1. Grand Theft Auto 5; Rockstar took everything they learned over this console generation, and managed to combine them into this one game. The story was a bit messy, but the detailed world, 3 interesting leads, and varied, exciting gameplay made for my personal game of the year.
2. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance; I've beaten this game start to finish at least 5 times now, yet I still have the urge to go back for more. The fantastic combat mechanics, and the best soundtrack this year make this game such a joy to play.
3. Bioshock Infinite; People may have had problems with the combat and linearity, but I didn't. Columbia is such an interesting place to explore and the story and characters were so charming and fun. I also very much enjoyed the gameplay, I thought that vigors were implemented much better than plasmids, and the skyhook was a great mechanic.
4. Splinter Cell Blacklist; The best game in the series since Chaos Theory. The lack of Micheal Ironside was a bit awkward at first, but the open gameplay, fantastic level design, and great multiplayer quickly had me getting over that.
5. X-COM: Enemy Within; Everything you loved about Enemy Unknown with even more awesome stuff. Incredibly addictive.
6. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon; Build on Far Cry 3's mechanics, add in boatloads of 80's nostalgia, some hilarious writing, and you get Blood Dragon, one of the best downloadable games ever.
2. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance; I've beaten this game start to finish at least 5 times now, yet I still have the urge to go back for more. The fantastic combat mechanics, and the best soundtrack this year make this game such a joy to play.
3. Bioshock Infinite; People may have had problems with the combat and linearity, but I didn't. Columbia is such an interesting place to explore and the story and characters were so charming and fun. I also very much enjoyed the gameplay, I thought that vigors were implemented much better than plasmids, and the skyhook was a great mechanic.
4. Splinter Cell Blacklist; The best game in the series since Chaos Theory. The lack of Micheal Ironside was a bit awkward at first, but the open gameplay, fantastic level design, and great multiplayer quickly had me getting over that.
5. X-COM: Enemy Within; Everything you loved about Enemy Unknown with even more awesome stuff. Incredibly addictive.
6. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon; Build on Far Cry 3's mechanics, add in boatloads of 80's nostalgia, some hilarious writing, and you get Blood Dragon, one of the best downloadable games ever.