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Zach’s 2011 Top Games
Well the year of 2012 is upon us and believe it or not 2011 was a good year of gaming. So to close out 2011, I will have my own little award show here on the BlogSpot. Before I get to the actual games let me just say real quick that although only a few games will win, every game I mention is well worth a try. Every single one deserves to be recognized and should not be looked down upon. Well without further ado here are the games.
First we’ll look at the top fighting games of 2011 and the nominees are:
Mortal Kombat
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
After playing these games it was a hard choice to make between them but the Winner of Fighting Game of the year is……… Mortal Kombat!
Mortal Kombat didn’t have the best series of games after UMK 3 but showed promise after MK vs. DCU. It’s good to see it come back and completely destroying its past history and gives the MK fans what they want: good, bloody, fun. Not to mention the cool X-ray attacks that are a welcome addition to the franchise and are here to stay. If you don’t know what I’m talking about let me inform you. The X-ray attacks are a special move that allows major damage to the opponent and literally let you see the internal damage that is given. Plus the guest characters that are there are perfect for the game which are Kratos from the God of War series and Freddy Kruger from Nightmare on Elm Street.
Next we’ll look at RPGs, so the nominees here are:
Dues Ex: Human Revolution
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dead Island
L.A. Noire
So the winner for RPG of the year is…… Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Now those of you who know me you’ll already know how much I love creating my own character and with Skyrim I can go above and beyond. The game has multiple ways of creating your own character and you’ll feel new and refreshed. Not to mention the amazing graphics and unique style of duel wielding. Players can wield both a melee weapon and magic at the same time but you can also have two weapons or two magic gloves but it all ends with what you want. And that is basically how you play the game, HOW EVER THE HECK YOU WANT!!!! THAT IS PURE AWSOME RIGHT THERE!!
And now for the best Action game nominees
Batman Arkham City
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
And the best action game of the year was another hard choice but…….. Batman Arkham City!
Batman has always been a fan favorite of practically everybody. It was a close match between this game and Assassin’s Creed but I liked Arkham City just a bit more. You may disagree with me on the choice but you can’t deny that Arkham City is a blast to play and the Dark Knight is the best there is in the DC Universe. The reason I’m not describing the game like I did with the previous games is because I already gave a review on it and you can look at it anytime.
Next category is the FPS (First Person Shooters) and they are:
Battlefield 3
MW3 (Modern Warfare 3)
You should have known this fight was coming but the winner for best FPS game of the year is………Call of Duty MW3!!
So the winner between these two great games has finally been decided, by me anyway. The reason I picked Call of Duty was because the story was more interesting than in Battlefield’s and the online seemed more personal. By now you should know that I love customization and in MW3 the customization is a little more widely open than in Battlefield in my opinion. Plus with Battlefield it’s more realistic than MW3 and I like that but I prefer the feeling of walking into a room and wasting everyone in there like in MW3. It gives me that feeling like I’m invincible.
Next is Horror but there is only one nominee and winner which is…..
Dead Space 2!!!
Those who get frightened easily beware this game. If you can’t take the extreme content of blood and space zombies then read no farther. Dead Space 2 has really upped the scale of the franchise in terms of horror and good story telling. Isaac Clarke, Dead Space’s main protagonist, is becoming insane because of a strange artifact he found on the Ishimura of the first game. A red Marker that creates Necromorphs; a race of aliens that take over the bodies of the dead. And now a second marker has been brought to Titan Station near Saturn and another Necromorph outbreak is on the loose. Being haunted by the death of his girlfriend on the Ishimura, Isaac battles his inner demons while battling the outside ones as well, limb by bloody limb. It’s everything you want in a horror game and your mother is going to hate it!
Last but not the least we have the system exclusives. First for PS3 there is
Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception
Little Big Planet 2
Infamous 2
And the best PS3 game of the year is ……..Infamous 2!!
I don’t know what is it about lighting based powers that is really fun but it just is. In Infamous 2 players will once again take control of Cole McGrath who is destined to defeat a beast that is intending to destroy the whole world. This is one of these games where you can choose to be good or evil but does so in its own way. You can get cool powers that you can use your lighting such as Lighting grenades, shockwaves, levitation, healing, or even rockets. There is plenty of karma moments where you choose on what you would rather do if a situation like that occur and you had lighting based powers. Pretty cool if you ask me!
Next are the Xbox exclusives.
Gears of War 3
Halo CE Anniversary
And the winner for best 360 exclusive is………Gears of War 3!
It was hard to believe that Epic games could top the first Gears with Gears 2 and now they’ve wowed us again with their goodbye game. Gears 3 take place 18 months after the events of Gears 2. People are trying to make a living but a new enemy known as the lambent are killing everyone and only one person knows how to kill them off once and for all, Marcus’ dad Adam Fenix. The whole story is based on getting to Adam and finishing off the lambent but there is still Locust that have survived and determined the finish off Humanity and the Lambent once and for all. There are plenty of new weapons at your disposal and online has improved a lot from the second game but still if you use anything but a shotgun, sniper, or Boomshot you’re not going to last long at all.

There you have it! My Top Games of the year 2011! Hope you enjoyed this little award show and sorry it took so long to be posted but as long as it gets up who cares. Better late than never right? Just a reminder Next review will be on The first majorly anticipated game of 2012, Street Fighter x Tekken! If you remember I did a preview on it earlier in the year but it comes out very soon so look forward to that. And as always Keep Playing, Keep Praying!