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Games I played during 2009.

by mnemoidian

Wow! I sure played a lot of games this year!  Wonder what I played last year...
 And yes, I did get an Xbox this year, which explains why all the old Xbox games are on this list! ;)

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Batman: Arkham Asylum

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum

Sleeper hit of 2009! Assumed it was crap, turned out to be amazing! As such, I don't really have anything bad to say about it.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Significantly better than the first game, and I really enjoyed it - a few sections proved they've not come that far since the first game though - especially the final boss fight, which I did not enjoy one bit. That said, after rolling my eyes through the first one, I wasn't expecting to buy this game - but I'm not regretting buying it, atleast!

Borderlands

3. Borderlands

Fun game, over the top. Personally, though, I felt like the thin layer of polish seperating it from Diablo wasn't thick enough. Also, the PC version really suffers from being ported from consoles. Sure, it looks better, but there are so many problems in the User Interface, some times you can only interact with the keyboard, othertimes you have to interact with the mouse. It's just frustrating and poorly done. Also, what's the deal with the achievements? Could've gone with either Games for Windows Live or Steam...but picked neither? That said, I'll probably go back and play a bit more at some point - atleast to kill some zombies :)

Assassin's Creed II

4. Assassin's Creed II

After the end of Assassin's Creed (1), I swore I'd not get AC2. In the end, I did get it anyway, and liked it - even though it had it's problems. Best review I can give it is probably that I got the Platinum trophy and I'm looking forward to AC3!

Red Faction: Guerrilla

5. Red Faction: Guerrilla

Lovely, lovely destruction! So much fun!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Silly slice-and-dice game. Better than I expected! :)

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

7. Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Didn't really come into the game with high expectations, and I don't feel that the game delivered very highly. On the bright side, it felt like a proper Ghostbusters sequel, on the downside, it felt like there should've been a movie. *shrug* I don't know.

PlanetSide

8. PlanetSide

A year without Planetside is a year of sin.

Halo 3: ODST

9. Halo 3: ODST

Hey, look, it's Halo 3, with stamina instead of shields! ;)

Halo 3

10. Halo 3

Oh, Hey, look, it's Halo 2, with HD graphics!

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