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100. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
I beat this game in two days. Easily has the best gameplay out of the 2D Zeldas. It was very fun, and the writing was somehow charming. Lorule? Really? Sure, Nintendo, I'll bite.

99. Shadow Hearts
A PS1 game stuck on the PS2. Shadow Hearts' biggest issue is the slow battle pacing, was a problem even on release and a bigger problem nowadays. If you can get past that, though, the creepy/silly/dramatic atmosphere is wholly unique to any other game, including other games in its own series. Yuri Hyuga also remains one of the best JRPG main characters, and he's at his best in Shadow Hearts 1.

98. Eternal Darkness: Sanitys Requiem
Extremely unique when it came out. Less unique now that a bunch of other games have copied and iterated upon the sanity mechanic, meaning creepy hallucinations just don't hit as hard anymore. Still, what Eternal Darkness has over those games is how it's experienced through multiple generations of a single family. Watching the story evolve over the centuries leading you to unlock new things in the present-day is something so cool it's a shame more games haven't copied this aspect as well.

97. Until Dawn
Take a bunch of cheesy horror tropes, stick them in a blender, than add actual production values. The hint I gave is basically just the game. Until Dawn hits a sweet spot of fun scenarios and likable characters that few other horror media has. There's no real gameplay outside of QTEs, but I'm fine with that.

96. One Shot
Undertale before Undertale was Undertale. One Shot is a 2-D indie game that prioritizes vibes over gameplay loops. It's essentially a point-and-click adventure game without the pointing or the clicking. How much you get immersed in the writing and world will define your experience with this game. As for me, while I was mixed on the final act story content, I did get extremely invested in the main character. It made a certain decision stunlock me for like ten minutes straight as I stared at the screen, unsure of what to do. Very few decisions in gaming have done that to me. If all of that sounds vague...then I've written this right. Spoilers would ruin One Shot.

95. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
What could I say about this game that others haven't? While I was never as big on OoT as most, it's still a monumental achievement in gaming. Aside from reputation and influence, what makes it hold up to this day is the atmosphere. OoT flawlessly executes its transition from 'generic adventure' to 'oh shit I fucked up'. The dungeons also remain memorable the best examples from future games don't do a much better job than the very first 3D outing, which is kinda crazy.

94. Killer7
There's never been another game like Killer7. You can break it down into keywords like 'rail shooter' and 'horror' but that doesn't do the experience justice. It's a complete head trip from start to finish. While there's a story in there, the game is very much focused on making you FEEL a specific way, and it's all the better for it. Some of the characters and scenes live rent-free in my head to this day.

93. Dragon Quest XI
Dragon Quest for the modern era. It's easy to see why this one did better in the west compared to the rest of the series; great HD graphics, great voice acting, charming writing, and overall high production values. The sub-par soundtrack holds it back...as does the third act, which I dislike conceptually for spoiler reasons and ended up not doing.

92. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
I love stealth-based immersive sims, and Human Revolution absolutely nails that aspect. The gameplay, while more straightforward than some of its contemporaries, is very polished and very fun. There's nothing quite like watching a patrol route for several minutes, picking out a point of failure, knocking out a guard, dragging their unconscious body to a corner, then salivating at how many new possibilities your expertly-timed maneuver has opened up. Where Human Revolution falters is in the writing, which while not bad and is honestly better than most western games doesn't meet the standards of Deus Ex 1.

91. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
My fondest fighting game memories are with this game. It came out while I was in college, and I made some good friends by bonding over MVC3. We started by playing matches in the public common room, then got the game for ourselves because we liked it for ourselves. It hit that sweet spot of us getting good enough at the game for it to be interesting, but not so good that we touch-of-death'd each other constantly. Then the Ultimate version came out and it just continued the fun by introducing Phoenix freaking Wright. Best moments were when me and my friend played Amaterasu so similarly that we used a super on the exact same frame, making us both swear off the character, and also when I told my friend I was going to do a button check and used the time to collect all three pieces of Phoenix Wright's evidence.