We have a very often visited thread on this forum called your top rpgs of all time, and since many of us here are older, that thread is filled with rpgs from the 90s, or shortly after. I'm as guilty as anyone, as I think if I made a list today probably 6-7 of my top ten would come from this period. I think a lot of this has to do with looking back, I'm now 44, and 15-25 years ago was the period where I was fairly new to rpgs and gaming in general and where I was more likely to get really excited about new games. I notice for younger players, games that I no longer felt were so very impressive (like Dragon Age: Origins or Gothic 2) awake the same kind of nostalgic feeling. For that reason I'd like to make a list of your favorite "newer" rpgs. I'd say including something like Baldur's Gate 2 EE would be cheating, as 99% of the content of that game comes from before 2007. Whether console ports like "Legends of Heroes" from before 2007 qualify I'll leave up to you. Personally I have no console, so they were new to me when I played them. I'll still avoid them on my list, even though Legends of Heroes would certainly be on it if I wasn't so strict with myself.
1. Pillars of Eternity
2. Wasteland 2
3. Stranger of Sword City
4. Might and Magic X
5. Skyrim
6. Underrail
7. Battle Brothers
8. Dragon Age: Origins
9. Lords of Xulima
10. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
I haven't played D:OS2, Torment, Trails of Cold Steel, The Witcher 3, or Deus Ex: Mankind Divided yet, so that's at least one reason they aren't on my list.
There are lots of other good rpgs from this period. So for the lazy, here are links to the rpgwatch GOTY 2008-2016
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=105
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=146
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=168
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=185
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=202
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=232
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=278
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=365
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=401
1. Pillars of Eternity
2. Wasteland 2
3. Stranger of Sword City
4. Might and Magic X
5. Skyrim
6. Underrail
7. Battle Brothers
8. Dragon Age: Origins
9. Lords of Xulima
10. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
I haven't played D:OS2, Torment, Trails of Cold Steel, The Witcher 3, or Deus Ex: Mankind Divided yet, so that's at least one reason they aren't on my list.
There are lots of other good rpgs from this period. So for the lazy, here are links to the rpgwatch GOTY 2008-2016
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=105
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=146
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=168
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=185
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=202
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=232
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=278
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=365
https://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=401