Your Game/Games of the Year

Not only has it been a great year in the realm of laptops, it's also been so in the gaming realm as well with a plethora of critically acclaimed titles hitting the market.

So, like the title says, this is for everyone to post their game or games (try to limit it to 3 if you can ) of the year. Since I myself don't have a laptop yet, I'll keep it open to desktops as well.

Additionally, if there's an old game that you've recently gotten back into & just can't pull yourself away from, feel free to post that too.

My top 3 (the first three to be installed on my future lappy!):

-Quantum of Solace
PC players now have their 'Goldeneye' (best PC Bond title to date). Great multiplayer.

-Crysis: Warhead
Crysis on steroids. Nuff said.

-NFS: Most Wanted
Great car selection recalls past NFS titles, customization options add depth & replay value. Together with the outstanding graphics + decent level design, this is the best NFS PC title out there.

 

Single Player: Fallout 3
Multi Player: Left 4 Dead

 

I haven't played that many games but I live off two:
Half-Life (& Portal)
Oblivion +20-30 mods

EDIT: Haven't had a chance to try fallout 3 yet...

 

Hmm, Left4Dead.
Biggest disappointment? Spore.

 

fallout is a modern oblivion

 

Probably:

Call of Duty 4

Company of Heroes

(are those 2008?)

 

I've yet to play sooo many still.

Dead Space
Far Cry 2

 

COD4 is 2007
COH is 2007 or maybe even 2006.

I was like "man, what multiplayer games came out this year?"
I'm still playing TF2

 

sins of a solar empire
COD4

 

quantum solace? I heard it was mediocre

 

If consoles count: Gears of War 2
PC only : COD5

 

After thinking about it, I'm not sure what to pick.

This really was a terrible year overall for games.

I can't think of a single GoTY contender that wasn't a sequel or spin-off of something else.

I suppose I'd pick Sins of a Solar Empire.

 

Terrible year?

I agree there were lots of sequels and spinoffs and ports, but I have a half dozen games sitting on my shelf I have barely been able to play:

Sins of a Solar Empire
GRiD
Far Cry 2
Fallout 3
Dead Space
Left 4 Dead
Stalker Clear Sky
Mass Effect

I've only touched a little on each, gotta decide which one to sink my teeth into.

 

And the results for Notebook Review Forums: Game Of the Year Competition are:

Selection by: ROT112

10. Fallout 3

9. Dead Space

8. Left 4 Dead

7. GTA IV

6. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

5. Far Cry 2

4. Mass Effect

3. honorable mention to CoD4 for still being the best Multiplayer game in the last 2 years lol

2. Crysis Wars

1. Crysis Warhead

 

My list is exactly yours fliped upside down

 

lol 660hpv12

We are going to have to fight over this lol.

LOL LOL

edit: hope everyone likes my new avatar. mini marshmallows ftw.

 

insane, dude, don't buy all of them if your not going to play em' ,lol

 

I relay would say for graphics achievements to go for Stalker CS. The Lighting is just amazing ray of god, sun flares i relay liked the environment.

Best CO-OP Left 4 Dead.
Best Racing GRID.
Best Multipalyer not a good game this year hard to decide now.
Best story Mass Effect.
Best to give nightmares Dead Space.lol
Best Of all Fallout 3.


Still to come

 

GotY (PC): Dead Space

Disappointment of the Year: Space Siege

 

Game of the year = Fallout 3

Worst = FarCry 2

 

My two faves of '08.

Sins of a Solar Empire
Fallout 3

That's about it. And I bought a LOT of games this year.

 

COD4 and gears2 was great

 

From what I have played, I will say Crysis: Warhead. Definitely fun, and extra points for the discounted price.

 

Best = Orange Box

Worst = Spore

those are the only two games I've bought this year though spore was definitely a bad game...

 

My fave for this year was WoW-WotLK expansion....

(sorry!!! )

lol

 

<-------Best of all: Fallout 3
best of all race:GRiD
Dec.16/2008 Probably best:Rise Of The Argonauts
Biggest let down was GTAIV buggy a$$ game

 

...lol wasnt there another thread about this

For me i say

Super smash brawl
Left 4 Dead
Little Big Planet
Mario Kart Wii(online is ownage)

 

Hmmm, this is a tough decision:

1. Crysis: WARHEAD

2. Fallout 3

3. Dead Space

4. Assassin's Creed

5. DMC 4

6. Far Cry 2

 

1. Red Alert 3

2. COD4 and COD World at War (I'd still prefer COD4 for some reason)

3. Crysis Warhead

4. Far Cry 2 (Still in the process of playing - 58% done)

5. Total Annihilation - I'm still playing one of the oldest yet the first true 3D RTS game that's made in 1998. I'm still gaming on both rigs; laptop and desktop.

I'm probably gonna have a look at DMC 4 and Fallout 3. I don't have those games yet.

 

disappointment? Haze.

 

I will have to preemptively say Persona 4 (picking up my copy tomorrow )

Good bye Christmas break!

 

Dissapointment to me was: Fallout 3

i like the game, buy i thought it was going to be way better.

 

IMO:
1) GTA IV
2) Fallout 3
3) The Witcher Enhanced

 

I was very pleasantly suprised with DMC 4.... loved the first one on PS2, and was really pleased with the new one, and it's suprisingly optimized for the PC... great port in my opinion

 

Gunz is THE game every year!!

 

for me:

best game of 2008: Fallout 3
best multiplayer game: L4D
best story: Fallout 3
biggest disappointment: spore
best fps: crysis warhead
best rpg: Fallout 3
best action: L4D
most scariest: not sure yet
best graphics: FC2

i only own L4D and Fallout 3, but i've played a bit of the others.

fallout 3 is especially awesome to me because i live 20 mins from washington DC, and i get to see the city all wrecked, and it's kinda tight!

 

How different is the city topographically between 2008 and 2077[2277]?
I kinda wondered while playing how accurate it was, I've only been to DC once and haven't gotten around to actually checking myself.

 

well there is no spring vale, or megaton.

i thought they were trying to be funny. there is a springfield about 15 minutes south of DC.

the memorials are similar in design, but location is kinda weird. i know the game has the potomac river, which goes right next to my work! though my work isn't in the game :-(

haha, but the Jefferson memorial looks really similar, and i think thats off the 14th street bridge, so I'm assuming that bridge going towards it in Fallout 3 is the 14th street bridge. I wish they kept the signs accurate, but many aren't.

i mean, landwise, it's pretty accurate with the physical nature of the area, but the layout of the area isn't exactly the same, but the architecture of DC and whatnot is similar. the subway system there is very much similar. we have the DC metro system, which branches out all over the northern VA area and all over DC, much like in Fallout 3.

there are many similarities, but it isn't exactly accurate. but it sure simulates the feeling of being in the area! ... except for the wastelandness

 

Total Annihilation is my favorite RTS ever. I wasted so many hours of college on that game. Are there still users making extras?

 

Biggest disappointment: Age of Conan

 

RaceDriver: Grid

One of the best racers ever exept.

> Theirs no pit stops.
> which makes the 24 hour race just stupid its just 24mins of full throttle racing Le mans is all about fuel economy.
> You start randomly on the Grid which is also stupid and theirs no qualifying

where they thinking seriously their so much detail it could have been game of the year but they turned it into an arcade game i mean why the frack would they do that all that time spent on the game....

Its like making a farrari you buy and think its the best a farrari can be then they go and make an even better one and you wonder why dident they just make your model as good as it could be in the first place.

Sorry for my rant but im sure you understand

 

Sounds great... Gotta try!

Not that I heard of at the moment.... Anyway I got almost all the custom made units. Now I've got stuff that is even more powerful than the Krogroth.

 

Dead Space has my vote for game of the year. Such an amazing game!!!!!!!!

 

It's my OCD - must buy games. I used to have TONS of time to play. Used to make it through most new games, now I have two sons, one a year old and another a newborn, so time is severly limited ATM. But usually summer there's little released, and will probably muddle through most of these over the next year, in time for next year's holiday releases!

Mainly looking forward to Starcraft 2 which will probably consume 90% of my gaming time then, and nothing else will matter.

 

Disappointment?

DNF

 

Oh yea game that pissed me off was Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
It was good but the fact that you couldnt get the 4 chars that
were in the xbox version was really not ok.I mean c'mon pc's
have way more power than consoles why the f*** not?
I really wanted to play as the hulk.

 

Ha, I'm the same way... I love playing them, but I love buying them as well ha... I have to think of it as a collection , only way I can possibly justify it.

 

For me, although only one came out this year:

*Medieval II Total War (2006). Started playing it in May and played it the most of any game.
*Rock Band (XBox, 2007). Great party game.
*Trackmania Nations Forever (2008). Very good racing game, and completely free.

I often wait awhile to buy games to let the prices fall a bit, since most games include expansion packs and then are released in a Complete version for the same price as the original later on anyways. Why spend $200 on 4 games when I can spend $100 and get 5 games, and usually more content due to complete/compilation packs at that?

'Course part of that is being a college student and not having tons of money - that may change somewhat when I actually have a decent income.

 

I agree with you Apollo13. I tend to be more patient these days. Wait 6-12 months and you can usually get the game, plus an expansion or two wrapped up into a "Gold" or "Platinum" boxed set for half the price of the original game. Granted for multiplayer games, this doesn't bode so well since many games only have an online shelflife of 12-18 months before everyone moves on to the "next best thing." There are exceptions of course, but solid single player games with multiplayer modes rarely last very long.

 

^Agree again, and also take advantage of Steam's weekend sales

Bioshock for $15? Yes please!