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The Technomancer · (Today, 05:17 AM)

Thanks to junior nrvalleytime for pointing this out and asking me to make a thread:

http://techland.time.com/2013/12/04/...0-video-games/

FaidSint · (Today, 05:18 AM)

10. Skylanders: Swap Force

Ah.

Juliet's 8½ Spirits · (Today, 05:18 AM)

terrible list

Shanks D Zoro · (Today, 05:18 AM)

Time should just stop, they become more embarrasing every year

Jarlaxle · (Today, 05:19 AM)

Skylanders over Mario 3D World? Fuck off.

KoopaTheCasual · (Today, 05:20 AM)

Originally Posted by FaidSint

10. Skylanders: Swap Force

Ah.

This list is beyond ass.

Might as well called this list the "Only games I got a chance to play this year, so I guess they're my Top 10, yup!"

Intheflorsh · (Today, 05:20 AM)

It's that time of the year again...

antitrop · (Today, 05:20 AM)

I sure as hell hope this isn't a ranked list, and just 10 games in a random order.

Because Jesus Fucking Christ.

bigkrev · (Today, 05:20 AM)

Strange list. It's fine to pretend WiiU doesn't exist when you make your list if you want, but how Pikmen 3 is on this list when Mario isn't is pretty crazy. Also, Skylanders?

Andrew_Korenchkin · (Today, 05:20 AM)

So glad TLOU isn't No 1.

McDougles · (Today, 05:20 AM)

Honest to God, I think they're trying their hardest to make the most terrible "arguably legit" list for all of their tech stuff.

Originally Posted by Jarlaxle

Skylanders over Mario 3D World? Fuck off.

To be fair, these lists are done in advance. SM3DW likely wasn't out at time of voting.

Byronic Hero · (Today, 05:20 AM)

Before I looked at the article, I thought of 10 I expected to see on the list. I was only half right. The other 5 I didn't guess took me by surprise.

NeoGash · (Today, 05:20 AM)

Pretty bad list IMO. I think Skylanders is doing less than what Naughty Dog did with Jak a decade before it, but maybe that's just me. I have a brother who has that crap on the Wii and has about 50 figurines, and the game is just so terrible. I wouldn't have liked it 12 years ago when Jak was around that's for sure.

Dysun · (Today, 05:21 AM)

6) The Last of Us

Nuklear · (Today, 05:21 AM)

Originally Posted by Juliet's 8½ Spirits

terrible list

Really? The only one I would disagree with is Skylanders but I haven't played it so I can't really comment on it.

Mario should be on that list and Skylanders taken off.

TUSR · (Today, 05:21 AM)

Unpopular opinion: AC is boring and doesn't deserve to be in the top 20.

MThanded · (Today, 05:22 AM)

where is mario?

sant · (Today, 05:22 AM)

Looks like a top 10 list of games Dads bought for their kids this year

antitrop · (Today, 05:22 AM)

Originally Posted by Nuklear

Really? The only one I would disagree with is Skylanders but I haven't played it so I can't really comment on it.

Far Cry Blood Dragon isn't even the best $15 game that Ubisoft put out this year.

VanWinkle · (Today, 05:22 AM)

A few were good choices but I cracked up seeing ACIV in there, at NUMBER TWO no less, hahaha.

3rdamention · (Today, 05:22 AM)

Originally Posted by antitrop

I sure as hell hope this isn't a ranked list, and just 10 games in a random order.

Because Jesus Fucking Christ.

As a sixth grade computer teacher, I tell my students if a list has no order of preference or importance, you use bullets, not numbers.......I see my students aren't writing for Time......

Poetic.Injustice · (Today, 05:22 AM)

Time GOTY lists are always good for a laugh every year.

ElephantShell · (Today, 05:23 AM)

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon? The Last of Us at #6? Okay then...

Also, I haven't played ACIV yet but plan on getting it for PS4 soon, is it really that good? Does it belong on this list?

Frost_Ace · (Today, 05:23 AM)

At least Animal Crossing is in it, I'm happy.

ZoddGutts · (Today, 05:23 AM)

The only top 10 list Infinite should be on is most disappointed game of 2013 list.

enanogrande · (Today, 05:23 AM)

I like AC4 and all, but #2? No.

mrdark · (Today, 05:23 AM)

"10. Skylande..."

I'm out

NeoGash · (Today, 05:23 AM)

Originally Posted by Nuklear

Really? The only one I would disagree with is Skylanders but I haven't played it so I can't really comment on it.

Meh, the only one I really disagreed with being on that list is SkyScammers, but I think it is more so the order of the list. Pokemon X and Y are fantastic, but they don't do anything really groundbreaking or new. I say that as a massive fan of them, but they definitely deserve to be on the list though.

water_wendi · (Today, 05:23 AM)

List looks fine. Not my personal top 10 of.. well, anything, but it seems valid from my own personal observations of what a lot of people like.

Darmik · (Today, 05:23 AM)

Far Cry: Blood Dragon seems out of place with the rest of the list. Skylanders overall has pretty good reviews so it may very well be one of the best games for people who fit that audience. Mario seems like it should be there however.

The order of the list seems a bit random as well.

nrvalleytime · 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by The Technomancer

Thanks to junior nrvalleytime for pointing this out and asking me to make a thread:

http://techland.time.com/2013/12/04/...0-video-games/

Cheers man.

With that said... awful list. Where in the world is ALBW or Super Mario 3D? I'm pleasantly surprised at the amount of Nintendo games, but they picked the wrong ones here.

And Skylanders - I understand the appeal, but it's more of a long-running gadget gimmick than a game.

Originally Posted by TUSR

Unpopular opinion: AC is boring and doesn't deserve to be in the top 20.

I fail to see anything unpopular about that opinion. AC 4 was decent, but there are much better games this year. And if you're talking about Animal Crossing, what other 20 games would you rank ahead of it?

Gattsby · (Today, 05:25 AM)

Originally Posted by Dysun

6) The Last of Us

Same reaction from me when I saw that.

And AC4 beat Pokemon X & Y?

Come on TIME, stop reporting on things you don't know about.

Vooduu · (Today, 05:25 AM)

This list is bad and it should feel bad.

Lambtron · (Today, 05:25 AM)

Originally Posted by TUSR

Unpopular opinion: AC is boring and doesn't deserve to be in the top 20.

Animal Crossing or Ass Creed? If it's the former, unpopular opinion: I'm totally okay with it being ahead of The Last of Us.

Xer0 · (Today, 05:26 AM)

Originally Posted by Andrew_Korenchkin

So glad TLOU isn't No 1.

Its going to be a pretty bad month, for you.

The Technomancer · (Today, 05:26 AM)

The Far Cry pick is the only one that stands out to me as weird. Like, I haven't heard anyone say basically anything about it

braves01 · (Today, 05:26 AM)

Any goty list without the new Zelda near the top is highly questionable.

BeastLeeAdams · (Today, 05:26 AM)

For this who don't read:

10. Skylanders: SwapForce
9. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
8. Bioshock: Infinte
7. Pikmin 3
6. The Last of Us
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
4. Gone Home
3. Pokemon X & Y
2. Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag
1. GTA V

Seems random, although numbered. Remember guy's this is mostly for casuals.

BinaryPork2737 · (Today, 05:26 AM)

It's a pretty decent list to be honest.

Not really understanding all the negativity about it. Take into account that this is Time. A mainstream, non-gaming related news source. They're going to go with the big high profile games. And GTA 5 was the biggest game in the non-gaming news media this year.

I'm actually surprised that Gone Home made that high on a list like this. Pleasantly surprised though.

Prophane33 · (Today, 05:27 AM)

This list is absolute garbage.

Majestad · (Today, 05:27 AM)

Originally Posted by Xer0

Its going to be a pretty bad month, for you.

GTAV.

Cartman86 · (Today, 05:28 AM)

More so then most years some of the games on that list should negate other ones.

nicknick · (Today, 05:29 AM)

Mario 3D World is no. 1 and Zelda ALBW is no. 2. I am not sure how Time skipped over the two best games of the (new) decade. Sigh.

jnWake · (Today, 05:29 AM)

Pikmin 3 is there so I approve :-)

McDougles · (Today, 05:30 AM)

Originally Posted by BinaryPork2737

I'm actually surprised that Gone Home made that high on a list like this. Pleasantly surprised though.

Listen to their description of Gone Home.

Originally Posted by Time

We’ve all had that feeling: the uneasiness of being alone in the dark, of being spooked by the sound of our own house settling, of bounding upstairs just a tiny bit faster after we’ve turned off the downstairs lights for the night. Without having to shoot or stab anything along the way, it turns out that rummaging for important items in a video game is pretty enjoyable when handled properly. The game’s empty, ever-groaning manor provides the suspense, which you relieve by moving from room to room, turning on the lights, examining every corner for clues and gradually becoming familiar with your new home. You might even call it therapeutic.

Does this sound like the description of Gone Home by somebody who played the "game?"

BPoole · (Today, 05:30 AM)

Where's COD: Ghosts?

MYeager · (Today, 05:30 AM)

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon should've been higher.

Dacvak · (Today, 05:31 AM)

Boy it's really hard to take a bunch of really good games and slap them in a list, then have everyone complain about it.

These are all probably good games, even if you don't like all of them in this exact order. These lists are the worst, though. It's just a reason to argue.

Also, what's up with Skylanders hate? You guys realize that game is awesome, right?

AndrewG009 · (Today, 05:31 AM)

Well, that was 30 seconds and a page hit to Time I won't get back. Crap list, but at least it wasn't a slideshow.

antitrop · (Today, 05:31 AM)

Originally Posted by McDougles

Does this sound like the description of Gone Home by somebody who played the "game?"

Gone Home definitely "moved" me, but it certainly wasn't anything that I would call therapeutic...