Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, Witcher 3, and Red Dead Redemption 2 are the ones that Immediately come to mind. I’m sure there’s more but those immediately flash out.
Also, Usually there would be Bethesda titles galore, but I feel like after Skyrim, their games have been just pretty good and not the masterpieces of western RPGS they were before.
So what comes to mind with you guys, what are your favorite games of the 8th console (or video games in general) generation?
The first Dishonored falls just outside of OP's time range, but it was the first thing I thought of too. Honestly, for being AAA games both Dishonored and especially Prey feel very under-rated. They were both super formative for me, but almost nobody I know has played Prey, and while Dishonored is usually mentioned in threads like these it's never the most popular.
Prey was going to be my answer coming into this thread. Absolutely far too underrated. I've never played any game with a setting that felt as real and lived-in as Talos 1.
Even its DLC, Mooncrash, was a really interesting experiment. It's not as good as the base game, and at a certain point it becomes very easy to game it and turn it into a cakewalk, but I so appreciated that they tried something different.