In all fairness, you don't really "beat" Civilization V. You sort of just play until you get bored with it. There is no campaign or ending, so to speak.

Looks like a bad concept car from the mid 90's.

@spectra: The Thunderbird is one of those cars, that from a design standpoint, just got "quirkier" (some would say uglier) with each passing generation. The original still holds a special place in my heart, though.

Wait, this is a trend now? But... but it's actually tasteful! Oh god... I'm so conflicted. It's going to be done to death and I'm going to end up hating something I like...

@Methossa: Everyone should start their second-string QB against New England. Bellichek has proved time and time again that he can't prepare for a guy he has no tape on.

@taosaur: Good. You can help me understand this better then. The difference is that you "just log onto a server" to play with other people? How is this different than say, logging onto PSN and playing Gran Turismo 5 with a bunch of people? Just the "amount" of people you can interact with? Both experiences are…

So they are basically just charging $260 for a full game? Love the way the industry is headed.

I'm glad you made Enslaved the centerpiece here. No game does this better. The character modeling is by no means top notch, but the eye movements and facial ticks worked together so well that it was the first time I could not only read, but almost feel genuine emotions just by looking at Trips eyes. Really sucked me…

AMG=OMG -

Sharp-eyed viewers will recognize the first location as the inside of the abandoned BOS bunker, which they permanently locked in a patch (but not an issue for PC users). That almost guarantees that we're hearing the voice of Elder Elijah.

This is exactly why you're all going to be enjoying your cloud-based gaming consoles next generation.

If this were an award purely for presentation, RDR hands down. It was gorgeous. The thing that keeps it from being my favorite of the year is its structure. Rockstar really needs to stop giving us the same contrived mission-based sandbox bullshit. "Go here, kill this guy, collect that, race this, etc." Time to start…

DID ANYONE MAKE A BACK TO THE FUTURE/88MPH JOKE YET? Cause I'm pretty sure that'd be pretty original and funny! I bet no one did it yet. Not a single person. Sure, I could scroll down to confirm my suspicions, but I have a pretty good feeling about it, so I'm gonna go ahead and pioneer this:

It occurs to me that perhaps Turn10 should've confirmed they had access to examples of the cars before we voted on them. Why dangle the Omni in our faces and then take it away? Cockteases.

Pissing away more of our precious tax dollars on useless crap. God forbid we fund education or alternate energy or something important.

@solracer: Drool.

Forza has excellent driver AI. Sometimes it borders on being pure dickhead-ish depending on the difficulty setting. And of course there's the red devil phenomenon. It's one of the strengths of the game.

@AceGT: That's a BRAH, not a bro.

Check for nice, even panel gaps. Easiest way to tell if a car was knocked around. Or made by GM.

@Arctic16: I like the cut of your jib, sir.