Game of the Year 2009 [Let's Vote]

Neli

I don't have any consoles so most of those interesting games (Assassins Creed II ) are unavailable to me just yet.

So, uh, I guess my list is

1 - Dragon Age: Origins (PC)
2 - Left 4 Dead II (PC)
3 - Dawn of War II (PC)
4 - ...

I should probably get to trying out that Batman game and Modern Warfare now

UnbreakableVow

Batman is

Why haven't you played Batman

Neli

I was never a big fan of the bat man

Though all the praise for it makes me want to try it anyway

Alfred J. Kwak

Oh yeah, all my bets are on The Path as GOTY contender.

Kind of surprised DA:O ranked so low, though I have a good idea why.

Don't worry, you're not the only one.

Antihippy

1. Blazblue
2. Uncharted 2
3. tekken 6
4. SF4
5. Dragon age
6. Brutal legend

Didn't play too many games.

Skellie

I don't think I'm allowed to vote, considering my game purchases for this year were:

L4D1
X3 Terran Conflict
Sins of a Solar Empire
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Oblivion
Mass Effect
Fallout 3
Company of Heroes
Dawn of War
The Witcher

Shit, did any of those come out in 2009?

pyromaniac221

Spoit wrote: »

Man it's been only like 5 minutes and I already forgot exactly what I voted for
1. King's Bounty Armored princess- which I've only played a little bit of, but to make up for completely missing the one last year which became my retrospective game of 2008. I bet no one else even has it in their top 10
2. Dragon Age
3. Borderlands
4. Assassin's Creed 2
5. Uncharted 2
6. Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
7. Another DS game which I can't remember which had a colon and was about the same lengths as 6
8. Batman Arkham Asylum
9. Wheelman, really it was quite an entertaining game even with all it's flaws
10. Empire: TW

And then I had in random orders
Zelda, PvZ, Style Savvy, ToMI, both Rock band games, layton, rhythm heaven, brutal legend and probably a dozen more since it came out to almost 30 games.

I think King's Bounty was my number 5 or somesuch.


Anyhoo, I'm pulling so hard for Uncharted 2.

Taramoor

This was a lot harder than I expected.

Anyway, Dragon Age takes my top spot, followed by Machinarium, the other 18 are a surprise.

Uncle_Balsamic

I've barely played anything this year.

1. Forza Motorsport 3
2. GTA Episodes
3. Skate 2
4. Modern Warfare 2

Omeks

I did a top 12 list.

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2
2. Forza Motorsport 3
3. Resident Evil 5
4. Assassin's Creed II
5. Halo ODST
6. Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
7. Guitar Hero: Metallica
8. DJ Hero
9. inFamous
10. Uncharted 2
11. The Sims 3
12. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Those are mostly the only games I've played this year. There have been others, sure, but these are the ones I bought and played the hell out of for the most part.

Radikal_Dreamer

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
2. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
3. Killzone 2 (PS3)
4. Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
5. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
6. Infamous (PS3)
7. Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)
8. Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City (360)
9. The Beatles: Rock Band (360,PS3,Wii)
10. Brütal Legend (360,PS3)
11. SMT: Persona (PSP)
12. Star Ocean: The Last Hope (360)
13. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (PS2)


If you had told me up to like a week before release that Dragon Age would be 2nd on my GOTY list I would have laughed and laughed. It looked so bad, and I've never got into a Bioware game before, but it really hooked me enough that I feel it really deserves to be my number 2. There was never any doubt, though, that Uncharted 2 would take number 1 for me.

Delta Assault

1. Uncharted 2 (I think you know what system this is on)
2. Batman Arkham Asylum (This is on a lot of systems)
3. Dragon Age Origins (This one too)
4. Dawn of War 2 (This is an RTS, take a guess)
5. Halo 3 ODST (I think you know what system this is on)
6. Red Faction Guerrilla (Lots of systems)
7. X-Men Origins Wolverine (Uncaged means it's on a lot of systems)
8. Defense Grid (I got it on Steam)
9. Prototype (Lots o' systems)
10. Torchlight (Also Steam)

RainbowDespair

1 - Defense Grid (PC)
2 - Rock Band Unplugged (PSP)
3 - Half-Minute Hero (PSP)
4 - Torchlight (PC)
5 - Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3) (This was probably the most intense of the games I played, but it only made #5 because the 4 above it are games I'll be playing and replaying for a long time whereas with Batman, one playthrough was enough)
6 - LocoRoco Midnight Carnival (PSP)
7 - Plants vs. Zombies (PC)
8 - Splosion Man (360*)
9 - SMT: Persona (PSP)
10 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (DS)
11 - Final Fantasy 4: The After Years (Wii*)
12 - Droplitz (360*, PC, PS3*)
13 - Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii)
14 - Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
15 - Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (PSP)
16 - Crimson Gem Saga (PSP)
17 - Shadow Complex (360*)
18 - Leave Home (360*)
19 - Molly the Were-zompire (360*) (Had to vote for it since I made it, but to be fair to the other games, I stuck it at the bottom of my list)

There were a couple of games that I haven't gotten around to like Armored Princess (just bought it from Steam, but Torchlight has got me captured) and Retro Game Challenge (ordered from Goozex this week) that would have probably shown up on the list if I had played them.

I think what really stood out to me this year was that there were a lot of awesome games but nothing that really blew me away. Like with last year, I thought Civilization Revolution, Persona 4, and Mirror's Edge were drastically better than everything else (even though there were a lot of other great games like Tales of Vesperia & Dead Space), but this year, there isn't much of a difference between how much I liked any of the games in my top 15.

No Great Name

Why isn't Fifa on the list? Or Pro Evo?

EvilBadman

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
2. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
4. Halo 3: ODST (360)
5. Torchlight (PC)
6. 1 vs. 100 (360*)
7. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (PS3)
8. Left 4 Dead 2 ((360,PC)
9. Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City (360)
10. Phantasy Star 0 (DS)
11. Halo Wars (360)
12. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS,PSP)
13. Shadow Complex (360*)

No Great Name wrote: »

Why isn't Fifa on the list? Or Pro Evo?

You had at least a week to nominate sports games that you were going to be the only person to vote for.

No Great Name

I must decline participating, and declare the entire vote this year a sham and a disgrace.

Omeks

No Great Name wrote: »

Why isn't Fifa on the list? Or Pro Evo?

Not that it's a tragedy that it's missing, but I noticed Guitar Hero: Smash Hits is missing from the Guitar Hero area.

Though it's not like it matters, I think everyone hated that game.

Streltsy

fffffffffff... I forgot DA: Origins, that is definitely one of the best RPGs I've played in a long time. Oh well, I'm sure it'll get lots of votes. This year felt pretty slow to me.

1 - Left 4 Dead 2 ((360,PC)
2 - Anno 1404 (PC)
3 - Zeno Clash (360,PC)
4 - Machinarium (PC)
5 - Tales of Monkey Island (PC,Wii)
6 - Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason (PC)
7 - Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS)
8 - Trine (PC,PS3*)
9 - Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (360,PC,PS3)
10 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360,PC,PS3)
11 - Tropico 3 (PC)
12 - Risen (360,PC)
13 - Plants vs. Zombies (PC)
14 - Defense Grid (PC)
15 - F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (360,PC,PS3)

Sixfortyfive

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
2. Street Fighter IV (360,PC,PS3)
3. Pulseman (Genesis)
4. Noby Noby Boy (iPhone,PS3*)
5. Don't **** Your Pants (Flash)

VOOT would have been my #1, but I guess it was ineligible?

Alfred J. Kwak

I just noticed that IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is missing from the list as well - which is shame, really, because it's actually a good game.

Renzo

I realize that Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for PSP was not nominated, and I blame myself for that.

My top 18:

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360,PC,PS3)
4. Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City (360)
5. Assassin's Creed II (360,PS3)
6. Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)
7. Demon's Souls (PS3)
8. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
9. Prototype (360,PC,PS3)
10. Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
11. Halo 3: ODST (360)
12. Shadow Complex (360*)
13. Flower (PS3*)
14. Red Faction: Guerrilla (360,PC,PS3)
15. Retro Game Challenge (DS)
16. Killzone 2 (PS3)
17. Pixeljunk Shooter (PS3*)
18. Canabalt (iPhone)

I played way more than 20 games this year, but not all of them made it on my list. Even though I played them, I didn't put Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers, MadWorld, Ghostbusters, Bionic Commando, or Brutal Legend in my list because I either haven't finished them and don't think they'll wow me (FF, MadWorld), or I didn't think they were good. But some games on my list (Dissidia, Pixeljunk, Red Faction) are unfinished and yet have made their mark.

That said, it was tough to put together a top 5, and 10-18 was a total crapshoot; they're all awesome.

Evil Multifarious

1. Street Fighter IV (360,PC,PS3)
2. Left 4 Dead 2 ((360,PC)
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
4. Demon's Souls (PS3)
5. The Void (PC)
6. Bionic Commando (360,PC,PS3)
7. Solium Infernum (PC)
8. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (360,PS3)
9. Plants vs. Zombies (PC)
10. Defense Grid (PC)
11. Splosion Man (360*)
12. Osmos (PC)
13. Skate 2 (360,PS3)
14. AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (PC)
15. Trine (PC,PS3*)
16. Lucidity (360*,PC)
17. Gratuitous Space Battles (PC)
18. Shadow Complex (360*)
19. Fight Night Round 4 (360,PS3)
20. Zeno Clash (360,PC)

Kuratosu

My 20:

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
3. Assassin's Creed II (360,PS3)
4. Little King's Story (Wii)
5. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
6. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)
7. Demon's Souls (PS3)
8. Flower (PS3*)
9. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Wii)
10. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
11. Left 4 Dead 2 ((360,PC)
12. Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
13. The Saboteur (360,PC,PS3)
14. Dragon Quest V (DS)
15. Bionic Commando (360,PC,PS3)
16. Street Fighter IV (360,PC,PS3)
17. Infamous (PS3)
18. Splosion Man (360*)
19. Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)
20. MadWorld (Wii)

My 1-5 was pretty easy for me to pick, the rest were harder to rank.

So glad to see people giving Little King's Story some love. Looking at my list, I played the shit out of my Wii this year.

mxmarks

Here's how I came out. I'm actually very surprised - I decided to vote not based on what was actually the best technical game all year, but my enjoyment. I checked off everything Ive played this year (21 titles apparently), and then looked at each and ranked them with how much time i spent with it, and how many times it drew me back in after completing it. Certain things (like Halo Wars) ended up falling simply because even though I loved it, I havent popped it in since I beat it. My list is based off of what has held my attention and made me go back.

Thanks! You voted for:
Splosion Man (360*)
Halo 3: ODST (360)
Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
Shadow Complex (360*)
The Beatles: Rock Band (360,PS3,Wii)
Scribblenauts (DS)
Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City (360)
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
NHL 10 (360,PS3)
Left 4 Dead 2 ((360,PC)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (360,DS,PC,PS2,PS3,PSP,Wii)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (360,DS,PC,PS2,PS3,PSP,Wii)
Halo Wars (360)
Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (360,PS3)
Prototype (360,PC,PS3)
1 vs. 100 (360*)
DJ Hero (360,PS2,PS3,Wii)
Lego: Rock Band (360,DS,PS3,Wii)

FUCK HOW DID I MISS STREET FIGHTER 4. FUUUUUUCK. That would have taken number 5.

Dyvim Tvar

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
2. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
3. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
4. Torchlight (PC)
5. Football Manager 2010 (PC,PSP)
6. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS)
7. Punch-Out!! (Wii)
8. Shadow Complex (360*)
9. Battlefield 1943 (360,PS3)
10. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (360,PS3)
11.Wanted: Weapons of Fate (360,PC,PS3)

I played more than that this year, but some of them just haven't been played enough yet to make the list or I just flat out didn't like them. The last two make into the list purely for being pleasant surprises that were massively superior than they had any right to be.
At the start of the year I would've put money on Ultimate Alliance 2 being my game of the year, shame it was a massive disappointment.

urahonky

1. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
3. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
4. Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
5. Plants vs. Zombies (PC)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (360,DS,PC,PS2,PS3,PSP,Wii)
7. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
8. Defense Grid (PC)
9. Left 4 Dead 2 ((360,PC)
10. Prototype (360,PC,PS3)
11. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (360,DS,PS2,PS3,PSP,Wii)
12. Shadow Complex (360*)
13. Brütal Legend (360,PS3)
14. MadWorld (Wii)
15. Infamous (PS3)
16. The Dark Spire (DS)
17. Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
18. Killing Floor (PC)
19. Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop (Wii)
20. House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii)

What a good year for video games.

Professor Snugglesworth

cooljammer00 wrote: »

Professor Snugglesworth wrote: »

Working on this list later as it's very late for me, but on the subject of GOTY:

What the fuck, Gametrailers. Seriously, what in the FUCK.

Yeah, that's just poor everything right there. I'm sure they are not immune to MW2 syndrome, as many people aren't ("here's a photo of a person touching someone who bought MW2!) but not even giving UC2 best PS3 title? Or best graphics?

Then again, these are the same people who said that they didn't give UC2 a higher rating (mind you it got a 9.4, quite good) because it didn't have any gimmicks or try anything new.

What's far more obnoxious is them giving MW2 GOTY on PS3, 360, and PC all at once.

If they had an award for best multiplatform title, then they could have avoided this embarrassing gushing.

I'm surprised they didn't give Modern Warfare: Reflex GOTY for Wii.

mcc

Sixfortyfive wrote: »

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
VOOT would have been my #1, but I guess it was ineligible?

Hi 645, sorry, I did see your posts but VOOT really just seemed too close to the Dreamcast version.

The FIFA thing is frustrating but nobody nominated it

Fourier_series

Just filled it out.

No Great Name

I never saw the dang nomination thread!

I don't think people should have to nominate the fastest selling sports game of all time, though.

One Thousand Cables

From the Department of Bad Taste:

1. Brütal Legend (360,PS3)
2. The Beatles: Rock Band (360,PS3,Wii)
3. Assassin's Creed II (360,PS3)
4. Shadow Complex (360*)
5. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360,PC,PS3)
7. Torchlight (PC)
8. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (DS)
9. Street Fighter IV (360,PC,PS3)
10. Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS)
11. Splosion Man (360*)
12. Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
13. Halo 3: ODST (360)
14. 1 vs. 100 (360*)
15. Battlefield 1943 (360,PS3)
16. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 (360*)

Lenore03

1. Infamous (PS3)
2. Little King's Story (Wii)
3. MadWorld (Wii)
4. Brütal Legend (360,PS3)
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
6. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
7. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)

Felt like 'A Crack in Time' was a weaker game than the first. inFamous was the only game I felt strongly about this year. For a new IP is got so many things right. Same with LKS.

Only five minutes after the vote and I already want to change the order around. Forgot AC2, which got to finish sometime.

Radikal_Dreamer

Professor Snugglesworth wrote: »

cooljammer00 wrote: »

Professor Snugglesworth wrote: »

Working on this list later as it's very late for me, but on the subject of GOTY:

What the fuck, Gametrailers. Seriously, what in the FUCK.

Yeah, that's just poor everything right there. I'm sure they are not immune to MW2 syndrome, as many people aren't ("here's a photo of a person touching someone who bought MW2!) but not even giving UC2 best PS3 title? Or best graphics?

Then again, these are the same people who said that they didn't give UC2 a higher rating (mind you it got a 9.4, quite good) because it didn't have any gimmicks or try anything new.

What's far more obnoxious is them giving MW2 GOTY on PS3, 360, and PC all at once.

If they had an award for best multiplatform title, then they could have avoided this embarrassing gushing.

I'm surprised they didn't give Modern Warfare: Reflex GOTY for Wii.

They at least did give it best graphics, actually.

I've always watched GT's stuff, because it's much cooler than just reading reviews, but I don't think I've ever really agreed with a lot of their actual opinions.

urahonky

Bah forgot about Torchlight.

Sixfortyfive

mxmarks wrote: »

Here's how I came out. I'm actually very surprised - I decided to vote not based on what was actually the best technical game all year, but my enjoyment.

This is how you're supposed to do this, I think.

mcc wrote: »

Hi 645, sorry, I did see your posts but VOOT really just seemed too close to the Dreamcast version.

That's cool. Just wasn't sure if it was seen or not.

Darlan

Here's my list: Assassin's Creed II may very well have taken the number 1 spot, but I want to get it on PC, so I really can't just assume its quality without playing it. I also only just got SF4 on the Steam sale yesterday, but I'm visiting home on a DSL connection and it would take forever to download, so I'll just have to wait.

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360,PC,PS3)
2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
3. Dragon Age: Origins (360,PC,PS3)
4. Torchlight (PC)
5. Shadow Complex (360*)
6. Resident Evil 5 (360,PC,PS3)
7. Left 4 Dead 2 (360,PC)
8. Borderlands (360,PC,PS3)
9. Red Faction: Guerrilla (360,PC,PS3)
10. Battlefield 1943 (360,PS3)
11. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360,PC,PS3)
12. Zeno Clash (360,PC)
13. Zenonia (iPhone)
14. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (360,PC,PS3)

I'm surprised Valve's game isn't higher, but I do feel that L4D2 is their first huge disappointment. (Which is still good enough for 7th place, but still, it's Valve: here's hoping HL2:III makes up for it.)

Also surprising: not one Wii game that I cared for this year! Next year will bring SMG2 and a new Metroid, but in a year with Heavy Rain, The Last Guardian, Star Craft 2, Mass Effect 2, and the Old Republic, I'm not even sure I'll get around to those next year. Shame.

I also felt that they completely broke the multiplayer in Modern Warfare and thought about leaving it off the list entirely, I played hours upon hours of the first game and have yet to have any fun in the second's multiplayer, but I have to admit the campaign has some interesting and fun qualities, dumb plot and all.

Hbox

My top 5 was:

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum
3. InFamous
4. Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
5. Resident Evil 5

Monger

I'm expecting Batman to clean up this year. That game was phenomenal.

I'll probably hold off voting for a couple days until I finish off Assassin's Creed 2, dig a little further into Riddick, and maybe boot up The Void or Osmos for a bit.

Evil Multifarious

yeah, i'm expecting Batman, MW2, Uncharted 2, and Dragon Age to do really well

TheStig

I haven't played batman yet but i'm glad it did so well, it kinda makes up for all the terrible batman licence games we had in the past. I think this new one and the nes one were the only good ones ever.