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QJ.NET's Best of 2009

Posted Jan 1, 2010 at 10:00AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: Wii, PS3, MMORPG, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PSP, PC Gaming, iPhone Tags: best of 2009, games for windows
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It's the first day of the new year, so the first order of business is to greet all of you QJ readers a very Happy New Year! Before we go on and get started on 2010, let's take a look back at the standouts that made 2009 a great year in gaming. Here's our list of the best of 2009.

 

 


 

 

 

Game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
PS3: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Xbox 360: Halo 3: ODST
PSP: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Wii: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
PC: Torchlight
DS: Dragon Quest IX
Best Downloadable: Fat Princess
Best New IP: Borderlands
Publisher/Developer: Infinity Ward
Video Game Character: Albert Wesker
Eyes on 2010: Sony and Microsoft's motion controllers, all those huge sequels
  • Game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
  • PS3: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
  • Xbox 360: Halo 3: ODST
  • PSP: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
  • Wii: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • PC: Torchlight
  • DS: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
  • iPhone: Rolando 2
  • Best Downloadable: Fat Princess
  • Best New IP: Borderlands
  • Publisher/Developer: Infinity Ward
  • Video Game Character: Albert Wesker
  • Eyes on 2010: Sony and Microsoft's motion controllers, all those huge sequels

 



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# Best 360 gamekon_e3 2010-01-01 11:13
Is Halo ODST? must've been a bad year for 'em

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# ...Karl B. 2010-01-01 11:24
So, what are your top picks from last year?

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# rly...hush404 2010-01-01 12:46
odst? srsly?



batman gets my goty on teh ps3/360.

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# probably....smashman98 2010-01-01 13:44
best exclusives for ps3 and 360 category atleast id hope so i cant imagine odst actually beating mw2

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# happy new years, qjGodOfTheWire 2010-01-01 14:45
and everyone else thats on here.

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# HAPPY NEW DECADE!StingBlah 2010-01-01 16:43
I've been following qj for a half decade now...keep delivering the great news!



I'm okay with all of your picks, except i would say best new ip is def. demon's souls.

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# -APerson 2010-01-01 18:28
No mention of Left4Dead 2 at all?

Best developer Inifity Wards... the people who absolutely feckin broke their game on the PC.

GOTY for Uncharted 2?

Microsofts Natal? From my tests with it I found it to be nothing but laggy garbage, too much CPU goes into recognising gestures and theres no way the 360 can cut the 100ms lag. Maybe the next xbox but to be looking forward to Natal is quite surprising. I guess you guys haven't tried it.

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# Torchlight!?KingPoubar 2010-01-01 19:01
WTF is torchlight?! Its not even out in retail yet. Great game of 2009. "Publisher/Developer: Infinity Ward"? Are you fucking serious!? Pumping out yet another shitty sequel to Call of Duty that is a total stab in the back to the players that got the game started in the first place?!?! And like RJ said, no mention of Left4Dead2?

"Eyes on 2010: Sony and Microsoft's motion controllers" Oh the irony, remember when the fanboys claimed motion controllers are nothing but a gimmick that doesnt work when the Wii was released? I sure as hell do, now they cant wait for their own gimmicky controllers? Pfft. Your all as bad as the people that ripped the piss out of Micheal Jackson for all those years yet suddenly gave a shit when he died.

Worst of 2009=QJ.net.

Its been a downhill slide.

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# First Offrunningxbackward 2010-01-01 19:02
Happy new year. Next I understaind why they picked what they picked. ODTS is only for XBOX and for now that was the best EXCLUSIVE for the system....I know its said to hear. MW2 was a multi platform game. I also hate to say but Sony is playing quite a race because of all there great exclusives from last year (Resistance 2, killzone 2, and Uncharted 2). Come next year xbox is going to be shaking in there boots with all the new titles coming out next year.

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# -APerson 2010-01-02 09:07
Uncharted 2 was great but what, R2 and KZ2 (heh, all sequels. Take that originality)? They were completely forgettable at best. In 10 years time neither will be remembered.



All that list seems to be is whats popular. I really wonder if these guys played the bulk of the games released this year. The DS GOTY definitely is Order of Ecclesia. The only reason people don't know that is because Zelda was a bigger commercial hit and was advertised. And I play all Zelda games too...



I thought QJ was good because its so low key and unimportant. They don't go out and do their own journalism. This gives the impression they'd pick games for their quality, not follow the steps of every other gaming site who actually do get benefits from publishers for saying good things about them.

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# @RJ1ofamillion 2010-01-02 10:27
First thing, your opinion is not the only one that counts..I haven't played many recent DS games, but there is no reason to tell QJ that THEIR wrong because of your opinion. Everyone has their own opinion, and so do you. Second. How do they follow every other site? Again, this is their opinion and not yours.

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# -TouchDaSkeleton 2010-01-02 16:33
Game:Demon's Souls

PS3:Demon's Souls

Xbox 360:Nothing

PSP:Nothing

Wii:Nothing

PC:Nothing

DS:Nothing

iPhone:Nothing

Best Downloadable:No thing

Best New IP:Nothing

Publisher/Developer:Noone

Video Game Character:Noone

Eyes on 2010:Warhawk in Space lol

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# @1ofamillionchrisfand 2010-01-02 17:07
u mean THEY´RE wrong because of your opinion. u used the wrong ¨There¨DUMASS*



*smosh reference

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# -APerson 2010-01-02 19:06
They're the same as other sites since they're fully basing their results on what was a popular game. There were so many underground hits this year it was hard keeping track of them all.



Unless these guys are writing a list of what was a commercial success this year then they actually are wrong. Zelda is my favourite gaming series ever, I own all the games and even have my DS Lite signed by the director of Zelda and Shigeryu Miyamoto and I've discussed game design with the design team on Twilight Princess... but to put THAT as the best DS game of the whole of 2009 is wrong.



Notice how all of the games QJ listed are from the last couple of months.

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