Pokédad: Pokedad's 2012 Game of the Year!

I played a lot of games this year, and I wanted to do choose my game of the year. Before I get any stupid responses, all of the games being considered have to have been released in 2012, I must have played them, and I refuse to include any ports or updated games as they don't count as new in my book (remakes are fine). Also, this is my opinion and these have been voted on by only me, but thats why you're reading this right, to get my opinion? So here we go, all the new games I played in 2012, let's pick a winner!

Sonic 4 Episode 1

Sonic Team decided to stop making all of those shitty new era Sonic games and go back to their roots, and it worked out pretty well. Episode 4 is a great updated version with a very nostalgic feel.

Lollipop Chainsaw

Made by the team that crafted No More Heroes, (which I didn't like as much as everyone else did), this painfully similar beat em up just came off as an excuse to play soft core porn. It's fun for an hour, but it got really tedious, really fast. Bayonetta did this idea better.

Kingdoms of Amalur

A medieval fantasy game made by Curt Schilling and written by my favorite author R.A. Salvatore, whats not to love? A lot actually, this game got off to a great start, but the fetch quests start piling on by the hundreds and I quit before finishing due to dangerous levels of boredom.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Holy shit was this game awful. Capcom has a rich tradition of shitty spinoffs, and this game would be the shit king if Gun Survivor didn't exist.

Minecraft XBLA

I couldn't decide whether or not to include this because it seems like just a port, but they had to change so much to make it Xbox friendly, that it really is a different game. Its great, and extremely addictive. It simply isn't as good as it's PC counterpart.

Dragon's Dogma

Such a surprisingly good game, Dragon's Dogma is solid, with so many things done differently and well. It's also sadistically difficult, which makes the accomplishments within even more sweet. A gem for sure.

Resident Evil 6

Im a huge Resident Evil fan who was slightly dissapointed with 4, and then majorly dissapointed with 5. I was excited for 6 after hearing the new take on the franchise that Capcom was taking. Now, I haven't completed every campaign, but with the terrible dialogue, dumb controls and the completely wasted opportunity with Wesker's son, its really kind of a letdown. It's okay, could be worse, but also could have been much better. I miss when Resident Evil used to be scary.

SSX

SSX Tricky on the Gamecube was one of the best racing games ever made, so I was seriously pumped for the new SSX. And......it sucked.

Spelunky

A fun little arcade game that is so impossibly difficult that I don't think I will ever have the skill to beat it.

Mass Effect 3

The third installment in probably the greatest Sci-Fi series the gaming world has ever seen, but with one hell of a controversial ending.

The Walking Dead XBLA

I bought all 5 chapters to this masterpiece, and it currently stands as my favorite point and click even over The Monkey Island games!

Xcom: Enemy Unknown

I loved the original when I was younger, and I love this new remake even more. An amazing accomplishment and life-crushingly addictive.

Pokemon Black 2 and White 2

I love Pokemon, obviously, so I can put up with almost anything as long as I get my Pokefix. White 2 is great, and a solid installment, but at the end of the day, I have played this game before, we all have, dozens of times. It's time for a new direction, before this series gets too lukewarm to spark any interest among it's fans.

Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers