Tell GR: What's The Best Game Of 2012 (So Far)?

Max Payne 3(I do not have kind feelings towards you BIoware anymore.)

yeah where's the love for this game? maybe not Game of the Year (i say that purely based on the lack of interest y'all seem to be showing) but definitely a worthy contender.

Agreed. Amazing campaign.

My only beef was the multiplayer character progress being a GRIND FEST. Gang wars is cool, but it gets repetitive when your character develops at a snails pace

Another game I'm dying to try out but I lack the funds to buy it even with the steam sale that went on. I'm ok with throwing 5 dollars away but 30 I feel uneasy still.

Most likely SSX is in everyone's favor.

what? hell no...it doesn't even have multiplayer

Everyone was excited for it, but not me. Now look at you all! I actually think Trials: Evolution is pretty damn fun.

I probably enjoyed Mass Effect 3 the most. You know, great singleplayer and great multiplayer. There are some games coming out soon with 2 at the end of their titles that I think will be better though.

Black Ops...Borderlands....idk

I would vote Journey for sheer ingenuity and style...... but it was too short.

But fundamentally, I have to side with you and vote for Mass Effect 3 for kick-ass gameplay and the multiplayer was well executed creating a HUGE amount of replay value.

It's ironic. I thought the Multiplayer of ME3 Would be it's downfall but it turned out to be it's biggest strength. Odd Duck it is.

Oh damn... forgot the Xbox port of the Witcher 2 needs an honorable mention. I have never played a game where your ethical choices mattered so much.

I just realized I haven't played a game from this year.... this year.

My big backlog is HUGE!

I recommend some Ex-Lax. That should get you off the pot and back to gaming on the couch.

PSO2 and that **** is in pure japanese!

Hmm, I actually haven't bought any games that were released this year yet. With my ridiculous backlog that probably won't change until October.

Pokemon Black 2?

I've never played a Pokemon game in my life.

Gravity Rush.

GW2 will steal souls. Mark my words.

(Its going to get mine)

Right now? I'm not sure yet.

I'll have to say I've put the most time into either Xenoblade Chronicles or Dragon's Dogma. Haven't played much else.

Syndicate.

Good day to you sir.

Dota 2 and legends of grimrock are my top picks right now but that is subject to change.

It's basically an old school dungeon crawler. The Game brought me back into my old D&D days. It's really a blast the puzzles are well thought out and the pace is great. It was like 5 dollars during the steam sale I think the normal price is 15 bucks which is still a great price considering the amount play you can get out of it.

Legend of Grimrock also has my vote.

Minecraft for Xbox has eaten a large chunk of my life. And Trials Evolution is great too. I'm more of a Xbox fanboy though.

Minecraft PC enough said . :O

Dragon's Dogma did it for me.

I really want to play it out i'm considering importing it for the guts skin.

I seriously recommend it. It may not tell much of a story, but who needs a story when all the freedom it grants you allows you to make your own?!

I played the demo a bit I want to jump on something and stab it in the face. All they need a giant gauntlet type of weapon so I punch a dragon in the face. For some that seems very rewarding.

Mass effect 3 or diablo 3

So looking through the games I've played this year the only one that actually came out this year is Botanicula so I guess it gets my vote by default, though it an amazing game so it might have gotten my vote even if I had played everything to come out.

For me it's Ghost Recon, admittedly the multiplayer wasn't quite engaging enough to tear me away from battlefield (possibly because i could never find a full server or the game breaking lag wound me up too much), but the single player was great! Something that can't be said for most shooters! I think i played it through 3 times in the first week of owning it, loved the synchronised headshots.

had a lot of fun in dayz a couple of months ago before it went viral as hell and before people started shooting each other on sight because they are all scared to lose their god damned loot. also the walking dead. and i don't even like zombies
special award also goes to slender, the first video game in the history of video games that i cannot finish because it is too scary

Oh I forgot about Amalur, I add that to my list as well.

I'm sorry, but I'd have to disagree with putting "Amalur" on anything. It felt like that game mixed too much of others and not enough originality. That, and it just wasn't very fun.

Dragon's Dogma, even though I haven't beaten it yet. ME3 in second, it was absolutely fantastic up until you meet the starchild on the Citadel. Starhawk gets my vote for biggest letdown, it tried some cool things but I couldn't get into it like I did with Warhawk.

Dragon's Dogma and Mass Effect 3. I have put more hours into ME3 though as when you pick up the multiplayer after not having played for a few months it becomes addicting again if only for a few weeks to get some solid new characters. But the randomness of the packs is the most frustrating aspect. Playing for hours only to get a pack with upgrades to two ultra rare guns you don't use hurts a lot.

From the psychological perspective they do that for a reason. It sucks understanding what they are doing yet still wanting to play. See -
In operant conditioning, a variable-ration schedule is a schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses. This schedule creates a high steady rate of responding. Gambling and lottery games are good examples of a reward based on a variable ratio schedule.

Well obviously for me it's gonna be Max Payne 3. I love the multi even if it is a grind...But I see level prestiged level 50's and I say....HOWWWW. I'm currrently a level 33 with over 70 hours put in the multi.

I don't think I've actually played anything from THIS year, but the newest games I have are Skyrim, ME3, MW3, AC:R, and the Silent Hill 360 ports. I still enjoy the first three (as well as buttloads of Fallout New Vegas still) but Silent Hill did not age well, and I'm not enjoying them nearly as much as I did 10 years ago. I quit playing about halfway through Silent Hill 2.

Holy crap, you're right. For some reason I was thinking it came out last fall >.