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

2021 - Metroid Dread

We come to the year most affected by the last 18 months, and while Resident Evil 8, Deathloop, Returnal, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Psychonauts 2 are more than worth your time, it's the combined flex of Nintendo and reliable partner Mercury Steam shooting for the fences that's given us the best Metroid in almost 30 years.

Bulking out the Metroid formula with gated horror sections that changeup the pace of play and reward you for staying out of sight, the other side of the coin is God of War-sized boss battle scenes as rewards for timing your attacks just right.

This is a side to Nintendo we've never seen before - the mesh of age-old ideas and game design tropes elevated by a team with the eyes of the world on what they can put together.

Samus, it is good to have you back.