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I don't think it's too soon to start thinking about the best game of 2009.

A lot of contenders for sure, and there would have been many more if Modern Warfare 2 wasn't solely responsible for most of Q4's releases being bumped to next year.

For me, best game of 2009 has to be Batman: Arkham Asylum. Very impressive graphically, great dialogue and writing, diverse and fun to play and great value for money.

What's your game of the year?

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  • ZacD
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    I don't remember what was launch this year :P

    Killzone 2 was great...
  • Bal
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    For me definitely Left 4 Dead 2, the Versus is just so full of memorable moments.
  • Dippndots
    Ugh tough choice (next year's gonna be like 100x harder though) Assassins Creed II for me, that game was such an improvement over the first game, there's actual replay value, and there's gonna be DLC which is beyond awesome
  • kickzombies
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    Uncharted 2? Dragon Age?
  • HonkyPunch
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    the metal gear series.
    every year
    always
    (side note, can I change my user name somehow? I feel like an idiot when people refer to me as jimmies the squirrel, which i can only blame on myself at the age of 12. If not, that's fine)
  • c0ldhands
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    I gotta agree with Jimmie the squirrel here, but if its not MGS its gotta be between Assassins Creed 2 and Uncharted 2....tough choice.
  • Snipergen
    Batman AA (this game impressed me, and I don't even like superheroes, although the joker is awesome), but that's because I don't have a PS3. If I had I'd probably say Uncharted 2.

    Happy to hear that I'm not the only one that REALLY REALLY liked that game :)
  • Paul Pepera
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    No contest; L4D2, haven't touched MW2 since it came out.
  • Marine
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    Uncharted 2 followed closely by Batman and inFamous
  • PixelGoat
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  • TheMadArtist
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    For me, Batman Arkham Asylum, hands down. Granted, I haven't played Uncharted 2 yet, but I think my vote would still go with Batman. That game was so well done in every aspect. The amount of care they put into it was obvious.
  • JasonLavoie
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  • Farfarer
    Borderlands has gotta be mine. Haven't had that much fun playing a game for a long while (since Mass Effect launched on 360).

    As much as I wanted to love Brutal Legend... it just doesn't make me want to play it.
  • Ged
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    batman

    dont have a console
  • Kwramm
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    tough choice but I'd say Dragon Age. I also immensely enjoyed Torchlight.
    most disappointing game is much much easier - hello Aion :)
  • Super
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  • eld
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    for me it was between dragon age and torchlight, but it came down to torchlight, never have I had fun in such a pure form.
  • Ged
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    hmm maybe I overlooked dragon age, whats good about it? if its just like nwn2 I would get bored of it fast - cant stand the not quite realtime combat
  • Peris
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    uncharted 2, no doubt about that.
  • eld
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    Ged, awesome long story, and quite long dialoguetrees, but the combat might not be what you like, since it's the basic pause, rethink, unpause, then pause again etc..

    it's day and night compared to nwn2 though, much better in all the ways.
  • Flynny
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    im biased, Lego Rockband! *runs*

    But on a serious note I really cant decide!
  • Quokimbo
    Uncharted 2!! That was crazy crazy fun!
  • Slipstream
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    I like how my game of the year usually comes to a throw down between my two favorite studios.
    Left 4 Dead 2 vs Dragon Age - FIGHT!
  • OrganizedChaos
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    My vote goes to Batman AA, but I don't have a ps3, so that might be why I'm not saying uncharted 2. From what I've seen of it, it looks fantastic.
  • odium
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    Game of the Year, for me, is one of the following:

    Uncharted 2 - Probably my fave game of the year, and if they don't announce a movie version soon with Nathan Fillion I don't think there will be a power in the verse than can stop me sending them some dirty granny porn hate mail...
    Batman: Arkham Asylum - Because it just came from nowhere as a kick ass game and nobody was expecting it to be.
    Shadow Complex - Took Metroid, brought it up to speed with this generation, made me SQUEEEE... Are you listening, Metroid Hunters, you pile of piss? Where’s my 2D Metroid on the DS, its only like the map system was MADE for the console?!
    Modern Warefare 2 - Only because it has to be there, but it didn't impress me as much as COD4 if I'm 100% honest, but its still good.
    Assassins Creed 2 - Did everything it should have done, fixed all the issues and added so much new, good stuff, and isn’t that what a sequel is supposed to do?
    New Super Mario Bros. Wii - If I smiled any more while playing this game, my face would bleed... I mean, its like Mario Bros 3 had sex with Mario World and THIS fell out! And who DIDNT scream like a school girl the first time that Yoshi egg cracked open :D

    Flops of the year (Again these are what I think):

    Killzone 2 - Boring single player, and sorry but not as graphically impressive as everybody makes out. The control issues alone ruined the game for me. The single player was just far, far too dire, and over in one sitting, and the MP tried to be COD4 but failed.
    Wolfenstein 2 - It was a good game... That was it. Maybe if Activision removed their heads from their collective anus they would have seen that all they needed to do was port RtCW's MP 1:1 and leave it at that, but no, it was a let down... They also turned BJ into a total Fonz like TWAT...
    Left 4 Dead 2 - Sorry guys, not feeling it... I'll get a lot of hate for this I'm sure, but for me, it just doesn't work. Daylight, awful weapons that are huge onscreen with terrible envmaps on them, the worst cast of survivors I don't care about at all... Ugh... Maybe the Source engine just needs a big upgrade now...
    Borderlands - Just... Don't... Get it... Sorry, it just doesn't work for me... Too much running about, and this is from a guy who LOVED Fallout 3 and Oblivion... It was just so empty and dull...?

    Special Nomination!

    Black Mesa Source - Because after 97 years in development, you kind of get pissed off when you have the promise of "This year guys!" all year and then at the last second they say "yeeeeeah, about that release date...". Meh, its not looking as sexy any more graphics wise so I hope they get it out the door soon before it becomes old...
  • bounchfx
    I would say Uncharted 2 or demon's souls.
    or rock band 2/dlc... :)

    Killzone 2 was a massive let down for me. pretty graphics, atrocious gameplay.
  • 3DLee
    There were way too many good games that came out this year! For me, top picks would be Empire: Total War (after patch 1.5, this game is 100% epic), or Left 4 Dead 2. I'm sure there are more, but I can't seem to think this morning.
  • Kevin Johnstone
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    Uncharted 2, easily.
  • Nick Carver
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    I think I'd go with Arkham Asylum as well. Uncharted 2 has amazing production values and Assassin's Creed II is very impressive in terms of scale, but Arkham Asylum looked great and (more importantly) was really fun to play. Rocksteady managed to combine elements from a bunch of different genres andthey all came off perfectly. They really nailed the feeling of being Batman as well. The only slight disappointment for me was the boss battles. So if they improve those for next time and treat us to some more locations from Gotham then they could have an even better game on their hands.

    Honorable mention for Skate 2 as well. I probably played that more than anything else as it's one of those titles that's perfect for playing for 30 mins/an hour at a time.
  • Wells
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    for me, Assassin's Creed 2
  • Firebert
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    pfffft
    Dwarf on a Wharf
  • ScudzAlmighty
    I gotta jump on the Batwagon too, though i think Shadow Complex and that Wolverine game were the only other "new" i've played this year...
  • oobersli
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    if game of the year is based on hours played... team fortress 2 should win. over 300 hours of gametime just this year. :)

    red faction was pretty awesome though. and of course ghostbusters :)
  • TomDunne
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    2009 was quietly one of the best years for games that we've ever had. I can't pick just one GOTY, there were so many enjoyable games, and that's about the best thing you could ask for.

    My hands-down favorites were Batman: AA and Assassin's Creed II. Going through ACII, I realized that the gameplay in both games is very similar (stealth/action free-running hybrid kid of deal) - not sure what we'd call that genre, but it has two fantastic examples. It's amazing how fun the combat can be despite largely being a single-attack button masher, and the combination of exploration, puzzle-solving and fighting is so satisfying. Batman gets a few extra points for successfully adapting some of my favorite comic source material, but ACII ties it back up with one crazy-ass plot (I was more interested in learning 'The Truth' than in winning the game.)

    Runner-ups for extreme awesomeness include Borderlands, MW2, Uncharted 2 and Fallout 3 (on the strength of the DLC released this year.) None of these absorbed me quite the way that Batman and Assassin's Creed did, but they were each tremendously enjoyable. I've got to give special props to Uncharted 2 for being the best looking video game ever, and the script and acting chops to bring the cinematic experience to video games better than anything else ever has.
  • JacqueChoi
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    Plants vs Zombies.

    Followed by Trials HD, and Torchlight.

    Honorable Mention goes to Uncharted 2, and MW2.
  • DarthNater
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    Assassin's Creed 2, hands down... Only because Ubisoft took the original pile of crap and made it completely amazing. Seriously, I cannot believe how good it is compared to 1.

    Shadow Complex wins Xbox Live game of the year :)
  • Taylor Hood
    This game called MW2. I heared it's supposed to be popular.
  • adam
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    IMO Uncharted 2 was a videogame with very little game. Beautiful, but not a game. (To me).

    GOTY for me likely goes to Assassin's Creed 2. It's refreshing when a sequel comes out that totally trumps its original incarnation because the developers listened to their audience.

    Runner up would have to be Shadow Complex. I say this because lately my attention has been on the casual/arcade side of game development. They tackled a genre of games that seems to be you either have to do it 100% great, or it busts completely. And to me, the game was 110% great (+10% for being 3D).

    EDIT: DarthNater - nice! LOL.
  • Snipergen
    Honorable mention for Skate 2 as well. I probably played that more than anything else as it's one of those titles that's perfect for playing for 30 mins/an hour at a time.

    Not GOTY material but damn, I played it sooooo much, and the laughs we had when I had some non gamer friends over for our pokernight and they just crashed the player off roofs, priceless, it should get a special award :D

    Actually Assassins Creed 2 is also brilliant, but I think I'm still saying Batman because I really didn't expect such an awesome game suddenly!
  • DarthNater
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    Lot's of Uncharted 2 mentions here, I think I need to break down and buy a PS3...
  • System
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    Wolfenstein for me, though I never played Batman, Borderlands or Uncharted, maybe it could have been one of those instead.
  • RazorBladder
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    For me it's a punch up between Uncharted 2 and Dragon Age. I still can't put dragon age down despite being able to fault the thing to high heaven, but that's classic bioware I guess.
  • GoSsS
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    L4D2 without any doubts.
    The versus is sooo perfect and the other modes are just what was missing in the first one. PERFECT game !

    Edit : Lots of "2" in this thread :D
  • Ark
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    Haven't played a whole lot of L4D2 yet, so RE5 gets my vote.
    Stalker:COP would've probably got my vote but it's slipped into next year. :(
  • Cojax
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    Its split down the middle for me. Single player: Uncharted 2. Multiplayer: MW2

    Killzone 2, and Forza 3 as my honorable mention.

    I was some what surprised with my PS3 this year, to bad its online is terrible for me. Being able to play with 10+ friends on the 360 any day is awesome. Playing with 1-0 people on PSN = fail.
  • Snight
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    Uncharted 2 hands down!
  • Joshua Stubbles
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    L4D2 is highly enjoyable. Uncharted 2 was an amazing experience, but didn't have much meat. I hate to say it, but I think Modern Warfare 2 is going to take the cake. It's got a huge amount of upgrades over it's predecessor and they even managed to upgrade all of the graphics as well. It's a solid experience offline and online. Now if they'd just fix that fucking suicide javelin glitch!
  • Geezus
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    Uncharted 2
    Borderlands
    MW2

    I'm with brome on the Shadow Complex....but we all know that won't happen.
    LOL@L4D1.5 amirite!? :x
  • Andreas
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    Uncharted, but I only watched it being played.

    Batman for something I actually played.
  • ima
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    Most definitely KZ2, Uncharted 2 is too linear and boring, same with the previous uncharted, it's got okay graphics, but gameplay is boring.

    Oh and L4D2 probably makes a 2nd or 3rd spot, had some awesome versus games!
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