Visualante2
Member
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty stands out to me. Haven't played a lot of Blizzard games. But it really was above the many Nintendo, Valve and other games I've played.
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The most polished games you've played
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foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
um.....nintendo.....games? Sorry for not having a less derivative answer haha
Summer Haze
Banned
Does the Destiny alpha count?
I was amazed at how polished, and seemingly read-to-ship that game was. At least for me anyway....
I was amazed at how polished, and seemingly read-to-ship that game was. At least for me anyway....
disappeared
Banned
Mario Galaxy 2, Portal, Braid.
dancingphlower
Member
When I think polish, I think of Resident Evil 4. A game so well made, it makes everything else look bad. I'm not surprised that many have tried and failed to replicate this game's success. The Devil May Cry games also exhibit a level of high polish in their design.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
This thread has shown me that barely anyone knows what polish is when describing a game as a package.
Because mentioning Rockstar and Naughty Dog games? That's just....good god. Any game where a death caused by forces outside your control is automatically disqualified.
Polish runs as deep as something like the menus of the game being smooth and snappy. Again, this counts out Rockstar and Naughty Dog again.
Nintendo just shines in all these areas.
EightBitNate
Member
How could you think GTAV is polished when it was released without MP? If that doesn't scream rushed out the door, I don't know what does.
Not saying it isn't an incredible game
I feel that way too.
Their devs know their stuff, what to say more, haha.
There are a few fuck-ups, though, but it's a minority compared to the rest of the industry.
I came here to post exactly this. I think SMG2 is the best game I've played from an objective standpoint. I mean, I've put more hours into other games, but I can't think of a game that's more flawless.
Alcoholikaust
Member
Something by Nintendo probably. Their games are bug free, controls are tight, consistent art design and music throughout. The types of games they make, they do better than anyone else and they don't contain any obvious flaws. That being said, I am NOT a fan of the vast majority of their games. I find them to be well made, but they don't personally appeal to me.
Gaffercake
Member
The Witcher games - very polished.
This. Actually all of them are polished.
Pristine_Condition
Member
...except for the scripts. MGS scripts need an editor...badly.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
more recently, Dragon's Crown, Tearaway, 1001 Spikes
old, Chrono Trigger & Yoshi's Island... the Dreamcast release of Soul Calibur
old, Chrono Trigger & Yoshi's Island... the Dreamcast release of Soul Calibur
Like most threads asking for an opinion, most people simply decided to name a game they like, regardless of how absurdly unpolished it is.
Excellent choice. The true killer of all MMO's that came out after is that they have no chance to stand up to the polish and content provided by WoW
Yup, great answer. EVERYTHING had care and attention lavished on it. Even the menus, the fonts, the animations, the gameplay, music. Sigma ran on a more powerful machine but brought in elements that make the game WORSE than Black. Like loading when you collect items or open chests.
Super Mario 3D World is also created with care and attention. As people have said, no rough shortcuts, every part of the game has had maximum attention given to it.
I'm playing through Dragon's Crown now for the first time on Vita. Yes, it's a lovely presented and polished game.
R_thanatos
Member
Yeap , i vote for GTA5 too ...
Considering the scale and the time i've spent on this game it's trully one of teh most polished game i've played in the last 5 years
(not counting the online )
TheAdmiester
Member
GTA V by far. GTA Online is rather buggy, but offline it's utterly flawless. The only game I've never experienced a bug or glitch in, which is incredible considering the size of it. Nothing else is even close in polishedness.
You can't just pick and choose what you want to fit your opinion lol. Glad you like the game, it's not at all polished though, and I don't expect any open world game to be.
Portal and Portal 2 aren't the most complex or lengthy games but they accomplish what they set out to do with almost perfect pace, direction, and narration. On the other end of the spectrum, I bought Skyrim early this year and it's still a buggy piece years later. Not blind to their stark design differences, but seriously, Bethesda's shit feels straight up unfinished at times.
R_thanatos
Member
GTA5 only became buggy when they started patching it (v1.01+)
GTA5 as a stand alone package from my disk and no patch i had no problem and i've finished this game 3 times starting from scratch and still having fun with it.
Open world games have bugs but all the games have bugs.GTA5 is the most polished open world game i've ever played when i factor the density of things to do.
That's my opinion and i'll defend it.
The fact that the game is still patched to add things to the online parts means nothing to me.
randomengine
Banned
As polished as WoW was/is as an MMO, it is far from a polished experience. Being a polished MMO is like being the tallest midget. The whole genre is designed to be an unfinished work in progress for its entire life.
And let's be clear about which phase of the game we are evaluating. Vanilla up to, but not including Cataclysm - included many broken quest and leveling experiences. While Cataclysm fixed much of that, there are other areas which become unpolished as systems are abandoned or forgotten over time. Like First Aid.....why does it exist? At one time it was semi-useful but not these days. That is just one of many examples.
So, no, not hating, but let's be honest WoW is far from a polished game. Most polished game in its genre? Sure, but that isn't saying much.
joeygreco1985
Member
I feel like i may get crap for this, but i really felt like Halo 4 was supremely polished. I mean just look at it...
You're right. Halo 4 was really polished.
Kabuki Waq
Member
Several aspects of that game almost come off as an infatuation in how detailed the are, and I don't mean that in a bad way, just that it's all very apparent, like a grandiose realized vision of how a fan sees the game.
Blargonaut
Banned
This. In my mind "polished" implies that a game doesn't suffer from performance issues.
ChawlieTheFair
pip pip cheerio you slags!
Probably Max Payne 3.
Never touched MP, so not sure about that, but the SP was just great. Game was super optimised as well and ran great.
Never touched MP, so not sure about that, but the SP was just great. Game was super optimised as well and ran great.
MechaBowser
Member
Nintendo thread? Nintendo thread. Even when their games are good, they're at least polished(for the most part).