Two very different top 10 lists from 2010, one of the best years of gaming in modern memory. The usual mix of magazine memories and news from the time. That’s it! Enjoy.
This week’s music is from the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack by Bill Elm & Woody Jackson, the Halo Reach soundtrack by Marty O’Donnell, the Alan Wake soundtrack by Poets of the Fall and Petri Alanko, and the Super Mario Galaxy 2 soundtrack by Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu and Koji Kondo.
Picks
Matthew
- GoldenEye 007 (2010)
- Trauma Team
- Bayonetta
- Professor Layton and the Lost Future
- Mass Effect 2
- Infinite Space
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
- Red Dead Redemption
- 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
- Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
Honourable mentions
- Metroid: Other M
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Picross 3D
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
- Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies
- Mafia II
- Red Steel 2
Samuel
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Fable III
- Alan Wake
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Vanquish
- BioShock 2
- Halo: Reach
- Bayonetta
- Mass Effect 2
- Red Dead Redemption
Honourable mentions
- Heavy Rain
- God of War III
- Just Cause 2
- Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
- Split/Second: Velocity
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- Mafia II
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Dark Souls
Dark Souls is mentioned at the end of the episode.
Lore
- Gaming gammons
XL 24 Revisions
Matthew
- ✅ God of War III (above Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
- ❌ Trauma Team
- ❌？ Bayonetta
- ❌？ Red Dead Redemption
- ✅？ Demon’s Souls
Samuel
- ❌ Final Fantasy XIII
- ✅ God of War III (above Vanquish)
- ❌？ Split/Second: Velocity