Top 5 Games of 2011

[Phlakes]

As much as i love sarcasticly given gold stars, can you give it to the TC instead for contributing so much to the forums as a whole? That would be great thanks.

Think about it, you made a useless post to complain about a useless thread. That scores you one degree higher on the Gold Starometer.

OT: Skyrim, Minecraft, Portal 2... And that's actually all I've played. So in that order.

EDIT: And if I had a worst list, Bit.Trip Runner would be there. Trial and error is one of the deadly sins of game design.

 

[pha kin su pah]

1. Skyrim
2. Sonic generations
3. Shadows of the damned
4. Pokemon black/white
5. Modern Warfare 3

 

[blizzaradragon]

Best 5
1) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2) Star Wars: The Old Republic
3) Sonic Generations
4) Deus Ex: Human Revolution
5) Pokemon Black and White

Worst 5
5) Portal 2
4) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
3) Duke Nukem Forever
2) Gears of War 3
1) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

 

[nomzy]

In no particular order:
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Portal 2
Battlefield 3
with Dragon Age II coming in 6th. Doesn't even hold a candle to Dragon Age: Origins, but I still finished it like 3 times and have all the DLC >.> curse you Bioware.

 

[Yak Johnson]

5. Saints Row: The Third
4. Arkham CIty
3. Skyward Sword
2. Skyrim
1. Portal 2

 

[BloatedGuppy]

PLATFORM: PC

5. THE OLD REPUBLIC

Still early to say, but this seems like a pretty sure bet for #5 after 30-40 hours, especially with most of the other major candidates for the 5 hole being games released several years ago and I just got around to them now. Huge, polished, fun. Co-op KOTOR with my girlfriend. What's not to like?

4. DEUS EX, HUMAN REVOLUTION

Really, really solid follow up to the now moldering original. Best stealth game play since Thief. Beautiful game with a lot going for it, but a few niggles here and there hold it back. Could slip to 5 as TOR gains steam.

3. BASTION

Simple story delivered with incredible style. The game play isn't much to write home about, but the music and narration is SO GOOD it elevates everything. A really memorable experience.

2. TO THE MOON

Only 5 hours long and containing very little "game play" or it would be #1 with a bullet. Beautiful story beautifully told. Arguably the most profound/moving narrative I've encountered in the medium to date. One of a precious few games that moved me to tears.

1. SKYRIM

Huge, buggy, flawed, but insanely ambitious and enveloping. It's a time devourer on a scale that only MMOs and Total War games can lay claim to. These Elder Scrolls games are a unique experience that I'm not always in the mood for, but I was stoked for one right before Skyrim hit, and boy did it ever deliver.

 

[illas]

My top five:

5) Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Boss fights notwithstanding, this feels like the original and there is little higher praise.

4) Skyrim
Would be higher, but should have had several months more testing before release - far too many bugs/glitches which ruin the freedom and immersion; the game's key selling points.

3) Portal 2
Attention developers: this is how you make great games.

2) Minecraft
Points for bravery and creativity.

1) Dark Souls
Extraordinarily deep, darkly beautiful and staggeringly rewarding. The only "masterpiece" released this year, in my opinion.

 

[JabberBabyWocky]

top 5.

1. portal 2
2. modern warfare 3
3. gears of war 3
4. arkham city
5. deus ex

worst 5

1. duke nukem forever
2. battlefield 3
3. thor
4. shadows of the damned
5. brink

 

[2733]

man, this is hard, no list I could put together will explain how great of a year this has been for gaming. Now I haven't played skyrim or skyward sword yet so I reserve the right to change this.

5) driver, san fran
4) Shadows of the damned.
3) Deus ex, HR
2) Kirby's return to dreamland
1) dark souls.

honorable mention goes to L.A. noire and Earth Defense Force, insect Armageddon

 

[shrekfan246]

I'll pitch in:

Best:

1. Batman: Arkham City
2. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
3. Sonic Generations
4. Crysis 2
5. Portal 2

Skyrim/The Witcher 2 get disqualified because I haven't managed to finish the damn things yet, though they're certainly great games.

EDIT: Honorable mentions for Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Alice: Madness Returns, and Trine 2.

Worst:

5. Brink - I wouldn't say it's bad, more that it evoked a "meh" response from me when I actually got to play it, because I had not known it would be a strictly competitive multi-player shooter with a quite literal throw-away campaign. It was rather unpolished on release, as well.

4. Rage - I'm sure it's a fun game, but I couldn't get past all of the issues the PC version had, it annoyed and infuriated me, causing me to declare it as a waste of 24 GB.

3. The First Templar - Poor AI, poor combat, missing animations, low quality detail and dusty look overall made what could've been a promising game just be forgettable.

I'll simply go on hearsay for the last two spots as those are really the only "bad" games I can think of that I've played which were released this year.

2. Duke Nukem Forever - I believe it got a worse reception than it deserved simply due to its reputation and that people are ignorant of its actual development cycle and the fact that Gearbox essentially Frankenstein's Monster'd a completely new game together from the remains of 3D Realms' in the space of a year and a half or so. I'm not really sure if this should take "The First Templar"'s spot, honestly, simply because I was interested but all of the negative press after it was released made me decide to avoid it.

1. Call of Juarez: The Cartel - I'm not even going to say anything myself, merely provide some links:
http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/call-of-juarez-the-cartel
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/4884-Call-of-Juarez-The-Cartel-Part-1
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/4933-Call-of-Juarez-The-Cartel-Part-2

 

[Kilo24]

Best:
1. Dark Souls
2. Terraria
3. Dungeons of Dredmor
4. Bastion
5. Portal 2

Worst: Don't know, I don't really buy them.

 

[Worgen]

Best:
Portal 2
Skyrim
Serious Sam:BFE
Binding of Issac
Renegade Ops
Worst:
that one game you really liked, it was horrible and you should feel bad for liking it.

 

[Delsana]

The Old Republic - 1
Portal 2 - 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 3
The Witcher 2 - 4
Dawn of War II: Retribution - 5

Dragon Age 2 was of course the worst game of the year and Skyrim is just far too overhyped.

 

[viranimus]

1 Dark Souls
2 Minecraft
3 The Old republic
4 Arkham City
5 LA Noire

Honorable mentions, Deus Ex:Hr, Bastion, Witcher 2, Binding of Issac, Dead island

Worst?

1 From Dust
2 Dragon Age 2
3 Child of Eden
4 Skyrim
5 3 way tie between Brink/Bulletstorm and Rage.

This cannot be stressed enough, From Dust is absolutely awful, repetitive, pointless game. Even with a pricetag of 15$ on release I regret it more than purchases I payed 60$+ on. It is basically like the anti bastion and im surprised its not on more "worst" lists.

 

[pyramid head grape]

Hey, the year isn't over yet. There are many more interesting games on the way...

Fine, if I must. (random order.)

Crysis 2
Deus Ex: Human Revelations
Portal 2
Skyrim
Ico/Shadow of the Colossus HD

Worst...

[I'll get back to this on the new year]

 

[Stuntcrab]

1: Saints row the third
2: Skyrim
3: Terraria
4: Portal 2
5: -

 

[pyrosaw]

Best 5:
5. Dead Space 2 (filler)
4. Hard Corps: Uprising (filler)
3. Gears of War 3 (filler)
2. Rage (filler)
1. Skyrim
Worst 5:
5. Portal 2
4. Crysis 2
3. Battlefield 3
2. Duke Nukem: Forever
1. Modern Warfare 3

Not even trolling for the worst five. My reason for putting Crysis 2, Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 in there are because they were huge disappointments for me, and I'm a fan of all series (I could go on and on about this for hours). Duke Nukem: Forever was in there for obvious reasons, and I just threw Portal 2 in there because I almost had to kill myself I was so bored of it. Nothing new, just co-op and a stolen gameplay element from the freeware game Tag.

Just to point things out, Valve didn't "steal" the gameplay Mechanic from Tag, they actually hired the guys who made Tag to do the gel gameplay in Portal. Just saying.

 

[pyrosaw]

1.Portal 2
2.Saints Row 3
3.Bulletstorm
4.Alice:Madness Returns(Disappointed, but still enjoyed it)
5.Monday Night Combat(Just got to PC)

 

[Terraniux]

1)Killzone 3
2)The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
3)Resistance 3
4)Mortal Kombat
5)Crysis (PS3 Port)-if this one doesn't count, replace it with Crysis 2

 

[Techsmart07]

My top 5
#1 - Skyrim. For all its bugs, I've still been hooked on the game.
#2 - Witcher 2.
#3 - Magicka
#4 - Minecraft
#5 - Portal 2.

I can't really call any game my worst, in the sense of me being really disappointed in it. I didn't hate Duke Nukem (although I only paid $5 for it via steam sale, so I had minimal expectations), and anything that I might dislike, I usually either wait for a steam sale, or I don't buy it.