The Obligatory "Games of the Year" countdown... #5

Written by Dan Zuccarelli

Monday, 29 December 2008 05:00

So each of us has chosen our top 5 games of the year, and we'll be posting one each day all week... leading up to our favorite games of the year on Friday. It was incredibly hard picking only 5 games to recognize, as this year we had some truly fantastic titles. Suffice to say there's a ton of games we loved this year that didn't make it into our Top 5. So it goes.

Feel free to agree/disagree/wish death upon our choices in the comments.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - nominated by Dan

I know, I know... but can 11 million people really be wrong? A game that I love for the social aspects as much as the gameplay, I can thank this game for giving me more than a few real-life friends as well as hours of enjoyment inside the world. The new content brought some much needed variety to quests and dungeons and adds so much new stuff that this easily gives the most bang for the buck of any game on the list. There's some truly epic shit going on in Northrend.

Fallout 3 – nominated by Ryan

I wasn't a player of the original PC series, but I am big fan of Oblivion, and this is like Super Oblivion. The setting, guns, and general vibe of the Fallout universe lends itself to Bethesda's spwarling RPG engine even more than their own homegrown medieval fantasy stuff. Takes forever to complete, and gives you a shockingly eerie Omega Man feeling. It's the best western RPG of this year.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - nominated by Jim

While there were a dozen or so triple A titles that beat it out it in terms of gameplay and replayability, the inner Star Wars geek in me couldn't have been happier to play The Force Unleashed. Tossing storm troopers into the belly of a sarlaac never gets old, and the story forms an integral part of the expanded Star Wars universe. I won't spoil it for you, but there's some jaw-dropping shit in there that still has me talking about it four months later. My only complaint is that there wasn't more of it. Here's to hoping we see another Star Wars game from the same team at LucasArts.

Fable 2 - nominated by Kevin

Peter Molyneux finally delivers on a good number of his promises and creates a sequel that betters its predecessor in every way. While the story left something to be desired the feeling that I was soloing a really good MMO overwhelmed me. There was so much to do in this game that you couldn't possibly get to it on one playthrough.

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written by swiftwulf, December 29, 2008

I think Fable 2 would fall into the same spot for me. Lich King would be closer to the top. Havent played the other 2 yet.

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written by Xav, December 30, 2008

Unfortunately, LucasArts is no longer developing in-house so the team that worked on The Force Unleashed is no longer employed.

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written by TheBBPS.com (Bits, Bytes, Pixe, January 05, 2009

[...] Game of the Year: #5 [...]

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written by The Obligatory “Games of the Y, February 19, 2009

[...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSo each of us has chosen our top 5 games of the year, and we’ll be posting one each day all week… leading up to our favorite games of the year on Friday. It was incredibly hard picking only 5 games to recognize, as this year we had some truly fantastic titles. Suffice to say there’s a ton of games we loved this year that didn’t make it into our Top 5. So it goes. Feel free to agree/disagree/wish death upon our choices in the comments. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - nominated [...]