16. We Shall Be Together In Paradise - Red Dead Redemption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hle0djtGTtE Rockstar's wild west masterpiece is easily their most accomplished and memorable work since GTA III, and although some final plot machinations created one of the greatest overall
moments of the decade, in terms of a great bookended level, it's the bullet-filled fight for your life that is crossing the border into Mexico. It basically boils down to being a brilliant showcase of Rockstar's RAGE engine (the weighty animation system and physics engine they pioneered in GTA IV), yet with bandits bearing down you from above, only a sparse amount of cover and your character of John Marston commenting on the whole thing as you cling onto a tiny raft. Even if you happened to fail, it was a joy to replay.