2010, Game of the Year

[SvennoJ]

2010 was kinda disappointing to me

Mass Effect 2 was nice but felt like it didn't progress the main story at all. Good character stories but it felt lacking compared to the first game's narrative.

Red Dead Redemption was good but I dropped it halfway, picked it back up later to finish it. RDR2 is so much better it wiped the first game off my radar.

God of War III had the production values, mega spectacle, but I liked GoW 2 better game play and pacing wise.

Heavy Rain was a great experience, had many highlights but also tedious sections with questionable motion control like inputs.

DKCR got frustrating, never finished it.

Super Mario Galaxy 2, also never finished. Wasn't as good as the first one.

Xenoblade Chronicles I couldn't get into. I played for a couple hours and was just bored.

And so on.


I did play GT5 a lot but it's overshadowed now by GT7 in VR.

I also really enjoyed NFS: Hot Pursuit but wouldn't consider it goty material either.


Yet one game I did enjoy from start to finish despite some hard crashes and having to load an older save after getting stuck on a broken path. It's the best in the series now imo, Fallout New Vegas. Choice mattered in that one, it was great to try out different paths.

Great stories, great characters, kept me engaged from start to finish, multiple times.

Thus my choice is for other: Fallout New Vegas

PS It's missing from the list ;)