clintlandon: Best of 2010
Disclaimer: I fully admit to be behind on some major releases from this year, including AC: Brotherhood (LOVED 2), Call of Duty, and Heavy Rain. However, here are the games that left a lasting impact on me in some way this year.
Mass Effect as a franchise has forever changed my expectations on what game immersion can be. Mass Effect 2 continues that idea with genuinely enjoyable gameplay added.
Got to this one late, but as an eternal fan of Max Payne 2, Remedy has reminded me how incredible they are at creating compelling characters in unique situations.
Having received this for Christmas, I'm about a third of the way through, but I'm loving it enough to bring it up to number 3.
If Game of the Year was based on time played, this would be my number one.
Leave it to Bungie to bring me back to a franchise I always assume I'm done with with every new installment.
An incredible game that felt like a cruel joke once the full game came out.
I never thought I'd give a crap about virtual drumming in seven-hour chunks again, but I was WRONG!
Normally when I've S-ranked a game, I never touch it again. The fact that PCCEDX keeps bringing me back is a testament to the satisfaction of shaving a full second off a Time Trial.
I didn't expect much from this game, but the dependence of teamwork in the co-op mode is done in that rare way that no matter which character you are, you feel vital to the proceedings.
Not since Earth Defense Force have I enjoyed a game in such a "So Bad It's Good" kind of way. As everyone makes painfully clear, this is a poorly made game, but it's personality has stuck with me in a way that it deserves mentioning.
