What do you think's a quality game?

[unconsidered]

I consider a game the best when you watch a entire walkthough series on Youtube, and you still want to play it.

What do you consider great and how?

[naronic]

when I look at a game trailer and I see something other than MULTIPLAYER, UNLOCKS, BIG BREASTED ATHLETIC SLUTS, GOOD CUT-SCENE DRIVEN STORY

[TrueLAD]

At 7/6/11 09:10 AM, unconsidered wrote: I consider a game the best when you watch a entire walkthough series on Youtube, and you still want to play it.

What do you consider great and how?

Dead Space 2. Because it's loud and dark.

[FlaminSquirrel]

I find a game good if it's got the gall to actually do something different, either by making something new or heavily improving on an established line instead of just copy-pasta work.

[MrSaint]

A game with a great story, decent graphics, good gameplay. And replay value of course

[Death]

if I have fun with it.

[DannyIsOnFire]

A game that allows you to more than a main linear story.
Examples include games like the Grand Theft Auto Series, Burnout: Paradise, Spider-Man 2, etc. Basically games that allow for free roaming.

[alfraydo]

A quality game for me is a game with an exceptional soundtrack, excellent gameplay and high replay value. The plot itself can be a hit or miss, but as long as the game is fun it makes no difference.

[SoulMaster71]

Something with a halfway-decent story that keeps me occupied for 60 hours or more, an art style that seems to have never heard the words "gray" or "brown", and halfway-decent gameplay that can be relatively easily picked up and played. That, or a game with all the things that make a Zelda game: fun and somewhat epic battles, a fairly good (if often repetitive and somewhat formulaic) story that balances perfectly with the gameplay, and when the art style does go all brown it keeps some restraint on it. Now if only we could get a 60+ hour Zelda game with a slightly heavier plot focus...

[InZane3]

Gears of War 3 looks pretty great already,

[LostFaceInTrain]

At 7/6/11 06:19 PM, InZane3 wrote: Gears of War 3 looks pretty great already,

Gameplay is great (bar the retro lancer), but the style looks terrible

[Danavers]

I enjoy the dark and gritty kind of games.

[link4president]

Example of a quality game. Phantasy Star 4. Great gameplay, Hell of a story, Perfect music, Great replay value (for me at least on my 21st playthrough) Interesting characters.

[Ragnarokia]

At 7/6/11 09:10 AM, unconsidered wrote: I consider a game the best when you watch a entire walkthough series on Youtube, and you still want to play it.

What do you consider great and how?

I agree with this, it obviously has the problem of removing the first play element of knowing everything already, but if you are still drawn to it after watching someone play it you know its good. I myself have many games I have watched Let's Plays of which I would love to get. I also have several games I did get after watching the full game already, Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles being the latest example. I watched the full game of that and then went out of my way to find it, which surprisingly is hard where I live, it was very worth it.

[zooos]

Any game that, whether it be right after completion or down the road, you want to replay even after beating it is a good game. Also games that take new ideas, chances, and mechanics and uses them in ways you haven't seen.

Makes me wanna re-download Batman: Arkham Asylum...

[Dean]

If it has been developed by Bethesda Softworks I will probably think of it as a good quality game. I only really have The Elder Scrolls series and Fallout 3 to base this opinion on as I haven't played any of the older games that they developed, but I always get a feeling of a well made game when I play their stuff.

[Snuff]

At 7/7/11 07:16 AM, Dean wrote: If it has been developed by Bethesda Softworks I will probably think of it as a good quality game. I only really have The Elder Scrolls series and Fallout 3 to base this opinion on as I haven't played any of the older games that they developed, but I always get a feeling of a well made game when I play their stuff.

I heard Brink was terrible though. Which genuinely shocked me when I saw it was by Bethesda. However, I guess not all developers should make FPS games.

[Dean]

At 7/7/11 08:12 AM, Snuff wrote: I heard Brink was terrible though. Which genuinely shocked me when I saw it was by Bethesda. However, I guess not all developers should make FPS games.

Common mistake. It was not developed by Bethesda, it was merely published by them. I wish Bethesda would take more care with what they decide to publish because most of the stuff seems to get rated badly and people mistake it as a title that was actually developed by them, when it wasn't.

[Snuff]

At 7/7/11 08:15 AM, Dean wrote:

Common mistake. It was not developed by Bethesda, it was merely published by them. I wish Bethesda would take more care with what they decide to publish because most of the stuff seems to get rated badly and people mistake it as a title that was actually developed by them, when it wasn't.

Oh, whoops. Well, now I have no reason to have any doubt in Bethesda anymore, thanks for clearing that up for me.

[Asandir]

Most important thing for me is that I can enjoy a game, graphics don't have to be best, but they should be lovely and unique, what counts in the end is the whole package, it has to be good in all aspects, excellent graphics are useless when the gameplay is horrible.

[The-Great-One]

When I'm playing the game I should be having fun. If the game is not fun then there's something wrong.

[King-Rat]

Replayability, story, gameplay, voice acting.

[scroom38]

The ability to play the game a little diffrent each time. I played through the original crysis over 10 times on the hardest difficulty. it was a perfect balance of fun, innovation, and the ability to play through in many different ways (and the ability to get lost and end up on the other side of the island, but still have enemies to fight) The same goes for Far Cry 2, I played through it a good 4-5 times (the driving and lack of hoards of enemies out of missions got boring)

The #1 thing that I want a game to be, is a well made strategy game. the last good strategy game that I played is a toss up between Rise of nations, and C&C 3 (including expansions for both)

[UnderTheAnchor]

I think Brink has the elements to be a quality game, but it's potential was not maximised. If the campaign was more of a story with original missions then it would be much better, as Brink itself is a very good idea. But of course, multiplayer was relied on far too much by Splash Damage, the company that developed the game. I have played this game once and have more than two-thirds of the achievements already, but I don't think its replay value is high.