Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus is the strongest argument that video games are art. Sixteen colossi, no filler, no enemies between fights — just a vast, empty landscape and the growing weight of what you are doing. Each colossus is simultaneously a boss fight and a puzzle, and the emotional toll of destroying these majestic creatures is the entire point. Fumito Ueda proved that subtraction is the most powerful design tool of all.