Post by Trademark on Dec 21, 2013 12:23:21 GMT -5
As the years comes to a close, I figured I would write up my favorite games this year. 2013 was an excellent year to be a gamer bringing me some of my favorite titles I have ever played.
3. Tomb Raider
Reinventing a character as iconic as Lara Croft is a challenge, even if half of the reasons she was so well-known were purely shallow. Square Enix turned the adventurer who spawned a cheesy Angelina Jolie movie into a real badass. A near flawless example of how to reboot a franchise. Gripping, satisfying and strangely dark, we struggle to see how this origin story could have been told much better.
2. Grand Theft Auto V
I may have had the most fun in a game this year playing GTA V. We're talking pure fun. As good as the story was, and I'm not knocking it, the key feature here for me is GTA: Online. I currently have 11 days racked up and counting. It seems each day I find something new to do whether it be to ride around with fellow Sons of Anarchy members, custom races and deathmatches, have a fight club or just sit back and have a few Pisswasser's and Redwoods. There is always something to do, somewhere to explore in this fictional city of California. GTA V will keep me occupied for some time.
1. The Last of Us
Are you really surprised? In Joel and Ellie's story of survival against the odds and against all reason Naughty Dog provided us with the most mature and grueling mainstream action adventures of the decade. A true narrative journey in which characters and relationships rise over all other concerns. Watching these two grow and grow closer together was heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once. So many wonderful dramatic moments too, from lovesick survivors committing suicide to giraffes wandering the sun-scorched city streets. And when things seemed like they couldn't get any worse, when Joel and Ellie felt so far apart, it all came back around again. The Last of Us ended on the perfect final note, making the perfect final statement, and yet leaving me questioning all the moral ambiguities it brought up. The game is beautiful. It is an absolute masterpiece and not only is it my favorite game this year, it is my favorite game I have ever played. In the long run, say 5 or 10 years time I'm certain that The Last of Us will be acknowledged as one of the most important and influential games of this generation.
Feel free to share some of your favorites games this year!
3. Tomb Raider
Reinventing a character as iconic as Lara Croft is a challenge, even if half of the reasons she was so well-known were purely shallow. Square Enix turned the adventurer who spawned a cheesy Angelina Jolie movie into a real badass. A near flawless example of how to reboot a franchise. Gripping, satisfying and strangely dark, we struggle to see how this origin story could have been told much better.
2. Grand Theft Auto V
I may have had the most fun in a game this year playing GTA V. We're talking pure fun. As good as the story was, and I'm not knocking it, the key feature here for me is GTA: Online. I currently have 11 days racked up and counting. It seems each day I find something new to do whether it be to ride around with fellow Sons of Anarchy members, custom races and deathmatches, have a fight club or just sit back and have a few Pisswasser's and Redwoods. There is always something to do, somewhere to explore in this fictional city of California. GTA V will keep me occupied for some time.
1. The Last of Us
Are you really surprised? In Joel and Ellie's story of survival against the odds and against all reason Naughty Dog provided us with the most mature and grueling mainstream action adventures of the decade. A true narrative journey in which characters and relationships rise over all other concerns. Watching these two grow and grow closer together was heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once. So many wonderful dramatic moments too, from lovesick survivors committing suicide to giraffes wandering the sun-scorched city streets. And when things seemed like they couldn't get any worse, when Joel and Ellie felt so far apart, it all came back around again. The Last of Us ended on the perfect final note, making the perfect final statement, and yet leaving me questioning all the moral ambiguities it brought up. The game is beautiful. It is an absolute masterpiece and not only is it my favorite game this year, it is my favorite game I have ever played. In the long run, say 5 or 10 years time I'm certain that The Last of Us will be acknowledged as one of the most important and influential games of this generation.
Feel free to share some of your favorites games this year!
