I present to you the discussion of the greatest and most achieving games of 2011. You can probably guess what this means so I shall begin with my list.



5. Bullet Storm


*Putting Fun back in The Gun*

By my personal thoughts, when Epic said that they were going to do with the slogan and all, I thought "Nah, it's going to go down the drain". But to my surprise, they really have pulled it off. The game simply feels old and classy, making a nice retro shooter. And with it's many unique elements and fast-paced play, you would be missing out if you haven't even tried the demo yet.

4. Skyrim



We all knew this was obvious. To be honest I feel guilty giving this game a spot because it just feels cheap but this game will not only give you a thrilling and exciting experience, it will also be official the first single-player game that will suck away your soul in an instance. I can't describe how much of a sheer improvement this game is over oblivion. To call Skyrim a sequel is just an understandment. About 99% of people reading this already have Skyrim so onto the next game.

3. Dungeon Defenders



Although I have only played this game for a while, a short while due to the troubles I have had with my computer over the last 2 weeks and I can say its bust, although I will be having a one that will beat my old one's performance third-fold. But once I have played this game I knew that It was something different, something unique. Although the plot may seem a bit outdated and childish, bear in mind this is primarily a Tower-Defence game, so having a plot to begin with is on a good start.

With a game so colourful that the only game I can imagine being more colourful is Bastion, with it's great variety of Towers, Characters and Enemies, as well as being contented with well, Content. I would have to say to at least give it a shot.

2. Saints Row: The Third.



Being a SR fan since the late release of The Original, I was not surprised that this game was going to be a blast. A huge blast.

The moment I jumped on board, curiosity killed the cat as I jumped onto The "Whored" mode which is not the same as Hoard mode as it is spelled with a W. There I saw my self only 2 minutes into the game and i'm already killing mini-fat sumo-wrestlers with my Dildo=Sword being dressed up as Care-Bear from the looks of it, yeah, that can be done.

I then decided to jump onto the Co-Op story mode with my friend and they don't toss you around with about a 30 minute tutorial. they send you on a suicide free-fall mission where I must dodge various objects whule killing other people in an attempt to save another saint that was moments away from being splat.

I have to say, screw GTA, screw Just Cause, Saints Row is where it's at if you want a Sand-Box game. You must try this game ASAP.

1. Dungeons of Dredmor



Your surprised that a small indie game is the most enjoyable game that I played this year, well, you shouldn't be, as indie games are the true winners.

Being a heartful fan of Rogue Likes since the Ang-Band's and Dungeon Crawler:Stone Soup, you can realise that I have a soft spot for Rogue-Likes as you can imagine.

The best way to describe a Roque-Like is that they are RPG's,just they don't give a crap about you running out of health, they dont care if you died, they don't care if you have very bad items, if I have to say, these are what true RPG's are meant to be if your looking for a challenge, an unfair one to say the least.

This has a wonderful art style and an even more wonderful sense of humour. You want to be an Emo Animal Hunter Vampire thats good at Math, well, you can. You want to know Viking Wizardry while being able to Craft the biggest Armour while having the ability to turn into a Werediggle? well you can.

You want to fight Enemies that go "FUS DO RAH!!!"? That's possible, anything is with Dungeons of Dredmor. The fact the you must drink alcohol to regenerate mana is ingenious.

Words can't describe the awesomeness of Rogue-Likes until you have actually tried a Rogue-Like for yourself, and this game is not a bad place to start, a great place to be honest.

The best thing is that the Developers, Gaslamp, are probably the nicest company I have seen in my entire life, they listen to the community, they love the community, and they are pretty honest with what they do.

CHANGED*: We have a new Crafting System! We stole the old one off Minecraft, this time we stole it of Terraria

For the price of £3:49, with it on a steam sale constantly, It would be impossible not to tell you to buy this game now, i'm being honest, it really is.


And this ends my list of The Top 5 Games of 2011.

This was announced at the VGA's, it's being made by epic (Gears of War).
It looks like a cross between Minecraft and Left 4 Dead, a lovely art style too! Looks like it could be interesting!

http://fortnitegame.com/

Just to let everyone know:



There's a free weekend from Thursday through Sunday, launching the annual Twisted Christmas Event. I suggest you try it. Download is only less than 3GB if I remember correctly.

As a further treat, Tripwire is bringing a new batch of 6 awesome guns (the Husk Launcher (!), a Claymore sword, the M4 with a M203 launcher, MP5, a Benelli shotgun and a revolver = one for each perk)), 13 new achievements and most likely a new character or character pack, in addition to the specimens wearing their favorite christmas costumes.

I don't know how many of you have heard about Tribes Ascend, but I'm sure most, if not everyone have heard of/played Tribes in the past. This is a new, not yet released game by Hi-Rez Studios (known for Global Agenda) and is effectively a great continuation of the series. Jetpacks, skiing, spinfusors you have it all here.

Here you have a demonstration of the current gameplay. Keep in mind that many things may change until the release.


The game is due to be released in 2012 and it will feature a F2P system similar to League of Legends, ie. 2 classes (out of aprox. 10) will be available for everyone each week on a rotation. You can unlock a class by playing (a lot) and collecting tokens, or buy it straight away using money. No pay-to-win mechanisms, at least for now, you just have to play your way to unlock a class you really want. Game itself is very enjoyable so it should be a blast. Very fast-paced, high skill and pretty much old-school shooter, something really refreshing after sloooow games like Call of Duties or Battlefields.

At any rate, the game is still in closed beta and will be for quite some time. I have 2 (or 3, if my real-life friend won't be interested) beta keys to give away and without hesitation I thought of you lads. So, whoever who'd like to get a key, just post in this topic. Since I think it'll be more than just two volunteers, I had to think of a way to pick who to give them other than simply first come first served which is unfair by me.
Add number to your message, starting from 1 and so on, so after this "contest" is over I can randomize 2 or 3 lucky "winners" out of everyone who wants a key - using random.org to be completely fair.
Oh, and it ends, let's say on Thursday, at 8 pm UK time. I think 3-4 days are long enough for everyone.

Mentlegen, we have a TF2 server.



TheOC - Back from the dead HALLOWEEN!

IP address: 85.236.100.135:38015

It's set as a Halloween event for now, so get out there and be spooked by ghosts... and keep an eye out for MONOCULUS! pun intended

It's still a work in progress, so bug reports would be handy and ideas for what we would like to see in future would be great!

Have fun!!!