Top 35 Games of 2010 (not finished)
This year in games was a river that ran shallow, but wide. There wasn't one game that grabbed me by the balls, but there was a ton of very good games. Hence, my top 35 list.
This year in games was a river that ran shallow, but wide. There wasn't one game that grabbed me by the balls, but there was a ton of very good games. Hence, my top 35 list.
Whenever I played Limbo it had my complete attention. For some reason I could only play a little bit at a time. Also, the "Lord of the Flies" part really creeped me out.
This dinky little game has probably sucked away more of my productivity than any 50 hour RPG I've ever played. I know it was out on iPhone earlier, but it wasn't released on Android until '10.
Aside from the lack of a kick ass vehicle sequence at the end, this is the best Halo game (single & multi player) ever.
At last count I died over 1,600 times. I truly feel this exercise has made me better at video games.
I know the story was flat, but I really think this is the direction video games need to go. Not the quick time events, but the way it treated the player as an adult.
It was even more distilled than the first game. The levels were short, difficult and awesome.
I'm coming around to the notion that this doesn't play as well as '10, but it's still the go to game after a few beverages.
Either I'm getting smarter or the puzzles are getting easier (probably the latter). I had to go online to find answers to a lot less puzzles than last year's edition. This series makes me want to play adventure games, but when I play actually play adventure games I realize that I hate them.
I almost quit playing after the first memory sequence (the banter was that bad), though once I got to Italy for reals I was totally hooked.
If it wasn't for the drastically steep difficulty level towards the end, this could have been game of the year.
The multiplayer is fun, though I suck at it. The single player was cheesy in all the right ways.
You wear your hair, which is also a weapon and you wear fucking stiletto heals with guns in them. The music was incredible, too.
Any game that I spend more than 40 hours playing deserves to make my top 15. I loved the battle system and I'm totally ashamed for not spending the two hours it'd take to finish this game.
100% better than Pac-Man CE, which set a high bar. It's one of those games where I get in a zone and for a split second, I'm completely engaged in the game and the world could end and I wouldn't notice (re: geometry wars, REZ). It's also a game that I might actually get all of the cheevos for.
This was a very fun game, despite a few hiccups and very basic combat.
An excellent pallet cleanser for the next GTA.
This game is rated so high based more on my complete and total dominance over oprah, than the actual game itself. Though the game is pretty good too.
The way the chapters were presented was brilliant. I hope that Remedy doesn't make a sequel and makes a better game with a similar backdrop.
I've spent about 8 hours with the game and I haven't got to the titty scene. This is a fun ride, which is why I think I'll switch to 'easy' difficulty and plow through the rest of the game.
In the absence of a decent Tony Hawk game, this admirably fills the bill.
I constantly felt a little dirty for playing this for some reason (11 year olds in mini skirts), but it was a great game to listen to some music or a podcast while plowing through.
I've finished the first game and it's a more than decent 3-D platformer, which is surprising, considering the game is almost 10 years old. I'm looking forward to the next two games.
The single player was hella tight. The multi player was an abortion.
The last 3rd of the game was cool.
More of a rhythm game than a platformer. Difficult and super fun, but a glitch with a save kept me from getting to the second set of levels.
Not nearly as good ad New Super Mario Brothers, but a fun way to turn your brain off for a little while.
I'm well on my way to beating this (on easy mode).
Proof that nostalgia vs. reality delta was large with this one. Still fun none the less.
A pretty decent shooter that's on my list of games I need to finish.
Best bocce ball simulator out there.