Launching in 1988, Electronic Gaming Monthly is an influential magazine with a great deal of clout in the industry. While initially focusing more on publishing guides, cheats, and tips; EGM ultꦬimately began to publish reviews and has developed into one of the more reputable sites on the platform.
Like most other companies, nowadays, 🍃EGM's presence is primarily online, although many players presumably have fond memories of purchasing the brand's magazines during the '90s and early 2000s. In this article, we'll be listing the titles that earned a perfect score across th👍e different , be it online or on a magazine.
17 ꦡ 🌳 Grand Theft Auto IV & V
It should come as no surprise to anybody somewhat familiar with gaming that EGM has generally been quite satisfied with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto franchise. The last two numbered entries in the series - both re☂leased for seventh-generation consoles - earned perfect scores from the🍎 publisher, with similar praises being echoed in both reviews.
Let's be honest, a critic not giving a perfect score to GTA IV or V would be far more shocking than the other way round.ꦦ After all, Rockstar's irreverent sandbox titles both rank ♋on Metacritic's .
16 BioShock & Infini𓆏te
Irrational Games showed that games do not need to sacrifice a compelling narrative in favor of enjoyable gameplay. Despite more than a decade passing since BioShock's original release, 2007's FPS r🌄emains the standard to which every n🌌ew "story-driven" project is measured.
BioShock Infinite has garnered some pushback following its stellar initial reception, that included E♏GM rolling out a rare perfect score.
15 ꧙ Metroid Prime
The GameCube was home to some truly fantastic games, even if Nintendo's console did not quite hit the same heights as its predecessor and, at least commercially, successor. Nevertheless, Metroid Prime more than justifies the console's existence and ranks among the highest-rated games of the early 2000s💧.
The Wii port is generally seen as the definitive iteration, primarily for the Metroid Prime Trilogy pack, but the original version is still a bril🦄liant game.
14 ♍ TowerFall Asce♋nsion
So far, the entries have not exactly been surprising. Most people probably could have predicted that EGM gave perfect scores to GTA V and BioShock; however, TowerFall Ascension is slightly more surprising.
That's not to say the combat arena game is not deserving of such high praise, as critics generally loved the challenging but fairꩲ indie title, but it stands as one of around two dozen releases that EGM deemed worthy of a perfect score. Remember, this is a publisher that has been reviewing games for almost three decades.
13 ♏ LittleBigPlanet
As far as platformers go, LittleBigPlanet does not seem to be as fondly remembered as some of its contemporaries. Sony has basically said nothing about a potential LittleBigPlanet 4, despite the previous entries being 𝓰among the best games on their respective consoles.
LittleBigPlanet is an utterly charming gem of a game that is still worth playing more than a decade later. A perfect score so🌳unds just about right.
12 Shin𝐆 Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES & 4 (Inc. Golden)
Persona 5 may have finally gotten the mainstream crowd invested in Atlus' fantastic RPG franchise, but critics (and fans) have been adoring the series for quite a while. Available on the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2, Persona 3 FES is an enhanced version of the already good original game, one th🌠at also comes with a new epi🏅logue.
As the ultimate swan song for the PlayStation 2, Persona 4 came out after Sony had already moved to the next console, causing the RPG to be somewhat lost in the shuffle. As EGM's perfect score suggests, Persona 4 is well-worth seeking out. Golden is the best version and single-handedly j💜ustifies the PS Vita's exis♑tence.
11 Gears Of War 2 &🍃 3: RAAM'S Shadow
A bit of an odd mix of Gears of War games, to be perfectly honest. Following the innovative first entry, Gears of War 2 ramped up the world-building and story to try and create a narrative capable of maintaining the fanbase's interest in Marcus Fenix's storyline. The pacing could have been better🅷 and the campaign's final boss is disappointin🔯g, but it is still a sequel that does a lot right.
RAAM's Shadow is a DLC pack containing a robust singleplayer expansion set prior to the first game's story and lasts a decent couple of hours. If nothing else, it is a better prequel than Judgment.
10 The Legend Of Zel🧸da: Ocarina Of Time💯/Majora's Mask/Twilight Princess
Wait, EGM gave perfect scores to multiple The Legend of Zeldas? Who could have possibly seen this coming? Calm down Nintendo fans, we ain't hating on Hyrule's hero; in fact, an argument can be made that the Zelda brand has produced more than three home console entries worthy of perfect scores💛.
Everyone has their favorite Zelda game, but there is no denying they are each well-made in their own right. Ocarina of Time is obviously a given, but Majora's Mask and - to a lesser extent, in this writer's humble opinion - Twilight Princess are also masterpieces.
9 ▨ The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds ౠ
Shifting to the Nintendo 3DS, A Link Between Worlds is arguably the best old school The Legend of Zelda game to be produced in the last two decades. The art style is gorgeous and simultaneously nostalgic and fresh, while the gameplay adds just enough interesting mechanics to♑ sta🌄nd out from the crowd.
The handheld spin-offs tend to be seen as lesser Zelda, but A Link Between Worlds proves thaౠt Hyrܫule is worth visiting regardless of the hardware.
8 ✱Red Dead Redemption 2 ☂
Rockstar Games is back without another ambitious open-world adventure that pushes consoles to their absolute limits. Red Dead Redemption 2 was a long time in the making; luckily, the final product more than🌠 live♉s up to the hype.
Is itꦗ a perfect game? No, as there is no such thing. Nonetheless, 2018's release serves as a testament to gaming's ability to immerse audiences in a unique universe like no other medium.