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

copy-pasting from my gurnal



Dishonored - 20 points

_Probably_ my favourite game of the year. Superb world building and narrative, a simple tale of vengeance, a broad range of gameplay options and player choice. As close to a modern Thief as we'll ever get.




Gravity Rush - 20 points

Also _probably_ my favourite game of the year. Also _probably_ my favourite soundtrack of the year. A vibrant, colorful world to explore with plenty of mystery and melancholy, an engaging storyline (that needs a sequel), a wonderful visual style and fun gameplay with gravity powers. The freedom of navigation is genuinely liberating.




Resident Evil: Revelations - 10 points

Probably my favourite 3DS game. A great mix of REmake slow dread exploration, and RE4 action and controls. Superb visuals, tense atmosphere and delicious 3D Jill ass. Raid mode is great too.





Botanicula - 10 points

Amanita Design succeeds once more in designing a charming, beautiful, strange and wonderful point & click adventure. Riddled with hundreds of lovable characters, minute details and slapstick, it's a journey well worth taking.




Kid Icarus: Uprising - 10 points

Pit returns in a glorious action game that's filled with breathtaking flight, imaginative design and astounding vistas. Fun fun fun with heaps of charm.




Thirty Flights of Loving - 10 points

Brendon Cheung's short, amazing sequel to the equally short and amazing Gravity Bone is over in 15 minutes, but will stay with you for much much longer. The pacing and framing are superb, the visual style just as charming as before, and it has one of the best interludes ever. Chris Remo delivers an absolutely spot-on soundtrack.




Hotline Miami - 10 points

Easier on the mind than Norrland, but no less disturbing and memorable, Cactus delivers an amazing heady mashup of Killer7 and Miami Vice. A hyper fast, brutally difficult, dark and haunting tale of madness and loss, with a memorable aesthetic and astounding soundtrack.





Spec Ops: The Line - 10 points

An engaging, heavy, harrowing journey into the heart of darkness and a broken mind, with a thing or two to say about the way videogames handle war and violence in general. It's a decent third-person shooter at best, but in terms of pacing, narrative and emotional impact, it's a trip well worth taking.

Jam it back in, in the dark.