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Half-Way Through the Year Post - Best so far and Best to come?
I always base my GOTY on what I have played in the year (not necessarily just games released this year).
My GOTY so far is Yakuza 2. For games released this year (and that I have played) is Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
I'm looking forward to playing Moonwalker when my Genesis is hooked up. Also Mario Galaxy. In terms of coming releases, I'm not really amped about anything.
EDIT: RE5 and Uncharted 2 are in my list for the rest of the year, so no doubt one of those will end up on my GOTY lists given how much I enjoyed the RE4 (10) and Uncharted (9.5).
Edited: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:22:21
There have been some really good games released this year like RE5, Punch-Out, Infamous, Street Fighter 4, GTA Chinatown Wars, those are just some that I have played. Best game I have played this year is Resident Evil 5, put over 100 hours into this one. I have so many games to catch up on, especially on the Wii.
Later this year I expect Uncharted 2, Batman, Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 2, and Assassin's Creed 2 to be among the best of the year.
There are two things I need to consider when it comes to picking a GOTY this year:
(1) My GOTY last year was a DS game: The World Ends With You. I need to stop looking in the obvious places and expect the unexpected when it comes to where my gaming preferences take me. I fully expected it to be MGS4 or something on the Wii or PS3. Hell, I played the heck out of Disgaea 3 and BioShock last year and --THEY-- took a back seat to a portable game!?
(2) That being said, my average interest in a game can usually be measured in weeks or sometimes even days. It would not be atypical of me to say I have bought a game, gotten totally into it, loved it, played it and then lost interest in it... to the point where I would trade it in... in the span of a single week! THAT being said: I have been playing STREET FIGHTER IV consistently for the last 4 months! We may have a very strong contender here!
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I do like to keep an open mind though, so here is a list of some of the other games that could potentially be big for me for the rest of 2009:
Muramasa
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Scribblenauts
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
BioShock 2
Phantasy Star 0
Dante's Inferno
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...as the saying goes: "Hey! You never know!"
(1) My GOTY last year was a DS game: The World Ends With You. I need to stop looking in the obvious places and expect the unexpected when it comes to where my gaming preferences take me. I fully expected it to be MGS4 or something on the Wii or PS3. Hell, I played the heck out of Disgaea 3 and BioShock last year and --THEY-- took a back seat to a portable game!?
(2) That being said, my average interest in a game can usually be measured in weeks or sometimes even days. It would not be atypical of me to say I have bought a game, gotten totally into it, loved it, played it and then lost interest in it... to the point where I would trade it in... in the span of a single week! THAT being said: I have been playing STREET FIGHTER IV consistently for the last 4 months! We may have a very strong contender here!
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I do like to keep an open mind though, so here is a list of some of the other games that could potentially be big for me for the rest of 2009:
Muramasa
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Scribblenauts
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
BioShock 2
Phantasy Star 0
Dante's Inferno
_____________________
...as the saying goes: "Hey! You never know!"
Edited: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:54:36
I like having the irony of running a gaming site yet hardly playing any games. I've finished two games this year: Princess Debut and Adventure Island: The Beginning.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobile
I'm not sure I've played any games this year, but Madworld would have to be up there for me too...
And HOTD: Overkill of course!
Chinatown wars was a standout, so technically well done for the platform and suprisingly good.
Otherwise.......... got to say Animal Crossing. How could I not? Played it every day since the end of 2008. That's six months straight. You cant beat that.
End of the year hopes, well I would have hoped that Mario Galaxy 2 would release but noooooooooooooooooooooo.
So I really want to get hands on with Silent Hill and Red Steel 2 and finally get Fallout 3 and maybe, just maybe Fable 2.
Viva Pinata! For the time being, that is. When Mass Effect comes raging on, nothing will be the same again.
Don't forget the King baby
Oh and Scribblenauts will probably rule!
At the moment, Rittai Picross, Chinatown Wars and KZ2 are my picks for GOTY. SF4 doesn't really count (since it was released last year), as will Tekken 6 (been out for a while now). However, KOF XII might sneak in there...though I need to play more.
darthhomer said:At the moment, Rittai Picross, Chinatown Wars and KZ2 are my picks for GOTY. SF4 doesn't really count (since it was released last year), as will Tekken 6 (been out for a while now). However, KOF XII might sneak in there...though I need to play more.
SFIV came out February 2009!
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