Time Lists Top Ten Videogames of 2012

[Calcium]

Why would Minecraft be suggested for going on the list? It left beta November last year right? :S

Sadly, I've played so few 2012 games that I doubt I'd be able to form a top 5, let alone a top 10. That said I hope to pick up Halo 4, XCOM, and perhaps Torchlight 2 when studies settle down.

 

[-Dragmire-]

Huh, wow... no Blops 2.


I don't play those games but I expected to see it in that list.

 

[Danzavare]

Of all the top 10 lists I've seen from big companies, this is (surprisingly) the one I find most agreeable. It's got a healthy mix of genres and experiences and for the most part, I think it's well chosen.

GW2 is dangerously close to becoming my favourite game of all time and may eventually mark the first time I hit the level cap in an MMO (I've never had one keep my interest long enough before).

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

What? Someone writing for Time has an Opinion?

Get me the fucking phone, WE NEED TO TELL THE PRESIDENT!

 

[Notsomuch]

They didn't reveal much about their Criteria for adding things to the list or for how they ranked them so I don't think there's much to argue about.

 

[Ken Sapp]

>Top Ten Videogames of 2012
>Little Big Planet

Huh?

They're either talking about LittleBigPlanet Karting, or LittleBigPlanet Vita. My money's on the latter.

I didn't even know there was a kart racer of LBP.

And the vita version? Does that really count, it's a port right?

Yeah, the Karting game was made by United Front Games, the same guys who made Modnation Racers. And the Vita Version isn't strictly a port, as it added some new functionality to use the touchscreen and the gyroscope and whatnot. Didn't pay too much attention to it, seeing as the Vita hasn't exactly grabbed my interest.

So what you are saying is that any console game that gets translated to the PC doesn't count if they added functionality to use a keyboard and mouse? Adding a small amount of new functionality or content does not stop a wholesale translation of a game from one platform to another from being a port. A port is a port. I've never played LBP so I couldn't speak to any of its other merits, but I still wouldn't qualify it as a new release. Might as well consider Greatest/Platinum Hits rereleases as a new releases.

There were plenty of great new releases and new IPs to put in a top ten of 2012 list. And ultimately, why are we even bothering with a videogame top ten list from TIME? As far as I knew they didn't even have videogame reporters.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Yey, TL2 got recognition!

I would never put GW2 at #1 though.

And yet you didn't make the list, Time's writer did. And the game is worthy of the #1...not only worthy of, but also winner of it as well.

No Top Ten list of 2012 is complete without at least a mention of Telltales The Walking Dead imo.

Also, Guild Wars 2 at number 1. I laughed so hard I cried.

Laugh all you want, but you're only laughing at your own opinion. Guild Wars 2 is the best MMO to release all year, and honestly the best game to release all year. Content vs. value, for $60 and without a subscription it's the best valued game because of how much there is for players to do within it.

So you criticize them for having opinions but then you give your own like it's complete objective fact. Wow.... I haven't seen such blatant fanboyism on this site in a while.

OT: Decent list IMO. There are a lot of games on the list that I haven't played yet but I would definitely take away ACIII, Little Big Planet, The Last Story, and Halo 4. I would add Borderlands 2, Mass Effect 3 and The Walking Dead.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

I'm so glad that ME3 didn't make the list. Its a good game (mostly), but there is just so many missteps and forced paths; it wasn't a good game to what ME1 and ME2 lined up for ME3 to follow. And the ending... you know Bioware(EA) missed hard with their flagship game can't even get into a decent top ten list.

*high five*

agreed, as much as i did enjoy playing some multiplayer with it, the single player was just utter garbage in so many instances that it didn't remotely feel connected to the first two games, and that ending alone knocked it out of any top 10 game lists I have.

No idea what the fuck papa & yo is but all the other games i've heard great things about, GW2 might not be #1, but it's probably the best release this year for an mmo, so I don't mind they put it in that spot.

 

[greenlinkboy]

They could have put any game other than Mass Effect 3 in there and I would have been fine with it. Man did that game suck hard with vengeance.

 

[Stryc9]

Pretty impressive to see Torchlight II on that list. Seeing as how the list isn't entirely composed of the games that made the most money this year it appears that someone at Time at least has their heads on their shoulders when it comes to games.

 

[Bryan Nolen]

Disappointing that Spec Ops: The Line was omitted... at least Dishonored is on there....

 

[teebeeohh]

No no no, Far Cry 3 is sand box sneaking at its finest.

Seriously, best implementation of stealth mechanics I've seen in a first person game thus far.

Shame it didn't make the list though, it's 30 hours of awesomeness.

ON THE OTHER HAND, Dishonored and Torchlight II made the list, so that's cool.

I agree that the stealth is really good but best in a first person game, have you never played thief? Unless you meant first person AND sandbox, in that case yes, I agree.

I guess through best thing about the list is that it exists and is not stuffed with super obscure artsy games

 

[tehweave]

I agree with you on Mass Effect 3, Journey, and Diablo 3.

But... With Minecraft and Dear Esther, it's hard to judge them as THIS year's games because they've been around for a while. Yes, Dear Esther got an independent release this year, but it's been a mod for a while. Yes, Minecraft was released for 360 this year, but the official PC and mobile versions came out last year, plus, the game has been around for a couple of years in beta, alpha, and indev.

 

[JagermanXcell]

No Journey, well they did get a Grammy Nomination... yup, they're obviously too cool for Time.
Also Spec Ops The Line isn't on there. They probably saw the box art and stayed away from it.
Way to be specific with which LittleBigPlanet...

 

[ResonanceSD]

Woo Guild Wars 2!!! So happy to see ANet get some recognition =D

Spec Ops: The Line should have been second.

 

[Guffe]

Glad to see Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles get recognition, they totally deserve it.

My thoughts exactly
And if halo 4 is anything like the Halo games I've played before (Halo 1 and 2) but done with thought of todays technology then I'd say that deserves a spot there also. Other than that I don't really know what games I'd throw into that list.

 

[BakedZnake]

Why the hell is one of the best game of this year, hell of all time not on the list????!!!!!!
Call of du.... hahaha just jking

Yh walking dead was great, great story and characters, but still annoyed that nearly all your decisions past episode 1 doesn't matter because no matter what you do it'll just end the same. Still F off from them killing off suddenly a character I grew to really like at the roadside n didn't even bury them! Oh spoilers...

Mass effect 3 deserves a mention, ending was bad but I really enjoyed most of the game apart from the final section on Earth. ME3 multiplayer is very good also, and continuely supported with new maps, weapons, characters, enemies and game balances every week

 

[Beautiful End]

Well, I was pleasantly surprised and yet...confused. I mean, I gotta admit I was expecting to see CoD, Halo, Borderlands 2, AC3, Madden and FIFA there. But...that's better?

Although...Papo y Yo? Come on, half of the people here don't even know the game and really, it isn't THAT amazing compared to, let's say, Journey? And hey, I'm happy for Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story but I had the impression The Last Story didn't do that well in the US and honestly, I haven't seen a lot of people buy it. But maybe I'm looking in the wrong places?

I dunno, I'm all up for unpredictable lists but this one confuses me.

 

[sXeth]

Far Cry 3 came out the same day (in North America) Time published the article, its probably past a cutoff.

I don't necessarily know what I'd put in there place, but Halo 4 and AC3 are the ones that don't seem well-fitted. (Probably torchlight 2 too, but I find the shot at Diablo amusing)