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How many times have people started a topic saying "Tell me what the perfect game for you would be?" Many a time that's appeared in at least one forum on here.
So what would make your perfect game?
"My perfect game would be based on a....."
"The perfect game for me would have lots of explosive weapons like a Grenade Launcher and a......"
"I think the perfect game would be an RPG in which the main character's grandfather's daughters chicken gets brutally murdered and you seek vengeance..."
The thing is, if you know exactly how the game is going to play, it loses it's replayability factor before you've even got it out the box. And if you know exactly what it features, you wont be amazed by any suprises that would normally make you want to continue to find out more, to play again, and to complete the game.
So what is the perfect game? It's all speculation. Sure, you can think up ideas to what would make a game good, but you can't necessarily make that game perfect. The fact of the matter is, there will be someone out there who wont enjoy it.
Some examples could include Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Super Mario 64. They are all good games in their own ways, all different types, and all, unquestionable popular in the games world. So why aren't any of them even near perfect?
If you look at the different types of game, in this case, an Action/Adventure game, a Role Playing Game, a Driving/Strategy game and a platformer. This for one makes all these games imperfect. They are all very different types of game, and thus, not one of them can be perfect. There can only be one type that is perfect, and perfection is used to describe something that can not be bettered, that has no faults, and is definitively the best.
So how can all the games mentioned be that? Each one can be bettered. There will always be someone at some stage in our existence who can create a game bigger and better. If a game is perfect, surely all others are not, but yet, a game of a type other than perfect cannot be perfect. (If you're confused now, then don't worry, I am too).
Perfection will never be achieved, whether somebody programs a super powered computer to scan all the brainwaves of every person on the planet to survey mankind as to what could make the perfect game, there will be a flaw in the game.
Even with the systems we have now, perfection isn't even nearly achieved in our games. There is no pleasing Human beings. They always want bigger, better, and to achieve perfection in themselves. It is programmed in to us by nature itself. Games can never fully live up to our expectations, thats why scores of 10/10 or 100% are wrong. Not everyone will be happy with the end result, thus, the game is imperfect.
So next time someone asks you what would make the perfect game, don't dignify them with an answer other than 'something bigger and better than is yet to come.' We will never get to play perfection, but we will always be able to play better games.
So what would make your perfect game?
"My perfect game would be based on a....."
"The perfect game for me would have lots of explosive weapons like a Grenade Launcher and a......"
"I think the perfect game would be an RPG in which the main character's grandfather's daughters chicken gets brutally murdered and you seek vengeance..."
The thing is, if you know exactly how the game is going to play, it loses it's replayability factor before you've even got it out the box. And if you know exactly what it features, you wont be amazed by any suprises that would normally make you want to continue to find out more, to play again, and to complete the game.
So what is the perfect game? It's all speculation. Sure, you can think up ideas to what would make a game good, but you can't necessarily make that game perfect. The fact of the matter is, there will be someone out there who wont enjoy it.
Some examples could include Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Super Mario 64. They are all good games in their own ways, all different types, and all, unquestionable popular in the games world. So why aren't any of them even near perfect?
If you look at the different types of game, in this case, an Action/Adventure game, a Role Playing Game, a Driving/Strategy game and a platformer. This for one makes all these games imperfect. They are all very different types of game, and thus, not one of them can be perfect. There can only be one type that is perfect, and perfection is used to describe something that can not be bettered, that has no faults, and is definitively the best.
So how can all the games mentioned be that? Each one can be bettered. There will always be someone at some stage in our existence who can create a game bigger and better. If a game is perfect, surely all others are not, but yet, a game of a type other than perfect cannot be perfect. (If you're confused now, then don't worry, I am too).
Perfection will never be achieved, whether somebody programs a super powered computer to scan all the brainwaves of every person on the planet to survey mankind as to what could make the perfect game, there will be a flaw in the game.
Even with the systems we have now, perfection isn't even nearly achieved in our games. There is no pleasing Human beings. They always want bigger, better, and to achieve perfection in themselves. It is programmed in to us by nature itself. Games can never fully live up to our expectations, thats why scores of 10/10 or 100% are wrong. Not everyone will be happy with the end result, thus, the game is imperfect.
So next time someone asks you what would make the perfect game, don't dignify them with an answer other than 'something bigger and better than is yet to come.' We will never get to play perfection, but we will always be able to play better games.
Life. Or Love.
I started a topic just stating there's no such thing as the perfect game, and I start to go over the top with logic. The effects of Spock's mind-meld still haven't worn off. Ah well...
You never know Strafex, those subliminal messages get more advanced each time... I think some of the people on this site have certainly been brainwashed by playing too much Playstation/Xbox/Gamecube ;-)
When you put it that way...
Still, when we say perfect, we don't mean it in the literal sense.
Just like when we say a game rules, that doesn't mean we obey it's every command! :-D
Still, when we say perfect, we don't mean it in the literal sense.
Just like when we say a game rules, that doesn't mean we obey it's every command! :-D
How many times have people started a topic saying "Tell me what the perfect game for you would be?" Many a time that's appeared in at least one forum on here.
So what would make your perfect game?
"My perfect game would be based on a....."
"The perfect game for me would have lots of explosive weapons like a Grenade Launcher and a......"
"I think the perfect game would be an RPG in which the main character's grandfather's daughters chicken gets brutally murdered and you seek vengeance..."
The thing is, if you know exactly how the game is going to play, it loses it's replayability factor before you've even got it out the box. And if you know exactly what it features, you wont be amazed by any suprises that would normally make you want to continue to find out more, to play again, and to complete the game.
So what is the perfect game? It's all speculation. Sure, you can think up ideas to what would make a game good, but you can't necessarily make that game perfect. The fact of the matter is, there will be someone out there who wont enjoy it.
Some examples could include Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Super Mario 64. They are all good games in their own ways, all different types, and all, unquestionable popular in the games world. So why aren't any of them even near perfect?
If you look at the different types of game, in this case, an Action/Adventure game, a Role Playing Game, a Driving/Strategy game and a platformer. This for one makes all these games imperfect. They are all very different types of game, and thus, not one of them can be perfect. There can only be one type that is perfect, and perfection is used to describe something that can not be bettered, that has no faults, and is definitively the best.
So how can all the games mentioned be that? Each one can be bettered. There will always be someone at some stage in our existence who can create a game bigger and better. If a game is perfect, surely all others are not, but yet, a game of a type other than perfect cannot be perfect. (If you're confused now, then don't worry, I am too).
Perfection will never be achieved, whether somebody programs a super powered computer to scan all the brainwaves of every person on the planet to survey mankind as to what could make the perfect game, there will be a flaw in the game.
Even with the systems we have now, perfection isn't even nearly achieved in our games. There is no pleasing Human beings. They always want bigger, better, and to achieve perfection in themselves. It is programmed in to us by nature itself. Games can never fully live up to our expectations, thats why scores of 10/10 or 100% are wrong. Not everyone will be happy with the end result, thus, the game is imperfect.
So next time someone asks you what would make the perfect game, don't dignify them with an answer other than 'something bigger and better than is yet to come.' We will never get to play perfection, but we will always be able to play better games.
So what would make your perfect game?
"My perfect game would be based on a....."
"The perfect game for me would have lots of explosive weapons like a Grenade Launcher and a......"
"I think the perfect game would be an RPG in which the main character's grandfather's daughters chicken gets brutally murdered and you seek vengeance..."
The thing is, if you know exactly how the game is going to play, it loses it's replayability factor before you've even got it out the box. And if you know exactly what it features, you wont be amazed by any suprises that would normally make you want to continue to find out more, to play again, and to complete the game.
So what is the perfect game? It's all speculation. Sure, you can think up ideas to what would make a game good, but you can't necessarily make that game perfect. The fact of the matter is, there will be someone out there who wont enjoy it.
Some examples could include Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Super Mario 64. They are all good games in their own ways, all different types, and all, unquestionable popular in the games world. So why aren't any of them even near perfect?
If you look at the different types of game, in this case, an Action/Adventure game, a Role Playing Game, a Driving/Strategy game and a platformer. This for one makes all these games imperfect. They are all very different types of game, and thus, not one of them can be perfect. There can only be one type that is perfect, and perfection is used to describe something that can not be bettered, that has no faults, and is definitively the best.
So how can all the games mentioned be that? Each one can be bettered. There will always be someone at some stage in our existence who can create a game bigger and better. If a game is perfect, surely all others are not, but yet, a game of a type other than perfect cannot be perfect. (If you're confused now, then don't worry, I am too).
Perfection will never be achieved, whether somebody programs a super powered computer to scan all the brainwaves of every person on the planet to survey mankind as to what could make the perfect game, there will be a flaw in the game.
Even with the systems we have now, perfection isn't even nearly achieved in our games. There is no pleasing Human beings. They always want bigger, better, and to achieve perfection in themselves. It is programmed in to us by nature itself. Games can never fully live up to our expectations, thats why scores of 10/10 or 100% are wrong. Not everyone will be happy with the end result, thus, the game is imperfect.
So next time someone asks you what would make the perfect game, don't dignify them with an answer other than 'something bigger and better than is yet to come.' We will never get to play perfection, but we will always be able to play better games.