15 images Marvel vs Capcom Infinite (2017) A victim of Capcom’s recent wilderness years, this eye-popping fighter delivered an all-too finite amount of content for a game with such populous source material.
56 images Mass Effect 2 (2010) The best of BioWare's series delivers on the promise of a Dirty Dozen in space, full of epic conflicts between species and reluctant friends.
68 images Mass Effect 3 (2012) A backfiring bid to engage its fans means a compromised but visually rich climax to BioWare's space trilogy.
8 images Max Payne 3 (2012) Tragic cop Payne is the Man On Fire in Rockstar's bravura climax to the trilogy, visiting the penthouses and slums of modern São Paulo.
54 images Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor (2014) Progressive game design makes Monolith's take on Tolkien more than just Assassin's Creed meets Dark Souls.
40 images Minecraft (2011) The need for shelter is just the groundwork of Mojang's world-conquering construction game which invites players to become the artists.
61 images Mirror's Edge (2008) A confused parkour sim is also the most celebrated 'art game' ever thanks to its subversive, often abstract use of technology and architecture.
29 images Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016) A soft reboot no one but the artists seemed to know quite what to do with, and another exquisite slab of Scandinavian cool, set in the aptly-named city of Glass.
7 images Mortal Kombat X (2015) The trademark brutality is multiplied by the power of X - or at least upgraded Unreal Engine 3 - with magical effects battling stomach-churning gore.
16 images Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (2010) Dusty highways and magnificent widescreen scenery populate Criterion and DICE's tribute to classic American car movies.
