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#12: DOOM

My favorite games are all about making the protagonist feel like an extension of your body and the game world a dreamlike environment in which that body exists.

DOOM (2016) nails this better than anything else on this list. It's held back only by the fact that the only thing this new body can do is kill demons.

This game is a first person shooter. It's good because not only does your health not automatically regenerate, but you can collect health from any enemy via a splashy, melee finisher. This fixes all pacing issues I have with the genre. When an FPS features regenerating health, it immediately becomes a boring cover shooter. When an FPS doesn't feature regeneration of any kind, it becomes a stupid, infuriating experience. I'll admit it, I wasn't a fan of the genre at all until halo came around.

Everything glides. The game revels in its hamminess without going full Duke Nukem 3D. The demons are nasty and the environments are brutal and vividly rendered. Controls are responsive, your guy runs fast, there is time for strategy as well as tactics. Weapons feel functionally different, and different enemies provoke different strategies. This checks off all of my boxes.

The music is also great. That's important, too.

The one downside is the corny transition of Doomguy into "The Doom Slayer." Whatever, dudes. I like the rest of the humor and tone. This game is tremendous.
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You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured.