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Best of 2010

by bigchief

BigChief: Best of 2010

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Mass Effect 2

1. Mass Effect 2

This game had polish, great gameplay, memorable characters, and an interesting story. Bioware was clearly firing on all pistons for this one.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

2. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

This game scratched a very particular itch I tend to get. Might be the single best game I've ever played for fear and atmosphere. Love it.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

3. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Blizzard continues to do what it does really well. They brought a lot of neat new features to RTS single player campaigns, and despite the fact that I'm terrible at the multiplayer, it's clearly expertly crafted.

Fallout: New Vegas

4. Fallout: New Vegas

Really dig the atmosphere of this one, and the new features Obsidian added. Clearly suffers from open world jank, but more than makes up for it.

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

5. Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

By all rights this should be higher on my list. Dragon Age is one of my favorite games in a long time. I think I like it more than Mass Effect. But Awakening was thinner in content, and had weird bugs and such that held it back. Still great, though.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

6. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Does some really novel things, and I loved seeing Shin Megami Tensei mechanics applied to a weird, apocalyptic sci-fi setting. Really addictive, and I maintain that one day I will finish it. That final boss is a motherfucker.

Super Meat Boy

7. Super Meat Boy

Guh. This game literally makes my fingers hurt. But I loves it, precious, yes. It's a fairly simple game, but what it does it does PHENOMENALLY.

Costume Quest

8. Costume Quest

Charming as hell, and a great example of Double Fine playing to its strengths. Again, a short, well made game.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

9. Super Mario Galaxy 2

Not exactly an engaging storyline, but Nintendo continues to make good 3D platformers.

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

10. The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Just got this one, but damn if it isn't already hurting my brain. And I love the style of it, and it's sense of humor.