Ranking What Was REALLY The Best Video Game Every Year 1990-2021

2018 - God Of War

Speaking of the best games of the eighth generation overall, if we're analysing every last facet of design, it might just be Sony Santa Monica's God of War soft-reboot.

Where Red Dead Redemption 2 got too leaden with pointless camp systems and opulence over how to apply such a seismic budget, God of War was the real deal.

A mature, self-reflecting Kratos metatextually analysing the role of violence in video game history was one hell of a card to play - something that alongside incredible combat and the structure of the world itself, makes this essential entertainment, no matter how long you've been gaming.