It doesn’t matter which console or platform you prefer, what type of game you like or how much you play games it’s hard to deny this year has been absolutely fantastic and even evolutionary for the gaming market with Sony and Microsoft’s debut into motion control gaming.
Starting off almost a year ago, Mass Effect 2 hit in January of 2010 from Bioware on the Xbox 360 which set the bar extremely high, if you remember my perfect score review then you’ll know why I loved this sci-fi RPG more than any RPG I have played. Weeks later the sequel to the much loved Bioshock was released from a brand new developer with much scepticism. The original Bioshock was such a great stand-alone product that hardly anything thought this would work, but it did extremely well.
Heavy Rain gave PS3 owners something to shout about with this unique and exciting story-based action game with God of War 3 bringing the greek mythology with its traditional over the top epic action. The Bad Company squad were unleashed onto the scene with an above average singeplayer but a multiplayer component more thrilling than any Call of Duty could offer.
The next two games were sent to development hell being work in progress for almost five years each. Splinter Cell conviction impressed with its traditional espionage action and Alan Wake showed us that not all shooting games need to feature only destroy enemies with a weapon but with a torch, too.
Saddling up to be a strong contender is Red Dead Redemption, another game which faired extremely well across the board with Super Mario Galaxy 2 impressing me just as equally for the Nintendo Wii.
Pacific City gets over run with zombies in Crackdown 2, which was a better game than people didn’t give it credit for and then Starcraft 2 is launched which totally blows other RTS games out of the water.
In the run up to Christmas we see the triple-A titles coming out with FIFA 11, Halo Reach and then the revolutionary Microsoft Kinect was launched. Call of Duty Black Ops, Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, Need for Speed, Donkey Kong Country Returns and WoW: Cataclysm make their last minute appearance but overall StarCraft 2 has won my heart for game of the year. A real-time strategy game which has been in development for almost twelve years and every year waiting was worth it.
It’s a game like no other which goes from strength to strength with it’s professional esports tournaments gaining my interest and a game which even after all these months I still find myself going back almost every single week.
Congratulations Blizzard, you sure know how to gain the attention of almost every PC/Mac gamer in the world.
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