Best of 2010
MonkeyKing1969: Best of 2010
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1. Heavy Rain
The most engaging and thought provoking game of the year. A new way of placing the concept of 'what is a fail state' into the player’s hands. This is the one game I played repeatedly because each play through was more enjoyable then the last.
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2. Red Dead Redemption
Kirby has nothing on this game, this was the 'epic yarn' of 2010. There were parts of this game I hated becaus it took 'authorial control' out of my hands at the wrong time. They insist John is a reformed man, but I seemingly must mow down everyone. The makers insist John loves his wife so won't go whoring...but we don't meet this woman until the end...I don't care about her...because I NEVER meet her until then end. Its one thing to tell their story, but it is MY story too Rock Star...yet it is still a great game.
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3. Mass Effect 2
A lovely story with interesting characters, but not enough RPG elements. Or, it could be viewed as a shooter with too much RPG baggaged left behind. A very good game in any case.
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4. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
A solid game the shows how to make multiplayer fit your game even if you're not a shooter. Smart design, smart execution of game play, and smart use of IP.
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5. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
The most underappreciated game made this year. A game anyone can play, yet without being dull just for a casual audience. A smartly wrought game that anyone can play...there are too few of those game and there needs to be more of them.
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6. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
The best crafted multiplayer military shooter made this year. Logical & fair game play with fewer bugs then anything else. A vitamin fortified organic whole grain game, not junk food like CoD BLOPS. Good and good for you too!
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7. Vanquish
A clever twist on an action shooter. This best execution from Japan to be something the west could enjoy.
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8. God of War III
Simply a great game. Not my cup of tea at all, yet it does what it does better then any other game in its class. A working-class hero of the game world.
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9. Call of Duty: Black Ops
It is sugar cereal for the soul. You know it is empty calories and likely full of Red Dye #3, but you love it. The multiplayer keeps me coming back because it is always 'dropping treats' into my Halloween Bag.
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10. Gran Turismo 5
GT 5, a game that sneers at your Petit-bourgeois sensibilities for accessibility. A game that derides your demands for easy access, and laughs at your 'American Whopper' desires to have it your way. GT 5 is better then you and doesn't care if you feel angry about that.
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