Playing the Games: Game of the Year 2009 - VOTE NOW

[KidQuaalude]

Tatsunoko Vs Capcom : Cross Generation of Heroes (Wii)
Enjoyed this a lot more than Street Fighter 4.

Sin and Punishment 2 : Successor to the Sky (Wii)
Treasure did it again. Fantastic gameplay and great controls.

I'm still waiting on my region-free copy of Mushihime Sama Futari for Xbox 360. I fully expect that to join my 'games of the year' list
when it arrives.

[Bod]

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Brilliant from start to finish.

Modern Warfare 2 - Single player carnage & multi player beauty.

Assassins Creed 2 - Best free roaming fun you can have.

If I had to choose one then it would be Batman ... couldn't fault it ... beautiful to look at, played like a dream, and the character voices and sound effects were spot on.

[super charlie]

1 ) Call of duty - Modern Warfare 2 A Tad on the short side but perfectly formed. Multiplayer is perfect and the addition of the spec ops mode makes this game superb.

2) Batman Arkham Asylum - I was expecting this to be rubbish, but its an amazing game, full of atmosphere.

3) Forza 3 - Probably the best driving game yet to be relased.

4) Borderlands - Amusing but sadly flawed at the very end.

5) Bullet Candy Perfect - Take bullet candy and improve it and you have an amazing game.

6) Assassin's Creed 2 - Another game so much better than its first incarnation

Hey, Thanks man

[Geenius]

I'm still playing catch up, and likely to be for some time yet. Here's my list of '09 games in no order:

Trials HD - Fun and frustrating in equal measures
Shadow Complex - Finished, but still with some achievements left to achieve if I decide to
FIFA 10 - More improvements, but essentially the same. Need more time with this one.

[KidQuaalude]

Another couple I forgot about :

Space Invaders Extreme (XBOX 360)
Space Invaders Extreme 2 (DS)

[VNVObit]

hmm on consoles it's been

1) Uncharted 2 - played this game through obsessively, loved every minute of it
2) Arkham Asylum - again just played this through - loved it to bits
3) MW2 - single player missions were really great - not a fan of online games so didn't try that
4) Assassins Creed 2 - so much better than the first

Thought about Dragon Age but actually it's not that good (and MW2 came out too close to it)

on the iPhone
1) Geodefense Swarm - loved this (and the first game ) loads - this actually gelled with me more than the first
2) Words with Friends - ok not great graphics or stunning gameplay (visually) but still one of my top most played games (thanks to Misfit, Witewulf, Bisley and Gribbles) - Turn based games just suit me and my life so much more (love snatching a few seconds away from work to clear my head and this game is effectively my mental sorbet)

On the PC
Slight cheat on this as I have only played one, yup Gridrunner Revolution
Really enjoyed it (actually reformatted my iMac to enable me to install windows and play it properly and it was worth the effort)

The rest of the games I played were old secondhand ones (actually have a big pile of unplayed games - mainly picked up secondhand - that I'm trying to work my way through

[ESY]

MW2
Street Fighter 4
Peggle/Nights (360)
Squid Yes! No Octopus
1 vs 100 (because I finally have a "game" my wife will play with me!)

[Jamesac]

No particular order-

Demon's Souls (ok, this one's in order as my favorite game of the year)
Trials HD
Shadow Complex
Gridrunner Revolutions
Torchlight
Serious Sam HD
Little King's Story
Flower

I'm sure I'll think of another game or two later, but these are the only ones I can think of that fit a Best Of list. I've played more games than this, but these are the ones that really made me happy to be playing.

James

[Ratsoap]

MW2 For the multi
Empire: Total War. I have loved every total war game, and this one is the best of the bunch. Naval battles are great. Multiplayer campaign beta starts on the 7th too.
Batman AA. Only a short way through this so far, but have loved every minute of it.
Plants v Zombies. Just brilliant, so addictive.
Fight Night Round 4. I know it's not terribly popular round here, but it's the best boxing game there is.
Shadow Complex. Metroid innit?

I have yet to play Uncharted 2, Ass 2 and numerous others that probably would make the list, but hey, that's the credit crunch for you.

[KidQuaalude]

Another one I forgot about :

Punch Out!! (Wii)
Superb remake of a classic game.

[Psychophylaxis]

1) Demon's Souls (wins by a long long way)
2) Infamous
3) Lost Winds 2
4) Flower
5) Torchlight

[VNVObit]

oops forgot Flower
ambient gaming at its best

[chub]

I've had a think, and so here's my top ten in no particular order:

360:
Forza Motorsport 3 - Forza 2 was already a great game, but Forza 3 has built on that with many improvements to make it a truly excellent racing game. I think it proves that a racing simulation can still be accessible by anyone, and I find its more realistic handling much easier to cope with than some 'arcade-sim' games (yes GRID, I'm looking at you).

Batman Arkham Asylum - A superb 3D Metroidvania-type game with lots of gadgetry and a slick fighting system. Loads of atmosphere and brilliant voice acting, and I loved trying to solve all Riddler's challenges.

Borderlands - I do like a good 'loot' game, and having an FPS one was just great fun. It's always nice having a new gun to play with, and plenty of test subjects, especially when there's a chance of getting an even better gun.

Shadow Complex - A superb 2D Metroidvania-type game with lots of guns. I'm not usually that keen on '2.5D' games, but this one got it right.

Trials HD - This was great fun, especially when trying to beat other people's times. Of course completely frustrating too, but one that always resulted in 'just one more go'. A great Finnish export.

DS:
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor - An excellent mix of strategy RPG and 'Dragon Quest'-style turn-based battling. I thought the story was really interesting, as was the system for fusing demons together to make even better demons to use in battle. The battles threw up a few surprises which kept me on my toes, especially when trying to defend normal people, and kill enemy demons, and stop something else escaping, all at the same time.

Suikoden Tierkreis - I really enjoyed this, although I'm probably the only one who will vote for it. A large JRPG somehow squashed into the DS, with a surprising amount of voice-acting (some of which sounds pretty odd, but I got used to it), and lovely artwork and music. I still haven't finished it even though I'm 24 hours in.

Retro Game Challenge - A kind of tribute to gaming as it used to be, complete with magazines to look at and manuals to flick through. A nice selection of games made in a style like they used to make them when I was young. The challenges set for each game were a great way to give something to aim at when learning them.

PSP:
Half Minute Hero - Simply the funniest thing I have played on the PSP. I've only tried the first three modes so far, but it would be worth it just for Hero 30 mode. Run around fighting random battles, levelling up, getting equipment, helping people with problems, before going off and fighting the level boss... all within 30 seconds. It's completely bonkers. Lovely old school style too.

Wii:
Lost Winds: Winter Of The Melodias - Bit of a lean year for me on the Wii, but this gem stood out as an excellent sequel to the original. Chilled-out platforming with a lovely art style, decent use of the Wii controls, and a great season-switching thing.



I haven't included any PS3 games, despite having promising looking titles like Demon's Souls and Uncharted 2, because I haven't got around to playing them that much yet! They are next in line to play though, although by the time I'm done I imagine it'll be too late to change my top 10, so I'll probably leave it as it is.

[Flabio]

Just realised there's a new Zelda out next week. It's becoming traditional for Nintendo to release a new Zelda after I've started the vote so that hardly anyone will vote for it...

[peter_cushion]

Trials HD
Gyromancer
Defense Grid
Forza 3
Borderlands