Creative play is not only allowed, but encouraged and intentionally made possible by the developers. It gave me the freedom to cheat, steal, kill, or persuade my way with kindness through the campaign with a friend (or three!) just like in D&D. When I was famished for Dungeons and Dragons, Divinity: Original Sin 2 filled that void for me.
With the game having its highest-grossing month since launch, it's safe to say Pokemon GO isn't going.anywhere, especially not off of this list. The experiences I have had, the places I have gone and the people I have met because of Pokemon GO are all part of why it is still so special to this day. Few games in history have done as much to bring together communities of the most disparate interests, locations, cultures, etc as much as Pokemon GO has. As Andrew Goldfarb stated last year when we named Pokemon GO our hundredth game, “it is as relevant for what happens outside of the game as what happens in it,” and to this day that could not be more true. The list goes on of all the mechanics and elements that make Pokemon GO a game that’s worth playing every day in 2019. There is even a burgeoning competitive PVP scene which gave Pokemon GO its first-ever appearance at the Pokemon World Championships this year. Events now fill each month’s calendar with new (and sometimes shiny) Pokemon, exclusive rewards and new ways to play the game. Quests (research tasks as they are referred to in-game) have been added that reward items and even special Pokemon. Friendship has been introduced and allows users to now exchange gifts, trade or even battle each other. These additions create an experience that incentivizes users to be more dedicated to daily play without feeling like a grind. In 2019, the game is flooded with a multitude of tasks, activities, and events that can involve anyone from yourself to a large group of people. If you didn’t care about the IP, the game itself was very lacking. Outside of catching the original 151 Pokemon the game itself relied heavily on the nostalgia of the Pokemon franchise and augmented reality gimmick of having them show up in the real world. When it launched in 2016 it was in a lot of ways a mediocre experience. Pokemon GO in 2019 is a game I shouldn’t care about. If you'd like to know more, check out this list of changes to the Best 100 Games of All Time list - and why we made those changes. This list was formed from the collective opinions of everyone on IGN’s core content team.All entries must be a single video game - bundles or compilations are not eligible (Sorry, Super Mario All-Stars and Orange Box).We placed no specific emphasis on different editions or versions of a game, even if it has appeared on multiple platforms.
We didn’t want this list to be inundated with Zeldas and Marios, so we cut what we felt wasn’t the peak of those series in order to make room for different games.Although some of the games on this list may be a little long in the tooth, we still believe every one of them stands up as an incredible gaming experience to this day. This meant we de-emphasized the importance of longer influence on the industry, even if many of the games on 2019’s list were hugely influential (if it were all based on influence, 90% of the games would be from before 2003). How much did this game impact us, and can it still be considered an excellent game in 2019? The primary criteria we considered when creating this updated list is as follows: But this year we revised some of our criteria, making it a (somewhat) less daunting task - even if it meant making some painful cuts in the process.Īs we leave the decade behind and look forward to a new generation of consoles, we believe it’s time to take stock of the games that we would still recommend even once we’ve got our PS5s and our Xbox Scarletts games that are so good, they transcend decades. As we said when we pushed out 2018’s list, coming up with the top 100 Video Games of All Time is a daunting task.