Blog: "Best of 2011"

[Arvuti]

Interesting choices, I personally haven't even heard of "To the moon" and "Swords and Sorcery".

My three best games of 2011 would have to be Portal 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution and Elder Scrolls V Skyrim.

I would have liked Portal 2 more if I actually was a fan of puzzle games, i'm one of those "braindead" gamers who when they don't find a solution to a certain puzzle or something they just stop playing. But the great narrative of portal 2 and cleverness of it made me finish it. Valve once again proved that they are the masters of giving characters a personality, even if the characters are robots who can't really display emotion. After playing through portal 1 the gameplay was fairly standard, but they do have ways of mixing things up with different kinds of puzzles etc. At times it seemed like valve just overdid it though, I mean several times through the game you will be running through gigantic set pieces which look impressive, but looking for one portable surface what you can shoot a portal at is just frustrating. Sometimes less is more.

Second place would have got to be Deus Ex Human Revolution. I want to start out by saying that DE:HR has done something what as far as I know no other game has done. Basing the theme around human augmentation, about the pros and cons of it. The theme really resembles the renaissance, because that's when people started dropping the whole "god made us" thing and actually started to learn human anatomy etc. Well DE:HR is about trying to take over our own evolution through transhumanism, something what we definitely have to face some time in the future. Not only s it about that, but it's in general about the future of the humankind. What's right for the humanity and what course should it take. Other than that, the visuals for the game are just simply stunning. Not only are they good tehnically, but also artistically. The gameplay is fairly unique as well, giving you a choice between stealth and combat. You are just as well rewarded from clearing out an enemy base than you are from sneaking through the place without alerting anyone.


My favourite game of 2011 has got to be the Elder Scrolls V Skyrim. The game literally offers you total freedom in a huge game world filled with quests to do, places to explore, monsters to kill and towns to visit. No person who plays skyrim will have the same experience and that alone is an incredible accomplishment. It's a huge upgrade from already great Oblivion with a lot of better visuals, greatly improved gameplay and level up system. The game tends to be a bit buggy but considering how Skyrim has 50x more content than you're average 7-10 hour linear game it's acceptable. Oh and the soundtrack for it is incredible, it makes exploration a total blast, seriously.