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10: Test Drive Unlimited
Not everyone's cup of tea, but it certainly is mine! It's got excellent car physics (gaming wheel strongly recommended!), a superb car list (Type-E? Check. Miura? Check. F40? Check.) and plenty of fun races. It's got plenty of faults, but it's still a very enjoyable experience. A shame the potentially good Test Drive Unlimited 2 was completely ruined thanks to terrible physics.
9: Duke Nukem 3D
Truly a masterpiece! It's got fantastic level design, fun weapons that range from the good old shotgun to the unique freezethrower, and most importantly, one of the most iconic video game characters of all time.
8: Halo: Combat Evolved
A game that received a lot of praise and still does today, and it's easy to see why. Every single weapon in this game feels unique, fighting the covenant is pure bliss, and the vehicles feel amazing.
7: Serious Sam: The First & Second Encounter (Note: I played the HD version of the Second Encounter.)
I've never played any game before that was as action packed as both of these masterpieces. So action packed in fact, that your hand will likely hurt from moving your mouse so much. As Sam "Serious" Stone you fight against tons of enemies that can kill you quickly if you're not careful. Luckily though, as you go through your journey you'll discover many amazing weapons. From the almighty cannon to Sam's iconic minigun, they're the definition of fun.
6: Max Payne
The game that revolutionized slow motion in video games. Max Payne is a brutal game; enemies deal lots of damage, and I mean A LOT. To compensate for this though, you can use slow motion to your advantage, which is one of the two things that make Max Payne such an excellent game. The other thing is it's story which, although quite cliche, has a lot of depth.
5: Re-Volt
Take Mario Kart, replace the karts with realistic RC cars, and you've got Re-Volt. It might seem like a bad Mario Kart copycat, but it really is an amazing game. It's incredibly hard, but once you succeed it's incredibly rewarding. This difficulty also makes the races much more intense, as even a single mistake could ruin a race. Also, to add to the "amazing" factor, it's got excellent track design that'll keep the racing fun even if somehow the race is too easy.
4: Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
You are a soldier amidst a large Star Wars battle. What more can you ask for? Oh yeah, I know. MODS! So many mods! And so many of them make the game a thousand times better, as if it wasn't good enough already!
3: GTA Vice City
It might not have the gigantic world of San Andreas or V, but despite that I still think it's better than both of these. The soundtrack is great, the guns are satisfying, the cars are simple yet fun to drive, (Yeah, I know. But personally I like them.) it's got plenty of memorable characters, and it's got the best cheats of any GTA game.
2: Mafia: City of Lost Heaven
This game is unlike any other game, despite being a "GTA clone". It's not always fun, but that's not because of poor decisions. It's because it wants to immerse you into the life of a mafioso. For this immersion to work, it uses a lot of realism. Guns have a lot of recoil, enemies are tough and deal a lot of damage, cars are heavy and slow, etc. Apart from realistic little details, one of the things that make this game so brilliant is it's story, which is undoubtedly one of the best stories ever told in a video game.
1: Undertale
Undertale is pure bliss from the beginning until the end. It's got many lovable characters, it's funny as heck, it has so much depth and it turned the luck-based combat of other RPGs into fun bullet hell battles. If you haven't tried it yet, make sure to not look at too many Undertale related things, because this game is a thousand times better when going in blind like I did.