What Are Your Top 10 Games of the 8th Console Generation

[Issun]

With it all but closed, I'd like to get a decent picture of TT's overall feelings on the best games of the generation (PS4/XBox One/WiiU/Switch, and PC games released between 2014 and 2020), so if you can rank them, please do.

My list:

1. Life is Strange
2. Undertale
3. NieR: Automata
4. Inside
5. Sayonara Wild Hearts
6. Eastshade
7. What Remains of Edith Finch
8. Shovel Knight
9. Red Dead Redemption II
10. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

 

[smacketh]

Hmmm, a top 10 is hard but here's what I'm feeling at the moment.

1. Nier: Automata
2. Monster Hunter World
3. Hades
4. XCOM 2
5. God of War
6. Marvel's Spider-Man
7. Control
8. Return of the Obra Dinn
9. Yakuza 0
10. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

 

[Torzelbaum]

Do retro compilations or remakes count or are we only considering actual new games (but IP of any age)?

 

[Issun]

While I am hoping to get some sort of consolidated list out of this, this isn't an official "Top 50" list where things are already pretty nebulous. So I'd like to see a list with only new releases, but it'd also be cool to see what compilations you loved from the generation, so if you'd be willing to make two lists, one with compilations and remasters and one without, that'd be interesting.

Remakes like RE2 and FF7 would totally count, I should think, as they're almost new games.

 

[WildcatJF]

1. Gris
2. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
3. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
4. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
5. Metroid Dread
6. Splatoon 2
7. Spiritfarer
8. Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
9. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
10. Untitled Goose Game

 

[Torzelbaum]

1. Monsters den godfall
2. Bloodstained ritual of the night
3. Queen's wish the conqueror
4. Bloodstained curse of the moon
5. Timespinner
6. Kaiju big battle fighto fantasy
7. XCOM chimera squad
8. Robo oh
9. Samurai shodown v special
10. Mini words

 

[karzac]

In no particular order and mostly off the top of my head:

Transistor
Pyre
Outer Wilds
Breath of the Wild
Sekiro
Slay the Spire
Dishonored 2
Prey
Overwatch
The Witness

 

[4-So]

Off the top of my head:

1. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2. Ghost of Tsushima
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
5. God of War
6. Battlefield 1
7. Gris
8. Dragon Quest Builders 2
9. Overwatch
10. Dark Souls 3


I'm not sure compilations are in the spirit of the original ask but if we're adding those, Mega Man Legacy Collection is the only one I'd consider essential.

 

[Rascally Badger]

It will materially alter my list, but is the 2014 cut off a hard one? I've got two WiiU/Switch games that would be on my list, but were initially 2013 releases.

1. Breath of the Wild
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. Monster Hunter World
4. Yakuza 0
5. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
6. Shovel Knight
7. Dragon Quest XI
8. Affordable Space Adventures
9. Xenoblade Chronicles X
10. Horizon Zero Dawn

 

[Issun]

2014 was just for PC games.

 

[Voncaster]

New Releases

1. Death Stranding
2. Catherine Full Body
3. Persona 5
4. Resident Evil 2 Remake
5. Final Fantasy XV
6. Nier Automata
7. Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan
8. Detroit Become Human
9. Monster Hunter World
10. Zero Time Dilemma

Compilations / Collections

1. Nonary Games
2. Castlevania Anniversary Collection
3. Castlevania Advance Collection
4. Quantic Dream Collection (to replay Heavy Rain)
5. Mega Man X Collection

 

[Rascally Badger]

Yeah, my struggle is based around how WiiU heavy my list is, and debating if WiiU should even count.

 

[Bongo]

Too many Switch games that aren't out yet for me to give a definitive listing. But, off the top of my head, here's some:

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• A Short Hike
• Doom (2016)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Dragon Quest XI
• Deltarune
• Baba Is You
• Metroid Dread
• Super Mario Odyssey

 

[karzac]

oh fuck A Short Hike.

 

[Violentvixen]

I refuse to admit the Switch generation is over, dangit! Xbone is also hard to believe, but with a few games only being compatible with the S or whatever sure why not. Anyway, here's my list, I didn't even get to the Switch games but it's already too long and I've been staring at it for days so I give up

Spiritfarer
Undertale
Rocket League
The Messenger
Untitled Goose Game
Final Fantasy XV
Halo Infinite
Wii Fit U
Cuphead
Westerado: Double Barreled
Firewatch
Her Story
VA-11 Hall-A

 

[Beowulf]

Okay, so PS4/XBox One/WiiU/Switch and PC games released since 2014? I don't know what's "best", but these were my favorites:

PC:
Stardew Valley
Gemcraft: Frostborn Wrath
Timespinner

PS4:
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Dragon Quest Heroes II
Nier Automata
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Switch:
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Kirby Star Allies
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition

 

[nataeryn]

In chronological order, games that I liked quite a lot
1. Shovel Knight
2. Uncharted 4
3. Civilization 6
4. Watch_Dogs 2
5. Assassin's Creed: Origins
6. Super Mario Odyssey
7. God of War
8. Red Dead Redemption 2
9. Disco Elysium
10. Final Fantasy 7 Remake

 

[Paul le Fou]

Hmmm. In no particular order right now:

Bloodborne
Dark Souls 3
Sekiro
Mario Odyssey
Zelda BotW
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Splatoon 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
Hades
Life is Strange

Oh, that's 10, cool. I think these are the ones that were not only my favorites, but my votes for "best" as well.

Other strong contenders that I played:
Gigantic
Pyre
Hollow Knight
Shovel Knight

 

[karzac]

Oh fuck Hollow Knight. That should probably make my list. Geez there are so many good games these days.

 

[Adrenaline]

Doom
Breath of the Wild
The Witcher 3
Uncharted 4
Bloodborne
Bayonetta 2
God of War
Sekiro
Prey
Super Mario Odyssey

Half-Life: Alyx might belong there but it's a unique experience compared to non-VR games and I'm not sure where to put it

 

[Beta Metroid]

1) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
2) Ori and the Will of the Wisps
3) Shovel Knight
4) Hollow Knight
5) Doom 2016
6) Metroid Dread
7) Undertale
8) Super Mario Odyssey
9) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
10) Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

 

[MCBanjoMike]

The time period feels a bit arbitrary to me (some of these are primarily PC or Switch games, one is for the SNES!), but here are the games I feel the strongest about from 2014-2020:

1. Hollow Knight
2. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
3. Quickie World 2
4. Subnautica
5. Breath of the Wild
6. Celeste
7. Overwatch
8. Slay the Spire
9. Witcher 3
10. Control
11. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

There are definitely another 5-6 games that I really, really enjoyed, but they don't quite make the cut. It's been a good couple of years for video games! Especially 2017, good lord.

 

[Behemoth]

Okay, going to do this thing and I'm going to try not to thing about it too much and then inevitably regret not including something. Also in no particular order:

1. Breath of the Wild
2. Bloodborne
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Hollow Knight
5. Shovel Knight
6. Witcher 3
7. Stardew Valley
8. Persona 5
9. Hades
10. Mario Kart 8

 

[Peklo]

Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-
Flowers -Le volume sur été-
Flowers -Le volume sur automne-
Flowers -Le volume sur hiver-
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom
Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons
Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
Touhou Luna Nights
The Legend of Legacy
SaGa: Scarlet Grace - Ambitions

No particular order.

 

[conchobhar]

There's still something like half a dozen big-name titles (and an infinite amount of smaller ones) that I haven't gotten around to yet that could be in the running, so I only barely stand by this— it'll surely be different in five years (maybe even two years). But for now, here's what I think. Re-releases are in alphabetical order rather than ranked.

New releases:

1. The Last Guardian
2. Toki Tori 2
3. Wattam
4. Bloodborne
5. Assault Android Cactus
6. Xenoblade Chronicles X
7. Tacoma
8. Yoshi's Crafted World
9. Wolfenstein: The New Order
10. Shenmue III

Compilations and re-releases:

• Castlevania Anniversary Collection
• Gleylancer
• moon
• SEGA AGES Phantasy Star
• SaGa Frontier
• Turrican Flashback

 

[chud_666]

NO ORDER

Axiom Verge
Bloodstained Ritual of the Moon
Gears 5
Wasteland 3
Resident Evil 7
Fallout 4
Final Fantasy XII Zodiac Age
Streets of Rage 4
Dragon Age Inquisition
Mortal Kombat X

 

[Son of Sinistar]

Without Order

Hollow Knight
Sekiro
Dark Souls 3
Nier Automata
Undertale
Iconoclasts
Metal Gear Solid V
Hades
Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2
Freedom Planet

For remakes and compilations, Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir

 

[Issun]

Bumping this in case anyone missed it and would like to post their list.

 

[Sarge]

Tricky, but here we go...

Super Mario 3D World
Breath of the Wild
Super Mario Odyssey
God of War (2018)
Shovel Knight
Freedom Planet
Blaster Master Zero
Metroid Dread
Ys VIII
Bloodstained

I think this is it, no particular order. Lots of other great stuff that I could put (The Messenger, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Octopath Traveler, Streets of Rage 4, Curse of the Moon, Hollow Knight, Iconoclasts, and we keep on rolling), but this aligns well with my sensibilities.

 

[ozacrot]

1. Slay the Spire
2. NieR: Automata
3. Undertale
4. Yakuza 7
5. Super Mario Odyssey
6. Final Fantasy 7 Remake
7. Hades
8. Death Stranding
9. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
10. Iconoclasts

Noteworthy remasters & compilations:
SaGa Frontier
FFXII: Zodiac Age
moon RPG
Castlevania Advance Collection