• Best Games of 2009: Part 1

    Best Games of 2009: Part 1

    Faiyaz Shaikh, Dec 19, 2009 1100 hrs IST

    Let's look at which games hogged gamers' interest in the past year

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Borderlands


 



Boderlands has a lot going for it when it comes to adding freshness to a tired genre of games. The decision to change the game's art-style in the middle of its developmental cycle seems to have worked out in their favor. Although not the first ones to do so, gearbox added RPG elements to a game that is essentially a shooter. This included choice of four distinct character classes, coupled with a random and on-the-fly weapons generation system, seen in games like Diablo II. There is plenty of content in the single-player campaign and the additional multiplayer support along new DLC content should ensure that Borderlands has greater shelf-life and replay value.

Released: November
Studio: Gearbox Software
Publisher: 2K Games
Platform(s): PC, Xbox 360




 

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(11) Comments
vishwa
,india, on Jan 01, 2010 11:43 AM
areeee itna bekar game
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Ambar
,Pune, on Dec 21, 2009 12:22 PM
Hey you bunch of idiots crying for AC2 and Uncharted 2 etc, the article only covers FPS and RTS games. The 3rd person games will be covered in next part. Seriously dudes you don't know how to read? Are you 10 year old retards? If you don't know what FPS and RTS means then quit playing games. Damn fcking morons.
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Sunny
,B'lore, on Dec 22, 2009 11:50 AM
THEY HAVE EDIT THE ARTICLE . EARLIER THEY DID NOT WRITE AS PART 1 AND NOT ALSO FPS ,RTS .
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Abhishek Mallic
,Durgapur, on Dec 21, 2009 08:01 PM
Yeah Seriously Ambar, none have seen that its FPS and RTS only and its clearly mentioned also... Regarding AC2, its just released some days back and people already wanted it within the top games of 2009?Lets the PC verison get released...
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Tushar
,Pune, on Dec 21, 2009 03:17 AM
To hell with you mr. so called expert . UNCHARTED 2 is the best game in 2009 . and the Mr. techtree x doesnt even bother to mention it . what a shame !!! .. anno is a game i learned that today . thank you !!!!
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harsh
,mumbai, on Dec 19, 2009 11:30 PM
hello
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Chota Chatri
,Dubai, on Dec 19, 2009 05:46 PM
hi
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Darkeyes
,Mumbai, on Dec 19, 2009 05:27 PM
Is there a part 2 or something cause frankly the list sucks... Agreed with KZ2, MW2, Borderlands. Disagree with Halo:Wars seriously it SUCKED!!!! And where the hell is Uncharted 2!!!??? It's this years GOTY!!! Even Batman game was awesome and Assassin's Creed 2 is also the best open world game this year along with Infamous.... Lot of great games missing from the list.
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Ganesh
,Chennai, on Dec 19, 2009 12:29 PM
Tech tree missed several other games like Assassins creed 2, Dragon age :- Origins, Fear2, Resident Evil 5, Uncharted 2. May be this is the first of the best games list and more listings yet to come. But why did u listed Anno 1404 as most of them not played or heard this game.
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Talha
,GKP, on Dec 19, 2009 11:52 AM
Totally incorrect, none of them should even be here... Dragon Age: Origins Assassin's Creed II Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Batman: Arkham Asylum Street Fighter 4 etc, were much much better
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tuco
,faridabad, on Dec 19, 2009 11:46 AM
a good list but should also have included dragon age of origins
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