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Going into 2009 with this one, putting us in the middle of last gen. This is probably the year, after four years in the gen and three for the PS3, that Sony's heavy hitters came out all at once. Support was pretty damned good for consoles, handhelds and PCs. Overall, this was a lot of fun!

Next thread will take us back to the 90s or early 2000s. Until then, happy reminiscing!

Unlisted games start here.


'Splosion Man (360)
A Boy and His Blob (Wii)
Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (DS)

Assassin's Creed II (PS3, 360)
Band Hero (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, DS)
Banjo-Tooie (360)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, 360, PC)
Battlefield 1943 (PS3, 360)
Beaterator (PSP)
Big Bang Mini (DS)
Bit.Trip Beat (Wii)
Bit.Trip Void (Wii)
Blast Off (PSP)
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (PS3, 360)
Bomberman Ultra (PS3)
Boom Blox Bash Party (Wii)

Borderlands (PS3, 360, PC)
Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned (PS3, 360, PC)
Braid (PS3)
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (The Director's Cut) (Wii, DS)
Brutal Legend (PS3, 360, PC)
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (PC)
Buzz! Quiz World (PS3)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PS3, 360, PC)
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth (Wii)
Comet Crash (PS3)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PS3)
Contra ReBirth (Wii)
Critter Crunch (PS3)
Dawn of Discovery (Wii, PC, DS)
Dead Space: Extraction (Wii)
Defense Grid: The Awakening (360)

Demon's Souls (PS3)
Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (PSP)
DiRT 2 (PS3, 360)
Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)
DJ Hero (PS3, 360, Wii)

Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, 360, PC)
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (DS)
EA Sports Active (Wii)
EA Sports Active More Workouts (Wii)
Empire: Total War (PC)
Excitebots: Trick Racing (Wii)

Fat Princess (PS3)
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PS3, 360, PC)
FIFA Soccer 10 (PS3, 360)
Fight Night Round 4 (PS3, 360)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii, DS)
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS)

Flower (PS3)
Football Manager 2010 (PC)
Football Manager Live (PC)

Forza Motorsport 3 (360)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, PC)
God of War Collection (PS3)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS, PSP)
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (360)

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (360)
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (360)
Guitar Hero 5 (PS3, 360, Wii)
Guitar Hero: Metallica (PS3, 360, Wii)
Halfbrick Echoes (PSP)
Half-Minute Hero (PSP)

Halo 3: ODST (360)
Halo Wars (360)
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS)
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (PS3, 360)

InFamous (PS3)
Katamari Forever (PS3)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS)
King's Bounty: Armored Princess (PC)
Klonoa (Wii)
Knights in the Nightmare (DS)

League of Legends (PC)
Left 4 Dead 2 (360, PC)
LEGO Rock Band (PS3, 360, Wii, DS)
LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
Little King's Story (Wii)
Lode Runner (360)
LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias (Wii)
Machinarium (PC)
Madden NFL 10 (PS3, 360)
MadWorld (Wii)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (DS)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (360)
Men of War (PC)

Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii)
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes (DS)
Mirror's Edge (PC)
MLB 09: The Show (PS3, PS2, PSP)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP)

MotorStorm Arctic Edge (PSP)
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)
MySims Agents (Wii, DS)
NBA 2k10 (PS3, 360)
NBA Live 10 (PS3, 360, PSP)
NCAA Football 10 (PS3, 360)
Need for Speed: Shift (PS3, 360, PC)
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Wii)
New Play Control! Pikmin (Wii)

New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
NHL 10 (PS3, 360)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS3)
NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (Wii)
Osmos (PC)
OutRun: Online Arcade (PS3, 360)
Overlord II (PS3, 360, PC)
Pangya Fantasy Golf (PSP)
Patapon 2 (PSP)
Peggie (360)
Peggie Deluxe (360)
Peggie Dual Shot (DS)
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (PS3, 360)
PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe (PSP)

PixelJunk Shooter (PS3)
Plants vs. Zombies (PC)
Pokemon Platinum Version (DS)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP)
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (DS)
Prototype (PS3, 360, PC)

Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (PS3)
Red Faction: Guerrilla (PS3, 360, PC)
Resident Evil 5 (PS3, 360, PC)
Resistance: Retribution (PSP)
Retro Game Challenge (DS)
Rock Band Unplugged (PSP)
Rocket Riot (360)
Rhythm Heaven (DS)
Rune Factory Frontier (Wii)
Sam & Max: Save the World (360)

Shadow Complex (360)
Shatter (PS3)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (PS2)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (DS)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (PSP)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Wii)
Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment (PC)
Skate 2 (PS3, 360)
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (PS3, 360)
Space Invaders Extreme 2 (360, DS)
Star Ocean: Second Evolution (PSP)

Street Fighter IV (PS3, 360, PC)
Swords & Soldiers (Wii)
Tales of Monkey Island (Wii, PC)
Tekken 6 (PS3, 360, PSP)

The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3, 360, Wii)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (PS3, 360, PC)
The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii)

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (360, PC)
The Sims 3 (PC)
The Sims 3: World Adventures (PC)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (PS3, 360, Wii)
Torchlight (PC)
Trials HD (360)
Trine (PS3, PC)
Tropico 3 (PC)
UFC Undisputed 2009 (PS3, 360)

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
Uno Rush (360)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (PC)

Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
Wings of Prey (PC)

Wipeout HD Fury (PS3)
Worms 2: Armageddon (360)
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
ZEN Pinball (PS3)
Zuma's Revenge! (PC)

 

[defusal]

Modern Warfare 2 without question. Best multiplayer shooter ever for me.

Second would be AC2.

 

[Nielm]

 

[Killyoh]

What a great year. I'm going with Batman Arkham Asylum but Infamous and Assassin's Creed II are close seconds.

 

[FelipeMGM]

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

 

[rikucrafter]

I may not have played it in 2009, but only one game here still has me playing it today. League of Legends, though I may often lose my composure with you, you're still the best game I've ever played and given me so many hundreds of hours of fun, as well as introduced me to some of the best friends I'll ever have. Cheers to Riot.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

demon's souls aka the GOAT

 

[purseowner]

Borderlands.

I finished LittleBigPlanet PSP yesterday, and retroactively award it second place - astoundingly good level design and music.

Also - shoutout to the underappreciated Spore: Galactic Adventures.

 

[The Dude]

Batman AA and Dragon age, runner ups DQV and Borderlands

 

[Endangered]

Borderlands

Runner up: MW2

 

[FarFromAnyGame]

Uncharted 2!

 

[TheBowen]

In order

modern warfare 2
Halo ODST
Skate 2
Arkham Asylum

Would put demon souls just because its a souls game, but have not played it

 

[TS-08]

Arkham Asylum for me.

 

[The Scrivener]

Decent thread! Keep up the good work with these, I love 'em.

 

[humansarehorses]

Demon's Souls

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Assasins Creed 2 with Batman Arkham Asylum as runner up.

 

[wild wild rice]

Demon's Souls and it's not even close.

 

[UraMallas]

Borderlands in a down year. Not to take anything away from Borderlands.

 

[Dierce]

Arkham Asylum!

 

[NormalFish]

Guess I didn't realize how insane that year was.

In no particular order, AC2, Dragon Age, Patapon 2, and Pokemon Platinum are all some of my favourite games in recent history.

 

[balohna]

Dragon Age: Origins.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Uncharted 2. Still probably my favorite Naughty Dog game.

 

[oneida]

Battlefield 1943 (PS3, 360)
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth (Wii)
Contra ReBirth (Wii)
Demon's Souls (PS3)
Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, 360, PC)
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (DS)
Excitebots: Trick Racing (Wii)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, PC)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS, PSP)
Little King's Story (Wii)
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Wii)
Street Fighter IV (PS3, 360, PC)
Torchlight (PC)

My trimmed list of games I think are cool.

Insanely good year for Nintendo.

Narrowing it down...

1. Street Fighter IV
2. Silent Hill Shattered Memories
3. Dragon Age Origins
4. Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth
5. GTA Chinatown Wars

 

[RyanardoDaVinci]

Uncharted 2, followed by Killzone 2.

 

[immortald3ath]

Uncharted 2.
Dirt 2.
Borderlands.
MW2.

 

[Zasa]

Dragon Age: Origins, for sure.

 

[tootie923]

It has to be Uncharted 2 due to the campaign and the crazy hours I put into multiplayer.

Runner-ups:

Dragon Age: Origins
Arkham Asylum

 

[MrSaturn99]

Retro Game Challenge.

Still sad we never got the second, but at least there's the fan translation!

 

[Kraq]

MW2. Still my favourite CoD game.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

Shatter

 

[phanphare]

Batman: Arkham Asylum and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

 

[Theslammer]

Decent thread! Keep up the good work with these, I love 'em.

Thanks, man! I enjoy making them. Loving the board participation.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

PUNCH-OUT!!

Unleash the BOGUS!

 

[Greatest Ever]

Wanna say Demon's Souls, but probably Modern Warfare 2.

 

[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]

Uncharted 2 and Spirit Tracks.

 

[Stevey]

Wow, tough year.
Can't decide between Dragon Age: Origins, Batman: Arkham Asylum or Forza Motorsport 3.

Eidt: Ugh, or Trials HD

 

[Theslammer]

PUNCH-OUT!!

Unleash the BOGUS!

Ha!

Super Macho Man fights, man... freaking loved interrupting him.

Then again, I also loved how Mr. Sandman would sometimes just go, "Boo!"

 

[TheDanimal]

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box for sure.
The puzzles and plot are both top notch, a very well made game.

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Uncharted 2, one of the all time masterpieces in video gaming. I don't care what the haters say :-D

But I played a LOT of Street Fighter IV and Arkham Asylum as well.

 

[arturo2666]

Dragon Age: Origins for me. Had an absolute blast with it. Close second would be LittleBigPlanet.

 

[Cyanity]

Killzone 2. I remember that game in particular blowing me away with its graphics and gameplay. Not necessarily the best game of the year, but definitely the one that stuck with me.

 

[Loomer]

Demon's Souls, no contest, still my favorite Souls game.

 

[Vampirolol]

In retrospect, probably Arkham Asylum. But back then I think it was New Super Mario Bros Wii, wich I still consider to be among the pest platformers of all time.
I can't pick Uncharted 2 since I didn't have much fun with it, but man what an amazing achievement that game was on a technical level.

 

[Nazz]

Demon's Souls, no question.

Honourable mentions: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2, and Dragon Age: Origins.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Resident Evil 5. Hands down.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Punch-Out!!

 

[KillScottKill]

Assassin's Creed II. No question.

 

[Garnox]

Dragon Age: Origins.

Followed closely by Punch-Out, NSMB Wii, and SF4.

I would say LoL but I didn't get into it until 2012 and still playing it to this day.

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

1. Street Fighter IV
2. Demon's Souls
3. Resident Evil V

 

[MrChocolate]

I just can't decide for one, so I apologize OP

My pick:
- Demon's Souls

Honourable Mentions:
- Fat Princess (When the online actually worked)
- U2: Among Thieves