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Shared on Mon, 12/31/2007 - 16:58The Games of the Year in Review continues....
May: Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
Simply put, Forza Motorsport 2 is as good as it gets for car fanatics. A sim racer with so much potential for customization it can make your head spin. The game blends seamlessly between online and off and the only thing better than tweaking, tuning, and painting the over 300 cars included in the game was actually racing them. With scaling difficulty to accommodate any gamer from casual to hardcore, the only person you had to blame for putting your four hundred thousand dollar Ferrari into the wall and Laguna Seca Raceway was yourself!
June: Dirt (Xbox 360/PC/PS3)
Dirt was probably the most graphically gorgous racing game that came out this year. Even better still, the first time you slam the railing with your rally car at 90mph and realize how elaborate the damage system is your jaw drops even further. Codemasters dialed back the sim racing a little in the latest Colin Mcrae game and made the near perfect arcade racer. It also wins the first annual Nitemare1 slickest interface award for outstanding accomplishment in menus!
July: Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's (PS2)
Guitar Hero Encore won July by default. If it teaches us anything it`s that in those lazy days of summer there`s money to be made from gamers. The track list was small and the graphics were recycled from Guitar Hero 2 but we bought it anyway. Why, because it was more freakin` Guitar Hero. Maybe game publishers will catch on. Gamers don`t care if it`s summer. We still want good games to play!
August: Bioshock (Xbox 360/PC)
In August Bioshock was released and we couldn`t believe what we saw. Here was a shooter with original ideas, a setting like we had never seen and characters that really got under your skin. A story with more twists than a bag of pretzels was just the icing on the cake. When it seems like the majority of store shelves are crowded with games that have a sequel number after the title it was a beautiful thing to venture into a deep rich world where we had never been.
Tomorrow: September though December also known as: The fall my wallet cried!
May: Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
Simply put, Forza Motorsport 2 is as good as it gets for car fanatics. A sim racer with so much potential for customization it can make your head spin. The game blends seamlessly between online and off and the only thing better than tweaking, tuning, and painting the over 300 cars included in the game was actually racing them. With scaling difficulty to accommodate any gamer from casual to hardcore, the only person you had to blame for putting your four hundred thousand dollar Ferrari into the wall and Laguna Seca Raceway was yourself!
June: Dirt (Xbox 360/PC/PS3)
Dirt was probably the most graphically gorgous racing game that came out this year. Even better still, the first time you slam the railing with your rally car at 90mph and realize how elaborate the damage system is your jaw drops even further. Codemasters dialed back the sim racing a little in the latest Colin Mcrae game and made the near perfect arcade racer. It also wins the first annual Nitemare1 slickest interface award for outstanding accomplishment in menus!
July: Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's (PS2)
Guitar Hero Encore won July by default. If it teaches us anything it`s that in those lazy days of summer there`s money to be made from gamers. The track list was small and the graphics were recycled from Guitar Hero 2 but we bought it anyway. Why, because it was more freakin` Guitar Hero. Maybe game publishers will catch on. Gamers don`t care if it`s summer. We still want good games to play!
August: Bioshock (Xbox 360/PC)
In August Bioshock was released and we couldn`t believe what we saw. Here was a shooter with original ideas, a setting like we had never seen and characters that really got under your skin. A story with more twists than a bag of pretzels was just the icing on the cake. When it seems like the majority of store shelves are crowded with games that have a sequel number after the title it was a beautiful thing to venture into a deep rich world where we had never been.
Tomorrow: September though December also known as: The fall my wallet cried!
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