Andy Does Stuff: Andy's Game of the Year 2009

It's like the Emmy Award for Games!

Welcome one and all to Andy's Game of the Year 2009 awards! These are the awards for games released either in 2009 as rated by Andy. You know Andy. He has a blog. And so, without further adieu, here's some games and some awards to go with them.

Award #1: Best Game with Singleplayer Campaign Under 6 hours

It was a tough choice, but in the end the award goes to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Oh, lots of games tried so very hard to beat MW2's short length... Left 4 Dead 2 came awfully close, but unfortunately its stark replayability makes short work of its running for this award. So, of course, we see the award go to the very cool but untimely MW2. Stand up! Take a bow! And Infinity Ward, next time you make a sequel, try and make it longer. Also, the Brazil missions sucked.

Award goes to: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Runners Up: Left 4 Dead 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Award #2: Best Game With Zombies In It

Another difficult choice, the main contender was, of course, Left 4 Dead 2. But who can forget Plants vs Zombies? No-one can! Because that game was tower defence personified! I mean really, what other game gave the the ability to BOWL GIANT WALNUTS AND ZOMBIES? No other game! And from the creators of the insanely addictive Peggle, you know it has to be good. So, now it is a toss-up between PvZ and L4D2, what game could possibly win? In the end, L4D2 had much better production values. That, coupled with the fact that it was possibly the most improved sequel Valve has produced (apart from Half-Life 2), well... it needs an award. Left 4 Dead 2 is the winner!

Award goes to: Left 4 Dead 2

Runners up: Plants vs Zombies, Red Nation, Killing Floor

Award #3: Best Game With Annoying Co-op Features

I say, co-op games are great. But some co-op games are so stupid. They have things like, "teamwork," and "co-operative play".

Gah. Luckily, Nintendo, who's QA department must have gone on a small vacation this year, have come up with a solution! New Super Mario Bros. Wii - the 4-player co-op failed abortion. The singleplayer is classic Mario. The co-op is... well... annoying. Characters bounce of each other, resulting in accidental deaths. You can pick up in hurl your friends into poison goop - resulting in grief-tastic, albeit hilarious, purposeful deaths. And that's why this game wins - the co-op is hilarious! BUT GODDAMN if it isn't annoying...