Games released on October 2

Five games that still hold up, from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat in 2009 to Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time in 2020

1. 

   S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat 2009

   Turned 17 this year

   In this shooter with survival horror, a stalker working for Ukraine's security service crosses the Chernobyl exclusion zone to find out why five military helicopters went down on their way to the plant.

2. 

   Risen 2009

   Turned 17 this year Xbox 360

   A role playing game in which a nameless man is shipwrecked on Faranga, an island under a live volcano, with a faction to join that decides who trains him. It began the Risen series.

3. 

   Forza Horizon 4 2018

   Turned 8 this year Xbox One

   An open world racing game set in a fictional Great Britain, with a year that turns through four seasons that each change how the roads drive.

4. On sale

   Mega Man 11 2018

   Turned 8 this year Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

   Mega Man faces Wily's newest Robot Masters after eight years away, now in cel shaded 2.5D, with a Double Gear that either powers up his weapons or slows time for a few seconds.

   $8.69 on Fanatical -71%

5. 

   Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time 2020

   Turned 6 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

   Crash and his sister Coco chase four Quantum Masks across dimensions to stop Neo Cortex, in a platformer that picks up where the first three Crash games left off.