Three games merged into one: Paris, Sapienza, Mumbai, Dubai and a hundred ways in.
Simon Belmont, a whip and stairs that will kill you; the 1986 original.
Kiryu's last story, in Onomichi and Kamurocho.
Samus hunted by the SA-X on a research station; the tightest 2D Metroid.
The first Yakuza remade: Kiryu out of prison and ten billion yen missing.
Soul-stealing in 2035, and the GBA Metroidvania fans rate highest.
Siberia, the Divine Source and the best tombs in the reboot trilogy.
Zelda herself, copying objects and monsters to solve everything.
El Dorado, a jungle island and the series finding its footing.
A new galaxy and the Ryder twins; the entry the trilogy fans argue about.
Chris and Sheva in daylight Africa; the co-op Resident Evil.
The last Splinter Cell, and the one that let you play it loud.
The trilogy ends on Azura, with four-player co-op and Horde 2.0.
Jack Carver on a Micronesian island in 2004; the CryEngine draw distance that sold PCs.
Revolutionary Paris rendered building by building, once the patches landed.
Malaria, jamming rifles and a fire that spreads; the bleakest Far Cry.
Sinking cities and a riftworm; the sequel that went bigger in every direction.
Victorian London, a grappling hook and twins who share the story.
Altair in the Third Crusade; the first Animus, and nine identical viewpoints.
Kyrat, Pagan Min and elephants; the Himalayan Far Cry.
The harder, prettier sequel to the rotoscoped original.
Inferno, Paradiso and a Wii U exclusive that critics begged people to buy.
Noir, Mona Sax and the Havok physics; Remedy's tighter sequel.
The rating that made people replay a level twenty times to earn it.
Connor in the American Revolution, with naval battles and a rope dart.
Aiden Pearce hacks a Chicago that runs on one operating system.
Handball with armour and bribes; the Bitmap Brothers at their most metallic.
Two players, top-down corridors and a self-destruct countdown; Team17's Aliens tribute.
Four heroes, muscle cars and raptors; the arcade beat-em-up of every 1990s games room.
Four cyborg agents, a Persuadertron and a corporate world map to conquer.
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