The Best Video Games From Each Of The Past 10 Years Ranked

Lenny was a good man who fell into some bad luck. His father was murdered and he was forced to go on the run after enacting swift vengeance. He was always a good friend to Arthur, and probably would have made the right choice if he had lived to see the gang's downf


Red Dead Redemption 2 is the prequel to the original RDR . Set during the decline of the Wild West, players control outlaw Arthur Morgan as he tries to deal with rival gangs, lawmen and other forces intent on hindering him. Players can roam the world freely and interact with any of the NPCs they come acr


Some video games have players take the role of a hero who does everything within their power to stop injustice, and other video games let players actually be that injustice. There's a big fascination with walking down a darker path and exploring the seedy underbelly of the world of crime. It can be pretty fun to take part in fictional crimes, from heists to assassinati


Since it is German there's a case to be made for it, and it likely makes Strauss feel as if he's back in Austria among his family. Thankfully no one in the Van Der Linde gang knows the German word for a cr


Ever since playing the original Red Dead Redemption , one of my favorite characters across all forms of media has been Dutch Van der Linde. Struggling with demons from the past, fighting to live as an outlaw on the run, believing in himself as much as his followers, Dutch is a complex and complicated individual trying to survive in a world that has drastically changed around him. Much of what he represents and struggles with across both stories ironically reflects exactly what is wrong with the sequel game. Having waited almost ten years for a new, more beautiful Rockstar iteration, I could not wait to dive into Red Dead Redemption


Admittedly, Nintendo did take a step back in the story department, relying more on the basic Mario formula compared to its predecessor, but outside of that, Super Mario Galaxy 2 improves on almost everything the original created. The almost-perfect seq


Nintendo's king-of-the-hill crossover fighter is always a good time, and the Wii U's offering is something that really made Nintendo's console worth having. In reality, it doesn't really break the mold in any revolutionary way, but its massive roster is a love-letter to gaming, making it something spec


The Hitman game franchise features Agent 47, an international contract assassin for works for the International Contract Agency or ICA. Agent 47 eliminates high profile criminals for powerful and wealthy clients. The main focus of the game is to take out assigned targets. The game Deals ranks the players on the way they accomplish the assassination and even rewards them with items and cash bonu


Depending on one's honor by the end of Arthur's story, he can directly kill Morgan as well. Fortunately, players get to take out all their steam on him during the last mission and thoroughly pump him full of holes. Still, none of that undoes all the damage he cau


Heralded as one of the best video game stories of all time, Red Dead Redemption 2 takes you down a path of hardship, one that is unrelenting and pockmarked with violence. While your choices in the game may amount to nothing more than a morality meter, this doesn't quite affect the overall playthrough. And, with a variety of stranger missions and side quests to follow, there's still nothing more memorable than the experiences bequeathed in the original. One of the most fascinating mechanics in Red Dead Redemption 2 are random events, wherein the player can choose to assist an ailing passerby or ignore them. This, however, becomes a consistent nuisance as you travel throughout the wide-open sandbox. It's almost as if the game itself is trying to pry you away from your own experience at every t


Unfortunately for him his uncle passed away from a heart attack and left him alone in unfamiliar territory. This is where his schemes began as Strauss started swindling people out of their own money to make a liv


Sleeping Dogs has players take on the role of an undercover police officer Wei Shen as he rises through the ranks of the Sun On Yee Triad and destroys it from the inside out. Players can explore the world after missions and do different activities like side quests. Shen can level up by gaining three different kinds of experience points, Triad Face and Pol


It's quite obvious he isn't American simply due to his thick European accent. The beauty of the Van Der Linde gang is that all that matters is your loyalty and contributions to the group. It didn't matter where you came f


Similarly, Red Dead Redemption 2 seems to fight its own nature. Perhaps, more accurately, I'm constantly fighting my own nature as a gamer while playing it. Small mishaps always pulled me out of the game, like bumping into pedestrians in Saint Denis would automatically get me wanted, which obviously turned into bloody shootouts every time. The serious nature of the game and its story belied no actual seriousness when presenting topics of immense depth. Rockstar's attempt at making one of the most realistic games falls flat due to awkward button placement, cumbersome menus, annoyingly constant random events, and a slowly-paced st