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).

    • JackbyDev
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      38 hours 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.

  • tiredofsametab
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    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.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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    17 hours ago

    I hope Brok The Investigator becomes more recognized to the point it can make one of those silly lists.

      • lime!
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        14 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.

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          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.

    • Ironchico
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      720 hours ago

      Upvote because obviously this isn’t sarcasm, but actually for reals.

      • @MrEff@lemmy.world
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        418 hours ago

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

    • @Dymonika@beehaw.org
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      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.

    • @Ledivin@lemmy.world
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      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
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    20 hours ago

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

    • Alan Wake
    • Disco Elysium
  • @Limonene@lemmy.world
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    415 hours 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.)

    • burghler
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      512 hours ago

      Bethesda has little chance to succeed with anything but a routine fumble 😞