Gaming 2008 – deculture!

A small list of our best games of 2008.

Getting straight to the point, and to save you guys some time, we have kept this nice, simple and small-ish.

The categories for the best games of the year are quite self explanatory. Also, for all categories we have selected the runner up as our second choice, with our favourite being the first. So it goes like this:

Category

• Writer – favourite game | honourable mention

Best Action/ Adventure

• th – Metal Gear Solid 4 | Devil May Cry 4
• sz – Metal Gear Solid 4 | God of War: Chains of Olympus
• mj – Dead Space | Grand Theft Auto IV
• mm – Grand Theft Auto IV | Ninja Gaiden 2

Best Roleplayer

• th – Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning | Fable 2
• sz – Fallout 3
• mj – Fallout 3 | Fable 2
• mm – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | Fallout 3

Best Racer

• th – Burnout Paradise | Midnight Club : Los Angeles
• sz – Burnout Paradise | GRiD
• mj – Burnout Paradise | Mario Kart Wii
• mm – Mario Kart Wii | Burnout Paradise

Best Multiplayer

• th – Gears of War 2 | Left 4 Dead
• sz – Left 4 Dead | Gears of War 2
• mj – Left 4 Dead | Gears of War 2
• mm – Gears of War 2 | Castle Crashers

Best Sports

• th – not applicable (cos I don’t play ’em)
• sz – Fifa ’09 | Pro Evolution Soccer ’09
• mj – Fifa ’09 | Pro Evolution Soccer ’09
• mm – NHL ’09 | Madden ’09

Best Indie

• th – World of Goo| Audiosurf
• sz – Audiosurf | Castle Crashers
• mj – World Of Goo | Lost Winds
• mm – World of Goo | Castle Crashers
  

Best Casual

• th – DJ Max Portable: Clazziquai Edition | Scene It? Box Office Smash
• sz – Scene It? Box Office Smash | Audiosurf
• mj – Scene It? Box Office Smash | Saint’s Row 2
• mm – Wii Fit | Boom Blox

Most ‘Holy Shit!’ moments

• th – Left 4 Dead | Metal Gear Solid 4
• sz – Left 4 Dead | Mirror’s Edge
• mj – Left 4 Dead | Dead Space
• mm – Dead Space | Left 4 Dead

Best Story

• th – Metal gear Solid 4 | Grand Theft Auto IV
• sz – Metal gear Solid 4 | Grand Theft Auto IV
• mj – Grand Theft Auto IV | Fallout 3
• mm – Grand Theft Auto IV | No More Heroes

Best Score (music)

• th – Metal gear Solid 4 | Grand Theft Auto IV
• sz – Mirror’s Edge | Devil May Cry 4
• mj – Left 4 Dead | Dead Space
• mm – Super Smash Bros. Brawl | World of Goo

Best Gameplay

• th – Gears of War 2 | Burnout Paradise
• sz – Gears of War 2 | Call of Duty: World at War
• mj – Left 4 Dead | Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• mm – Gears of War 2 | RockBand 2

Best Visuals

• th – Metal Gear Solid 4 | Prince of Persia
• sz -Burnout Paradise | Prince of Persia
• mj – Dead Space | Prince of Persia
• mm – Metal Gear Solid 4 | Grand Theft Auto IV

Favourite Character

• th – Old Snake | Nikko Bellic
• sz – Sackboy | Kratos
• mj – Brucie Kibbitz | Roman Bellic (both from GTA IV)
• mm – Mario | Marcus Fenix

Most Hours Spent

• th – World of Warcraft | Gears of War 2
• sz – Grand Theft Auto IV | Gears of War 2
• mj – Team Fortress 2 | Gears Of War 2
• mm – RockBand 2 | Gears of War 2

Biggest Dissapointment

• th – Grand Theft Auto IV | Devil May Cry 4
• sz – Farcry 2 | Red Alert 3
• mj – Prince Of Persia | Pro Evolution Soccer ’09
• mm – Fable 2 | Fallout 3

Sick Of Hearing

• th – Braid | RockBand 2
• sz – RockBand 2 | Guitar Hero: World Tour
• mj – Braid | RockBand 2
• mm – Fallout 3 | Fable 2

Game of the Year

• th – Metal Gear Solid 4 | Left 4 Dead
• sz – Grand Theft Auto IV | Metal Gear Solid 4
• mj – Grand Theft Auto IV | Dead Space
• mm – Gears of War 2 | Grand Theft Auto IV

Pile Of Shame

• th – Persona 4, Dead Space, and Valkyria Chronicles.
• sz – Dead Space and Little Big Planet (cos it’s banned here).
• mj – Metal Gear Solid 4, Little Big Planet, Banjo Kazooie : Nuts and Bolt and Braid.
• mm – Metal Gear Solid 4 and Devil May Cry 4.

So there you have it folks, deculture’s best games of 2008. Since our choices in certain categories are so varied, I’m sure you will agree with at least one of them. Or not, we don’t care 😀

And here’s to a bigger, better and more badass 2009!