I know this is a few days late, but Merry Christmas. I hope everyone enjoyed the day of festivities and are happy with their gifts. I for one am very pleased with what I got as everything I asked for is in my room right now. I had a tough choice this year, it was either a new more Metal oriented guitar or and Xbox 360. I chose the latter with gaming on my mind since I got my Nintendo Wii. So, I got my Xbox 360 Pro (2 games came with as a deal; Kung Fu Panda and lego Indiana Jones) Madden NFL 09 and Prince of Persia. I also recieved The Dark Knight, which I have to say is one of the best films I have ever seen, Declaration by Bleeding Through and 85 dollars. But the best gift of all was to myself, I was able to kick my nicotine addiction and quit smoking. I have to say that this was the by far the best Christmas I have ever had and by the way my gamertag is coditherus, add if you would like.
Alright, now on to serious business, my Game of the Year selection. There were many great games this year such as Fallout 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, Grand Theft Auto 4 and LittleBigPlanet to name a few. It was, in my personal opinion, the best year for gaming ever. We saw so many advances in the gaming marketplace such as the game Braid. It was created by one man, developed by one man and played by thousands which proves that one person can change the market. But back onto the point, it was a tough choice for me to pick a Game of the Year choice as I loved to many. But, after days of painstaking thinking I chose my Game of the Year...Metal Gear Solid 4. MGS4 exceeded my expectations and has to be one of the best games I have ever played. The story is believeable, it ties up loose ends, the dialogue is some of the best written, the voice work is phenomenal, the music is beautiful and so on and so forth. There is too many good things to say about this game, but like I said it was a tough choice. Fallout 3 was the only other game that I was going to give Game of the Year too, and yes it is an amazing game but MGS 4 just really makes me feel like I am in the game world, like I am there. So there you have it, my game of the year.
Alright, time for my year in review. Like I said in the paragraph before this, 2008 was a great year for gamers. We were treated with so many amazing titles that could fit everyones needs and wants (well, not really...wheres my new Zelda Nintendo?) and great games for every platform. When I bought my Nintendo Wii back in July I was overwhelmed with how awesome it was, but that feeling soon wore off. I needed good games, and Super Smash Bros wasn't really my thing. Personally, the only good games on the Wii are Mario games, because thats essentially the only thing on it. Now I know Okami is an amazing game, I am still playing through it, but I need a new killer app for the Wii and if I don't get one, I may be considering giving my Wii and waiting for the next Nintendo console. Now Xbox had an amazing year with great games. Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto 4, Rock Band 2 and many many more. The one thing I love about the 360 so much is the variety of games and the selection of titles. On the Wii there was Mario, more Mario and a little more Mario. Don't get me wrong, I love Mario but come on Nintendo you can do better than that. The Playstation 3 had plenty of good titles this year. Of course many of them were multi-platform (go figure?) but of the games that weren't multi-platform PS3 owners were delighted. They got MGS4, LittleBigPlanet and Resistence 2. All of which are great games but make a non-Sony fan like me fret I want my MGS4 on my Xbox, come on Konami. There were quite a few great titles for every console such as Call Of Duty:World at War and Madden NFL 09. CoD on the Wii is actually a very good game, of course it does not have the polish of the PS3 and Xbox 360 version it is still an engrossing game with great multi-player. For Madden NFL 09 it is and amazing game. Of course you have to really enjoy fotball to like the game and sometimes understand it, but other than that it is a very well-rounded game.
Well, this is the end of this very long and possibly boring blog post, I am going to finish it off with some games of the new year that are really interesting me. So Farewell!
Resident Evil 5, Lord of the Rings:Conquest, Batman Arkham Asylum and MadWorld.