Favorite Games of 2009
Since 2009 is not yet over, this is my favorite games of 2009 so far. I'll add games as I play them and will eventually make this my definite best of 2009 list after I've played most everything from 2009.
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This is a worthy successor to Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night (the reigning kings of their composite genre). I could count on one hand the number of games I've beaten 4 times. This is one of them.
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I don't like tower defense games and I played this game 40 hours. That should count for something.
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I completely missed this game until I played the Special Edition on the PC. I'm no adventure game expert (I haven't played Day of the Tentacle or Maniac Mansion for crying out loud!), but I can completely understand why this is so beloved. The puzzles and writing felt surprisingly fresh and inventive.
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The single-player and co-op games are essentially 2 games in one. The punishing levels only make the game more satisfying when you finally finish it.
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The fact that many people read the word "disappointment" in reviews and consequently skipped playing this game is shameful.
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The most visceral first-person brawler I've played (you thought it would be Escape from Butcher Bay, didn't you?).
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This reminded me how much I love the scope of the campaign and the weapon-balancing of Halo games. The interesting narrative definitely serves the Halo setting well. I've gotten back into Halo 3 multiplayer because of this game.
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It removed the ambiance I liked so much in the previous RE games, but the addition of co-op was very welcome.
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The beauty of this game is how seamlessly you can use 3 different skill sets and how necessary each one is to progress through the game.
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The full range of motion in this zero-g FPS is truly liberating. As an independent game that only runs on a high-end machine running Vista or Windows 7, it's a definitive niche game . It's a shame it'll get overlooked in the same season that L4D2 and Modern Warfare 2 are released despite its $20 price tag.
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HONORABLE MENTION: I'm adding this--likely until L4D2 comes out--as an honorable mention since I didn't really get into it until 2009 and since it did introduced new content (the Crash Course campaign and the Survival game mode) this year.
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