This is my list of the best games of 2012. There will be far more content about these games throughout this week.
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Like the journey that 2001: A Space Odyssey could never take us on.
The game that concludes the best trilogy of the generation on an absolute high-watermark.
A game that teaches you how to love, even if it does so by turning you and your partner into Pokémon.
The lost NES platformer that shows up some of its classic brethren. Looking at you, Sonic 2.
Few moments spent with this game were not in joyous rapture.
Easily my favorite shooter of the year. Some of the best performances ever. AND THAT ENDING IS SO DAMN INCREDIBLE. Made me want to read the comics.
Even if it's just replicating the primary relationship of Persona 4 in many ways, it's absolutely successful at the imitation. Kenny's pretty awesome, too.
An addiction that very nearly shames me. Pixel-perfect gameplay. High-falutin' moral statements. Hydrogen by M.O.O.N.
Terry Cavanagh just keeps on giving. His major project of 2012. The most precise I've ever felt playing a touch-screen game. And that music.
Technically a 2011 release in the States, but I didn't play it till this year, and it WAS released in Europe in 2012. Probably the most memorable multiplayer experiences of the year. A Monopoly-style game that doesn't lead to anybody wanting to flip the board, but a game that still captures the fun of the classic. The only game on this list that makes a board game classic feel useless in comparison.