3. Selective Creation: Make the Best Modern Day List!

Selective Creation: Make the Best Modern Day List!


  • After making going through several decades of greatness, it's time to go contemporary: Let's pick the 30 best games since January 1, 2010!

    What does this mean? Any game, on any console is eligible IF and ONLY if it was ORIGINALLY released starting on 1/1/10. So a port of a game released before then? Doesn't count.

    As always - Quick rule refresher for potential new players:

    Here's the breakdown: You've been given the power to green-light 30 games, but here's the catch: these 30 games will be the ONLY games that should define the current decade. What should be the games that make the cut? By giving 30 select titles, you are essentially playing an inverse of Kill Your Babies.

    You can only give one title until four people have added after you OR 12 hours have passed since the last overall addition, NOT NECESSARILY YOURS, so think really hard about which game should be on the list. It could be your favorite game, or if your favorite is already present, then you can add another you hold dear. Or if you have no love or interest from the modern day, get to trolling if it makes you happy.

    To keep some diversity, I'm instituting a franchise cap. So if two entries of a series get put on the list, a third CAN NOT be added.

    Once you have given a game, please keep a running list going for the benefit of the next person that would like to play. Because I'm pitching the game, I will refrain from adding to the list unless absolutely necessary because it would be unfair for me to skew the list in my favor.

    And so Allies, what are the definitive 30 games that have released in the teens?

    Have fun!

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  • Yakuza 5

    2015 was a great year for games and this was my personal GOTY from it. I'll probably end up nominating the other top three contenders down the line as well.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    Still love this game. One of my fav TBS titles.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    Persona 5

    Let's put the best JRPG of modern times on this list, only to watch it be unfairly killed two seconds into this game 😅

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin

    I'm obviously biased, but still, it deserves a shot on this list!

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  • This list will bring a lot of tears when we move into the KYB phase.

    Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us

    Naughty Dog's best, which is saying a lot.

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  • Global Moderator

    Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3

    Great HUGE RPG game. I've only played a few handful of hours, but so great!

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata

    I'm actually awake for a creation list!

    This game has a lot to say and does it well, hitched up with delightful combat.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins

    Because it's awesome. Also, even just the start of this list has reminded how blessed we've been this decade.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

    A perfect ending for Drake's story. I love these characters.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City

    Asylum came out too early, but this one was a classic too.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City
    Gemini Rue

    Another one of my all time favourites from this last 6 years.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City
    Gemini Rue
    Papers Please

    This may look like a game from the 90s, but I truly believe it is one of the best I've ever played.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City
    Gemini Rue
    Papers Please
    Hyper Light Drifter

    I love this game way more than I thought I would.Some of the most beautiful pixel art around.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City
    Gemini Rue
    Papers Please
    Hyper Light Drifter
    Grand Theft Auto V

    I can't help but loving many of these biggest names, and it doesn't get much bigger than this one. Oh the feeling with a new GTA world when you play it for the first time! This was breathtaking. Is, still.

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    Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City
    Gemini Rue
    Papers Please
    Hyper Light Drifter
    Grand Theft Auto V
    Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

    One of the best designed games in recent memory in my opinion.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City
    Gemini Rue
    Papers Please
    Hyper Light Drifter
    Grand Theft Auto V
    Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    Rocket League

    One of my other top three games of 2015, and easily one of my favorite multiplayer games out there.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City
    Gemini Rue
    Papers Please
    Hyper Light Drifter
    Grand Theft Auto V
    Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    Rocket League

    Donkey Kong Country Returns

    The absolute best platformer ever made. Glad it makes the cut.

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  • Yakuza 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    Persona 5
    Divinity: Original Sin
    The Last of Us
    The Witcher 3
    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    NieR Automata
    Rayman Origins
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Batman: Arkham City
    Gemini Rue
    Papers Please
    Hyper Light Drifter
    Grand Theft Auto V
    Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    Rocket League
    Donkey Kong Country Returns
    Undertale

    Before the release of Persona 5, you could quote me as saying this was the best RPG released in the past few years. Since I can't put Persona 5 twice, I'll settle for this heartwarming gem that has a great sense of humor and one of the better soundtracks out there.

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