The older Pokemon games (not sure about the newer ones since I stopped playing them after emerald, but all of them up to emerald were constant adventures for me. I'm talking hundreds of hours PER GAME, and still never got as much done as I wanted to) and the Zelda series!
Also, I just recently purchased borderlands 2. Although it is a bit repetative and slightly linear, it doesn't have to be all that linear if you're willing to take some time away from doing missions to go exploring and looting. At first glance, it looked exactly like Borderlands 1 to me -- an exact replica; however, around level 15 or so, I got bored of the missions and decided to stray and see what I could find. I was surprised. Spending hours just running around exploring all the landscape, finding new gear, killing new enemies, chatting with NPC's, and spotting funny little details and easter eggs here and there was more fun than playing through the story and doing side missions :P. So far, the game seems to have far more to offer than the first one. I'd say it's a very well-designed adventure in its own way. To anyone who hasn't played part 2 but has played the first one, don't let first appearances deceive you. Just start digging a tad bit deeper into it, and you'll wind up in something completely different than what you expected. It's also fun to watch a friend, sibling or significant other play the exact same character through single player while you're playing through it. Try comparing the differences in the guns each of you find. I've been comparing mine to my brother's while we've both been playing the commando single player campaign, and we have not managed to match up a single duplicate gun from our backpacks yet (other than the boss drops). The variety is nearly orgasmic.. Am I allowed to use that word on here? >.>
Sorry, a little off topic. Overall point, all the Pokemon adventure games dated up to the Emerald version, every game in the Zelda series, and Borderlands 2 would be my top picks. Don't ask me to choose one out of all of them though, because I would not be able to do it.
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