What was your #1 rated game of 2010?

[ramj70]

Mass Effect 2, going through my 7th play through. Second would be Fallout Vegas

 

[zerocool84]

Starcraft 2

Most of the other stuff I played was released years prior.

 

[Terzo]

My favorite was probably Flower, a PSN game. A unique style, great visuals and music, and just generally relaxing to play through.

Second place would be a toss up between Valkyria Chronicles (ps3) and Portal (on PC). I found the gameplay of Valkyria Chronicles to be pretty good while the story drew me in. I enjoyed the chapter-like setup and didn't mind the numerous (out of mission) cutscenes, but others may find them to be too much.
Portal was great, especially since I didn't expect there to be any kind of story, so when I got to what I thought was the end, I had to keep playing to find out exactly where things with GLADDOS were going.

Other notable mentions include The Witcher, Mass Effect 1 & 2 (currently in progress, on PC), and Civ 4. Really, I don't think any of the games I have played recently have sucked, but I'm also stuck a few years behind, so I have the benefit of others' hindsight when buying games.

 

[Yoshi629]

Mass Effect 2. Second place would have to go to Starcraft 2

 

[Bateluer]

Civ 5. Easily.

Hmmm . . . . I will now disregard anything posted by you in perpetuity.



Mass Effect 2, by a mile. Dragon Age with an honorable mention, and a Razzie for their sh!tty DLC.

 

[JujuFish]

Assassin's Creed 2, despite its abysmal DRM.

I'd say Fallout 3 GOTY as well, but that wasn't released in 2010.

 

[jlee]

Mass Effect 2
BBC2
Batman AA

This, with Batman AA having better SP than BBC2 but BBC2 is a blast MP, so they tie. Mass Effect 2 is one of the best games I have ever played.

 

[coreyb]

dragon age and starcraft 2

 

[zokudu]

I didnh't buy many games this year. But I did pick up Machinerium on a steam sale and I have to say that was honestly the single best indie game I ever played. Well worth it for anyone interested in point and click adventure games.

 

[jonks]

Standing alone, easily: ME2 (sorry for the ditto but it's true)

The rest in roughly descending order:
AC2
Darksiders
Metro 2033
NFS: Hot Pursuit
GTAIV: Eps from Liberty City
Just Cause 2
Fallout NV

 

[datalink7]

Civ 5. Easily.

That might have been the biggest disappointment for me.

I'd have to say ME2.

 

[ahenkel]

I'm regretting not picking up ME2 over the holidays now, but to add

SP - FONV

MP - BF:BC2

 

[zerocool84]

I guess I really need to play Mass Effect 2. I really enjoyed part one but haven't gotten to part two yet.

 

[snewdle]

Hmmm... I can't decide!

 

[Pr0d1gy]

I guess I really need to play Mass Effect 2. I really enjoyed part one but haven't gotten to part two yet.

You may not like the direction the studio took with 2 if you really enjoyed 1. I was a HUGE fan of 1 and found ME2 to be another sci-fi shooter, but with a very solid story. They got rid of most of the exploration and RPG elements and ME is extremely linear. I am honestly disappointed to see it get so much love.

That said, the best game I played this year was War for Cybertron. Talk about getting no love, that game proved to me that the shooter genre is dead. Possibly the best 3rd person shooter I've played since Gears of War 1 and very few people played it, and even less stuck around after the first couple of DLC.

If you ever need proof that gamers are a collective heard marching to the beat of big businesses' drums, look no further than the lack of success for War For Cybertron.

 

[Elcs]

Worst in my Mind even though gameplay isn't the worst: DOW2 + Expansions

This series is relics way of say SCREW YOU to 40k fans everywhere. The game engine DOES NOT WORK FOR 40K. WHY CAN'T THEY REALIZE THIS.. STOP TRYING. THAT BANEBLADE WAS THE WORST EXCUSE FOR A TANK I'VE EVER SEEN.

Baneblade in Dawn of War II? I want to see that hidden easter egg.

The engine works very well for a Warhammer 40,000 game as the Universe is so completely diverse that things are at a believable level whilst incorporating a system of balance.

I fail to see your arguement and your need for excessive caps.

 

[digitaldurandal]

Batman AA was probably the most fun game I played this year.

Online multiplayer would have to go to MW2 - even though the experience didn't last long. I know some people will disagree but I had a blast playing the game. Lobbies are hilarious in competitive FPS.

Most time non multiplayer DA:O. Up over 100 hours now. Still have not beaten it.

Worst game Napoleon - the AI is completely retarded and the fights are bland.

 

[CrystalBay]

1... ME2
2 BFBC2


Honorable Mention Metro 2033

 

[Maximilian]

Best - I would like to say starcraft II but its not there yet, the customs still suck and have nothing on starcraft I and bnet 2.0 is still a mess. Maybe itll be best game of 2011 though. So as it stands bad company 2 is my best game of 2010.

Worst - Wouldve said supcom 2 but then someone mentioned C&C4 which was so f-ing bad i totally forgot about it lol. Supcom 2 is the worst though as i had hope for it and it wasent all that bad its just compared to supcom 1 its terribly generic and has no longevity which makes it the bigger dissapointment, whereas with C&C4 i always knew it would be shit.

 

[AVP]

Global Agenda!

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Baneblade in Dawn of War II? I want to see that hidden easter egg.

The engine works very well for a Warhammer 40,000 game as the Universe is so completely diverse that things are at a believable level whilst incorporating a system of balance.

I fail to see your arguement and your need for excessive caps.

The Baneblade is coming out in the next expansion and it is the worst excuse of a Baneblade I've ever seen.

I have a TON of grievances in DOW2 and I'm pissed that Relic took it in this direction.

1. SPESS MARHEENS. 40k is not all about space marines. Space marines die by the bucketloads. How exactly does 10 or so marines have that much of an effect on the battlefield? And specifically against Orks and Tyranids, which are the worst enemies to pit them against. And they messed it up. It wasn't even an actual squad. At least give us a full tactical squad, or a 5 man Terminator Squad. Also, they use Drop Pods. What is so hard about drop podding me into the enemy base and not having us trudge across a billion enemies to do so

2. Numbers. 40k is about numbers. In their quest to go for spess marheens, relic completely forgot about every other faction in the game. The Orks and nids were implemented pitifully badly because the maps are so small and the population cap is so tiny. DOW1 had it perfectly. It was amazing what you could do in DOW1. There is NOTHING like seeing a waghh composed of hundreds upond hundreds upon hundreds of orks barreling down the map smashing right through your defenses. Hell, even the Imperial Guard. Since when were there so many Karskin Storm Troopers? This rant is continued below

3. Imperial Guard. How did they mess it up? Tanks are missing, even though the Leman Russ is the mainstay of the Imperial Guard. Also, apparently, the entire subsector has only hired Stormtroopers. Where are the infantry squads? Mortar Squads? And did Relic also forget how the Imperial Guard works? Sure they have specialized units, but against that Ork and nid horde, a couple of SS won't do jack. Which is also what DOW1 did right. DOW1 allowed you to make tank fleets of mass Leman Russes. You see that ork wagghh barreling toward you? Well, counter it with a human wave of hundreds upon hundreds of conscripts and infatrymen. Back it up with a sustained barrage from a dozen earthshaker guns. Support them with a dozen hellhounds and sentinels. THAT is what 40k is about.

4. Storyline. Bad Storyline. As for Jonas and the techmarine, as soon as they were found, they would've been thrown to the chaplain or inquisition to be questioned to see if they have the taint of chaos, it should have been impossible for them to be tainted. As for everyone else, do they really not have some policy that says 'Go see the chaplain if you have doubts or feel the taint" Because if they don't, well it's the BA's own damn fall they fell.

5. Raid against 1st Company. How. Why. What. They're the first company. As soon as you landed in the vicinity, they should've been slaughtered.

6. Terminator Armor. WHY. It made no sense. They get it, and then suddenly without any training at all whatsoever in it, they somehow wear it and use it. When did everyone receive terminator training again? It also took them like 5 minutes to put it on.

7. Voice Overs. Crappy voices mostly because of uninteresting characters but also, just bad actors. DOW1 had amazing voices, especially for the guard. "Fear me but FOLLOW"

8. Some scenarios. Because you can only have like 10 marines, so many things just don't make sense. It was laughable when I killed the Avatar of Khaine. Especially the Great Unclean One. You don't kill a GUO by throwing 10 marines at it. You kill it by either throwing 300 guardsmen at it and drowning it in fire from multiple leman russes and artillery.

It's a damn Great Unclean One. You need like a company for that,

I could continue, but I'm afraid I'll lose my work atm.

 

[crownjules]

rant against DOW2

I just personally thought it was a trash game because they turned it from an exciting RTS game into basically an Action RTS/RPG hybrid. Nevermind not getting the themes of WH40K down pat. Every fucking mission is the same as the last, just with a different boss at the end. Grind your way through the same map you were just on but with a different tileset, kill the boss, receive phat loot and level up to get a new skill. Rinse and repeat. But I've ranted about it before and this isn't the topic of the thread.

Guess I'm going to have to get around to finishing up ME (half way through) so I can jump in on all this ME2 love.

My #1 game of 2010 would be League of Legends as it by far consumed the most amount of my time spent playing games.

 

[StormSide]

Bfbc2

 

[heat901]

I just personally thought it was a trash game because they turned it from an exciting RTS game into basically an Action RTS/RPG hybrid. Nevermind not getting the themes of WH40K down pat. Every fucking mission is the same as the last, just with a different boss at the end. Grind your way through the same map you were just on but with a different tileset, kill the boss, receive phat loot and level up to get a new skill. Rinse and repeat. But I've ranted about it before and this isn't the topic of the thread.

Guess I'm going to have to get around to finishing up ME (half way through) so I can jump in on all this ME2 love.

My #1 game of 2010 would be League of Legends as it by far consumed the most amount of my time spent playing games.

I tried getting into DOW 2 but it just really was not fun. Story was kinda meh, rts part of it was meh and the missions were just boring. What surprised me is that I was such a big fan of COH that DOW2 from what I heard was supposed to be just like it..... THEY LIED!!!!

As for the 2010 best game of the year... honestly....I am toooo cheap to buy games the first year they come out. Unless it was discounted like BFBC2 which I thought was a good game even though it is not the successor to BF2. I should probably reinstall it....

 

[Tristicus]

Probably Just Cause 2.