Written By:
Tyler Selig
Hello everybody and Happy New
Year! To start the year off, let’s remember the ten best games of 2013,
according to me of course.
10: The
Wonderful 101
I’m going to rage a bit here.
This Platinum Games superhero action game should have sold systems. People
bitched about how the Wii U doesn’t have new IP and this interesting fast-paced
beat ‘em up comes out and people don’t seem to care or even acknowledge that it
exists. It’s one of the best games of the year and does something different
with the genre, allowing your superheroes to form things like giant hands and
whatnot. From the visuals, to the silly over-the-top humour, to the intense
action, The Wonderful 101 really is wonderful and people shouldn’t sleep on
this.
9: Fire
Emblem: Awakening
From here on, you could switch any of these around and I’d be okay with
it. It ultimately only came down to the mood I was currently in, since a lot of
these are so entirely different than one another.
This is the first Fire Emblem game I’ve ever played and I was blown
away. I love tactical-RPGs, I love ‘job
systems,’ and I love how deep the combat is in this game. One of the best RPGs
of the year, by far.
8: Shin
Megami Tensei 4
This was also the first time I’ve
played a Shin Megami Tensei core game. I also bought that other one that was
finally release over here, but that was a tad dated. I loved what it was
offering me though so I got really excited to play 4. It didn’t let me down at
all… part Pokemon, part old-school RPG, it’s got incredible depth and a great
story.
7:
Batman: Arkham Origins
I don’t care how many people
want to say it’s too similar to Arkham City, or even that it sucks, this is
another fine entry in an epic and legendary Batman video game series. Glitches
aside – in which there were many when I played – it’s everything you could want
from another Arkham game. Great villains, a logical story for why Batman is
fighting so many villains at one time, and awesome gameplay that in some ways
redefined the genre. No, it’s not a complete overhaul of the series, but since
we don’t get one every year, I’m completely okay with that.
6:
Bioshock: Infinite
I think the first one may still
be better, but this is another great Bioshock game. Wonderful story, solid game
mechanics and dat mindfuck of an ending. It’s an accomplishment on pretty much
every front.
5: Super
Mario 3D World
This game is just fun incarnate.
It’s hard not to play this without a smile on your face, from all the
references to games past, to the way the game works, it’s all on point. People
can hate on Nintendo and all the Marios they release, but when Mario is at its
best, there isn’t a platformer on the planet that can beat it. This is one of
the best of the series, and that says a lot.
4: Path
of Exile
Free-to-play means shit right?
Nope. Path of Exile is one of the best ARPGs of all time. It has your classic
hack n’ slash action, but it does a few things different within the genre, such
as having a barter system, or levelling up on something that is like the Final
Fantasy X Sphere Grid. There is an incredible amount to love about Path of
Exile. Did I mention it’s free?
3: The
Last of Us
It’s important to note, again,
that from 9 on, any of these games could be number one but I believe in the
integrity of the list so there has to be winners. The Last of Us was number one
until right now, but I did a quick switch up. The Last of Us, like Bioshock:
Infinite, is an accomplishment on everything. One of the best told stories of
recent years, with memorable characters. One of the best soundtracks of the
year. While some criticize the gameplay, I see absolutely nothing wrong with it.
The Last of Us is one of the best PS3 games ever.
2:
Killzone: Shadow Fall
The bias is strong with this
one. Killzone is my jam, I say it all the time. It’s a game I can sink hours
into. I don’t know if this is the best one or not, but it does some things
amazingly well, and they released a patch that fixes some of the issues I had
with it. If you want a slower, Sci-Fi shooter, Killzone is where you should go.
1: Animal
Crossing: New Leaf
That’s right, I moved The Last
of Us so I could put Animal Crossing: New Leaf as my number one. It’s mostly
because it was a game I kept going back to for a couple months, whereas I
basically only played The Last of Us for a while. Animal Crossing was my first
real go at the series, since I only played the first one for a little bit, and
I’m a huge fan now. But like I said, The Last of Us could be here, Super Mario
could, Killzone, Fire Emblem, etc. Just depends on what genre I felt like
playing at the time.
And that’s it folks. I don’t
know what 2014 is going to bring for me or this blog, but I hope you enjoyed my
end of the year extravaganza.
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