Best Games of February 2010

Although it may not have been as packed as the first month of 2010, February still provided plenty of great new releases, especially in regards to unique titles from niche genres.

[mjolliffe]

Heavy Rain definitely. What a brilliant game!

Its a shame for BioShock 2 though, even though its still one of the best, its been overshadowed by the likes of Mass Effect 2 and Heavy Rain...

[Al Bundy]

Heavy Rain had no competition in February.

[A Cupcake for Gabe]

I am enjoying Bioshock 2. I agree with reviews that this game only really suffers from it's lack of shock & awe that the first one has, but it's never-the-less wonderful.

Hands down goes to Heavy Rain. I have yet to experience anythig this emotionally gripping. It's consuming my soul. An to all who hate, grow up!

[JonnyBigBoss]

Nice summary. The top 3 games were all great.

[MajesticBeast]

Heavy Rain no competition bioshock 2 doesnt even come close. I have never played such a intense and emotional game as Heavy Rain. Sony better lock up QD's next game cause i cant wait.

[KING85]

I have not opened up Bioshock 2 nor have I finished the first, but Heavy Rain is definitely an experience where you will either love or hate it. I am enjoying my time with it so far and I propose if you have the opportunity to rent it please do. I am a FPS man, but this game really has me engrossed in it. Have not felt this way since MGS4.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Both Bioshock 2 and Heavy Rain are rated 88%, although I would give it to Bioshock 2 since that's more of a real game than Heavy Rain.

[TheHater]

So something out of the norm isn't a real game? f##king please. Go play Halo you noob

[bjornbear]

you would give it to Bioshock 2 because a person like you could never appreciate something like Heavy Rain, just like you could never appreciate Citezen Kane, Guernica or Mario Puzo's works =)

its ok though, sometimes it isn't in the numbers, its in the heart ;)

@ TheHater -

he's not a noob.

noob's are crappy gamers, but they are gamers nonetheless

this guy is just a poser =/

[DelbertGrady]

The works you mentioned didn't have severe plot holes and also didn't need boobs to be interesting.

Heavy Rain is a great game. Reminds me of early 90's cd-rom games.

[bjornbear]

i don't know about plot holes, so far i'm on my 1st play through and there are some weird stuff, but until i play the game in all possible ways (which I doubt those preaching of the plot holes did) i won't know.
+ remember DLC will also come so they can't explain EVERYTHING, they need to leave some "holes" to fill

and if YOU think the boobies make the game anymore interesting than it already is, thats your thing

to me, the boobies are probably the best i've ever seen in a game, but the game would have been identically amazing without them.

[Cerberus2125]

I'm 99.99% sure you did not play HR,your plot holes claims comes from those Reviewers who wanted to do inconsistent choices in the game and expected to end up with a perfect ending,by playing the game ounces.one of the DLCs is the taxidermist,witch I'm sure you guys remember the video of Madison braking into a house,so...no plot holes in this game.

[KiRBY3000]

"Both Bioshock 2 and Heavy Rain are rated 88%, although I would give it to Bioshock 2 since it's available on 360 while Heavy Rain is not."

your welcome.

[pansenbaer]

"Severe plot holes"

Lolz...

You didn't play the game and didn't give it time to all sink in. There are very few instances in the game that don't add up. And even those...they do if you think about it.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

"Citezen Kane, Guernica or Mario Puzo's works"

LMAO! You're comparing all that to Heavy Rain??? Are you insane? Heavy Rain's plot comes straight out of your typical prime time tv drama. More like Murder She Wrote.

[kingdavid]

I only had a plothole with norman jayden which involved the mini tanks.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Guys...don't take SodaPopinsky and Halo3MLGPro seriously.

They're just here to troll unsuspecting people who tend to lean toward the Sony side of things.

Lol.

Neither of them are serious.

Soda's downplaying the game to cheapen the experience and Halo3's trying to say Bioshock 2 is better than Heavy Rain.

I have no idea why you guys believed them. Haha...

[bjornbear]

@ Halo - LOL i bet you had to google those 3 things before you even knew the context of my comment! xD AND your missing the point

i wasn't comparing story, but impact in the area they come out in.

HR is doing a far bigger impact intellectually to the gaming industry/community than many games have for a long time JUST LIKE the 3 things I mentioned did in their area when they came out =)

understand what you are replying to or risk missing the point and...failing.

+ what would you know about story quality? Look at your avatar xD

you are a joke i can't take you seriously on anything you say

[kaz-hirai]

Wheres all the 360 exclusives ? ;-D!!!

[BYE]

I just realized the 360 didn't have a single exclusive game in whole 2010 yet.

And very lackluster titles in 2009. Hm...

[kingdavid]

Deadly premonition > MAG

[TheHater]

I can't wait to see this ending.

[gamingisnotacrime]

must have for most gaming fans

[threesixty4li4e]

eh, heavy rain was a total fail. how if a bunch of QTE's an excuse for a video game. Bioshock 2 was best game of february by a mile.

[Snert]

Heavy Rain is one of the most unique & innovative games around. What the hell do you want? The same kind of games being made over & over again. Heavy Rain was the best game this month & it wasn't even close.

[Dev8 ing]

360 for life? Come on. You do know you are supporting the worst platform out right now. Even the Wii has more better exclusives.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

Just when I think I've read the dumbest comment of the day on N4G, someone comes out of the blue and pleasantly(not so much) surprises me.

Go PLAY Heavy Rain. Then judge.

[kevinx1000]

can you PLAY heavy rain?

[wAtdaFck]

No Napoleon Total War?

-.-

[RagTagBnd445]

It's too much like empire, did not add anything really groundbreaking.

[air1]

i tried the demo to heavy rain. i liked it at first especially that fight scene but then it got boring..

i just didnt have much fun with it.

[Dev8 ing]

This game isn't going for fun. It's an experience.

[NeoBasch]

Note to anybody interested, Heavy Rain will consume you body and soul. Make sure you set aside a weekend to play it. You will not be able to stop. I have a friend over right now, and am already counting down the seconds until he goes home so I can play more Heavy Rain. The story is just amazing! So much better than Indigo Prophecy. What a ride!

[Dev8 ing]

That said if you liked indigo prophecy in the least bit, heavy rain is a must play. The improvements from the last are immense.

[foxxy]

taxidermist DLC?

[Dev8 ing]

It gets released march 5 I believe.

[Dev8 ing]

Easily, Heavy Rain.

[Campy da Camper]

is def a great game but the one thing that drove me bonkers was when the QTE icons were all swirling around and being jittery and bouncy and I would push the wrong one!

Plus, and I am not trying to "rain" on the parade, but I do not understand why they do split screen when you have to do a lot of QTE. I guess I am just old but when I am in a fight sequence or something and the slipt screen is up, I completely miss the "other" side because I have my eyes deadlocked on my side so I don't miss a sequence.

Great game, killer story, graphics, art design, the works...just a couple flaws in my opinion.

[Antan]

Heavy Rain by a country mile! An experience like no other!

[alb1899]

Save by the bell because Mass Effect 2 was 26 or 27 january, thats why is best game of the month!

[Denethor_II]

The only people who don't like heavy Rain are the pubescent 360 fans without the scrilla to afford a Playstation and thus the game. Fair enough if you have played the work of art that is Heavy Rain and have failed to understand it, at least you gave it try, but please don't express what you perceive to be fact without playing the game.