Red and a talking sword in a city dissolving into code; Supergiant's second.
The Kid rebuilds the world while a narrator describes every move; Supergiant's debut.
Lara Croft's origin on the island of Yamatai; the survival reboot.
Bigby Wolf, sheriff of Fabletown, in a 1980s noir; Telltale's Fables.
Lee and Clementine; the Telltale adventure that made choices matter by making them hurt.
A Dubai buried in sand and a shooter that asks why you are enjoying it; Heart of Darkness with guns.
Adam Jensen never asked for this; cyberpunk Detroit in gold.
Karnaca, the Clockwork Mansion and a level that switches between two times.
Corvo in Dunwall with Blink and a heart that whispers; Arkane's immersive sim.
A grappling hook, a parachute and an island dictatorship to blow up; physics as a toy.
A purple dildo bat, a wrestling match and a gang that owns a city; GTA as pure comedy.
An undercover cop in the Hong Kong triads; the open-world game with martial arts.
Max in Sao Paulo, bald and drunk, in Rockstar's slow-motion finale.
A 1947 detective reads faces captured with MotionScan; Team Bondi's noir.
Faith runs across white rooftops in first person; DICE's parkour experiment.
A writer in a Pacific Northwest town where his manuscript comes true; Remedy's Twin Peaks.
Four characters hunt the Origami Killer; quick-time events as drama.
Be the wind carrying petals across fields; thatgamecompany before Journey.
A robed figure walks to a mountain with a stranger who cannot speak; two hours you remember.
Sackboy and a level editor; play, create, share on the PS3.
Sudoku and mental arithmetic with a Dr Kawashima face; the DS as a daily habit.
A gentleman and his apprentice solve 135 puzzles in a village with a secret.
Twelve racers, bikes and the wheel; the best-selling racing game ever.
Tennis, bowling and boxing swung with a remote; bundled with the console and sold 82 million copies.
Retro Studios revives the ape; hard, beautiful platforming.
Samus with Wii pointer aiming across three planets; the trilogy ends.
Motion sword fighting and the first story of the Master Sword.
Link as a wolf, Midna and the biggest Hyrule so far.
Yoshi, more galaxies and the Green Stars; the sequel that equals it.
Planetoids with their own gravity and an orchestra; the best 3D Mario.
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