Over at Kombo.com, we all voted on our favorites of the last year. Lucky me, I got to write the blurbs. Better yet, I actually believe most of them. Except Scribblenauts. I hate that game with a passion I hold for games that lie to me.
Anyway, here are a few excerpts.
Game of the Year: Uncharted 2
Choosing the game of the year has been especially difficult the last few years, and for 2009 it was just the same. A handful of amazing titles like Modern Warfare 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum made the choice as hard as it's ever been, but after a lot of talk, Uncharted 2 came out as the clear winner. Everything you could want out of a game is there; fabulous multiplayer, stop-and-stare graphics and art, top-notch voice acting and writing—-it's all there, along with one of the tightest and most entertaining single-player games we've ever had the privilege of playing. The hardest part about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves isn't finishing it. It's not starting it right back up afterward.
Best Game No One Played: Dead Space: Extraction
If you say "Top 10" in the same sentence as Wii title Dead Space: Extraction, you must mean "How far can a good game get from the Top 10?" In a year with games like Modern Warfare 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii selling in the millions effortlessly, Dead Space: Extraction sold a scant 9,000 copies in its first week. The combination of the game existing purely for fans of the original and its release on the Wii was enough to lose most peoples' interest before launch, despite the excellent audio and visual design and surprising revival of the gasping rail-shooter genre.
Like other quality 3rd party titles on the Wii, Extraction might have been one of the best game of the year... that nobody played.
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