Above: Kazuma Kiryu will beat your ass if you complain about how this list fails.
Do you want to read another top 10 list with Skyrim on it? Then you'd better look elsewhere. My list of the top games of 2011 is up now at thephoenix.com, and it is entirely dragon-free.
Bitching about year-end lists is a tradition as old as making year-end lists, so I won't indulge here, except to say that I think it's more fun to see an individual's list than a group list, because the former is bound to be more idiosyncratic. The drawback, of course, is that one person can't have played everything in a given year, so -- gasp! -- the list won't be "objective."
Maybe Skyrim would have been my favorite game of the year if I'd played it, or at least a contender, but I honestly have to wonder: who cares what I think? It's sold millions of copies. It's a critical smash. It's picking up awards left and right. Nobody needs my validation. But if my list can convince someone to give Yakuza 4 a whirl, or Jetpack Joyride, or Shadows of the Damned, or Outland, then I think I've fulfilled a more important duty.
Oh right, I said I wouldn't bitch.
But if you do you come here for the bitching, you could also check out my review of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, which went up a couple of weeks ago. I promptly forgot about it, because this game has already taken up more of my mental energy than it deserves. Plus it's Christmastime. Why beat a dead horse?
Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and happy new year. And, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for reading.
1 comment:
Hey Mitch!
thank you :D
I was writign you almost two month ago i was looking for your games of the year, I ll go through and give a try to some you are recommanding that i would have not try (although, i still have a a big thing for the mass effect series, and get bored playing Borderland (I don't put that on the quality of the gamebut on teh fact i neevr had a chance to play with people that would offered me a fun experience).
So thnwk you for this list... and i am still hoping my second wish will come true, the oen that involves some bitching:
You commenting on how some consumers comments about game not released yet coudl be stupid!!
I miss those posts of yours :)
Happy christmas and all the blablabla, And thank you for keep posting, even if the pace is lower) cause i still come back 3 times a week lookling for new posts of yours!
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