2009 Year In Review

I know it’s two months late, but here’s my recap of my gaming endeavors for 2009.  I managed to beat at least one game every two weeks, which means that I played a lot of video games.  The titles are fairly diversified, with my custom built gaming PC obtaining the most games played, and by far the most time spent.  Although that’s largely due to MMOGs like World of Warcraft and Champions Online.

You’ll also notice that I managed to review almost all of the games I played throughout the year.  That was quite shocking to me.  The few that I’ve beaten and haven’t reviewed will likely see a mini-review on this very blog in the near future.

The list is as complete as I could make it, but it’s totally possible I missed something here or there, especially on the gaming regrets section.  Completed Games mean I completed the main campaign. Experienced Games means I began playing them and didn’t finish, which could be for any number of reasons, and the other two categories are rather self explanatory.

I’ll be following this obligatory year end wrap-up with my most anticipated games for 2010.  That should come more timely.  For neatness I won’t bother linking to each of the games mentioned below.  If you’re interested in buying any of the games based on my recommendations then I suggest you start here.

Hit the jump to read the lengthy list.

Completed Games:

360:
Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection (Review)
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Review)
King of Fighter XII (Review)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Review)
Resident Evil 5 (Review)
Street Fighter IV

DS:
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (Review)
Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars (Review)
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Review)
Star Fox Command (Editorial)

PC:
Borderlands (First Impression, Review)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Champions Online (Review)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (Review)
Demigod (Review)
Drug Wars/Merchants of Brooklyn (Review)
League of Legends
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Review)
F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn
Left 4 Dead 2 (First Impression)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Terminator Salvation (Review)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Review)
Wolfenstein
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blog)
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Wii:
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Review)
Grand Slam Tennis (Review)
House of the Dead: Overkill (Review)
MadWorld (Review)
Punch-Out!! (Review)
New Super Mario Bros. (Review)
The Conduit
The Incredible Maze (Review)
Wii Sports Resort