This year has been one of innovations and even revolutions in the gaming industry, one that has paved the way for the future. Big-name titles came and went, and a select few have become immortals in their own right.
Check out some of the best games of 2011 — and do remember that this is an awfully subjective subject.
#1 – Batman: Arkham City
#2 – Portal 2
#3 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
#4 – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
#5 – Mass Effect 2 (PS3)
#6 – Minecraft / LittleBigPlanet 2 / Terraria (TIE!)
#7 – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
#8 – Gears of War 3
#9 – Deus Ex: Human Revolution
#10 – L.A. Noire
#11 – Battlefield 3 / Rage / Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (TIE!)
#12 – Dead Space 2 / El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (TIE!)
#13 – Dark Souls
#14 – Resistance 3 & Killzone 3 (TIE!)
#15 – Crysis 2
#16 – Super Mario 3D Land / Kirby’s Return to Dreamland / The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D / Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (TIE!)
#17 – Saints Row: The Third / Assassin’s Creed: Revelations / Dragon Age 2 (TIE!)
#18 – Mortal Kombat 2011 / Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (TIE!)
#19 – Rayman Origins
#20 – The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
#21 – Total War: Shogun 2
#22 – Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
#23 – Bastion
#24 – Amnesia: The Dark Descent
#25 – Just Dance 3
