The last CONSOLE generation?
Well, I'm going with mostly PC games since I only play the consoles when circumstances permit; I did not want a PS3 or 360.
Also, no Remakes. (sorry 3DS and PSP)
*Unquestionably Good Games
1. Borderlands (1 & 2)
2. Terraria
3. Bioshock 1
4. Deus-Ex: Human Revolution
5. Castle Crashers
6. Orcs Must Die (1&2)
7. FTL: Faster Than Light
*These games only made the list because...well, I recognize their quality, and enjoyed them, but they aren't games I would necessarily want to revisit. I had to STRAIN to make this list. This generation was the worst for me, in all honesty.
8. Metroid Prime 3 (the ONLY Wii game I can recommend as being MUST OWN, for non-ironic reasons)
9. Half Life 2 (well, The Orange Box, really since HL2 came out before this generation)
10. Kid Icarus: Uprising (it might be a "shitty game for twats", but at least Nintendo tried. It's memorable in a strange kind of way. Unfortunately, it also perfectly highlights the crippling weakness of the 3DS's control scheme for games that require a 3D camera.)
*Honorable Mentions:
-Shadow Complex
Would be on the list, but I don't own a 360. Incidentally, that is the ONE AND ONLY GAME on this list that I would want a 360 for, and one game isn't worth it.
-Halo ODST and Halo Reach were the first (and ONLY) games in that franchise that I actually liked.
-Godhand would also be on that list (since it came out in 2006), except it's PS2, and kind of not of the generation in question.