Your top 5 games of 2011

[Daragon]

Xenoblade Chronicles
Deus EX: HR
The Old Republic (unfortunately my beta experience turned out to be more enjoyable than most games I've played this year)
Tales of the Abyss
Skyrim (if Dave can add on a game he's yet to play then so can I)

2011's award for most disappointing pile of dead cats goes to *Drumroll*.....


SKYWARD SWORD! Despite my initial sense of wonderment with the title, I've so far made it to dungeon 2 and have quite literally lost the desire to continue. It might have a decent story to it, but for the time being at least I won't be finding out either way. I realize a lot of Zelda games are linear, but this pisses all over linear and creates a whole new "genre" which I call "evenworsethanlinear" (might need some work on that name). Where is the Hyrule Field/Great Ocean of this game? Sky? PLEASE!

What's that you cry? It's a Zelda game, I'm SUPPOSED to like it? Sorry, no dice.

[dataDave]

Skyrim (if Dave can add on a game he's yet to play then so can I)

I can't wait to see how you handle your rage when things fall down, especially if you're a completionist.

[Charlie]

1) Bayonetta (okay, okay, not really...)
1) Dark Souls
2) Deathsmiles
3) Portal 2
4) El Shaddai
5) Dead Space 2

I wanna say that every game this year, except Dark Souls and Deathsmiles, has disappointed. I can't remember the last time a year with so much promise failed to deliver on so many levels across so many titles. Moan over.

[Guts]

Where is the Hyrule Field/Great Ocean of this game? Sky? PLEASE!

Yes, the sky. Can't really see what's the big problem when they do something new in a 25-year-old series, but hey, to each their own.

[Shozuki]

1. Uncharted 3
2. Batman: Arkham City
3. Mortal Kombat
4. Sonic Generations
5. Dark Souls

Dissapointments: Nintendo in General and Skyrim

[H-Man]

Blood Bowl
Mario Kart 7
Mario Land 3D
Skyrim

I haven't played Arham City, Skyward Sword or Dark Souls yet - one of these will likely get the 5th spot.

[Geoff D]

1. Zelda Skyward Sword
2. Mario Kart 7
3. Super Mario 3D Land
4. Xenoblade Chronicles

Can't think of a 5th.

Disappointment - LA Noire

[Team Andromeda]

1. Rage

2. Ace Combat AH

3. Mario Land 3D

4. Virtual Tennis IV

5. Uncharted III

Let Down - Duke Nukem Forever

[yesteryeargames]

Easy choice for number 1 , by far the best game


1 Zelda Skyward Sword
2 Gears of war 3
3 Mario kart 7
4 Kirbys epic Yarn
5 Pokemon black white

getting mario 3d for christmas

[Fader209]

Can't comment on Rayman Origins yet as I don't have the game *fingers crossed for Xmas* so will go by what I have actually played:

1. Batman Arkham City
2. Skyrim
3. Dead Space 2
4. Bulletstorm
5. Pokemon White/Black

Only played a couple of hours of Zelda Skyward Sword so I feel that I can't properly include that yet

Disappointments:
Gears of War 3

Luckily enough I managed to avoid a lot of the stinkers this year, was looking through a list of all the releases and there was a LOT.

[Kaido]

1. Skyrim
2. Terraria
3. Dark Souls
4. Battlefield 3
5. Portal 2

yet to play Deus Ex / Zelda / GoW 3 / Batman / Bulletstorm / Rage / Disgaea 4. Hoping to play these over christmas, I'm pretty much 6 months behind the curve.

[Neon Ignition]

1-Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception
2-Portal 2
3-Elders Scroll V: Skyrim
4-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
5-Batman: Arkham City

Worst Game:
-F.E.A.R 3

Best Handheld games which just missed out were easily Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and Project Diva Extend

[MartyG]

Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim
Bastion
Forza Motorsport IV
BulletStorm
Disgaea 4

[Daragon]

I can't wait to see how you handle your rage when things fall down, especially if you're a completionist.

Thanks to you mate, I picked the PC version over the 360 one for that very reason so hopefully any major problems I encounter can be dealt with using the console.

Bugs and glitches have gone hand in hand with Elder Scrolls titles most likely since Arena (certainly Daggerfall which was my first). Some of the more amusing ones are one of the reasons why I love the series so much.

[Shoju]

I've not played many 2011 games so far due to having a backlog of games to get through and not keeping up. I have Yakuza 4 and Dead Space 2 on the shelf but haven't got round to them yet.

1. KOF XIII
2. Dark Souls
3. MVC3
4. MK9

Not played anything else that was from this year but KOF XIII has been the best new fighting game releases in years in any case.