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Giant Bomb's Users Pick Uncharted 2 As Best Game Of 2009

We've gone over your lists, tallied up the results, and have your picks for the best games of 2009!


Nathan Drake does it again! 
Nathan Drake does it again! 
As you've been out building your Best of 2009 lists, we've been secretly staring at them, picking them apart, weighing them, and totaling them up to form a list of the top 20 vote-getters. And we're done! Actually, it wasn't so hard. I think Andy just had to make a couple of simple database requests. But that doesn't make it any less impressive! This list was built using your lists. Essentially, if you put a game in the #1 slot, it got 10 points, #2 got 9 points, and so on.

The end result is one of the closest vote tallies I've ever seen when it comes to this sort of user-voting thing. The first and second games are exactly 130 points apart. Looks like you guys came down to the same dilemma that we did when making our choices...

OK, now that you know how this list was built, let's stop screwing around and get to the list itself!

  1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (16,839)
  2. Batman: Arkham Asylum (16,709)
  3. Modern Warfare 2 (14,161)
  4. Assassin's Creed II (11,956)
  5. Dragon Age: Origins (11,921)
  6. Borderlands (11,406)
  7. inFAMOUS (6,256)
  8. Shadow Complex (5,631)
  9. Street Fighter IV (4,927)
  10. Left 4 Dead 2 (4,149)
  11. Resident Evil 5 (3,896)
  12. Killzone 2 (3,154)
  13. Forza Motorsport 3 (2,975)
  14. Halo 3: ODST (2,636)
  15. The Beatles: Rock Band (2,606)
  16. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2,600)
  17. Demon's Souls (2,596)
  18. Torchlight (2,220)
  19. Red Faction: Guerrilla (2,101)
  20. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (1,620)
 
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all of you who took the time to build a list!    
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@Brodehouse said:
" I thought Batman would win, being that it's multiplatform.  Most people with PS3s would probably have Uncharted 1st and Batman 2nd-4th or so, but people without them would have Batman 1st-3rd and Uncharted not even on the list.   Then again, I didn't have Modern Warfare on mine, so stranger, stranger, stranger things have happened I know. "
I figured Xbox users would be torn in three by Assassin's Creed, Batman, and MW2.
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I was hoping Trine would too. aww welly.

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@Rowr said:
" I'm kind of suprised, i didnt think giantbomb had a big enough population of ps3 owners to see uncharted make number 1. Quite an accomplishment for a platform exclusive. "
I don't own a PS3 and I put it as number 1. Uncharted 2 looks like an amazing achievement even though I don't own the console it's on. Some people without PS3s probably voted for it too.
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Sweet, at least SFIV came in the top 10. Better then nothing!

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@LethalKi11ler said:

" @Rowr said:

" I'm kind of suprised, i didnt think giantbomb had a big enough population of ps3 owners to see uncharted make number 1. Quite an accomplishment for a platform exclusive. "
I don't own a PS3 and I put it as number 1. Uncharted 2 looks like an amazing achievement even though I don't own the console it's on. Some people without PS3s probably voted for it too. "
After thinking about it, i can guess that alot of people listened to the bombcast and went with that. That saddens me a bit, i think you should at least play a game to rate it.
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Im more surprised at the number 2 than the number 1. Dont get me wrong Im happy but what a surprise.

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No 'Splosion Man or Bowser's Inside Story.  Damn...
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Wow.  That was damn close.  I put Arkham first but I'm not bummed out.  They are both fucking amazing.

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Edited By EisforExtinction

Looks like Uncharted got charted after all. 
 
You guys have been great. I'm out of here. Tip your server.

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Alright Uncharted!

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Wow. Seems like the GB audience is as picky as the GB staff. I can't believe that U2 barely won by just 100 points. 

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@dagas said:
" @FunExplosions said:
" Expected to see Dragon Age higher. Cool to see inFamous up there, even though the difference between that and number 6 is huge. "
Higher? You must be kidding. I'm amazed it's as high up as it is. It's a hardcore RPG. It's pretty amazing it can compete with something like Assassin's Creed 2. "

I was thinking the same thing. I'm amazed it's that high.
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Edited By artofwar420

Glad to see the final results.
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Edited By Phished0ne

not surprised, the few games that i put on my list that didn't expect to make the list didn't make it haha. 
 
Fat Princess 
DJ Hero 
and lastly  NHL 10 
 
It would be interesting to be able to access that data on our end. So i could see how many points NHL 10 got.

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@themartyr: Everyone who played it. BA ZING!
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@RocketCoinT said:
" i really like this list. for some reason though i sitll cant wrap my head around why batman is being so high praised.. i should finish that game. dont get me wrong though i love fighting as batman but i didnt think it was THAAAT good. oh watever all this hype makes me wanna play it again neways "
I'm with you there. I would put AC2 and Infamous higher than Batman. Good game, but not that impressive.
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Good on you all for getting Left 4 Dead 2 into the top 10

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I'm really glad Demon's Souls made this list. It's got quite a following on here, which indicates a lot of smart people are using the site! I'm also really glad Uncharted 2 won. It's always great to see a good game break through random haters.

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Seems like a lot of smart people on this site are smart. Great list, and I'm glad Uncharted 2 won, and Arkham Asylum got second. I think AC2 should be 3 and MW2 4 though. But otherwise, I'm pretty happy with the way that turned out.

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@themartyr said:
" Huge disparity between #1 and #20.  16,000 votes to 1,000.  The question is: Who didn't vote Ghostbusters? "
from the looks of the list, just about everyone didn't vote for Ghostbusters.
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Surprising show for SFIV. YAY.

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I picked Batman as GOTY with Uncharted right under it.

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Even though "Uncharted 2" deserves to be no. 1 it's pretty amazing that it beat all the multi-platform games out there!.. Must be alot more PS3 owners this year.

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I'm glad Demon's Souls, Torchlight, Red Faction, and Shadow Complex made the list, but I would rather not see ODST up there (even though I am a big halo fan), it totally didn't deserve it.

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I voted my favorite as RE5, but these are all respectable games...except for maybe Demon's Souls lol

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  I would've liked to have seen Batman beat Uncharted 2, as I prefer new IPs to gain more attention rather than sequels. Though from what I've heard, Uncharted 2 definitely deserves its praise and I congratulate Naughty Dog on their success!    

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Edited By Geno

Not surprising that there's just one Wii game on this list. 

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All my top 10 games made the list, except for Battlefield 1943... still all these games are awesome and i've played most of them.
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Lame UC2 is an over hyped movie.  Dont get me wrong great game.  Batman should have won :-/

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19. Red Faction Guerrilla. YES.

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Not surprised by that, UC2 is a good game. Now i just need to play it.

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poor dragon age is fifth :'(
 
it's kinda great how high torchlight is though, i would have put it in my list too but i only started playing a few days ago

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Where's Rabbids? I loved Rabbids. I think people are dismissing it due to how average its predecessors were.

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no ufc? thats a shame,best fighter of the year,played it for months,curious about ea's mma

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Aww, Altitude didn't make the list

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Glad to see Street Fighter IV got in the top 10.

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*shakes head* a pity.

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A very deserving winner in my opinion, especially considering it was an exclusive game which makes it even more impressive. Nice to know that gamers can appreciate when something is done right. Bravo Uncharted 2 and bravo GiantBomb. 

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Uncharted 2 and Batman got the first 2 positions,no surprise here.

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5 of mine on the list, that's not too bad.

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I'm happy that Dragon Age made the top 5.

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I think Ratchet deserves better than last place, but overall I agree with these results.

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I haven't played Uncharted 2 or batman i guess they really are that good, i thought MW2 would of took the whole thing.

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It's a pleasant surprise that Dragon Age: Origins made the top 5.
 
Street Fighter IV is a great game, it made the top 10 of this list.  (I just wish I didn't suck at playing it.) 

Nice to see that Torchlight and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time made the list.

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Who knew that Giant Bomb users were so classy and game-literate? 
(I did. I knew it.)

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where the fuck is battlefield 1943?! Easily my best game of 2009, I got 160 beautiful hours for just £10

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Thats a pretty good list.
 
It's a shame to not see Skate 2 on there at all though, I think  people forget about the stuff that came out at the beginning of the year :/

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The lack of Plants Vs. Zombies saddens me. But overall, a great list. Uncharted 2 was my top one :)

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That's awesome.