Which game is the greatest masterpiece this generation?

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There were a lot of stellar games this generation, so it's hard to choose one.

I'd have to nominate RDR, L4D2, Dark Souls, Skyrim, Oblivion, Borderlands and CoD4, though (several games beyond those, but I only wanted to put games I'd actually played on 360 as opposed to PC).

But that would leave out Bioshock, and I wouldn't want to do that.

As the one poster pointed out, they all do kind of different things, so it's hard to choose.

If I HAD to I'd probably go with Dark Souls, with RDR running a close second.

This would just turn into people's favorites - mine with fair criticism:

Borderlands - mediocre story

Dead Space 2 - personally found nothing wrong with it (too short?)

Bioshock - too easy even on hard mode

Metro 2033 - too niche according to popular opinion

Batman AA - kinda short but for what it is it's near perfect

Singularity - shooters will never be GOATs

Tales of Vesperia - JRPG will never be GOAT in USA

FF 13 - admittedly slow to start and off-putting to new gamers but great strategy element

Mass Effect 2 - thought they made it too simple but story is still great

NFS Hot Pursuit - best racing game (non-simulation of course) I've ever played

This new game «Asura's Wrath» is really making me crazy. I already played the demo 3-4 times since it came out, I'm crazy for that game.

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"Masterpiece" would imply that the game is of the highest quality across all possible areas. I would most likely go with something like Gears of War 3. Great single player campaign, phenomenal multi player, and unrivaled co-op. It is, without a doubt, one of the 2 or 3 most complete titles to have been released this generation. But then you have games like Skyrim which don't have Co-Op or Multi player, but have unrivaled single player options. It's just to difficult to choose just one. ACx7

Mass Effect 2, and ME3 might be even better.

Fallout3 and Read Dead Redemption are close behind.

This generation is not over yet.

That being said, it is still very difficult to pick one because different games exist to do different things. Forced to pick I'd say Bioshock.

Halo Reach.

I would say Skyrim and Fallout 3. Amazing games they are.

GTA 4

Crysis HD

Saints Row 3

Halo Reach.

Manimal2000

This, mainly because it improved upon Halo 3 and it's one of the only games I've continued to play since release.

The games I enjoyed the most this gen are:

Assassins Creed (all of them, even the first one which I love).

Alan Wake

Borderlands

Bayonetta

Splatterhouse

Skyrim / Oblivion

Mortal Kombat

Dark Souls

Batman AA

Red Read Redemption

Bioshock 1

Lost Odissey

Dead Rising 1

I think they all did extremely well the things they meant to do.

BTW I'm leaving a couple of games out but I don't have my collection near menow :P

DarkSouls

Fallout 3

Skyrim

Batman AA/AC

It's not my favourite game this generation, but I very much consider Bioshock to be a masterpiece. The concepts, the setting and the script are just sensationally woven to make a game.

"Masterpiece", a term usually associated with paintings, sculpture, etc.

Individuals such as Michaelangelo & DaVinci spent at least 30 years of their lives honing their skills before producing their "masterpieces".

There are lots of very good videogames out there, but i still think they all fall short of this elusive status.

Dead space 1-2

Batman AA and AC

Mass effect 1-2

"Masterpiece", a term usually associated with paintings, sculpture, etc.

Individuals such as Michaelangelo & DaVinci spent at least 30 years of their lives honing their skills before producing their "masterpieces".

There are lots of very good videogames out there, but i still think they all fall short of this elusive status.

There is no anwser but on the top of my head Batman Arkam Asylum or City

So far I have to go with Red Dead Redemption. A phemonenal game with few weaknesses.

good one....

For this I'd have to say Metal Gear Solid 4. It is the perfect example of what a video game, and a sequel should be (the other MGS games are as well, but I'm speaking specifically about this generation).

The story was top-notch (although complex) throughout the whole series, and the telling of the story was executed to perfection. It concluded the saga of Solid Snake in an epic manner.

The graphics (for its time) were amazing, and whats most impressive is that it was all done in real-time, including the cut-scenes. For anyone who played this game, the epic split-screen Snake vs.the Geckos/Raiden vs. Vamp battle comes to mind when thinking about this. Also there were very very few graphical glitches which is important.

The gameplay improved upon its predecessors in countless ways. The controls were completely revamped and alot less frustrating than the previous ones. You could literally play the game like a stealth action game and as a third-person shooter at the same time. The boss battles were very diverse and challenging, not to mention the beauty and the beast corps ladies were gorgeous. The Big Momma set piece and Metal Gear Rex set-piece was epic as well.

The voice acting was superb, the soundtrack and musical score add a ton to the overall gameplay experience too although Im not very knowledgeable about this aspect.

This game incorporated these things, and a lot more, and did so in a fashion that very few games (and I mean maybe 3 or 4 other games ever) have been able to do so well. Anyone who played this game all the way through would be able to vouch for me.

Wait, I just realized that this was an Xbox 360 forum... sorry!

In that case, I vote yes to Mass Effect 2

Assassins creed 2 i suppose. Had pretty much everything. Good graphics, good story, the combat and atmosphere were really good as well. I never really felt bored at anytime playing it.