2008 game top 3

[Plan B]

Bit naff perhaps, but what the hell, I'm just curious what games you guys enjoyed most this year.


For me:

1: Grid - Great handling (I know some disagree, but they're wrong) and great graphics at high frame rates. Best racing game I've played up till now
2: Dead Space - One of the few games that makes my hands sweat when playing. Sure it lends from other similar games, but it excels on all points
3: Braid - Brilliant in its simplicity. The Tetris of puzzle platforming

[brisk]

Left 4 Dead
Fallout 3
Persona 4

[Don Carlos]

In no order

Braid
Gears of War 2
Guitar Hero World Tour

[JooKed]

Gears of War 2
Fallout 2
Crysis Warhead

I spent a good 10 hrs on Fallout 3 before I got bored. Can't say the same for the other 2.

[o'dium]

Mass Effect
Fallout 3
Dead Space

[Dr_Watson]

heh, i don't think i even played 3 2008 games. IIRC fallout3 and spore were the only new games i played this year and they were both disappointments.
how do you find time to play enough games as they're released to actually grade them?

[Κracus]

GRID: It is indeed a great racing game I really love it too
L4D: fucking awsome game, can't get enough of it.
GTA4: Still having fun playing this game.

[Captain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiLwTmBoDc

[mjrpes]

balloons tower defense

[axbaby]

Left 4 Dead .. best Co-op play
Farcry 2 ... best grafix
Fallout3 .... best time waster

[Grandpa Stu]

Left 4 Dead
Quake Live
Grid

i pretty sure dead space would be on there instead of grid but i just never got around to getting and playing it. i didn't put GTA4 on there simply because the further i progressed in the game the more it felt like a chore to play. plus the replay value just wasn't there for me.

[Mat Linnett]

Left 4 Dead
Bionic Commando Re-armed
Okami Wii

[xer0s]

I guess I'll go with:

Fallout 3
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto 4

[obsidian]

I was going to say ETQW, but realized that it's actually over a year old and I'm still playing it regularly.

Left 4 Dead
Dead Space
I can't really name a third, 2008 seems like a bit of a blur.

[Deathshroud]

Was Grid really that good? I played the demo and found the handling physics to be a little over-the-top. I remember if you created too much oversteer during a touring car race, it would automatically spin the car, and stop responding to user input. I'm not sure if this was the same in the final version, but it pissed me off in the demo.

[feedback]

Mass Effect
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead

[MKJ]

judged by how mch ive played it

Rock Band 1/2 (both came out the same year here :E )
Left4Dead

.. cant really name a third. Gears2 fucking rocks but I can't quite say if its one of the best games of 08 :/

[Don Carlos]

Gears2 fucking rocks but I can't quite say if its one of the best games of 08 :/

I can - it is

[MKJ]

i mean cause its so fresh in my memory and therefore might be a bit biased.

we all thought assassins creed was goty the first 10 days as well

[saturn]

Fallout 3 is quite impressive
Guitar Hero World Tour is absolutely awesome as party game (till I get my hands on Rock Band 2)
Frenzic on the iPhone is an absolute time-waster and as addictive as Tetris (goddamnit)

[Plan B]

Was Grid really that good? I played the demo and found the handling physics to be a little over-the-top. I remember if you created too much oversteer during a touring car race, it would automatically spin the car, and stop responding to user input. I'm not sure if this was the same in the final version, but it pissed me off in the demo.

Yeah, I know, but that's just part of the game.

You are forced to choose from a limited set of cars in each event.
In some you are going to have to manage with a shopping cart with a stuck wheel, and in some events you fly off with with a car that handles tight like a motherfucker.

Really, pick it up.

[Tsakali]

Fallout 3
Quake Live
Mass Effect

[Deathshroud]

Was Grid really that good? I played the demo and found the handling physics to be a little over-the-top. I remember if you created too much oversteer during a touring car race, it would automatically spin the car, and stop responding to user input. I'm not sure if this was the same in the final version, but it pissed me off in the demo.

Yeah, I know, but that's just part of the game.

You are forced to choose from a limited set of cars in each event.
In some you are going to have to manage with a shopping cart with a stuck wheel, and in some events you fly off with with a car that handles tight like a motherfucker.

Really, pick it up.

Yea, I'll have to give it a try, I do have Gamefly so what can it hurt?

[Captain]

Yeah, I know, but that's just part of the game.

You are forced to choose from a limited set of cars in each event.
In some you are going to have to manage with a shopping cart with a stuck wheel, and in some events you fly off with with a car that handles tight like a motherfucker.

Really, pick it up.

Whether or not you completely suck at it, it's still the best racing game of the year.

[Κracus]

I still think burnout revenge was better