The beginning of 2020 several weeks ago marked the end of the 2010s, which saw the release of some of the industry's most beloved video games. While every player has their own list of the best games of the past decade, the PlayStation Blog recently reflected on the best PS4 games over the past ten years through a fan-voted poll, which revealed the PS4's Game of the Decade.
After gathering the results of the fan-voted poll, the PlayStation community chose Naughty Dog's The Last of Us, which accounted for over 11% of the total votes. Of course, given the cultural impact the game brought to the video game community, it is not surprising that The Last of Us took the top spot. Ever since its release back in 2013, the game was critically praised by both fans and critics due to its immersive gameplay, top-notch story, and well-fleshed out characters. Given the massive success of The Last of Us, a sequel is currently being developed by Naughty Dog and players can pre-order The Last of Us 2 right now. The Last of Us 2 is set to release on May 29, 2020, exclusively for the PS4.
Taking the second spot is 2018's God of War by Santa Monica Studio, which serves as the eighth installment in the longstanding action-adventure franchise. God of War is then followed by CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which was also praised by critics and fans and sold extremely well during its release. Interestingly enough, The Witcher 3 appears to be getting a renaissance and is being played again by both old and new players thanks to the increasing popularity of the Netflix adaptation that is based on The Witcher novels.
Here are the games that made the PS Blog's Game of the Decade list:
- The Last of Us
- God of War
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Bloodborne
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Persona 5
- Dark Souls
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- NieR: Automata
- Death Stranding
- Red Dead Redemption
- Mass Effect
- Fortnite
- Batman: Arkham City
- Resident Evil 2
The most recent game that made the list is Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding, which was released back in November of 2019. Of course, given that Death Stranding was one of 2019's highly-anticipated games, it is not surprising that Hideo Kojima's latest game was voted by fans as one of the best games of the decade. Now, we enter into the '20s and it appears that the new decade is set to bring even more amazing titles, with a solid lineup of games set to release in the first half of 2020.
Source: PlayStation Blog