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Game Informer: Top 50 Games Of 2012



We dissected the top 50 games of 2012 in our January issue. If you won't get the chance to check that out, don't worry – we've gathered reviews and impressions on all 50 right here on Game Informer Online.

Whether you like choice-based shooters, story-driven RPGs, or games filled to the brim with loot, chances are you'll see a few of your favorite 2012 games on this list.




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ew Super Mario Bros. U
"I feared [New Super Mario Bros. 2's] dip in quality signaled stormy skies for New Super Mario Bros. U on Nintendo’s next home console, but I couldn’t have been more wrong." - Bryan Vore

Hitman: Absolution
"Devising a strategy, using the environment and disguises to your advantage, and leaving before anyone knows you’re there are the hallmarks of a perfect hit, and Absolution proves Agent 47 is still gaming’s premier hitman." - Jeff Marchiafava

PlanetSide 2
"I heartily recommend Planetside 2 to anyone, even players who don’t usually spend a lot of time in online shooters." - Adam Biessener

Far Cry 3
"The diverse open-world action, compelling story, and an alluring environment that begs exploration are all high water marks for the series. This is an island adventure all shooter fans should experience." - Matt Bertz


Paper Mario: Sticker Star
"Paper Mario: Sticker Star isn’t a brain-bending RPG that requires a working knowledge of spreadsheets... It is, however, one of my favorite Nintendo franchises, and Sticker Star is absolutely worthy of the Paper Mario name." - Jeff Cork



Full list here and here



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yamcha 13th-Dec-2012 06:19 pm (UTC)
Sticker Star really is fun. :3
brucelynn 13th-Dec-2012 06:27 pm (UTC)
I want it :D :D

and how r u
yamcha 13th-Dec-2012 06:55 pm (UTC)
Sorry...I'm bored out of my mind. I have no idea what I want for Christmas.

How are you bb??!?
brenden 13th-Dec-2012 06:19 pm (UTC)
idk if it was 2012 or not but skyrim was probably my game of the year.



and i know its like 5 years old but red dead redemption is still one of my regulars.
halo 4 was cool for a hot sec, but it got boring really quickly.
mammary_glands 13th-Dec-2012 06:26 pm (UTC)
yeah, i still play rdr regularly. i wish more games had that kind of replay value.
brenden 13th-Dec-2012 06:36 pm (UTC)
i dont even think i've completed the game? i just dick around in that game lmfao
kris_terror 13th-Dec-2012 06:27 pm (UTC)
Skyrim came out November of last year, but no one gives a fuck because it's still the best game out there right now, and all of the DLC out this year was amazing.
nattyx 13th-Dec-2012 06:31 pm (UTC)
+1 for skyrim
its so addictive
sexyvegeta 13th-Dec-2012 06:38 pm (UTC)
I wasted so many hours of life on skyrim and red dead
redleigh86 13th-Dec-2012 08:59 pm (UTC)
I feel ya, I'm addicted:



I had to take a break back in June cause this game was sucking my life away lmao. I've got three characters and they're all high level :/ I still haven't gotten the two latest dlc yet cause I KNOW I'll end up putting in another ridiculous chunk of hours into the game.

btw, everyone, this is me: http://raptr.com/romana86/wall, feel free to add me if you want to play something on steam, ps3, or xbox, I'm friendly :)
mammary_glands 13th-Dec-2012 06:20 pm (UTC)
sleeping dogs was my favorite game of the year tbh
missingalphabet 13th-Dec-2012 06:30 pm (UTC)
Mine's too. I was biting my nails at the end and when it finally finished I just...wow, what an amazing game.
mammary_glands 13th-Dec-2012 06:34 pm (UTC)
totally. plus, i love that it ruined every expectation i had for it in the best possible way.

sleeping dogs > GTA IV tbh
bodyline 13th-Dec-2012 06:22 pm (UTC)
I'm still super pressed about BioShock: Infinite being pushed to 2013.
jobeesebastian 13th-Dec-2012 06:27 pm (UTC)
I know man! It better be one hell of a fuckin' game with all the pushbacks they've been doing, NO EXCUSES!
bodyline 13th-Dec-2012 06:30 pm (UTC)
Inorite? Especially since it's not going to be in Rapture this time so they have to conpletely reimerse the audience. It's a tall order and I really hope they deliver.
myrasis 13th-Dec-2012 06:44 pm (UTC)
that's probably why they're pushing it back, so that it's polished as much as it can be. or at least i hope it is. i hate the 'we can fix it with day 1 patches' mentality that developers seem to have now, so if they're trying to not have that happen i'm all for it.
soavantgarde 13th-Dec-2012 09:27 pm (UTC)
lol it's so embarrassing but as much as I want to love bioshock I'm too much of a bb to play it

freaky mutation shit + FPS perspective = too scary/hard for me D:
piratesswoop 13th-Dec-2012 06:25 pm (UTC)
crusader kings 2 >>>>>>>>>
nabuch 13th-Dec-2012 06:28 pm (UTC)
YES YES YES!
kris_terror 13th-Dec-2012 06:28 pm (UTC)
I don't get all of the hate, I loved Assassin's Creed III. I hope it ends up being true that the next one is set in Brazil, now we just need a female assassin on the major consoles (lol that will never happen).
blondebeaker 13th-Dec-2012 06:34 pm (UTC)
I'm not finished with AC3 yet but I'm really enjoying it. (Also sappy sounding but my brother is playing it too and we've been bonding over it lol)

I will scream in glee if the next installment has a female assassin.
skeletwin 13th-Dec-2012 07:04 pm (UTC)
i have my AC4 theories and it involves us playing as eve
eiremauve 13th-Dec-2012 08:21 pm (UTC)
That would be amazing! From your mouth to the developer's ears.
bb_g 13th-Dec-2012 07:04 pm (UTC)
i played all the console releases of ac (like half of ac1 but you know...) and for me ac3 is the worst one.

idc what happens next, i'm done with the series now. unless they have a female protagonist in the next one, but like you said...lol. =/
fred2265 13th-Dec-2012 07:25 pm (UTC)
Me too..
harlem_nocturne 13th-Dec-2012 06:29 pm (UTC)
The writing and voice acting in Borderlands 2 is what every form of animated media should aspire to be.
destroyedatsea 13th-Dec-2012 07:33 pm (UTC)
I bought it a few weeks ago and I'm really looking forward to getting to spend some time with it when school is done tomorrow. So far it's pretty entertaining and visually so fabulous.
geuraedo 13th-Dec-2012 08:08 pm (UTC)
I agree. That game is hilarious, and the voice acting is so on point!
nabuch 13th-Dec-2012 06:31 pm (UTC)
My Absolute Ultimate and Unquestionable Top 5 of 2012:

1. Crusader Kings 2
2. Dishonored
3. Skyrim
4. Mass Effect 3 (with Extended Cut)
5. Sims 3: Seasons (I've waited for this since Sims 3 premiere)
nabuch 13th-Dec-2012 06:34 pm (UTC)
I just realized Skyrim came out in 2011 but I bought and played it through 2012 so, I guess, it counts as far as my personal list goes.
hope_remains 13th-Dec-2012 06:34 pm (UTC)
Speaking of Sims, did anyone ever play Sims Medieval? I feel like no one ever talks about that game but it was fun as HALE.
boundarybreaks 14th-Dec-2012 02:26 am (UTC)
i love it
ludmi_83 13th-Dec-2012 06:31 pm (UTC)
I still need to play Hitman. Far cry 3 is boring and the story is lame (lol the endings)

For me the best game was The walking dead by far
hunty 13th-Dec-2012 06:32 pm (UTC)
2012 was such a shit year for console games imo. i mainly just played league of legends this year tbh.
harlem_nocturne 13th-Dec-2012 07:02 pm (UTC)
OMG add me? I'm JUST learning how to play LoL, but I'm not new to MOBA games (I played MNC and SMNC FAITHFULLY)

My League name is CaesarFlickerman. I'm like, level 5 and I main Caitlyn.
hunty 13th-Dec-2012 07:35 pm (UTC)
omg my main account is on the euw server but i have a lvl 12 or something account on the american server, i'll add you later bb.
soavantgarde 13th-Dec-2012 09:40 pm (UTC)
lol ugh this is why I want a gaming pc but I can't justify spending all that money when my mac isn't even a yr old :/
hope_remains 13th-Dec-2012 06:32 pm (UTC)
JOURNEY.



Really any small-time and indie RPGs are the best. Plus anything by Double Fine.
mudblud YES!!!! — 13th-Dec-2012 07:17 pm (UTC)
Photobucket

beautiful.
firedawn Re: YES!!!! — 13th-Dec-2012 07:32 pm (UTC)
THIS GIF GIVES ME FEELS.
firedawn 13th-Dec-2012 07:32 pm (UTC)
Yeah. I came in here to say this. I played FFXIII-2 out of Final Fantasy habit but Journey is the only game that held my attention this year.
mushroomsamba 13th-Dec-2012 09:02 pm (UTC)
journey is fucking amazing and deserves all the awards for everything including like best picture.
foolonthehill 13th-Dec-2012 09:03 pm (UTC)
I JUST got this game like 5 days ago and can't believe how many times I've already played it. LOVE IT!
squalor 13th-Dec-2012 11:42 pm (UTC)
such an amazing game, loved it
diamond_dust06 13th-Dec-2012 06:33 pm (UTC)
Do expansion packs count? Civilization V: Gods & Kings made Civ5 hundreds of times more addictive.
nabuch 13th-Dec-2012 06:35 pm (UTC)
Can you tell me more? I am thinking about buying it but I am afraid it might be as stale, boring and basic as vanilla Civ5 is.
diamond_dust06 13th-Dec-2012 06:40 pm (UTC)
The new civs are good additions. (Ethiopia and the Maya are particularly fun ones to play. And at high difficulties, the Huns are really nasty and challenging to play against.) Espionage was a good addition because you can steal techs from other players, although it can be really slow. It would be much improved if they expanded espionage to what it could do in Civ2 and 3 (poison wells, sabotage production, plant a suitcase nuke).

Religion is really the best addition. It's totally costumizable so you can add bonuses that cater to how you're playing. You earn faith as a currency, like culture, through buildings, city states, and sometimes terrain. One of the best ways to play if you can earn lots of culture is to add a bonus to your religion called Holy Warriors which lets you buy pre-Industrial units with faith, so you can amass a big military very cheaply! I'm a perfectionist so I like to have just a few very large, well-developed cities. If I couldn't quickly purchase units, then I'd be easily overrun by rivals all the time.
bodyline 13th-Dec-2012 06:33 pm (UTC)
Pokèmon Black/White 2
imo
wasabi_girl1 13th-Dec-2012 11:24 pm (UTC)
shit i still haven;t finished it
omgthatsfun 13th-Dec-2012 06:34 pm (UTC)
ah I still haven't played Skyrim but I still need to get through all those ME3 DLCs and AC3. I have a month long winter break, maybe I will try and tackle skyrim then. It doesn't seem like the type of game I'd immediately go for but I keep hearing how perfect it is.

I LOVE the Mass Effect and AC games - will I like Skyrim?
denythesymptoms 13th-Dec-2012 07:13 pm (UTC)
I think you will! I've never played AC, but I love Bioware games like DA and ME, and I also love Oblivion/Skyrim. But I always think you can't really compare them. In Skyrim the fun is exploring the wide open world, while in games like ME you don't nearly have much freedom but you have a better plot and characters.

I've wasted too many hours on both these games tbh
voyevoda 13th-Dec-2012 08:16 pm (UTC)
Skyrim is a bit more sparse on the plot than something like Mass Effect (quite a bit more sparse), but it's a MASSIVE, gorgeous world so if you like exploring, it'll be up your alley.
leperheart 13th-Dec-2012 06:34 pm (UTC)
I've pretty much, besides a console game here or there, just been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic and The Secret World all year.
emeraldus 13th-Dec-2012 07:22 pm (UTC)
I tossed over Old Republic for Secret World, which is what I got my gaming computer for lol. All the same haven't played it in a month or longer, I feel like the game punishes you for not doing dungeons, which you can't do if you don't have people willing to join in. And you only seem to get good gear to raise your attack rating from the dungeons. SIGHHHH.
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