Hey guys, 2008 is nearly over so I thought I might start doing the whole Awards thingie and give a short view on the games that clearly were impressive in my eyes with a short explanation. Let's jump right into it!

Shooter

Gears of War 2

Don't even need to clarify myself, game is simply EPIC! From the intro until the ending making you want more, this game will lead you on a crazy shooting ride. As you go on, you will master the art of realistic shooting even more and this game simply had to be my top 1.

Game of the Year

Grand Theft Auto IV

A lot of people are going to say that Gears of War 2 is the game of the year but I gotta admit, GTA IV was quite a big hit to my personal self when I first played. This game is really amazing and as a fan of the series I got to say this game gets my vote for game of the year. Graphics, gameplay, story,... Everything is in there.

Role-playing game

The World Ends With You

I think a lot of people missed out on that game that is a personal favorite of mine as it only came out on DS and didn't make much noise in the industry. HOWEVER, this game was really awesome and I think a title is well deserved in this category as it had a lot of elements that made it unique specially its storyline.

Fighting Game

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

To be honest, this is the only fighting game I played this year with Facebreaker so of course the vote was pretty easy.

Sports Game

NHL 09

I know there's not a lot of hockey fans in this website but I personally love the sport and this addition to the series was simply too good to be true, the new controls added to great graphics and updated rosters made it a fav for me.

Best DS Game

The World Ends With You

As specified in the Role-playing game category, this game had a lot of aspects that made it great like the story and the gameplay. And all those aspects/elements just made the experience so much more fun and enjoyable making it great to kill time on the bus/tram/etc.

Best PSP Game

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core

First of all, I am a big fan of Square Enix and the Final Fantasy franchise just keeps on amazing me so of course I had to pick that one up and I loved it. The story of Zack is great and appreciated as it filled some blanks in the FFVII story. God of War would be my first but I'm too much of a Final Fantasy freak...

Best Visuals

Gears Of War 2

Amazing how a three-year old engine can still keep up to expectations and deliver such amazing graphics. Wow is an understatement when you first glance at the game as the proportions are huge and the details can still be seen from so far away. GoW2 had no difficulties climbing to the first rank in this category.

Adventure Game

Grand Theft Auto IV

Great game that lasted a long time and that pushed me to want more and discover who's the traitor. The adventure took us on three different islands and every new story element was exciting led the player through the game easily and which so much fun. This is by far one of the greatest game ever.

Best Xbox 360

Gears of War 2

Developed exclusively on Xbox 360 this title was amazing in both singleplayer and multiplayer.

Best Wii

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Great fights and so much to play online or with friends.

Best PC Game

World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King

Yes, I'm one of those lol. While the Burning Crusade was a huge disappointement for me, I got to say that this time Blizzard made a great move and released an expansion that blew me away! From the Death Knight to Northrend, everything is so much fun! While the addiction grows, I got to put my thumbs up for this one as it is a great game.

Best Online Game

Gears of War 2

First I thought of adding WoW or WAR but then I realised how much fun I had on Live while playing this game online, must it be on Horde or the other modes, I always had fun. The game kept and will still keep me hooked only thanks to the multiplayer and I love it.

PS3 owners don't be hating lol I just don't have a PS3 so I didn't put any PS3-exclusives in there nor a Best PS3 as I have no experience with any game personally...

Hey guys long time no blogged, was busy with work for school and all with my exams coming next week but yeah finally Gears of War 2 got patched! Getting into games is now easier than ever and I'm enjoying it Other than that I was planning on posting reviews for both World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and GoW 2 just to give a small opinion on the games. I'm also excited for the Rock Band 2 instrument kit coming out in Europe this week or the following one (they said the beginning of December) DD Anyways lately my blogs been quite short but I really can't see the point of writing anything major until somethin major happens... Like the TR:U (Tomb Raider Underworld) reviews, they weren't allowed to have a review of less than 8/10 for its first weekend...It's the whole Gamespot problem all over again! When will the industry learn? I mean gamers are pretty well informed and this was meant to leak out so yeah its gunna give us another reason not to buy the game no?

That's my opinion
so Legolas_Prime signing out

Hey guys first of all long time no see! I've been on Giantbomb a lot and now decided I would post all the blog posts I do there in here :p Just for the people that might think I'm copy-pasting this from another blog I want you guys to know that I'm LethalKi11ler from Giantbomb :p So yeah on to the blog post:
I went to MediaMarkt and got one new 360 game and 2 new PC games.
Got Rock Band for 360 (Rock Band 2 not out in Europe yet) and got Farcry 2 and Dead Space for PC.
I didn't get to play loads of Rockband nor Farcry because I'm now addicted to Dead Space.
I was kinda puzzled about it and the price was good and so were the reviews so decided to give it a try and I can say this.... SMOOOTHHH!!!!!!!!!
The game plays perfectly on all 3 machines I tested including my old gaming comp (Pentium IV 3.2Ghz, x1950xt, 2GB RAM all maxed out in 1680x1050 with 40+ FPS on Vista 32-bit)
I'm only on chapter 3 because I decided to write a quick blog about it and how awesome it is.

So quick impressions:

Good:
- Performance on PC
- 5.1 Surround sound is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
- Good storyline so far
- Gameplay is nice for a PC port
- Incredibly fun to play
- Some moments will make you jump (rarely seen in recent games in my opinion)
- Gravity spots are a lot of fun
- Killing enemies is satisfying

Bad:
- Some Bad textures
- Some glitches from time to time (like an enemy appearing before a scripted scene in which he's suppose to appear)
- Sound problems sometimes when fighting enemies (some delay)

So far that's it
I will update once I'm done with the game I guess and I'm planning on doing some impressions Rockband for the European users
(European users because we don't have Rock Band 2 yet so you guys might want to know about the first one :p)

Take care y'all

Hey guys I joined Giantbomb yesterday and I think y'all should too! I'm not leaving Gamespot but I'm loving the other website so you''ll see me more often there
Add me! http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/LethalKi11ler/

So I'm an owner of pretty much all the consoles on the market except the PS3... So I'm working hard lately to gather enough money for the 80GB version that should come out pretty soon I guess but I have a question for you guys...
Will the 80GB version have retrocompability with PS2 titles? It's only 399$ and I live in the Netherlands which would make it like 250 euros....
1. Is it a good choice to buy it now?
2. Retrocompability?

Thanks