Can I just say that "Off The Books." Is the most clever title for a different video on a booktubers channel. Nice Mike.

"Single Player, Story Driven" hell yes mike!

Mass Effect 2 👌👌👌 fond memories there.

1. Witcher 3 2. Deus Ex 3. Splinter Cell 4. Hitman 5. Plague Tale 6. Dragon Age Origins 7. Thief (og trilogy) 8. Shadow Tactics 9. Mark of the Ninja 10. Knights of the Old Republics 1/2

I see the Iron Maiden shirt and I think "how about a video on your favorite albums or bands?"

I am beyond excited for the Mass Effect remaster! Mordin's story haunts me to this day. I still use the quote, "Had to be me. Someone else would have gotten it wrong," at every opportunity. The ending to Blood and Wine genuinely made me tear up. Yeah, I'm hopeful that Skywind is completed, someday, as it looks so promising, but we'll see... Zelda's never quite been my thing, but my wife recently got herself a Switch and has loved going back to the classics in the series. If you're into tactical/top-down single player at all, I cannot recommend the Divinity: Original Sin games highly enough. They can also be played co-op, and the wife and I went through them together. Think video game D&D. Another great one is The Banner Saga trilogy. Beautiful artwork and story.

My top ten with no repeat franchises: Skyrim, Bioshock, Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Dead Space, Horizon zero Dawn, God of War, the last of us, ghost of Tsushima and Nioh. Obviously played a lot of ps4 😂

1. Hollow Knight 2. Bloodborne 3. Disco Elysium 4. Dark Souls 5. Baldur's Gate 2 6. Shovel Knight 7. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt 8. Abe's Exoddus 9. Deus Ex 10. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II

Red Dead Redemption 1&2 The Ezio trilogy for Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us 1, Dishonored, Fallout New Vegas and Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning standout for me. I'm not into First Person games but I adore New Vegas and Dishonored.

Nice Maiden shirt my man!

Yes! I was so excited for this video!

I’m getting to this video about a year late. I started playing games on the original NES. I would visit my aunts house, and her and I would lay in bed, eat M&Ms, and play Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 3, or Contra. I was given an NES for Christmas, at some point, but I was never a die hard gamer, outside of when I would visit my aunts. That all changed when I, again, spent a weekend at my aunts, and she had purchased the N64, and picked up Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. Mario was fun, but Ocarina is the game that got me into gaming for life. I played that every time I would visit her (once a month). It took me almost a year to finish. Christmas of 2000, my parents gave me an N64. I took some of my Christmas money, and purchased - copy Ocarina for myself. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve played that game over the years. I’ve owned it on 64, 3DS, virtual console, and now I play it on Switch. It is timeless, and magical every time I pick it up. The music brings me back to being 10 years old. To the memories of hanging out with my Aunt Kathy, and the fun we had eating junk food and playing Nintendo. It still is, and always will be my number one game of all time.

Love this! We're planning on making a video like this too, and we'll definitely have some overlap with your list -- great picks!

really enjoyed this video!!

That’s a nice list! This is my top ten: 10. Tecmo Super Bowl 9. Double Dragon 8. Baldur’s Gate 1 7. Mass Effect 1 6. The Division 1 5. Total War Warhammer 2 4. Kingdom Come Deliverance 3. Dragon Force 2. Skyrim 1. Witcher 3 Actually there are so many games here that are missing so this could have easily been a top 15 or 20 so I’ll give some honorable mentions which are Sword of the Berserk, Battletoads, GTA Vice City, Fallout New Vegas, Dragon Age, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bases Loaded 2, Virtua Fighter 2, SSX, Ogre Battle, The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy VII, Borderlands 2, Dishonored 1, Warcraft 2, Gran Turismo 3, and Unreal Tournament………🤷‍♂️

Excellent, Mike. Useful now that I'm looking for new games to play. You should make more videos about videogames, maybe best games based on books?

The BEST part of your commentary is the sincerity. I have a different top ten, as do many, but I can tell you love those games. Some of them, I've never heard of. I am the same age and the early PC games played big in my childhood. King's Quest III, Police Quest, Starflight... I also loved games like RBI Baseball, Tecmo Bowl, and other sports games. I liked racing games like Burnout, Road Rash, etc. I wonder what your thoughts are on modern gaming? I feel like most them feel more like a second (or third) job rather than a game, they lack some of the wonder, discovery, and mystery of old school games.

Great list! I love almost all of these games! I just haven't played Skyrim yet. I hope to fix that soon though. Love the video and the list. Keep up the great work!

I was born in '85, so of course I remember all the way back to the original NES, and blowing on those lousy cartridges, and then Super Nintendo, with Mario, and MegaMan, etc. Then, we had N64 with GoldenEye, Smash Bros, and so on, and GameBoy Color with Pokemon. The last system I actually owned was the N64 and Game Boy. I have played on a PlayStation; when my friend and I would hang out a lot, we used to always play Combat Training on Black Ops II. Mostly in Nuketown. I've also got James Bond Nightfire for PC which I've beaten many a time. And lets not forget The Sims. Nowadays, I like to listen to game soundtracks, even for stuff I've never played. So many great gaming soundtracks out there including COD. The music for the Halo series is one of my favorites, and Skylanders. That series has such fun music.

Got into your channel with the wheel of time reviews. And now I just found you're also a fan of Skyrim/ElderScrolls. Yeeeeees. You're a friend now.

absolutely solid list! knew i'd be on board when i saw subnautica mentioned at the beginning. probably one of my favorites of all time as well.

If you like metroidvania games then give Hollow Knight a try. It's fantastic!

If you like still like metroidvania games and great music I highly, highly recommend Hollow Knight. Easily makes it to nr.1 spot on my list. And I too love the older generations of Zelda, Final Fantasy, and metroid games.

Really happy to see 3 of my all-times faves on your list: Contra, Super Metroid, and Castlevania Symphony of the Night

Great video! I only ever played games on NES, and N64 as a kid. Other than that I was “girlfriend who watches her guy play video games” Legend of Zelda, Goldeneye, and of course I would tear it up on Mario Kart for hours on end. Those were my only games that I looooved. I probably watch my husband play Final Fantasy for 1000,000 hours. Back in the day. GTA Vice City. Witcher 3. Halo... kinda miss those days haha. He does still play Witcher 3 though

Love the list Mike. How do you feel about strategy games? My top 10 list has to include Starcraft from 1998. The first game I ever bought with my own money, aged 15. I read the game manual cover to cover multiple times and still have the CD in a box in the attic. Man I absolutely loved that game. Also, love the shout out to Subnautica - beautiful game which ended up surprising me with how good it was. Definitely not just another one of 'those survival games'. I need to play it again.

Great list! I’d be interested in seeing you do a top 10 Zelda games video.

Hello mike , i have subbed to your channel a week ago and i must say i was not expecting to find such a chill and good channel on youtube comprising of both of my hobbies gaming and reading and i was like " yup instant sub " . Im currently reading the wheel of time book 1 thanks to your videos and I hope you keep putting out good content consistently like this 👍 . Also since im from a modern era of gaming my top 5 game would be :- 1. Trails of cold steel 4 2. Ys 8 :- lacrimosa of dana 3. Bloodborne 4. Mgs 3 5. Tales of berseria . As you can see im a hardocore jrpg guy 😅

Great list! I'm thrilled to see another Final Fantasy VI fan! I adore that game and it easily my favourite in the series, though IV and IX are close runners up. It feels like those three are not as popular now, though, what with all the attention VII is getting lately. While Xenogears was really good, to me the Xenosaga trilogy (especially Xenosaga III, my favourite game of all time) is better in almost every way. I understand I'm in the minority with this opinion though. Love the Witcher, Skyrim, and Mass Effect series as well. All are in or close to my top 10. Symphony of the Night is great too, although the minimalist storyline keeps me from replaying it that often.

Man, I've been sleeping on your other videos while I read through the wheel of time. usually i read, watch your review, read the next book, next review...didn't realize you did others. I like this! sorry for sleeping on them Mike

the video i didnt know i wanted yet loved!

Hey Mike, Really appreciate your content. I imagine you’ve heard this before, but watching your content leads me to believe that we would be Nerd brothers in real life, were we to meet. Got to echo the sentiments about your completing the Witcher 3 Blood & Wine DLC. Besides being a great expansion with hours of play, it does wrap up Geralt’s story in a great manner. As for the rest of your list, a little more than half of them are games that I recall as fondly and besides Witcher 3, I strongly second your selection of Mass Effect 2 & Skyrim. Keep doing what you do and I’ll be around. Best to you, Nerd brother!

I guess growing up, no internet, couch co-op was as good as it got for us. I am so jealous of my son, playing online already! Would have to really think, but my list would definitely include Elder Scrolls (Oblivion in particular), Fallout, Witcher (3 was the best, loved 1 too), Bioshock (the first was just such a surreal experience, and the storyline in the third was mindblowing). Mass Effect as well (2, looking forward to the remaster, Andromeda just didn't work without Shepard), Dragon Age (all three of them), Civilization (1 or 4, hard to pick a favourite), Dune (can't remember if it was Dune, Dune 2, or Dune 2000 that I really loved), King's Quest, Monkey Island, Ultima IV, Metal Gear (Snake Eater top), Final Fantasy (VII maybe my favourite), Football Manager (or Championship Manager, as it used to be called), The Ninja (from the Sega Master System), Fable, Black and White, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Theme Hospital, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Dagger of Amon Ra, I'm pretty sure I can add to this.

Just found this off the books segment and I think its a cool idea, haven't seen anyone else do it!

Do more of these !

I haven’t been much into gaming for some years now, but planning to get into Final Fantasy soon. Was cool to see that on the list

Contra. Damn I

Also I remember standing in line to pick up my pre-order golden cartridge of LoZ: OoT and just being elated when I got to play it at home. You’re spot on about the level of hype it had. It was fever pitch almost Star Wars film release level hype. And it definitely lived up to it.

Great video. My first console was the SNES. My favourite Zeldas: 1) A Link to the Past 2) Ocarina of Time 3) The Wind Waker. I have yet to play Breathe of the Wild. I own it, but gave it to a friend, because I knew I wasn't going to play it any time soon anyways. I'd love to see a gaming video on this channel once in a while. As a "palate cleanser" maybe!? :D

Love seeing Chrono Trigger and Contra on here!

I played all of them except for Subnautica, Ocarina of Time, and Xenogears. I played a bit of Super Metroid, Castlevania, and The Witcher. I think we share a lot in common in terms of what games we play. I think you could try some of the games I personally like that _maybe_ you'll like it. Here goes: - God of War PS4/PC - Ghost of Tsushima - Uncharted 1-4 & The Lost Legacy - The Last of Us - Resident Evil 2 & 3 PS1 - Resident Evil 2 remake - Resident Evil 7 & RE: Village - Final Fantasy 9 PS1/PC - Kingdom Hearts 1 - Hollow Knight - Detroit: Become Human - Heavy Rain Some of these games would be mostly action adventure, survival horror, turn based RPG and action RPG. Hollow Knight is a metroidvania game which I think you can appreciate. Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain are both choice-based story games but I think you'll like Detroit more because of the amount of choices and complexity. I still haven't played much The Witcher even though I have the completed edition for like $5 haha

Super pleased to hear that you love Zelda. My favorite game of all time to this day is Ocarina of Time. Love me some Zelda. AND SUBNAUTICA! YOU LIKE SUBNAUTICA?! HELL YES!

Yes! Your top two are mine as well. Skyrim is the gift that keeps on giving!

My top 10 1- gears of War 2- default choice because of my time spent playing guardian. 2- Halo 3 3 -Last of us 4- Final Fantasy 7 5- tmnt hypersonic heist 6- God of War ps4 7- Batman Arkham Asylum 8-Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 9-Assassins Creed 2 10-Mass Effect 2

Loved to see your list Mike. If you haven't seen it or heard of it I'd definitely recommend Bloodstained. It's basically a spiritual successor to Symphony of the night. It has some really cool mechanics and is very fun.

Would definitely love a review after you finish Blood and Wine

Have you ever played the dark souls series? It’s great fun, gameplay is solid, it has a rich story that isn’t spoon fed to you and has that early 2000s game charm

My cousin and I played contra every day for a year after school trying to beat it without using the code and we never did. It was a great game but super hard and super fun!!

Old Games: Legend of Zelda (NES), Mario3(NES),Pyramids Of Ra(GameBoy) CastleVania(GBA), FF7(PS), Crono Cross(PS), Metal Gear Solid(PS), Perfect Dark(N64), Metroid Prime(GameCube), Soul Callibur 2(GameCube), Pyramids of Ra was a great puzzle game. But I bet hardly anyone ever heard of it.(simple maze game but get's really complex) Current Games: Neverwinter, Path Of Exile, 7 Days to Die, Killing Floor 2, Warframe.

CHRONO TRIGGER!!!! Absolutely my favorite game I’ve ever played

Lol, I subscribed for this channel for the fantasy content, which is brilliant by the way. And it comes that your favorite game is my favorite game, your favorite show is my favorite show. Is this for real? :) Ocarina of Time - Best game ever with Bloodborne come close on second place. I played all 19 installments ofc. Buffy, Lost, GoT, House MD. - Brilliant Shows. Battlestar Galaktika, Farscape - top for me. Malazan is my favorite epic fantasy, so keep reading it Mike. Book 2, 3 and 5 are some of the best and well constructed books I've ever read. Big Impact Games for me(in no particular order) - ALtTP, OoT, Donkey Kong Country 2, Lost Vikings, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 1, Xenoblade Chronicles, Uncharted 2, Bioshock, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime. Keep up the good work, Mike. We are happy to have you on youtube.

Iron Maiden shirt and gamer talk. Peak Mike. 👍And I remember when Space Invaders arrived at the Shakey's Pizzeria, whippersnapper. But I agree. Single player only. Occasional MP of Paradox games w/ friends. It's like playing Risk. 1) Baldur's Gate 2 2) Dragon Age: Origins 3) Witcher 3 4) Master of Orion 2 5) Civilization 2 6) Football Manager 7) Stellaris 8) Homeworld 9) Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries 10) PacMan And you're killing me on Morrowind, my friend. I feel guilty not having it on my top 10. Because outside Football Manager and Baldur's Gate, there's no game I spent time on.

Blood and wine is amazing. Trust me your going to love it.

No way i'm playing a game where you have to dive into an ocean. Thalassophobia is real!

❤ Mass Effect 2...your my lost brother...Cyberpunk music 🎶...i truly hope you play it.

Hell YES on Chrono Trigger. Love that Akira Toriyama of Dragonball and Dragon Quest fame did the character designs. I love Symphony of the Night but personally I got to go with Super Castlevania IV. But man it’s like picking a favorite child. Haha Loving the Maiden shirt. I saw them a couple of years ago in Nashville on the Legacy of the Beast tour. Amazing that they are still performing at a high level. One of the best shows I have seen. Ever.

1. Assassins Creed Ezio Trilogy 2. TMNT 2: Battle Nexus ps2 3. HORIZON Zero Dawn 4. Uncharted 4 5. Spiderman PS4

Most def think you should do top list by consoles!! As far as my overall top 10 I would have to give some thought but will post once I do come up with it!!

It's cool that you're platform agnostic. My first gaming system was the Atari 2600 too and I also prefer the single-player experience. However, while I'm not opposed to consoles, I've been a PC gamer since the early 90's. It's just too expensive and time consuming to keep up with the latest tech on all platforms. Of the games you listed the ones I've played are the Mass Effect trilogy, The Witcher trilogy, and Skyrim. I agree with your selection of Mass Effect 2 and The Witcher 3 as the best of those series. However, while Skyrim was a beautiful game, my favorite in the series is Elder Scrolls III Morrowind. As for mods, they are definitely the reason so many Bethesda games last as long as they do.

I know you said only one from each franchise but I don't play a ton of different games overall and only on PC, so.. 1. Dayz Standalone (especially once modding support came out, but even before) 2. Arma 2 Dayz Mod 3. Fallout New Vegas 4. Morrowwind 5. The Last of Us (Part 1 - bought a playstation just for this game, never touched the console again) 6. Witcher 3 7. Elder Scrolls Oblivion 8. Fallout 3 9. Cyberpunk 2077 (yeah lots of hate online but I think its a great game overall - at least on PC) 10. Skyrim or Fallout 4 (heavily modded) ... probably Skyrim

I agree, a mass effect television series could be incredible

Some brilliant choices there that are up there with my favourites. Mass Effect 2, Super Metroid and Final Fantasy 6 for instance. For SNES squaresoft games though Secret of Mana is my favourite and quite possibly my number one game of all time.

Yeah man, I'd love to hear all or most of your favourite games!

Yes, yes. Bring back the memories. Zeno Gears and Suikoden.

Yes more video game vids! I’d love to see a best of Nintendo made games list!

I tried to make my own list after watching your video, and I see what you mean about how hard it is to narrow it down to a top 10. But some lists need to be made. It's better to make them, than to live with the fear of them. We share several top 10 all time games, so my 5 favorites that you didn't mention are: 1) Knights of the Old Republic 2) Battle Brothers 3) Pokémon Blue 4) Heroes of Might and Magic 3 5) Dragon Age Origins Honorable mentions to Divinity Original Sins 2, Rome Total War, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Age of Empires 2, and the Mount and Blade series.

Gotta say Morrowind is my favourite Elder Srolls game; Morrowind is absolutely amazing if you can get past the text dumps. There is so much unique treasure and so many hard coded dungeons, Oblivion and Skyrim being procedurally generated with random loot felt more like playing bingo than exploring. Zelda OOT is just the greatest game ever, it was absolutely mind blowing in scope and gameplay compared to previous gen consoles and it had THREE save files.

Love off the books! My gaming history when I was younger isn't much, basically Mario 1,2 and 3, street fighter 2 and goldeneye. Then, the original Max Payne on PC. Fast forward to the Xbox 360 days with Call of Duty world at war (especially Nazi Zombies), Guitar Hero (don't matter which) and Red Dead Redemption. Now, PS4, I'm a Far Cry fan, kicking it off with my long time fave Primal (unpopular opinion) and FC5. I'm also an Assassin's Creed fan, starting with Origins (my #1 fave) but also enjoyed Odyssey, Unity, Syndicate, and currently playing Valhalla

I fell down the MMORPG rabbit hole in my 40s, but prior to that, I loved single player RPGs. I was never really a console player, though I started with Pong. The old Colossal Cave (pre-Zork) was my first PC game. So, so many hours playing rogue and nethack (on a PDP-11, lol). I was a huge fan of the Wizardry and Might & Magic franchises for years. Probably the first 3 Civilization and original Railroad Tycoon games were my next most favorite.

Amazing list Mike. But I have to admit I'm disappointed halo isn't there. Especially with the amount of times you mention it lol. But I loved the video. Definitely keep them coming every now and then.

Hey guys 44 year old gamer here. My top ten in no particular order The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Ninja Gaiden Black Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Contra (Nes) F-zero (super NES) Final Fantasy 7 Wild Arms 3 Fable 2 Super Mario World (super NES) Tales of Vesperia

Mass Effect 2 was a masterpiece, thank you

I didn't want this video to end. Please revisit! I remember a game called Fire Shark on the Sega Genesis. It was the best pilot game because it was the only one we had! Hahaha.

Games I loved which aren't listed here. (Hoping you'll like them!) 1. Age of Empires 2 2. Zeus Master of Olympus 3. Dragon Age 1 & 3 4. Fallout New Vegas 5. Anno 2070 6. Warcraft Frozen Throne 7. Dota

Great list. A lot of my favorites are shared. I've often told people that I think Xenogears is the single most ambitious game ever made. For them to tell that story with the technology of that time was an incredible leap of faith and they mostly pulled it off.

Game on Mike..very cool list🏹⚔🛡😁 My Top 10 Video Games of All Time 0. Resident Evil 4 GameCube 1. Max Payne 2 PC 2. Super Mario Bros 3 NES 3. God of War II PS2 4. Doom 2 PC 5. Lord of the Rings War in the North PS3 6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II NES 7. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 PS3 8. NHL 98 PS1 9. Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 PC 10. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy PS4 Special mentions Mario Kart Double Dash!! GameCube Rayman PS1 Wolfenstein 3D PC Grand Theft Auto Vice City PS2 Double Dragon II The Revenge NES WRC PS2

1. Thief: The Dark Project 2. Thief 2: The Metal Age 3. Pathologic 4. Resident Evil HD 5. Resident Evil 4 6. Silent Hill 2 7. Fallout: New Vegas 8. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 9. The Shadow of the Colossus 10. Darkwood

Go finish blood & wine now!! It’s phenomenal

First game I absolutely loved was Adventure on the Atari 2600. Many, many years later, I would only play NFL Fever and Star Wars Battlefront II (the original). In the last 5 or 6 years, I've decided to be adventurous. My current games, campaign only, picking 1 per franchise: 1 - Dishonored #1 2 - Gears of War 2 3 - Ghost Recon Wildlands 4 - Titanfall 2 5 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 6 - Far Cry 5

Thank you! Love single player. Online multiplayer has never appealed to me :)

Dang. My gaming tastes are right in line with yours. Have you played Divinity Original Sin 2? That's a recent game that jumped high on my list.

idk if I could even come up with a top 20 GOAT games list. I'd feel like I'm just forgetting so much. Definitely Witcher 3 is up there, RDR1 & 2, Last Of Us, Mass Effect, Tony Hawk & Skate, Rainbow Six 3, Doom 3D, Roller Coaster Tycoon, The Sims, Mount & Blade, Indigo Prophecy, Fallout New Vegas, Crusader Kings 2, Door Kickers 2, Vampire The Masquerade Bloodline, Baldur's Gate 3, DayZ, Minecraft, Rocket League, Call of Duty 4, Project Zomboid, GTA:SA, Max Payne, Harvest Moon, and a ton of VR games that no ones heard of lol. But that's just what I could think of now. EDIT: Just realized I forgot to put Dark Souls on here. See, always forget something important.

OOT is awesome.

1. Final Fantasy 3 2. Batman Ark City 3. Uncharted 2 4. Red Dead Redemption 5. Portal 2 6. Zelda Ocarina of Time 7. Spider-Man 8. Chrono Trigger 9. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 10. Mario 64

XENOOOOOOGEEEEEAAAAAAAAAARS ok, got it out of my system.

If you like CSoTN & metroidvanias I could not recommend “Hollow Knight” to you enough. The best of the contemporary takes on those classics, love it.

Fuck yeah: Mass Effect series is up there in my fav games of all time and like you, single player is my jam but I do love me some online pvp Halo/Destiny

1. ASSASSIN'S CREED II (including Brotherhood and Revelations, as I count the trilogy as a single game) 2. MASS EFFECT 2 3. BLOODBORNE 4. THE WITCHER 3 5. ALIEN: ISOLATION 6. DEAD SPACE 1 7. HORIZON ZERO DAWN 8. MONSTER HUNTER WORLD 9. SQUARE'S TOMB RAIDER 10. DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN The other 15 games in my Top 25: 1. Ghost Of Tsushima 2. Dragon's Dogma 3. Dark Souls 4. Dark Souls 2 5. Dark Souls 3 (IT COULD crack my Top 10, but I'm simply not far enough into it to rank there at this time.) 6. Until Dawn 7. Rise Of The Tomb Raider 8. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider 9. Tenchu: Wrath Of Heaven 10. Kingdoms Of Amalur 11. Destiny (Not a perfect game or series by any means, but it has some of the deepest lore in gaming, a phenomenal soundtrack, excellent gunplay, and a gorgeous game world wherein I forged several great friendships) 12. Killzone 2 13. Borderlands 2 14. Suikoden III 15. Suikoden V

Skyrim is my favourite non-sports game ever (I mostly play sports titles). If I’m including sports games, it would probably be something like NHL 12.

Man ocarina of time. Taking it back to my childhood. 100s of hours in that game.

It has been a long time since I played video games, but my favorites will be Chrono Triggered, Xcom series, Hearthstone, and Madden. I notice I like turn base games.

Metroid Fusion was an amazing spiritual successor to Super Metroid. Well worth picking up a GBA ROM and giving it a go someday if you haven't. ~~ Finding an application called Wabbajack has renewed my love for Skyrim. It downloads and installs curated list of mods. I lost patience with downloading and testing and crying involved with modding, this app makes it stable and modded to the max, oftentimes with over 300 mods per list. Game changer in the truest sense.

I'm on my eighth game of what I consider the single best video game series I've ever played as well as maybe the best series for fantasy readers. It's called The Legend of Heroes: Trails... and it's incredible. A JRPG series that started with Trails in the Sky in 2004 and is telling an ongoing story over the course of 10 games so far and across three separate arcs. Especially in the games before the Trails of Cold Steel arc, it has some of the best storytelling, world building and characters I've seen in anything. Brilliant stuff. I highly suggest anybody that is interested in it checking out some videos on it or reading up on it if you're unfamiliar. The first trilogy goes on sale on steam pretty often. Also a big fan of FF 6 and 7, Chrono Trigger, Grandia and Super Ghouls and Ghosts. Hagane ain't half bad, either.

My 10.. Manic miner/jet set willy(I'm old). Fear effect 1&2.. Resident evil 1-4.. Commando. Dambusters.. Crash bandicoot 1-3. Tomb raider (all).. Final fantasy 12. Metal gear solid..(if I had to pick a favourite?..the phantom pain). Koudelka-Dracula the last sanctuary,& Louvre the final curse,oh and myst... And my bad that's more than 10 😋.

Being a complete ignoramus when it comes to video games (and a few other things, no doubt!), I found your list very educational! One of my former students once tried to teach me to play Witcher 3. Let’s just say he was a very patient teacher!

It's a tough call for me w/ Zelda because I have the nostalgic love of Ocarina for sure. I used to say Wind Waker was my fave because it was so fresh, light, and fun and it still looks great but I think I have been persuaded by Breath of the Wild now. I can't in good conscience check my Switch playtime, see Breath of the Wild at over 500 hours and not call it my favorite game ever.

I loved all of the games you mentioned but I too am in it for single player campaigns. Nostalgia is so powerful. Ocarina of time is still my number 1. No way it can change for me because of how impactful it was. Love all Zelda games. Mario should be on the list for me too but falls off. Mario 64 was tops for years but actually got passed by odyssey. 1. Zelda Oot 2. God of war ps4 3. The last of Us 4. Portal 2 5 . Bioshock 6. Uncharted 4 7. Red dead redemption 8. Batman Arkham City 9. Doom 2016 10. Shadow of the colossus

Out of your list I loved Witcher 3 and Mass Effect 2. I’ve never played any Zelda games or Final Fantasy. I’ve never been able to get into Skyrim, just doesn’t grab me. I’ll give it another shot.

You should really try fire emblem, if you didn't already, I have so much fun playing those game.

Just started playing Chrono Trigger for the first time, missed it as a kid. Great so far but I still prefer final fantasy 5-7