TNL's GotM: November 2010

[bVork]

October 2010 Winner: Fallout: New Vegas
I wonder if you folks voted for this before or after running into some of the many hilarious bugs. The game is great, but goddamn is it unfinished. I also expected Vanquish to do a little better - it lost out to both Fallout and Castlevania.

Lots of things missing this month (damn you, 10 entry limit!) including everything Kinect, EA Sports NBA Jam, Darkstar (GOTY!), Goldeneye 007, Blood Stone, Guwange (I doubt anyone is going to pick it over DDPFK) and Ys: The Oath in Felghana. Remember that I partially base cuts on what people talk about, so if there's no discussion of a game, I assume nobody picked it up. Ilomilo's official release date is next month, so I'll be using it to pad out the rather dire selection then.

The selection that remains is excellent however! November is generally the biggest month of the year for releases, and it shows. Even the lowly PSP, DS, and Wii received great games this month. My vote is going to Rune Factory 3, but Donkey Kong was close to winning out for me thanks to the classic controller hack.

[bbobb]

Waiting for my copy of Brotherhood to try it out but everything I'm hearing makes it sound like it will def be my pick.

[Low]

Glad to hear positive comments about Rune Factory 3. Only now starting part two so it'll be awhile before I check it out.

999 was a pleasant surprise but going with the big ape...great job Retro.

[Opaque]

I was going to not vote, but I know that none of the games on that list other the DCKR have a chance of beating Black-Ops in my mind, so whatever.

Lack luster November.

[gameoverDude]

The other games listed just don't stand a chance of taking down Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu, IMO.

[NeoZeedeater]

Remember that I partially base cuts on what people talk about, so if there's no discussion of a game, I assume nobody picked it up.

I was hoping a bunch of people would risk picking up Wii Sonic and give impressions. Reviews were mostly positive, and it actually looks good in videos, but I still don't fully trust it.

[kingoffighters]

I was hoping a bunch of people would risk picking up Wii Sonic and give impressions. Reviews were mostly positive, and it actually looks good in videos, but I still don't fully trust it.

You would be right not to trust Sega and people are smartening up. About time.

[MechDeus]

Assassin's Creed will likely be my pick whenever I get to try it out, but that's up to Gamefly right now. Behind that would probably be Pac-Man.

[Korly]

I don't understand how 11 people have voted and only 3 of them chose Pacman. Pacman might be better than Tekken Tag (but only by a hair). In the end, Namco proves why they're the greatest of all time. OF ALL TIME!

[Compass]

The greatest scammers of all time? Scamco sucks.

Glad to hear positive comments about Rune Factory 3. Only now starting part two so it'll be awhile before I check it out.

Did you play the first one? I so wanted to love it, but crap like having to hold the R Button throughout the entire game sapped my patience. I heard they fixed that for RF2.