The Year of the Gamer

Obama 8 was a great year to be a gamer. American cars couldn't sell for shit but videogames sold like crack on the first of the month. I spent so much time sitting on my ass this past year. Definitely a year well spent. First game I'm going to mention is Saints Row 2.


Saints Row 2




I might sound like a casual gamer for this choice but fuck that. Saints Row 2 proved itself to be its own videogame this time around, and not just the best Grand Theft Auto clone on the market. Its true that Rockstar (R*) would have done a better job if they improved on the formula, but I remember wanting to play a Grand Theft Auto game before this year and going straight to the first Saints Row to scratch that itch. With Grand Theft Auto IV taking a more mature theme (cocaine and social relationships.) Saints Row 2 dared to improve on the formula from the older Grand Theft Auto games. Make a call and a car thats in your garage is delivered right to you. No auto aim. You can customize beyond belief. You create every feature of your character. It's not often that I get to play as a beautiful older man in a videogame (Snake and Sam Fisher dont count). The story wasn't bad, it took me about 20 hours to finish it. Your character has a personality and a lot of loose ends from the first one get tied up.

The top reason why this game ended up on my countdown was because this game got me off of that drug known as Grand Theft Auto IV. Saints Row 2 reminded me that I was playing a videogame and not living in a city. If it wasn't for this game I probably wouldn't have stopped playing GTA IV.. Well at least until Resident Evil 5 came out. GTA IV was heroin and Saints Row 2 was the methadone that got me off that shit. (I relapsed 5 days ago.. already played almost 20 hours)