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Franchises and Series

Gran Turismo Series

Gran Turismo Series The Gran Turismo series matters because it helped persuade millions of players that a racing game could be both serious and inviting at

Coverage: 90
Games

GoldenEye 007

GoldenEye 007 remains one of the most beloved multiplayer games ever made because it captured something that is harder to manufacture than polish. It captured atmosphere

UX: 91 MP: 98 Legacy: 97
Games

Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov is one of the most influential multiplayer shooters of its generation because it changed what players expected fear to feel like in a

UX: 78 MP: 84 Legacy: 83
Games

eFootball

EFootball eFootball carries a special burden because it is not only a current football title but the visible continuation of one of the most respected histories

UX: 74 MP: 79 Legacy: 71
Games

EA Sports FC 25

EA Sports FC 25 lives in one of the strangest spaces in modern gaming because it has to serve two audiences that often want different things

UX: 82 MP: 84 Legacy: 76
Franchises and Series

Destiny Series

The Destiny series occupies a strange and important place in gaming because it tried to fuse experiences that do not always fit neatly together.

Coverage: 90
Games

Destiny 2

Destiny 2 endures because it understands something many long-running games never quite grasp: players will tolerate a great deal of structural complexity, friction, and seasonal fluctuation

UX: 84 MP: 79 Legacy: 82
Games

Dead by Daylight

Found a multiplayer format so clear that players can explain the tension in one sentence and then spend hundreds or thousands of hours living inside its

UX: 78 MP: 90 Legacy: 87
Games

Battlefield 4

Battlefield 4 endures because it made large-scale warfare feel both theatrical and playable Battlefield 4 is remembered so fondly because it captured a difficult balance that

UX: 87 MP: 91 Legacy: 87
Games

Call of Duty: Warzone

Important because it took one of the most recognizable shooting languages in modern gaming and dropped it into a format built around uncertainty, rotation, and survival.

UX: 82 MP: 88 Legacy: 78