Rules: just pick 1 and explain why.
I’ve been playing since the NES and despite being from a low income family I had the luck of being able to play and own many consoles over the 3 decades of my life, plus some pc.
If you ask me right now? Resident Evil 4 (2005).
A before and after in gaming, to this day still extremely fun to play even for casuals but 20 years ago it was THE masterpiece. And everyone took notice of it, everyone played it, even players that didn’t cared about resident evil. The gameplay was so good that it got photocopied by everyone right after in the action genre.
Arguably the last big innovator in videogames minus Minecraft and… PUBG (Fortnite did it better I know).
Try to NOT pick your favourite game, that’s a different thing.
GTA 5 is the most high quality game ever made I think, story graphics gameplay it’s truly number 1
Space station 13 is peak gameplay though, completely organic with amazing depth
The first six weeks of GTA Online are my favorite gaming memories. I was working 8 hours, gaming 12 and sleeping 4. I’m still friends with people i met in the racing lobbies…
I know exactly one person who plays SS13, and nothing they have ever said about it makes it sound appealing.
That said, it’s usually because they’re complaining about getting banned for some mean spirited thing they did. And I have been very impressed with how deep those mean spirited things can go.