9) The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
If you haven’t played Breath of the Wild, believe the hype; it’s an instant classic, not just proving a highly competent first foray into open world gaming for the series, but also setting a new benchmark standard for the whole genre. Remember the old “go anywhere, do anything” adage? Here they really do mean it, thanks to traversal mechanics that make everything before feel obselete by comparison. As a result, there’s an endless sense of discovery across this truly three dimensional Hyrule that just begs exploration.
Zelda’s massive following and the five years since the previous mainline release in series, launching in tandem with the Nintendo Switch has equated to some pretty hefty sales figures. Only four months after launch, Breath of the Wild has already slipped into an elite list of the best selling games among the most popular genre of console games. The game has sold 3.84 million copies across Wii U and Switch as of late April.
