Top 5 Games of the Year! [Thompson Edition]

2013 was a good year with many quality titles finally seeing the light of day. I've been surprised by many games, disappointed by a few and some lived up to my high expectations. What will follow is a list from 10-1 with 1. being my GOTY. Bare in mind it's my opinion so don't be offended, if you have a different opinion you're simply wrong. Fight me.

5. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Look, this may just be a DLC expansion but I count it as its own game because... Well, it is. Blood Dragon is not related to Far Cry 3 in any way except the fact that they use pretty much the same core gameplay. Other than that it's its own badass retro adventure where you chew bubble gum and kick ass, and you just ran out of bubble gum.

4. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
I was a skeptic from the start, first a game about Raiden, please. Then Platinum Games took over, how could anyone but KojiPro make a Metal Gear game? Insanity! Luckily I was wrong, sure it was insane, insanely fun that is! That they managed to create a hack-n-slash game where the sword you wield actually feel like a sword, all in 60fps with so much going on... Truly impressive, can't wait to see where they go from here!

3. Tomb Raider
Another pleasant surprise, I must say they really messed up the marketing for this game. Only like a month before release they actually talked about the game and it was enough to get me interested enough to get it. Before I was expecting them to turn it into Uncharted with the very hectic gameplay and set-pieces but boy was I wrong. It was tense, you had freedom and the whole survival aspect payed off just fine. I love both Uncharted and Tomb Raider and it showed there's still room for both of them.

2. Grand Theft Auto V
Maybe not so shocking to have on my list after the huge success and popularity, but sometimes it's all warranted. The new three-character system was really fun and the heists were amazing and felt good to pull off (a bit few though) and I play the very fun multiplayer to this day. As long as you can stomach some glitches it's a ride worth taking.

1. The Last of Us
How could it be anything else? This game really came close to perfection to me. I'm big on good stories which is why I love this game so much, the storytelling, characters and cutscenes are all so perfectly done it was impossible for me to not make it my number 1 game of the year. Hell, maybe even of this generation. There's not a single aspect of it which I dislike, the crafting was fun, story like I said was great, and the combat is very dynamic with amazing enemy AI. Can't wait to see what Naughty Dog cooks up for next gen!

Hurray for Joel and Ellie!