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Game of the year is the hardest of them all. What makes the game of the year? Everything must be almost perfect, well balanced, epic, have a great story, characters, mechanics, graphics, and everything that makes up a game must be amazing and better than the competition. I wish I could have picked more than one because there were so many amazing games this year.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Skyrim actually wasn’t my first choice. It won because of how grand in scale the game was and the attention to detail that only a few games this year did. Over 100 hours of gameplay, unique characters, a grand story, beautiful graphics, lots of customization, and a gorgeous soundtrack made Skyrim come out on top of the entire pile. Skyrim is a special game in the sense that no other RPG or game can do it.

Runner-Ups

Battlefield 3

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Killzone 3

Portal 2

Resistance 3

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Dark Souls

Batman: Arkham City

Catherine

Rayman Origins

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

L.A. Noire

Gears of War 3

Mortal Kombat

Batman: Arkham City

Arkham City may be a sequel, but it’s a sequel that does everything that a sequel should do: Make everything 100x better and introduce so much new content it’s a completely different game. Arkham City has a huge open world and allows you to really feel like Batman with investigation missions, smooth and fun combat, plus all of Batty’s gadgets. This is truly a beautiful and unique game, something that all comic books games need to model from.