36. Batman: Arkham City (PS3, 360)
Gotham is calling. Who hasn't wanted to glide through the streets of Gotham fighting crime as the Caped Crusader? It was loads of fun and, save Skyrim, my favorite game of 2011. Unlike most other games on this list, I didn't have to be young to have fun with it. Any superhero fan needs this on their gaming shelf; Arkham Asylum was amazing, and I thought it would be impossible to follow up to that game, but luckily, I was wrong. Arkham City, although not better than AA, still kept the Arkhamverse running strong, and provided gamers with a fresh, new approach to action/fighting games. Grappling around as the Bat in an open world is amazing fun, and fighting as him is even better. While this sequel was near-perfect, it's predecessor
was perfect and that's why you'll read more about it later in this list.
Best Part: Playing through the challenge maps as Nightwing, Robin, Batman and Catwoman.
35. Dead Island (PS3, 360)
Remember how I said "fun" should have no educational value? Enter Dead Island, a video game where your sole purpose is smashing zombies' heads in. It's an insanely fun game, despite the fact that its launch trailer was better than the end result (and totally mislead us about things). I got the game the day it came out, and though it wasn't worth $60 on launch, I still had loads of fun with it. One of my favourite sequences involves driving a pick-up truck into dozens of undead foes. The only bad part was that, besides being a very fun open-world game, it could actually get pretty scary at points, and I don't like scary games.
Best Part: Finally getting that gun! The player has to go through half the game with just a paddle and a baseball bat. When I was finally awarded a gun, the game got a whole lot better... and bloodier.