The games listed herein may not reflect the true, intrinsic quality purely intangible, since I haven't played all of them. But purely on my impressions, word of mouth and heresay do I strive to make a list that I feel are deserving of the mention and also of my desire to someday visit. The numbers do not necessarily indicate any increasing order of quality or worth.
Honorable mentions: Battlefield 3, Forza Motorsport 4, Saints Row: The Third, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Bastion, Super Mario 3D Land, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, MLB 11: The Show, Super Street Fighter IV, Total War Shogun 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 2, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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Amazing gameplay that realizes what it feels to swing a broadsword, punishing difficulty provides steep and sustained tension adventure replete with stupefying moments
An open world that brings the elder scrolls to a higher fidelity and emergent world; an improvement over Oblivion in almost every way, tried and succeeded in most part to implement a character system based on perks and skill usage, tremendous breadth of content
An absolute blast to play through, the puzzles and portal mechanic serving as a taut and well oiled machine to the brilliance of a story that goes beyond imaginary reaches.
A continued engrossing story of a very interesting protagonist anti hero, nice balance of necessitating skills and strategy, very impressive visuals
Very refined and expanded multiplayer, action gameplay formula honed and polished to perfect responsiveness, conclusion of a saga
atmosphere of early 50s LA that is oozing out of this seven year development hell is such a well crafted homage to everything that is enthralling and cinematic about the genre, even if the action sequences do not lend well to the overall suspension of disbelief brought on by the revolutionary face mapping technology
A return of a classic clad in everything new and visceral, the kind of fast paced combat hearkening back to reflex based system that encourages mastering of subtleties of character traits or quirks rather than hidebound in his or her moves. A letdown of a multiplayer issues
