Community MetaCouncil's PC Games of the Decade Awards 2010-2019 | Results

lashman · Jan 19, 2020

thanks for all the work, man!

z1ggy · Jan 19, 2020

Thats a fine list, good taste all around

Kurt Russell · Jan 19, 2020

Yay, Witcher 3!!! :ablobcaramelldansen:

Thanks for doing all of this Wok !!!!

Panda Pedinte · Jan 19, 2020

Amazing work!

Swenhir · Jan 19, 2020

I didn't expect for this vote to be so enjoyable and thrilling to await the results for. Thank you once again Wok and to everyone for voting!

That list gives me warm and fuzzy feelings seeing all these lesser-known games that weren't forgotten. VA-11 Hall-A, of course I still love you.

I guess I really should get to finishing my playthrough of D:OS 2. I never got past the beginning of the second zone because, um, travel.

Bonfires Down · Jan 19, 2020

Thanks for doing all the work, Wok.

Only game that truly came out of left field for me was Yakuza 0. Nier also did better than I expected.

Kvik · Jan 19, 2020

Amazing Wok :02love:

Also, this community has patricians' taste all around with such a diverse selection from all genres. You're all amazing!

But nobody has written a snippet for Yakuza 0, why? :02police:

Durante · Jan 19, 2020

I've played 8/10 of the top 10, and a pretty good portion of the top 30, and really, I believe that all the ones I played that are on the list are games that deserve to be recognized like this.

Even Mass Effect 2: its story is incredibly stupid, and the world building and setting are a massive step back from ME1, but the game itself isn't bad at all.

m_dorian · Jan 19, 2020

Durante · Jan 19, 2020

I'm also happy to see Umineko, Alpha Protocol, New Vegas and The Witness on the list, these are all games I didn't quite have space for myself but that I would have picked otherwise.

The only thing that would make this better is if EXAPUNKS was in the top 20

freshVeggie · Jan 19, 2020

Mad Max and Alpha Protocol are the ones I felt most bad for not making my list. They're totally worth playing though still!

TioChuck · Jan 20, 2020

I think is the first time something I vote for wins.

And Wok thank you for all the hard work!

AHA-Lambda · Jan 20, 2020

Great list and great work Wok

QFNS · Jan 20, 2020

Great list everyone. So many good games in there.
I've played 10 of the top 11 and 16 of the top 20. Amazing games in there and almost every game on the list is amazing stuff that absolutely deserves recognition.

Except whomever put Magic the Gathering: Arena. A game which I play daily but honestly is a terrible game missing so many features and run by a terrible money-grubbing company. I love it dearly, but hate it so much.

Wibblewozzer · Jan 20, 2020

Durante said:
The only thing that would make this better is if EXAPUNKS was in the top 20

My top ten was based on my top 25 list I made for myself, but I gave a spot to "Zachtronics" on my list so I instead gave the vote to Opus Magnum since I guessed that it would be the most popular Zachtronics game and I wanted to help push it higher. EXAPUNKS was my second choice and I should have gone with that one!

Le Pertti · Jan 20, 2020

I'm glad to see many games in the list that I didn't have in my list, and that I felt about bad about not having them on my list.XD

d00d3n · Jan 20, 2020

The list seems pretty fair, although Dark Souls, Dishonored and Deus Ex (and I guess Zachtronics games) probably suffered a bit due to divided attention between the eligible games.

Wibblewozzer · Jan 20, 2020

Yeah, I noticed Arkane had three in the top twenty, with Dishonored, Dishonored 2, and Prey. And From also with Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, and Sekiro (and Dark Souls III right on the edge at #21).

On my Meta list I gave a vote to Prey, though on my personal list I wrote it as Prey + Mooncrash, and those really were an honorary Arkane spot since otherwise I probably would have included Dishonored, Dishonored 2, and Prey all in my top 25 that I put together.

I am a little surprised Mankind Divided was as high as it was. I thought many people weren't into the sequel? I still haven't played both so I'm really only going from memory.

Lastly, good to see the proper Life is Strange game got the proper recognition, though I would have preferred higher than 33rd.

d00d3n · Jan 20, 2020

Wibblewozzer said:
I am a little surprised Mankind Divided was as high as it was. I thought many people weren't into the sequel? I still haven't played both so I'm really only going from memory.

The harsh criticism that some people directed against Mankind Divided always confounded me, especially the complaints about game length and "missing a last act". The Prague hub was massive and beyond the two hubs in Human Revolution in scale, level design complexity and aesthetics. The game had three distinct and obvious acts based on world changes in the Prague hub, which is a very traditional and satisfactory number of acts. Even if you count the number of hubs, Mankind Divided (Prague and Utulek Complex) should be on equal footing compared with Human Revolution (Detroit and Hengsha). Human Revolution was obviously a much more original concept at release compared with Mankind Divided (which faithfully sticks to similar gameplay), but I am almost certain that most people would find Mankind Divided to be an objectively better game in a side by side comparison today.

Bonfires Down · Jan 20, 2020

QFNS said:
Except whomever put Magic the Gathering: Arena. A game which I play daily but honestly is a terrible game missing so many features and run by a terrible money-grubbing company. I love it dearly, but hate it so much.

That was me. I haven’t been super active in Arena, but I kind of use it as a proxy for all the Magic video games over the last decade. MTG is by far the best card game I know, and for a more casual player like me Arena works very well.

beep boop · Jan 20, 2020

Mankind Divided is indeed cool. Haven't finished it, but I enjoyed it a lot more than HR from what I played of it. Prague is so dense and alive. Really fun to explore. I did not like HR's Detroit and Hengsha. Hard to navigate, poor map design. Everything else (minus the entire last level) was pretty fun though.

Flips · Jan 20, 2020

My GOTY won MC GOTY and my GOTD won MC GOTD.

My taste in games is immaculate.

Stevey · Jan 20, 2020

Thanks for doing this Wok

Parsnip · Jan 20, 2020

Good list and good work Wok .

Durante · Jan 20, 2020

Flips said:
My GOTY won MC GOTY and my GOTD won MC GOTD.

My taste in games is immaculate.

No Anime?

Lashman will ban me for it, but I really think The Witcher 3 is way more anime than any of you no anime blob people would like to admit

Brooding protagonist with a special power? Check
- that he gained in connection with traumatic childhood experience? Check
- with gruff master figure involved in training? Check

Beautiful sorceresses with different hair colors? Check
- who are actually hundreds of years old? Check
- and who fall for the protagonist almost without exception? Check

Complicated political backstory? Check
- that often mostly gets ignored in favor of killing monsters? Check
- with fantasy races serving as backdrop to make racism a theme? Check

I can't even tell if it's not The Witcheru Geralto.
I'm only half joking. Oh and I really like TW1, 2 and 3

Flips · Jan 20, 2020

Durante said:
No Anime?

Lashman will ban me for it, but I really think The Witcher 3 is way more anime than any of you no anime blob people would like to admit

Brooding protagonist with a special power? Check

that he gained in connection with traumatic childhood experience? Check

with gruff master figure involved in training? Check

Beautiful sorceresses with different hair colors? Check

who are actually hundreds of years old? Check

and who fall for the protagonist almost without exception? Check

Complicated political backstory? Check

that often mostly gets ignored for killing monsters? Check

with fantasy races serving as backdrop to make racism a theme? Check

I can't even tell if it's not The Witcheru Geralto.
I'm only half joking. Oh and I really like TW1, 2 and 3

But TW3 doesn't suck and hence isn't anime. Checkmate.

Kurt Russell · Jan 20, 2020

Flips said:
But TW3 doesn't suck and hence isn't anime. Checkmate.

Bonfires Down · Jan 20, 2020

So will Nier Automata run fine if I mod it?

lashman · Jan 20, 2020

Durante said:
lashman will ban me for it, but I really think The Witcher 3 is way more anime than any of you no anime blob people would like to admit

(and i couldn't ban you even if i wanted ... that's not how MC works, lol)

Amzin · Jan 21, 2020

That is quite a list, many thanks Wok for doing all that. My only "disappointment" is that Minecraft isn't higher, I really think it was one of the most played and most impactful (and fun) games of the decade.

Some day I'll play Witcher 3 but I'm still pretty sure it's not going to be that high up for me.

Alexandros · Jan 26, 2020

Very solid list and Witcher's win is well deserved.

fantomena · Jan 26, 2020

Really nice list, good job and greatr work by Wok.

lashman · Jun 3, 2020

Wok i think you can unpin this one already

lol

Phoenix RISING · Jun 6, 2020

I just finished Blood and Wine this weekend and it absolutely melted me.

Witcher 3 is the greatest game I've ever played in my 35 years of game. Might take another 35 to top it, lol.

There's not a single side quest that's filler, in an open-world game that I've spent 205 hours in.

And that's 205 hours with only 2 games of Gwent played!!!

Hollow Knight is indeed the best Metroidvania ever. The worldbuilding in that game is just magnificent. No longer they're taking forever with the sequel. Could you imagine trying to top that???

I am surprised that Rimworld nor Prison Architect made the cut. No simulation fans on this message board? Factorio? Gross.

Prodigy · Jun 6, 2020

Never saw this before, but it is a very solid list.

Community MetaCouncil's PC Games of the Decade Awards 2010-2019 | Results

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