Since this is the list of games I've actually finished there's a reason why all the ratings are 3-5/5, if a game wasn't worth playing I wouldn't have finished it. The list of games I started and just stopped playing would probably be about as long as this one... Perhaps that's a list for 2012.
Forgive the formatting, nothing I can do about that.
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Started: 02/01/2011 | Completed: 04/01/2011 | Total Hours: 4 | Rating: 4/5 | Taking away the third dimension from a real-time strategy game also took away the extra level of complexity which usually prevents me from getting too invested in the genre. A good-looking, funny game well worth the low price.
Started: 22/02/2011 | Completed: 23/02/2011 | Total Hours: 10 | Rating: 4/5 | I believe I finished Dead Space in two sittings over a weekend. Nothing too special about this game compared to other third person "horror" games but it's just a load of limb-chopping fun with a decent story. The lack of in-game cutscenes REALLY helps.
Started: 18/02/2011 | Completed: 25/02/2011 | Total Hours: 7 | Rating: 5/5 | Magicka game is meant to be played with friends. A legitimately funny game is a rarity (for me, at least) and it's even rarer that the gameplay and humour work hand-in-hand to make one another stand out. Just pure gaming fun.
Started: 01/03/2011 | Completed: 03/03/2011 | Total Hours: 5 | Rating: 5/5 | Few games have forced me to rage-quit as often as Bit.Trip RUNNER but the fact that I kept returning to it is a testament to how addicting and fun the game actually is. The soundtrack is also brilliant.
Started: 28/02/2011 | Completed: 04/03/2011 | Total Hours: 7 | Rating: 3/5 | I paid full-price for Bulletstorm which I regret, this is definitely the kind of game you'd want to pick up in a bargain bin somewhere. That's not to say it's bad, the shooting-dudes-in-crazy-ways-to-earn-points system is really cool and keeps the game interesting (despite the story) but I've never felt the need to go back after finishing the main storyline.
Started: 03/03/2011 | Completed: 14/03/2011 | Total Hours: 7 | Rating: 4/5 | It's Donkey Kong, straight-up. The Wii-motion additions to the gameplay do nothing but hamper what is an otherwise a great, solid gaming experience.
Started: 13/03/2011 | Completed: 16/03/2011 | Total Hours: 3 | Rating: 3/5 | RISK: Facetions is one of the many games I picked up on a whim and wished I had a couple of friends who I could get invested into it with. The gameplay additions they've made to the board-game it's based off of are really smart but I was over it by the end of the short campaign.
Started: 18/03/2011 | Completed: 28/03/2011 | Total Hours: 13.5 | Rating: 4/5 | Man this game is adorable. While Epic Yarn doesn't contain my favourite attribute of Kirby games, that being the ability to absorb powers of enemies, it still ends up being a solid addition to the franchise.
Started: 01/04/2011 | Completed: 02/04/2011 | Total Hours: 8 | Rating: 3/5 | Uncharted is essentially as close to a Hollywood blockbuster as a game can get, for better or worse. The quality of the cutscenes made them more than watchable and the game is just beautiful to look at. The one-dimensional "platforming" and horribly repetitive shooting really tired me out though.
Started: 03/04/2011 | Completed: 07/04/2011 | Total Hours: 10 | Rating: 4/5 | Uncharted 2 really improved on all the areas in which its predecessor dropped the ball. While it's technically an excellent game, the watching/playing ratio is just a little too uneven for me to fully endorse it.