Depends how you look at it. It seems like a lot of disappointing games came out this year, like Assassin's Creed 3 where as games like Bioshock Infinite were delayed. But a lot of really cool indie stuff came out this year like FTL. Overall though I went with B.
It was pretty great. I think 2009 was probably the best year of this generation, but this year was pretty good. Every year is pretty good. There were a couple disappointing games like ME3 and Diablo III (not personally disappointing to me, but all of the backlash I heard was hard to ignore) some people didn't like Max Payne 3 that much (I really loved it). AC3 also seemed to be lackluster.
To me, the most disappointing thing of this year was the lack of quality PS Vita games (but I still have hope). But overall it's still a pretty damn good year. Halo 4, a new hitman game (at least it exists), dishonored, sleeping dogs, fez, borderlands 2, bastion, walking dead, mark of the ninja, far cry 3 (which seems promising) and xcom just to name a few!. There were a LOT of really great games this year, especially in the indie scene.
It was weird. All the big sequels were lame but the new IPs were awesome like Sleeping Dogs and Walking Dead. I hope developers wont be scared to try new stuff with the next gen since things like Sleeping Dogs, Walking Dead, and Dishonored did well.
Games that everyone expected to impress, often disappointed. Indie games, smaller games, and games coming out of freaking nowhere seemed to do real real real well.
Overall, it's been an amazing year, but just not from where we thought it would be.
Mark of the Ninja, Dishonored, Halo 4, Journey, FTL, Sound Shapes, Spelunky, Sleeping Dogs, Walking Dead, Hell I was just playing some Mass Effect 3 and enjoying the hell out of that Blasto poster on the Citadel.
This year had been amazing. I haven't even touched Dishonored or XCom yet because I've been too busy with other games, and I have a relatively large amount of free time.
Way better than last year. New games like XCOM, Sleeping Dogs, Walking Dead ruled. Yearly installments like Assassins Creed, Halo, WWE, Need For Speed, Call of Duty, and Forza were all better this year. borderlands 2 lived up to the original. Mass Effect 3 apparently isn't ME2, but triumphs over most of what comes out in a given year. And there were a lot of great indie games, Fez, Journey, Trials, Mark of the Ninja. Far Cry might be great. And the PC had a rare banner year with Diablo.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that it was a massive bummer, as there were plenty of good games that I played, but just the general quality wasn't quite as high, and the highs weren't quite as high. For example, my game of the year is Crusader Kings II, and I can think of FOUR games from 2010 that I could make a good argument for being better than CKII - those games are Civilization 5, Mount&Blade: Warband, Mass Effect 2, and my 2010 GOTY Red Dead Redemption.
So I voted B. My expectations for 2013 are pretty high though, due to BioShock Infinite, Europa Universalis IV, Total War: Rome 2, and SimCity.
It was pretty great. I think 2009 was probably the best year of this generation,
2007 was probably better.
The Orange Box
BioShock
God of War II
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Assassin's Creed
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Halo 3
Rock Band
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Mass Effect
Most of the games in that list have defined this generation.
I never felt that 2007 was all that good a year. Some of those games listed had their defining sequel later. I would say 2008>2010>2009>2011>2007>2006. Not including 2012 because it is not over and had no time for reflection.
Big AAA titles were pretty lackluster. This was a great year for Japanese and indie games. Xenoblade, Asura, Fez, and Walking Dead we're some of my favorite games this generation.
Between The Walking Dead and DayZ (ironically, two zombie games), this year has been fantastic. That's not to mention things like Diablo 3 (say what you will about it) or Guild Wars 2.
i put B, but i guess thats due to the general reception of a lot of the bigger titles this year, personally, iv loved it (because i don't play a lot of the bigger titles) and the only game that really disappointed me was Darksiders 2, but i guess i found this year lacking on the AAA front. im going to stuggle coming up with a top 10 list that doesn't include expansions for older games which is a bit of a pet peeve of mine with GOTY lists
yerp, lotz of decent sequels that didn't live up to their predecessor's hype
Pretty much this for most of the big budget games. Except instead of previous years' "Why didn't you change anything" like with Killzone 3, Uncharted 3, Arkham City, and the entire Call of Duty series, the feeling is more "You kinda fucked up and I'm not sure this series is for me anymore", which is the sentiment I'm hearing from Mass Effect 3, Max Payne 3, Assassin's Creed 3, and Hitman: Absolution (I admit I have not played all of those games).
Indie/lower budget games were pretty awesome this year, though.
Neither. It was no 1998 or 2004, but good games came out this year.
Dont forget 2008 the greatest year of gaming there was!
That year had Dead Space, Fallout 3, and...?
GTA IV, Mirrors Edge, Persona 4, No More Heroes, Left 4 Dead, Professor Layton, Lost Odyssey, Braid, Burnout Paradise, Audiosurf, Far Cry 2, Sins of a Solar Empire, Spore, Ninja Gaiden 2, Condemned 2, Fable 2, Little Big Planet, Gears of War 2, Banjo Kazooie : Nuts & Bolts, Prince of Persia, Force Unleashed and Metal Gear Solid 4. Just to name a few...
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