Poll: Your game of the year.

[Engarde]

Civ V springs to mind, ah, how I do love it.
Not a big fan of ME2, so I shall not vote for that, but it does get alot of support.
Hrm....probably forgetting something here, but I shall stick with Civ V.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

MGS: Peace Walker. Not the best MGS, but it had some really moving moments in the story and rock solid gameplay with tonnes of extra missions to fill the hours.

 

[stygN]

I sort of think you forgot a pretty major title here...

How about StarCraft II ?? It's already flung out tens of thousands of dollars in prize money for tournaments, it's already got tons, and tons of sponsored players, you've got people moving across the globe to play in tournaments...

And it's like 2 months old (not counting beta)..

How did that game not make it to "your" top 7?

Minecraft would come on a good second for me..

 

[Shock and Awe]

Fuck this is hard. I loved Mass Effect 2 and Halo Reach so much, I cannot decide.

 

[Gabanuka]

Stuck between Civ 5 and Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect 2 comes out on top I think.

 

[Sethzard]

So far mass effect 2, though CIV 5 is a close second

 

[CrazT]

currently, it's Mass Effect 2, but i'm not committing to anything until i play Golden Sun 3!

 

[LocoRocoPandaCookie]

Just coz I'm a Naruto fag. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. Awesome awesome game. XD

 

[Kirky]

Despite harsh competition from both Reach and New Vegas, in the end, Mass Effect 2 still takes my vote. No other game released this year has wowed me quite like BioWare's epic; it was like going back in time and playing KotOR for the first time again.

 

[Zorg Machine]

Starcraft 2 as number one.
Mass effect 2 as number two.
And Halo:Reach as number three.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Just coz I'm a Naruto fag. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. Awesome awesome game. XD

How in the hell do they do it?

How is it that most of the Naruto games managed to not suck?

Except for the Ninja Council games...

 

[Aurora219]

Minecraft woooo

No, I really did vote for that.

But if I had to be serious, I'd probably say Mass Effect 2 out of those. It would be Civ 5 but it's just so damn buggy and crashy that it doesn't deserve it.

 

[comadorcrack]

Still yet to play ME2 will do... maybe...

Anyway. the best game I played this year was probably Mario Galaxy 2. But the game I had most fun with was Singularity...
Yeah... so put that In your pipe and smoke it

 

[Woodsey]

Mass Effect 2, although AssCreedBros is out next month so it's going to be a tough competition.

On a side-note, this year has gone really fucking fast.

 

[Custard_Angel]

How many people still play Mass Effect 2? Who still talks about it? Who still cares about it?

The answer to all 3 of those questions is "a fraction of the people who were hyped about the game after launch".

You clearly haven't been to the Bioware websites. The game may not be discussed nearly as often on public forums, but damn near everyone I ask (who played Mass Effect 2) still plays it and loves it. And EVERYONE who's played it is going borderline insane waiting for Mass Effect 3.

That said, and unsurprisingly, my vote goes to Mass Effect 2 this year. The gameplay was improved, the focus on the characters rather than the Reapers was a brilliant move, and the presentation is almost second-to-none.

That point is more than slightly invalid...

It's like going to a football forum and finding out that people like football. What do you expect?

Going to a Bioware forum and finding out that people like Bioware games is not something you can base results on. It's a positive control. You know people love that stuff.

If you went to a "Bioware sucks" forum, you'd have a negative control. A place where you know people hate Bioware games.

The only way you can gauge a true public response is by visiting public forums that have no affiliation with anything to do with Bioware. General gaming or computing sites where a thousand people can say anything about anything.

Its in those situations you find out that Mass Effect 2 really has left a very minimal lasting impact. Because people are too busy talking about Minecraft these days.

As a counter argument, consider Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It's been over 10 years since its release and has been superceded by a host of Zelda titles, yet people still talk about it and refer to it as a classic game. It typically ranks very highly in "alltime top games" lists.

That is a true great game. Mass Effect 2 is nothing close to that. People have stopped caring for Mass Effect 2 and when the sequel comes out, people will care even less about it because theres something new.

Don't be mad. Banjo Kazooie/Banjo Tooie are my all time favorite games but no one talks about them these days. Which is a shame, but its just the way things are.

Mass Effect 2 is not a great game. It's good, but it'll never be great.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

I haven't gotten my hands on Black Ops, New Vegas or Brotherhood yet, but I'll proceed with Splinter Cell: Convivtion.


Made me feel like Jason Bourne or something and I have to admit, it completely re-acttracted me to the stealth genre.

 

[Knusper]

I will go with The Sacrifice DLC for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2.

Yes, I know it isn't an actual game, but a DLC. But there was such a massive build up with the comics and that cool trailer, and so I couldn't help but feel excited. It was the first time I stayed up to midnight on a night before school, trying to complete it on expert.

 

[TilMorrow]

Fable 3. I know its not even released yet. But its awesome.

 

[Jake the Snake]

Absolutely and 100% Mass Effect 2. You can't dispute this fact, ME2 was the best and every game pales in comparison to it. Go ME2!

 

[Fidelias]

Mass Effect 2 for me. Am really really enjoying New Vegas at the moment though, but Mass Effect 2 is the winner for me.

Same here, though I'm also looking forward to The Force Unleashed 2, and I MIGHT be able to convince myself it's awesome because of my ridiculous Star Wars Fanboyism. I doubt it'll beat Mass Effect though, it's already got a bad review...