recent: tears of the kingdom, or as i like to call it botw 1.2, its the same thing all over again just with one or two added gimicks, the open world is dead, npcs are boring and nintendo just got away with it like that
not so recent: i cant stand persona 5, joker and his entourage are annoying teenagers, the time management is a horrible gameplay addition and the artstyle is just a visual overstimulation
with that being said,~~ plz dont kill me~~
I’m a huge Souls fan, but I agree. My top two are Sekiro and Elden Ring. In fact, I think Sekiro is a probably the better game from purely a design perspective, and possibly atmosphere. Almost no run back from what I recall.