Board 8 > Seventeen games Board 8 recommended during this contest.

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You've seen a few topics asking for games youd recommend along the way during each round or category. Well I kept a tally of the games that did the best in them each time, so now that the contest is over here are the games from the contest we said people really ought to play.

Get out your prize money and stimulus checks -- here we go!

Our Final Four had some monster-sized games, so lets start there. If you havent played anything from our Final Four, Board 8 recommends what ended up being our contest winner and game of the century so far..

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Maybe youve played all four of them already and are still just trying to catch up on some of the other biggest releases. If thats your situation, good news: Board 8s recommendation from the games that lost in the Elite Eight is about to get a remaster later this month..

Xenoblade Chronicles

Are things at the top looking a little Nintendo-heavy for your tastes? Dont fret -- just a little under the surface is a hilarious gem Board 8 recommends the most out of the games that lost in the Sweet Sixteen..

Portal 2

During the Top Thirty-Two, we had the decades most critically acclaimed game knocked out a bit early. It gathered enough recognition to be the most recommended game the lose in Round 3..

Super Mario Galaxy 2

If these games have been feeling a bit mainstream, yo, I get it. You might have played a lot of the AAA-titles we saw do well this contest and are ready for something else. Maybe youre more into the indie-scene, in which case Board 8 insists you not overlook this game that nearly beat a former Game of the Year winner here..

Hollow Knight

More indies, you say? Well we had a lot which couldnt get out of the first round, but we had a tie for which two games to lose in Round 1 deserve some extra recognition -- including one that was once declared the best game ever..

Bloodstained
Undertale

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So the games Ive mentioned above are the most recommended of each round, and all of them passed the GameFAQs site-wide test of getting enough nominations to enter a Game of the Decade contest. Pretty cool!

However, there were lots of games that missed out too. Heres a quick nod to a few snubs that earned our boards respect too, in case youre looking for more games than what our contest offered.

We had two snubs that got three nods of respect when I asked people to recommend games that didnt make it, so check these out first..

Spec Ops: the Line
Spelunky

And last, for a few extras, all eight of these snubs were mentioned twice if youre still hunting for the right next game to play..

Catherine
Guacamelee!
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
Pokemon Black/White
Rayman Origins
Sleeping Dogs
Untitled Goose Game

Happy contest and happy decade everybody!

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Ups-a-doodle.

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