Here it is 2011 a new year and my first chance to reflect on the releases of last year. I compiled a top ten list that I'll be posting in the near future but one thing struck me about it during my deliberation process, there where some notable games missing from it and the reason was simply that I hadn't even bothered to pick them up.

By far out of all the developers Platinum Games had by the best and worst of years.They started the year with the great Bayonetta which was an amazing feat of both programming and visual style, the combat with its crazy over the top style and fantastic combo system blended with a world that just looks stunning made this game instantly enjoyable , unfortunately its competition came in the form of Mass Effect 2, Darksiders, No More Heroes 2 and MAG just to name a few and although it sold moderately well it (1.1 million copies according to SEGA) it deserved so much more.

Platinum then rounded out the year in break neck fashion with the superb shooter vanquish which currently holds an aggregate score of 85.1% on Gamerankings, the introduction of the Rocket Sliding to the standard cover based shooter instantly made it stand out from the pack but again the game didn't sell as it should.

Both of these games have won numerous awards from Best Debut from Giantbomb for Bayonetta to Best Mechanic and Best game No One Played at Gamespot for Vanquish.

The other game missing from my list that I decided to check out was Enslaved, the story and look of the game have received high praise from reviewers and with a decent combat system I feel bad for missing it.

So I picked up all 3 of these games and decided to hold off my judgement of the top 10 of 2010 until I can get these titles under my belt.

Top 10 games, reviews and impressions coming soon.