Not bothering to read KORNdog's list

1) Skyrim
(this game is a mammoth)

2) Portal 2

3) Battlefield 3

4) LIMBO

5) Magicka

I've yet to play Dark Souls and Alice: Madness Returns, so 5 is a toss up.

could a mod knock dead space off mine please.. dead island... LOVE IT!

Between your actual list and the 2 games you've yet to play, and my list and my 3 honerable mentions. We share 3 games (battlefield 3, portal 2, dark souls). I dont think reading my list would be as traumatising as you may think...lol.

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Gamersyders Staff votes:

BlimBlim

1. Rayman Origins
2. Assassin's Creed Revelations
3. Portal 2
4. DiRT 3
5. L.A. Noire


Driftwood:

1. Skyrim
2. Dead Island
3. Portal 2
4. Resistance 3
5. Alice: Madness Returns



Ghost_Deus:

1. Deus Ex Human Revolution
2. Assassin's Creed Revelations
3. Skyrim
4. Beyond Good & Evil HD
5. Rayman Origins



Game2k:

1. Skyrim
2. L.A. Noire
3. Batman Akham City
4. Deus Ex Human Revolution
5. Gears of War 3



AbSoLuT_b:

1. Skyrim
2. Minecraft
3. Dead Island
4. FIFA 12
5. Rayman Origins



Miguel:

1. Skyrim
2. Forza Motorsport 4
3. Battlefield 3
4. Gears of War 3
5. DiRT 3



Acert93:

1. Forza 4
2. Battlefield 3
3. Portal 2
4. Flotilla (indie)
5. Fruit Ninja

Trust me, you are not the only one, I have started playing my first game of 2011 a week ago (Mass Effect 2). I may end up voting just for it, I dont think I wll have the time to play any of the games staring at me by the deadline lol.

ME2 is from 2010 :p It got the PS3 port last year, but even that should count as a 2010 game.
I played only 5 retail games from 2011 and a bunch of downloadable-only releases, so I don't think selecting 5 would make any sense. I'd still need to play Skyrim and Arkham City and a bunch of other so called GOTY contenders.

Really? wow, talk about behind the times, I really am :D lol I think I will probably manage to squeeze in Assassin's Creed Revelations and Batman AC in the next two weeks. Downloadable games count too if they are released in 2011, also just because you only played 5 games, it doesnt mean you cant vote, you can vote for 1 or 2 or list those 5 even in order of preferrence.

My list:

1) Skyrim

2) Gears Of War 3

3) Batman AC

4) Forza 4

5) LA Noire

Seriously, 5 isn't enough, lol! I'll give it a shot. I've based it on which games REQUIRED my attention. As much as I love BF3, Skyrim has dominated my attention since release, so...

1) Skyrim

2) Battlefield 3

3) Rayman Origins

4) Batman AC

5) Gears of War3

You can list the rest of your games as honourale mentions so people who didnt know about them, can.

1. Skyrim

2. Deus Ex Human Revolution

3. Assassins Creed Revelations

4. Portal 2

5. Crysis 2

Not in order, but these 3.

Crysis 2
Batman Arkham City
Gears of War 3

Yes I read the rules, however I think it's just not right to vote for the best games of th year without having played the games that I am interested in but did not have time to play them yet. I'm sure my 2010 list would look very different than whn I voted a year ago.

1. Portal 2
2. Rayman Origins
3. Gears of War 3

5. Alice Madness

1. Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception

2. MotorStorm Apocalypse

3. Killzone 3

4. Driver San Francisco

5. FIA World Rally Championship 2

What a great 2011 for gaming!! :)

My list:

1- Skyrim

2- Gears Of War 3

3- Batman AC

4- LA Niore

5- Deus Ex

Bring on 2012!!

1. Dark Souls

It's the obvious choice. 70+ hours of game time and i had a blast.

2. King of Fighters XIII

My absolute favorite when it comes to 2D fighters, even if the online matching is completely broken.

3. Portal 2

It was fun, what more do you need?

4. Skyrim

My only real motivation for this one is that i spent a good 40 hours on it vanilla and i will probably spend a whole lot more modding the crap out of it once teh CK releases. So yeah.

5. Yakuza 4

The series that just keeps on giving :)

I would do my usual worst of 2012 poll, but I am feeling lazy this year

1. Saints Row the Third
Most fun I have had with game this year. PC version is a great port. Co-op is very well done. You can join others games and gain levels, money, cars etc. for your own SP. I also loved the arrows they use to guide you with GPS system. Amazing menu/mission complete/shop musics. Fun.

2. Portal 2
Was even better than the first game. Interesting puzzles and great characters. Amazing musics.

3. Total War: Shogun 2
My favorite TW title. Really good presentation. 2-player campaign is really fun.

4. Serious Sam 3 BFE
Slow start but once you get more weapons it's the best Sam so far.

5. Bastion
Nice little game. Was very surprised how fun it was. Couldn't stop playing it before I saw the ending. Amazing 2D graphics and very good musics. Also enjoyed how the dude talked about what you did / story almost all the time you played.

Other good games.
Deus Ex HR: Good DX game, but I haven't finished it yet.

Dark Souls: Very interesting title. I really enjoyed the combat in this game. Had lots of areas with interesting bosses and enemies. Very bad framerate dropped it off from my Goty list.

Renegade Ops: Great co-op game. Great PC version!

Sonic Generation: Very fun but short game. I really enjoyed the musics in this game, especially those musics you heard in the world selecting stage. Great PC version!

That Star Wars MMO: I am really enjoying this game, but I haven't played enough to decide if its worthy title in my Goty list.

Mortal Kombat: After those garbage games this was pretty damn good.

Btw rule number 3 needs a bit modification :)

Ok this is my list.

1. Battlefield 3

2. Skyrim

3. Batman AC

4. Deus Ex

5. The Witcher 2

As my X360 got the RROD I couldn't play games like Gear of War 3, Dark Souls and a lot more. I still need to play Portal 2 as well.