The Big Question: What Games Are 10/10
What makes a game perfect? That will mean something different to every player, but that's the beauty of it. We all go into games looking for something unique, and sometimes we just know that we've found the one that ticks all the boxes.
This week, The Big Question is what games are 10/10?
Related: The Big Question: What's Your Favourite Game From A Genre You Hate?
What makes a game a 10/10 is always a topic of debate. But rather than it be about breaking a game up into parts, rating each aspect of it individually, I say it’s more about the feel. And no game feels like an utter masterpiece quite like the original Fallout. Sure, if I was to talk about the gameplay and RPG mechanics, I would find issues. But when the credits roll, I don’t care about any of them. All I’m thinking about is the bittersweet journey of the Vault Dweller, exploring a fractured wasteland that feels beautifully disconnected in a way that no other open world has managed since. No matter how many times you have to reset because of a bad dice roll, you won’t care when you’re talking down the Master, trying to convince him that humanity deserves to live.
I still haven’t written about Transistor for the site properly. I listed it as my favourite indie game of all time, and I’d definitely give it a perfect score, but I’m so in awe of it I don’t know where I’d even begin with a proper critical evaluation. It questions the nature of democracy and artistry, love and death, resistance and submission. It’s a stunning experience with rich gameplay and a heartwrenching, thought provoking story, it’s just perfect.
To me, Red Dead Redemption 2 is the greatest game of all time. Imperfections are easy to point out. It’s overlong, even without the epilogue.
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