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Skyrim no doubt about it....
 

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Skyrim
Deus Ex HR
Portal 2

Those are the ones that stand out most for me this year and I bought me a WHOLE lotta games this year...
 
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BF3. I love it. It is the only game apart from BC2 that I have played this year :)
 
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BATMAN: Arkham City
DEAD SPACE 2 (Bought the Collector's Edition from Best Buy for $20.)
DEUS EX: Human Revolution + The Missing Link
The Elder Scrolls V: SKYRIM
TOTAL WAR 2011: SHOGUN 2
 
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Due to the male and female interest in TES I believe Skyrim will be number one without a doubt.
Hence why many people have actually BOUGHT the game instead of being a pirate and also why Bethesda is diligently patching the game even though it should have been a lot more perfect on release date.
 
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Due to the male and female interest in TES I believe Skyrim will be number one without a doubt.
Hence why many people have actually BOUGHT the game instead of being a pirate and also why Bethesda is diligently patching the game even though it should have been a lot more perfect on release date.

It's Bethesda so you expect bugs and it isn't because of idiotic PIRATE shite.:banghead:

By the way the image below is a PIRATE. CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series if your head is lodged up yer arse.


This image is of a person who TORRENTS and more often then not buys the game later.
 
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and here is a female swedish pirate party member "Amelia Andersdotter" who is an MP in european parliment ;)



Im not sure if she bought her copy of skyrim :D
 
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Saints row the third, if i had bf3 it would be bf3 but me gpu is to crappy to run saints row in 1080p let alome bf3 i don't like medium spec
 
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It's Bethesda so you expect bugs and it isn't because of idiotic PIRATE shite.:banghead:

Where did I say the bugs in Bethesda's games are due to software piracy?
It appears the more a game gets bought the more a company will continue to support it.
 
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Where did I say the bugs in Bethesda's games are due to software piracy?
It appears the more a game gets bought the more a company will continue to support it.

Not true for titles such as Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. The fan community has more patches for the game since Activision dropped the company who made it along with all support for it. One of the main reasons why I'll never buy it from Steam.
EDIT for bullshit.

My list still stands.
 
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Saints row the third, if i had bf3 it would be bf3 but me gpu is to crappy to run saints row in 1080p let alome bf3 i don't like medium spec

BF3 looks really awesome on medium. My second rig runs it on medium on a 40" 1080p tv, and at first I thought I would have to upgrade the GFX but seriously, it looks awesome even on medium. On a lowly GTX 460 768mb.
 
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BF3 looks really awesome on medium. My second rig runs it on medium on a 40" 1080p tv, and at first I thought I would have to upgrade the GFX but seriously, it looks awesome even on medium. On a lowly GTX 460 768mb.

Oki thanks
But i like eye candy and i want dx11 , i am waiting until nvidia release a new high end gpu
 

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Skyrim is a good game but I devoted most of my time to BF3 so it has run my life as of late.
 
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It would definitely be The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim even though I didn't get far with the game. I've been busy this year and the only game I did get to play for a while was BF3 which was good and as for Assassin's Creed Revelations I've currently trying to complete it to get that one at the way to make a new start on Skyrim (I unfortunately had to format my PC yesterday and lost the save for that game, hopefully I maybe lucky with AC Revelations since the game's save might be stored on Ubisoft's server).
 
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It's Bethesda so you expect bugs and it isn't because of idiotic PIRATE shite.:banghead:

By the way the image below is a PIRATE. CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series if your head is lodged up yer arse.

False. That is an image of Jonny Depp in a costume on the set of a Disney movie.

This image is of a person who TORRENTS and more often then not buys the game later.

And this is an image from the 1980s of some kid getting his first taste of a DOS computer.
 
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False. That is an image of Jonny Depp in a costume on the set of a Disney movie.



And this is an image from the 1980s of some kid getting his first taste of a DOS computer.

Pirates of the Caribbean and I don't think a kid would be smoking a cigarette unless if he's an early smoker.
 

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I have played many games but BF 3 is the game of the year and i never forgot the experience that i have taken from this game.Its really amazing.
 
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my top 5

crysis 2
skyrim
Dragon Age II
Witcher 2

and GoTY

DEUS EX: Human Revolution

I did not play Batman or BF3 so can't comment on either game.
 
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I don't have a single GOTY but ive enjoyed these games last year

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Serious Sam 3: BFE
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Xenoblade Chronicles

Im reluctant to get BF3 since its mostly MP and my connection sucks (Co-op in SS3 is bearable tho, just run and gun fun :D )
Have yet to try Batman: AC, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Deus EX, so many games, so little time :(
 
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