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1988 - Mega man 2
It's mega man. you shoot the bosses with the arm. they blow up. it's simple fun.
2004 - Half life 2
personally thanking this game and the mods surrounding it for dragging me kicking and screaming into game modding (and thus game dev stuff)
2006 - Dead Rising
Taking silly screenshots to boost XP ontop of great "oh shit" moments when your trying to survive 72 hours of living in a mall is honestly a great gameplay loop. i wish to see it manifest again at some point.
2007 - Mass Effect
2007 is the year where too much good shit happened in the gaming industry. the fact i have to pick one is a crime. Mass Effect offered a ton of promise, great music, and bioware touches that overall redefined alot of how story RPGs worked.
2014 - Shovel Knight.
2D NES style platformer that does a excellent job at being fun and charming. highly recommend for anyone tbh.
2021: Guardians of the Galaxy. Goin in expecting "yeah whatever fill me up during my mcu void", came out witnessing one of the best narratives of the year and incredible gameplay.
@DarkSlayerKi there's cool stuff like that but there's also jar jar bink's dad attempting suicide because of his son