Best games of 2008?

[Aureliano]

Gears of War 2 really was tremendous...played it at Lemming's a while ago.

Gears was a good game, but many of my friends make it seem like the LoZ series.  How about you guys?

I forgot about Bioshock for a second there.

[DW]

I have no idea how you can compare Gears of War and Zelda. They are nothing alike. I am baffled.

[Aureliano]

I'm just trying to show how much my friends are glorifying Gears by comparing it to a great series.

[DW]

Oh, so they don't actually say it's like Zelda, got it.

Well, I think it really is a fantastic series, albeit in a much different genre than Zelda. The gameplay is some of the smoothest I've ever seen, and they really stepped up the storyline from the first game, it's not horrificaly bad anymore. They still can't seem to make a difficult boss, though >.> Most of the firefights are more trouble for me than the boss battles.

[Mysterious F.]

Entertainment Weekly's list of the best games of the year are as followed:

1) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2) LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
3) Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
4) Braid (Microsoft)
5) Rock Band 2 (MTV Games)
6) Madden NFL '09 All-Play (EA Sports)
7) LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (LucasArts)
8) Pure (Disney Intereactive Studios)
9) Dead Space (Electronic Arts)
10) iPOD Touch (Apple)

[Hi no Seijin]

Are you going to copy that opinion, or will you be forming your own?  Because we (or at least I) don't care about Entertainment Weekly's list of the best games of the year.  What did you think were the best?

[DW]

Sorry, but just about every game on there doesn't even come close to the best games of the year for me. Especially Wii Fit as number one. That's hardly a game; it's great, sure, but not a game. Then again, it's Entertainment Weekly we're talking about.

[Hi no Seijin]

Huh, forgot about Wii Fit.

Well, I can't form an honest opinion on it anyway, as I only set up a profile to test the Wii Balance Board for my mom.  And like Shika said, it's not really a game; it's more of a fitness tool.

Which I probably should use more often. ::)

[Gamefreak]

Besides Littlebigplanet, I'd say that's the top 10 games for people who aren't gamers list.

I mean, Rock Band 2 is great and all, but to completely disregard:

Brawl
Metal Gear
Gears
Mario (Did Galaxy come out this year?)
Left 4 Dead


is to ignore gaming.

[Hi no Seijin]

Um, Super Mario Sunshine was on the Gamecube.  I think you're thinking about Super Mario Galaxy, which came out in 2007.

Mario Kart Wii, however, was released in 2008.

[Gamefreak]

Darn it, got to edit my post.

I get my titles mixed up.

[Fishalicious]

10) iPOD Touch (Apple)

that is an iPod.


Also, I'm wondering, is this America's top 10 games, or the World's? Or Japan? Because regions have different tastes...

[DarkZelda]

I'm gonna have to say Brawl was up on my list.

Also God of War; Chains of Olympus, Left for Dead, Guitar Hero 3. I say Guitar hero just because it had some sweet, sweet songs.

[DW]

True, a lot of stuff comes out in Japan that doesn't reach America.

I really wish I played more of the modern games, but I'm still playing all the older Final Fantasies and such, I'm so behind on the times :P

1. Gears of War 2
2. Super Smash Brothers Brawl
3. Bioshock (just from what I've seen Lemming play)
4. I've already run out of 2008 games that I played...

[DarkZelda]

I forgot about BioShock. I heard it was crazy.

And I was searching on google, and alot of people put Halo 3 as the best. :o