Last *amazing* game that you played?

Skyrim - One of the few games to make me feel a constant sense of awe. People disagree. But hey, it's a viewpoint folks.

Bioshock - Enveloping, elements of some of my favourite game's, with a genuinely unique setting.

Planescape Torment - You won't find a more mature narrative in gaming.

Heavy Rain - I am a SERIOUS film buff, and I think despite some game related flaws, this is on par with some fantastic films. I am more in things for the 'experience' rather than if they are technically a game or not.

Deus Ex - Nomatter how much wide spread appreciation this game get's, it will always be under appreciated to me. This game is about moment-to-moment options. True, legitimate, intelligent, options. Masterpiece is an understatement. This game reinforced my standpoint as a gamer. It's the 'fightclub' of the gaming world. Imo.

Spec ops the line - I don't like this as a game. What it does with it's narrative however, is bold and interesting.

Bastion - Something about this game was filled with love. This game had a heart. A soul. And it was a great indie game with strong gameplay to boot.

That's just SOME. The list other other games I have thought where near-masterpiece is in the hundreds. And there are plenty more games that I think are true masterpieces that I have not listed here. This list is just a few that came into my head strait away. Persona 4, Silent hill when it was fresh, Morrowind, Zelda. The list goes on and on.

Hell, even shallow things like borderlands I found to be pretty incredible. And put aside my hate of grindy-repetition so I could enjoy finding loot with friends.

Dragon's Dogma

man that ending was something else!

The last game I played that made me love video games all over again was Double Dragon Neon.

The last game I played that was unequivocally the best game I had ever played was Dark Souls.

Hmm... I need to break it down into a few of the last *amazing* games I played.

No More Heroes

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Journey

Rayman: Origins

Mario-esq RPG's

Dark Souls

Red Dead Redemption

again

Nier. I just finished replaying it and it's still quite possibly my favorite game this generation.

Aside from that, Mark of the Ninja is pretty dang good too.

@Godlyawesomeguy:

That wasn't sarcasm btw. Surprisingly for the time it was made, The gameplay was addicting because of the story like rating system they added. I spent the entire game not shooting anyone so I could get the professional ending, making it an extremely intense hostage experience... Not only that, but the sound for ingame gameplay/ the cut scenes is amazing! I wish more games put that much detail into the audio... it makes all the difference in the world.

And of course, we can't forget the soundtrack.... Or specifically, Little Green Bag.

The cut scenes themselves were extremely well animated too (Ignoring the dated facial animations lol). Now I'm not saying it's a game made among the gods... I can definitely see it getting repetitive for people who aren't fans of Reservoir Dogs. Although, any TPS lover should feel at home the moment they start playing.

Currently playing through Bioshock and Mass Effect 3. These are what I would call amazing games.

Red Dead Redemption. I enjoyed every single aspect of that game and everything was excellent.

Saints Row: The Third sticks out in my mind.

I loved the first and second but The Third took it too a new level. I was hooked the second it started until the final tick of 100% was complete and it still left me wanting more. Loved the story, the voice acting, the humor, the game performed flawlessly for me and the gameplay was as nailed as gameplay gets. An easy 10 out of 10 in my books.

Honorable mention has to go to Rayman: Origins. Not only is it gameplay perfection but I also got to watch my son go from barely being able to press a button to butt-stomping and wall jumping his way through what can be a pretty demanding game at times. The gameplay is so good that my four year old son has a hard time playing anything else because "it doesn't play good like Rayman daddy". And though I had to do Land of the Livid Dead pretty much on my own we played it together start to end (at least ten times over by now) and I will remember the game forever as the first game he ever beat.

Probably Bastion.

@whitespider said:

Skyrim - One of the few games to make me feel a constant sense of awe.

Interesting. Can you elaborate? Why awe?

VVVVVV. Sounds stupid but I was generally interested in the plot and wanted to get all my crew members back safely. Also the music was incredible.

Dark Souls. Never not playing it.

Saints Row: The Third

I've played a lot of great games, but the last time that I thought one was a masterpiece was either Uncharted 2 or Mass Effect 2 (2010 was a damn good year)

@AhmadMetallic: Hard to articulate. The immersion, the music, the design of the world. It made me feel like I was living in this fantasy 'place'.Many other games felt like placeables on a heightmap.

The myst filled mountains, the jagged peaks jutting into the golden horizon. And whips of smoke hovering over a valley. The way the landscape 'felt'. The world was like a character of it's own.

Which is not to say that skyrim is the only game that made me feel like I was part of a living world. Red dead redemption did much the same thing, however it was 'by design' more barren, it drew closer parallels to real life. And thus it being a game became all the more apparent.

Skyrim felt, for lack of a better word, epic. It felt like the world had purpose. It was dirty, and magical, and beutiful in only a way a realization of something can be.

And sure, it had a laundry list of issues. Many of which I remedied on the pc via rather incredible and comprehensive mods. But with the exception of a few 'revert to previous savegames' - that almost seemed 'besides the point'.

I enjoy being lost in a world that believes in itself, I love a touch of magic hidden behind the curtains, and I love freedom. These elements combined in a way that made me happy to just 'exist' and 'roam' around. For hundreds of hours. With my mouth slightly open.

Batman: Arkham City.

It just nails being batman so well.

I am a big fan of Rhythm Heaven Fever. Fez was amazing in its design.

Mark of the ninja or Walking dead chapter 3. cant decide.

Borderlands 2.

Skyrim. I was in awe at certain points.

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

Borderlands 2.

kissass!

I was mad late to the party, but I one-shot To the Moon last night.

It's story rivals that of the best visual novels I've seen -- it was especially touching by the climax. Great soundtrack, too!

About a month ago I bought harvest moon on my ps vita I'm really addicted and it was only like $8 on sale

Deus Ex HR

Mirror's Edge.

I miss playing that, I really had fun with that game.

Portal 1, played it for the first time a month ago and was blown away by it. I just beat Portal 2 a few days ago but I had some issues with them dragging out the story so I can't say it was amazing....Wheatley is amazing, straight up.

Finished Max Payne 3 a couple of days ago - Solid masterpiece on so many levels.

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

Borderlands 2.

Yep.

Too many games...but most recently, Bioshock I finally finished. Fucking awesome. Haven't beat another game in a while though, too much LoL haha.

@allworkandlowpay said:

Bioshock 1.

Rayman Origins.

And that is from someone who is usually interested but ambivalent about platformers.

In terms of total immersion, Amnesia really hit the mark for me. Dark Souls was pretty good too. There are others, but I can't think of them right now.

Skyrim. Spec ops was good, not amazing.

Asura's Wrath

Persona 4, still holds up more than most rpgs.

The last one was probably Red Dead Redemption. It made me cry at the end and it felt like so did the developers.

In hindsight, I would also say Halo 2. For such a great game, the story of its development is incredible. Halo 2 could have easily gone real bad for Bungie and it still worked out. Remains my favorite Halo game.

Looking at this year, I have a good feeling Halo 4 is going to be the next one but right now, FTL is truly 'Wow'

Maybe Super Mario Galaxy 2 when it came out a couple years ago.

SMG2 and Uncharted 2 are really the only two games I've played this generation that I've felt that way about.

FINALLY got around to playing Journey, can't imagine why I waited. Completely amazing in every way.

Shadows of the Damned. I still haven't finished it, but the touches Suda 51 put on it, and the music Shinji Mikami composed, brilliant. I love turning it on and seeing the cheesy b-movie intro.

If we're talking finished, probably Flower, Sun, and Rain, for loads of reasons, including the anti-gameplay it had. Touching, brilliant, and twisted, just like any Suda game. Killer 7 is just as fantastic.

I'm playing Mass Effect 2 for the first time (with an imported save), and unless it jumps the shark in the last third - which seems unlikely - I'd say it's pretty much amazing. The art and game design are great and all, but what I love most about it is how all the individual recruitment and loyalty missions have themes that were perfectly set up in the lore.

Before that? BioShock and Red Dead Redemption come to mind. They're probably my favourite games of the generation and could very well remain along my all-time favourites. I also loved LA Noire because, while somewhat flawed and contrived, it was just so goddamn atmospheric and ambitious.

• Spec Ops the Line
• Pong

Aliens: Infestation and Saint's Row The Third are obvious choices.

Ico in the Ico & Shadow of the Colossus HD collection. I played it for the first time 11 years after it came out and it's been the best game I've played this year. Definitely not perfect, but definitely a masterpiece.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Portal 2. But only the ending really. The rest of the game was good, but the ending was amazing. I spontaneously stood up and started clapping at the last puzzle.

Mass Effect 1

Peacewalker. Loving the Vita. For someone who played only a handful of Psp titles, I gots me plenty of games to keep me occupied