Toelkki

Quake 2, in that I learned to dislike competitive multiplayer.
Morrowind, in that I learned to love telling stories and writing. And improve my English.
We Cheer, in that I learned to sometimes just let go and enjoy myself.
Bayonetta, in that I learned I don't have to like what others like.

The image with the caption about Trials HD made me think of a cardboard Hang-On arcade title instead.

However, I fear the users' creativity will be constrained by what I expect to be a very locked-down application, unless they ditch the Switch part of the equation.

This "darts at a wall" is the argument I'd use against Galaxy 2 and 3D World rather than Odyssey. Galaxy 1 used the same galaxy "blueprints" longer than Galaxy 2 did. The level design principle (kishotenketsu) I saw mentioned at least in Eurogamer for 3D World made it that game less cohesive in my opinion.

In this sense, the fewer kingdoms (vs galaxies) in Odyssey keep it more coherent.

Make no mistake, I don't like Odyssey, but it's nowhere near the worst offender in the Mario games of past 20 years in terms of lacking structure.

I'm not good enough of a roleplayer to just blow a raspberry at Zelda and Hyrule. But at least with BotW the shrines and divine beasts have an excuse in that they're helpful for the end goal.

Not so much with Mario -- collecting more than the bare minimum of moons to advance to the next place actively made me feel bad.

I don't think I played ten games that I enjoyed enough for them to warrant a position on a Top-10 list.

In no particular order: Golf Story, Has-Been Heroes, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Strikers 1945, Ironcast, Neon Chrome.

Some indie games I can't name. The big marquee titles I'm not interested in overall. Gorogoa might be the latest such title.

@hiptanaka Ok, glad to hear there's no need for concern on that front. I just don't trust myself to aim in the right direction :-)

@MetManMas Mind you, there's a two-table DLC for free for a limited time (a few days more, I think?), after which it'll cost money. (I think it was FX3 and not the other pinball)

Bleed was fun on PC, but I don't know how Enter the Gungeon works without a mouse for aiming. Thumbstick aiming is fine when there's unlimited ammo, but that's not the case with EtG.

Here's my tip on how to make a top-500 list with necessary caveats: call it 500 of the 1000 best games ever in alphabetic order.

I haven't played a TES game since Morrowind, but I'd think mod support counts as a pretty big thing to give up for going portable. But at least that was mentioned in the review.