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lisalover1 wrote:DSiWare game of the Year: Shantae Risky's Revenge

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this service doesn;t deserve to be forgotten.

lisalover1 wrote:PS2: Game of the Year: Persona 4 [Yeah, it was a 2008 game, but it's still the best thing to happen to the PS2 since then]

Sakura Wars was meant to be pretty good though. Speaking of which, was that this year too? If so, that's my choice for PS2 game of the year.

alienjesus wrote:

lisalover1 wrote:DSiWare game of the Year: Shantae Risky's Revenge

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this service doesn;t deserve to be forgotten.

lisalover1 wrote:PS2: Game of the Year: Persona 4 [Yeah, it was a 2008 game, but it's still the best thing to happen to the PS2 since then]

Sakura Wars was meant to be pretty good though. Speaking of which, was that this year too? If so, that's my choice for PS2 game of the year.

Oh, crap, you're right! I keep forgetting that SW was released this year; I loved that game. I'll just fix my vote...

Best Platformer game of the Year: Kirby's Epic Yarn
Best Action Adventure game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
Best Fighting game of the Year: didn't play any
Best Shmp game of the Year: Deathsmiles
Best RPG game of the Year: Fallout: New Vegas
Best FPS game of the Year: Fallout: New Vegas
Best Racing game of the Year: ?
Best Puzzle game of the Year: Prof. Layton
Best Sports game of the Year: ?

Overall Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2

Best Platformer game of the Year:Sly Collection(Yeah, I know, they're not really NEW games)
Best Action Adventure game of the Year:LaraCroft and the Guardian of Light
Best Fighting game of the Year:?
Best Shmp game of the Year:Deathsmiles
Best RPG game of the Year:Mass Effect 2
Best FPS game of the Year:Does this include third person? I pick Transformers: War for Cybertron
Best Racing game of the Year:?
Best Puzzle game of the Year:?
Best Sports game of the Year:?

Worst game of the Year:Scott Pilgrim
Underrated game of the Year: ?
Overrated game of the Year:Scott Pilgrim

XB Live game of the Year:Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
PS Network game of the Year:Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

WiiWare game of the Year:?

PS3 Game of the Year:?
XBOX 360 game of the Year:Mass Effect 2
Wii Game of the Year:?
PS2: Game of the Year:?
NDS Game of the Year:?
PSP Game of the Year:?
PC Game of the Year:I don't play PC games, but I'm gonna say probably Starcraft II

Best Home Console of 2010:PS3
Best Handheld Console of 2010:PSP 2000
Best Retro Console of 2010:Probably the 360, given some of the stuff we've seen released on Xbox Live Arcade, though I think many of them are available on the PSN too

Ok, here are my runners up to Ballz...

Best Platformer game of the Year: only played SMG2, liked it.
Best Action Adventure game of the Year: God of War 3, no question
Best Fighting game of the Year: only played SSF4, liked it.
Best Shmp game of the Year: Deathsmiles, no serious competition in the US
Best RPG game of the Year: Only played Dragon Age Origins: Awakening, loved it
Best FPS game of the Year: Metro 2033, by miles
Best Racing game of the Year: Split/Second, so far. Have to get through Blur and NFS:HP still...
Best Puzzle game of the Year: was Critter Crunch this year? Only recent puzzler I've played...
Best Sports game of the Year: NBA 2k11

Worst game of the Year: I avoided these. Of what I played, probably Metroid Other M
Underrated game of the Year: Metro 2033
Overrated game of the Year: either Bayonetta or Sin and Punishment 2

XB Live game of the Year: Explosionade
PS Network game of the Year: Joe Danger
WiiWare game of the Year: Fuck this. I don't want to lose the games I buy when my Wii shits the bed

PS3 Game of the Year: God of War III
XBOX 360 game of the Year: Halo Reach
Wii Game of the Year: SMG2
PS2: Game of the Year: lol
NDS Game of the Year: um...?
PSP Game of the Year: God of War Ghost of Sparta
PC Game of the Year: is Beat Hazard from 2010?

Best Home Console of 2010: PS3
Best Handheld Console of 2010: PSP
Best Retro Console of 2010: wut?

Gamerforlife wrote:Worst game of the Year:Scott Pilgrim
Overrated game of the Year:Scott Pilgrim

Jeez, man, ease up on SP! You're WAY too belligerent about your beat-em-ups. Everyone knows you don't like the game, but seriously? Worst game of the year? Worse than Naughty Bear, Attack of the Movies, the "Imagine" series, and for all the other shovelware of the year, for that matter? You have all the right in the world to dislike the game, but give credit where credit is due, at the very least. For example, I really disliked Red Dead Redemption, but I will certainly recognize that it is a well-made game, and is by no means a "bad" game; I just don't like it.

lisalover1 wrote:

Gamerforlife wrote:Worst game of the Year:Scott Pilgrim
Overrated game of the Year:Scott Pilgrim

Jeez, man, ease up on SP! You're WAY too belligerent about your beat-em-ups. Everyone knows you don't like the game, but seriously? Worst game of the year? Worse than Naughty Bear, Attack of the Movies, the "Imagine" series, and for all the other shovelware of the year, for that matter? You have all the right in the world to dislike the game, but give credit where credit is due, at the very least. For example, I really disliked Red Dead Redemption, but I will certainly recognize that it is a well-made game, and is by no means a "bad" game; I just don't like it.

I forgot about SP. I agree it is a strong candidate for most overrated of 2010...

Best Platformer game of the Year: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Best Action Adventure game of the Year: N/A
Best Fighting game of the Year: Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Best Shmp game of the Year: Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
Best RPG game of the Year: Dragon Quest IX
Best FPS game of the Year: 007 Goldeneye
Best Racing game of the Year: Sonic and Sega All Star Racing
Best Puzzle game of the Year: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Best Sports game of the Year: FIFA 11

Worst game of the Year: N/A
Underrated game of the Year: Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Overrated game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption

XB Live game of the Year: N/A
PS Network game of the Year: Scott Pilgrim vs the World
WiiWare game of the Year: And Yet it moves

PS3 Game of the Year: N/A
XBOX 360 game of the Year: N/A
Wii Game of the Year: 007 Goldeneye
PS2: Game of the Year: ?
NDS Game of the Year: Pokemon Heartgold
PSP Game of the Year:
PC Game of the Year: N/A

Best Home Console of 2010: Wii
Best Handheld Console of 2010: DS
Best Retro Console of 2010: Wii

dsheinem wrote:PC Game of the Year: is Beat Hazard from 2010?

Yes.

lisalover1 wrote:

Gamerforlife wrote:Worst game of the Year:Scott Pilgrim
Overrated game of the Year:Scott Pilgrim

Jeez, man, ease up on SP! You're WAY too belligerent about your beat-em-ups. Everyone knows you don't like the game, but seriously? Worst game of the year? Worse than Naughty Bear, Attack of the Movies, the "Imagine" series, and for all the other shovelware of the year, for that matter? You have all the right in the world to dislike the game, but give credit where credit is due, at the very least. For example, I really disliked Red Dead Redemption, but I will certainly recognize that it is a well-made game, and is by no means a "bad" game; I just don't like it.

Hey, I had to put up with someone claiming Deadly Premonition was the worst game of the year. If anything, I felt it was one of the most underrated, but I'm a fan of retro survival horror (which is what it feels like). I've also recently started watching the first season of Twin Peaks specifically to get in the proper mindset for this game.

But ultimately this all comes down to personal opinion, which is part of the reason I've started to avoid making statements about the Best or Worst title of any year, era, genre, console, etc. No matter what, someone will disagree with you because to someone that game you choose to rag on may happen to be one of their favorites. I especially don't like doing it for retro games because then someone will have fond childhood memories attached to the game, no matter how good or bad, and I don't want to be the person who bashes their favorite thing as a kid.

Gamerforlife didn't like Scott Pilgrim, and there's no shame in that. Lisalover1, you really loved it, and there's no shame in that either. Don't worry about the conjecture and understand that there will be times when your opinions won't match. Lisa, you will probably trash one of Gamerforlife's favorite games at some point, if you haven't already. Just remember that at best this is supposed to be all in good fun, and at worst, if people start criticizing each other's choices and launching personal attacks, I'll be waiting in the wings.