Not to shock anybody, but I made a Game of the Year list...

Hey guys, it's that time of the year again, take a look at my choices for Game of the year and tell me what you think.

	1. Borderlands 2 Before August I had not played Borderlands and had no intention of buying Borderlands 2, I played Borderlands once before for an hour but got bored and stopped. In August when there was nothing else going on I managed to get a copy of Borderlands again, I played a whopping 30 hours worth completing ever side mission and everything. I had a great time, I told myself I would not go and play Borderlands 2 in fear of burning myself out, so after I beat it I went to sleep, woke up with a burning desire to play Borderlands 2! I went down and picked up a copy, I went home and spent the whole day playing Borderlands 2, over the month I spent about 40 hours locked into the world of Pandora. Not one second did i get bored or burnt out or anything, I think having played Borderlands so close I was able to appreciate every little improvement. The mini map, the aiming refinements, the points system, bad ass points, story, characters, environments, boss fights, humour, soundtrack almost every single thing was better. On top of this I also played the Pirate DLC halfway through the game, so thats about 50 hours. Now that I have the GOTY list out of the way, I am going to jump in and play the new DLC and play some more Borderlands 2, my Game of the Year for 2012!
	2. Journey Journey was an emotional ride start to finish, Journey is unlike any other game I have played. flOw and Flower were both cool games and Flower especially was really good. Journey is the most game like but it still captures the feel of the past games. Journey works well and is as high as it is due to the emotional attachment you have to your partner, I had two and was heart broken when I lost my first partner. The game looks and sounds outstanding, the art style works really well and is the best looking PS3 game I have seen.
	3. Little Inferno So every other game on this list would not upset anybody or even make people curious, but Little Inferno needs some explaining. Little Inferno was the first Wii U game I bought, I needed something and the quick look of it seemed like simple dumb fun. Little Inferno's plot is trickled slowly out through letters that you get from three people, most of then come from your neighbour Sugar Plumps. The plot has many dark and mysterious tones and throughout the game it gets crazy dark, crazy light hearted and then crazy emotional. I'm talking Journey style of crazy here, if you enjoyed games like Braid and The Unfinished Swan then you will enjoy this. The gameplay is really fun to, there isn't much to it but the way its dolled out is addictive. Each time you buy a new object a new object is unlocked, your always burning something new. The combo system keeps it fresh with your trying out multiple items to see what fits. There is not a lot to the game, but thats another reason its amazing, Nancy explains this game well... " Little Inferno is not like other games... There are no points. There is no score. You are not being timed. Just make a nice fire...
	4. The Walking Dead I had intended for The Walking Dead to win this GOTY thing, multiple friends and multiple websites have called it there GOTY. But when I thought about it, I just have to admit I did't really like "Playing" the game. Everything about the dialogue branches and plot and art style and soundtrack is superb and sets a high bar for story in video games. I cared about Clem more than any other video game character this year. But the walking around, looking for items and solving puzzles was not fun, when I got stuck i just FAQ'd my way through so I could get to the good stuff.
	5. Far Cry 3 Far Cry 3 was this years surprise, I hated Far Cry and I didn't really get into far Cry 2. After hearing good things about Far Cry 3 though I decided to risk it and see what i thought of it./ Turns out its an incredible game that features some fun hunting gameplay and stealth action. The only reason this isn't higher on the list is because I went and did all the hunting really early on, so the 75% of the game I had left was not as enjoyable due to the lack of the hunting. But the story was enjoyable and Vas is such an amazing dude, I really hated that game and liked him at the same time.
	6. Mass Effect 3 Mass Effect 2 was my GOTY last year, Mass Effect 3 is still a great game but doesn't quite live up to the expectations I had. Which doesn't mean the game is bad, it's one of the best games this year. But Mass Effect 2 was such a hard game to follow, Mass Effect 3 still gets the job done with a whole bunch of interesting dialogue and choices. Mass Effect 3 was when I started to stop thinking that I always need to pick the blue option, if I wanted to do something nasty I would just go ahead and do it. I was satisfied with the ending, I didn't get all angry about it like others seem to.
	7. Max Payne 3 I never played the original Max Payne, so I had no history or nostalgia while playing this game. Despite that I still thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game, it had a large amount of great action sequences with a great main character who reminded me very much of The Punisher.
	8. Asura's Wrath Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O. That part was pretty awesome right! Honestly though, I really liked this game, it was just so batshit crazy over the top nonsense that I can get behind. I mean at one point you punch a planet sized god to death...
	9. Sleeping Dogs Sleeping Dogs is a great open world game that I had no intention to buy, but after the quick look I was sold. The story was a well told undercover cop plot and the game had a fantastic hand to hand combat, a first for the genre.
	10. Call of Duty: Black Ops II Last year was a disappointing year for Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3 was not a bad game, but I just found the campaign mode rather boring and run of the mill. Black Ops II brings it back on board and I found myself addicted yet again to the multiplayer, plus I actually was able to follow the plot in the single player as opposed to the usual where I have zero idea of whats going on.

Well there you go, another year is done, now to go and play some Borderlands 2...

Hey guys, it's that time of the year again, take a look at my choices for Game of the year and tell me what you think.

	1. Borderlands 2 Before August I had not played Borderlands and had no intention of buying Borderlands 2, I played Borderlands once before for an hour but got bored and stopped. In August when there was nothing else going on I managed to get a copy of Borderlands again, I played a whopping 30 hours worth completing ever side mission and everything. I had a great time, I told myself I would not go and play Borderlands 2 in fear of burning myself out, so after I beat it I went to sleep, woke up with a burning desire to play Borderlands 2! I went down and picked up a copy, I went home and spent the whole day playing Borderlands 2, over the month I spent about 40 hours locked into the world of Pandora. Not one second did i get bored or burnt out or anything, I think having played Borderlands so close I was able to appreciate every little improvement. The mini map, the aiming refinements, the points system, bad ass points, story, characters, environments, boss fights, humour, soundtrack almost every single thing was better. On top of this I also played the Pirate DLC halfway through the game, so thats about 50 hours. Now that I have the GOTY list out of the way, I am going to jump in and play the new DLC and play some more Borderlands 2, my Game of the Year for 2012!
	2. Journey Journey was an emotional ride start to finish, Journey is unlike any other game I have played. flOw and Flower were both cool games and Flower especially was really good. Journey is the most game like but it still captures the feel of the past games. Journey works well and is as high as it is due to the emotional attachment you have to your partner, I had two and was heart broken when I lost my first partner. The game looks and sounds outstanding, the art style works really well and is the best looking PS3 game I have seen.
	3. Little Inferno So every other game on this list would not upset anybody or even make people curious, but Little Inferno needs some explaining. Little Inferno was the first Wii U game I bought, I needed something and the quick look of it seemed like simple dumb fun. Little Inferno's plot is trickled slowly out through letters that you get from three people, most of then come from your neighbour Sugar Plumps. The plot has many dark and mysterious tones and throughout the game it gets crazy dark, crazy light hearted and then crazy emotional. I'm talking Journey style of crazy here, if you enjoyed games like Braid and The Unfinished Swan then you will enjoy this. The gameplay is really fun to, there isn't much to it but the way its dolled out is addictive. Each time you buy a new object a new object is unlocked, your always burning something new. The combo system keeps it fresh with your trying out multiple items to see what fits. There is not a lot to the game, but thats another reason its amazing, Nancy explains this game well... " Little Inferno is not like other games... There are no points. There is no score. You are not being timed. Just make a nice fire...
	4. The Walking Dead I had intended for The Walking Dead to win this GOTY thing, multiple friends and multiple websites have called it there GOTY. But when I thought about it, I just have to admit I did't really like "Playing" the game. Everything about the dialogue branches and plot and art style and soundtrack is superb and sets a high bar for story in video games. I cared about Clem more than any other video game character this year. But the walking around, looking for items and solving puzzles was not fun, when I got stuck i just FAQ'd my way through so I could get to the good stuff.
	5. Far Cry 3 Far Cry 3 was this years surprise, I hated Far Cry and I didn't really get into far Cry 2. After hearing good things about Far Cry 3 though I decided to risk it and see what i thought of it./ Turns out its an incredible game that features some fun hunting gameplay and stealth action. The only reason this isn't higher on the list is because I went and did all the hunting really early on, so the 75% of the game I had left was not as enjoyable due to the lack of the hunting. But the story was enjoyable and Vas is such an amazing dude, I really hated that game and liked him at the same time.
	6. Mass Effect 3 Mass Effect 2 was my GOTY last year, Mass Effect 3 is still a great game but doesn't quite live up to the expectations I had. Which doesn't mean the game is bad, it's one of the best games this year. But Mass Effect 2 was such a hard game to follow, Mass Effect 3 still gets the job done with a whole bunch of interesting dialogue and choices. Mass Effect 3 was when I started to stop thinking that I always need to pick the blue option, if I wanted to do something nasty I would just go ahead and do it. I was satisfied with the ending, I didn't get all angry about it like others seem to.
	7. Max Payne 3 I never played the original Max Payne, so I had no history or nostalgia while playing this game. Despite that I still thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game, it had a large amount of great action sequences with a great main character who reminded me very much of The Punisher.
	8. Asura's Wrath Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O Press O. That part was pretty awesome right! Honestly though, I really liked this game, it was just so batshit crazy over the top nonsense that I can get behind. I mean at one point you punch a planet sized god to death...
	9. Sleeping Dogs Sleeping Dogs is a great open world game that I had no intention to buy, but after the quick look I was sold. The story was a well told undercover cop plot and the game had a fantastic hand to hand combat, a first for the genre.
	10. Call of Duty: Black Ops II Last year was a disappointing year for Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3 was not a bad game, but I just found the campaign mode rather boring and run of the mill. Black Ops II brings it back on board and I found myself addicted yet again to the multiplayer, plus I actually was able to follow the plot in the single player as opposed to the usual where I have zero idea of whats going on.

Well there you go, another year is done, now to go and play some Borderlands 2...

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

But yeah, Blands 2's sick as hell (it's #2 on my goty list with Walking Dead claiming the top spot), I've got 250 hours on it according to Steam. That seems a tad excessive.

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

I don't get Borderlands, the combat is so simplistic and dull, I was really hoping they'd add more active skills for the second game but nope, still the same one skill one cooldown routine.

I mean if combat is the only thing your game has, at least make it more fun and unique, not just bullet sponging with no real variety, the different guns don't do enough to shake things up.

Good list dude. I didn't enjoy Borderlands as much as you did but I get why it would be on the top of your list.

I don't like Journey or Borderlands 2 that much but the rest of the list seems alright.

@Sooty: A lot of the depth from Borderlands 2 comes from the way various passive skills interact with your character and influence the way you play the game. Even within a class, a Money Shot Salvador is going to gear and play completely different from a Sexual Tyrannosaurus Salvador. The differences really become apparent when you start grouping up with friends and building for approximate roles.

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

I'd like to get into the Borderland franchise but it would have to be solo and I heard its nowhere near as fun as Co-op? Is this true?

Great list by the way!

@Mutley said:

I'd like to get into the Borderland franchise but it would have to be solo and I heard its nowhere near as fun as Co-op? Is this true?

Great list by the way!

Granted, co-op's a blast but I've played a ton solo and had a great time with it. You should definitely check it out.

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

@Cloudenvy said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

What is bearnaise?

@Hitchenson said:

@Mutley said:

I'd like to get into the Borderland franchise but it would have to be solo and I heard its nowhere near as fun as Co-op? Is this true?

Great list by the way!

Granted, co-op's a blast but I've played a ton solo and had a great time with it. You should definitely check it out.

I played through Borderlands solo and had a great time, even in the second one I think I preferred solo. I like to take my time and look at the environments where as in multiplayer people just want to fucking go!

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

What is bearnaise?

An amazing sauce if done right. Unless you were just trying to harp on me for not writing it as béarnaise!

I liked both Borderlands 2 (completely new to the series) and Journey a lot. I haven't played any of those other games.

@Cloudenvy said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

What is bearnaise?

An amazing sauce if done right. Unless you were just trying to harp on me for not writing it as béarnaise!

I never heard of it and was curious. Maybe i'm missing out on some awesome sauce. I don't exactly explore foods.

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

What is bearnaise?

An amazing sauce if done right. Unless you were just trying to harp on me for not writing it as béarnaise!

I never heard of it and was curious. Maybe i'm missing out on some awesome sauce. I don't exactly explore foods.

Ketchup BBQ is the best sauce, why is this even a question?

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

What is bearnaise?

An amazing sauce if done right. Unless you were just trying to harp on me for not writing it as béarnaise!

I never heard of it and was curious. Maybe i'm missing out on some awesome sauce. I don't exactly explore foods.

What? You've never had bearnaise?! Man, you need to get on that.

@Hizang said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

What is bearnaise?

An amazing sauce if done right. Unless you were just trying to harp on me for not writing it as béarnaise!

I never heard of it and was curious. Maybe i'm missing out on some awesome sauce. I don't exactly explore foods.

Ketchup BBQ is the best sauce, why is this even a question?

You mean mayonnaise, right? Of course you do.

@Hizang said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

What is bearnaise?

An amazing sauce if done right. Unless you were just trying to harp on me for not writing it as béarnaise!

I never heard of it and was curious. Maybe i'm missing out on some awesome sauce. I don't exactly explore foods.

Ketchup BBQ is the best sauce, why is this even a question?

Nice fix. I was going to say that ketchup is more of a condiment than sauce. BBQ is great too if not a bit strong for all things. I would not put BBQ on macaroni and cheese. Then again sauces are general more speciality items than condiments like Ketchup anyways.

@Hizang said:

@Hitchenson said:

@Mutley said:

I'd like to get into the Borderland franchise but it would have to be solo and I heard its nowhere near as fun as Co-op? Is this true?

Great list by the way!

Granted, co-op's a blast but I've played a ton solo and had a great time with it. You should definitely check it out.

I played through Borderlands solo and had a great time, even in the second one I think I preferred solo. I like to take my time and look at the environments where as in multiplayer people just want to fucking go!

That's part of why I prefer solo'ing for both Borderlands games. I usually enjoy taking my time, especially for such an open game where I want to get invested in the world, listen to the dialogue and so forth, so I don't like being hamstrung by a team who may all have different ideas of what they want to do ect. That's how I felt for my first playthrough anywhoo; suppose I'd be fine cooping in any following playthroughs, though. And actually after I played through NG+, I got the feeling that I really should have tackled that with a group, because that gets fucking hard and certainly wasn't geared for solo play, least with my DPS Siren.

@Hitchenson said:

@Hizang said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hizang said:

@MikkaQ said:

@Hitchenson said:

I don't understand, this is a post about video games.

Yeah ask me about like... my taste in shoes or something.

How many wooden spoons do you own? I have 4!

How do you like your eggs?

Man if you read your own threads... YOU WOULD KNOW!

(Poached)

My favorite sauce is bearnaise. That's what you really want to know, isn't it Hizang?

What is bearnaise?

An amazing sauce if done right. Unless you were just trying to harp on me for not writing it as béarnaise!

I never heard of it and was curious. Maybe i'm missing out on some awesome sauce. I don't exactly explore foods.

Ketchup BBQ is the best sauce, why is this even a question?

You mean mayonnaise, right? Of course you do.

No No, Mayonnaise is gross.

@Yummylee said:

@Hizang said:

@Hitchenson said:

@Mutley said:

I'd like to get into the Borderland franchise but it would have to be solo and I heard its nowhere near as fun as Co-op? Is this true?

Great list by the way!

Granted, co-op's a blast but I've played a ton solo and had a great time with it. You should definitely check it out.

I played through Borderlands solo and had a great time, even in the second one I think I preferred solo. I like to take my time and look at the environments where as in multiplayer people just want to fucking go!

That's part of why I prefer solo'ing for both Borderlands games. I usually enjoy taking my time, especially for such an open game where I want to get invested in the world, listen to the dialogue and so forth, so I don't like being hamstrung by a team who may all have different ideas of what they want to do ect. That's how I felt for my first playthrough anywhoo; suppose I'd be fine cooping in any following playthroughs, though. And actually after I played through NG+, I got the feeling that I really should have tackled that with a group, because that gets fucking hard and certainly wasn't geared for solo play, least with my DPS Siren.

I had to join a team to help me in a few spots due to difficulty.

Yeah ok, but what's your favorite kind of pie?

@Dethfish said:

Yeah ok, but what's your favorite kind of pie?

Apple Pie, not a fan of meat pies.

@Hizang said:

@Dethfish said:

Yeah ok, but what's your favorite kind of pie?

Apple Pie, not a fan of meat pies.

Ever had Cheese & Ham pie? I think it's my favorite non-candy pie.

I used to really like rhubarb pie with redcurrant mixed in, but haven't had a good one of those lately.

@Hizang said:

@Dethfish said:

Yeah ok, but what's your favorite kind of pie?

Apple Pie, not a fan of meat pies.

What about leek and bacon pie? Nothing?

I'm with you in spirit on Little Inferno. This is gonna sound crazy, but burning stuff just got boring and took forever. Stamps kinda helped, but it got to a point where I was waiting 5 minutes+ on an object to arrive, just to burn it in a matter of seconds and wait another eternity. It overstayed it's welcome and waiting for items was flat out stupid, but everything else was damn brilliant. Oh, also nice list, hehe.

@UnrealDP said:

I'm with you in spirit on Little Inferno. This is gonna sound crazy, but burning stuff just got boring and took forever. Stamps kinda helped, but it got to a point where I was waiting 5 minutes+ on an object to arrive, just to burn it in a matter of seconds and wait another eternity. It overstayed it's welcome and waiting for items was flat out stupid, but everything else was damn brilliant. Oh, also nice list, hehe.

Burning stuff never gets old, burn everything!

@JackSukeru said:

@Hizang said:

@Dethfish said:

Yeah ok, but what's your favorite kind of pie?

Apple Pie, not a fan of meat pies.

Ever had Cheese & Ham pie? I think it's my favorite non-candy pie.

I used to really like rhubarb pie with redcurrant mixed in, but haven't had a good one of those lately.

Cheese pie just sounds nasty, I like cheese, but cheese in a pie can fuck right off.

@Hizang: I don't get that sentiment at all. Anyway, the filling of that pie is a bit of an aquired taste cause it's really mushy, but I wouldn't say that it has a strong taste of cheese or anything. It's pretty mild, and a bit salty.

Nice list, i also played a ton of borderlands before borderlands 2 came out and i sorta burned myself out on it. Im going to get back to it next year i think.

@Hizang said:

Burning stuff never gets old, burn everything!

@JackSukeru said:

@Hizang said:

@Dethfish said:

Yeah ok, but what's your favorite kind of pie?

Apple Pie, not a fan of meat pies.

Ever had Cheese & Ham pie? I think it's my favorite non-candy pie.

I used to really like rhubarb pie with redcurrant mixed in, but haven't had a good one of those lately.

Cheese pie just sounds nasty, I like cheese, but cheese in a pie can fuck right off.

French silk pie is where it's at anyways. Then again I don't like mixing tangy fruit flavors in my pastries, so it's the only kind of pie I like.

@dudy80 said:

Nice list, i also played a ton of borderlands before borderlands 2 came out and i sorta burned myself out on it. Im going to get back to it next year i think.

I'm surprised I didn't, but hey it must show how awesome it is.