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

World of Warcraft Patch 3.3 - 40

Are you fucking stupid? This patch single-handedly counts for a full-priced retail game. Cross-server PuGs, built-in quest-helping interface, renovated leveling gear for starting characters, the ability to gear up before you even get to 80, and more. A ton of love went into this patch, and I can only wait with bated breath for the release of Cataclysm this year. Jesus Christ.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 40

Game of the Year, imo. Take everything good in FPS games and make it even better, with completely streamlined and balanced gameplay offline and online and you've got a recipe for sex. This shit right here? This shit right here? Fuck the naysayers, Infinity Ward can do no wrong.

Dragon Age: Origins - 15

While fun, the dated graphics and clunky combat system (especially on the 360. Why wasn't this developed for the PC and THEN ported to consoles?) irked me pretty bad and ruined what could have been at least a 20 on my list. The voice acting was also not up to snuff -- I felt FF12's was superior to much of DA:O's own.

Bayonetta - 5

Listing this simply because the game was released in Japan last year and I got the chance to play through it at a friend's last week. While initially awesome, the game suffers from terrible lag during complex and enemy-filled battles. The music is atrocious (why are they using the ending theme from Evangelion as fight music?), and the main character looks more and more like Sarah Palin the longer you play. Shittiest game of the year, all years. It's even worse than Devil May Cry 2.

Jam it back in, in the dark.