My Top Ten Games of 2013
#1 - The Last of Us
#2 - Grand Theft Auto V
#3 - BioShock Infinite
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Saints Row IV
Gone Home
Dead Rising 3
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
The Stanley Parable
Beyond: Two Souls
Everything after BioShock Infinite above isn't officially ordered. Below are the rest of the 2013 releases I beat until February 2016. They are also not officially ordered:
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Gunpoint
Papers, Please
Ryse: Son of Rome
DmC Devil May Cry
Knack
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
Criteria:
1. It had to come out in 2013.
2. I had to beat it.
Back in 2013, I had intended to do a full "Best of" blowout like I did in 2012, but I never got around to it except for a few:
Best Unlockable Achievement
Best 2012 Game
Fluffiest Booty
Favorite Concept Art
Below are the notes I took as I was planning them. I haven't edited this since, so some stuff may be missing, and some stuff maybe shouldn't be there. These are just ideas I was working on along with some nominees for the rest of the categories:
Best Ending: The Last of Us; BioShock Infinite; Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Best Ending Credits: Saints Row IV; Knack
Best Writing: The Last of Us; BioShock Infinite; Grand Theft Auto V; The Stanley Parable; Gone Home
Best Music: BioShock Infinite; The Last of Us; Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons; Gone Home
Best Graphics: The Last of Us; Grand Theft Auto V; Super Mario 3D World; Beyond: Two Souls; Dead Rising 3; Ryse: Son of Rome
Best Use of Cussing/Foul Language: The Last of Us; Grand Theft Auto V; Saints Row IV
Worst Ending: Killzone: Shadow Fall; Call of Duty: Ghosts
Best Narration: The Stanley Parable; Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Best Male Performance: Troy Baker as Joel (The Last of Us); Nolan North as David (The Last of Us); Gerald "Slink" Johnson as Lamar Davis (Grand Theft Auto V); Steven Ogg as Trevor (Grand Theft Auto V); Ned Luke as Michael (Grand Theft Auto V)
Best Female Performance: Ashley Johnson as Ellie (The Last of Us); Courtnee Draper as Elizabeth (BioShock Infinite); Annie Wersching as Tess (The Last of Us); Sarah Grayson as Sam (Gone Home)
Best Art Direction: BioShock Infinite; Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons; The Last of Us; Papers, Please
Best Gameplay Sequence: Burying your brother in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Best Theme Song: Papers, Please
Best Non-Playable Character: Jorji (Papers, Please); Lamar Davis (Grand Theft Auto V)
Best Game of Glory to Arstotzka: Papers, Please
Best Textures: Gone Home; Killzone: Shadow Fall
Best Achievements: The Stanley Parable
Best Love Story: Gone Home
Best Use of Nudity: Papers, Please; Saints Row IV
Best Boss Battle of 2013: Bob Bargas, DmC Devil May Cry; David, The Last of Us
Best Pores: Dead Rising 3; Ryse: Son of Rome
Best Twist: Rapture, BioShock Infinite; Annie being Chuck Greene's daughter, Dead Rising 3
Best Co-op: Dead Rising 3; Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Best Late Title Card: Call of Duty: Ghosts
Game I died the most in: Knack
Best Use of Physics: Knack
Best Reflections: Knack
Man Crush - Troy Baker
Best DLC - Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep (Borderlands 2)