The Escapist Staff's Five Faves of 2009: Jordan

[CloggedDonkey]

at least he knew we would complain, but anyway nice job with the video, can't say much about most the games thought, don't own that many of them.

 

[paralost]

cool list. i will defiantly try out some of these games.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I'm surprised Arkham Asylum is underperforming in these.

DA:O is great fun though, thoroughly enjoying my first playthrough at the mo.

Some things to keep in mind:

1. Cutting lists down to five was haaaaard. Even if we really liked a game, it may have only just barely missed out.

2. Not everyone played everything. I may be wrong, but I don't think Jordan played Dragon Age, I didn't play Batman, Russ didn't play Assassin's Creed 2.

I can imagine... it's hard enough for us to compile our own top 5s, even without the pressure of them going up on display for thousands of people!

And I highly recommend giving Arkham Asylum a try if you get a chance, even if you are not a big Batman fan it's an enjoyable, technically great adventure with a very deep storyline.

AC2 is probably my personal choice but yeah, it's hard to pick when there were so many great ones out this year.

 

[AC Medina]

Thanks for turning us on to a great game like Time Fcuk.

 

[Khada]

I DISAGREE!

 

[KeyMaster45]

I like how he puts down the single player audience when talks about MWF:2, way to make us feel like douches for not liking multiplayer shoe-horned into every game we buy. (For those wondering its when he says "It also has a single player campaign....if you're into that)

While I wholeheartedly disagree with his list, its HIS list and HIS opinion so I won't sit here and go on a nerd rant about it.

 

[John Funk]

I like how he puts down the single player audience when talks about MWF:2, way to make us feel like douches for not liking multiplayer shoe-horned into every game we buy. (For those wondering its when he says "It also has a single player campaign....if you're into that)

While I wholeheartedly disagree with his list, its HIS list and HIS opinion so I won't sit here and go on a nerd rant about it.

Um, given the rest of his list - consisting entirely of single-player games - I think it's a safe play to say that it was a joke about how much more he cares about the multiplayer in MW2 as opposed to the singleplayer. And that's a game where I hardly think the multiplayer is shoehorned in.

 

[Laze]

I very much agree with your list, and Shadow Complex sounds like something that I'd love, so thanks for pointing me to it. But I object to this:

In fact, I typically find that games with the fewest concessions to storytelling are the ones that grab me most - games like Portal ("Escape from this laboratory!")

Portal's story is possibly one of the most unique and (more importantly) engaging stories that I've ever encountered in a video game. And I know that I'm not the only one who feels this way, every time I hear someone quote a certain meme about a deceptive confection. Also, you don't even know that you're trying to escape from the lab until halfway through the game, so...

 

[KeyMaster45]

I like how he puts down the single player audience when talks about MWF:2, way to make us feel like douches for not liking multiplayer shoe-horned into every game we buy. (For those wondering its when he says "It also has a single player campaign....if you're into that)

While I wholeheartedly disagree with his list, its HIS list and HIS opinion so I won't sit here and go on a nerd rant about it.

Um, given the rest of his list - consisting entirely of single-player games - I think it's a safe play to say that it was a joke about how much more he cares about the multiplayer in MW2 as opposed to the singleplayer. And that's a game where I hardly think the multiplayer is shoehorned in.

I didn't mean that it was shoe-horned into MWF:2, I understand very well that its a game built for multiplayer. It was just the way he made the comment about the single player campaign felt like he was making out people who enjoy a single player experience are weird. I'm not sure how I can explain it better, I know there's a better way to explain it but the method escapes me.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Glad to see Time F*** get a mention. That is probably my favorite freeware title of all time... But I did have to look up a couple of the puzzles near the end because they were so complex and the game doesn't save.

Hey, it was late, alright?

 

[Donrad]

nice list now i really wanna try that spelunky game !!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I DISAGREE!

Might want to elaborate on that.

Am i one of the few who doesn't see MW2 as a good game? I'm not gonna say its bad but it isn't good. I'm not gonna spend anything over 40 bucks on it.

I'm sure if you look around the forums a bit you'll find it's a rather commonly held opinion that MW2 is not a good game, you're not alone or in a minority in thinking that.

I love it, but it hurts me and makes me sad. I'm like that dumb Twilight chick.

 

[veloper]

This is a good 5 for bringing Time fkuc and Spelunky to everybody's attention atleast. Such games are too easily overlooked.

 

[Snor]

I loved AC2 this year, also didnt get any information of it so no hype for me and a lot of surprises so i will do the same for mass effect 2

MW2 feels like a huge cash cow but its still brilliant

 

[Captain Pancake]

I agree with you on MW2, but I think it had a good campaign all the same, despite it's length (or lack thereof).

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I DISAGREE!

Might want to elaborate on that.

Am i one of the few who doesn't see MW2 as a good game? I'm not gonna say its bad but it isn't good. I'm not gonna spend anything over 40 bucks on it.

I'm sure if you look around the forums a bit you'll find it's a rather commonly held opinion that MW2 is not a good game, you're not alone or in a minority in thinking that.

I love it, but it hurts me and makes me sad. I'm like that dumb Twilight chick.

Yeah mines a different kind of dislike. The group i slump into is probably smaller and more refined then "MW2 IS A n00bxorz game and is 4 teh f4gs!!!!1!!". Mines more like "Though MW2 does have several good design points and can be a fun game at times the key problem is its unbalanced Multiplayer at times and how the single player isn't enough to hold me captivated." Sorry. I like Single Player over multi.

I loved the single player, thought it was such a fun thrill-ride, but each to thier own.

The multiplayer is a strange one, I feel compelled to keep playing it, even though most of the time I'm not even sure I'm having fun.