It had potential but has proven to be a bit of a disappointment. Hitman so far has been mediocre, not bad but also not great. Borderlands was great but the level cap has turned it in to a tiresome game haven't even bothered to play the latest DLC for it. On the other hand Dishonoured was fantastic, a totally new IP that was great, a rarity in this sequel driven world. Walking Dead, I am only on ep2 but I am liking what I've seen so far, Faster Than Light was an amazingly addictive game and I plan on getting the latest by the guys behind World Of Goo, Little Inferno. The year has had some good games but it's had enough potential greatness that has fallen short to stop it being the greatest year ever.
This year, because I get to play all the great games that came before. Just finished replaying FFX yesterday, RE Remake before that, Twilight Princess before that ... perfection.
I am thinking that I really need to play Dishonored, everytime that I see new video of it, it just looks cool as hell.
I'm going to end this here and now- and anyone who disagrees is a DIRTY blasphemer.. 1999 the year that brought -Cough- Silent Hill Sim City 3000 Mario Pary FF VIII Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri NFS High Stakes EverQuest (Not my particular favorite game, but you cannot argue with the numbers and it's following) RollerCoaster Tycoon Team Fortress Classic Super Smash Brothers Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast Counter-Strike (YES THE Mother*#&# CS) Ogre Battle 64 System Shock 2 Syphon Filter Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Soul Calibur Homeworld Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings GTA 2 Medal of Honor Chrono Cross Unreal Tournament Quake 3 Arena Planescape: Torment The Legend of Dragoon Shenmue Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun YES All of those legendary games were released in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety nine AD. I really hope that I have put to rest your pondering on the best year ever for video gaming. This epic list of games released that year contains best sellers and I'm not sure any of them are below 90% on metacritic but many are near 100%. These games are why people know the phrase "Party like it's 1999".