Console Domination writes: To continue our series of articles summarising the best and worst of 2011, today we are going to go off on a little bit of a tangent to celebrate the sleeper hits of the year. You know, those little titles that could. Everybody has one - that one game spotted on the shelf of your local retailer or in the bargain bin that you purchased on a whim and that ultimately rewarded you with a gaming experience to match it with the best of them. So what titles surprised us in 2011?
CGM Writes: While we were over at PAX East, we were able to sit down with Goichi Suda (Suda51) and talk about the upcoming remaster of Shadows of the Damned
Game Rant talked to Suda51 about a potential sequel to Shadows of the Damned, and here's what he had to say.
Man, I’d love to get a sequel. I wish that’s was this was instead of a remaster, but it’s such a niche title. It won’t sell gamgbusters, unfortunately.
I am not sure what they are looking for sales wise but it can’t be much more than it originally sold if it’s even that much. I’d guess it just needs to sell well enough but who knows what that actually is. I still have the PS3 copy not sure if I’ll buy a remaster or not.
Bits & Pieces asks: Releasing in 2011, there's a sequel on the horizon for Warhammer 40,0000: Space Marine. Relic’s third person hacker-shooter is older than the average Twitch chatter – how does it hold up?
Dead Island is a lot better than everybody said it was, it's crazy fun to play with friends, and there's lots you can do with the weapon mods.
This year's surprise to me was Yakuza 4 .
I never played a Yakuza game before and all I knew was that it looked like a GTA game but without cars and had street fighting instead of shooting
The GoTY to me is Skyrim followed by Yakuza 4 in second.
Though this game wasn't much of a surprise, I enjoyed playing Alice: Madness Returns. I can't recall another game where the character could triple-jump from platform to platform.
Catherine = Best. Game. Ever.
Shadows of the Damned was a damned good game (yeah yeah that was on purposed) and im NOT surprised.