Sister thread to their Top 25 Movies of 2012 thread over in Movie Talk. This is a site known for their pretentious movie reviews, their game reviews? A little less so. Several lowly rated games on there.

Here's what they listed as the top 25:

25. Persona 4 Arena (PS3/360)
24. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (PC/PS3/360)
23. New Super Mario Bros U (Wii U)
22. Twisted Metal (PS3)
21. Gravity Rush (Vita)
20. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (PC/PS3/360)
19. Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS)
18. Hitman: Absolution (PC/PS3/360)
17. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS)
16. Prototype 2 (PC/PS3/360)
15. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (Vita/3DS)
14. Max Payne 3 (PC/PS3/360)
13. Fez (360)
12. XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3/360/PC)
11. Persona 4 Golden (Vita)
10. Dishonored (PS3/360/PC)
9. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3/360)
8. Sleeping Dogs (PS3/360/PC)
7. Darksiders II (PS3/360/PC/WiiU)
6. Mass Effect 3 (PS3/360/PC/WiiU)
5. Far Cry 3 (PS3/360/PC)
4. Borderlands 2 (PS3/360/PC)
3. The Walking Dead (PS3/360/PC)
2. Journey (PS3)
1. Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)

There's a lot of "I don't know/care what that is" on that list.

I kind of figured Xenoblade Chronicles would be #1 on the list and was glad to see Virtue's Last Reward in the top 15. Outside of that it's been kind of a dull year.

Total Biscuit has his top 10:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD7KWAQr8Q8

10) Torch Light 2
9) Transformers
8) Dishonored
7) blacklight retribution
6) Counter Strike Global Offensive
5) Awesomenauts
4) PlanetSide 2
3) FTL
2) Persona 4 Golden
1) Journey

Would you rather they just automatically just put on the latest CoD/Halo/etc games, regardless of how good the games actually are?

Prototype 2? I enjoyed the game but it was really repetitive.

Also, while I agree with the choice of Xenoblade Chronicles (not sure if it's number 1, but whatever), it's amazing to me that a game that looks pretty terrible because of the limitations of the Wii, and basically avoids anything specific to the Wii (ie: motion controls), was that good. Why can't we get pretty next-gen JRPGs like that? Heck, why can't I play Xenoblade Chronicles on my Wii U controller?

edited: oops, meant Xenoblade Chronicles... I always get it mixed up with Xenosaga...

Xenoblade Chronicles is actually fairly decent looking imo, espcially for a Wii game.

But I otherwise agree with your assessment.

No Halo 4? Seriously? The game was awesome and it should in any Top 25 list. Whatever criticism you can put in the game, you can say the same about half of the games in that list.

Anyways...

Glad to see Sleeping Dogs on there. I spent so much time with that game this year it was like I had a second child. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Yeah seems odd. It's easy to dismiss games because they're CoD or Halo, but Halo 4 was damn good. Not even coming in at 25? That's some serious ax to grind.

I've never even heard of Xenoblade.....

Diablo 3 missing from the list as well. Moving on.

I can't say I agree with a lot of those, but it's nice to see a list that doesn't have Halo 4, and Black Ops 2, or Angry Birds at the top of it.

It's a sad year of gaming when DLC tops most of the list.

Also, part of me doesn't want to see Bioware win praise for ME 3. They pissed off so many fans with a shoddy ending, broken promises, day one DLC. Then followed up with weak overpriced DLC. I'm a huge ME fan, and had to skip over Omega. Way too overpriced.

When I got to Prototype 2 on the list I stopped reading.

That's because it's already on the Biggest Disappointments of 2012 list.

do you even video game?

To be honest, I've never heard of any of those vita titles.

Of that list, I only played ME3, and I wasn't overly crazy about it.

Sticker Star Mario is a far better game than Prototype 2.

They're the most highly rated Vita games of the year. Though none are "big" except maybe Gravity Rush (which is free on PSN) - GR is open world/GTA-style with gravity controls.

Persona 4 Golden is a very Japanese RPG. It's part High School simulator, part mystery, part dungeon crawler RPG.

Virtue's Last Reward is an interactive novel/puzzle game that is the sequel to 999, 9 people locked in a building looking for a reason why and a way out before they're systematically killed off, has a lot to do with alternate timelines (You can make different choices, each spawns a different timeline, you can jump to alternate timelines at any time.)

Virtue's Last Reward is the only game I've really put a good amount of time into this year, I like it a lot but man is it long winded.

was Transformers: FoC that good?

Nice to see both Personas make it.

Still playing Persona 4 Golden, actually. It should be much, much higher.

It's $15 and totally worth it. Are you poor or something?

It was just a statement, not a judgment.

It's an incredibly solid game, that is heightened by some very epic moments, and a familiar and well-loved license. It's worth a play.

$15 actually is a lot for a 2.5 hour expansion pack.

Persona 4 Golden is fun and would probably be higher if it weren't a re-release.