[General Discussion] The Gamingforce Game of the Year 2009: Use Your Vote Time

Hahaha, nice timing. I might as well copy-paste from my entry ='D

GTA: Episodes from Liberty City - 40 points

A compilation of two utterly fantastic additional stories to GTA4. Both are relatively short, making the story in each more tightly paced and the experience more compact and focused. Not that there isn't tons of additional stuff to do outside the main story missions.

Completely excellent writing (far exceeding even GTA4) with some great new characters, superb voice acting bring them to life, fun fun fun gameplay and a chance to see the same amazing, living, breathing Liberty City from a different perspective. Essential.


Borderlands - 20 points

I wasn't even going to buy it originally. I was wrong to think so, and while many people will cite Demon's Souls as the gem of the year, I feel this one is it. It's Diablo with guns and it's utterly, utterly addictive. Somehow the combat never gets old and I never tire of doing quests, shooting peeps, looting corpses, trunks, cabinets, trashcans and mail boxes, levelling up, finding new guns and doing it all over again. By myself or online with friends.

Gamespy sucks, but Gearbox managed to make their best game yet, a game that is both fun, funny and pretty, and I hope they make a great sequel eventually.


Halo 3: ODST - 20 points

Alongside Borderlands, probably the most overlooked FPS of the year. Halo games are always enjoyable, but ODST provided the best campaign since the first game, a wonderful jazzy soundtrack, and some terrific setpieces. I loved the atmosphere. A very pleasant experience I will want to replay again

Machinarium - 20 points

An utterly charming and beautiful point & click adventure, with a lovely visual style. Very funny, very atmospheric, with a rich world and a great soundtrack.

Jam it back in, in the dark.