Forget hype,popular opinion,or which game you think deserves it based on how hard the developers tried.Give your top three winners(in order of preference) based on the ones you've enjoyed the most,even if they're not popular.Then give your handheld game of the year(only 1,please).If you list anygames you've not played yet or played just a little,please tell us.

Finally,list your "didn't come out this year but I've really enjoyed playing it this year award".Let's call that award X for short.

Please,everyone check back here within the first few days of the new year.I would have calculated the game of the year based on what you placed on this thread.I'll give 3 points,2 points and 1 point respectively to games listed as 1st,2nd and 3rd by anyone then I'll find the total.Same goes for portable games and award X.If you didn't list yours in a 1st,2nd & 3rd format,I'll assume the first one you listed is your 1st and so on.

I think that Metal Gear Solid 4 really deserves it. Even though I know Gears of War 2 will win.

1. Valkyria Chronicles
2. MGS4
3. LBP

handheld: patapon if it actually released this year, I played it on a friend's PSP

Award X: Worms World Party on PC

1.Super smash bros brawl(only played it twice but loved & own the prequels)
2.Little Big Planet(never played it but I believe its different from the norm & will start a new genre of games)
3.Metal Gear Solid 4(never played it either)
Portable Gody:The World Ends With You
Award C:Twilight Princess(beat it this year,trying to find all the bonuses) and Metal Gear Acid(don't be mad,I kinda play games late,not when they come out!)

hard to tell
The World Ends With You, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Super Smash Bros. Brawl or No More Heroes
overall i would say TWEWY just because it's not only great game but first really unique and fresh SE game since forever.

1. Okami
2. Haven't played any handhelds.
3. Halo, I guess :/

Mario Kart Wii

Console games of the year:
1. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
2. Mario Kart Wii
3. Shaun White Snowboarding Wii

Handheld games of the year
1. Final Fantasy IV
2. Professor Layton and the curious village
3. The World Ends With You



Not from 2008 but really enjoyed
1. Hotel Dusk: Room 215
2. Mass Effect
3. Mega Man 2 (VC)

This year:

1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3): Yep, I really enjoyed the game. It had its drawbacks though, mainly related to the story (that was still good).
2. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI (PC): I like the strategy, but I don't have to manage everything myself thanks to the district system where I can leave districts to be controlled by the AI. Oh, and the Three Kingdoms theme is very interesting no matter how little of it is actually told in the game.
3. Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS3): See, I've not got very many games this year. I've been playing this one pretty much even though it's mostly the same as its predecessors. Still, gameplay-wise it's probably the best game in the series. Storyline-wise it's a bit ankward, though, although they tried something new. Dynasty Warriors 6 may not be the best game out there but I've enjoyed it.

Other years:

• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3): Yep, I just got the game this year (as I did the PS3). It was pretty fine in every aspect and it also had the nice atmosphere and overall feeling. I think I've enjoyed Uncharted more than most games in years.
• Runner-up: Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars (PC): I just like this game. The gameplay is excellent. Sadly I wasn't able to play this very much in the summer as my PC broke... But now I can.

I could probably include a handheld game as well but it wouldn't probably be very fair as I got my first handheld ever, the PSP, only very recently, and my only game so far is Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions, which I haven't actually played very much ye, and, winning without competition is nothing.

I intentionally did that so that people will understand that I mean their own personal,honest opinion.I mean,I want to see people mention games that don't even have a shot at being nominated for game of the year by any website,because the person who mentioned the game likes something unique about it(even if he hasn't played it).I mean,I don't think LBP is 1 0f the top 3 best games this year,but I mentioned it because I believe sequels and copies will start a whole new genre of games.