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Subject: NFG's Best Games of 2010
So like many old people I don't play as many games as I used to. What with real-life commitments like work, lawn bowling and shaking my cane at the kids on my lawn I just don't have the disposable time. So it's rare that anything even makes it onto my radar, rarer still that I actually play it, and a very rare thing indeed when I find something new that I like.
'Cause let's face it, modern games are rubbish. Except for these two:
NFG's Game of the Year 2010: Hydro Thunder Hurricane (Xbox Live Arcade)
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This is seriously hot shit. This is, without question, the finest edge-of-your-seat racing since, well, since the first one hit the arcades back in like 1999. If you've ever played Hydro Thunder on a home console before Hurricane you'd probably hate it. They all sucked. But this... Well I don't know who the fuck Vector Unit are, but by golly they know how to craft a fine racing game. I love this so much I've just sworn at you twice.
I'd meant to write a full and proper review of this game but every time I sit down to work out some screenshots or video I end up playing it for the rest of the day. Put on your hardest fastest bestest music and this game kicks the ass of every other damn thing.
NFG's runner-up Game of the Year: PacMan Championship Edition DX (Xbox Live Arcade)
You might remember I hated this at first. A controller malfunction meant it ran at half speed for me and it wasn't any gol-durn fun at all. But it turns out I'm an idiot and this game is fantastic.
NFG's I Don't Get It of the Year: Minecraft (PC)
It's everything I like about Lego hobbled by everything I hate about RPGs. The joy of creating neat stuff is completely ruined by collecting and crafting and other things that generally annoy me to death. I sure wish I'd written it though, I like money.
I also played a ton of Trials HD and the new Lara Croft, and quite liked both. The new Trials pack offerd a whopping 40 new tracks, and Lara Croft was a really enjoyable reboot of the old Tomb Raider series. Mostly though I played the retro stuff: Super Mario World, Demon's Crest, Saturn and Dreamcast and SNES and N64... Ah, memories.
'Cause let's face it, modern games are rubbish. Except for these two:
NFG's Game of the Year 2010: Hydro Thunder Hurricane (Xbox Live Arcade)
This is seriously hot shit. This is, without question, the finest edge-of-your-seat racing since, well, since the first one hit the arcades back in like 1999. If you've ever played Hydro Thunder on a home console before Hurricane you'd probably hate it. They all sucked. But this... Well I don't know who the fuck Vector Unit are, but by golly they know how to craft a fine racing game. I love this so much I've just sworn at you twice.
I'd meant to write a full and proper review of this game but every time I sit down to work out some screenshots or video I end up playing it for the rest of the day. Put on your hardest fastest bestest music and this game kicks the ass of every other damn thing.
NFG's runner-up Game of the Year: PacMan Championship Edition DX (Xbox Live Arcade)
You might remember I hated this at first. A controller malfunction meant it ran at half speed for me and it wasn't any gol-durn fun at all. But it turns out I'm an idiot and this game is fantastic.
NFG's I Don't Get It of the Year: Minecraft (PC)
It's everything I like about Lego hobbled by everything I hate about RPGs. The joy of creating neat stuff is completely ruined by collecting and crafting and other things that generally annoy me to death. I sure wish I'd written it though, I like money.
I also played a ton of Trials HD and the new Lara Croft, and quite liked both. The new Trials pack offerd a whopping 40 new tracks, and Lara Croft was a really enjoyable reboot of the old Tomb Raider series. Mostly though I played the retro stuff: Super Mario World, Demon's Crest, Saturn and Dreamcast and SNES and N64... Ah, memories.
BLEARGH
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