Were it up to me, I would only swap a couple runners up with their 1st place winners. I'd put Gears 3 over MW3 easy.
Also, while I appreciate Radiant Historia getting some love, where the hell is Dark Souls?
Game of the Year 2011 - Genre Awards
Find out what games of 2011 best represented the nine most notable genres in gaming.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Winner
The Call of Duty Franchise is like death and taxes. It’s inevitable; every year brings us a new title and with it comes demolished sales records and millions of satisfied players. Even with this expansive and unrelenting growth many fans have found previous installments to be formulaic. While it’s difficult to argue for changing what already works, the developers over at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer have taken a big risk going against the old Call of Duty formula in favor of new changes in Modern Warfare 3. I’m glad to say that these risks paid huge dividends.
Easily the most notable change in Modern Warfare 3 is its reconstructed streak system. Now deemed “Point Streaks,” the new system encourages balanced gameplay and diverse tactics as players gain rewards for adhering to objectives, amassing kills, and disabling enemy air support. Perhaps even more instrumental to the successes of this title has been the attention to detail. Every feature -- no matter how minute -- from weapon recoil to individual gun weight has been calibrated to ensure that this is the most balanced Call of Duty to date.
Modern Warfare 3 truly proves to be the epitome of the modern day shooter. It seamlessly combines grandiose visuals with the polish and precision needed to ensure fluid gameplay. Modern Warfare 3 has not only given us a worthwhile experience but moved the series in a tangible direction, expanding upon the best aspects of Call of Duty while rectifying the worst.
Gears of War 3 - Runner Up
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" - Epic knew how to do it right when making the finale of the Gears trilogy. Gears of War 3 simply polishes all of the various portions of the game to a sheen, removing all of the subtle imperfections of past games in the series. While the experience mostly received a simple polish, it was slightly augmented with the ability to bring four players into the main campaign, as well as the brand new Team Deathmatch mode for multiplayer.
While this move wasn't quite ambitious enough to grab the top shooter position of the year, the nearly flawless execution of this third person shooter easily earns it the Runner Up position.
Honorable Mentions
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