If you had to choose Game of the Year '09

What if you had to choose GOTY 2009 right now, top 3, which ones?
And motivation?
Of course unreleased games do not count. 

My list so far:
1. Episodes from Liberty City (GTA IV was top on my '08 list, and these two expansions heighten the experience even more)
2.  Resident Evil 5 (Had so much fun with this one, upgrading weapons and getting unlim. ammo, was a great gaming experience!)
3. Borderlands (Just pure co-op fun with this loot-based shooter all throughout with different classes, great game!)
 
Keep in mind I haven't tried MW2 yet, that might just change my list. But this is only so far.
So, show us your list!

From what I've played this year:
 
1) Dragon Age: Origins (I love Bioware. I'm playing on PC and am not enitrely sure where everyone's getting the bad graphics comments from.  I'm not saying that it's top of the line, but Mass Effect had a lot more graphic issues (even just having plastic-skin which people complained about for DAO)  than people remember)
2) Borderlands (nuff said)
3) ODST (I got what I finally wanted out of Halo since that first trailer for Halo 2)
4) Batman: Arkham Asylum
 
Like you, I haven't gotten a chance to play MW2 yet, but I don't expect it to overthrow DAO.

If you ask me which game has been the most fun to play for me then I will say The Beatles: Rock Band.

Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia and Metroid Prime Trilogy would have to be my choices.

" From what I've played this year:  1) Dragon Age: Origins

I'm guessing it'll be either:
Batman
Borderlands
Dragon Age
 
Hopefully it won't go to Modern Warfare 2 or ODST.

" I'm guessing it'll be either:Batman Borderlands Dragon Age  Hopefully it won't go to Modern Warfare 2 or ODST. "

No Uncharted 2?

Dragon Age Origins for me.

1. Resident Evil 5 (great graphics, great bosses, awesome game)
2. Halo 3: ODST (my favorite Halo campaign yet and Firefight is an absolute blast)
3. Modern Warfare 2  (still have to finish the single-player but the multiplayer I can already see will last me awhile)
 
Honorable Mentions: Halo Wars, Batman: Arkham Asylum

From what I've played, Panzer Dragoon Saga; from what has actually come out this year, Batman: Arkham Asylum.

I haven't play some of the big hits this Fall( Borderlands, Uncharted 2), but it's hard to believe they can surpass Modern Warfare 2.  This is just a pure masterpiece.

I was like alot of you in this forum. I didn't think MW2 would be GOTY great. I knew it'd be good, but that good? A second time? No way. But I find it hard to think of any game that hit me as hard as MW2 did.

Demon's Souls - Beautiful, deep story, punishing gameplay and just fantastic in a world of easy games.
Dragon Age: Origins  - Haven't finished yet but great story, great characters and returning to the roots of old school Fantasy RPGs.
Uncharted 2 - Visually impressive, fantastic characters, improved on the original but is a sequel and I don't feel sequels should earn GOTY personally. 
 
 
So i'll have to give to Demon's Souls for being so anticipated and doing well despite being a niche title from a smaller publisher. Most likely Demon's Souls will not win it and DA:O is more of chance for RPG of the year.
 
Haven't touched MW2 yet (it's on my desk) but heard the SP is easy on Veteran and that's disappointing and well I am so into DA:O that I won't touch MW2 SP before then, maybe i'll install it for some MP on PC to see if I can enjoy it.

1. Street Fighter 4
2. Borderlands
3. Modern Warfare 2
 
(Dragon age is up there but I have not yet beat it.)

I'd choose Batman if it weren't for the lackluster final boss. :-\
 
Right now Uncharted 2 is my frontrunner.

" 1. Street Fighter 4 2. Borderlands 3. Modern Warfare 2  (Dragon age is up there but I have not yet beat it.) "

Batman? I don't know. After

Modern Warfare 2 or Batman

Street Fighter 4.

1.  Uncharted 2 .    
2.  Modern Warfare 2       
3.  Borderlands 

Myown personal list would have to be:

1. Demon's Souls
2. Uncharted 2
3. InFamous

Easy.
 

1. Modern Warfare 2
2. Torchlight
3. Shadow Complex

Tie between Uncharted 2, Forza Motorsport 3, and Modern Warfare 2.  Goodie, more sequels.

wow too many xbots in this site, how can uncharted 2 be is so few peoples lists? lol
 
anyway my GOTY is between Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2... still need more time to decide.

" wow too many xbots in this site, how can uncharted 2 be is so few peoples lists? lol  anyway my GOTY is between Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2... still need more time to decide. "

" Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia and Metroid Prime Trilogy would have to be my choices. "

Dragon Age: Origins. Without a doubt.

" Dragon Age Origins for me. "

" Dragon Age: Origins. Without a doubt. "

"@Icemael said:

" Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia and Metroid Prime Trilogy would have to be my choices. "

How can ToV win GOTY '09 if it came out in '08? People keep saying it's their game of the year but it's almost a year and a half old. Why the heck can't I change this boldness? :P "

Dragon Age: Origins, followed by Demon's Souls

" @xyzygy said:

"@Icemael said:

" Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia and Metroid Prime Trilogy would have to be my choices. "

How can ToV win GOTY '09 if it came out in '08? People keep saying it's their game of the year but it's almost a year and a half old. Why the heck can't I change this boldness? :P "

In Europe, both Persona 4 and Tales of Vesperia were released this year. So for Europeans such as myself, they're totally valid picks for Game of the Year 2009. "

I personally thought the game was run of the mill, and very much like a Disney movie. I could see them making a film about Uncharted now with Shia LeBouf as the lead.

" @xyzygy said:

I personally thought the game was run of the mill, and very much like a Disney movie. I could see them making a film about Uncharted now with Shia LeBouf as the lead.

Huh? Disney-like how? In the shooting and snapping of people's necks or the psychopathic villain that is willing to off his own dudes without a bat of the eye? And Shia LeBouf? What? "

" @xyzygy said:

I personally thought the game was run of the mill, and very much like a Disney movie. I could see them making a film about Uncharted now with Shia LeBouf as the lead.

Huh? Disney-like how? In the shooting and snapping of people's necks or the psychopathic villain that is willing to off his own dudes without a bat of the eye? And Shia LeBouf? What?  Personally, I'd pick Uncharted 2. It is visually outstanding, the character interactions are great, and the platforming and shooting are stellar. "

well this year i only bought RE5 and uncharted 2.... 
guess which one i liked more? 
 
 
 [spoilers]uncharted 2, durr hurrr[/spoilers]

Its obviously going to go to Modern Warfare 2 for most sites-you have to remember a lot of the games we are talking about are exclusives, therefore they won't get votes from other console players (as they have not played them), and the fact that pretty much everybody has got or will get Modern Warfare 2 and, because it is a great game, will get a lot of votes.
 For me, its a four way tie between MW2, Killzone 2 (this game is actually fantastic-I just don't understand why not every teenager has this game), Demon's Souls, and Batman: Arkham Asylum (this game has a LOT of rough edges-the Killer Croc parts, the ending-yet, if you forget all those, you have a near perfect game).

" Its obviously going to go to Modern Warfare 2 for most sites-you have to remember a lot of the games we are talking about are exclusives, therefore they won't get votes from other console players (as they have not played them), and the fact that pretty much everybody has got or will get Modern Warfare 2 and, because it is a great game, will get a lot of votes.  For me, its a four way tie between MW2, Killzone 2 (this game is actually fantastic-I just don't understand why not every teenager has this game), Demon's Souls, and Batman: Arkham Asylum (this game has a LOT of rough edges-the Killer Croc parts, the ending-yet, if you forget all those, you have a near perfect game). "

I just think that Borderlands and Demon's Souls broke so many boundaries and are something totally different and unique, unlike Uncharted 2.

Uncharted 2 Easily.

Killzone 2 
Uncharted 2 
Borderlands 
Dragon Age: Origins 
Modern Warfare 2 
 
...all great games this year, but I share some others' opinions, I don't think sequels should get GOTY, no matter how good they are.  If it were up to me, I'd give it to Borderlands for trying something a little different than the norm, and for putting some obvious effort into making a great game.

Uncharted 2, There is no other right answer

demon's souls

Uncharted 2
Borderlands
Demon's Souls
 
Are the ones from 09 that sick out to me right now. Haven't played Dragon Age yet, so don't know if that will go on the list.

The only 2009 release I've played so far this year is The Lost & Damned, so I guess that's where my vote will have to go.