Favorite game of 2012?

BlvdNights

So that lovely time of the year when all the awards start to come out and some games might get a lot of attention that have already, and some gems might get a stand out *aka Demon Souls a few years back*.

So what was everyone's personal favorite game of the year?

Mine was XCOM by a long shot. It's one of the rare games that has a very addictive feel, in its core design as well as it's ability to allow the player to create their own type of fun (what ablities to pick/naming of soldiers/approach to each battle and resource gathering.). I've probably pumped close to 80+ hours in it and dont see it letting up anytime soon.

Bigjohn

It's Mass Effect 3 for me. I really loved that game a lot.

xvampire

kinda hard to choose between Hitman Absolution and Max Payne 3. I love both game so much.

reverendK

borderlands 2 all the way.

Jeff Parrott

Walking Dead: The Game (awesome IP and really engrossing story) and Dishonored (amazing art direction).

Retro/Grade was pretty awesome as far as PSN games go too.

Justin Meisse

Journey

Kwramm

Legend of Grimrock - for being indie, for being retro without being pixelated and for being just awesome straight forward fun!

Rapture117

For me it was hands down FEZ. That game was something magical for me. The art style and gameplay is unlike anything I've ever experienced, and the fact that he created an entire language is mind boggling to me. The only way to experience this game though is to pretend the internet doesn't exist. Seriously, ask your friends for help or work together discovering everything, it's the most rewarding feeling ever haha. Go play it if you haven't already!

Lamont

FPS - Spec Ops: The Line(PC). Way too awesome of a story for an FPS.
Click Adventure - The Walking Dead (PC).
RPG-ish - Mass Effect 3(360).

Really hard to pick one favorite game...

Sean VanGorder

Borderlands 2 for sure

roosterMAP

witcher 2 enhanced edition
assassins creed 3
dishonored

Joopson

Dishonored, for sure.

Renaud Galand

I'm going to stretch the rule a bit since the game I played the most this year got release on October 25, 2011. But Battlefield 3 is the only game I keep playing on a daily basis. Dice really released a multiplayer master piece with that opus.

As for 2012 goes : Natural Selection, Dishonored, Chivalry and DayZ will stay in my mind as my best 2012 video game experiences (when I'm not playing BF3, of course )

Mongrelman

Hmmmm, not sure. XCOM is certainly very high up the list though.

ErichWK

La Mulana!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bek

It's a damn close call between Dishonored and The Witcher 2...

But I'm going to have to give it to Dishonored.

JamesWild

FTL by far. More replay value in 30+ playthroughs totalling about 25 hours than anything I've played in years. You want to see how a small game can feel big, how it can draw players back over and over wanting more, how a tiny game set in a saturated world genre can feel ambitious? Play this.

SouthpawSid

Max Payne 3, Halo 4, and Rayman Origins!

Joshua Stubbles

I haven't picked up some of the bigger games like Dishonored, Halo or Max Payne so I can't vouch for those. The game I've had the most fun playing this year is a toss up between Xcom and the recently released Planetside 2.

haiddasalami

Arkham City for me.

ScudzAlmighty

Played in 2012 or released? For released I'd say Dishonored, but I'm still playing Red Dead Redemption (about half through Undead Nightmare before the last couple of main story missions) and that might be one of my favorite games ever. Also really loved Alan Wake(pc) but more for atmosphere/story than gameplay.

CordellC

Dishonored. Played through it four times within the first couple weeks of it being released.

Yeah.

blankslatejoe

It came out in 2011, but I've been all sorts of addicted to Binding of Isaac. I never thought I'd say that about a flash game!

akramparvez

Borderlands 2
AC3
Arkham City(Last year release)
Battlefield 3(Last year release)

maximumsproductions

Natural Selection 2, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

BlvdNights

JamesWild wrote: »

FTL by far. More replay value in 30+ playthroughs totalling about 25 hours than anything I've played in years. You want to see how a small game can feel big, how it can draw players back over and over wanting more, how a tiny game set in a saturated world genre can feel ambitious? Play this.

Yea it was up there for me too. Put quite a few hours into that too. Really great.

Hazardous

Journey.

Daelus

Shadow of the Colossus... what? I only just got around to playing it. I have a bit of a back log of games...

haiddasalami

akramparvez wrote: »

Borderlands 2
AC3
Arkham City(Last year release)
Battlefield 3(Last year release)

Man Arkham City came out last year? Definitely losing track of time haha. Well for 2012 then its Walking Dead for me.

Hristo Rusanov

Dishonored
Dear Esther
DayZ

KyleJensen

Journey.

Bigjohn

Man, so many people loving Journey. I wish they'd do a PC release of that thing so I could finally check it out.

ericdigital

Journey all the way

Autocon

Journey

EmAr

Alan Wake for me (PC version got released this year). Rayman Origins was also fun.

HardBaller

Hmm there where so many fun games this year. Still i think i'll have to go with Kingdoms of Amalur, Firefall (though technically not out yet) and Mech Warrior Online (also technically not out yet) for reviving that franchise .

Adij

Tribes: Ascend - first FPS that is fun for me since... hm, i think the last FPS i liked before was Quake 4 lol (I dont like modern, slow shooter's)

cupsster

this year again Deus Ex, System Shock 2, Homeworld 2 and Thief series... just can't get enough of them

Ark

Dishonoured and Natural Selection 2.

Malus

Walking Dead.

ivanzu

Haven't played any game from 2012 but I would say men of war.:poly128:

Xoliul

Chivalry is pretty awesome and unlike anything I played before.

TheWinterLord

Chivalry and Farcry 3

Also DayZ and XCOM are high up on the list.

glottis8

The Walking Dead...

For me, it seems like i played Journey so long ago... but that game is amazing as well. Xcomm is still underrated i think. Gem of a game.

But with all the good games that were released this year its hard to make decisions... Max Payne 3 was amazing, i am enjoying Hitman Absolution, Assassin's Creed 3... tons of games.

We can say it was a good year for games.

Thermidor

FTL
Chivalry
Torchlight2
Grimrock

currently planetside 2 is looking like it would make the list...

Shiniku

Borderlands 2
Diablo III
Walking Dead

The Mad Artist

XCOM for me all the way, edging out Fall of Cybertron, which for a big TF fan like myself, was everything I had hoped it would be. Also, special mentions to Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

XCOM just really hit all the sweet spots for me. Very rare these days for me to be anxious to get back home to continue playing a game, but XCOM did that for me, and right after I finished it, I wanted to start a new campaign. Even with other games on my backlog, I've continued playing XCOM. Gaming nirvana for me this year.

The Mad Artist

Also, I'm thinking with all the mentions of the Walking Dead game here, I should probably pick that up finally.

McGreed

But yeah, still waiting for a sequel to System Shock 2, that would totally be my game of the year...decade, if they do it right. (and don't mention bioshock, its not a sequel or anything close)

But favorite game this year...hmm...maybe Borderlands 2 and Tribes, plus TF2 with Bots

ZombieWells

For me, Skyrim for it's immersive open world, Halo 4 for the art, and Witcher 2, because it does art, story, and gameplay all extremely well. Hats off to all the folks that worked on those amazing titles!

nick2730

Xcom for me