Prior GOTY's (for the year in which they were published):
2007: Super Mario Galaxy
2008: No More Heroes
2009: Uncharted 2
2010: Red Dead Redemption
2011: L.A. Noire
2012: Spec Ops: The Line
This year I beat 39 games and awarded 9 games 10/10:
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Uncharted 3
- Mass Effect 2
- Saint's Row The Third
- Skyrim
- Paper Mario
- Halo 4
- Spec Ops: The Line
The two biggest disappointments of the year were Mass Effect 3 and Rage. Rage nosed out ME3 for the most disappointing though. I really was expecting a great FPS and got far less than that.
The lowest scoring games of the year were:
- Rage: 3.5
- Yakuza Dead Souls: 4.5
Nothing else scored below a 6 (the average was 8.3).
I cannot pick a personal best of the year, there were simply too many top tier games that I'd be unable to choose from.
Recently Spotted:
SupremeAC (18s)
You would not like it (It's a cover-based shooter), so you are wise to save your money.
If the PS3 version has Move controls (and he had Move) he'd love it.
AH! Reverse psychology.