MG Game of The Year 2009

[Jason]

Well, every other two-bit gaming site seems to be doing it, so why can't we? :p

I'll handle the nominations, you guys handle the voting. Feel free to abuse me because I've missed your favourite game off the list, by the way. :p

Voting runs for one week. I'll be contacting the publishers and developers to let them know they've won such a prestigious award. :D


The nominees are:

Assassin's Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Borderlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Left 4 Dead 2
Plants Vs Zombies
Street Fighter IV
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Anyway, get voting - I'm entirely sure that I've missed at least one bona fide classic, but such is life. I can always edit it in. :P

[nilihanth]

Had to go with Assassin's Creed II even though I'm not done with it. There are some in that list I haven't played, to be fair, so I had to go with what I've seen. AC2 is far and away better than the 1st, and I loved the first! There are so many things they did in AC2 to keep people with different play styles interested, be it collectors, hack/slashers, puzzlers and tacticians. I keep finding things in the game that surprise me. They took a great deal of care incorporating real-world history an important part of the game whether it be in the art you can collect, the famous buildings of the time, the influential people, etcetera.

[Rob]

All of those games were great candidates but Left 4 Dead 2 rocked the house with its excellent team based game play. I have never had so many "oh ****" moments that I ended up talking about later with my friends.

[Jason]

I'm really torn here. There's at least three on here that I'd really LOVE to give my vote to. I think I'm going to sleep on it before making my final decision.

[Rob]

Do the right thing and vote l4d2.

[Landy]

Voted Borderlands, but L4D2 was my second choice.

[MyNameDidntFit]

Was this year really that depressing? Bloody hell 2010 better live up to its expectations...

[Jason]

I was torn as anything between Left 4 Dead 2 and Uncharted 2, with a very honourable mention for Plants Vs Zombies. In the end I had to go for Uncharted, simply because I couldn't put the game down for about a week, despite clearing it twice in that time. Fantastic game.

[Rob]

I was tempted to pick up Uncharted2 last night but I have so many games I have to finish first. It's getting massively favorable reviews on metacritic which makes resisting the game that much harder.

[Jason]

Doooooo it. If you've played the first one, it's just like that, except about ten times better. If you've not played the first one, play it!

[Astonix]

Went Assassins Creed II. Not only is it highly enjoyable it also managed to greatly improve on the first AC even though it was already a great game.

[Knighto]

YES, it seems ACII is winning!!
I'm bursting with fan-boyism now.. woohhhoooo

[nilihanth]

Yay for AC2!! Keep it up!

[CemeteryGates]

Modern Warfare 2.

Out of the ones I've played on that list, it's the one I've spent the most hours on. Second choice would be Assassin's Creed II.

[Rob]

Fine but when the zompocolypse happens you are all going to wish you had played more L4D2.

[Jason]

Right, so it looks like Assassin's Creed II is the Mature-Gamers.com GOTY for 2009! I'll drop the guys at Ubisoft Montreal an email and let them know they've won such a prestigious award. ;)