Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Snake might be old, but he still is awesome. And horny.
Metal Gear Solid is one of the most prestigious franchise in the gaming industry, and definitely the most consistent. I have never played an MGS game that was bad by any stretch of imagination. Right from the original Metal Gear down to Peace Walker last year, I have played and loved each and every Metal Gear game. The game I have loved the most, though, is Guns of the Patriots. It tied up the story beautifully, tying up almost all the lose ends. It was a cinematic wonder, and while some of the cutscenes were long enough to make you feel like you’re watching a movie (last cutscene was 90 minutes long), they still were a joy to watch. As unbelievable as it might sound, MGS4 exceeded the crazy hype that had been surrounding it before its launch.
Gears of War 2
Gears of War was an awesome game. Not only was it the Xbox 360’s first killer app, it also revolutionized the entire Third Person Shooter genre, so much so that almost every other TPS that uses cover mechanics is immediately passed of as a Gears of War rip off. After a game as revolutionary as GeoW, a lot was expected of Gears 2. Gears 2 aimed to please the story-loving audience. It included an involving story, and the same old awesome gameplay from Gears. However, it was not everything it should have been. Bigger and better it was, but obviously it did not have as much an impact as Gears 1 did. Still, a lot was expected of it, and for most of the part, it delivered. That’s saying something, considering how much hype it got.
Halo 3
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, when the armour lock ability was just a thing in the trailers…
Being the first Halo game on the Xbox 360, and the (then) conclusion to the fabled Halo franchise, Halo 3 had to be the most hyped thing in the history of humankind. Obviously, it was impossible for a game like Halo 3 to live up to the hype surrounding it, let alone exceed it. But when Halo 3 was released, it left us all astounded. It was the perfect conclusion to the perfect trilogy. Halo 3, while featuring a somewhat iffy campaign, “finished the fight” almost perfectly. Master Chief signed off in style, and the multiplayer mode was so awesome, it still tops the Xbox Live charts. Considering how much hype Halo 3 got, and that it actually lived up to it, some might even call Halo 3 the best shooter ever!
Please don’t kill me.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Snow. First Person Shooter. Generic. But awesome.
Battlefield is a brilliant franchise, and the Bad Company sub-series is even more so. Bad Company was a great game, and as if living up to that wasn’t a tough job already, EA started hyping Bad Company 2 like crazy. Innumerable videos, screens, commercials, statements about how BC2 would be awesome, and most of us were pretty sure Bad Company 2 would be one hell of a game even before it got released. And when Bad Company 2 was released, we were all proven right. Not only one of the best games to have been released in 2010, but also one of the best First Person Shooters I’ve ever played.
