- Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
- Fortnite (2017)
- Dark Souls (2011)
- League of Legends (2009)
- Pokémon Go (2016)
- Minecraft (2009)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
- Portal 2 (2011)
- Disco Elysium (2019)
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Time Magazine - The 10 Best Video Games of the 2010s
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Horrible list. Pokemon Go? Really? It's popular, sure, but it's a terrible game. I also like that there are two games from 2009 on the list.
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This list sucks...
for my tastes anyways. Those games are definitely influential, but I wouldn't call them "the best".
for my tastes anyways. Those games are definitely influential, but I wouldn't call them "the best".
Remove the 2009 games Minecraft and LoL, replace with RDR and Last of Us. Otherwise good list.
Fortnite and Pokemon Go might not be in our list of the games of the decade, but we are just a small portion of the market. I also like there are no rankings inside these 10 games, we already have that and people only pay attention to the number 1 that way.
Fortnite and Pokemon Go might not be in our list of the games of the decade, but we are just a small portion of the market. I also like there are no rankings inside these 10 games, we already have that and people only pay attention to the number 1 that way.
I mean, their release may've been 2009, but their cultural impact and popularity endured and peaked this decade. "They're not 2010s games" seems overly pedantic. They're games that defined the decade, regardless of when they were made.
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two 2009 games being on there is pretty weird. minecraft is in a lot of other lists too but they list it as 2010 since that's when it got out of beta.
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i agree, this is probably the safest and most boring list i've seen.
Time Magazine - The 10 Best Video Games of the 2010s
This is the most coward list I've read so far.
Including Go, LoL and Minecraft despite specifying 2010s and lmao fortnite
This is the most coward list I've read so far.
Including Go, LoL and Minecraft despite specifying 2010s and lmao fortnite
For me personally there is only one game on there that I think would stand a chance to be on mine, thats Disco Elysium. I mean it's not an awful list but it's very... safe? boring? I don't know. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I can definitely see BotW, Dark Souls and Portal 2 even if they wouldn't make my list.
Seems like a mixture of what the people at TIME thought was good and influential.
Don't see anything wrong with it in general though. Even the 2009 picks - those games have been heavily updated since their initial release and are very different from their original version
There have also been a lot of 'safer' lists that I've seen. The Washington Post's one that's was posted here very recently, for instance.
Don't see anything wrong with it in general though. Even the 2009 picks - those games have been heavily updated since their initial release and are very different from their original version
There have also been a lot of 'safer' lists that I've seen. The Washington Post's one that's was posted here very recently, for instance.
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not sure about the PC version but pubg mobile has a ridiculous userbase. like 500 million or something.
Disco Elysium is a great game and totally deserving of praise. That said it weirdly stands out on that list lol. It's as if the author wanted to include something both modern and unique, and this game fit both marks.
Otherwise this just looks like a generic 'most popular/influential' list.
Otherwise this just looks like a generic 'most popular/influential' list.
Best of 2010s list.
Doesn't have one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time.
It's easily one of the most popular games of the decade, and its' brief window of global domination alone is one of the biggest moments in gaming period. Absolutely deserves the spot.
Cut Disco, add RDR2.
At least Portal 2 is on there. Best level design and writing of any game this decade.
Some strange omissions though.
Some strange omissions though.
Popular or influential does not equal best to me. Best indicates quality. In the end quality is subjective, and so are these lists of course. But to argue that Pokemon Go is one of the 10 highest quality games of the last 9 years is lunacy.
It captured national cultural attention in a way no game has ever done before. For a period of time, if you saw anyone with a smartphone out - you assumed they were playing Pokemon Go. It's a level of penetration no other game has managed before, and that achievement is itself indicative of quality. Pokemon Go is very good at being the kind of game it tries to be.
To be fair, these are ongoing games that constantly released new content in the 2010s. I haven't read the article yet, but I presume they're included because they came into their own a bit after release generally speaking.
