The 2009 GWJ Community Game of the Year Awards! - Voting Closed

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Alrighty guys time for another round of GOTY voting fun.

The rules are simple, vote for your top 10 favorite games this year, in order, and each vote is given a score. So the number one game you voted for gets 10 points, the number 2 gets 9, number 3 gets 8 and so forth down the list. You can vote for less then 10 games, but not more. This vote is open to everyone, forum veteran and lurker alike. Don't be afraid, come on out and make your picks.

Anything goes, if it released in 2009, go ahead and vote for it, regardless of territory.

For reference, here are the previous years: [url=http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/4...[/url], [url=http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/3...[/url], [url=http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/2...[/url]

So it'll start with my top 10 and I'll update in your guys votes a couple times a day. I'll let it run for about a week or shorter if the votes are all cast before then.

My Picks:

1.) Dragon Age: Origins
2.) Assassin's Creed II
3.) Batman: Arkham Asylum
4.) Shadow Complex
5.) Resident Evil V
6.) Dawn of War II
7.) Brutal Legend
8.) Street Fighter IV
9.) Torchlight
10.) Borderlands

Votes as of Poster: cyrax

Dragon Age Origins 587
Batman: Arkham Asylum 430
Torchlight 366
Left 4 Dead II 324
Plants vs. Zombies 315
Borderlands 252
Assassin's Creed II 224
Uncharted II 189
Dawn of War II 164
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 146
Red Faction Guerilla 138
Shadow Complex 119
Rock Band: The Beatles 110
Trine 110
Team Fortress II 99
World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King 96
Demon's Souls 91
New Super Mario Bros Wii 91
Brutal Legend 87
Street Fighter IV 83
Forza Motorsport III 76
Demigod 61
Flower 55
Fallout 3 GOTY/DLC 54
inFamous 48
Resident Evil V 44
League of Legends 35
Empire Total War 35
Halo: ODST 34
NHL '10 32
Tales of Monkey Island 30
Wii Sports Resort 29
Killzone 2 29
Overlord II 29
Arma II 28
AI War: Fleet Command 27
Zelda Spirit Tracks 26
Solium Infernum 25
Machinarium 25
The Path 24
Battlefield 1943 23
Dawn of Discovery 22
Mirror's Edge 20
Sins of a Solar Empire Entrenchment 18
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time 18
D&D Online 17
The Secret of Monkey Island SE 17
FIFA '10 17
Zeno Clash 17
Muramasa The Demon Blade 15
X3 Terran Conflict 15
1 vs. 100 14
Punch Out!! 14
Valkyria Chronicles 14
Ghostbusters 13
Cryostasis 13
Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Survivor 12
A Boy and his Blob 12
Retro Game Challenge 12
Crayon Physics Deluxe 12
Peggle iPhone/XBLA 12
Burnout Paradise 12
X-Men Origins Wolverine 12
Braid 11
The Hunter 11
BlazBlue 11
House of the Dead Overkill 10
Dissidia: Final Fantasy 10
GTA Chinatown Wars 9
Prototype 9
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box 9
Altitude 9
Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 9
Drakensang 9
WiC: Soviet Assault 9
PSP Minis 8
Silent Hill Shattered Memories 8
Skate II 8
Today I Die 8
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes 8
Splosion Man 8
Gratuitous Space Battles 8
The Spirit Engine 2 8
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena 8
King's Bounty Armored Princess 7
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 7
Darkfall 7
Noby Noby Boy 7
Battleforge 7
Tropico III 7
Tiger Woods '10 7
The Sims III 7
Pixeljunk Shooter 7
Way of the Samurai III 7
GTA4: The Lost and the Damned 7
Canabalt 7
UNO Rush 6
Afrika 6
Gran Turismo PSP 6
Blueberry Garden 6
Drop7 6
Metroid Prime Trilogy 6
Small Worlds 6
3 on 3 NHL Arcade 6
Madden '10 6
FEAR 2: Project Origin 6
Uniwar 6
Desktop Tower Defense DS 6
Fight Night Round IV 6
Trials HD 6
Bonsair Barber 6
Knights of the Chalice 5
DCS KA:50 Black Shark 5
Wallace & Gromit 5
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor 5
Hearts of Iron III 5
Defense Grid 5
Overlord Dark Legend 5
Shatter 5
Champions Online 5
Lord of the Rings Online 5
Rhythm Heaven 4
Risen 4
Audiosurf 4
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon 4
Space Invaders Infinity Gene 4
Majesty 2 4
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity 4
TapDefense 4
Scribblenauts 4
Cogs 4
DiRT II 4
Wolfenstein 4
Panzer General: Allied Assault 4
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure 3
Wipeout HD Fury 3
Suikoden Teirkreis 3
Powder 3
Bubble Bobble Plus 3
GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony 3
Aion 3
Blood Bowl 3
Lego Rock Band 3
Bionic Commando 3
Tetris iPhone 3
Phantasy Star 0 3
Men of War 3
Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero 2
Rock Band Unplugged 2
Section 8 2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance II 2
Out of the Park Baseball X 2
LocoRoco II 2
Raiden Fighters Aces 2
Shattered Horizon 2
Katsuro 2
Need for Speed Shift 2
Sacred II 2
Guitar Hero V 2
Dungon Hunter 2
FIFA '09 DS 2
Battlefield Heroes 1
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix 1
MLB 2K9 1
Operating Flashpoint II: Dragon Rising 1
Fairytale Fights 1
And Yet It Moves 1
IL-2 Sturmovick: Birds of Prey 1
Today I Die 1

1. New Super Mario Brothers
2. Dragon Age: Orgins
3. Torchlight
4. Street Fighter IV
5. Uncharted 2
6. Batman Arkham Asylum
7. A Boy and his Blob
8. Silent Hill Shattered Memories
9. Metroid Prime Trilogy
10. Resident Evil V

Torchlight for GOTY. Not only did it invigorate the hack and slash RPG, it was a screaming bargain in terms of $/Gameplay value.

1. Dragon Age Origins
2. Left 4 Dead 2
3. Trine
4. Plants vs Zombies
5. Torchlight
6. League of Legends
7. Demigod
8. Dawn of War 2
9. Tales of Monkey Island
10. Overlord II

Honorable mentions to SoaSE: Entrenchment and Zeno Clash for being the other two games I played so far from 2009. Personally I think Dragon Age is the clear GotY, the rest of the list is more or less loosely arranged.

It's hard for me to list ten.

1. Fallout 3: GoTY Edition
2. Assassins Creed 2
3. Dragon Age Origins
4. Left 4 Dead 2
5. Team Fortress 2
6. Battlefield 1943
7. Brutal Legend
8. Flower
9. Red Faction Guerrilla
10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Latrine, when are you going to get tagged so I can suggest (and you will pick) "Dragon Slayer"?

1. Left 4 Dead 2
2. Batman: AA
3. Dragon Age
4. Assassin's Creed 2
5. Dawn of War 2
6. Borderlands
7. Red Faction Guerrilla
8. InFamous
9. Dawn of Discovery
10. GTA Chinatown Wars

Man... I always hate these lists, I haveto try and work out what came out this past year. My single player gaming experiences are usually from 2 years ago.

1. Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)
2. Torchlight
3. Dragon Age: Origins (PC)
4. Team Fortress 2 (PC)
5. Dungeons & Dragons Online
6. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
7. Audiosurf on the Zune HD
8. Powder (Rogue-like on Nintendo DS)
9. Scribblenauts (Nintendo DS)
10. Reading on my Kindle

(Edit @ Prozac: Nah, I put it what my top games that I played in a given year were. Others do the same. Note the votes for TF2.)

Yea I stopped giving a damn after the first year.

It's a headache to try and check release dates, so if people want to screw around and vote for 2 year old games then whatever.

Well, I kinda think games like TF2 that are STILL going strong, STILL getting big updates, after 2 years, well, they deserve to be counted. Check that TF2 thread on one day. Then come back 24 hours later and see how many posts there are. And nearly all on topic. Besides, I can't be bothered to check release dates either, since I don't often buy stuff at release.

1. L4d2
2. Dragon age
3. Arma II
4. Torchlight
5. Plants vs Zombies
6. Red Faction
7. Batman
8.Trine
9.MW2
10. Prototype

I considered Team Fortress 2 and Fallout 3 DLC / Game of the Year as 2009 games since the content I played for both was substantial enough for a sequel or a regular game. When the Dragon Age expansion comes out next spring, perhaps that will be the best game of 2010 for some people.

TF2 updates for 2009 included
Scout weapons
Sniper weapons
Spy weapons
Demo weapons
Soldier weapons

Hats
King of the Hill mode
Payload Race Mode
A bunch of maps

1.) Dragon Age: Origins
2.) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
3.) Batman: Arkham Asylum
4.) Zelda Spirit Tracks
5.) Modern Warfare 2
6.) Blaze Blue
7.) Left4Dead 2
8.) Sin Megami Tensei-devil survivor
9.)Torchlight
10.) DemiGod

I still haven't caught up to all the games yet from from this fall. It was only a couple of months ago, really, that I'd feel good about making this sort of list for games from '08. But as a preliminary go:
1) Red Faction Guerrilla
2) Borderlands
3) Torchlight
4) Halo: ODST
5) Rock Band: Beatles

If I was going to include games from previous year, I'd have to add in TF2, Mirror's Edge and Far Cry 2, for sure.

I'd also like to toss in Batman as my "Game-that-everyone-else-loved-but-that-I-just-didn't-get...of the year."

Having trouble remembering what came out in 2009? Check out the archives of The Week Ahead.

I'll be back. I need to think for a while and possibly try a few games I bought during the Steam sale before making a final decision.

1. Left 4 Dead 2
2. Dragon Age: Origins
3. Team Fortress 2
4. Trine
5. Plants vs Zombies

I'll put down five then.

1: Batman: Arkham Asylum
2: Uncharted 2
3: Assassin's Creed 2
4: Left 4 Dead 2
5: Trine

Oh wait.

6: Machinarium

1. Assassin's Creed II
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum
3. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
4. Dragon Age Origins
5. Rock Band: The Beatles
6. Red Faction Guerrilla
7. Shadow Complex
8. Halo: ODST
9. Plants vs Zombies
10. Street Fighter IV

1) Dragon Age: Origins
2) The Path
3) A Boy And His Blob
4) Dawn of Discovery
5) Afrika
6) Brutal Legend
7) Cryostasis
8) Machinarium
9) Assassin's Creed II
10) Plants vs. Zombies
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And for the heck of it, the 10 that didn't make it.

Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
The Sims 3
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Prototype
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
EA Sports Active
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Empire: Total War

I'm kind of sorry for including non-videogames, but I really think of gaming as a whole when thinking about how to spend my free time and income.

1) Space Hulk (board game)
2) Batman: Arkham Asylum
3) Demon's Souls
4) GTA Chinatown Wars (DS)
5) Shadow Complex
6) Torchlight
7) Killzone 2
8) Plants Vs Zombies
9) Street Fighter IV
10) Rock Band Unplugged

1.) Left4Dead2 (PC)
2.) Uncharted 2
3.) Red Faction: Guerilla
4.) Plants vs. Zombies
5.) Dragon Age: Origins
6.) Resident Evil 5
7.) Demons' Souls
8.) Prototype
9.) Killzone 2
10.) Flower

1) ArmA 2
2) Batman Arkham Asylum
3) Dragon Age Origins
4) Plants Vs Zombies
5) Red Faction Guerrilla
6) DCS KA:50 Black Shark
7) Borderlands
8) Torchlight
9) Demigod
10)Battlefield 1943

10) Retro Game Challenge (DS)
9) Skate 2 (X360)
8) 1 vs. 100 (X360)
7) Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
6) Demon’s Souls (PS3)
5) Gran Turismo (PSP)
4) Killzone 2 (PS3)
3) The PSPgo and PSP minis (PSP)
2) Borderlands (X360)
1) Street Fighter IV (X360, PC)

And yes, I played MW2, AC2, Uncharted 2, Dragon Age, inFAMOUS, and Batman. I just didn't like them as much as the games above.

Games I think might have made the list had I played them:

Wolfenstein, Forza, Beatles Rock Band, NSMB Wii.

Games that were new in 2009:

1. Left4Dead 2
2. Overlord 2

Games that were new to me in 2009:
3. Far Cry 2
4. Saint's Row 2
5. DDO (since it underwent a major change when it went free to play).

Games that I've played more than anything else in 2009:
6. Team Fortress 2
7. Left4Dead1

1) Batman: Arkham Asylum
2) Dragon Age: Origins
3) Uncharted 2
4) Forza Motorsport 3
5) Borderlands
6) Torchlight
7) Infamous
8) King's Bounty: Armored Princess
9) Dawn of War II
10) Plants vs Zombies

Since I'll stick to 2009's releases which I actually played, take this list with a grain of salt.

1. Retro Game Challenge (DS) - really took me back
2. Tales of Monkey Island (PC) - episode 4 is especially fantastic imo.
3. House of the Dead Overkill (Wii) - oozes style, chock full of humor, and great fun in multiplayer.
4. Sins: Entrenchment (PC) - fully upgraded starbases are fearsome things.
5. Blueberry Garden (PC) - A beautiful game in all respects.
6. Wallace & Gromit (PC) - a slow build up that gets better with each episode.
7. Demigod (PC) - Only played with AI, but I see lots of potential.
8. Bubble Bobble Plus (Wiiware) - scoff if you like, but this remake is everything that I wanted.

Other 2009 releases I purchased:
Red Faction Guerilla - "played" a total of 3 minutes, thanks to terrible framerates.
Madworld - purchased, but haven't played.
Trine - see above.

1) Tales of Monkey Island
2) Dragon Age: Origins
3) Machinarium
4) Trine
5) Torchlight
6) Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Survivor
7) Street Fighter IV
8) L4D2
9) Plants Vs Zombies
10) New Super Mario Bros: Wii

1. Dragon Age
2. Torchlight
3. Plants vs. Zombies
4. Batman
5. Drop7 (no idea if it came out this year or not, though)
6. Demigod

My list will kind of suck because I haven't been palying many games lately:
Team Fortress II
Prof Layton and the Diabolical Box
Overlord II

1. Dragon Age: Origins
2. Uncharted 2
3. Fallout 3 DLC
4. Assassin's Creed 2
5. Torchlight
6. Red Faction
7. Modern Warfare 2
8. Drakensang
9. Brutal Legend
10. Rock Band Beatles

  1. Dragon Age
  2. Left 4 Dead 2
  3. The Beatles: Rock Band
  4. Plants vs Zombies
  5. Torchlight
  6. Knights of the Chalice
  7. Risen
  8. Dawn of Discovery
  9. Shadow Complex
  10. Red Faction: Guerrilla

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