gamer.tv Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Being as objective as possible, I can’t think of a single thing that Mario Odyssey did wrong. Looked great, controlled well, each moon was fun to find… Titanfall 2 must surely be up there as a perfect game as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Celeste? Mario Odyssey is my favorite Mario since 64 probably but there’s just too many fucking moons. Would have been better with less to to collect overall but more meaningful “level-like” objectives within the worlds. After you beat it there is so much to do but nothing ever quite feels like getting a new level besides the terrible sounding secret last world that I couldn’t be arsed to get to because it all felt tedious. And while normally I don’t need to much of an end game in Mario, but since the levels are meant to continue to explore, you can’t really easily “replay” a particular level without replaying the entire game, which ended up kind of sinking my opinion of it due to replayability in the areas that I think are fun. I think in some critical ways Bowser Fury has already surpassed Odyssey anyway and I think shows Nintendo is on track to something suppppper good next game. Edit: Oh I just ranted on Mario instead. Yeah, I don’t like having to find the secret crystals for the full ending part of Celeste, but the game proper is still sort of perfect and that’s a minor complaint anyway. Music, art, control, level design, story, everything pretty much perfectly achieves what it sets out to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 God of War would be my most perfect AAA game it’s just those all still have so many flaws because they are trying to achieve so much and technology isn’t there for everything. But it’s level design and gameplay just feel so refined and solid to me in a way that other perfect games like Super Mario Word are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Celeste is the first game that comes to mind. It's not my absolute favorite game of the last decade, but it is one that accomplishes absolutely everything it set out to do and pushed its mechanics and design to the absolute limit for those who want to explore it. Along those lines and for basically the exact same reason, Hollow Knight was pretty damn perfect. Outer Wilds also springs to mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Titanfall 2 was great, but I wanted more from the campaign. It had so many great ideas but never let me play with what I wanted to play with for as long as I wanted to play with it. The DOOMs were also both close. DOOM 2016 made me wish there were just a tad more demons, DOOM Eternal made me wish there were actually a tad fewer demons (especially the DLC on nightmare). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 25 minutes ago, Moa said: Celeste is the first game that comes to mind. It's not my absolute favorite game of the last decade, but it is one that accomplishes absolutely everything it set out to do and pushed its mechanics and design to the absolute limit for those who want to explore it. Along those lines and for basically the exact same reason, Hollow Knight was pretty damn perfect. Outer Wilds also springs to mind. I agreed with Hollow Knight until it kept going and going and started to feel bloated with a map too bit for the traversal available to be efficient. It just lacked focus after the front half for me I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Bloodborne leaves nothing to be desired, it is absolutely a perfect video game. I think the original Overwatch is the most perfectly designed multiplayer FPS of all time. Obviously the execution has changed a bit in terms of balancing, rosters, maps, etc., but I think the original is flawless from a game design perspective. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I'd say Stardew Valley, even though I've gotten to the point where I get bored after the first year. But I think that might be because I have like 500 hours across multiple platforms and I know that game inside and out. Still, though, I think it hits close to perfection. If I had to pick another one, it would be Cities: Skylines, but not because the game is perfect at all. There are plenty of things I hate about it. But it's basically the best game in my favorite genre to come out in the last 20+ years and no one is even close, so... not sure how we're grading this. Super Mario Odyssey is an objectively better game than Cities: Skylines. I don't know, I guess it really depends on your criteria. Is it about being uniquely special in a way that no one else has replicated, or a more ubiquitous quality that a bunch of other people have replicated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 I think we’re looking at choices for design to ensure they is no bullshit, performs perfectly on its platform, looks and sounds brilliant, controls perfectly…the list goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Chris- said: Bloodborne leaves nothing to be desired, it is absolutely a perfect video game. I think the original Overwatch is the most perfectly designed multiplayer FPS of all time. Obviously the execution has changed a bit in terms of balancing, rosters, maps, etc., but I think the original is flawless from a game design perspective. Bloodborne suffers from running like ass at some points and for the usual From obtuseness. It is the best From game though and that’s saying something. Celeste is a Great choice. I’d also say Burnout Paradise is pretty close. Breath of the Wild is probably perfect for me, but there’s too much jank and needed QOL improvements to say it qualifies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 My first thought is Portal 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Animal Crossing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, Biggie said: Animal Crossing It's like Stardew Valley but less fun and more grind-y. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Fizzzzle said: It's like Stardew Valley but less fun and more grind-y. Shut your whore mouth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Just now, Biggie said: Shut your whore mouth I keep my whore mouth open, baby. Gobble gobble. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Off the top of my head… Hades. Maybe there’s some recency bias there. But it’s just so damn good from the very first moment you hit something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 Did GTA5 get anything wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Off the top of my head: Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Portal 2, Outer Wilds, Minecraft are ones that maybe I don’t even personally love the most but nailed their thing as good as game can. I feel like I am forgetting a few. Maybe that mech puzzle game that came out a few years ago that was dope as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 TLOU2. I didn't notice one flaw except a few stutters but the game was an utter masterpiece in every conceivable way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 My only critique of portal 2 is that portal was slightly more flawless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 3 hours ago, gamer.tv said: Did GTA5 get anything wrong? Having an online mode so popular, Rockstar could basically stop making new ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Some people traveling back in time after playing a Bloodborne remaster to nominate that chugger as “perfect”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, TheLeon said: Having an online mode so popular, Rockstar could basically stop making new ones. And shooting mechanics are meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Portal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I’ll 5th or whatever Portal 2, that’s a really good 3D example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 8 hours ago, crispy4000 said: Off the top of my head… Hades. Maybe there’s some recency bias there. But it’s just so damn good from the very first moment you hit something. these are my exact thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Hades is a good one too. While I’d like it more if it wasn’t a rogue-lite, I can’t knock it for something it’s trying to be. And even then I still quite enjoyed the game despite itself because it made you feel like you were progressing even as you were dying, both narratively and mechanically. That’s something almost none of these ever feel like to me after not too long (this includes this years roguelite darling Returnal) if I’m just not good enough at them. Hades has a way of making you feel rewarded even if you didn’t actually make much progress towards the end goal and as far as I can gather it sacrifices very little to pull that trick off. So for that I kind of respect Hades even more since it’s something Im normally not fond of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Portal 2 Hades Mario Odyssey Rocket League Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 7 hours ago, best3444 said: TLOU2. I didn't notice one flaw except a few stutters but the game was an utter masterpiece in every conceivable way. Was coming to say this very one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 4 hours ago, stepee said: Some people traveling back in time after playing a Bloodborne remaster to nominate that chugger as “perfect”. Imagine thinking Bloodborne is a perfect game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 BotW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 For me TitanFall 2 comes very damn close to being a perfect game. The level design with a well thought out progressive abilities slowly introduced along the way. It is one of my fav single player games I had played in some time. The only marks against it, is that I wish the campaign was longer. Batman: Arkham City also comes just in under the 10 year release mark. I played the hell out of that game, and could spend forever just zipping and gliding across the city. The city was alive with riddler puzzles, photo Easter eggs, mini games, amazing graphics and one hell of a story to play. Sure some parts were close to playing The Water Temple from Zelda: OoT but fun still to play. ***now I love this game but still haven’t gone back to finish it yet. Still I think it’s worth throwing in Control as a potential perfect game.I just love everything about it from the ever changing interiors, fun powers, sound is eerie/creepy atmosphere and great graphics. Maybe they could go lighter on some respawns but overall an amazing game all should play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 11 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: Bloodborne suffers from running like ass at some points and for the usual From obtuseness. It is the best From game though and that’s saying something. Celeste is a Great choice. I’d also say Burnout Paradise is pretty close. Breath of the Wild is probably perfect for me, but there’s too much jank and needed QOL improvements to say it qualifies. Bloodborne’s performance wasn’t so bad that I thought about dropping it (unlike BotW and The Witcher 3). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I still need to get on it, but Tropical Freeze always a gets talked up as 2D platformer perfection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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