Games you think are perfect

[The Catboy]

Not going to shock anyone what my first game is going to be

If you were shocked, then you clearly don't know me well enough
The rest are just other games I enjoyed the most of all my games and still play over and over again

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[Master Mo]

I won`t start commenting why I disagree with other peoples choices, since this is very subjective but here I go:

I think "A Link to the Past" and "Super Metroid" are as perfect as it can get... Really I think those games have little to no flaws other then when people just don`t like the particular genre and therefore don`t like the respective game.

EDIT: Just realized that this is an old thread Nice, that my opinion hasn`t changed since then

 

[DragorianSword]

A game is perfect to me when:
1. I can play the game over and over again (so a good story)
2. It has new, fresh and unique gameplay (at least for me at that time)

My list:

- Fable: The Lost Chapters
I had never played that kind of RPG before (where you don't have to click your attacks from a list, but actually control the character) and back then it was still original that your choices had influence on your character.

- The World Ends With You
Refreshing gameplay and nice story. Also nice artwork.

- Pokemon Blue
Back then very new gameplay, not really incredible story but the collecting of weird animals and stuff was more enough to make it perfect.
I know most will say that GSC was the best, but personally I really don't think that's true. It was almost the same game, just a new region and 100 extra pokemon.
But well maybe that's just because I went straight from RBY to RSE. I only got my hands on Gold after that and it just coudn't compare to RSE.
It's strange but I played Blue about a 100 times, Ruby 30 times, Diamond 16 times and Black 5 times, but Gold only 2 times (3 times if you count Heart Gold).
It just interests me as much as the other games.

I would like to add Xenoblade Chronicles, but I haven't finished it yet.

 

[Lucifer666]

There is no perfect game but the closest I've played to perfect have got to be:
-The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (all versions): Typical, I know. But it is definitely the #1 best game I've played.
-Super Mario Galaxy (the first game): One of the best I've played. I don't see how they could've improved it.
-The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind. Nuff said.
-Pokémon Platinum. I've played every Pokémon gen. Sinnoh's by far my favourite region; Platinum was flawless. Great story and a huge step-up from Diamond and Pearl.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Ugh, looking back at my post in 2011 I find my views have changed slightly. I do like the mentioned Pokemon games still, it's just now I can't play any of them without a superspeed hack. Too boring. Still feel the same about the first 3 Spyro games though

As for now I honestly don't know, there are a lot of games I've played now and I can't find one that's overly perfect. Perhaps Mario Kart 64, I still play that game to this day and love every minute of it.

Worms Armageddon/Worms World Party are also some great games I play a lot. I remember first introducing my dad to this game a while back and he got hooked on it for months.

Not sure what else.

 

[EyeZ]

Perhaps Mario Kart 64, I still play that game to this day and love every minute of it.

That is my favourite Mario Kart too, the hours we spent on that game.

For me that would be one of the games i would call perfect.

 

[Hadrian]

Super Mario Bros. 3.

I cannot see one thing wrong with it, still looks great, plays perfectly, a perfect difficulty curve and it's just the right length, sound and music are great. I've tried playing it objectively without gushing with nostalgia, I mean I love Galaxy 1 & 2 but I can see some flaws, same with World & Yoshi's Island but SMB3 is the perfect game. For me there is no better platformer.

 

[Gahars]

I'd say that the Portal series is as close to perfect as games can get.

Also, while I don't think Arkham City is quite perfect as a game, I'd say it is the perfect Batman game. When it comes to the characters, the setting, etc., it nails everything.

 

[Black-Ice]

Tekken 3, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy Vii and Pokemon Emerald

 

[gamefan5]

Super Mario Bros. 3.

I cannot see one thing wrong with it, still looks great, plays perfectly, a perfect difficulty curve and it's just the right length, sound and music are great. I've tried playing it objectively without gushing with nostalgia, I mean I love Galaxy 1 & 2 but I can see some flaws, same with World & Yoshi's Island but SMB3 is the perfect game. For me there is no better platformer.

I second that.

A few that I would consider close to perfect would be...
LoZ: ALttP
LoZ: Link's Awakening (It was advanced for it's time)
SMG 2 (Very few flaws and a very good game)
Rayman Origins (Nails the platforming genre, it's ridiculous. Such a good game yet underrated)
Portal
Super Mario RPG (A few misses here and there but hey, that's why I said 'close to perfect XD)
Mario and Lugi SS (A perfect blend of unique RPG elements, action, hilarious dialogue and lovable characters that will keep you wanting for more XD)



That's all I got in my head.
I srsly don't see what so 'perfect with OoT but that's my PoV. It's not a secret that I didn't enjoy it as the other Zelda games.

 

[Pleng]

How about reading the OP? I said ITT: Games you think are perfect and don't think could be improved in any way..

How can people flame when all people are doing is complaining about the word perfect?

The point is even the best games could be improved. Your criteria really leads to nothing. I'll list a few games that would almost make it onto my list, and the reason they miss the all important don't think could be improved in any way.

NiGHTS into Dreams & Christmas NiGHTS - Could do with some nicer, more up to date graphics
Daytona USA 2001 - Could do with a couple more tracks and nicer, more up to date graphics
Super Mario World - Could do with some nicer, more up to date graphics
The Legend of Zelda ALTTP - Could do with some more stuff going on in the underground caves, and nicer, more up to date graphics

It's just games you'd play that you wouldn't get bored of, no matter what year or how old you are. Jesus, when someone throws the title perfect, people cry saying there isn't one.

Another could of games that, in addition to having a couple of possible improvements, don't fit the above additional criteria, as they are play-through-once games:

Prisoners of Ice - Irritatingly, you can die on a couple of occasions and could do with nicer, more up to date graphics
Beneath a Steal Sky - Irritatingly, you can die on a couple of occasions and nicer, more up to date graphics
Indiana Jones and the Last Cursade, the Adventure Game - Could do with nicer, more up to date graphics and a more up to date figting mechanism

 

[Foxi4]

System Shock 2, Worms: Armageddon, Quake 2, Half-Life, Counter Strike, Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Syndicate Wars, Resident Evil: Remake, No More Heroes, 999, Hotel Dusk, Last Window, Ace Attorney (all of them, really), Beneath a Steal Sky, The Curse of Monkey Island, Portal 1 and 2, Unreal Tournament, Bloody Roar: Primal Fury, Tekken 3, Tekken Tag Tournament, Pokemon R/B/Y, Fallout 1 and 2, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Advance Wars, GTA 1 and San Andreas, Metroid Prime, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, Duke Nukem 3D, Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Sonic Advance and Advance 2, Sonic R, Crisis Zone, Myth: The Fallen Lords, Starcraft, Diablo 2, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 1 and 2 - no particular order as they're all shining examples in their respective genres, at least in my opinion.

 

[Yumi]

Drill Dozer(!!!!!), LoZMM(!!!!!), MK64/DoubeDash, LoZWW, SMB(classic), and Bleach: Versus Crusade (I love it)

Worms Armageddon/Worms World Party are also some great games I play a lot. I remember first introducing my dad to this game a while back and he got hooked on it for months.

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YES!!!

 

[saloalea]

Super Mario World (my favorite game as a kid)

The Wind Waker (my favorite game of the last 10 years)

Soulcalibur for Dreamcast (if you played this with your mates in early 2000s, you know what I mean)

any of the HeartBeat, ArtePiazza or Level-5 Dragon Quests.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

My take on a "perfect game" is one I enjoy so much so that I wouldn't mind playing it again and again (I have a strict finish-campaign-and-that's-it policy)

- Half Life 2
- Skyrim
- Advance Wars 1/ Dual Strike/ Days of Ruin
- Phoenix Wright
- GTAIV/ Chinatown Wars
- Team Fortress 2
- Portal