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TOP GAMES OF 2012

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The Walking Dead

1. The Walking Dead

appealing to morality much more successfully and significantly than any game before. nastiest GOTY.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

most game of the year. it's gigantic, so huge. had an awesome time with it, crazy feat of game design, if eventually repetitive. you'd be hard pressed to find a game that didn't get repetitive 150 hours in. will be remembered and looked to for a long time to come.

Fez

3. Fez

beautiful thoughtful self-conscious game, ending makes you believe

Sound Shapes

4. Sound Shapes

slick soft & colourful, beautifully exectued interaction with sound, and i love games like this

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

5. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

so fucking tense. this game kicked my arse. play it with headphones in the dark.

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

6. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

incredible feat of design, best game on the ipad by a moon size margin.

Hotline Miami

7. Hotline Miami

streamlined tension, makes you feel cool for playing it. a lot of games on this list do actually. testament to me being a sad act

Journey

8. Journey

everyone knows about journey by now. playing with someone else anonymously great idea, still dunno why

Dust: An Elysian Tail

9. Dust: An Elysian Tail

surprise of 2012, mechanics almost perfect if kind of unvaried, killing shit is just so much fun

Mass Effect 3

10. Mass Effect 3

good fun nice to see everyone, thanks for coming. before it came out i was looking forward to playing the series through again once i'd finished this, but the ending fucked that without tenderness. well annoying. wound will heal, still had a great time.

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