Science: Uncharted 2 is the best game of 2009

by Justin McElroy on Dec 14th 2009 8:30PM

Who says so? Science says so. Just look at the numbers in this Metacritic round-up of the year's top games and it's pretty obvious that Uncharted 2 is the best. Also, according to math, the PS3 is better than the 360. This isn't us or even Metacritic saying it, people, these are innocent, irrefutable numbers.

In all seriousness, while Metacritic has collected some interesting, worthwhile data in its report, we're not sure what the point is in trying to pick the best system or game of 2009 just going by statistics. We've relied on numbers just to help us organize our annual Game of the Year selection, and even so, just look how much damage they were still capable of.

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Tags: DS, goty, metacritic, Microsoft, Nintendo, round-up, uncharted-2, Uncharted-2-Among-Thieves, Wii, Xbox-360

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aka Joystiq will not be picking Uncharted 2 as their GOTY

yeah, they'll probably pick something like Arkham Asylum or some other game that isn't going to get GOTY anywhere else (But it's a heck of a good game anyways, like fable last year).

Or Portal the year before it.

I will soon be playing Batman: AA so i will be the judge of that

Uncharted 2 will get number 2. It's only fitting. Oh well. Only thing I can see matching up to Uncharted 2's greatness is City Bus Simulator '10. Bitchin.

ouch on Halo:ODST and i though that game would be one of the top lol

ODST's main problem was that all the reviews hit on it for 'not being worth 60'. That was the primary complaint.

ODST is the best expansion of the year :P

I see your ODST and raise you a L4D2.

ODST wasn't worth 60, but at least it's actually sorta good. Better than Halo 2 and 3, that's for damn sure.

L4D2 was not only not worth 60, it's actually somehow worse than the first.

Halo:ODST and L4D2 should've been an expansion. TBH both weren't worth the 60$

ODST's campaign was really quite good, IMO. Firefight was a mistake, because it didn't have matchmaking.

TBH Halo wont be good again without Master Chief. Pretty bored of Halo already. Same old shit i'd say just different maps. Moved on to better FPS

I kind of hate Master Chief, actually. His moonjumping, near-invincibility, and lack of personality are why I don't like most of the Halos.

I thought the parts of ODST where you're wandering the city with the quiet score and night vision on were incredibly well-done. Then it thrusts you into MICHAEL BAY ACTION HOOAH in the flashbacks and ugh. Plus, though the night vision is a very cool effect, you never really have to use it.

for me.

1.Diablo 2 [GOTY ALL YEARS....until D3 ;)]
2. Dragon Age
3. Left 4 Dead 2
4. Borderlands
5. Modern warfare 2

posted my list in wrong spot but oh well.

"I kind of hate Master Chief, actually. His moonjumping, near-invincibility, and lack of personality are why I don't like most of the Halos."

That actually had me in stitches, because that's why I haven't taken to it. Not to mention the fact that I don't really feel like Halo has changed much, yeah it has certainly developed, but once I've played something original (aka Halo 1) if it keeps being done, it looses the originality and becomes repetitive, which is how I felt about Halos after that. It just felt like I was going up against the same old opponents, with the same guns, doing the same missions and seeing the same scenery. Kudos to the fact it was fun none-the-less as I played, but it doesn't change the fact that I can't say it grips me, nor will any of the sequels be as memorable to me as the first time I played co-op on Halo 1 and completed it with my brother.

Yeah im with Big Fat. I thought the whole moody, dark and lonely city was an incredible effect, but i couldnt walk 10ft without needing my Night Vision

I don't think it should be game of the year.

The voice acting sucked!
The fact you have to hit x every time you climb any thing.
The long climbing sections of the game sucks because of that.

Graphics were good but not the best I have seen.

The water effects are WAY out dated.
The sewer scene were they are walking in the water.
The water did not move! and only a tiny splash popped up.

With all the other competition this year.
I just don't think Uncharted 2 is GOTY.

[banned]

Everyone who thinks atx1980 is retarded, raise your hand.

*raises hand*

VOICE ACTING FROM CLAUDIA BLACK IS IN NO WAY TERRIBLE! FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!

*raises hand*

I'm gonna start this by saying I've always enjoyed the halo games but haven't been a huge fan. The thing I don't like about ODST, aside from the price, is the "moody" aspect of the game. I feel like I should feel like it's great that Bunjie is doing something different with the franchise instead of keeping it all master chief and ridiculous action, and it should be refreshing or whatever, but it wasn't. It was missing something. There's a kind of goofiness in previous halo games. You can run out like an idiot blasting and then hide in a corner, everything was bright and green and purple. When a grenade kills you, you fly hundreds of feet away. Grunts are always really animated and comical.

None of that really came over in ODST. It was all quiet and serious, the levels were dark and grey, and when a grenade killed you you would just fall over and die.

None of that effected actual gameplay, which was fine. It played like halo. It just didn't feel like halo, and I had a lot less fun with it because of that. There are plenty of other games that pull off the dark moody atmosphere. I liked Halo being ridiculous and bright.

Probably, but personally, I played and beat quite a few games this year and Uncharted 2 WAS the best. I will also say that although it was the best all around game I think that Demon's Souls is also amazing. I will say its hands down the best action-RPG I've ever played and every boss is so epic everyone should play it.

wow why did my list get voted down?

man ppl on joystiq are being lame lately.

@ Special Agent Steve

dear god.. you weren't joking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP1yddiEzpQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos

I linked a vid and fun facts about GOTY 1999 City Bus Simulator 2010 in the comments here:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/14/esrb-m-rated-sabre-team-deploying-on-wii/

I agree it's a travesty it's not even in the running.

"bwaaaaahaaa the water is not super realistic fun times" - atx1980, giant idiot

And the fanboys are out!

We're not fanboys.

We just know a great game when we see one.

Unlike you...

...Cause you're an idiot.

Such thinly veiled flame bait.

Now I'm hungry.

Peggle should be Game of Every Year

that's a weird way to spell Deus Ex

That's a weird way to spell Mass Effect 2.

That's a weird way of spelling Peggle.

That's a weird way of spelling Chrono Trigger...

that's a weird way to spell Darkest of Days

That's a weird way of spelling Modern War-*is shot*

That's a weird way of spelling Duke Nukem Forever.

That's a weird way of spelling Half-Life.

That's a weird way of spelling.

I jus farted.

BUTTSBUTTSBUTTSBUTTS

That's a weird way of breaking a combo

That's a weird way of spelling thanks for yakuza 3 sega, but we really wanted shenmue 3.

Mono-

Do'h!

I'm not saying they are great. I mean if you are holding them to the standard of Crysis or something then yeah they look like shit. The point is overall they look OK compared to most games. Saying it looks last gen is not accurate at all.

to many comments i keep posting them in the wrong spot...

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