Holy Grail Of Games?

[Powas]

Gothic 1 in my book.

 

[Avida]

If there was a perfect game the gaming industry would end.. yeah im not ok with that.

See the COD4 effect.

 

[IcedNeonFlames]

Deus Ex
Fallout 2 (well, after the patches)
No One Lives Forever
Age Of Empires II

 

[Relgaro]

There will never be a perfect game. I'm just happy with awesome games.

Exactly.

Though a big big bundle of good games came out at the end of 08' and i am still very much looking forward to Alan Wake when it finally arrives.

Though i have been impressed with this year

Mirrors Edge - For originality
FarCry 2 - For sheer scale and fun
GTA IV - For being GTA IV
Fallout 3 - For being probably one of the best games ever
Condemned 2 - for being skid mark inspiring and wickedly brutal... and tough
Guitar Hero World tour - For just being guitar hero.

These games i have played most this year and still am...
i would put Gears of War 2 in there but i really dont get what the big deal with GoW is or am i missing something spectacular?


And due to everyones tastes making the perfect game would have to have
RTS
FPS
MMORPG
RPG
and all that shit crammed together since some people hate FPS and love RTS... so to make a perfect game they're would have to be a perfect game in each category of games...

i really dont know what i am talking about

 

[Stammer]

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3
There is no better game.

 

[HomeAliveIn45]

Huh, not what I thought this thread was about. I rolled up thinking we were all going to be talking about what kind of game it would take to heal video gaming and restore it to it's former glo-, rightful glory.

I see... I see 10 knights arranged in a circle. In front, on a high pedestal, a dark CD rests. Suddenly the knights start to chant. A blinding light from high above shines and confuses everyone. As their eyes become accustomed to the brightnes, the knights stare in glory at...

PHEW. What happened? I blacked out there for a minute.

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

Huh, not what I thought this thread was about. I rolled up thinking we were all going to be talking about what kind of game it would take to heal video gaming and restore it to it's former glo-, rightful glory.

I see... I see 10 knights arranged in a circle. In front, on a high pedestal, a dark CD rests. Suddenly the knights start to chant. A blinding light from high above shines and confuses everyone. As their eyes become accustomed to the brightnes, the knights stare in glory at...

PHEW. What happened? I blacked out there for a minute.

For sooth, mine eyes swore it were a platformer!

 

[RebelRising]

There is no perfect game, and I sure hope there won't ever be, because every game made afterwards would just be "meh."

But one does have to wonder, wouldn't a game being "perfect" essentially eliminate any need for another game from then on? Because think about it; a perfect game would have the best graphics that the largest concentration of gamers would like, have (most likely) an unlimited, open world with dynamic characters and situations that would genuinely make them more lifelike than real people. And probably explosions and boobies (for the straight guys). A perfect game would assumedly cover all of its bases flawlessly and wonderfully, so games after that being "meh" doesn't seem likely because you already have everything you could possibly get of a video game from the perfect one.


However:

Such a thing is nigh impossible, because of technical, financial and creative shortcomings. We will never know what will satisfy ALL Gamers. This is due to the very simple fact that, while "perfect" in even the most professional viewpoint, there will always be someone who is very much not privy to the game for whatever reason, even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with the "perfect" game, and everything in it appeals greatly to gamers. It's a paradox, like the perfect politician.

 

[elricik]

I usually play whatever interests me or is popular. You can't lose by that philosophy. My newest game that I have fallen in love with is Fallout 3. But I bet next year I will fall in love with a new game. Every year I look back on my favorite game, and then I put it on the top of my shelf. I call that the god level. Everything else gets placed lower on the shelf. The bottom is crap. Such as games that I played for comic relief, even though the game is not supposed to be funny.

 

[njautobody]

Clearly by the title you are looking for this [http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/home/565196.html].

lol, i was thinking the same thing when i saw it

 

[Sensenmann]

If they invented a perfect game that everybody loved and replayed until the end of time, then the videogame industry would die. There's too much vested interest in this industry for them to release perfect games.

Actually no, I considered Splinter Cell: Double Agent, twice through and when I went for the third time I felt bored.

People would need different settings, characters, environments and mechanics.

For a game to be absolute perfection interaction with characters would also need to be lifelike, and games are no where near that, enemies dont trip when you hit them in the legs with a baseball bat and you cant put your hand on a character to console them for loss.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

The game of games is life.

Whoa, deep, wasn't it? Need a second to recover? Too bad. Because I just rolled a natural 20. That means I win at life- and you know what me winning means right? Yeah, you lose. You all lose. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

This message brought to you by being up till 8 am finishing Assasins Creed on an empty stomach.

 

[Silver]

Torment. Sure, by no means perfect, and I hope to trumph it myself, but it should be a shining rolemodel that RPG-makers should look to when making their games.

 

[Nazulu]

Melee is one of my game of games and Brawl let me down.
Red Alert 2 is another.
Ocarina of Time.
Mario Kart 64.
Perfect Dark.
Lineage 2 Chronicle 3.
Metroid Prime.

None of the sequals has topped them!

 

[Praelanthor]

gentlemen please lets not forget the holy trinity of 1998 legend of zelda OOT, Metal Gear solid, and half life ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okL-xNQT4_o ) these games as he said are untouchable

 

[NeedAUserName]

LBP is close enough (except from Sony deleting player made levels (which wasn't really the games fault)) without me getting suspicious of someone selling their soul to the devil.

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

I've had games I've loved, but I never expect to see a game that perfectly satisfies every desire in a game, including replay value. It's just not possible. Maybe with some huge MMORPG, way in the future but as of now there's nothing that can approach the title of perfect game.

 

[Death Magnetic]

Isn't perfection just an opinion?

Anyway I reckon COD4, N+, fallout 3 and the GTA series are pretty much perfect.

-Ricky

 

[Ace of Spades]

I'm just hoping that each new one will be better than the last one. MGS3 subsistence stands out in my mind as a good one.