Here are the top twenty most interesting games according to Dengeki’s online poll:
20. Heavy Rain
19. Resonance of Fate
18. Dragon Quest IV
17. Valkyria 2
16. Love Plus +
15. Atelier Totori ~ Alchemist of Arland 2 ~
14. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2
13. Ghost Trick
12. God of War III
11. Yakuza 4
10. God Eater
9. Super Mario Galaxy 2
8. Lost Planet 2
7. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
6. Ar Tonelico 3
5. Nier
4. Super Street Fighter IV
3. Zeno Blade
2. Etrian Odyssey 3
1. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
【アンケート結果発表】上半期一番おもしろかったゲームは？ – 電撃オンライン [Dengeki Online via オレ的ゲーム情報]
BlueMaxima
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 7:27 PMI just finished Peace Walker’s final mission. 72 hours, 20 minutes, 12 seconds. Little disappointed I’m at the end of days.
Game deserves it though. Freaking awesome.
NotoriousR
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 9:48 PM37 hours in, and I’ve finished the story but have a billion (well about 60 or so) extra ops mission to do. It is quite excellent.
Bish
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 7:31 PMWait, what defines a game as “interesting”?
Time spent being engaged with it?
Story?
The fact that #1 lets you see a 16 year old kid in her underwear?
Joshy206
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 8:22 PMYeah, mine’s entirely different. For starters, Heavy Rain is #1 for the year. I was about to ask how it only got 20, then I remembered it was Japan and that Love Plus+ came out. :P
Doug Sherry
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:30 PMMore of a movie than a video game
Blackwater
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 8:24 PMLol no.
No Alan Wake, No Mass Effect, no DeathSpank.
This list fails.
How about a Kotaku reader’s poll?
warcroft
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 8:56 AM+1
Riavan
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 8:39 PMI like Japanese people’s obvious national fanboism, most of those games are Japanese companies and never really took off in the rest of the world (with the obvious few exceptions).
Steve M
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 9:09 PMCertainly it’s impossible that Japanese people actually like those games!
Yes, I’m fully aware that Japanese gamers tend to be biased towards Japanese consoles and developers, but you could probably say the same about Western gamers and Western developers.
Nicholas
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 9:54 PM^
Pretty much what I was thinking.
warden
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 10:04 PMThey’d prolly say the same about a list you made tho right?
OhNoNotTheLegs!
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 10:17 PM…its almost like Japanese developers understand what Japanese gamers want!
But how crazy would that be?