4·
      22 hours ago

      I just hate its relentless sudden-death format, which kills you from a single misclick. At least Slay the Spire gave you HP and was far more forgiving.

      • Lesrid@lemm.ee
        1·
        24 minutes ago

        As someone who played each demo version, I was really expecting a different pace in the final game. I was surprised to find that the release version was just as feast-or-famine. Most runs only get a few extra cards or extra stamps unless you get jokers that seriously accelerate the rate. I was expecting the game to have more of an RPG curve to it where I would have more time to shift toward a suit and preferred card quantity.

    • Ledivin@lemmy.world
      121·
      1 day ago

      I love Balatro, but this is definitely recency bias. It’s going to mostly fade from mainstream popularity and acclaim long before then.

  • inlandempire@jlai.lu
    20·
    2 days ago

    I think either of these will be regarded as works of art, and jump up in rankings :

    • Alan Wake
    • Disco Elysium
  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
    21·
    23 hours ago

    Immortality is a very special game. It pushes the cinematic narratity further than I’ve ever seen.

  • Limonene@lemmy.world
    62·
    1 day ago

    Elder Scrolls 6 will no doubt be polarizing, with some calling it the game of the decade, and others saying that the TES formula just doesn’t work anymore. (The game might also just suck.)

    • Wrrzag@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 hours ago

      I think the problem won’t be the formula, it’ll be the progressive dumbing down and simplification that Beth is doing since like forever. It will sell well just because it’s TES, though. Also, if Emil “lol who cares about lore” Pagliarulo is leading the writing and he treats it like he did with FO4…