GOTY 2009 ideas

[abigsmurf]

Persona 4
Batman Arkham Asylum
Ar Tonelico 2
inFAMOUS

in that order

[mekanor]

It's a toss up for me between Arkham Asylum and hotd overkill. Batman has more substance but overkill is just too fun/hilarious. but the Little King's Story is way too good to go without mention... anyway, list for the sake of lists:

Wii

House of the Dead Overkill
Little King's Story
MadWorld
Wii Sports Resort
The Conduit

DS

Scribblenauts
Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars

PC

Batman Arkham Asylum

[Extra Terrestrial]

This is by FAR the Game of the Year:



It is a breathtaking beautiful experience with music that makes my heart soar.

[spagmasterswift]

Not the best year so far, Uncharted 2 really stands out.

[parkinho]

Only Metroid Prime Trilogy and Shadow Complex come to mind. I have played loads of fantastic games this year, but the vast majority were released before 2009.

[TheForce]

even though I played some good games all year, it's still easy for me :

Forza3 and Uncharted 2

"old" games I bought this year which really did surprise me where Pure and Fable2, both absolutely fantastic as well

XBLA: TrailsHD and SplosionMan

[mr_rich]

For me:
Batman
shadow complex
battlefield 1943

close runners up...
trials hd
alive 4 ever (iphone)

[nakamura]

Out interest how can anyone mention any of the Guitar Hero style games? They are all the same thing but with different music.

[Skull Commander]

Out interest how can anyone mention any of the Guitar Hero style games? They are all the same thing but with different music.

For me game of the year isn't the freshest idea, or the best storyline. It's the games that provide the most enjoyment. If one of them happens to be a guitar hero game, then so be it.

[nakamura]

Perhaps. Fair point but for me they are just all the same. More like DLC.

[Jebus]

Out interest how can anyone mention any of the Guitar Hero style games? They are all the same thing but with different music.

I mentioned The Beatles Rock Band because I adore the music, it gets my entire family playing and singing (including my 2 and 4 year old children) and for me, that's really important.

Moreover, it's got just as much love poured into it as any other genre game out there, and is going to keep giving me more and more gameplay for as long as I don't get bored, and even then there's DLC.

[Ouenben]

There is not enough shadow complex being mentioned in this thread!

[PeteJ]

Reading this thread...it has been a pretty bad year for gaming. Until Batman I don't think we had anything particularly special, even the crazy end to the year doesn't look as crazy as usual.

Good job 2010 is looking back on form.

[Extra Terrestrial]

Hey, how about this long-forgotten game?



Granted, it isn't 'Game of the Year' material but it was bloody good fun - no pun intended!

[Flabio]

I don't think it's been a bad year, it's just that we're following two exceptional years. 2006 had less to offer than 2009 has so far.