Part one: What is the best game to come out of the 80s?
Part two: What is the best game to come out of the 90s?
Part three: What is the best game to come out of the 00s?
This is the fourth part of the series. This is eventually all going to get compiled into one megathread for people who want gaming recommendations from Chapos specifically. Other decades (70s) and consoles will come in sporadic subsequent threads.
Expanding on your choice is definitely a plus.
Hollow Knight should be on almost anyone's shortlist for game of the decade. It combines a 2D metroidvania world with soulslike difficulty, story themes/lore, and death-respawn mechanics, and incorporates Zelda-like collectibles and upgrades alongside a highly-customizable equip system resembling the badge system from the first two Paper Mario games. The game is quite cheap for the quantity of unique content included (something like $15) and all of the DLC is free.
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Axiom Verge came out around the same time and was also fuckin' great, if anyone's looking for one that leans more toward the Metroid side of the family tree. It's also one of the rare truly solo projects, so don't pirate it
Oh, that's why I didn't like it.