Here is a list of the games I played and completed throughout 2008:
Army of Two
Assassin's Creed
Beautiful Katamari
Bionic Commando rearmed
Braid
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty 4
Castle Crashers
Condemned 2
Dark Sector
Devil May Cry 4
Eternal Sonata
FIFA 09
Gitaroo Man Lives!
Grand Theft Auto IV
Guitar Hero World Tour
Guitar Hero: Aersomith
Guitar Hero: On Tour
Half-Life
Kengo: Legend of the 9
Left 4 Dead
Lego Batman
Lego Indiana Jones
Lost Odyssey
Mario Kart Wii
Mega Man 9
Metal Gear Solid 4
Mirror's Edge
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
No More Heroes
Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Rock Band
Persona 3
Soulcalibur IV
Super Mario Galaxy
Too Human
As you can see, there's a lot mediocre games on there, and I haven't had time to play a lot of the big titles that've come out in the last few months. Picking a game of the year from what I've played isn't that difficult, hands down it has to be Persona 3. Even though I think it came out in 07 in the US both P3 and FES came out in 08 in Europe. Persona 3 is one of the most impressive, memorable and moving RPGs I've ever played, and really deserves all the praise it's got. It has a slow start but once you get into it it is amazingly absorbing, the social aspect is so well written that after a while it was going through the dungeons that seemed like a distraction.
Here's to staying unemployed this year too , so I can continue to play games far too much!