Year-end VG awards of 2011 (your personal EP version!)

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Alright, so we had this thread last year, and the year before that IIRC. And since there isn't too much happening in General Gaming these days, creating a thread like this isn't going to make it any worse.

Here's the important part, though: The point of this thread is just to look at all the stuff we've played over the year and reminisce a bit. That's it. No flame wars. Thanks.

The only other thing I'd like to point out is that this isn't limited to games released this year. It just has to be a game you played this year. It can be FF10 or Duck Hunt or whatever. It doesn't matter.


Alright, here we go:

The best games you've played this year?
Your overall game of the year?
Your most beloved franchise(s) this year?
Your most beloved gaming company/companies this year?
Your most beloved gaming platform this year?
Best soundtrack/video game music of the year? Feel free to post Youtube vids of the selected piece if you can find it.
Biggest surprise of the year?
Biggest disappointment of the year?
Most memorable VG character of the year?
The game you sank the most hours into this year?
The game(s) you're looking forward to the most next year?

Oh, and since just listing games is boring (and I hope you don't want to be boring), try to give some reasons as well, when possible. If spoiler tags are needed, use 'em. [*spoiler]text[/spoiler]


So there you have it. As I've said before, no flaming of any sort. If this thread degenerates into a series of "my game is better than your game" comments, I'll hate all of you and never make any threads like this ever again.