[Blaster86]

So this is the issue I have. Skyrim changed gaming for me. While I'd always been a "completionist" for games I enjoy, I had never gone into a game and just lost myself in it the same way I did with Skyrim. The world felt massive and alive with no limit of things to do. It's replayability for just the base game was huge but then you had the modding community making the game something totally different. I didn't think I would ever find that feeling in a game again. Then Witcher 3 fell into my lap. A game that I got as an add-on for a new video card, I knew nothing about the series. I wasn't aware of any hype, I didn't know what to expect. I was nothing less than blown away. It was everything Skyrim was with updated graphics and a much more rewarding combat system. More than that, the world was even more alive. The characters were even more rewarding because I had so much backstory for them. It was exactly what I thought I'd never find again. So I am torn, do I take the original or do I take the innovator? At the end of the day I had to go with.

1. Witcher 3 The Wild Hunt -- Between the base game and the expansions I don't think I will ever encounter such a fulfilling experience again, but I felt the same way about Skyrim and Cyberpunk 2077 is right around the corner....

2. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim -- While I loved Witcher 3 more, I don't think I will ever have a game that I spend as many hours playing ever again, partly because I don't have the free time I had when I was in my early 20s, but also because there was just so much to do.

3. Civilization 6 -- I could have said Civ 5, but I opted to go with the most recent game. It was the first real change and innovation in the game since Civ 3. Like every other Civ game it is just a matter of needing one more turn...


4. Star Craft 2: Wings of Liberty -- While I continue to play this game in its current incarnation, coming back to the Star Craft universe was something I'd always looked forward to since finishing Brood War soon after it's launch at the end of 1998. While it will never be as beloved as Brood War, the story told in Wing of Liberty was fantastic and something that I'd been hoping for since the end of the Terran Campaign in the original Star Craft.... then the next two games shat all over it.... but that's okay. I got my moment.


5. Destiny -- The first console game that pulled me off my PC for an extended period in the last ten years.


It's tough for me as a nintendo fan boy to not feel anything from the last ten years is in my top 5. So many good games, but nothing that gets over the top for me.