Hmm tough one considering it was full of great games, definitely a bright year for gamers around the world :) but i think mine would have to be between uncharted or dark souls, and they're two very different games to compare so i guess it's a tie

Well this is a game of patience and endurance, which makes it such a great game and you cannot just run around the place expecting to beat it so easily and in your first go :P i don't suggest you go to the skeletons if you've just started go around the place level up and trust me once you get into it you won't be able to stop playing :) so keep at it, and a suggestion don't skip enemies unless you've got a lot of souls because those souls are important and are required to beat the game sounds stupid but in my first run through i literally ran through and faced the same problem as you, so work at it take each part at a time, and you probably will have to return to certain levels cause they were simply too difficult to beat before but trust me once you beat it you'll feel like a boss :)

Well not necessarily the stories aren't 100% linked however i do suggest you do play uncharted 2 as it is GREAT and the uncharted series is definitely one of my favorite and to not play 2 would be a sheer loss

okay iam playing the devil's advocate here by saying thats its a good thing the kingdom hearts series is expanding to different consoles and that by introducing the title to different platforms it gives us different perspectives of gaming. But come on you have a limited amount of butter how thin are you willing to spread it square? i've been waiting for ages and im not complaining because i know everyone here is in the same situation, we have to wait for good things to happen but come on, we've been promised versus for a couple of years now, but still we have nothing. all this side stories in the kingdom hearts title are just making the game a hell of a lot more confusing, also a lot of people are missing out on games on different consoles, i've blown a lot of money on my psp, my DS both consoles i bought solely for this game, and its the only game i have on the system. so please square were hoping for atleast some word for a third kingdom hearts i know 3D is supposed to be the bridge that gaps 2 and 3 but how long are we going to have to wait for that well i hope things will be clearer in the E3 as to were Tetsuya is wanting to go with the series hopefully good news soon.