Closest game you know as pure art?

[kivipää]

How about bastion? That game has better story and storytelling than many movies, and on top of that has a very distinct style and atmosphere in it.

[Seolla]

Chrono Trigger

[Sivick]

Okami. That game was beautiful. Like a playable Japanese painting.

[Deleted]

Zelda.

Especially the music. Koji Kondo is a genius!

And don't focus on only one Zelda game, all of them are different and all of them are brilliant.

[Deleted]

Basically all games are art, unless they solely focus on the gameplay.

Yeah i agree, but its still a sliding scale.

[Sunnydee]

fable2

one of the most exiting games ive played

[Fibby76]

There has been many over the years, but in recent memory:

[Volitar]

Bastion it felt more like an awesome story rather than a game. The art style was super unique and meshed very well with the game. I couldn't put it down until I beat it twice (like literally I didn't leave my computer until I finished it)

[vizzle]

Kingdom Hearts or FFX. Both touched me in ways I have never been touched before

[Herecius]

Dear Esther. It eschews the gameplay strictly for the artistic direction. That said, many games are very much art even so, but Dear Esther stands out as the art first, game second. Bastion is a great example of a game that is very much beautifully artistic, both in graphical style, as well as the fact that it's like a story that you play, rather than playing through a story.

[lohi]

El Shaddai on ps3. Visuals are just amazing!

[Nebthet]

Bastion, then Portal 2.

[Rollo]

I always thought Risk was the most artistic game I've ever played. Then I played Stratego.

[Keex]

Mafia 1. If you consider movies/books art, then mafia is art as well.
Trine has nice artistic visuals as well.

[Linaver]

Bioshock for sure, The Witcher series possibly too, Halo 3 was a work of art for me personally and so was Fallout 3.
Going back some more Kotor I was a masterpiece.

From older games I'd say Master of Orion 2 and Morrowind.

[Deleted]

Shenmue!

I have to rezz my Dreamcast now!

[Deleted]

since when are video games "pure art"?

[Einarr]

Team fortress 2, amazing =)

[bewbew]

Bastion!
Awesome graphics in that game, warm, colourful and full of life and warmth.

All while having a very serious, nearly gloomy narrative that sets a tone in complete contrast to the graphics of the game. Pure magic.

Bastion is amazing.

[inux94]

Bastion.
Amazing game.