I completely agree with #1. RE2 got me hooked unlike any other game in a long time. It has great visuals courtesy of the RE Engine, tight gameplay, good level design (especially the police station), and top-notch sound. The only thing I didn't like about it is the lack of a proper soundtrack through most of the game (go for the classic soundtrack if you can).
I can understand not wanting to blow a vote on a remake, but to me this is pretty much a completely new game compared to the original. A poster above addressed that aspect perfectly:
RE2 is a ground up re-imagining developed from scratch, that stands on its own merits. Infact I think one of RE2's strengths is that it doesn't render the PS1 original completely redundant (unlike REmake 1). It is for all intents and purposes a 2019 game.
Happy to see Death Stranding and Control get some love, too. Both were great. Honestly, 2019 probably had the most releases I've played from a single year - that released that year - since maybe the early aughts.
Having just finished Days Gone, I would say that's the only thing missing from the top 20. It really is a great experience and I truly don't understand the lukewarm reception it received. Maybe it was just a mess before months of patches, but the version of it that I played blew me away.