[PlayerOneCJ]

This week! It's the second part of our top games-of-the-whatever; this time covering just 2009, and we go over our top 5 games of that year gone by. There will be laughing, crying, and surprises, no doubt. What are our hosts top picks? You will just have to put this podcast in your earholes and find out! Oh, and we do some voicemails, tweets and what'cha been playing. Next week we'll be back on our regular schedule and format (thankfully).

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Running time: 2:01:31

Direct download: 01_11_10-Episode168.mp3

[Wenny]

Agreed with Phil. Pokemon Rumble is quite good.

[mik]

Lists for the lazy or impatient:

Ford
1 NSMB Wii 
2 Uncharted 2 
3 Chinatown Wars 
4 Assassin's Creed 2
5 Batman: AA  

CJ
1 Uncharted 2
2 The Beatles Rock Band 
3 NSMB Wii 
4 Ratchet & Clank  
5 inFamous  

Sewart
1 Uncharted 2 
2 Chinatown Wars 
3 Ratchet & Clank
4 Need for Speed Shift 
5 Batman: AA 

Phil
1 NSMB Wii 
2 Batman: AA 
3 Ratchet & Clank 
4 Tales of Monkey Island 
5 Pokémon Rumble  

[mik]

Which means the official P1P games of the year list looks like this (based on 5 pts for a first place finish and 1 pt for a fifth place finish):

1 Uncharted 2 (14)
2 NSMB Wii (13)
3 Ratchet & Clank (8.)
4 GTA Chinatown Wars (7)
5 Batman: AA (6)

That's a nice list.

[Sunflower4000]

I've only got through approx the first 30 minutes of it so far, and I'm going insane. You guys really don't have to go over everyone's top whatevers of their decade - surely they could post them on some forum and I could seek it out if I was interested, no? Also the voicemails, what's wrong with that guy who says he's infamous? Why would someone take the time to send in a voicemail feeling that Crackdown, of all games, is "suspect" for being on the decade lists? Like there's some kind of "wrong" answer for someone's personal games of the decade? Jeez.

Please, less voicemails! Quality control! Please! I beg!

[Chairman Steve]

I was glad to see my mention of Dragon Quest VIII get a positive reception. I forgot to mention in my vocemail how much my wife enjoyed watching me play it (except for when I was grinding) as well. So, for all of you out there with "spectator" significant others, there's a recommendation for ya.

I completely agree with the caller who was praised Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. As much as I love SotN, DoS felt like a more complete experience, leaving me feeling completely satisfied even before unlocking the surprisingly cool bonus mode.

[mik]

Could be worse, Sunny--could be an endless stream of listener voices airing grievances and describing their feats of strength.

[Sunflower4000]

mik, on 11 January 2010 - 09:03 AM, said:

Could be worse, Sunny--could be an endless stream of listener voices airing grievances and describing their feats of strength.

Ouch! Touché!


That being said, I did enjoy the simple voicemail from Mike. I hope all callers emulate his simple, strong voicemail.

[Wenny]

I vote for more voice mails from Sacrametowwwwwwww.

[mik]

Sunflower4000, on 11 January 2010 - 08:16 AM, said:

Ouch! Touché!


That being said, I did enjoy the simple voicemail from Mike. I hope all callers emulate his simple, strong voicemail.

LOL.

(You know I'm a Modcast fan. Even if you record it in a glass house.)

[Reivax]

There's something off about PGmighty. Is he putting on a voice, or does he actually talk like that. I can't figure out what's going on there.

I had the exact same experience as CJ with Dead Space. I beat it really late at night and once I realized I could start the game over with everything, I played through the first few chapters. I remember being exhausted and wondering why I was doing this.

[gamer812]

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I vote for more voice mails from Sacrametowwwwwwww.

I always get a chuckle when I hear this guy's voice. He sounds so laid back.

[redrock963]

Chairman Steve, on 11 January 2010 - 08:58 AM, said:

I was glad to see my mention of Dragon Quest VIII get a positive reception. I forgot to mention in my vocemail how much my wife enjoyed watching me play it (except for when I was grinding) as well. So, for all of you out there with "spectator" significant others, there's a recommendation for ya.

I completely agree with the caller who was praised Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. As much as I love SotN, DoS felt like a more complete experience, leaving me feeling completely satisfied even before unlocking the surprisingly cool bonus mode.

That would be me.

The funny thing is that if you stuck me on a desert island and said I could only pick one, I wouldn't know which one to choose. They're both such good, fully featured games that have a lot to offer.

One of the other reasons why I picked that one as my Game of the Decade though, was because for me it was one of the first DS games that didn't seem like some sort of gimmicky tech demo or remake, and actually felt like a fully featured game for the system. Granted, I think Kirby Canvas Curse came out before it, and while I think that's a good game, Dawn is what made me finally start taking my DS everywhere with me and it's why it's my favorite system currently. XD

[mik]

gamer812, on 11 January 2010 - 03:59 PM, said:

I always get a chuckle when I hear this guy's voice. He sounds so laid back.

He even looks laid back!

[SickBoy]

Haven't finished listening to the whole thing yet, but I think after doing games of the decade last week and games of the year this week, you should do games of the next decade (no sequels!) in your upcoming show.

[LiK]

just started listening...haha CJ, i need to refresh your memory. i pointed out that Phil had Bioshock in his short list for the aughts since it was a FPS. i mentioned that it was a horror game, but probune disagreed.

[SickBoy]

OK, finished the episode.

I agree with Ford on New Super Mario. I haven't played the game single-player yet, outside of a level or two, and I've had a great time with it. My wife and I "beat" it (got to credits, are working on collecting coins now) together. There was definitely some frustration here and there, but the secret is for me not to get on her when she screws up (or screws us both up) and for her to step aside and bubble when we're in huge trouble. The number of levels where it was really just me could probably be counted on one hand. Played it four-player once and that was kind of underwhelming, but I think it shines in 2P mode. My one complaint about the game is there was one level where it seemed like you had to take a hit (maybe two) to get where you needed to go. Maybe I just missed the "right" way to do it, but that was the only way we could figure out. (EDIT: Thanks to the power of YouTube I just found out the right way. Duh)

Regarding Uncharted 2, it deserves those No. 1 rankings, and I was a real skeptic. To me, it actually fulfils the claims the first game's biggest fans made. U1 was a triumph in presentation (and even graphics, although U2 looks so much better) that really fell apart on the gameplay front -- the individual elements were all pretty good, but the whole seemed less than the sum of its parts.

[LiK]

quick correction Phil, Bayonetta says "Dancing a go-go!", not Henshin, i checked

[PlayerOnePhil]

LiK, on 15 January 2010 - 03:33 PM, said:

quick correction Phil, Bayonetta says "Dancing a go-go!", not Henshin, i checked

Ah, good to know. I really only half-heard what she was saying at the time because I was overwhelmed by all the wacky lava surfing.

[LiK]

PlayerOnePhil, on 15 January 2010 - 06:50 PM, said:

Ah, good to know. I really only half-heard what she was saying at the time because I was overwhelmed by all the wacky lava surfing.

it's cool, hope you saw some of the other Capcom references. very sneaky.

[Linkthelegend]

I'm with both Gregs with the GTA Chinatown wars. I hated GTA2 and how terrible the driving and controls were. But for some reason Chinatown wars was just tweaked enough to work really well.

Also it's kinda funny, I saw Peewee's Big Adventure for the first time not even a month ago.

This post has been edited by Linkthelegend: 15 January 2010 - 10:20 PM

[mik]

Chinatown Wars is a joy.