25 Days of Begging: Part One
So, 2011 has gone by and you have been
woefully behind in your gaming. Maybe you have been out with the in-laws in
Amish Country, maybe you have been dodging cholera and dysentery encamped
outside your nearby city hall (you dirty hippies, you), or maybe you have been
trapped beneath a rock and you haven’t quite managed to free yourself in the
last twelve months with your dull pocket knife. Good luck with that. For all of
you, this article will detail the 25 games you need to beg for the hardest,
shiny new hardware to meticulously wipe fingerprints off of, and a whole slew
of honorable mentions that are good 26th choice games in case they
won’t buy you what you really want. This is also something like J1Studios game
of the year awards as well, so pay attention kid, you might learn something. After all, you don’t want to get stuck with this.
25.
I
love Bastion, and I fought hard to get it on this list in a year full of better
than average gaming. Between the low price, replayability, solid action-rpg
gameplay, and overall polish, the main fundamentals of the game are good. But
what really knocks it out of the park with this game is the narration that cues
off of actions taken during the game. Its sort of like that post apocalyptic
Family Guy episode, but completely not annoying. One might be tempted to
compare this mere downloadable game to full disc RPGs like FFXIII or a
throwback like Eternal Sonata. That same person should also conclude that it’s
better than most of the RPGs that have come out in the last few years. A lot
better.
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The sort of
people who like and play Dark Souls are the sort of people whose leisure
activities involve safety words. If you like punishing difficulty in which
anything can kill you at any time, in many ways, congratulations, this game is
for you. Mind you, there’s more to this game than insane difficulty, but its tough
to enjoy its amazing graphics, sound design, story, and dungeon architecture,
when that angry monster keeps insisting on gnawing on your skull like he’s
trying to open an extra difficult bakugan. “Fun”, right? To its credit, if your
self-esteem somehow manages to survive getting killed again and again, and you
make it through the dungeon and kill the dragon, the sense of accomplishment is
like almost nothing else in gaming. Go treat yourself to an ice cream cone, you
earned it.
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Tekken Hybrid comes
with Tekken Tag HD, Tekken Tag 2 Prologue, and Tekken: Blood Vengence movie for
only $40. It’s a great price for a great game: just hope your friends aren’t
cheap and use True Ogre all the time.
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There’s a talking gun
that shoots glowing octopi onto people’s faces who then get hypnotized,
becoming friendlies. Until their heads blow up like a pound of c4. Dildos are a
legitimate means of killing someone. Every weapon has individual balltap
animation. Do I really have to explain to you how bonkers this game is? Prepare
for nonstop insane slapstick humor, punctuated by occasional outbreaks of good
gaming.
Honorable Mentions for
this week:
DC Universe Online
Since this console
and PC based MMO went free to play, it got a whole lot more attractive.
Definitely worth a look.
Little Big Planet 2
I honestly don’t know
how this didn’t make the list. I might flame myself.
NBA 2k 12
One of the best
sports games ever. Take that, EA.
Dead Space 2
Who would have
thought that Dead Space 2 would be more of a survival horror game then the
newest Resident Evil?
Must Have Hardware: 3DS
Portable glasses free 3d
sounds like something from a Sci-fi show, but Nintendo has worked its magic on
its newest handheld. Better yet, now that there’s actually some games out for
it, and a nice price drop, look forward to your nearest Gamestop being sold out
for the next few months. Even more new games, as opposed to retreads and
remakes, should be on their way soon.
Suggested games:
Zelda: Orcania of Time 3D
Super Mario 3d Land
Super Street Fighter 4 3D
By Chris Alexander
PSN: Imnotonfacebook
XBLA: Mastergief
Mastergief@gmail.com
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