2D

Fallout 1
Age of Empires 2

Ive played it like 6 times and very few games can come close. Only criticism of it is that its too easy if you know what youre doing

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not sure if any of these really belong in what I'd call an 'objective' top 10, but at least one of them might and I sure as shit enjoy them anyway
>Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
>Ghost Trick
>DKC Tropical Freeze
>Rayman Origins
>Yoshi's Island
>Hollow Knight
>Inside
>Wario Land 4
honorable mention to Katana Zero, Metroid Fusion/ZM and LISA. 2D a best

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a good game but the style carried it pretty hard for me, it has some very real flaws besides just being easy however:
>RPG mechanics are weak, entering an ugly menu to equip the item with a bigger number doesn't do much for me
>enemies don't always seem tailored to their areas; haunted books in library make sense, boomerang skeletons in the towers and plant bitches in hallways don't
>using consumables to heal and such requires lots of menu hopping, too tedious
>too many items in general, single-use items like magic missile are too much of a pain to bother with so it's often preferable to stick to sub-weapons
>when you walk into a sub-weapon it throws your one out and can often lead you to chasing it around as it dances around the level, this happened constantly by accident. would be better if there was a dedicated button to pick them up
>what's with the hidden weapon moves and abilities like bat dashing? the game never even tells you about how to high jump
>have to use the bat and mist a lot in inverted castle and they're not satisfying to control
>already have all abilities in inverted castle, nothing to figure out, basically just busywork killing monsters in unusual terrain
>majority of enemies (bosses especially) don't require actually learning their moves or fighting strategically, it's usually just a DPS race. Dracula is a perfect example

map flaws:
>can't place markers on map
>map doesn't auto-mark gates, ie fog gates, blue/red doors etc
>map isn't multi-colored to distinguish zones
>map doesn't have titles of zones
>map has no visually distinct shapes, all squares

Rocket Knight Adventures, easily.

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can you sell me on it? I've been eyeing it up for ages but never get around to it, looks kind of unsatisfying to play, the combat (swinging a sword as a projectile) just seems very weightless

tetris
montezuma's revenge
jumpman epyx
space quest 6
leisure suit larry 7
jazz jackrabbit
commander keen 4
starcraft
diablo
c&c tiberium sun

not him, and im not gonna try to
>sell
you on it either. if theres one must-play single player game on genesis its rocket knight. sor2 comes close but its best with 2-players and mania sucks solo.

It's a classic Konami game from one of the guys that worked on the Contra games. It's a highly polished action platformer which rewards the player with messing around with the rocket pack propelling you into enemies or bouncing through levels. It has plenty of varying levels and bosses.

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Mega Man X, still the pinnacle of 2D action platformers

>ctrl-f
>no donkey kong country 2
Any Forums never changes. Full of zoomers with bad taste.

3D doesn't belong on a top 10 games list.

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A link to the past