[Question] The Gamingforce Game of the Year 2010: Vote a Go Go

I think I am sneaking in under the deadline here...

Mass Effect 2 - 40 points. There isn't much I can say about this game that probably hasn't been said already. I love the atmosphere. I love most of the characters. The combat was excellent and a huge improvement over the last game. I love the visuals, the music, the lighting, the voice acting. The only real negative with the game is that the overarching plot is a little thin. The game even had several DLC missions that were excellent, especially The Shadow Broker mission pack.

Call of Duty: Black Ops - 20 points. It is like they took Modern Warfare 2 and made the multiplayer more balanced. And also made the guns sound way sissier. Each of the multiplayer maps manages to be pretty good. There are no giant, wide open maps that result in six snipers against six snipers. That's generally a good thing. The killstreaks are more balanced, or rather, at least now you really have to earn them. And even though I always bitch about lag, I can tell that the netcode is much improved over the last game (and that the lag issues are 90% on my side).

Battlefield Bad Company 2 - 20 points. Ok, so the combat doesn't have the depth of a Call of Duty game, but this game managed to be just plain fun. Running around repairing tanks, landing choppers to have your buddy hop out of the copilot chair to repair it, piloting UAVs into buildings to defend a bomb plant, sniping dudes from a mile away, reviving dudes, hitting bad guys in the chest with defibs. I could go on. Lots of fun to be had in this one.

NCAA Football 11 - 10 points. I probably put more time into this game than any other game all year. The only reason I am not giving it more points is because it was just a slightly improved version of the previous year's game.

Alan Wake - 10 points. This game was a lot of fun, with a great Pacific Northwest setting, and an awesome secondary character (Alan's agent). Also featured one of the best special editions of the past couple of years.

I think that equals 100. I apologize to such games as Halo Reach, Fable 3, Rock Band 3, etc. I put a lot of time into you guys, and even managed to enjoy you, but you don't quite make my list.

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