What's your Game of the Year, 2010?
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It's kinda a tie for me between ME2 and Red Dead. Both have amazing stories and awesome open worlds with fun combat which is really all I can ask for.
I can't wait until ME2 comes out on the PS3 next month, it is getting a lot of love in this thread. On topic: I bought a lot of games this year but almost all of them dissapointed (freezing in New vegas, crappy FF13) Unfortunately the game I got the most enjoyment out of was Alpha Protocol, and that is pretty sad with all the big name titles that came out in 2010, hopfully 2011 is better.
Red dead redemption and Mass Effect 2
But I am going to give it to Red Dead Redemption because it was more original. Plus the story was slightly better then Mass Effect 2
But I am going to give it to Red Dead Redemption because it was more original. Plus the story was slightly better then Mass Effect 2
Bayonetta. The most fun I've ever had with a beat-em-up action game and one of very few recent games I've bothered to play to full completion. The plot isn't much to speak of, but the game makes up for it with excellent design and absurd humor. And fun. Insane, beautiful fun.
Though, it was released in January over here and in October 2009 in Japan, so if that doesn't count; Mass Effect 2.
Really, that'd be my GOTY if it hadn't introduced some less likeable [small]*cough*tsundere*cough*[/small] characters, taken away Shepard's sapphic space-pal-for-life [small](completely unnecessarily, the hell with the comic)[/small] and had a villain that was kind of a letdown [small](the Collectors, not the Reapers: they hardly even show up)[/small].
Of course, it's still one of the best goddamn games I've ever played, so there's that too.
And an honorable mention to Fallout: New Vegas for actually being a Fallout game. Definitely Obsidian's best game, they got the feel of the franchise completely right, so it's much more wry and dark, not to mention the fact that Obsidian have much, much better writers than Bethesda. If only they'd had a few more weeks to iron things out before release, it could've been so much better. The most irritating thing is to discover that you can't finish a certain quest without using the console.
It's never unfixable, but it really messes up the immersion when you have to dick around with the game's mechanics to proceed.
Though, it was released in January over here and in October 2009 in Japan, so if that doesn't count; Mass Effect 2.
Really, that'd be my GOTY if it hadn't introduced some less likeable [small]*cough*tsundere*cough*[/small] characters, taken away Shepard's sapphic space-pal-for-life [small](completely unnecessarily, the hell with the comic)[/small] and had a villain that was kind of a letdown [small](the Collectors, not the Reapers: they hardly even show up)[/small].
Of course, it's still one of the best goddamn games I've ever played, so there's that too.
And an honorable mention to Fallout: New Vegas for actually being a Fallout game. Definitely Obsidian's best game, they got the feel of the franchise completely right, so it's much more wry and dark, not to mention the fact that Obsidian have much, much better writers than Bethesda. If only they'd had a few more weeks to iron things out before release, it could've been so much better. The most irritating thing is to discover that you can't finish a certain quest without using the console.
It's never unfixable, but it really messes up the immersion when you have to dick around with the game's mechanics to proceed.
Red Dead by a landslide. Great characters, story, locations, side quests, voice work, soundtrack.
I expect to get some games for Christmas, but as of right now, Just Cause 2.
Some games I categorize as "games": it's you against other people or against some objective, and you're trying to do better than they can.
Some games are "experiences": Driven by story and atmosphere, intended to provoke thought and immerse you in their world.
And then there's Just Cause 2, which is basically just a toy. No other game this year comes close to JC2's gleeful vehicle-stealing, grapple-hook swinging, just-touch-it-and-it-explodes-and-you-can-save-the-video delight. It's probably this year's most improvisational game and it's impossible not to smile when playing it.
Some games I categorize as "games": it's you against other people or against some objective, and you're trying to do better than they can.
Some games are "experiences": Driven by story and atmosphere, intended to provoke thought and immerse you in their world.
And then there's Just Cause 2, which is basically just a toy. No other game this year comes close to JC2's gleeful vehicle-stealing, grapple-hook swinging, just-touch-it-and-it-explodes-and-you-can-save-the-video delight. It's probably this year's most improvisational game and it's impossible not to smile when playing it.
Uhm, hate to break it to you, but Red Dead Redemption IS a sequel to a game called Red Dead Revolver.chupacabrawolf said:
OT: yea, I already posted my GotY list in the review section, but it's gotta be Mass Effect 2. It basically had everything I could want in a videogame.
Which reminds me...Sacman said:
Did you read this? [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.252471-JKs-Top-12-Best-Games-of-2010] Huh? Huh? Did ya? ^-^
Let's see
1.Mass Effect 2
2.SC Conviction
3.Fallout New Vegas
Also Alpha Protocol was really good
1.Mass Effect 2
2.SC Conviction
3.Fallout New Vegas
Also Alpha Protocol was really good
This is a hard one. I'm tempted to go with Mass Effect 2, but Red Dead Redemption, Limbo, New Vegas, Black Ops, and Reach are all close behind.
Actually, I think that I'll give it to Reach just for having so goddamn much to do. Also, Bungie's aftermarket support for Reach is better than that of any game studio in existence today.
Actually, I think that I'll give it to Reach just for having so goddamn much to do. Also, Bungie's aftermarket support for Reach is better than that of any game studio in existence today.