GOTY 2012

Even though many felt that this year was lacking in major releases I still somehow managed to not play some really important games, namely Far Cry 3 and Sleeping Dogs. That being said, the lack of big budget releases this year left a lot of room for some incredible independent and smaller games to steal the spotlight. And steal it they did. A bunch of this year's games (many of which aren't even in my top ten) showed that there are plenty of creative people with fresh ideas who are making some amazing stuff.