Gamesblip - Blippy Awards 2013



			POSTED 16/12/13 GAMESBLIP 'BLIPPY' AWARDS 2013 As 2013 rockets into history quicker than you can grunt "D'oh!", it seems that the time has arrived to pontificate on what we think were the best games of the year - plus a couple of plonkers. Yes, it's the fourth annual Blippy Awards (cue canned applause...) As always, we didn't get to play everything, and have an aversion to PC gaming simply as we spend most of the day chained to one doing actual work, so some titles simply couldn't come into contention. As such, these are the best of the best of the many titles we have played and reviewed this past year... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST ACTION/ADVENTURE THING TOMB RAIDER Square Enix Runner-up: THE LAST OF US Lara? You go girl! Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST ARCADE THING VELOCITY ULTRA Futurlab Runner-up: HOTLINE MIAMI Bang! Bang! Shoot! Shoot! Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST CAR THING NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALS EA Runner-up: GRAND THEFT AUTO V Superfast cops and robbers with a sniff of Criterion... Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST FIGHTING THING INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US WB Games Runner-up: ANARCHY REIGNS A beat 'em up for everybody. Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST HANDHELD THING STEAMWORLD DIG Image & Form Runner-up: GUACAMELEE! Going underground has never been more fun. Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST RPG THING NI NO KUNI: WRATH OF THE WHITE WITCH Namco Bandai Runner-up: DIABLO III A playable Ghibli animation - what's not to love? Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST PARTY THING ROCKSMITH 2014 Ubisoft Runner-up: ZEN PINBALL 2: STAR WARS You know how there's always some wanker strumming a guitar at parties? Now you can be that wanker! Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST JUST PLAIN FUN THING SAINTS ROW IV Deep Silver Runner-up: LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES Bug-ridden (both of them actually) but wonderful, total dumb fun regardless. Try not to grin when Aerosmith first pipe up... Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST PLATFORMY THING RAYMAN LEGENDS Ubisoft Runner-up: STICK IT TO THE MAN Best. Platformer. Ever. Sorry Mario. Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST PUZZLY THING THOMAS WAS ALONE Curve Studios Runner-up: SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD You'll believe a box can fly - and jump, and bounce, and straddle, and... Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST PIRATES, NINJAS AND/OR ZOMBIES THING ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG Ubisoft Runner-up: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER HD ARRRR really deep adventure... Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST SHOOTY THING CALL OF JUAREZ: GUNSLINGER Ubisoft Runner-up: TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: BLACK LIST Yay-laden Tarantino-styled cowboy shootiness. Fuck political correctness! Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST STRATEGY THING PIKMIN 3 Nintendo Runner-up: STEALTH INC: A CLONE IN THE DARK Prettiest. RTS. Ever. Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST SOUNDTRACKY THING METRO: LAST LIGHT Deep Silver Runner-up: METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE Proof that sound design can maketh the game. Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST TRIPPY THING BEYOND: TWO SOULS Sony Runner-up: LONE SURVIVOR: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT Is it a...? Umm, we don't know what it is. But it kept us glued to our DualShock... Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR BIGGEST DISAPPOINTING THING REGULAR SHOW: MORDECAI & RIGBY IN 8-BIT LAND D3 Publisher Runner-up: STAR TREK This is so not fun. Click here to read our original review... 2013 BLIPPY FOR ACEST OVERALL THING RAYMAN LEGENDS Ubisoft Runner-up: TOMB RAIDER We've said it before, we'll say it again. Well, we'll type it. Best. Platformer. Ever. Click here to read our original review... Meanwhile, Lara gets sloppy seconds, but not very sloppy. Girl power! Click here to read our original review...		CLICK THIS! CLICK THIS!


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