The Reason for my GOTY

Last GOTY post then back to regular posts...

-it's because I don't like RPG's. (Which is Skyrim, but I rate Skyrim 8/10 for effort)

-it's because Uncharted 3 cannot ever beat Uncharted 2 (I rate Uncharted 3 9.6 because it's still Amazing!)

- and that leaves Batman... hmmm.... what can I say bad about batman? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. However I can still say that there are way too many pricey dlcs out that actually ruin the experience for me. Here's a tip rocksteady... if you have a great selling game, don't ruin it by adding expensive dlc to it. Do what glorious Valve did and give top notch dlc for free!

I rate Batman: Arkham City 9.8/10. I love the story, the gameplay, the voice-acting, the depiction of Batman....I just severely hate the dlc. Who seriously would want to buy a robin costume who has the exact same powers as batman (in the game) for (I think it's) $6.99. Also I was not a fan of Robin in the story. (He was there for like 10 seconds).

So that's my rant on Skyrim, Uncharted 3, and Batman: Arkham City.

I have nothing bad to say about Portal 2, Valve you are seriously the greatest company in the world.... Keep the games coming! (Ep. 3?)

And the winner is...

Ah fuck you all it's PORTAL 2

Game of the Year WINNER

Will it be Batman: Arkham City,

Uncharted 3,

Portal 2

or Skyrim?

Check back next week to find out

Game of the Year

Now first of all I want to start by saying I did not play that many games this year so my idea of game of the year is incredibly biased. I'm basing my "game of the year" on only games that I have played or games that I have a rough idea of.

Lets start with games I did not play:

- Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

- Assassin's Creed Revalations

- Halo Combat Evolved

- Battlefield 3

- Modern Warfare 3

- Saints Row The Third

- Rayman Origins

- and more!

These are the games of 2011 that I have played and enjoyed:

- Batman: Arkham City

- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

- Dead Island

- Portal 2

- and more!

Based on games that I have knowledge of and games that I have played... There are only 4 games per category. Here are the categories for my `game of the year`:

(Games that are underlined win that award)

Most Replayable game:

- Uncharted 3: Drake`s Deception

- Rayman Origins

- Skyrim

- Dead Island

Best Voice Acting:

- Portal 2

- Uncharted 3: Drake`s Deception

- Assassin`s Creed: Revalations

- Modern Warfare 3

Best Soundtrack:

- Dead Island

- Portal 2

- Uncharted 3: Drake`s Deception

- Skyrim

Best graphics:

- Halo Combat Evolved

- Uncharted 3: Drake`s Deception

- Batman: Arkham City

- BattleField 3

Best Story:

- Portal 2

- Batman: Arkham City

- Uncharted 3: Drake`s Deception

- Skyrim

Best Character:

- Chell (Portal 2)

- Nathan Drake (Uncharted 3)

- Victor Sullivan (Uncharted 3)

- Ezio Auditore Da Virenze (Assassin`s Creed)

Nominees for `Game of the Year`:

- Batman: Arkham City

- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

- Dead Island

- Portal 2

- Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

- Assassin's Creed Revalations

- Halo Combat Evolved

- Battlefield 3

- Modern Warfare 3

- Saints Row The Third

- Rayman Origins

GAME OF THE YEAR TO BE REVEALED NEXT WEEK

Uncharted 3 flaws/improvements.

Uncharted 3's flaws:

- More prone to glitches and clipping issues than the previous titles. (Doesn`t feel as fleshed out and polished like the previous 2)

- Enemies that piss me off. (Enemies that always shoot from behind when I'm already in combat with sombody ahead of me)

- Shorter story.

- The game tries to take control a lot more. (I don`t know what it is but it`s unlike the previous games, this game takes control of the character in areas you would expect to play)

- Ridiculous enemies. (Enemies that take the ammo capacity of 3 long range guns to defeat).

- Too many annoying combat sequences. I think they tried to emphasize that the combat system in Uncharted 3 is unlike the others...however there are only few differences.

Uncharted 3`s EPICNESS:

(There is no word in the english dictionary to describe the way I feel about the following so replace the adjectives with a stronger vocabulary if you like)

- Fantastic story. 10/10

- Amazing Graphics. 10/10

- Awesome Gameplay. 9.5/10

- Redicoulously super awesome terrific killer Soundtrack. 10/10

- Cutscenes. 9.5/10

- Stellar voice acting. 9.5/10

- Stupendious Multiplayer. 9.6/10

This was a difficult game to rate, having been playing Batman: Arkham City two weeks ahead of this game it was difficult to get into. I got waay too used to the control scheme of Arkham City going into Uncharted 3 and that made it difficult for me to enjoy. I feel like if I were to play Uncharted 2 before Uncharted 3 I would've love Uncharted 3. However this just didn't happen. Uncharted 3 in my opinion is still the greatest game of 2011.

In my opinion I do not think this game deserves a 10/10 like IGN gave it, the reason being is because it's not a 10/10...no game is. If a game is 10/10 you're basically saying there are no flaws and the game has no room for improvement. There is no such thing as a perfect game, and there never will be.

However I rate Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - 9.6/10

I rate Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 9.9/10

and I rate Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - 9.7/10

So...in my opinion Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is the worst in the Uncharted series but the 3rd best game ever.