Binge Gamer's Intern Perry takes a look at the elements that make a game and provides a guide for future games to follow. Listing examples, both good and bad, on some obvious subjects and some not so obvious that need to be taken into account: Play Control, Characters/Writing, Graphics/Glitches, Depth/Replay Value, Atmosphere, Licensing, Hype, Initial concept, Sound and Music. Hit up the source for the in depth read.

Let's face it-there are A TON of dreadful video games on the market. Sometimes it seems that for every good title, we get five more that suck.

Thankfully, the gaming gods have generous as of late, bestowing Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, and other such blessings upon our game consoles. Sadly, this won't last forever, and there will always be that lull where games like Jumper: Griffin's Story or Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis fill the gaps between the gold.

Certainly this list can be put into a reverse effect, serving as the anti-blueprints for-shall I say-THE GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME! Well, maybe that's a bit much, but it definitely couldn't hurt for some developers to at least consider double checking these issues when planning their next big release.

Of course, if we're going to be looking at the some games that do these things wrong, it’s only fair to list a few that do them right. You know, just to prove it can be done.

PacoDG via bingegamer.net »