Game of the Year 2012

Morning folks,
Woke up to a winter wonderland this morning so I'm staying inside today, forget getting my haircut it's too bloody cold for my liking (also knowing my luck it will get worse and cancel my buses leaving me stranded). So this morning I decided that it was about time I sat down and have a think about what could be my Game of the Year for 2012, I got to say it was a tough one.

So no beating around the bush, my game of the year is .... drum roll please.....

Mass Effect 3

Finding it very hard to put into words what made this game great, what made it game of the year for me was the story. I felt apart of the game all the way through, here we have this alien menace that was destroying the entire universe. You felt hopeless as world after world fell apart while you try to muster everyone together to fight back. Every where you went you felt the effects of the war, several moments stood out to me. The one that was at the top was a teen girl in one of the refugee areas talking to a guard about how her folks had sent her on the first shuttle and they would catch up with her. We all know what happened but you could not help but feel a little chocked up, what was amazing though if you kept going back through out the game the story would progress. The guard would take pity on her and look after her, it was the small details like that made me impressed with this game.

But it was no just the small details that made it happen, the bit cut scenes as you watched different species finally put aside their differences to work together. Of course it was not just the story that made this game brilliant, the graphics were beautiful especially on some of the new planets (Asari home world for explain). Game mechanics with the theatre of war, I love how everything effected the outcome. It was not just a simple get all the main armies there, you needed everything from engineers to food supplies, even taking part in the multi player could help effect the stats. 

It was brilliant game and yes I was one of those who was not a big fan of the ending but only because it was just dropped in your lap with no real explanation. The new ending which is just the same with a bit of back story added on was much better. But anyway Mass Effect 3 was my Game of the Year for 2012, great graphics, good mechanics and a brilliant story. Still a few more posts to come folks since there was quite a few great games last year that deserve Outstanding Awards plus I've got planned a post about the year ahead.

~Iznic

P.S. What was your Game of the Year?

Game of the Year 2001 + Outstanding Games

For the last few weeks I've been finding it hard to pick what was my game of the year for 2011. I narrowed the search down to two games with one more game to play (Lord of the Rings War in the North) which has turned out to be amazing so far. In the end though it was close to being a split game of the year, but in the end I decided that only one game should be given the title. This lead me to decide on making another award for the blog.

The "Outstanding Game Award", this award will be for the other games that were above and beyond, they should had been Game of the Year but only just missed it. Brilliant story telling, amazing graphics with wonderful controls, not just any old good games. We are talking the best of the best, the games you cannot stop playing and just like Game of the Year they will be announced at the end of the year.

With that cleared up it's time to announce my Game of the Year 2011! drum roll please!

Assassin's Creed Revelations

It was a tough choice between Assassin's and Batman but out of the two I found Assassin's Creed the clear winner. Batman was brilliant but I did feel like they stuffed it with too much and that a lot of things was just rushed to get it over with so they could get on with the next part which was a shame since they could had done so much more with all those bad guys to work with. Anyway Assassin's kept me entertained throughout the entire game, this time around I was very interested in the entire story and not just the endings. I loved the mini side quests with my Assassin Brotherhood and loved a lot of the new gadgets, in the end it was clear that it was my game of the year. I will go back and review both games in detail at a later date.

Of course Batman Arkham City will be given an Outstanding Game Award, although I did feel like there was too much and some things rushed it was still amazing. Also joining Batman is Ghost Trick on the DS, its game play was unique and the story was written so well I always wanted to know more.

So there you have it, three great games! and no doubt you will see a post giving Lord of the Rings an outstanding award but first I need to give it a good play through first.

Until next time,

~Iznic

Mass Effect 2 Review

-!Winner!-
GAME OF THE YEAR 2010

I been trying to think of a way to review this game and came up with this....



WOW!


Think that sums it up well lol.



Mass Effect 2 is a amazing sequel, I started playing this games with my hopes up but in the back of my mind I was worried since it was a sequel and normally they fail big time. But Mass Effect 2 proved me wrong, it's already 1st place for Game of the Year for me.

Story is brilliant as always and kept me wanting to know more, I won't go into details since I do not want to spoil it for anyone but you will enjoy. The game as had alot of changes since the first one and everything for the good. The first major change would be the customisation on weapons/armours etc. When I heard they took out a lot of the customisation I got a bit worried, I really liked that in Mass Effect 1 where you could change your ammo types to cause different damages. But my fears where for nothing. in ME2 ammo types are now like powers and it worked, it worked really well. Just simply select the ammo you want (radial or by the bumper buttons) and its changed, quick and painless which is great in a intess fight. I was shocked how good the combat system is now, everything fits perfectly.

You know what, I can't keep writing this...my words cannot describe how good this game is. Just go try it for yourself!


Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
Score: 10 out of 10
Gameplay: Good
Graphics: Good
Story: Good
Length: Decent
Controls: Good