Best game of 2021?

Definitely agree about Final Fantasy XIV, especially the latest expansion. It really is the success story of the decade honestly... Started out so bad that Square Enix had to apologize for making it and everyone hated it, now it's so popular that they've had to stop all sales due to a lack of server room. If we're only talking stuff released in 2021 though, I think Metroid Dread is also an amazing comeback. It was great to play a 2D (or I guess 2-and-a-half D) Metroid again after so long.