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List your Three Best games of the year!

I'll have to go with LittleBigPlanet and MGS4.
Too many other games vying for that 3rd slot without a standout, so I'll go with the game that has held my attention the most this year, even though it's a few years old now...Break 'em All for the DS. I'm addicted to this in the same way I was enthralled by Tetris.:eek:
 
MacRumorUser said:
You've been chirping on about the Witcher so much so lately Jack, that I went and ordered a copy after finding it for €20 on the internet. I'm expecting great things ;)
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I bought it for $36 on Amazon -- the US version is censored, but I don't care for polygon porn. You got the Enhanced version right?

This game can be really rich if you dive in to it. I hope you like it as much as us other nerds. :) I really wasn't in the mood for a middle ages sword/monster game, but it pulled me in to the point I couldn't put it down.

Something funny about this game, is that they don't have a huge variety of character models, so I see the same people over and over, but they have different personalities, which makes this society of clones OK. This is an area they should work on with the console version. I hope they'll also fix the camera in a few areas -- I encountered 2 incidents where it was really messed up, but the rest of the game has made up for these faults.

Play the game on hard with magic required. It really adds to the game. I'm only about 25% through it that I know of, it's HUGE.

I've been jumping between this game and ME -- I'll finish ME first though, since I've been wanting to play this type of game for some time and I love it. For reference, from what I've played of both ME and Witcher, ME is a bit shallow in comparison, but still so enjoyable.
 
Wasn't SF2T technically released in 1994 :p

Edunt: Had a play on Fallout 3 (PC version) a couple of days back... Whilst I only played a bit I found it awesome and given more time it might make my list. Guess thats what 2009 is for.
 
Little Big Planet

Super Smash Brothers Brawl

That last spot is a toss up....Left 4 Dead is tons of fun right now, but I've yet to pick up R:FoM 2, Motorstorm 2,CoD:WoW, Fallout 3 or Gears 2.....i'm not 100%

Mario Kart Wii was fun too
 
Well this year was supposed to be the so-called "year of the PS3", so though it was great, it was a little overhyped (2009 will be the year!). Either way, here goes:

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
I was extremely skeptical going into this one, but MGS4 just blew my mind. I mean after the climactic mech battle and the cutscenes to follow... I expected that was the end and already was more than I could have imagined. But no, it kept going! Now if only I could figure out MGO...

Call of Duty: World At War
Extremely refreshing. They say the WWII genre has been used up, and that is probably true. But I haven't used it up yet! Sure there isn't the level of polish as COD4, but that's fine! I found myself laughing at a misplaced spawn point that may have given my enemy a double headshot, instead of screaming and throwing the controller at the TV like in COD4. It's just not quite as serious, and I love it.

The rest is a toss up between Resistance 2 and LBP. Resistance 2 was an excellent shooter, just in terms of how shooters are made, nothing shocked and awed me. A cover system would have been nice. As for LBP, I hate to say this, but all the options when creating a level were just too overwhelming! There were just too many things to do! It's hard to explain, but don't get me wrong its super fun, just overwhelming :)
 
evan g said:
Well this year was supposed to be the so-called "year of the PS3", so though it was great, it was a little overhyped (2009 will be the year!). Either way, here goes:

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
I was extremely skeptical going into this one, but MGS4 just blew my mind. I mean after the climactic mech battle and the cutscenes to follow... I expected that was the end and already was more than I could have imagined. But no, it kept going! Now if only I could figure out MGO...

Call of Duty: World At War
Extremely refreshing. They say the WWII genre has been used up, and that is probably true. But I haven't used it up yet! Sure there isn't the level of polish as COD4, but that's fine! I found myself laughing at a misplaced spawn point that may have given my enemy a double headshot, instead of screaming and throwing the controller at the TV like in COD4. It's just not quite as serious, and I love it.

The rest is a toss up between Resistance 2 and LBP. Resistance 2 was an excellent shooter, just in terms of how shooters are made, nothing shocked and awed me. A cover system would have been nice. As for LBP, I hate to say this, but all the options when creating a level were just too overwhelming! There were just too many things to do! It's hard to explain, but don't get me wrong its super fun, just overwhelming :)
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I just picked up Call of Duty World at War, I got it for half price at Toys R Us. I really just want to hear Jack Bauer ( Yay for Kiefer) yell at me in game, hopefully the game lives up to the 9.2 rating average ive seen out there.

MGS4 was pure win in my opinion, hands down one of the best games I've played in a while. Little Big Planet was a breath of fresh air, though the controls can get downright frustrating at times.
 
Yeah I think when i decided to sit down with LBP and do all of the stinkin' tutorials for making stuff, that was when it happened. I blew through them in about a half hour and then once faced with creating my own level, i was just completely blown away. it was like they gave me absolutely no help whatsoever, when in reality, they gave me tons.

But it was definately a breath of fresh air. Obviously there are plenty of people out there with a different mind set than me, and they create super fun levels that i enjoy on a regular basis. I guess its just the creation that was a little too much for me. I mean i'm a very creative person, but having to learn all the controls to express it may have just been a little too much.
 
Grand Theft Auto IV

LittleBigPlanet

Gears of War 2

I haven't played a whole lot of video games this year, but I just ordered a ps3 from amazon so hopefully that will be changing very soon. GOW 2 is the only one on my list I've played extensively (played through the campaign in a couple evenings with a friend on his xbox), but the small amounts of time I've spent playing GTA IV and LBP have been amazing. I'm really glad I'll have them both soon.
 
I was playing WoW for the first 6-9 months of the year, soooooo, not that many other games I even played. Everything else has been in the last couple months.

- Castlevania Order of Eclessia
- Braid
- World of Goo (if only because it's the only other game I can think of that I actually finished this year)

Fallout 3 might've been on my list if ATI hadn't ****ed me out of being able to play PC games. Mario Kart Wii should have been on the top of my list—I really wanted to love it—but the split-screen multiplayer was a stinking pile of poo, which completely ruined the game for me and my friends. We still play Double Dash when we want a Mario Kart game to play together. Dead Space, Gears of War 2, Mirrors Edge, Tomb Raider Underworld... all games I won't be playing until next year.
 
Adding Persona 4 somewhere. I don't wanna take out my other 3 but whatever! It's brilliant. I'm not sure if I like it more than P3, some things are better, some are not but yeah, Atlus is so much better than Squeenix these days.
 
I'd have to say:

Braid


Castle Crashers - I know the mp was messed up but I still had an awesome time with this game offline with friends.

Dead Space/Left 4 Dead tied for the top 3.
 
Anyone with a PS3 should look into Crash Commando. I really enjoy it. Its a nice christmas jewel. One of the best downloaded games I bought this year. If you like fast-paced 2D shooters look into it!
 
Rivix said:
Anyone with a PS3 should look into Crash Commando. I really enjoy it. Its a nice christmas jewel. One of the best downloaded games I bought this year. If you like fast-paced 2D shooters look into it!
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How does it compare to say... Contra? Well nothing can really compare to the 2d shooter goodness that was Contra, but I will look in to Crash a bit more once I can tear myself away from WoW.
 
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How does it compare to say... Contra? Well nothing can really compare to the 2d shooter goodness that was Contra, but I will look in to Crash a bit more once I can tear myself away from WoW.
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Probably because I've never really played Contra. I think I was learning to read when the first Contra came out. But Crash has online multiplayer and its a blast. There is no local multiplayer so thats a bummer. Its worth $10 in my opinion.
 
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