I can't believe someone would include Syndicate in the best games of 2012. Played a hour of it, and thought is was crap.
Out of that list would consider among the best of the year: Max Payne 3, Dishonored, The Walking Dead, Assassin's Creed 3, Forza Horizon and include games like: Torchlight 2 (or Diablo 3), Borderlands 2, Mass Effect 3, XCOM, Halo 4, Far Cry 3, Trials Evolution, Sleeping Dogs... among others.
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Out of that list would consider among the best of the year: Max Payne 3, Dishonored, The Walking Dead, Assassin's Creed 3, Forza Horizon and include games like: Torchlight 2 (or Diablo 3), Borderlands 2, Mass Effect 3, XCOM, Halo 4, Far Cry 3, Trials Evolution, Sleeping Dogs... among others.