XBOX Republic's XBOX 360 Game of the Year 2010 [VOTE NOW!]

So now that it's the new year. I think it's time to reflect on 2010 for the XBOX 360. Vote for your XBOX 360 Game of the Year for 2010 and give a brief explanation why.
NOTE: This is not just XBOX exclusives. It include all games playable on XBOX 360. I think I included what most people are going to vote for. If there's anymore games, tell me. I'll leaving voting open for a week or so.

For me, the GOTY is Halo Reach.
I was into the original Halo all the way back when it was first released in 2001. Reach is the culmination of everything that Bungie has learned building this franchise for the last 10 years. It is their final swansong to Halo before handing the reins to 343 Industries and they have created the best Halo yet. From a campaign that never drops down, an epic soundtrack by the master and one of the most addictive and balanced mulltiplayers on XBOX Live, it is the perfect package and a great way to end 10 years of brilliance.

So what about you?

Alan Wake.

The game blew my mind.

I see it as a sign of video games maturing which is something I'm really excited to see.

Halo reach for me

MASS EFFECT 2 FOR ME

ghost23 wrote:

So now that it's the new year. I think it's time to reflect on 2010 for the XBOX 360. Vote for your XBOX 360 Game of the Year for 2010 and give a brief explanation why.
NOTE: This is not just XBOX exclusives. It include all games playable on XBOX 360. I think I included what most people are going to vote for. If there's anymore games, tell me

For me, the GOTY is Halo Reach.
I was into the original Halo all the way back when it was first released in 2001. Reach is the culmination of everything that Bungie has learned building this franchise for the last 10 years. It is their final swansong to Halo before handing the reins to 343 Industries and they have created the best Halo yet. From a campaign that never drops down, an epic soundtrack by the master and one of the most addictive and balanced mulltiplayers on XBOX Live, it is the perfect package and a great way to end 10 years of brilliance.

So what about you?

I have to agree with everything you said but I chose Alan Wake.
Why?
Because to me, Halo Reach was just a refined version of every Halo before it. I mean, I honestly could not get into the campaign. Yes it's deserving of game of the year and the multiplayer is absolutely beast but Alan Wake felt refreshing and exciting to me and it presented a whole new aspect of gaming's story telling, the way you can know what's about to happen. It's amazing.

Mass Effect 2, I could say deserves goty tbh but it felt like a step down from Mass Effect 1 in many ways...

So I'd say
1.Reach
2.Mass Effect
3.Alan Wake (or Heavy Rain if we include ps3)

But still, I preferred Alan Wake to all these games.

DemonWolf wrote:

ghost23 wrote:

So now that it's the new year. I think it's time to reflect on 2010 for the XBOX 360. Vote for your XBOX 360 Game of the Year for 2010 and give a brief explanation why.
NOTE: This is not just XBOX exclusives. It include all games playable on XBOX 360. I think I included what most people are going to vote for. If there's anymore games, tell me

For me, the GOTY is Halo Reach.
I was into the original Halo all the way back when it was first released in 2001. Reach is the culmination of everything that Bungie has learned building this franchise for the last 10 years. It is their final swansong to Halo before handing the reins to 343 Industries and they have created the best Halo yet. From a campaign that never drops down, an epic soundtrack by the master and one of the most addictive and balanced mulltiplayers on XBOX Live, it is the perfect package and a great way to end 10 years of brilliance.

So what about you?

I have to agree with everything you said but I chose Alan Wake.
Why?
Because to me, Halo Reach was just a refined version of every Halo before it. I mean, I honestly could not get into the campaign. Yes it's deserving of game of the year and the multiplayer is absolutely beast but Alan Wake felt refreshing and exciting to me and it presented a whole new aspect of gaming's story telling, the way you can know what's about to happen. It's amazing.

Mass Effect 2, I could say deserves goty tbh but it felt like a step down from Mass Effect 1 in many ways...

So I'd say
1.Reach
2.Mass Effect
3.Alan Wake (or Heavy Rain if we include ps3)

But still, I preferred Alan Wake to all these games.

I agree with everything you said as well. But the reason I chose Reach was because I've been a Halo fan for about 10 years now and there is a lot of fan service in Reach.

mass effect 2 for me

Halo.

BFBC2, although I play it on another platform

No Fable III? Madness.

Virtual-On Force. Don't judge me.

Stoney wrote:

No Fable III? Madness.

Shit I forgot. Thanks man

dang its a hard one. i guess it goes like this:

1. Halo: Reach

2. Fable 3

3. Alan Wake

Halo Reach

Long campaign with matchmaking and provides some nice backstory

Firefight with matchmaking

Multiplayer with so many modes

Forge world

Community features like video sharing and map sharing

In all honesty, this game is a complete package, and thats why its my GOTY

^
Forge world is beast actually

Voting is closed now. Winner has been decided

I bet its black ops lol

And the XBOX 360 Republic Game of the Year 2010 is:

Halo Reach



Runner Up: Mass Effect 2

Yay!

not original but still well deserved

I did this same poll on IGN (just different games: Reach, BC2, ME2, Super Mario Galaxy 2, God of War III, Heavy Rain, Black Ops) where every fat lonely 13 year old goes to, and Black Ops got some 45 percent (5 out of 11 votes).

Now I know why CoD gets so much sales. There are more fat kids than intelligent people.


OK, my 3 post CoD-RANT time ended. Now time to stop obsessively hating .

Lol why would anyone vote for Alan Wake?

cigar wrote:

Lol why would anyone vote for Alan Wake?

Have you played it?
Easily best story, atmosphere, characters, graphics and artistic design of the year for XBOX 360.

ghost23 wrote:

cigar wrote:

Lol why would anyone vote for Alan Wake?

Have you played it?
Easily best story, atmosphere, characters, graphics and artistic design of the year for XBOX 360.

To me it was just a disappointing tech demo that tried too hard to get in my head (like Silent Hill 2) but failed miserably.

From what I've heard of the community, Alan Wake seems like a bribed game (a.k.a. critics were bribed to give it a good grade). Short length, non-atmospheric game, too slow-paced, etc.