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MagicWithEarvin · Dec 6, 2012

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Cover Story:

Top 50 Games of 2012

Final Fantasy XIII-2
Hero Academy
Resident Evil: Revelations
Asura's Wrath
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Mass Effect 3 (Best Role-Playing Downloadable Content)
Journey (Best PS3 Exclusive)
Total War: Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai
Xenoblade Chronicles (Best Wii Exclusive)
Fez (Best Puzzle)
Trials Evolution
The Walking Dead
Prototype 2
Diablo III
Max Payne 3
Dragon's Dogma
Civilization V: Gods & Kings
10000000 (Best Mobile Exclusive)
Orcs Must Die 2
Sound Shapes
Sleeping Dogs
Dust: An Elysian Tale
Darksiders II
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Guild Wars 2 (Best MMO)
Mark of the Ninja (Best Downloadable Game)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Best Fighting)
Gateways
Torchlight II (Best PC Exclusive)
Borderlands 2 (Best Cooperative Multiplayer)
LittleBigPlanet Vita
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
NBA 2K13
FIFA 13 (Best Sports)
Dishonored (Best Action)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Best Strategy)
Dance Central 3 (Best Rhythm/Music)
The Unfinished Swan
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (Best Handheld Exclusive)
Assassin's Creed III
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Best Racing)
Halo 4 (Best Xbox 360 Exclusive/Competitive MP/Shooter)
WWE '13
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Lego: The Lord of the Rings
New Super Mario Bros. U
Hitman: Absolution
PlanetSide 2
Far Cry 3
Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Interview:

Aaryn Flynn (BioWare)

Previews:

Tomb Raider
Marvel Heroes
DmC: Devil May Cry
Aliens: Colonial Marines
CastleStorm
The War Z
Hawken
Prison Architect
God of War: Ascension
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
BattleBlock Theater
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Reviews:

New Super Mario Bros. U - 9.25/10 (Game of the Month)
Far Cry 3 - 9/10
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two - 5.75/10
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 8.5/10
Medal of Honor: Warfighter - 5/10
The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left - 8.5/10
Lego: The Lord of the Rings - 8.5/10
Nintendo Land - 7/10
ZombiU - 5/10
Scribblenauts Unlimited - 8.25/10
Rabbids Land - 4/10
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - 7.5/10
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation - 7.75/10
Persona 4 Golden - 8.5/10
Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified - 3/10
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion - 5/10
Liberation Maiden - 7/10
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed - 8/10
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - 7.75/10
Hotline Miami - 7.75/10

Let me know if you'd like a snippet out of an interview, preview or review.

8bit · Dec 6, 2012

Anything interesting in the ZombiU review? 5 seems quite low compared to other impressions.

Oni Link 666 · Dec 6, 2012

Why is there a Half-Life symbol back there? @_@

Toki767 · Dec 6, 2012

Where's the list with the Top 50 games?

Fistwell · Dec 6, 2012

Oni Link 666 said:
Why is there a Half-Life symbol back there? @_@

It's the resi6 giraffe.

Pranay · Dec 6, 2012

God of War: Ascension

Would love some info on this.

and yeah the top ten (on top 50) names please :b

NEO0MJ · Dec 6, 2012

Oni Link 666 said:
Why is there a Half-Life symbol back there? @_@

What's Half-Life?

MagicWithEarvin · Dec 6, 2012

Toki767 said:
Where's the list with the Top 50 games?

Working on it.

Black Republican · Dec 6, 2012

Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed - 8/10

wait what

Toki767 · Dec 6, 2012

Black Republican said:
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed - 8/10

wait what

Great game but doesn't trump Mario Kart probably.

acm2000 · Dec 6, 2012

8bit said:
Anything interesting in the ZombiU review? 5 seems quite low compared to other impressions.

5-7 seems fine for the game looking at other reviews

Papercuts · Dec 6, 2012

Pretty neat cover.

chickdigger802 · Dec 6, 2012

don't see 50 games on that cover.

Still nicely done.

Peru · Dec 6, 2012

acm2000 said:
5-7 seems fine for the game looking at other reviews

So selectively looking at some reviews determines how good a score a game deserves ? What logic are you using, what reasoning led you to this conclusion? Metacritic score is 76 so if you're just talking about average consensus you should be saying "7-8 seems fine", but what kind of argument is that to begin with?

Never played the game, just can't fathom these types of replies.

vareon · Dec 6, 2012

PC master race, lol

Tash · Dec 6, 2012

Really like that cover.

MagicWithEarvin · Dec 6, 2012

Top 50 updated in the OP.

lazybones18 · Dec 6, 2012

Poor Kid Icarus: Uprising and Gravity Rush

Nowhere to be found in the list

acm2000 · Dec 6, 2012

Peru said:
So selectively looking at some reviews determines how good a score a game deserves ? What logic are you using, what reasoning led you to this conclusion? Metacritic score is 76 so if you're just talking about average consensus you should be saying "7-8 seems fine", but what kind of argument is that to begin with?

Never played the game, just can't fathom these types of replies.

He just said it seemed low, where as its around what a lot of other "trusted" sites/mags gave it

MrCookiepants · Dec 6, 2012

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Best Fighting)

GI staff have taste. Good work.

BladeoftheImmortal · Dec 6, 2012

Game informer knows what's up. FEM SHEP ALL THE WAY!

Sn4ke_911 · Dec 6, 2012

MrCookiepants said:
GI staff have taste. Good work.

What else was there besides DoA5?

MagicWithEarvin · Dec 6, 2012

God of War: Ascension Preview:

It's a Q&A with the game director, Todd Papy.

Some snippets from Todd:

I think people know what to expect out of the single-player experience based off the three previous games, plus the two that Ready at Dawn did. Since we were focusing on the multiplayer, we wanted to make sure that we squashed any questions of what the multiplayer is going to be. It's a philosophy of mine - I prefer to hide as much gameplay as possible. I want the players to experience it versus seeing it, and I want to show less single-player early on because there's such a long lead time for releasing a game.

He also confirms free-for-all modes for MP and that the MP is very light on story.

MasterShotgun · Dec 6, 2012

CTRL+F "Kid Icarus"

C'mon GI.

Tash · Dec 6, 2012

BladeoftheImmortal said:
Game informer knows what's up. FEM SHEP ALL THE WAY!

Haha yeah, I was going to comment on that but thought it's going to open up a can-o-wurms.

MrCookiepants · Dec 6, 2012

Sn4ke_911 said:
What else was there besides DoA5?

Persona 4 Arena, Street Fighter X Tekken, Soulcalibur V, PS All Stars, Virtua Fighter 5: FS and as you mentioned, DoA 5.

It was an incredibly competitive year. But GI made the right choice.

chickdigger802 · Dec 6, 2012

Best roleplaying dlc?

Didn't skyrim have some decent ones?

Quentyn · Dec 6, 2012

Anymore details about Dragon Age in that Bioware interview besides that Skyrim quote that already came out?

Wibblewozzer · Dec 6, 2012

chickdigger802 said:
Best roleplaying dlc?

Didn't skyrim have some decent ones?

I haven't seen the issue yet but I have to imagine that's supposed to be two separate categories: Best Role-Playing Game and Best DLC. Otherwise that's a strangely specific category compared to all the rest.

Very surprised Gateways is on the list of top 50. Congrats to Smudged Cat Games.

Also big congrats to Noogy for getting Dust in the top 50 as well.

Toki767 · Dec 6, 2012

Finally Virtue's Last Reward gets an award. Well deserved.

rouken · Dec 6, 2012

lol declassified. was it lower the lowest grade its got?

Squire · Dec 6, 2012

9. anything is too high for NSMBU

WAH WAH!

8.5 is too low for P4G. Period.

kutthoat5150 · Dec 6, 2012

Oni Link 666 said:
Why is there a Half-Life symbol back there? @_@

I'm looking forward to their prediction that HL3 will be revealed in 2013 like they did for 2011 and 2012

CronoShot · Dec 6, 2012

Props for VLR and Xenoblade, but the lack of Kid Icarus is stupid.

Empyrean Heaven · Dec 6, 2012

New Super Mario Bros. U - 9.25/10 (Game of the Month)

bullshit.

grimshawish · Dec 6, 2012

MasterShotgun said:
CTRL+F "Kid Icarus"

C'mon GI.

T_T

GodDuckman said:
New Super Mario Bros. U - 9.25/10 (Game of the Month)

bullshit.

Diddums

Amikami · Dec 6, 2012

haven't been keeping up. Is epic mickey generally getting that bad of reviews?

ColossalLazy · Dec 6, 2012

Yay an award for Zero Escape

Kusagari · Dec 6, 2012

Game Informer's one of the last places I'd have expected to see recognize VLR.

Good show.

Tagg9 · Dec 6, 2012

Kusagari said:
Game Informer's one of the last places I'd have expected to see recognize VLR.

Good show.

Not sure why. They gave it a great review score.

Fabrik · Dec 6, 2012

Fez. Best Puzzle game?
Just no.

LQX · Dec 6, 2012

Fabrik said:
Fez. Best Puzzle game?
Just no.

Just what was better this year?

Insane Metal · Dec 6, 2012

NFSMW - Best Racing

I am pleased.

Necrovex · Dec 6, 2012

Virtue's Last Reward as best handheld exclusive title?! Yeah, I'll take that.

Ridley327 · Dec 6, 2012

8bit said:
Anything interesting in the ZombiU review? 5 seems quite low compared to other impressions.

I believe their review for that game was posted on the same day as all of the other ones on their website.

It does not read like a 5, which says a lot about their review scale.

BY2K · Dec 6, 2012

The Walking Dead got robbed.

GANGSTERKILLER · Dec 6, 2012

Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed - 8/10

For me this game deserves a 10/10. Amazingly fun arcade racer.

All the "Kudos" (If you know what I mean) to Sumo Digital.

Lambtron · Dec 6, 2012

GodDuckman said:
New Super Mario Bros. U - 9.25/10 (Game of the Month)

bullshit.

Seems about what I'd score it. It's an excellent game.

Colonel Nasty · Dec 6, 2012

I just realized no Forza on this list and NFS won best racing? Not enough lols in the world.

dark_inferno · Dec 6, 2012

Mass Effect 3 (Best Role-Playing Downloadable Content) - Because of the DLC it gets at least one Award? WTF. It doesnt even deserve one.
Mark of the Ninja (Best Downloadable Game) - Actually i stopped reading after seeing this. Why is it the best Downloadable Game? Because it was XBLA exclusive for a few weeks? Because its "awesome". Its good yeah but nothing else.

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