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You saw the title. Ok so it's not ENTIRELY true; I did pick up a few PS2 and DS games back in July or so and I've been playing Champions Online, but those don't count cuz they're old (or free).

So here's the deal: 2011 had a slew of much-talked-about games and I have only played one of them. Christmas is rollin' ever closer and I wanna know what I should ask for (or buy for myself during the inevitable post-Christmas sale.) What was awesome and what sucked? If you could pick just one or two games from this year that really stood out, what would they be?

For the record, I have a DSLite, a Wii, and a PC with Steam.

A few games I've heard good things about:
Batman: Arkham City (haven't played Asylum though)
Skyrim (IT'S ALL YOU PEOPLE TALK ABOUT)
Zelda: Skyward Sword (the ones who don't have Skyrim yet talk about this one)
Mass Effect 2 (Not sure if this was this year or last, actually. But haven't played it or ME1.)

What're your opinions on these? What is this list missing? Why the frig is the original Mass Effect incompatible with my computer's OS?