I’m posting James’ suggestions from our internal games club site to get the ball rolling:
Another year has almost passed and there’s been a shed load of great games, especially in the last few months. So whats everyones’ game or games of the year?
For me it has to be Fallout 3. I’ve already sunk about 20 hours into it (which may not seem like much but given a PhD student doesn’t have that much time to play games, is actually a lot of time) and absolutely loving it in the same way I loved and got immersed in Oblivion. Even though some people have complained about bugs and glitches, I’ve had a relatively flawless and enjoyable experience with it. The world is also rather stunning graphically, despite it having the 16 million shades of grey and brown palette (like Gears), but then again a post-apocalyptic world wouldn’t exactly be a festival of rainbow colouring.
Runner up for me would be Rock Band, having enjoyed a ton of fun alcohol-fuelled nights of it during the summer, and no doubt will be playing more it and Rock Band 2 over Christmas/new year. Unfortunately I haven’t had time to try Mirrors Edge / Fable 2 / CoD5 yet so can’t comment on these – they’re all on the Christmas to-do list though!
Its hard to work out a clear leader though I have played and really enjoyed: Gear of War 2, GTA IV, Braid, Rez (XBLA), LittleBigPlanet, Geometry Wars 2, Fable 2, Fallout 3 (not far through though), Fieldrunners (Iphone), and Spore is worth a mention for the 1st third of the game! I really like the start of Metal Gear Solid IV and Prof Layton, and I’m sure the Lich King has many fans!
For me the top five games are:
1. Geometry Wars 2
2. LittleBigPlanet
3. Fable 2
4. Gear of War 2
5. Fallout 3
Perhaps another question is …. what is going to be the big game of 2009!!!
God of War PS3?
Resident Evil 5?
Pro Evo 2010
Halo blah!
Starcraft 2 wooo!
Zelda reinvents himself again!
Mario and Sonic go back to basics?
iPhone – uPhone?
Wii fitter?
At a guess for 2009 I would say God of War 3 will almost definitely be in my top 5 (assuming it does come out next year). Also Bioshock 2.
For me it has to be Fallout 3. I have completed the game (I’m not sure how many hours but it was alot) and it is just amazing. The world is so big, the karma system is great and VATS is sooooooooooooo cool. In second place is COD5 although personally, and I’m sure this will start a fight, I prefer COD4. Just out of interest if you have played both could you say which you prefer.
I haven’t really given much thought to the games that are coming out next year.