Thanks for checking us out today to see our Number 4 Games of 2009! As we count down each day until we reveal our Number 1, please leave some comments and let us know if you agree or disagree, and also let us know what your favorite games of this year were.

Zack: Borderlands

Borderlands is, simply put, a dream come true. It is a spectacular first-person shooter. It has 17 million weapons. It has unlimited replay value. And it has co-op. I honestly can’t even imagination a more astounding concoction. Borderlands had me hooked from the very first moments, and it still hasn’t let me go. I have played through this diamond in the rough twice now, and have already made solid plans to play through it 3 more times with 3 separate friends. Let’s just say this: If there was a subscription fee to play this game (besides, you know, this) I’d pay it. No questions asked.

I have no real complaints about this game to speak of. All problems that may have arisen just kinda faded away in time. Even with all these fourth quarter games that I have picked up sitting on my shelf (x, y, and z), I still always finding myself returning to the barren wasteland of Gearbox Software’s Borderlands. And that’s why it receives my number 4 spot on my top 5 Games of 2009.

Jeff: Assassin’s Creed 2

For the long-winded version of my praise of Assassin’s Creed 2, check out my review. Here, I’ll be brief. Even after beating the game, and getting nearly every significant achievement (something I rarely do), I am already clamoring to play through AC2 again, especially with the two upcoming DLC packs. Though there are many games I’d have liked to play (Batman: AA), and a few that I wish I had avoided altogether (read: Borderlands), the most pleasant surprise of the year was, without a doubt, Assassin’s Creed 2.