What are the best/highest quality Video Games ever made? (lemmy.world)

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Feel free to list a few video games from different genres. Best is definitely subjective and I'm sure there are many "Best" games for various categories.

Half Life: Alyx for example is widely considered the "Best" VR game. Many would agree it's the best Action VR game, but it wouldn't be the "Best" for puzzles.

To make it easier I'll list the types of Genres for Video Games from Wikipedia. Please do give suggestions for some of the highest quality games you've played from various categories:

Action: Platform games, shooter, fighting, survival, etc
Action-Adventure: Survival horror
Adventure: Interactive, real time, 3d, text adventures, etc
Puzzle: Exploration, trial and error, breakout, logical games, etc
Role-playing: Action RPG, MMORPG, tactical, sandbox, etc
Simulation: Management, life simulation, vehicle simulation, etc
Strategy: Real time, turn based, wargame, grand strategy, etc
Sports: Racing, competitive, sports games, etc
MMO: Massively multiplayer online game
Openworld: Sandbox, creative, open world, etc

Note: Non-exhaustive category list. There are more such as card games, board games, etc. Please check the wiki link above for more categories to get ideas for the "best" games.

I personally would recommend Subnautica (Open World), Half Life: Alyx (VR Action-Adventure), The Witcher 3 (Role-playing), Black Mesa (Action), Titanfall 2 (Action), Portal 2 (Puzzle), Battlebit (MMO/Action), and Half Life 3 (Fictional Game).

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[-] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I will not give you titles because the list can be long and hardly I can find a total winner. The best games even made are the one shipped completed without pretending of expansions to fill it, or DLC, or micro translation, season pass, and shit like this. So we need to jump back to 5 or 10 years to find something. I'm still waiting a new generation game that I like and that can achieve this.

[-] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There are plenty of games like this from the last few years. Elden Ring, Zelda, TLOU2, GoW2 just to name some AAA titles. Many indie games too. It just got a bit more annoying to filter out the cash grabs.

[-] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True but let's take for example elder ring, even if updated for free it something keep in mutating by updates bigger that dlcs, it didn't come out from the box ready. This annoys me, not having a production finished when I buy, also the dependecy of the net to keep downloading and fix this games. I can't recall something similar in the past when physically buying the cd without even internet I was used to play mine PS1/2.

[-] 100thCatMarch@kbin.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

Nothing and I mean nothing ever comes close to Return of the Obra Dinn when it comes to puzzles. All the info is provided and it's all on you to finish the game (or not). It's a really unique experience. Less action and more wracking your brains out.

[-] _thebrain_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

One of the best I have ever played which falls into adventure, puzzle, RPG, strategy , and open world is probably star control 2, the urquan masters. It has an amazingly well crafted story, the music is great, and a bunch of different aspects to the game play. This still is one of my favorite games of all time

[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Action platform: Portal 2. It is polished to a mirror shine. I can't think of a higher "quality" game in the genre.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For me it's Witcher 3 (open world RPG), Life is Strange (the first one and the prequel, basically interactive story, not that much gameplay), The Walking Dead by Telltale (I like them all, but Season 1 is especially great), Heroes of Might & Magic V (turn-based strategy, really great).

Edit: As a bonus, all of them are available on GOG, if you care about game ownership.

[-] mookulator@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Judging by how many hours I’ve logged, Civ 6

[-] CausticFox@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Baldur’s gate 2 for me.

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Mazewars on Mac as an early multiplayer FPS.

Black Tiger in the arcades was an excellent fantasy platformer.

Another World on the Amiga was a fantastically immersive cinematic platformer.

Wipeout 2097 on PSX was a futuristic anti-grav racer with a 10/10 for music, SFX, gameplay, lore, theme and graphics. Just exceptional.

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In the current day, gaming is all about FLOSS games such as Cube2:Sauerbraten(FPS), 0AD(RTS), The Dark Place(stealth Thief remke) and Shattered Pixel Dungeon(roguelike) which are free forever and community driven, providing a much richer gaming experience.

[-] Witcher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Witcher 3

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