A good game needs to be 1) challenging: this means that the game needs to be a bit hard on the user. 2) The game must be fun: The game needs to be enjoyable to the user, as well as stimulating. Who wants to play a boring game that you can't keep up with without falling asleep? also, 3) the game must have a good storyline. We all know about the video games that are basically arcade games. Those don't get remembered. The games that make it into people's minds are the ones that have a good plot to them. Just like a good book, a game needs to be complicated yet interesting.