Best & Worst Video Games for 2010

It’s officially 2011, so it’s time to recap and present to you all our choices for the best and worst video games that came out in 2010. We’ve all been working on this for months, changing some of our choices as new games came out, but what you see below is what we’ve all finally settled on.

Each staff member was asked to give their top 3 best or worst gaming choices for all of the categories below. Top best/worst was awarded 3 points, second was given 2 points, and the last was given 1 point. After all entries were submitted, we then added everything up so the games that made it were the ones with the most overall points. There will be some games that will share the best and worst slot, but our choices are all opinion based so please keep that in mind.

Note: Not all categories will have 3 selections because we didn’t receive enough, or any, submissions for them.

Best Xbox 360 Exclusive

1. Fable III
2. Ninety-Nine Nights II
3. Halo: Reach

Worst Xbox 360 Exclusive

1. Fable III

Best PS3 Exclusive

1. God of War III
2. TIE: Heavy Rain & MAG
3. MLB 10: The Show

Worst PS3 Exclusive

1. Clash of the Titans

Best Wii Exclusive

1. TIE: Super Mario Galaxy 2 & Metroid: Other M
2. TIE: Kirby’s Epic Yarn & Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
3. Donkey Kong Country Returns

Worst Wii Exclusive

1. Racquet Sports
2. Grease: The Game
3. Robin Hood: The Return of Richard

Best PC Game

1. Civilization V
2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
3. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Worst PC Game

1. Final Fantasy XIV Online
2. Alien Breed 3: Descent
3. I’m Not Alone

Best Nintendo DS Game

1. Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
2. Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals
3. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

Worst Nintendo DS Game

1. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
2. Spectral Force Genesis
3. Legends of Exidia

Best iPhone Game

1. Game Dev Story
2. Robot Unicorn Attack
3. Traffic Rush 3

Worst iPhone Game

1. Pocket Devil: Hell Yeah!
2. Cut the Rope
3. TIE: City Story & Bakery Story

Best Android Game

1. Pocket Legends
2. Angry Birds
3. Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection

Best Multi-Platform Game

1. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
3. TIE: Fallout: New Vegas, Red Dead Redemption, Vanquish, Blur

Worst Multi-Platform Game

1. Iron Man 2
2. TIE: Red Dead Redemption & Prison Break: The Conspiracy
3. TIE: Saw II: Flesh & Blood, The Sims 3 for Console, Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

Best Shooter

1. TIE: Vanquish & Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
3. TIE: Quake Arena Arcade, Halo: Reach, Mass Effect 2, Monday Night Combat

Worst Shooter

1. Alien vs. Predator
2. Alien Breed 3: Descent
3. Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Best RPG

1. Mass Effect 2
2. TIE: DeathSpank, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, Fallout: New Vegas
3. TIE: Final Fantasy XIII & Divinity II: The Knight Dragon Saga

Worst RPG

1. Alpha Protocol
2. Spectral Force Genesis
3. Avencast

Best Action/Adventure Game

1. TIE: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood & God of War III
2. Red Dead Redemption
3. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Worst Action/Adventure Game

1. TIE: Fable III, Red Dead Redemption, Transformers: Cybertron Adventures, Enslaved
2. Clash of the Titans
3. Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest

Best Fighting Game

1. Tekken 6
2. Super Street Fighter IV

Worst Fighting Game

1. Deadliest Warrior

Best Racing Game

1. Blur
2. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
3. Split/Second

Best Sports Game

1. FIFA Soccer 11
2. MLB 10: The Show
3. NHL 11

Worst Sports Game

1. Racquet Sports
2. TIE: NBA 2K11 & Pure Futbol
3. Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games

Best Casual Game

1. TIE: Drawn: Dark Flight & Game Dev Story
2. TIE: Puzzle Agent & Robot Unicorn Attack
3. TIE: The Institute: A Becky Brogan Adventure & Monster Dash

Worst Casual Game

1. Bakery Story
2. Pocket Devil: Hell Yeah!

Best Music Game

1. DJ Hero 2
2. Rock Band 3
3. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Worst Music Game

1. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Best XBLA Game

1. A World of Keflings
2. TIE: X-Men Arcade & Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
3. Plants vs. Zombies

Worst XBLA Game

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
2. TIE: Dance! It’s your Stage & Deadliest Warrior
3. Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

Best PSN Game

1. TIE: Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Mega Man 10
2. Joe Danger
3. Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse

Worst PSN Game

1. Crescent Pale Mist
2. Dead Space: Ignition

Best WiiWare Game

1. Mega Man 10
2. Cave Story
3. And Yet It Moves

Best Indie Game

1. TIE: Decimation X3 & Score Rush
2. Limbo
3. Joe Danger

Best DLC

1. Undead Nightmare – Red Dead Redemption
2. The Sacrifice – Left 4 Dead 2
3. Lair of the Shadow Broker – Mass Effect 2

Worst DLC

1. Darkspawn Chronicles – Dragon Age: Origins
2. Witch Hunt – Dragon Age: Origins
3. Return to Ostagar – Dragon Age: Origins

Best Gaming Accessory/Peripheral

1. PlayStation Move
2. TIE: Rock Band 3 Real Fender Guitar & Turtle Beach Headsets
3. KontrolFreek FPS Attachments

Worst Gaming Accessory/Peripheral

1. Microsoft Kinect

Best Graphics

1. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
2. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
3. Vanquish

Worst Graphics

1. Incognito Episode 2

Best Story

1. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
2. Vanquish
3. TIE: Heavy Rain & Red Dead Redemption

Worst Story

1. Fable III
2. Vanquish

Best Gameplay

1. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
2. Vanquish
3. TIE: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow & Red Dead Redemption

Worst Gameplay

1. TIE: Sonic the Hedgehog: Episode 1 & Red Dead Redemption
2. TIE: Fable III, Hasbro Family Game Night 3, Dance! It’s your Stage

Best Music

1. Red Dead Redemption
2. TIE: Super Mario Galaxy 2, Plants vs. Zombies, God of War III, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
3. TIE: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow & Heavy Rain

Worst Music

1. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Best Multi-Player

1. Blur
2. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops

Worst Multi-Player

1. Fable III
2. Red Dead Redemption

Best Character

1. Ezio Auditore da Firenze – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
2. Sam Gideon – Vanquish
3. Gabriel Belmont – Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Worst Character

1. TIE: John Marston – Red Dead Redemption & Nier – Nier

Best Villain

1. Cesare Borgia – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
2. TIE: Gargantuar – Plants vs. Zombies & Satan – Dante’s Inferno/Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
3. TIE: Scott Shelby – Heavy Rain & The Greeks – Civilization V

Worst Villain

1. The Crawler – Fable III
2. Logan – Fable III

Best Supporting Character

1. Bartolomeo d’Alviano – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
2. Lt. Col. Robert Burns – Vanquish
3. Jasper – Fable III

Worst Supporting Character

1. Page – Fable III
2. Bonnie McFarlane – Red Dead Redemption

Sexiest Female Character

1. Bayonetta – Bayonetta
2. Aphrodite – God of War III
3. Miranda – Mass Effect 2

Game That Needs a Sequel

1. Vanquish
2. Red Dead Redemption
3. TIE: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Shank, Heavy Rain

Most Anticipated Game for 2011

1. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2. TIE: Mortal Kombat, Crysis 2, DC Universe Online, Assassin’s Creed 3, Beyond Good & Evil 2
3. TIE: Bulletstorm, Little Big Planet 2, Portal 2, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Dragon Age II, Twisted Metal

So, what do you think of our selections? Do you disagree with any of them? Is there a game we might have overlooked? Leave your thoughts, and your personal selections, in a comment below!