ChrisSZ: The best game I've ever played is The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time. And probably nothing will ever beat it. As for games I recently played, I love Risen 1 a lot. After some difficulties at the beginning, I thoroughly enjoyed it and had a great time.
Charon121: Why is that? I've heard LoZ:OoT being described as "the best game ever". I checked out some Let's Play videos on YouTube and...it's a 3D platformer with some RPG elements? Is it really better than all-time PC greats? Or is it the best game ever only for that particular console?
Well, it may look like a platformer, but it's usually classified as "3D action-adventure". You jump automatically in that game. While at times you need to rely on your reflexes, the focus is on exploring the game-world and puzzle solving. While the story is quite bland, I think the main reason why the game is considered that great is because of its playability (at that time it had some pretty new mechanics in it, e.g. target-lock, context-sensitive action button, mini-maps) and game design (especially the dungeons). It just all fits together. Exploration, puzzles, combat, hidden items and so on. Definitely worth a try. And nothing I have ever seen in a PC game in this perfection.
Regarding games on GOG which come close to that game (in its gameplay, not in its perfection) and arguably copied some of Zelda's concepts are Psychonauts and Beyond Good and Evil. You can jump in those games, though, so they are more "platformy" than Zelda.