I think # of voters really made a difference here - for example, I've given up on shooters so no MW2 and no Uncharted 2 on my ballot.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Still, with the amount of chatter on that thread you'd think ONE person would have voted it GOTY. Even Episodes from Liberty City got a half vote! Maybe everyone suddenly soured it on it the last month? TBH that's what I thought would happen with SFIV and nobody would vote for it since it came out so long ago, but that doesn't look to be the case...
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Everyone still loves it! I'll bet everyone on the MW2 thread still puts in at least six hours a week. Somehow the amount people enjoy games no longer correlates to how they rate them. Imagine if this happened over on ILM! It'd be like everyone voting for the The Knife opera or whatever the eff and they secretly listen to Nickelback ten times a day.
― antexit, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 04:15 (fourteen years ago) link
#15: FIFA Soccer 2010 – PS3/360 – 57 pts – 4 votes – 1 Top Game VoteOfficial Game Site
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/102/1027537/fifa-soccer-10-20090923052720529_640w.jpg
Metacritic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FM4UPrAjnc
EZ Snappin: I waited until now to jump into FIFA, and my wait paid off in spades. Be A Pro mode as fun as anything else this year.
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/102/1027537/fifa-soccer-10-20090923052722201_640w.jpg
Developer Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MahxAiB_opM
If: If we're just going on what I spent the most time on this year I think this might just about get it. The temptation to go online for one game and just keep playing more is immense; especially when someone keeps offering you a rematch and you just know you could beat them again. The refinements from the already impressive 09 are really noticeable. The way that the ball bounces around and deflects off players feels remarkably realistic and pulling off an awesome long ball down the wing, Arshavin chip goal from a stupid angle, or cynical foul to avoid a certain equalizer, is more satisfying than ever.
http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/990/990305/e3-2009-fifa-soccer-10-screenshots-20090602100436495_640w.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBihHygCXE8
Sondrangerbot: I played this more than any other game. Lots of stupid flaws to it but the gameplay alone is close to perfection.
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/989/989290/fifa-soccer-10-20090602070735176_640w.jpg
Cozwn: Messi plus 360 control is sublime.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
#14: Street Fighter IV – 360 – 58 pts – 5 votes - 1.5 Top Game VoteOfficial Game Site
http://janisgodins.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/street-fighter.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnvVNfqqkZ4
Antexit: What a drag that I suck at this gorgeous, balanced and deep game as bad as I do, and that I was too busy playing the ten games on my list along with twenty or more to get any better at SFIV.
http://www.threesixtyvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/streetfighter-iv.jpg
Sirlin would like to say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmJErV9lBE
Cozwn: SO PSYCHED YOU GUYS!!
http://www.thekoalition.com/wp-content/gallery/super-street-fighter-iv-oct-2/super-street-fighter-4-oct-2-7.jpg
SFIV Snuggie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3AXAfX1Ef8
JeffLevine: While a less than perfect online system was a bit of a disappointment, overall, Street Fighter IV showed me what a great deep, challenging experience a 1 vs 1 fighter can be. It's definitely a case where the more you put in the more you get out. I've put in a over a hundred hours and feel like I barely scratched the game's surface. It seems like a timeless classic, except one has the sneaking suspicion 2010's Super Street Fighter IV will be an improvement.
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/techno-techno-techno/css/Street%20Fighter%20IV.jpg
Producer Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlpsvq0k4MI
HIDERE: I don't play this nearly as often as I should but it's still fucking boss. DHALSIM FOREVER
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
soccer games lulz britisher gamerz
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
#13: Flower – PSN – 59 pts – 7 votes - Top PSN GameOfficial Game Site
http://media.crispygamer.com/screenshot/Title904/flower_19-640x.jpg
Antexit: This and Canabalt, best one-button games in years. Beautiful and ethereal and stoner-y and like nothing but itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJam5Auwj1E
Jamescobo: I pretty much love this. I'm not quite know sure how to talk about it without sounding like one of those Games As Art turds, but this game is so great and I apparently haven't even gotten to the revelatory part yet (fortunately the game gives you a trophy for sitting at the start screen for 10 minutes, which is conveniently just enough time to write furious emails/posts to e-bros to get off they asses and buy this game NOW NOW NOW) that it may be unavoidable. It pretty much single-handedly justifies the purchase of a 1080p tv.
http://gamer.blorge.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ps3-flower.jpg
Forksclovetofu: PS3 showing up the Wii pretty badly here. Much better after a few drinks but don’t watch if someone else is playing; U WILL BE SICK.
http://playstationlifestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/flower.jpg
Polyphonic: Cool interactive screensaver, bro.
Gamasutra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUC2tpY5gb4
Edgertor: Better in concept than execution, but still unusual and fun.
http://media.crispygamer.com/screenshot/Title904/flower_33-640x.jpg
Webber : The game ended up being more linear than I hoped, but playing the first few levels where nothing can hurt you and there's not much of a point was incredibly relaxing. More games that aren't really games, please!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA015AkJ8vY
Jeff LeVine: A very unique experience. I've certainly played no other game like it. The art, music, motion control and vibration worked together really well. As original as it is however, I just didn't find it terribly compelling. There's really not much game there. It's also way fucking schmaltzy.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Not sure, but I think #12 had the highest point per vote average.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
#12: Rittai Picross / Picross 3-D – DS – 60 pts – 3 votes – 1 Top Game VoteOfficial Game Site
http://www.theicecave.org/damage_control/multimedia/picross3Dpic_061409.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=808s-6hYuew
http://www.romulation.net/files/screenshots/roms/NDS/26600/sd0cee316f2f273fe83c94c45af7e996d.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACFi8CKEHSA
Forksclovetofu: As killer as apps get; easy to pick up and play and immediately engaging. I'm expecting this to take over America the instant it’s released here.
http://whengamessuck.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/f0045321_499502a76f3e3.jpg
Siliconera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBfE0r3Uqbg
JimD: Picross in 3D stops being a pen and paper logic puzzle and turns into a hammer and chisel logic puzzle! Chipping away at a big block until you're left with a little 3D sculpture is just hugely satisfying. And the chewiness of the puzzles is just right too, they're consistently challenging, sometimes infuriating, lots of fun. Even the time limits are perfectly judged (man, the number of times I've lost a star by being 5 seconds too slow...). So somehow this has ended up being my game of the year.
Risque Picross
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
when is that getting a Western release? I want want want it but I don't do the r4 thing.
― Euler, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
oh i didnt even know that was a THING
cool
― wall•egina (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
#11: Left 4 Dead 2 – 360 – 60 pts – 5 vote - .5 Top Game VoteOfficial Game Site
http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/left-4-dead-2-200907070957099851-580x328.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-8NSjJ7Fq4
BNW: Slightly disappointing. While there's new content here, none of it seems as inspired as the original.
http://favoniangamers.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/left-4-dead-2.jpg
Scratch that boycott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kk46sGMuro
Jjjusten: So it's 2009, and big shock, we're all still out here shooting virtual zombies. Fortunately, unlike shooting virtual nazis, zombie killing never gets old. Lots of people got all bent out of shape about this one because of Valves longstanding "give you shit-tons of stuff for free forever" approach, but they can all shut up - this is not just some map pack bullshit, this is a whole different game. WAY improved over the original in every way, AI director is leaps forward, melee weapons are a game-changing addition, maps are far more intricate, replayablity is endless. I'm not even sure how they had the time to make a sequel this good in such a short period of time, but there's no question, this is worth every penny. So boohoo indignant fanboys, go back and play Counterstrike for the 4 billionth time and shut the fuck up.
http://cache.g4tv.com/images/ImageDb3/168371_S/Left-4-Dead-2-Spitter.jpg
The Wire Connection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W3vSBUDOSM
Polyphonic: Best cooperative video game experience ever. Valve took a great game and made it even better. My buddy John has a setup where we have two 360s in one room, and we play four-player campaigns together. There is a great deal of collaborative hysteria.
http://favoniangamers.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/left_4_dead_2_jockey.jpg
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
AYO SUCK IT XBOXERS
― wall•egina (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
the challops continue!
― zappi, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, didn't think L4D2 would go top 5. Too much like L4D imo.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
On Picross 3D - just came out in Europe, won't come to the US til August or September apparently.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Hold on, you can play Rittai Picross in english!? Mine's all in japanese, haven't worked out how to change the language. And yeah, it's still my game of the year, heh.
― JimD, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, xp, that explains it then.
ok, it looks like March 5 for Picross 3D in Europe.
― Euler, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Guys, remember when PS3 fanboyz claimed Killzone 2 was the greatest game ever made?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
SFIV (on PC, forgot to mention that in my ballot) was my GOTY, can't wait for Super SSFIV.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
also I antipicate AND fear the Top 10 with each and every post
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
good run of games there. Love picross but had no idea this picross 3d existed. V surprised abt sf4 not placing higher, it'd pretty much be my goty if i could have afforded to buy a proper joystick or even something that worked like a saturn control pad for it, xbox controller is dreadful.
― toastmodernist, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
A lot of my guesses for the top10 have already placed, so I'm sure I'll be surprised at some of this top 10. Uncharted 2 still hasn't placed, right? And Arkham seems like a lock for #1. Dragon's Age... Plants V Zombies, not sure what else.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
This is far and away the most interesting Top Games list I've seen. Well done people! (and thanks again, forks)
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh nm. Uncharted 2 already placed. Super Mario Bros Wii in top 10?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I live in hope that ANY console fanboys will happen upon these threads as googlers and proceed to blow the fuck up.
jamescobo i liked your comments on flower
― antexit, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, weird. Rock Band Beatles hasn't placed yet. Can't believe we're gonna make that a top 10 game.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
and wait, did Fat Princess place AT ALL? I will be furious if it's top ten and I take back all the nice things I thought about this community
― antexit, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I forgot to say in addition to shooters I don't play music games. I don't get the appeal. So Rock Band can suck it.
xpost
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
lol'n @ alla this wtf ilx
still no atelier rorona????????
― Lamp, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
If that happens, I will ban everyone fronthis forum.
― Michael Steele, the first black Superman (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
It's gonna happen. I gave it 3 points on my ballot and I notice it hasn't placed yet.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
What's wrong with Beatles Rock Band? Do you hate life?
― antexit, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Nothing wrong with it, I just don't think it's a top 10 game.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
For almost spurious reasons, I made it my worst game of 2009.
― Michael Steele, the first black Superman (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
:( Beatles RB is certainly the game I'm most looking forward to playing once I get back to console gaming this autumn.
― Euler, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Every voter was given the option to list their most disappointing game of the year on their ballot. For some, this meant their least favorite game; for some, the one that didn't live up to their expectations; for some, the reasoning was completely personal.
There was a definite consensus "most disappointing game", but several games pulled single votes. Let's start with those.
HIDERE – I pick BEATLES: ROCK BAND, not because of the game itself, but because the Rock Band peripherals (especially the guitars) are so incredibly fragile that leaving them alone for only a few months at a time causes them to stop working. I have two guitar controllers and they are both utterly broken despite not abusing them in the slightest. Yes I DID change the batteries, no that DIDN'T make any difference: one controller doesn't respond at all and the other registers a strum if a light breeze wafts across it. This renders all of the Rock Band games completely unplayable and that's really a shame because I love the concept and general execution of these games and would have bought Beatles: RB if the controllers actually worked. As it stands? Fuck this overly-fragile shit that costs nearly as much as an entire game system.
WillM – CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 - It wasn't the game itself that disappointed me, but the utter mess leading up to its release. Certainly the loss of dedicated servers for PC was a blow; there's nothing better than renting a server for you and your friends to always guarantee a good game. For me, it was the whole F.A.G.S. scandal that really put it over the top. I have a hard enough time dealing with that shit on Xbox Live, but for a company to put out that kind of hate speech in their advertising completely put it over the top. I don't know if I would call it a "boycott," but that nonsense certainly determined that I did not care how good this game was: I wouldn't be paying for it.
If – KATAMARI FOREVER was a real bummer. "If it ain't broke" is all well and good with something as awesome as Katamari, but _literally_ the same levels as the 360 version from a couple of years ago? Daaaaaamn.
Euler – More than anything it was NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO PLAY video games this year.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Two way tie for THIRD MOST DISAPPOINTING GAME
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010 - 2 Votes
Roberto Spiralli – PES 10 was a terrible, terrible piece of shit. FIFA 2010 is also quite bad but got C+P points from me on account of at least being playable.
Sondrangerbot – I really wanted this to be the FIFA 2010 of 2009, but it was more like the FIFA 2006 of 2010.
BRUTAL LEGEND – 2 Votes
EZ Snappin - I love Tim Schafer (Psychonauts may be my game of the decade) and I love metal (\m/). The problem is that I hate RTS games and despite everything Schafer said in interviews, Brutal Legend is a goddamn RTS at heart. I finally ended up watching a friend play so I could enjoy the humor without hating the experience. It just isn't the same.
Mordy – What a shitty year for games.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
SECOND PLACE FOR MOST DISAPPOINTING GAME
SCRIBBLENAUTS - 3 Votes
CraigG - Maybe if you're not lazy and unimaginative as I am, this is a good game? I had watched the videos and was drawn into the widespread hype of this amazing database where you could conjure up anything and solve puzzles in any way you can think of. Then I played the game and discovered two things: 1) If I tried to think of a Rube Goldberg way of solving a puzzle that it couldn't understand (which was more often than not), it wasn't going to work. 2) Once you solve the first twenty or so levels in the most obvious way possible, you no longer feel the need to be bothered being creative.And since this game is about the joy of being creative, I put it away forever.
Antexit –What a load of crap. It’s like a Resident Evil puzzle that has 50,000 pieces and only five of them do anything.
JimD – Woah, it's all true! I can spawn, like, ANY OBJECT I CAN THINK OF! This RULES! Oh, except none of them really do anything. And everything looks ugly. And suddenly I can't really think of anything other than LADDER or GUN.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
#1 MOST DISAPPOINTING GAME OF 2009 - NOBY NOBY BOY – 5 Votes
JeffLevine - To say I was really looking forward to Keita Takahashi's follow up to Katamari Damacy would be an understatement. After all, it was Katamari Damacy that got me back into gaming and/or finally got me to take gaming seriously as a hobby. It was the reason I got a PS2, the very first console I ever bought by myself. That this LONG anticipated game ended up being some kind of pointless, interactive screen saver that didn't hold my interest for an hour; yeah, that's what I would call a disappointment.
Polyphonic - I don't know what I was expecting, but I definitely was hoping that this would be a game and not just a doodad.
S1ocki - This has got to be a practical joke.
Also voted for Noby Noby Boy: Edgertor, Abanana, Forksclovetofu
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Dan, I guess it's too late to recommend this now, but Rock Band game discs + Guitar Hero guitars is really the way forward. Oh, plus Lips microphones, if you can bring yourself to buy those.
― JimD, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man dudes beatles: rock band in the top 10 is so rong
― SMALL BONES, SMALL BODIES (jjjusten), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
RE4 not only didn't make the top 75, it didn't even make the most disappointing list! One of the most anticipated current-gen games of all and it makes an impact like the sound when you let the air out of a balloon.
― antexit, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
RE5, you mean? Yeah, no one mentioned it so it didn't even make the list of nominated games!The Third Annual Coint and Plick poll - Vote for ILG's best games of 2009! (VOTING CLOSES TODAY!)
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I actually bought it so I could try it before I voted, that's what kind of nerd I am, and halfway through the 45 minute HD loading sequence I said fuck this where's borderlands
― antexit, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I was gonna wait to do these on Friday, but you know what?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khbel2p7ou0Here's your top ten.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
nice
― Euler, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
#10: Drop7 – Iphone – 71 pts – 4 votes – 2 Top Game Votes – Top iPhone GameOfficial Game Site
http://www.touchmyapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drop7_9.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP8xSb9PqUI
BNW: Deceptively simple, totally addicting.
http://www.inspiredm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/drop7.jpg
Try it online
S1ocki: I have to be 100% honest and make my number one vote the game I played most this year. Totally simple, not very deep, but utterly, strangely addictive and a perfect fit for the iPhone's interface.
http://www.touchmyapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drop7_5.jpg
Programmer Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfx_xd0p72Y
Dyao: I stopped playing Drop7 after realizing that no matter how well you play, there's always going to be an element of randomness that controls how successful your combos are; it’s just not as satisfying as Tetris IMO.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
hey forks are you saving my most disappointing hate screed for later?
― SMALL BONES, SMALL BODIES (jjjusten), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link