A motorbike race where you swing a chain at the rider alongside you and take his bike when he falls.
Zelda herself, copying objects and monsters to solve everything.
Venice, the Great Wall and a dagger in a dragon; Lara at her most confident.
Sam Fisher in 2002, with light and shadow as the whole mechanic.
A new galaxy and the Ryder twins; the entry the trilogy fans argue about.
Billie Lurk goes after a god; the standalone finale.
Getaway jobs in a 1970s San Francisco, behind a car-park tutorial that stopped thousands of people playing.
The 1986 original remade, plus an escape sequence without a suit.
El Dorado, a jungle island and the series finding its footing.
Chris and Sheva in daylight Africa; the co-op Resident Evil.
Three games merged into one: Paris, Sapienza, Mumbai, Dubai and a hundred ways in.
Dash, wall jump and an intro stage that teaches without a word.
Kiryu's last story, in Onomichi and Kamurocho.
Simon Belmont, a whip and stairs that will kill you; the 1986 original.
Soul-stealing in 2035, and the GBA Metroidvania fans rate highest.
Branching paths and three companions; the best of the NES Castlevanias.
Sinking cities and a riftworm; the sequel that went bigger in every direction.
Aiden Pearce hacks a Chicago that runs on one operating system.
The harder, prettier sequel to the rotoscoped original.
Kyrat, Pagan Min and elephants; the Himalayan Far Cry.
Revolutionary Paris rendered building by building, once the patches landed.
Connor in the American Revolution, with naval battles and a rope dart.
Jack Carver on a Micronesian island in 2004; the CryEngine draw distance that sold PCs.
Altair in the Third Crusade; the first Animus, and nine identical viewpoints.
Malaria, jamming rifles and a fire that spreads; the bleakest Far Cry.
The rating that made people replay a level twenty times to earn it.
Victorian London, a grappling hook and twins who share the story.
The trilogy ends on Azura, with four-player co-op and Horde 2.0.
Noir, Mona Sax and the Havok physics; Remedy's tighter sequel.
Inferno, Paradiso and a Wii U exclusive that critics begged people to buy.
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