Their no.1 pick is my number 1 too.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This game is so special to me and undoubtedly the best game I ever played. The story, characters, graphics, the world, dialogue, loved everything about it. I may have spent more than 200 hours in it and I remember that I couldn't sleep the night I finished the game as I was really sad.
I actually played the pirated version of the game. All of CD Projekt Red's games are DRM free so you don't even need a crack. Where I live, $60 for a video game is too much in my currency so I usually purchase games when they are on sale. But after playing this game I felt really bad for playing it for free and later when I had some money to spare I purchased all three games of the Witcher series and even pre-ordered CD Projekt Red's upcoming game Cyberpunk 2077.
Btw, the list is great and I've played quite a few of them.