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

I only bought about half a dozen games during 2009, but the ones I did buy were all very good.

Uncharted 2: Jar of Tears - 40
- I wasn't expecting Uncharted 2 to surpass its predecessor, after all, Uncharted the first was the one game that made owning a PS3 worthwhile. Uncharted 2 is more fun, has better pacing, and doesn't have zombies. The chemistry between the characters and the "flavor" dialog are unparalleled. There is a part in the dilapidated mountain temply when (what else?), the bridge leading forward is destroyed and Nathan must find an alternate route. Nathan groans "Ugh, I'm tired of climbing shit." The closing dialog between Nathan and Elena is priceless.

Dragon Age: Origins - 25
- Take Knights of the Old Republic, set it in the world of Lord of the Rings without the hobbits, and you've got Dragon Age. You've got your standard warrior, rogue, and mage, but there are so many different ways to play each that you could easily play through the game ten different times with ten different builds. The story is pretty standard, but it is well executed, and the player is presented with several very entertaining characters. It is a very Bioware game and very good.

Halo ODST - 25
- Easily the best Halo game. They take the basis of the Halo story, aliens versus humans, and they finally inject a human element in it. The Halo engine isn't bad, and in ODST, we get placed into a lot of really fun scenarios. Exploring the city was really cool, and the general tone and feel of the game, its setting, were great. Captain Mal and Jayne. Firefight mode.

Modern Warfare 2 - 5
- I think we can all agree that at its core, Modern Warfare 2 has a lot of good qualities. The Cliffhanger mission, with the sneaking around a blizzardy enemy base and then driving snowmobiles, the Favela mission escaping bad guys by running around on the rooftops, slow motion door breaches, the mission in the plane graveyard, followed by the assault on the shadow forces cave base. Lots of good stuff. Spec Ops has a lot of fun (and a lot of frustrating) stuff in it. Multiplayer has more than its fair share of problems, such as bad spawning, lots of cheaters/standbyers, and ping being the single most important contributor to your success, rather than tactics or skill.

Forza 3 - 5
- It is a great game that doesn't rate higher simply because it doesn't show significant improvements over Forza 2. The "season" mode is a nice improvement, there are a lot of cool cars to drive, and most of the new tracks are very nice.

I think that adds up to 100.

Jam it back in, in the dark.