Looks like a good list, Cary! I really enjoyed the first two Uncharted games (haven't played the third one yet) and I'm sure I'd gush about Valkyria Chronicles if I'd played it lol. At least I have it.
It's hard to remember which games that I played this year are exactly from this year lol. BioShock Infinite for sure. That game isn't perfect but it's so polished and the story is so good! I'd also recommend HarmoKnight, the downloadable 3DS rhythm platformer from Game Freak. It's a little short but is a blast while it lasts and has superb music. Lots of fun.
No worries, Matt. I do hope you'll play it. Just trying to save you a little money lol
We have a Wii U, which definitely has the best games right now (Mario 3D World, Pikmin, Wonderful 101, etc.). We'll get a PS4 in a year, probably, and maybe an X1 two or three years after that. We'll see. My 3DS, though, has seen a ton of use this year and I foresee that continuing indefinitely. That's a great piece of hardware.
I don't know. I enjoyed Lords of Shadow as a game but it wasn't a good Castlevania game. I recently played the Mirror of Fate demo and was really underwhelmed by that. I don't think the LoS combat works as well on a 2D plane and it lacked all the personality that permeated the IGA portable games. I'd buy Mirror of Fate if it was cheap enough (it'd have to be pretty cheap) but I'd buy the first Game Boy Castlevania game, which everyone agrees is terrible, if I found it cheap enough. I hope Mercury Steam nails that Castlevania feeling in LoS 2 but I'm not hopeful.
Wow, your birthday is December 22? Mine too! Sounds like you're exactly ten years older than me. I've haven't made any decisions yet on what I'd like to get but that'll depend on how much money people give me lol. We actually got Tomb Raider at the beginning of this month though. My wife snagged it for $10 during a sale on GameFly, which is actually a great place to get used games. I'd love to get Dissidia. That second one is basically an expansion of the first, right? Filling out my PSP collection is going to be much more difficult now that GameStop rarely carries PSP games anymore. Oh well. Got plenty to work througha as it is. Anyway, enjoy the games!
Congrats! I don't mind waiting a year, especially since we all know there will be a drought a good software for a while (there always is). Looking forward to hearing what you think as you delve deeper in though.
Yes, grab the demo! You have nothing to lose and potentially $5 to save 
Well I have certainly added to that queue! Which reminds me...I forgot to do an OCR blog today. Drat. You're off the hook this week but make sure to listen to this one 
Ooh, I am jealous indeed! Let us know what you think. I should be nabbing a copy before the end of the year. By the way, did you finish Luigi's Mansion?
