Out of Pod Experience

Favorite

EVE Online Crucible

Runner Up

EVE Online Crucible

Most Disappointing

EVE Online Incarna

Runner UP

Battlestar Galactica Online.

Favorite: none
Runner up: X3 Albion Prelude

Disappointment: EVE Online Incarna
Runner up: Skyrim

I'm not really into testing new games as EVE used to eat all of my videogame time. Anyway I was severely appalled by the Incarna fiasco, whereas Crucible has ben more of a indifferent thing, good to see CCP doing the right stuff right, bad as it has not done anything for my kind of gameplay. Also I followed the crowd () into Skyrim and crashed on the fugly avatars, the awful console controls and the feeling that, for one reason or another, AoC is more beautitful and Morrowind was more "awe" (anyway I never really liked Bloodmoon, whereas Tribunal rocked).

The only nice experience I've had it's been going back to the X3 series with Albion Prelude (bypassing Terran Conflict). It's sitll soon to judge but I've put about 25 hours into the game and I am getting good vibes.

Best:

Skyrim
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Battlefield 3 (multiplayer)


Worst:

Battlefield 3 (singleplayer)



Leaving EVE out of the equation here.

I was one of those people who actually ISN'T a hypocrite so i didn't buy or even download DA2, hence i can't put it on my list.
Saint's Row 3 isn't on there because while good, it lacked the subtlety of SR2 (yes, you read that right), now it's just "too much".

Overall i think 2011 was a pretty good year for games though.

Best of 2011

First place: Battlefield 3 (2800 kills and counting). Back to Karkand maps are excellent.

Runner up: EVE online Crucible (I never stopped believing <3)

I have not bought Skyrim so no clue except that my co-worker logged 313 hours this month.
SWTOR neither, looked terrible, but I'm hearing mixed reviews.

Honourable mention : Bought UFO:Extraterrestrials (release 2007) and it is surpisingly good XCOM fun (GOLD edition with the mods and AI at highest level). Nearing the end game after 140 missions.
I'm holding out hope that xenonauts will be good too (makes mental note to pre-order).

Worst of 2011

First place: Dragon age 2 (WHY BIOWARE WHY ???)

Runner up: EVE online Incarna (not so much horrible as disappointing)

Agree. Whoever thought 'press a button as onscreen shows you' was a good game method needs to be stamped on by all the gamers.

I was disappointed with Skyrim for the simple fact that there are some NPCs you can't kill because their death would break the storyline...but they then proceed to follow you around attacking you forever, thus breaking the storyline. Clearly they need more creative playtesters who will think outside the box.

Minecraft is my drug of choice when Eve loses my interest.

Battlefield 3's beta turned me off. I'm told they fixed a lot of the stupidity, but when the game was that bad two weeks before release, I have zero confidence and refuse to touch it.

Marriage material: BF3, if it had auto-leveling on PS3.

Hotel room chargeable by the hour: Portal2 (PC)

Good for a ride until your friends find out: Driver SF (PS3)

You'll wish the nite club had brighter lights: Duke Nuken (PC)

Blind date gone wrong: Crysis 2 (PC)

Fun to hang out with, but ugly with heavy breasts causing a conflict between your two brains: LBP2 (PS3)

Between relationships sport: TrackMania 2: Canyon (PC)

Overbearing, obnoxious and impossible to please snob, with unending feeling of entrapment: Deus Ex (PS3)

Disposable Blonde: BulletStorm (PC)

Future MILF: Dust 514 (PS3)

AK

Fave: Eve Online: Crucible (so good to see the CCP ship making a hard turn to the right track)
Runner Up: Uncharted 3

Least fave: nothing, because I'm so very picky about what I spend even 10 minutes on when it comes to games

Most anticipated (haven't gotten to yet): To The Moon
Runner Up: LA Noire

Favorite: Probably Skyrim, also. Was at least a nice, fun adventure for ~40 hours of gameplay, and exploring Skyrim was extremely rewarding, which wasn't always the case with Oblivion.

Most Disappointing: Dark Souls. ******* **** **** **** ****. Waited a LONG time for that game, was great for about the first month I had it, then a whole slew of problems emerged that just completely broke the game.

Weapons didn't scale like they should (fully upgraded regular weapon demolished weapons made from boss's souls), way OP miracles that assholes just spammed over and over again, making it impossible to get near them, that stupid ring that makes it so that you can't target people, the fact that something is just ****** up with the online mechanics, like when I walk up to someone to hit them, somehow they randomly get a backstab from lag and kill me in essentially one hit. They weren't even behind me when they get the backstab either. Demons souls was SO much better.

Worst fail of all time goes to duke nukem forever.

Runner up so far is TOR. I basically these days only play for the daily space combat.