TNL's GotM: October 2008

[Andy]

Previous entries:

September 2008: Mega Man 9 [PSN, XBLA, WiiWare]
August 2008: Castle Crashers [XBLA]
July 2008: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 [XBLA]
June 2008: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots [PS3]
May 2008: Lost Winds [WiiWare]
April 2008: Grand Theft Auto IV [PS3, 360]
March 2008: Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Wii]
February 2008: Devil May Cry 4 [PS3, 360]
January 2008: Burnout Paradise [PS3, 360]
TNL's Games of the Month 2007
TNL's Games of the Month 2006

[ As usual, straight ports, retro compilations, and retro XBLA, Virtual Console, and PSN titles are ineligible. Exceptions can be made for ports if they have not otherwise been released domestically, and noteworthy remakes. ]

Notable (or not so notable) absences: NBA 2K9, Fifa, Midnight Club LA, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, Ninja Town, Portal: Still Alive, Age of Booty, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

Fantastic month. I really need to dig into Fallout 3 before I can officially put my vote in, but Dead Space and LittleBigPlanet are both really superb, and SOCOM I'm sure will be getting a lot of play from me later on, despite its rocky start. I'm looking forward to picking up Red Alert 3 and maybe Far Cry 2 down the line, too.

[Gooch]

I'd have voted for Ketsui Death Label and Motorstorm Pacific Rift in case Ketsui somehow failed to meet the port crtieria.

If I had a decent PC rather than just a laptop, I'd have played Fallout 3.
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[Bacon McShig]

Notable (or not so notable) absences: NBA 2K9, Fifa, Midnight Club LA, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, Ninja Town, Portal: Still Alive, Age of Booty, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

I'd add Art Style: Cubello and World of Goo to this list. I won't front that they deserve spots on the main list, though.

[epmode]

HAY TNL, DO ME A FAVOR AND PLAY DEAD SPACE.

Really, it's a goddamned miracle that something so ridiculously polished and stylish came from the developers of From Russia With Love and The Simpsons Game.

It's not quite Fallout 3 good, but what is?

[magnifiedplaid]

I voted for Dead Space this month

[jyoung]

Only one I played this month was NBA 2K9 and it was a complete mess.

[Yoshi]

I'm tempted vote for Fallout 3 simply because of the minute chance anything could be better, but Dead Space is giving me pause, since I haven't played it yet. Fuck it, DS is an EA game and not on Steam. Fallout 3 it is.

[sleeve]

I'm not going to vote on this poll until I've had a chance to play Fallout 3 and Dead Space some more.

Both are running neck and neck in my mind.

[Joust Williams]

can't vote yet

[bVork]

Fallout 3. It's almost certainly going to be my GOTY. But that isn't to say that Dead Space, Saints Row 2, and Far Cry 2 aren't good. World of Goo is also pretty awesome.