2009 was an outstanding year for gaming no matter what way you look at it. Especially for the PS3 with 4 AAA exclusives (should've been five, ACiT was great) and a number of great multiplats like Batman: Arkham Asylum and Assassin's Creed 2. So choosing GOTY was an extremely tough choice. To start out, here's my five nominees:
- Assassin's Creed 2
- inFAMOUS
- Killzone 2
- Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
I decided to use the process of elimination, I took Killzone 2 away right away because of the uninteresting story, and even though it has some of the most technically impressive graphics I've ever seen, the ****just isn't that appealing. I later rid Ratchet and Clank. It's a great game, and I can't really explain why I chose not to choose it. It just felt like it wasn't game of the year. I then got rid of AC2 because I think that inFAMOUS is the better sandbox game. In terms of graphics and technology as well as scope and scale, AC2 owns, but I prefer inFAMOUS. So I had Uncharted 2 and inFAMOUS as my two final nominees, and I'm going to do the same thing as Gamespot and choose a game I gave a 9.0 instead of the more popular game and choose inFAMOUS as my Game of the Year.
Now before you start saying, "No, Uncharted 2 is superior, it had better graphics and had online," let me explain myself. First of all, inFAMOUS has one of my favorite plotlines in any video game (thinking about it, I prefer it over the story of AC2, an amazing feat in itself) but in my opinion it's the funnest game I played all year. Yes, it's the FUNNEST game I played all year. Fluid movement and a very unique way to traverse the city, asome and easy to use powers, and the perfect difficulty level, this is the funnest game I played all year. And thinking about it, I can only think of one problem in the entire game, the graphics which aren't that hot. And a game isn't about it's graphics, or about how cinematic it is, that's what movies are about. A game is about how fun it is and inFAMOUS is the funnest game I've played all year and it is my personal pick for GOTY 2009. A special thanks to all the game developers that worked so hard to bring us all the awesome games of 2009 and a Happy New Year to everyone who posts on this blog. :)
{Tune in 10 minutes after New Years to see my 25 most anticipated 2010 titles.}
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