The year 2010 is coming to a close and we have had some stellar games released this year.  I can't really say if it was better than 2009, but it sure wasn't worse.

January of 2010 started off with some major releases right after the holidays, which makes sense since there are a lot of gamers walking around with Christmas money and gift cards.

There is no correct way to describe Bayonetta.  The music is like no other game on the market.  The action is non stop and the combat is as intense as in any game you ever played.  I will admit, as for the story I was lost....lost lost lost as in Jack on the Island...yet I still played and continued to play because it was fun and looked cool.  It's real cheap right now (20-30 bucks u.s.d.) and a great game to add to your collection.

Bayonetta

Darksiders made its debut in the gaming world and came with a nice mix of Zelda and God of War series.  The game had it's moments of fun, frustration, repetition, and then became fun again for me near the end.  The art direction of the game (headed by Joe Mad ) was fantastic.  The story started off pretty good with a nice epic battle between Heaven, Hell, and Earth but the next 10 hours were kinda dry.  Mark Hamill's character was kinda of annoying, fast forward to the last 4 hours of the game and the heat is on again.  If there was a way to keep the excitement of the first 2 hours and the last 4 hours of the game it would have scored higher for me...but overall if you got nothing on your gaming queue check it out!

Darksiders

Army of Two the 40th Day also was released this month as well.  If you have a friend, spouse, cousin, or anyone you play games with this was worth checking out.  The game was a vast improvement of the original.  I like the customization of the weapons and outfits.  I also like the more varied enemy types (mid bosses) in the game.  The game was blast from start to finish.   On the hardest difficulty setting the last shoot out was amazingly fun and hard.  Don't purchase this game for the story...(see next game) this is all the pure joy of shooting people with a friend.

Army of Two: 40th Day

Which leads us to the hottest game of the month, possibly the hottest game of the year: Mass Effect 2.  There were so many upgrades to the already amazing original game.  The game visually had no peers in January and story-wise could tackle any star wars movie.  This is a must play game and now it's available on the PS3 as well. It's 20 bucks(on 360) now so go get it.  With the extra DLC for it as well this game could take you on well into February of 2011.

Mass Effect 2

Coming up next February 2010...

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