What are some of your "perfect" games?

What are some of your perfect games of all time?
Games that keep on giving, have awesome replayabilty, GOOD PROGRAMMING, sound, music, atmosphere, game world.

Some of mine would be: Megaman 3, Chrono Trigger, Streets of Rage 2, Garou: Mark of the Wolves. Not too many 128bit+ since more power = more can go wrong.

Oh, I would put Heroes of Might & Magic III on there too.

Halo 3 and Forza Horizon 4 came the closest.

Eh, perhaps, for their time, I'll include KOTOR and OOT in there as well. :P

Tetris.

Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Yoshi's Island, Ocarina, and Minecraft

Metroid Prime, Twilight Princess HD, Super Mario Galaxy, DMC Devil May Cry, Battlefield 2, Chrono Trigger, Sonic 2, Tetris, quite a few really. I would have to think about it for a couple hours to think of them all. And some I would have to replay. Baldur's Gate 2? Maybe. Planescape Torment? Still haven't played it despite having bought it 3 times now XD

• STALKER Shadow of chernoboyl
• Deus Ex 1
• System shock 2
• Half life 2
• Splinter cell chaos theory

these games imo are perfect. i found no flaws in those games.

The only game that comes to my mind is Star Wars X Wing.

Command & Conquer: Generals - both SP campaign and skirmish mode

Flight Simulator X - for the weather and cloud customization

Far Cry 4 - Reset Outpost Mode. There are times when I just want to hunt for targets of opportunity and cause mayhem. No stinking story, no cutscenes, no restrictions, just hone my reflexes. You know, I planned to play for an hour or so and before I know it, two to three hours of mindless destruction had elapsed.

STALKER: Call of Pripyat - even if I replay the game over and over, the conditions on which I replay a main mission may be markedly different from the last time I played it because the game world functions independently on its own. I can replay a mission one time under sunny skies and quiet conditions. The next time I play it, it may be dark and stormy with a bunch of mutants making the mission really difficult.

Sports games are always good for an exhibition match.

Vanilla world of Warcraft. I wish I could get those dopamine rushes back, kinda like your first few hits of coke or H

I don't think any game is absolutely perfect,

but games that come closest for me are Half-Life 2, Bioshock, Witcher 3, Portal 2, Inside... to name a few.

Final Fantasy 7 - X

I'll name some games that I found outstanding, but by no means are they perfect.

Yakuza 0 - I think this is the best game in the Series, and it got me interested and playing all the other games, along with Fist of the North Star. Great Combat. Fantastic Story and has plenty of old school fun and charm

MGS3 - Once again, the best game in the series. One of the few single player games I've played multiple times through. Great story, multiple ways to play, and just fun

Castlevania SOTN - no explanation needed

There is no such thing. But there are games that realize their vision and formula better than all others, namely:

Zelda: OOT, Journey, Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us, and GTA Vice City.

there was a bit near the end of the penultimate level when you needed to diffuse bombs against the clock that i thought was pretty poor on expert difficulty. also on expert i seem to remember there being some buggy issues with hacking. but besides that, yeah chaos theory was as close to perfect as they come

Agreed. Especially X because it's fully voiced and still holds up graphically today. It also gives the player freedom in how they level the characters in their party. I'd also like to add:

- The Witcher 3(Never gets old and different endings and outcomes based on player choice add replay value. I have over 100 hours in this game and I've barely touched the 2 dlc's)

- Monster Hunter World(May not stand up to every other MH game but it's my first one and I love this game)

- Mario Kart(Never gets old)

- Horizon Zero Dawn(Not exactly perfect and lacks replay value due to a heavily scripted story. I still never lose the desire to play this game, though. I consider it a technological marvel and also really love the combat and the challenge that it presents. Can't wait to jump back in and replay it on the hardest difficulty)

- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time(It was this and FFVII that showed me just how epic a game can really be. I love this game so much I can literally play it from start to finish in one sitting.)

while i really enjoyed call of pripyat alot. its far too empty to be consider best one. majority of time you are travelling form yanov to zaton to pripyat. and feel like more of open world game.

Shadow of chernoboyl structure was perfect. it was paced better imo. lab x18 is still one of the gaming greatest moment ever imo.

Perfect? None. No game is excempt from faults. However, some are close. Half Life 2, The Witcher 3, Super Mario Bros and Metroid Prime come to mind.

Requirements:

• Game runs consistently at any frame rate
• Game works with any resolution
• Game runs on a wide set of hardware
• Minimal minor bugs, no game breaking bugs

Some that come to mind:

• RimWorld
• Factorio
• Witcher 3
• Half-Life 2

I just can't list any older console games, knowing how janky they used to program things back them. Only having one platform to test on really introduces poor programming practices.

thats not minimal or minor bug...

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Suikoden 2

Baldur’s Gate 2: Throne of Bhal

I’m sure I might have 1-2 more that I just can’t think of right now.

Eventually I always find flaws in the games I play, so no such thing as a perfect game for me.

@MarkoftheSivak: There are no perfect game

But "perfect games" imo is

1. GTA franchise

2. LA Noire

3. Metal Gear Solid franchise

4. Command & Conquer / Red Alert

5. Civilization series

I put about 150 hours into it and don't remember any issues...

Besides, I was really impressed by

• Game runs consistently at any frame rate
• Game works with any resolution
• Game runs on a wide set of hardware

I think they did a great job with the engine.

Mass Effect 2 (With my playover from Mass effect1) DLC was great too (My commander Shepard was better than yours!)

Red Dead Redemption 1 (Did not want it to end and my first 1000points)

Divinity Original Sin 2

Great engine. Mod support, GM mode. Looks good and runs well.

I put in 173 hours in TW3. I may have been bored with the game. But, apart from being a hog early in its release, I don't recall having crashes or technical issues. Otherwise, I'd have screenshots like this one. He He ;)

I wouldn't call the CoP environment empty. I'm in post-storyline CoP. Just to see what Zaton was like after teleporting from Jupiter, I stepped out of the Skadovsk at night and within 30 seconds had oinkers and mutts dropping by, thinking I'm an easy meal. Scouting the marsh area around the Skadovsk and hunting artifacts, I ran into snorks, zombies, and a bloodsucker at dawn. I had killed a chimera earlier. So, it would take a few game days before another one appeared in Zaton.

A few minutes after posting the above screenshot, the whole place became a war zone between Loners and Bandits.

I mean, objectively speaking, it sort of is hard to fault anything.

The whiners would say there's no story or interesting characters. ;)

Zelda OOT

Dues Ex Human Revolution

Oh man... Taking huge bias into consideration:

• Deus Ex 1
• Zelda OOT
• MGS3
• FFVI
• Chrono Trigger
• Halo 3

None of them "perfect," but all hold a huge place in my gaming history and are also excellent games to boot.

Metal Gear Solid 4 and Yakuza 0

Super Mario World

• Streets of Rage 2-3, Remake
• Sonic 1-3 & Knuckles, CD, Mania
• Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series
• TIE Fighter, X-Wing VS TIE Fighter
• Age of Mythology
• Mega Man X, X2, X4
• NiGHTS into Dreams
• Gunstar Heroes
• Alien Soldier
• Battle Mania: Daiginjou
• Panzer Dragoon Saga
• MUSHA
• Thunder Force IV
• Pokemon gens 1 & 2
• Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, SOTN
• Super Metroid, Prime Trilogy
• OoT, MM
• Super Mario Galaxy 2

Forza Horizon 4 and Tetris

Burnout 3: Takedown for the original Xbox is a perfect game.

Titanfall for the Xbox One is a perfect game.

FACTS!

These are some of my perfect games, graded using a combination of objective and subjective standards. Perfect, to me, is a game that is 1.) always fun, 2.) challenging and/or rewarding without frustrating the player, and 3.) never gave me any grief or hassle.

Half-Life series

DOOM (2016)

Command and Conquer up to and including C&C 3

Deus Ex (original)

Aces of the Pacific

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

Hitman: Blood Money

Diablo 2

My picks will be mainly PS3/PS4

Mass Effect 2

Far Cry 3

Batman: Arkham City

Batman: Arkham Knight

Dead Nation (I love this type of game and thoroughly enjoyed it on PS3 and PS4)

God of War (PS4)

Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption 2, if you ignore the online beta

Rocket League

Uncharted 4

Portal 2 was perfect... Its the only modern game that comes to mind...

Maaaybe Dead Cells too.

1. Metroid Prime
2. GTA Vice City
3. Goldeneye
4. Breath of the Wild
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2
6. SotN
7. Final Fantasy VI
8. The Last of Us Remastered
9. Yoshi's Island
10. Street Fighter III: Third Strike
11. Uncharted 2
12. A Link to the Past

• Final Fantasy 8 and 10
• Golden Sun
• Pokemon Silver and Red
• The Last of Us
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Grand Theft Auto San Andreas:

Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night instantly spring to mind when the word "perfect" is uttered.

Resident Evil 4

Metroid Prime Trilogy

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Super Mario Galaxy

Tomb Raider 2013

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Danganronpa 1 and 2, UDG

Considering I've been gaming for 32 years, there really aren't many games I consider perfect. The ones listed are perfect for their time.

• Sonic 3 and Knuckles - not separately but together.
• Jurassic Park (Genesis)
• Mortal Kombat 2 (32X)
• Ninja Turtles (Genesis)
• Mario World (SNES)
• Resident Evil (PS1)
• Dino Crisis 2 (PS1)
• Destruction Derby (PS1)
• Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
• Shenmue (Dreamcast)
• ICO (PS2)
• Resident Evil Remake (GC)
• Zelda Twilight Princess (GC)
• Smash Bros (GC)
• Uncharted 2 (PS3)
• Mass Effect 2 (PS3)
• Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
• The Last of Us (PS3)
• Uncharted 4 (PS4)
• Tomb Raider DE (PS4)

Possible additions I haven't completed or even played yet;

• Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4) - not yet completed
• Resident Evil 2 Remake (PS4) - not out
• Smash Bros (Switch) - under the tree

Red dead 1 was epic.

I don't know about "perfect," but here are the games I keep coming back to year after year:

• Super Mario 64 - Especially with the lively quality ROM hacks!
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series - Great games with outstanding community support.
• Half Life - I usually go back and replay Half Life 1 every couple of years or so. It still holds up really well and has aged better than its sequel (in my opinion). Black Mesa was a complete disaster, though. Ugh.
• Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 - Amazing games. Tons of tricks you can perform. European Extreme all the way.
• TimeSplitters: Future Perfect - This one gets less play because you really need to play it on an XBox, PS2, or GameCube. It's availability is very limited. Nevertheless, this game is the complete package. It's a masterpiece.
• Deus Ex - Need I say more? I'm about to reinstall it and try the GDMX mod for the first time.

This list is a bit biased towards older games, as I can verify they've stood the test of time for me.

Some for me were:

- Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross

- Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, X

- Super Mario World, Galaxy 1, Galaxy 2, Odyssey

- The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Breath of the Wild

- Super Metroid

- Dragon Quest VIII

- Grand Theft Auto IV, V

- Red Dead Redemption

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

- Forza Horizon 3

- Bayonetta 2

- Ninja Gaiden Black

- Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

I’ve never played a perfect game. I have plenty that I continue to play but I don’t see entertainment as being perfect.

Final Fantasy VII

Football Manager games, I spend near 1000 hour per year on them