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What games are just objective masterpieces? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Half-Life 2, both Psychonauts games, the Arkham series

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, none because favorites are super subjective, but I'll shout out my favorites because no one else did:

The Wonderful 101
Bayonetta
Ninja Gaiden II
God Hand
Viewtiful Joe
Catherine
Gravity Rush
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Crimzon Clover: World EXplosion
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Catherine deserves to be on someone's list so glad you have it and Gravity rush is a good choice cause it was a fun use of mechanics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

ketsui deathtiny

castlevania: aria of sorrow

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Albion by BlueByte

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Elden Ring

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Squarez Deluxe

Originally a paid DOS game and the developer is a cool dude who changed it to freeware. You can download it on myabandonware or archive org. Then grab a free copy of DOSBox.

In my view, it is the best shape packing game ever made, and it never really got its due, possibly in part to somewhat extra complexity, and partly from the time it came out.

You learn the ropes in the early modes, but you really need to play on EXTREME Mode. There are many different special pieces, and you decide how to move them in the playfield and rotate them.

There are mud traps and acid pits and missiles and bombs and traps. And you have to not only play the shape packing aspect, but you have to continually think about how to deploy these hazards, to your best advantage, or least disadvantage!

Over the years, I continually come back to this game, and I have probably sunk over a thousand hours since I was young.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

There is no game: wrong dimension

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think Bioshock 1, Inscryption, Portal 1 & 2(I believe that 2 wouldn't be so loved if we didn't already love 1, I like to think of them as a set), Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil, Nier Automata, and Okami.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Glad to see Okami mentioned here. It was poorly marketed, which basically killed the development company… But it was so good.

Some people have called it the best Zelda game never made, and I believe the description is accurate. It has all of the mechanics of Zelda’s puzzlebox dungeons. It’s just a different setting, and the “tools” to solve the puzzles are your brush abilities.

My only real complaint about the game is that it was long. Like every time I expected the game to be wrapping up, it would introduce an entirely new region. But that length also meant it was able to deliver a fully self-contained story that didn’t rely on cliffhangers (sequels) to finish. Sure there were some sequels, but the original story stands on its own without them.