So 2010 is gone and is oh very much so in the past, but we gave out plenty of wards and honorable mentions to games on Episode 25 of Irrational Passions Podcast. Here are our picks for the categories we decided to talk about.
Best Platformer
Super Meat Boy
Runner Up: Super Mario Galaxy 2
Most Original Game
Limbo
Runner Up: DeathSpank
Best Action/Adventure
Darksiders
Runner Up: God of War 3
Best RPG
Mass Effect 2
Runner Up: Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
Best First Person Shooter
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Runner Up: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Best Sequel
Mass Effect 2
Runner Up: Rock Band 3
Best PS3 Game
God of War 3
Runner Up: Heavy Rain
Best Xbox360 Game
Halo: Reach
Runner Up: Alan Wake
Best Wii Game
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Runner Up: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Best Downloadable Game
Limbo
Runner Up: Super Meat Boy
Most Original Character
Dr. Fetus
Runner Up: Hakan
Most Underrated/Overlooked Game
Final Fantasy 13
Runner Up: Deadly Premonition
Game of the Year
Mass Effect 2
The choice was pretty obvious. The game that set the standard for conversation and decision making is back and better than ever. With characters deeper than most entire games and a world so well developed that it almost seems real, no other game stands out quite as much as the fantastic and near-perfect January release.
Runner Up: Red Dead Redemption
Mass Effect 2 GOTY no doubt.