Happy New Year everyone!
Wedged between an idyllic 2008 and a promising 2010, 2009 was a pretty mediocre year for videogames, especially since Modern Warfare 2 scared many interesting titles away from the holiday season. It’s finally behind as, and here are the games I’ll be looking forward to the most this first month of 2010!
7th: Darksiders (X360/PS3)
8th: Bayonetta (X360/PS3)
29th: Mass Effect 2 (X360/PC)
One of videos I didn’t manage to finish due to the festivities was a 2009 recap, where I focused on the two games that are on everyone else’s Games of the Year lists and my top two picks (which, of course, also appear in many such lists). My candidates were Assassin’s Creed II and Batman: Arkham Asylum.
I’ve analysed ACII, both in text and video form, and I might eventually do a proper review of Arkham Asylum, but, to summarize: It’s really surreal that a relative newcomer, Rocksteady Studios, released such a textbook example of a videogame, and it’s that precious detail that serves as my tiebreaker. Congratulations Arkham Asylum, you are my Game of the Year!<
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