We review the games with more note in recent years and all the winners of the GOTY of FreeGameTips, Edge, the BAFTA and The Game Awards.
Although there are solid foundations to affirm that the decade begins with the year ending in “1”, and ends with the year ending in “0”, the truth is that psychologically it is difficult not to associate the fact of moving from 2019 to 2020 without To think that we have passed a stage, in a similar way to when we reach age and our first number changes, which is associated with great transformations and significant periods of one's life. For this reason (and because everyone seems to do it), we do not resist a retrospective of what these 10 years of games have been. And nothing better than taking a look at our own Reviews, choosing the highest scores each year, from 2010 to 2019 to prepare our list. As a small extra, and out of historical curiosity, we have mentioned our GOTY of each year and also that of The Game Awards – with a jury formed by specialized publications from around the world -, the BAFTA granted by the British academy of film and television, and the game of the year selected by the prestigious British magazine Edge, by contrast.
Best games 2010
At that time, the Meristation scores were in half-point blocks, so there is no numerical difference between the top five. Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, God of War III, God of War: Ghost of Sparta and Gran Turismo 5 share a 9.5 before going down to the 9 notes with examples like Bioshock 2, Dragon Quest IX, Bayonetta or Super Street Fighter IV among others. All, yes, were below in Mario Galaxy 2 score, Halo: Reach and Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty, with a 10 (the "masterpieces" appear in another list). Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty ended up winning the editorial vote to become the game of the year.
- The Game Awards: Red Dead Redemption
- BAFTA: Mass Effect 2
- Edge: Mario Galaxy 2
- Meristation: Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty
Best games 2011
In 2011 the scene is repeated above, with eight games sharing space at the top: the remake of Ocarina of Time 3D for 3DS, Portal 2, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, LittleBigPlanet2, Battlefield 3 and Gears of War 3, all with 9.5 above a long list of "nines" like Human Revolution, Forza 4, Xenoblade Chronicles, Bastion or Uncharted 3. But despite the entity of the list, the absolute king of that year was Skyrim, who swept all the awards and revolutionized the landscape (the 10 can be found in this list). Skyward Sword also took a 10 in our magazine.
- The Game Awards: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- BAFTA: Portal 2
- Edge: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Meristation: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Best games 2012
In 2012 it was decided to start scoring on the entire scale of 100, expanding the variety of notes. The list is headed by the Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2, a much improved version of the excellent original game that demonstrated one of the qualities that has made CD Projekt so popular among fans: its delivery to the support, improvement and expansion of its games, many times without asking for a euro in return. He shared a note with Mass Effect 3 – despite that final – and a step below we found Halo 4 (9.5), Dishonored (9.4) and a draw between Max Payne 3 and NBA 2K13, with 9.3. In the games of the year, Dishonored was the big winner for almost everyone, except for The Game Awards that surprised to give the award to The Walking Dead, catapulting Telltale's popularity as a leading studio.
- The Game Awards: The Walking Dead
- BAFTA: Dishonored
- Edge: Dishonored
- Meristation: Dishonored
Best games 2013
2013 was a particularly powerful year, in which giants such as GTA V (a 10, highest score in Meristaton that year) or The Last of Us (9.7) agreed. They were followed by Super Mario 3D World, Persona 4 Golden, Bravely Default, the Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds compilation, all with 9.5. From there, the fan opened below with games like Bioshock Infinite (9.3), Gran Turismo 6 (9.3) or Dragon's Crown (9.2). The game of the year was fairly divided between GTA V and The Last of Us, as one would expect (in Meristation GTA V was chosen by the magazine and The Last of Us by the readers).
- The Game Awards: GTA V
- BAFTA: The Last of Us
- Edge: GTA V
- Meristation: GTA V
Best Games 2014
Bayonetta 2 was the best rated game in 2014 by Meristation, with the denomination of "masterpiece" (a 10). He was followed by Super Smash Bros and Dragon Age Inquisition with a 9.5 both, followed by a triple draw in 9.3 from Titanfall, Divinity: Original Sin and Mario Kart 8, followed closely (9.2) by Dark Souls II and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. In the editorial vote, there was a close fight between Bayonetta 2 and Inquisition that took the Bioware game – although it could be argued that time has placed Bayonetta 2 as a more influential and round game, definitely settling that "Platinum style" How important it has been for action lovers in recent years.
- The Game Awards: Dragon Age: Inquisition
- BAFTA: Destiny
- Edge: Bayonetta 2
- Meristation: Dragon Age: Inquisition
Best Games 2015
2015 was another especially good year with authentic games from start to finish. In Meristation we reward the end of Metal Gear Solid with a 10 (in its superior version, the 360 and PS3 versions took an 8.5), rewarding the trajectory of one of the most special sagas of the video game. It was the year of the sorcerer, who definitely catapulted CD Projekt as a reference study thanks to a colossal Wild Hunt (9.6) that marked the way forward for open-world games – the ribbon for missions and narrative arcs Secondary rose a lot from that year. With 9.5 left Ori and the Blind Forest and Undertale, two colossi of the independent scene whose echoes resonate today. And a little further down were Bloodborne, Pillars of Eternity, Xenoblade Chronicles X and Fallout 4, all with 9.3.
- The Game Awards: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- BAFTA: Fallout 4
- Edge: Bloodborne
- Meristation: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Games 2016
On 10 that year he was taken by two saga closures: Uncharted and Dark Souls III, both conquering our category of "masterpiece". Outside it we find such important titles as the brilliant resurrection of Doom, Pokémon Sun / Moon, Inside, Guilty Gear Xrd and The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine, all with a 9.5. A little further down we find things like Dishonored 2 (9.4), Forza Horizon 3 (9.3), Civilization VI (9.2), Rise of the Tomb Raider (9.2) or Overwatch (9), which He would end up taking the award at The Game Awards. In Meristation we opt, by voting of the writing, by Uncharted 4.
- The Game Awards: Overwatch
- BAFTA: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- Edge: The Last Guardian
- Meristation: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Best Games 2017
There is little doubt that the great winner of 2017 was the new Zelda, which revolutionized the concept of the saga to take it to its origins, rethinking it in terms of physical simulations and open world, creating an extraordinary game that we value with a 10. same note that Persona 5, a coronation of all the good that the Megaten spinoff has achieved in recent years. But it is that with some less note there were also authentic colossi: Mario Odyssey (9.7), Divinity: Original Sin II (9.6), NBA 2K18 (9.5), NieR: Automata (9.3), Horizon Zero Dawn (9.2), Pyre (9.3), Yakuza 0 (9.2), Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (9.2) … in short, a year for history. In the game election of the year, Breath of the Wild swept, including in the votes of our magazine.
- The Game Awards: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- BAFTA: What Remains of Edith Finch
- Edge: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Meristation: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Games 2018
2018 stood out for being a year of indie excellence: Into the Breach (9.5), Dead Cells (9.2), Iconoclasts (9), Celeste (9), The Messenger (9), Subnautica (9) among others co-op The top positions of our list. Games like the remake of Shadow of the Colossus (9.5), NBA 2K19 (9.5), Forza Horizon 4 (9.4), Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (9.2) or Dragon Quest XI (9, 2) form the most commercial part. But it was two games in particular that dominated the awards session: Red Dead Redemption 2 (which received the only 10 of that year from Meristation) and God of War (9.2), the triumphant reinvention of a saga that It didn't seem to have any more travel.
- The Game Awards: God of War
- BAFTA: God of War
- Edge: Red Dead Redemption 2
- Meristation: Red Dead Redemption 2
Best games 2019
From 2019 we have the fairly recent list of our review of nominees and we will surely have some of the best of this year fresh: Sekiro (9.5), Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers (9.5), Resident Evil 2 (9.4), Disco Elysium (9.4), Borderlands 3 (9), Kingdom Hearts III (9.1) are some of the highlights. Our game of the year is also very recent, finally opting for Resident Evil 2 as the missing link that the historic link needed to finally reconnect with its essences.
- The Game Awards: Sekiro
- BAFTA: -Pendant-
- Edge: -Pendant-
- Meristation: Resident Evil 2
For a new decade of great games
And so we end up with this (arbitrary) end of the decade for which we have opted to justify this text. Looking back, we can only admire the wide selection of fantastic games that have made us enjoy these years, that have accompanied us, excited and fun in equal parts and that have been an important part of our lives as passionate to this medium. We can only hope that, within another ten years, we can get back together to share an even better list. A toast to it.
