What an overwhelming and resounding "meh" 2010 in terms of gaming ended up being.

The year started off well enough with Mass Effect 2 which was pretty well everything I could have hoped, but then it just got stale.

GOW3 helped the 1st quarter, but I normally don't find myself struggling to find something to play so early in the year.

The first thing that comes to mind when I look back at 2010 is that everyone got lazy.

Battlefield Bad Company II, A Rehashed Street Fighter 4, Yet another Halo, Another Rock Band, Another COD, and of course after five years finally we see GT5 which was okay but not worth the wait.

Given my choice of the three Forza's released between GT4 and GT5, I will have to opt for Forza.

Even RDR was simply a take off of a last gen concept.

How tragic is it that the best original IP this year was Vanquish, which was nice but was it ever short.

Next year seems to be a continuation of the same derivative mindset of 2010.

LBP2, Two Worlds 2, Dead Space 2, Killzone 3, and I am sure Nintendo will find a way to cram Mario into some new role.

Maybe Mario Bocce Ball?

Hunted and LA Noire are about it in terms of the new IPs with some promise for next year.

I almost have to wonder if this current generation of consoles has gone on too long, and developers are just bored?