>>284804095
V2 is the second draft from last thread and somehow made it into this shitpost of an OP. More recommendations in this OP is the one with the stuff that got removed. I'm not going to bother working on it anymore until this new round of fighting over the OP ends, but I'll start posting more updates in the thread when I have some.
I'm seconding the request to just use the template from here though since that's easiest for me: >>284804896
>>284804681
I don't necessarily think it needs to be just core recommendations, but I don't really think Neos or Anyland are essentials in their current states either. I'm open to adding them if that's what anons want though.
I also think there are some dead and outdated games in the current list that should probably get taken out, but that's a debate for later. An honorable mention section like you mentioned with lower-tier stuff that's only really recommended if it's on sale might work for stuff like that though.