Best of 2009
cashbasket: Best of 2009
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I never played the Baldur's Gate games, so while there's no nostalgia in it for me, I can say that I haven't had so much fun playing an RPG in a long time. BioWare is godlike. I'm a total whore for storytelling, and this game totally delivers. Plus, winning a fight that requires a lot of strategy makes me feel s-m-r-t.
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Action? Yes. Strong RPG elements? Yes. The most satisfying loot system I've experienced since my MMO days? Yes. I've probably spent more time playing this title than the others, simply because I must. get. the. loots. The gameplay is so satisfying that it actually makes up for the fact that the story barely exists. I wish it did, though; it was kind of a waste of some awesome characters. Let's hope there's a spin-off starring Scooter.
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This was the surprise of the year for me. Superhero games are supposed to be awful; it's actually a law that was tacked on as a rider to some defense spending bill in 1985. Look it up. Anyway, I hate to steal someone else's sentiment, but this truly is the Bioshock of 2009. The atmosphere is incredible, the story is first-rate, the voice acting couldn't be better, Mark Hamill, Mark Hamill, Mark Hamill, etc. Plus, I was a huge fan of the Batman animated series in the 90s, and this game fits right in there.
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I want to write pages about this game, but I'll sum it up in one sentence: "This is one of the best games I have ever played in my 25 years of gaming." It's really without fault; they "fixed" everything that drove me insane about the first Uncharted, and then took everything I did like from the first Uncharted and made it ten thousand times better.
And have you seen those graphics? Holy crap.
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XBLA games aren't supposed to be this good. However, now that they officially can be this good, I think they should ALL be this good. Shadow Complex rewrites the rules for what these "arcade" games can do, and I hope everyone pays attention. It also doesn't hurt that it borrows heavily from Super Metroid, which is one of my top 5 games of all time.
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I loved LucasArts point-and-click adventure games. I love them so very much. Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island, Loom, Sam & Max... those were the days. When I found out Telltale was making more Sam & Max games, I got pretty excited, and these don't disappoint. If a game makes me laugh really hard, I tend to like it. All 6 episodes of this game made me laugh really hard. The dialogue is great, the stories are great, and for $20, the deal was great.
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