It would be impossible to play every great new video game that hit stores in 2009, but of the games I had a chance to play, Sony's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the PlayStation 3 was easily my video game of the year. Maybe it was the globe-trotting hero or the lush locales or simply the scale of the game, which blended Hollywood-style cinematics with solid gameplay, but it won me over on every level. It was the only game this year that made my jaw drop within the first few minutes of play and kept surprising me throughout. Maybe it could have been a few hours shorter, but it showed what a huge game budget can deliver. You can read my full review here.
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