The must have games of the year are the usually suspects. Sports games like Madden 12 for its indept looking into pro football and the way that you can control your favorite teams and your favorite players and NBA 2K12 for its insight on pro basketball and getting to play with not only the players of today, but also the players of yesterday. Sports games like these are must have because they retain value through the year. You can choose to either create a player and make him a superstar or play franchise mode which could last upwards of 30 game years. These games keep you coming back for more and more. Action games such as Uncharted 3 and Batman Arkham City are games that keep would be action heroes content and happy with their incredible story lines, their ridiculously large maps, and integrated puzzles keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen next just as if it was happening to you. The last must have games are war games. Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 3 being the biggest of the big. These games have usually well written storylines and action packed cut scenes just like the action games, but the thing that separates the war games from the action games in the online play and the downloadable content. The online play for these games are incredible, that is the only way to explain it. There are different levels of play, there are different games and mission to try to accomplish, there are groups and clans that you can become a part of, and you can even outfit your soldier and his gun with designs, so that you’ve custom everything about him. The downloadable content takes even further than that, by adding new maps to the game after you have already purchased it and downloading new levels to further your gaming experience. These are just a few of the must have games out there. There are probably several more to choose from, but these genres and there standout games are hard to beat.