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The staff shares their favorites of the year, before fall’s heavy hitters change their minds forever! Maybe.
By 1UP Staff
Recently, we gave you our list of the biggest games of the fall, as if the industry lives and dies by what comes out from September to November. The reality is it doesn’t, and great games come out at all times of the year. And we’re not alone. With the holiday rush fast approaching, some of the 1UP staff shared their current top picks of this year’s releases, to remind ourselves of what we liked best over the year, but also to remind you of any games from 2010 you should check out (or revisit) before your backlog grows even greater.
Dragon Quest IX
Jeremy Parish, Executive Editor
I’ve had some good times with 2010’s progressive, big-budget console RPGs — think Mass Effect 2, and even Final Fantasy XIII — but nothing has sucked me in quite the same way that Dragon Quest IX has. Yeah, it’s a pretty old-fashioned game in a lot of ways, a turn-based RPG whose story sometimes struggles to rise above “perfunctory.” But as with so many entries in the series, its surface belies its true appeal: Addictive, highly polished, subtly inventive role-playing design. A cooperative, multiplayer, turn-based is such an obvious idea that no one has ever bothered to do it until now. And the online download features, plus the “tag mode” add a compelling reason to keep returning to the game every day.
Red Dead Redemption
