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dhaabi:
After finding the list of the games featured in 1,001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, it doesn't seem that interesting of a read.

It's a little difficult to discern whether the author simply didn't know about some of the more interesting game experiences created by smaller developers or if they instead did but chose to discard them in favor of modern AAA titles (evident by the approximate 550 games listed which were released during the 2000s alone.) Some of the former types of games are mentioned, like Façade, which is nice to see, but it's a small number. Meanwhile, there are plenty of franchises mentioned which are hugely over-represented, like The Legend of Zelda. Sure, these games are fantastic and well-regarded by most, but does the book need to mention twelve titles from the series? Are the differences between these games really that vast and innovate with each subsequent entry to the degree they're all worth covering? (For some yes, but overwhelmingly no.) To me, it comes across as the author only being knowledgeable about games on a general level. 1,001 is a large number, after all. Few, if any, games which were never released and localized outside of Japan are listed, which I'm sure there are plenty of games worth mentioning (as I can think of a few right now, without much thought.)

Below is only a small number of games released prior to the book's 2013 publication which easily (and to some, rightfully) could have been featured that I was able to think of:
Bad Milk
The Binding of Isaac
Catherine
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Device 6
Digital: A Love Story
Lose/Lose
Muscle March
Passage
QWOP
Second Life
Space Funeral
Super Meat Boy
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Yume Nikki
ZZT

In the ten full years since the book's release, here are more modern games (some I've played and greatly enjoyed, some I've played which didn't resonate as much as others, and some I haven't played at all) which are notable considerations worth highlighting:
7 Days to End with You
Agar.io
Baba Is You
Dear Esther
Disco Elysium
Doki Doki Literature Club
Dreams
Dujanah
Everything
Furi
Getting over It with Bennett Foddy
Gone Home
Gris
Her Story
Hexceed
Kentucky Route Zero
Mosa Lina
Overcooked!
Papers, Please
Rain World
Ring Fit Adventure
Something Something Soup Something
The Stanley Parable
Superhot
That Dragon, Cancer
Thumper
Undertale
What Remains of Edith Finch
Who's Lisa?

randomstranger:
You mean updating/expanding the list with games came out since 2010?

Fallout: New Vegas
Red Dead Redemption
Dark Souls
Portal 2
Mass Effect 2&3
Alice: Madness Returns
Dishonored
The Witcher 2&3
Grand Theft Auto 5 (single player)
Metro: Last Light
Wolfenstein: The New Order & The Old Blood
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Ori and the Blind Forest
Doom 2016
Dirt Rally
NieR:Automata
Cuphead
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Wasteland 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Resident Evil Village
Elden Ring

courtlyhades296:
Donkey Kong (Arcade)
Tetris: The Grand Master 2 (Arcade)
Adventure (2600)
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Mega Man 2 (NES)
Contra (NES)
Final Fantasy (NES)
Rockman 4 Minus Infinity (NES ROM Hack)
Phantasy Star (SMS)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES)
Final Fantasy VI: Brave New World (SNES ROM Hack)
Terranigma (SNES)
Super Mario RPG (SNES)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Tales of Phantasia (SNES with DeJap translation)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis)
Beyond Oasis (Genesis)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PS1)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii or Switch 3D All-Stars)
Tetris (GB)
Pokemon Crystal (GBC)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC)
Dragon Warrior III (GBC)
Pokemon FireRed (GBA)
Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
Final Fantasy V (GBA)
Romancing SaGa 3 (Xbox One or Switch)
Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
VVVVVV (PC)
Doom (PC)

castletonsnob:
Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season 1.

stealthrush:
Initial game I thought of was Radiant Silvergun for Sega Saturn. Although taking a look at 1001 Video Games You Musty Play Before You Die it was already mentioned- in that case...

Bonanza Bros. (Arcade)
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001 (Dreamcast)
Detana!! TwinBee (Arcade)
Die Hard Arcade (Arcade)
Gain Ground (Arcade)
Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Neo-Geo)
Gate of Thunder (TurboGrafx-CD)
Grandia (Sega Saturn)
Kirby Super Star (Super Nintendo)
Lords of Thunder (TurboGrafx-CD)
Omega Boost (PlayStation)
Parodius (Arcade)
Pocky & Rocky (Super Nintendo)
Puyo Puyo Tsuu (Arcade)
Shock Wave 2: Beyond the Gate (3DO)
Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels (3DO)
The King of Fighters '98 (Neo-Geo)
Thunder Force IV (Sega Genesis)
Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo-Geo)
Umihara Kawase (Super Nintendo)

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