GAF Games o' the Year Voting Thread 2008

1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
3. No More Heroes
4. The World Ends With You
5. Fable II
6. Silent Hill: Homecoming
7. Gears of War 2
8. Lost Odyssey
9. Dead Space
10. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

edit:

This year was hard. There was no real "stand out" definitive #1s for me like last year, which made ranking them hard. Wasnt that hard to find 10, but ordering them was very tough - there were a lot of really tight, unique, awesome experiences this year like NMH and TWEWY that its hard placing one over the other...
 
10) Geometry wars 2
9) Megaman 9
8) Sins of a solar empire
7) Rhythm Tengoku Gold
6) Burnout paradise
5) Rock band 2
4) Mirrors edge
3) Metal Gear Solid 4
2) Gears of War 2
1) Grand Theft Auto 4

I really wish there was a way to take points Away from Fable II
 
JimtotheHum said:
1. Gears of War 2
2. Metal Gear Solid 4



its really down to two for me since Fallout 3 is still jacked from the Jefferson Memorial bug

And therein invalidating your vote.
 
1. Metal gear solid 4
2. Crisis core
3. Disgaea 3
4. Gow of War COO
5. Star Ocean TFD
6. FF4 (DS)
7.Resistance 2
8. Bioshock (Ps3)
9. Persona 4
10. Little big Planet
 
1. Valkyria Chronicles
2. Little Big Planet
3. Metal Gear Solid 4
4. Devil May Cry 4
5. Far Cry 2
6. Wipeout HD
7. Disgaea 3
8. Ferrari Challenge
 
John Harker said:
1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
3. No More Heroes
4. The World Ends With You
5. Fable II
6. Silent Hill: Homecoming
7. Gears of War 2
8. Lost Odyssey
9. Dead Space
10. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
The bolded one won't count.
 
Musashi Wins! said:
MGS3 was a good game, though.

have at u

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1. No More Heroes
2. LittleBIGPlanet
3. Super Smash Bros: Brawl
4. Fable 2
5. Mario Kart Wii
6. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
7. Burnout Paradise
8. Advance Wars: Day of Ruin
9. Mega Man 9
10. Prince of Persia
 
LiquidMetal14 said:
My mistake. I thought it came out late '07. Carry on.


Honestly, I had to double check the date myself before I submitted :)
Feels like forever ago since I played it.

All in all, February was a really good month this year. Between end of Jan and Feb, early 2007 was better than most the rest of the year.
 
I haven't really played that many games that were released in 2008, since I've been playing some games that were released in the past few years. But, from what I have played, these are my top few games.

1) Fable II
2) Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
3) Bionic Commando Rearmed
4) Grand Theft Auto IV

By the way, when does voting end. I may soon have a couple games to add to this list.
 
SailorDaravon said:
Same here. I guess it's just not the kind of game that keeps a live thread going like LBP does I guess.
The MGS4 thread is quite a regular on the first page. Where have you been?
 
1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
2. Grand Theft Auto IV
3. Chrono Trigger DS
4. Little Big Planet
5. Gears of War 2
6. Fable II
7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
8. No More Heroes
9. God of War Chains
10. Resistance 2
 
1. Metal Gear Solid 4
2. LittleBigPlanet
3. Dead Space
4. PixelJunk Eden
5. Gears of war 2
6. Burnout Paradise
7. Wipeout HD
8. Resistance 2
9. Super Stardust Portable
10. Geometry Wars 2
 
youtoobono said:
1. Metal gear solid 4
2. Crisis core
3. Disgaea 3
4. Gow of War COO
5. Star Ocean TFD
6. FF4 (DS)
7.Resistance 2
8. Bioshock (Ps3)
9. Persona 4
10. Little big Planet
You! Why do you have Disgaea 3 on your list (nothing wrong with that, but it indicates that you both own a PS3 and like SRPGs) but not Valkyria Chronicles? Huh? This is an outrage!
 
1. Little Big Planet
2. World of Goo
3. No More Heroes
4. Dead Space
5. Bloom Box
6. Super Smash Brothers Brawl
7. Mario Kart Wii
8. Rock Band 2
9. Wii Fit
10. Metal Gear Solid 4
 
1. Valkyria Chronicles
2. Chrono Trigger DS
3. Megaman 9
4. Spore
5. Shiren the Wanderer
6. The World Ends With You
7. Fallout 3
8. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
9. Dragon Quest IV
10. Persona 3: FES
 
1.Metal Gear Solid 4
2.LittleBigPlanet
3.Valkyria Chronicles
4.Gears of War 2
5.Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
6.Resistance 2
7.Dead Space
8.Wipeout HD
9.Devil May Cry 4
10.Grand Theft Auto 4
 
1. Dead Space
2. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
3. Persona 4
4. World of Goo
5. Little Big Planet
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
7. Valkyria Chronicles
8. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
9. Chrono Trigger DS
10. Mirror's Edge
 
TTP said:
1. Metal Gear Solid 4
2. LittleBigPlanet
3. Dead Space
4. PixelJunk Eden
5. Gears of war 2
6. Burnout Paradise
7. Wipeout HD
8. Resistance 2
9. Super Stardust Portable
10. Geometry Wars 2

You played Motorstorm Pacific Rift yet?
 
Up through page 10 now. Will do more tomorrow. LBP in second, Valkyria is climbing, and Grand Theft Auto IV out of the top 5.
 
1. Braid
2. N+
3. Mass Effect
4. GTA IV
5. Infinite Undiscovery
6. Prince of Persia
7. Fable II
8. Lost Odyssey
9. Ninja Gaiden II
10. Assassin's Creed
 
Mar_ said:
You have excellent taste in games. My top 4 will look remarkably similar.

Thanks. Those three games were the only three where, at some point, I decided to go back to playing them instead of starting something new. Thought I'd play GTA IV, played Burnout instead. Planned on TWEWY, but wound up going for the stars in Braid. Was about to start up Persona 4, but wound up sinking 2.5 hours into a no-gun run of Mirror's Edge. There were other games that were good, that I really enjoyed, but none really captured my attention like those three.
 
AniHawk said:
Thanks. Those three games were the only three where, at some point, I decided to go back to playing them instead of starting something new. Thought I'd play GTA IV, played Burnout instead. Planned on TWEWY, but wound up going for the stars in Braid. Was about to start up Persona 4, but wound up sinking 2.5 hours into a no-gun run of Mirror's Edge. There were other games that were good, that I really enjoyed, but none really captured my attention like those three.
:/ Stop procrastinating fool!
 
At this point, I just really want to see No More Heroes in Top 15 and The World Ends With You Top 20.
 
Depressing
AniHawk said:
Thanks. Those three games were the only three where, at some point, I decided to go back to playing them instead of starting something new. Thought I'd play GTA IV, played Burnout instead. Planned on TWEWY, but wound up going for the stars in Braid. Was about to start up Persona 4, but wound up sinking 2.5 hours into a no-gun run of Mirror's Edge. There were other games that were good, that I really enjoyed, but none really captured my attention like those three.
Burnout and Mirror's Edge are also in my top three! Fantastic games.

You have good taste!
 
I've given Fable 2 and a couple of other games another whole day to wow me. I can't say I've been wowed. Fable 2 is very relaxing and hard to put down, but it doesn't really do much...

So, here's my top 10 of 2008:

1. Burnout Paradise
2. Space Giraffe PC
3. Mirror's Edge
4. Braid
5. Condemned 2: Bloodshot
6. Dead Space
7. Call of Duty: World at War
8. Left 4 Dead
9. Fable 2
10. Geometry Wars 2
 
1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
3. Chrono Trigger DS
4. No More Heroes
5. Etrian Odyssey II
6. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
 
1. Metal Gear Solid 4
2. Devil May Cry 4
3. Disgaea 3
4. Sonic Chronicles
5. LittleBigPlanet
7. Mirrors Edge
8. Left4Dead
9. Rock Band 2
10. Madden '09
 
grandjedi6 said:
:/ Stop procrastinating fool!

If I start playing that, then I'll never get around to tallying all these votes.

I did get about an hour and a half in. Met Teddie for the first time and called it a night. The strategy guide has a mistake I noticed in the character section. Dojima's description is listed twice, once for himself and once for some lady's. Reminded me of the time when Final Fantasy XII's guide said "go to page "???"" where it literally read "???" each time instead of a page number.

I like stories.
 
AniHawk said:
If I start playing that, then I'll never get around to tallying all these votes.
You truely are a saint.
 
  1. Rez HD
  2. World of Goo
  3. Endless Ocean
  4. Boom Blox
  5. Castlevania CoE
  6. Megaman 9
  7. Bomberman Blast
  8. Toki Tori
  9. FF CC: My Life As A King
  10. The World Ends With You

Barely off the chart: Lost Winds and Rune Factory 2. :'(
 
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