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What was your game of 2011?

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I'm curious because I tend to be years behind everyone. What was your game of 2011? Heck did you even play any 2011 games this year or are you still playing Doom 2 or Mario Bros 1? I hear Drakes Deception, Skyrim & Arkam Assylumn are on professional gaming sites as the #1 game.

For me it was Team Fortress 2, with 260 hours, but that didn't come out this year. But since I played it the most out of any game this year that counts for my #1 game.

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I would've voted Pokémon Black/White. Unfortunately, after 13 years of playing the main series, I retired as a trainer on my birthday, so that vote doesn't count IMHO.

So instead, I voted for Doom II. :)

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I'd say Skyrim was the game for me in 2011. Minecraft also officially came out too, which I played a lot as well. I never played Uncharted 3, but I saw a buddy of mine play through it and I thought it was something I would like to play. I haven't really been keeping up with games recently, so those were the only one's I know about.

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The only 2011 game I played is Skyrim and it was the best of the whole year. ;)

[edit] I just remembered I also played Two Worlds 2. Skyrim still wins!

[edit] How the hell did I forget Portal 2? That was pretty awesome but I still think Skyrim wins. haha.

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The only "big" game from 2011 I played (and I'm still playing) is Skyrim. Even though the game seems to get buggier every time I level up, I think it was worth the price.

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Wel, mine is definitely...uh...does playing Team Fortress 2 for a couple of weeks and then abandoning it forever count?

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Skyrim and the Binding of Isaac, with E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy and Jamestown being honorable mentions.

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Skyrim, though there were a lot of good releases last year. I play a lot of indie games, so the numerous HIB's were a boon, as well. My library grew exponentially.

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GoatLord said:

Wel, mine is definitely...uh...does playing Team Fortress 2 for a couple of weeks and then abandoning it forever count?

Depends. What else did you play?

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It's not a 2011 title, but I did play Forza 3 on and off throughout 2011 until I finally managed to complete it.

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The top games of the year for me (other than Quake Live), in no particular order.

Bastion
Trine 2
Deus Ex: HR
Skyrim
Brink
Magicka
Cogs
Portal 2
Minecraft
Lost Planet 2 (awesome coop)

I recently bought Section 8; predjudice. And hopefully that will be awesome too. So far it sort of reminds me of ETQW but with less issues of stalemate.

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Skyward Sword. I felt the game tried something different than other games last year. There were a couple spots throughout the game that could've been better but i still loved it.

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Vordakk said:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Very much this. Portal 2 and Skyrim are awesome in their own right but just don't come close to me. Well, the latter does, I suppose. I didn't play it until 2012 though so it might not count depending on how the OP is wording the question. :P

tl;dr: dx:hr

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Binding of Issac!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes I just bought it and I love that game. I've played it 5 hours so far and I can imagine playing it for 25 more in the next year.

Minecraft. I've spent hundreds of hours in it yet I always forget about it.

Half Life 1 and its epxansions. Played it for 25+ hours
Half Life 2, played for 15+ hours
Alpha Protocol, came close to beating it after 9 hours this year.
GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas, beat them again this year.... like I do every year
Dragon Warrior 8 for PS2. Sank a lot of hours into it this year.

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HavoX said:

Depends. What else did you play?


I don't think I played any other games released last year. Even that Blood mod I downloaded was from 2010.

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Easily fallout new vegas for me. While it's a 2010 game, I've got 350 hours into it according to steam and most of that didn't take place until I got my new laptop this past march.

Beyond that, borderlands, L4D2 and rome/medieval 2/empire total war I spent a healthy amount of time playing in 2011. Also a little bit of minecraft for good measure, but I have no clue how much time really, probably 100 hours or so.

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It's between Minecraft, Portal 2 and Skyrim for me. Minecraft had building with people, Portal 2 was pure genius, and Skyrim is still sucking up time and probably wins. :D

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Crysis 2 was definitely the game I played most this year.

Trine 2 is good looking and fun, but maybe a little too short / easy. That's just nitpicking though because it's definitely an awesome game.

Otherwise, the Mac version of Angry Birds kept me entertained when I was bored. Winning!

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Skyrim wins for me, I've clocked in hours of gameplay and am still discovering new locations and places with no end in sight. However, I've also enjoyed minecraft quite a bit.

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Serious Sam 3 has to be the best game of 2011 for me, I loved it immensely and played 40+ hours of it within its first month of release (I had it pre-ordered).

Possible alternative candidates:

  • Portal 2: It was great, improved on the first game in about every aspect. Only problem is the total lack of replay value other than speedrunning.
  • Minecraft: Probably played it more, but I'm not sure it counts as a 2011 game even though it came out of Beta and officially "released" last year. I bought Minecraft in 2010 and it was already publicly available back in 2009...
  • Beat Hazard Ultra: DLC for a game originally released in 2010, but adds enough stuff it's practically a full-out sequel. Most definitely my #1 played game and to me, it has nearly infinite replay value. I highly recommend it, but it's just an arcade shooter driven by your music, so it isn't nearly like blockbuster games like SS3 or Portal 2 that focus on giving you a long planned-out game experience.

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Bulletstorm and Modern Warfare 3.

I also ended up abandoning two of my favorite game franchises this year: Gran Turismo and Ace Combat. I might pick up Ace Combat: Assault Horizon at some point, since I'm interested in seeing how the new direction they took the game in worked out, but it's not a priority for me.

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Portal 2 wins

Runners up include:
Binding of Issac
Jamestown
Magicka
Minecraft...came out in 2010 didn't it? At any rate, it was fun.

Still need to play Skyrim.

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