[Question] Top 20 Games of the last 20 Years?

Originally Posted by Dandelion Cysts

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (Windows, 1998)
I'd loved the shareware of JJ1 and had never been able to get the full version, but dammit I was gonna have the sequel!
And I really can't overstate the effect that this game had on my life. The events it enabled probably literally saved my life.

Oh my god! When I was considering posting in this thread, hell yes this game was on my list! I played the absolute shit out of it as a kid (always played Spaz). I've never come across anyone else who played it before!

I couldn't put together a list though. Objectively I know that the games I mulled over including wouldn't be in a definitive top 20 list. Most of the ones having the biggest effect on me came free with the computer, things like G-Police, Fury 3, Descent: Destination Saturn. And some are purely for personal reasons. For instance, I know how villified FFVIII is and I understand why but as above with JJ2, honestly, that game was a fucking saving grace for me. My judgement is (partially) clouded by how important it was to me at the time.

Jam it back in, in the dark.