Mike Bantick
Saturday, 19 December 2009 15:20
Opinion and Analysis
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As the year draws to a close a critics mind wanders back across the titles he has paused to look at. In the ever moving world of video-games the demographic has widened even further over 2009, as a result, picking a GOTY is more difficult that it ever has been.
It is a little preposterous to pick a single game of the year, and even more ridiculous for a single person to pronounce a verdict in such a broadening example of media that interactive entertainment has increasingly become.
But I will anyway.
With a couple of caveats, as per last year, lets start with some of the titles that have not made there way onto my gaming screen due to your use of only 24 hours in each earth day.
For some reason, known only to the distributer, the highly acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum was overlooked, a game I definitely need to get hold of over the holiday season.
Other titles of note that remain teetering high on the pile-of-shame include Dragon Age: Origins, the latest Bioware opus, funnily enough I am eschewing this title in favour of exploring Divinity II at the moment.
Still haven’t popped Brutal Legend into the Xbox 360 and on the PS3 front, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time is still looking to have its wrapper removed. Then there is Rock Band: Beatles and Street Fighter IV which didn’t get a review look-in this year.
I am playing James Cameron’s: Avatar, but so far, I don’t feel it will worry this year’s award winners.
Lastly, and recycling this joke for the final time, I did not get to play Duke Nukem Forever.
Let’s start with the Playstation platform. The Sony flagship device; the PS3 saw a resurgence in the later part of 2009, it is amazing what a price drop will do, but the PS3 also had a fair share of excellent releases through the year also.
I put up my review for
Little Big Planet in January this year, but it is worthy of mention this year as a title that got tongues wagging and pretty much got the PS3 resurgence kick started in 2009.
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