My Top 10 of 2009

I feel like I've played enough games this year to make a pretty decent top 10 list.  At the bottom of this post, I added a couple of games that I simply didn't play this year, but feel like they may have been in my top 10 if I had.
 
Keep in mind that these are only my opinions.

	1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves I played through this game in two sittings and it took me 11 hours.  I almost played through it in one sitting and after beating it, I immediately started playing through it again.  This is, hands down, the best single-player experience on the PS3.
	2. Assassin's Creed II Stabbing fools, running across rooftop, and blending in with the crowd was a great concept in Assassin's Creed two years ago.  The sequel improves upon the first with a great story (in and out of the animus), varied missions, and the villa economy is fun to build up.  Also, great setting!  What's next?
	3. Modern Warfare 2 This is the best multi-player experience this year.  Stop complaining about how short the single-player experience is, it's not that short and that's not why you bought it anyway.  The changes that they made to the multi-player are great and will have me playing well into 2010.
	4. Batman: Arkham Asylum Batman is a detective.  Batman can whoop ass.  Batman is stealthy.  Batman can instill fear.  Arkham Asylum manages to incorporate the four things that define Batman into a well polished game with great voice acting, an amazing environment and a lot of sweet gadgets.
	5. Borderlands This is the most fun I've had with a co-op game this year.  The single-player isn't quite as fun as co-op, but that didn't stop me from soloing from level 29 to 50 by myself.  The second playthrough is just as fun as the first and I'm hoping they raise the level cap with some DLC to get me to jump back in.
	6. inFAMOUS Sure, the story gets pretty crazy at the end, but the constant moral choices, fun-to-use superpowers, fluid movement and creative enemies had me playing through this game twice this summer.  Once I get it back from my friend, I'll probably give it another go.
	7. Street Fighter IV What's up with all the fighting games this year?  I didn't really care for BlazBlue or KOF12, but I couldn't get enough of Street Fighter IV and I'm not awful at it online either!  It makes me wish I had more friends that were into fighting games.  Oh well, I'm patiently waiting for Super Street Fighter IV anyway.
	8. Forza Motorsport 3 While the actual racing in Dirt 2 is a little more exhilarating, the storefront, the customization, and the amount of depth in Forza 3's six seasons and the way it changes depending on what cars you have makes it an overall better package and secures it a place on this list.
	9. Dragon Age: Origins The fact that Dragon Age is the only story-based game on this list that I haven't beat isn't a bad thing.  I've played through all 6 of the origin stories, and only enjoyed 3 of them, but I've been enjoying the rest of the game.  I'm 33 hours in with a Dalish Elf Rogue and I'm planning on getting back to it soon.
	10. Shadow Complex My favorite XBLA game of all-time certainly deserves a spot on this list.  Being the only game I've played through 3 times this year, I suppose I should mention it has some replay value.  Forget about the throwaway story and characters, play it for it's solid controls and addictive gameplay.

• Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time