When analyzed in its purest essence, GTA V not only proves to be an excellent title, but also a game that is able to make a sublime parody of today's society, taking advantage of all the excesses and insanities to which the world is slowly getting used.

The Last of Us - Part 2 is a poignant and devastating story about what remains of humanity. It is not just the best game of the year, but the most representative game of this generation.

The Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild is the best example to describe the power of Nintendo and its people, that can transform the beautiful games of the past into current masterpieces.

The new North Star for Open-world games. Details, narrative and basically everything, are impressive. With Red Dead Redemption 2 Western setting had its first real huge tribute since the golden age of the classic movies.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the perfect sequel and the best game of the Nintendo Switch generation.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is definitely the best platform game ever created in videogaming history. More than its predecessors the latest installment in Mario series has a perfect formula with news ideas and an excellent gameplay. Extraordinary.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the perfect incarnation of a 20-year long work. It's the maximum point of the series and of the genre, with its thousand contents and a great single player campaign mode. It's both competitive and fun. It's only a little smash from perfect.

Persona 5 Royal is the best version of one of the best JRPGs of all time. And it adds subtitles support for many new languages. These should be reasons enough to go out and buy it ASAP.

The Last of Us - Part 1 is a complete overhaul of a masterpiece, simply the best that Naughty Dog could do with the original game

One of the best action RPGs to date. Crazy depth, lots of quest and dragons: Skyrim is everything the RPG fans are looking for.

It's just an incredibly deep and rich experience, an entire world in which you can literally loose yourself. Bethesda did it again.

The intense satisfaction bestowed by the credits rolling after the last struggling sequence testifies the nature of God of War III: a masterpiece, a glorious testament from one of the most iconic characters of our media. Unforgettable gameplay sequences, over the top graphics and an almost flawless gameplay make it a title to have, at all costs.

Mario Odyssey is an incredible game: is the infinite possibilities that a simple cap and some fantasy can bring to the evergreen Nintendo World.

Persona 4 Golden is the best PS Vita title so far. Period. One of the champions of this genre lands on Sony's portable system with new content, improved graphics and new Personas and Social Link. We can't honestly ask for more.

Ni No Kuni is a serenade, a love poem dedicated to all JRPGs. Level 5's latest epic is a brilliantly-crafted game that has the ability to totally capture the player and mesmerize him with its splendid visuals.

God of War: Ragnarok is one of the best games of the year and simply one of the biggest evolution for the action-adventure genre to date.

Street Fighter 6 is simply one of the best fighting games ever made, with ton of contents and an incredibly fun gameplay.

Simply a masterpiece. There's really no reason why this one shouldn't be in your collection, whether you are a fan of the saga or not. It's so funny and polished you really can't miss it.

Bluepoint remake of the astonishing Shadow of the Colossus in more than a simple graphic upgrade. It's the real embodiment of Ueda's vision, the best version of one of the most important and beautiful games of the medium. It is a must-have for new and old players.

Cyberpunk 2077 traces a new path for the open-world RPGs, telling a thought-provoking story about the dangerous drifts of humankind.

God of War is one of the best action game of this generation. Everything is at the right place, the combat-system is extremely engaging and the story is super. A game that brings new life to a series that obviously had something more to tell.

L.A. Noire is a revolution in videogaming, both in technological and narrative terms. Its peculiar structure won't make it accessible to everyone though, as the more action oriented players will have to comprehend its sometimes cryptic and episodic structure to fully appreciate the mix. It's still largely recommended to every player out there, since ignoring it would mean losing a fundamental step forward for videogaming as a rich and noble entertainment form.

It's Bioware's masterpiece on PS3 as it should've been from the start. Graphics are absolutely identical, DLC are well accepted, the game itself is something you just can't miss.

L.A. Noire is a revolution in videogaming, both in technological and narrative terms. Its peculiar structure won't make it accessible to everyone though, as the more action oriented players will have to comprehend its sometimes cryptic and episodic structure to fully appreciate the mix. It's still largely recommended to every player out there, since ignoring it would mean losing a fundamental step forward for videogaming as a rich and noble entertainment form.

The only word that can possibly define this game is "masterpiece". What else would you call a game that adds more depth, more customization, a new plot and a new, incredible look, to one of the premium series in the history of Sony's consoles?

NBA 2K18 is the definitive basket simulation, a game that will make basketball fans play for months. This year's defects are difficult to find and the new elements of its gameplay are really engaging.

Gone Home is the video game equivalent of those movies that nobody knows about, but the originality of which overturns the concept of cinema and pierces the big blockbuster movies like a small but sharp sword.

A narrative masterpiece that heavily improves on the gameplay of its predecessors and springs the genre forward. Columbia has done the impossible: it surpasses Rapture.