[Question] The Gamingforce Game of the Year 2012: Results now in!

Oh hey we're doing this again? I only played a handful of games this year but it's more than enough to make a list I guess.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - 30 Points
This game. Is awesome. It's a culmination of everything that makes modern day kart racers fun with a shitton of nostalgia thrown in for good measure. If there's any question of whether Sumo Digital are the biggest fanboys in the world or not this game answers it. Every throwback to SEGA games of old is masterfully done, and the soundtrack is ace. The online is a fucking blast as well. Hands down my favorite title this year.

Borderlands 2 - 20 Points
Shootin' and lootin'. Going in with absolutely no experience with this series as I skipped over the first game. I wasn't quite sure what to expect but I was certainly blown away by what I got. The drop-in/drop-out online play made for hours upon hours upon hours upon hours of co-op fun with all kinds of people on my ridiculously large friends list and I never ever got bored with it. The Mechromancer character addition was greatly welcomed, and whoever they got to voice her and Tiny Tina deserve some kind of award.

PID - 20 Points
A brilliant little indie platformer with some charming visuals and engagingly fun gameplay, it's a shame it lacks online support. That's the only thing stopping this game from being truly great and I hear they're patching that in.

Asura's Wrath - 15 Points
Most accurate game title of the year. MAD AS FUCK: The Anime Game owns so ridiculously hard. They put a ton of work into make this truly something cinematic, and while people will tell you it would have worked better as something to be watched instead of played, fuck those people. AW is something you experience. I'd pay a million bucks if every game could have a fight as great as the showdown with Augus.

Spec Ops: The Line - 5 Points
Basically you should just go watch Yahtzee's take on this one because he says everything I'd say about it but better and with a funny accent.

Lollipop Chainsaw - 5 Points
Absurd, bright, sparkly, and a ton of fun. The only major downside is that it's all very short lived because once you've beaten the game there's no real desire to do it again. The magic wears off after the first playthrough. That first one though? Totally awesome.

Ridge Racer Unbounded - 5 Points
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY RIDGE- actually upon second thought it wasn't that bad after all. Much sleeker, much more streamlined, and altogether still a RR title at its core. Shame the series is on the decline.

Jam it back in, in the dark.