It’s finally time to begin counting down the Cat Fancy top 10s of the 2008. We’re posting these instead of T3s each week, with albums coming up next week and films the week after that. Well, Colin, John and I will be posting top tens. Nancy is kind of doing his own thing, but it’s cool. Anyway, since I’m the only one who actually played more than ten video games in 2008, I have the honor of being the only one to post a video game list.
2007 was an outstanding year for all of gaming, and 2008 did a good job as a followup. With one of the busiest Christmas shopping seasons in recent memory as well as a number of critically beloved titles, it should come as no surprise that I have a lot of honorable mentions. On the DLC front, Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Rez HD and Geometry Wars 2 delivered a lot of great times for a small fee. Also, I might have been the only serious gamer to say this, but I still think Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was a good game. I had a lot of fun with it. I’m still just getting into Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, so I decided it doesn’t qualify for this list. I understand that a lot of people are all about Fallout 3, but I’m not, so sorry. Oh, and Boom Blox and No More Heroes were neat, but I don’t really play my Wii any more.
Full disclosure: games I probably would have really liked but didn’t play: Braid, Saint’s Row 2, Dead Space, God of War: Chains of Olympus, World of Goo, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, LittleBigPlanet.
Top 10 Video Games 2008
10. Gears of War 2
Remember Gears of War? That game got me to want an Xbox 360. This new one? Even better. In like every way. The graphics, controls, multiplayer, story, it’s all so perfectly refined. A lot of people complain about online multiplayer glitches in this title, but I don’t really play online, so…
9. Audiosurf
I don’t know if you’ve caught on to this yet or not, but I like music games. In many ways, Audiosurf is the ultimate music game, because it alows you to play any song in your library. While it isn’t the deepest game, it does deliver enough gameplay modes and scoreboards to keep things interesting. I had a lot of fun with this little game.
8. Castle Crashers
You all know I’m a big fan of beat-’em-ups, and Castle Crashers was the first great one in a long time. This genre doesn’t get a lot of play anymore, which is a shame because it’s a lot of fun. If this game wasn’t buggy and unpatched for most of the year, it might have been even higher on this list.
7. Left 4 Dead
Yes! Zombies are running around and you must make it to safety. That is the whole story of Left 4 Dead and it’s all the story we need. We know our characters without setting them up. We don’t need to know why the zombies are zombies, we just need to kill them. I’m still getting into Left 4 Dead, but for an FPS to get me playing the online multiplayer is a big enough accomplishment for this list.
6. World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King
By a disturbing proportion, I have spent more time playing World of Warcraft than any other game ever made. Every time I think I’m out, Blizzard pulls me back in. This time, they did it with an expansion pack that added to the game some of the most entertaining content yet. I’ve barely scratched into the depth of Lich King, but I’ve already spent plenty of hours working at it.
5. Fable II
Simply put a damn fine game. Sure, it wasn’t the most difficult, or most engaging, but the story was legitametely entertaining and the gameplay honestly fun. Plus there was a ton of stuff to do. You can start multiple families with multiple wives, buy property, get boring jobs, fight people, explore, and do it all with a lovable companion at your side. How could you let the dog die? Don’t do it!
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
I thought for sure this would be really high on my list, but something strange happened here. Brawl brought the legendary Nintendo franchise to the next generation and with it came Sonic, Solid Snake and online play. But for some reason, my friends (actually, just Colin and John), longtime supporters of Melee, quickly lost interest in this new title. The fuck’s up with that? I just don’t know…
3. Burnout Paradise
As a long-time fan of the Burnout franchise, that demo for Paradise was pretty scary. It seemed that Criterion had dumped all the best parts of their beloved franchise in favor of zesty graphics. How wrong I was. With an expansive city, great graphics and tight gameplay, I’d go as far as to say this is among my favorite racing games ever made. Couple that with the year of great, free support and you one of the few games I was playing all year.
2. Grand Theft Auto IV
It turns out GTA4 has been just as divisive amongst gamers as it is with the national media. What Rockstar did here was a bold new step for the series, something many weren’t ready for. Gone are all the crazy parts of San Andreas, and in its place is a deep and engaging story. Nico is one of the best characters in gaming history, and his story is one I won’t soon forget. The gameplay is more refined, the graphics stellar, this really is the total package.
1. Rock Band 2
I doubt this is a surprise. Let’s be honest, most of Rock Band 2 is identical to Rock Band 1. What Harmonix brought to the table was a perfecting of what they mostly got right with that first game. And that’s all I needed. With the stellar DLC support all year, no game has kept me coming back for more on consoles ever. Rock Band has been a staple of hanging out for over a year and it doesn’t look like that will be stopping any time soon.
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