Best of 2010
Valkurda: Best of 2010
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Masterpiece in Sci Fi storytelling, by one of the best studios in gaming, Mass Effect 2 is a game that has enough lore and scope to be called an interactive space opera. And a good one as well. Coming out on PS3 in January 2011, everyone should sample this before the epic conclusion in Q3 2011.
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While the last game this studio made (Jericho) didn't sit too well with me, it seems that Mercury Steam are right at home here, crafting a beautiful world with some of the best graphics I've seen this year, with the action somewhere between the grace of Bayonetta, and the epicness of God of War. Considering it's somewhere along the length of a Fallout as well, you can't get much more for your money. DLC incoming, and the only thing that would improve it is an arena style mode, similar to DMC's bloody palace.
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STALKER as a series has been such a hardcore series that it has turned me off so often. But calling myself a STALKER enthusiast having completed Shadow Of Chernobyl and Clear Sky, Call of Pripyat is everything I want it to be. If you though Fallout was bleak and dangerous, STALKER will make you think Fallout is something akin to Kirby's Epic Yarn. While the story isn't amazing, the world you thrust yourself in is a harsher one than it appears. Even on the easiest difficulty, people will find they will scrounge off everyone to survive, as well as coming across evil creatures such as the mighty Chimera. STALKER doesn't tell you where monsters are; it just throws them at you, and if you aren't prepared, neither are the NPCs. One of the best open world survival horrors, possibly the only one.
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Just what can I say about this? Super Meat Boy is PURE platforming genius. It's a game that will get you to redo a level 100 times, not because you haven't completed it, but because you want a bandage, you want to get a warp zone, or you want to get the A time. And the reason you fail isn't because the level design is crappy, it isn't your skill, but it's because on that one jump, you jumped too early. And with a PC editor coming out, I look forward to finding the masochistic inside me.
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This is quite an interesting game. Bayonetta strives to take what Devil May Cry created with a kickass battle system and character, and flipped it on its head, making it way more japanese than most people can stand. Fortunately, I'm not one of those people. It's a rollercoaster of guns, cliches, homages and sexual innuendo that many people will be put off by, but for those few who 'do get it' there's nothing to compare to it in this current climate of the industry, and perhaps nothing until Kamiya-san brings out Bayonetta 2.
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I've not been much of a fan of GTA since Vice City, mainly because Scarface appeals to me more than the new 'gangstas'that are in today, but when Rockstar San Diego put this little beauty on radar, I dove back in, and what Rockstar can do with a world amazes me to no end when they get given such a rich lore to lock into. John Marston has to be one of the best fully fleshed characters of this generation, and unless you hate the wild west with a passion, this is the best game featuring the wild west ever.
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Having played the COD games only in singleplayer (I find multiplayer to be a case of whoever see whoever first wins) I came across Bad Company 2 a little bit cautiously. The thing that changed my mind however, was coming across a hiding person inside a building, and through an accident, I sent a rocket into the wall, expecting to kill myself. To my amazement, I literally blew up the wall, and the idiot standing behind it died. That was when I knew BC2 was something special. And to date it's the best FPS multiplayer experience in my book.
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Vanquish put simply, is Gears of War in space, with cliched characters, crazy ass enemies and shooting and fighting turned up to 100. The only reason you should stop moving in Vanquish is when you take cover to reload and readjust your eyes to the craziness, or there's a cutscene. That's it. And people who complain games are too slow, couldn't possibly call Vanquish slow. Another one of Platinum's great contributions to 2010, and yet so different to Bayonetta.
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If STALKER is the diamond rough of a 24 carat, then Metro 2033 is the shiniest 20 carat diamond in the world, polished and cut to perfection. It starts with a bleak world, and thrusts you deeper and deeper into the darkness, coming across ghost images, a long forgotten war repeated over and over again, as well as alien conspiracy. Give it a go if survival horror is your forte, and if you pride yourself on finishing every FPS in existence, this might give you something new to think about.
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I don't know why, but most of the more arty games seem to be on PS3. But with Limbo, a beautiful tale worthy of Stephen King or even Lovecraft's name was put into motion, and it oozes in bleakness. Limbo, is an artistic masterpiece, and while it isn't that high budget, it is the epitome of emotion in a minimalist world. If you have a 360 and haven't glanced at it, download the demo at least, and see your world change when you first hear the snap of that bear trap you didn't see.
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