I'm shocked at how good Ratchet and Clack: A Crack in Time is. It came bundled with my PS3 so I figured it'd be a throwaway game, like Kung-Fu panda was with the Xbox. But Holy Shit is this game oozing with presentation. The dialogue and actions of characters continuously makes me laugh.
And the visuals......shit.........once in a while the right lighting and angle will hit and I'll swear I'm playing a Pixar movie.
Yeah, Ratchet and Clank is nowhere near a shovelware, throwaway title. Insomniac works its ass off with each release in the franchise, and it's as close as you'll get to playing a Pixar movie (as per the back of the box) or a Chuck Jones cartoon.
Hard to choose between Uncharted 2, Batman, and Assassin's Creed 2. I think Uncharted 2 pulls away in the end, it just kills in every single area and definitely wins when it comes to my most important criteria: story/writing/dialogue.
i wish i had voted trine higher up, now that i've beaten it
great game
Yeah easily a top 5 game. Too many other strong titles for it to be GOTY, but definitely among the elite.
I forgot to add Assassin's Creed II and Torchlight. I haven't gotten around to playing either, but considering the near universal praise both have received, I readily expect those to make my list for next year
Had to go with Dragon Age: Origins at #1. I think it set the bar a few notches higher in terms of what single player games can do with dynamic worlds and decision making. It also featured some of the best writing/voice acting I've experienced in a game. I don't think I was uninterested for a single moment of my first 60 hour play through.
Glancing through the thread, I see not many people liked Empire Total War as much as I did. God I love that series. It's my #2, with my top 5 being:
1) Street Fighter 4
2) Empire Total War
3) Dragon Age Origins
4) Borderlands
5) Batman Arkham Asylum
I admittedly love street fighter to an unfair degree for any other game series. Chances of Super Street Fighter 4 being my favorite game of 2010 are pretty high unless they screw something up terribly.
The game list made me sad I don't have one of the HD twins yet. Although I'm not too upset that meant voting Little King's Story as my number 1, since it's so damned fantastic.
Yes. I love seeing people's #1's listing Street Fighter IV. I can't believe how much I love that game. Easily spent more time playing that than any other game this year.
Yes. I love seeing people's #1's listing Street Fighter IV. I can't believe how much I love that game. Easily spent more time playing that than any other game this year.
Yeah, there are so many games that I know would make my top list if I just got around to playing them. Alas, I played more than these, but I wanted to keep it around a top 5, but had to go with 6:
Yeah that's another problem, the games I played the most didn't come out this last year.
I sunk hundreds of hours into the first 2 Disgaea's, Final Fantasy Tactics, TF2, and countless others.
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edited January 2010
Well, here's my list... this was a hard year to rank them. The top 5 are more or less a toss-up. Uncharted 2 won out simply because I enjoyed the whole package.
And if you'd asked me just 2 months ago if I thought Assassin's Creed 2 would make my top 5 on the list, I would have laughed at the thought. Ubisoft really took me by surprise.
Demon's Souls really might have been my #1, but I've only been playing for less than week - it's up there, though, because I simply love the originality - it's cryptic and challenging as well as fresh and addicting.
Halo 3 ODST is there just because I'm an OLOLOL Halo fan and I really enjoyed the different direction Bungie went with. It adds something to the lore of Halo, which I really enjoy.
And then there's Shadow Complex. It's exactly what I want in a Metroid/SOTN-like game.
Everything else was equally hard to rank, but there it is. Yes, I included Patapon 2 - simply because I have blown a LOT of time playing that game.
Thanks! You voted for:
1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
2. Assassin's Creed II (360,PS3)
3. Demon's Souls (PS3)
4. Halo 3: ODST (360)
5. Shadow Complex (360*)
6. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
7. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
8. Torchlight (PC)
9. Street Fighter IV (360,PC,PS3)
10. Scribblenauts (DS)
11. Halo Wars (360)
12. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
13. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
14. Forza Motorsport 3 (360)
15. Patapon 2 (PSP)
16. Flower (PS3*)
17. Little King's Story (Wii)
18. Brütal Legend (360,PS3)
19. Infamous (PS3)
20. Left 4 Dead 2 (360,PC)
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edited January 2010
I like LBP PSP, but I can't help but feel like I'm playing something that's been stripped down. It really feels like a game I should be playing with other people.
Thanks! You voted for:
1 Demon's Souls (PS3)
2 Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (PS3)
3 Forza Motorsport 3 (360)
4 Street Fighter IV (360,PC,PS3)
5 Trials HD (360*)
Before you say anything, I had fun with trials, so SHUT UP GUYS and leave me alone.
In what way? I admittedly don't own a PSP but LBP on it does not appeal to me at all.
Well I mean... I don't know. From what I've seen it's a fairly simple 2D platformer? I think someone said the editor used the sixaxis, and I could imagine that being a good bit harder without something like the sixaxis or the ds touchscreen, but other than that it never seemed like the kind of thing that required a PS3 and it seemed really like the kind of casual / pick up and play thing that shines on a handheld. Am I missing something?
AJR said LBP PSP felt "stripped down", what did they change?
"The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition" didn't make the list? That and "Runman: Race Around the World" were the only new games I've (a) actually played and (b) really enjoyed this year.
"The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition" didn't make the list? That and "Runman: Race Around the World" were the only new games I've (a) actually played and (b) really enjoyed this year.
Battlefield Heroes is/was also pretty rad.
The point of the poll is only new games released that year, so I try to keep ports/special editions out. Sorry...
I suppose this is my list. I'm kind of torn on the last few, because while I enjoyed them, I don't really consider them to be game of the year material. Maybe I'm fucking your sample. I consider things like ODST or L4D2 more like expansion packs anyway, but I liked them, so I'm willing to put them in my GOTY list. I'm solid on the first three, though. Uncharted was hands down in the top two or three games of the generation, while DA and AA were both excellent games this year.
1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
2. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
4. Tales of Monkey Island (PC,Wii)
5. Infamous (PS3)
6. Assassin's Creed II (360,PS3)
7. ARMA 2 (PC)
8. The Sims 3 (iPhone,PC)
9. The Beatles: Rock Band (360,PS3,Wii)
10. Halo 3: ODST (360)
11. Anno 1404 (PC)
12. Shadow Complex (360*)
13. Way of the Samurai 3 (360,PS3)
14. Left 4 Dead 2 (360,PC)
15. Ghostbusters: The Video Game (360,DS,PC,PS2,PS3,PSP,Wii)
16. Demon's Souls (PS3)
17. Empire: Total War (PC)
Here's my list, 09 truly was the year of the fighters for me
1. Tekken 6 (growing up with this series, proper online is what i wanted and they delivered)
2. Street fighter 4 (same as above)
3. Trine (sleeper hit for me, this was awesome.)
4. Demon's souls
5. Heroes of Newerth (Does beta count?)
6. Uncharted 2
7. Dirt 2
8. Assassins creed 2
9. Borderlands
10. Torchlight (another sleeper hit, really enjoyed this. helped me hit that spot that diablo 3 press opened up)
11. Comet Crash
12. Ratchet and Clank: Future
13. Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier (ashamed of this one hoho)
14. Half minute hero
15. Rhythm Heaven
16. DJ Max Fever (this would be higher if it weren't so damn hard and un-enjoyable past 50%)
17. DJ Hero
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In what way? I admittedly don't own a PSP but LBP on it does not appeal to me at all.
Well I mean... I don't know. From what I've seen it's a fairly simple 2D platformer? I think someone said the editor used the sixaxis, and I could imagine that being a good bit harder without something like the sixaxis or the ds touchscreen, but other than that it never seemed like the kind of thing that required a PS3 and it seemed really like the kind of casual / pick up and play thing that shines on a handheld. Am I missing something?
AJR said LBP PSP felt "stripped down", what did they change?
Not having played the PS3 version, I'd say that the PSP singleplayer part was quite well made (obviously would have been better with coop), but the real fun is in the editor (which was a stripped down a bit from the console game) and playing custom levels. However, the editor is buggy as fuck and will make your PSP freeze every couple hours, and so far every self-created level I made was corrupted, which is the reason why I rank the game lower then it probably deserves. Here's hoping they fix this soon.
"The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition" didn't make the list? That and "Runman: Race Around the World" were the only new games I've (a) actually played and (b) really enjoyed this year.
Battlefield Heroes is/was also pretty rad.
The point of the poll is only new games released that year, so I try to keep ports/special editions out. Sorry...
Runman is on the list...
Oh man, totally forgot the Wii hd those monkey Island dl games and voted for them, thinking they were the 360 remake.
LBP PSP you only have one little sack guy on screen at a time instead of like up to 4, right? Also there's no multiplayer in the PSP version? I think they may have restricted some movement in terms of foreground/background movement but I can't confirm that. Other than that, and the limitations/bugs of the level editor, it's pretty much the same game.
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I'm shocked at how good Ratchet and Clack: A Crack in Time is. It came bundled with my PS3 so I figured it'd be a throwaway game, like Kung-Fu panda was with the Xbox. But Holy Shit is this game oozing with presentation. The dialogue and actions of characters continuously makes me laugh.
And the visuals......shit.........once in a while the right lighting and angle will hit and I'll swear I'm playing a Pixar movie.
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1. Demon's Souls (PS3)
2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
3. Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)
4. Trine (PC)
5. Infamous (PS3)
6. Plants vs. Zombies (PC)
7. Borderlands (PC)
8. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360)
9. Dragon Age: Origins (PC)
10. Red Faction: Guerrilla (PS3)
11. Pixeljunk Shooter (PS3)
12. Shadow Complex (360)
13. Killzone 2 (PS3)
14. Osmos (PC)
15. Battlefield 1943 (PS3)
If it wasn't for the brilliance that was Demon's Souls, Uncharted 2 would have been easily my top pick. Beyond the top 5 it's a bit of a toss-up.
great game
Yeah easily a top 5 game. Too many other strong titles for it to be GOTY, but definitely among the elite.
I forgot to add Assassin's Creed II and Torchlight. I haven't gotten around to playing either, but considering the near universal praise both have received, I readily expect those to make my list for next year
Batman is 2nd, followed by Borderlands.
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1) Street Fighter 4
2) Empire Total War
3) Dragon Age Origins
4) Borderlands
5) Batman Arkham Asylum
I admittedly love street fighter to an unfair degree for any other game series. Chances of Super Street Fighter 4 being my favorite game of 2010 are pretty high unless they screw something up terribly.
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it is a shame you are not on the Xbox
street fighter is #1 for me as well
1. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
3. Demon's Souls (PS3)
4. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
5. Scribblenauts (DS)
6. Crimson Gem Saga (PSP)
The exact ranking was hard to do, but whatever, close enough.
Edit: Basically 1&2, and then 3&4 could easily be swapped. Too close to call there.
More fun that way. I wouldn't want a running tally to influence people's choices.
I played LittleBigPlanet and Rock Band 2 way more than any game that came out this year.
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I sunk hundreds of hours into the first 2 Disgaea's, Final Fantasy Tactics, TF2, and countless others.
And if you'd asked me just 2 months ago if I thought Assassin's Creed 2 would make my top 5 on the list, I would have laughed at the thought. Ubisoft really took me by surprise.
Demon's Souls really might have been my #1, but I've only been playing for less than week - it's up there, though, because I simply love the originality - it's cryptic and challenging as well as fresh and addicting.
Halo 3 ODST is there just because I'm an OLOLOL Halo fan and I really enjoyed the different direction Bungie went with. It adds something to the lore of Halo, which I really enjoy.
And then there's Shadow Complex. It's exactly what I want in a Metroid/SOTN-like game.
Everything else was equally hard to rank, but there it is. Yes, I included Patapon 2 - simply because I have blown a LOT of time playing that game.
1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
2. Assassin's Creed II (360,PS3)
3. Demon's Souls (PS3)
4. Halo 3: ODST (360)
5. Shadow Complex (360*)
6. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
7. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
8. Torchlight (PC)
9. Street Fighter IV (360,PC,PS3)
10. Scribblenauts (DS)
11. Halo Wars (360)
12. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
13. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
14. Forza Motorsport 3 (360)
15. Patapon 2 (PSP)
16. Flower (PS3*)
17. Little King's Story (Wii)
18. Brütal Legend (360,PS3)
19. Infamous (PS3)
20. Left 4 Dead 2 (360,PC)
Yeah, I'll post them Thurs. night / Fri morning.
I've not played either but it kinda seems like LBP on the PSP makes way more sense than the PS3 version ever did.
In what way? I admittedly don't own a PSP but LBP on it does not appeal to me at all.
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1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
2. Assassin's Creed II (360,PS3)
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
4. Bionic Commando (360,PC,PS3)
5. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
6. Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
7. Infamous (PS3)
8. Prototype (360,PC,PS3)
9. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360,PC,PS3)
11. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)
12. Demon's Souls (PS3)
13. Halo 3: ODST (360)
14. Wanted: Weapons of Fate (360,PC,PS3)
15. Shadow Complex (360*)
16. Red Faction: Guerrilla (360,PC,PS3)
17. Killzone 2 (PS3)
18. Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City (360)
19. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS,PSP)
20. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (360,PC,PS3)
Wow, it's been a pretty good year for me, gaming-wise.
I voted for Weapons of Fate by accident. Probably would have stuck flower in there instead. Dammit.
1. Borderlands (didn't expect that myself)
2. Dragon Age
3. Modern Warfare 2
4. Assassin's Creed
5. Infamous
I didn't play alot of games this year (that were from this year)
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Thanks! You voted for:
1 Demon's Souls (PS3)
2 Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (PS3)
3 Forza Motorsport 3 (360)
4 Street Fighter IV (360,PC,PS3)
5 Trials HD (360*)
Before you say anything, I had fun with trials, so SHUT UP GUYS and leave me alone.
AJR said LBP PSP felt "stripped down", what did they change?
Battlefield Heroes is/was also pretty rad.
The point of the poll is only new games released that year, so I try to keep ports/special editions out. Sorry...
Runman is on the list...
1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
2. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
4. Tales of Monkey Island (PC,Wii)
5. Infamous (PS3)
6. Assassin's Creed II (360,PS3)
7. ARMA 2 (PC)
8. The Sims 3 (iPhone,PC)
9. The Beatles: Rock Band (360,PS3,Wii)
10. Halo 3: ODST (360)
11. Anno 1404 (PC)
12. Shadow Complex (360*)
13. Way of the Samurai 3 (360,PS3)
14. Left 4 Dead 2 (360,PC)
15. Ghostbusters: The Video Game (360,DS,PC,PS2,PS3,PSP,Wii)
16. Demon's Souls (PS3)
17. Empire: Total War (PC)
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l4d2
halo odst
mw2
re5
i played quite a few others but not enough to have solid opinions on them
1. Tekken 6 (growing up with this series, proper online is what i wanted and they delivered)
2. Street fighter 4 (same as above)
3. Trine (sleeper hit for me, this was awesome.)
4. Demon's souls
5. Heroes of Newerth (Does beta count?)
6. Uncharted 2
7. Dirt 2
8. Assassins creed 2
9. Borderlands
10. Torchlight (another sleeper hit, really enjoyed this. helped me hit that spot that diablo 3 press opened up)
11. Comet Crash
12. Ratchet and Clank: Future
13. Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier (ashamed of this one hoho)
14. Half minute hero
15. Rhythm Heaven
16. DJ Max Fever (this would be higher if it weren't so damn hard and un-enjoyable past 50%)
17. DJ Hero
Not having played the PS3 version, I'd say that the PSP singleplayer part was quite well made (obviously would have been better with coop), but the real fun is in the editor (which was a stripped down a bit from the console game) and playing custom levels. However, the editor is buggy as fuck and will make your PSP freeze every couple hours, and so far every self-created level I made was corrupted, which is the reason why I rank the game lower then it probably deserves. Here's hoping they fix this soon.
Maybe it's time to buy that game.
Oh man, totally forgot the Wii hd those monkey Island dl games and voted for them, thinking they were the 360 remake.
Oh well.
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