SuperGanondorf
Ballos's Minion
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2010
- Location
- Mimiga Village
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future would have to take the prize for me. The storyline was absolutely amazing and made me cry a few times, the music was masterfully composed and always fits perfectly, and the puzzles in the game are, for the most part, absolutely amazing. The cinematic sequences are also some of my favorite in all of video gaming. This game was an absolute masterpiece, and it definitely tops its predecessors in every area.
The number 2 spot would have to be Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. Since I played the first game in the series, Ace Attorney has always been my second favorite series (Zelda being first, of course), and this game continues the tradition of mind-bending cases, a unique cast, a deep story, and a soundtrack second to none. This is the first game in the series where all of the cases are actually directly linked to one another, as well. While the returning characters may seem a bit out of character at times, it is still an incredible game by any standard.
3 would have to be Other M. This game, to me, is why the vast majority of game reviewers don't matter in the slightest. They all said the story was overdone, the voice acting sucked, and the flow of the game was horrible. I enjoyed the story immensely, actually. While it may seem a bit silly at times, overall it is extremely good, I thought. The voice acting wasn't bad at all. I found it to fit quite well, actually. And while the game was a little bit too linear for my taste it was still overall quite fun. It doesn't stand up to the Prime games, but it is a great experience in its own right.
Other than that, no games this year particularly struck me (though, to be fair, I haven't played most of Nintendo's newest releases yet, like DKCReturns and Epic Yarn, and I don't care at all about PS or XBox releases). Super Mario Galaxy 2 was fun, and a great improvement over the horribly overrated Super Mario Galaxy, but it still didn't strike me as anything particularly fantastic; Super Mario 64 has yet to be beat.
The number 2 spot would have to be Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. Since I played the first game in the series, Ace Attorney has always been my second favorite series (Zelda being first, of course), and this game continues the tradition of mind-bending cases, a unique cast, a deep story, and a soundtrack second to none. This is the first game in the series where all of the cases are actually directly linked to one another, as well. While the returning characters may seem a bit out of character at times, it is still an incredible game by any standard.
3 would have to be Other M. This game, to me, is why the vast majority of game reviewers don't matter in the slightest. They all said the story was overdone, the voice acting sucked, and the flow of the game was horrible. I enjoyed the story immensely, actually. While it may seem a bit silly at times, overall it is extremely good, I thought. The voice acting wasn't bad at all. I found it to fit quite well, actually. And while the game was a little bit too linear for my taste it was still overall quite fun. It doesn't stand up to the Prime games, but it is a great experience in its own right.
Other than that, no games this year particularly struck me (though, to be fair, I haven't played most of Nintendo's newest releases yet, like DKCReturns and Epic Yarn, and I don't care at all about PS or XBox releases). Super Mario Galaxy 2 was fun, and a great improvement over the horribly overrated Super Mario Galaxy, but it still didn't strike me as anything particularly fantastic; Super Mario 64 has yet to be beat.