Year is nearing it's end. Most the major releases done.
Consoles
The Last Story-Mistwalker
Runner up Darksiders II
The Last Story I already did a huge review of and talked plenty about it.
The biggest reason I love this game is Final Fantasy is back in full with this game. Ok so it's not Square. However it is the man who created FF. The name is no coincidence. Not to mention composer from FF so you know the music is fantastic. The game also have a ivalice feel from Vagrant Story and FFXII. The battle system pushes the genre forward. The characters are amazingly human and well written. Acting is great. Story is great. They streamlined the JRPG genre in so many ways. Grinding is gone,real time action,TPS and strategy. Short game but that's because the fat of most RPG's is cut. It's not just my #1 game of 2012 but one of my fave RPG's ever made.
Darksiders II as runner up. Game had many technical problems and limp story. However the gameplay was fantastic. Death is a very cool character. The style is either love or hate but I loved it. Music,WOW the music is some of the best in a game in a long while. I really did play the hell out of this game even when there was little to do. The gimp story and technical issues and a few questionable calls in dungeons area's overall is a really good game that could have been better.
Hand Held
Gravity Rush.
Granted not fully finished the game. Damn near the end. This game has so much style. Great music and presentation and characters. Mostly the controls work great. Some of it feels like a forced on gimmick. Story I do know ends too quick without resolution. Combat needs work. However it's a fun game. To me it's the first game to give me a true sense of flying despite on a small screen. I mean you are in full control of every movement of her flight.(ok so not technically flying but whatever) Then using sides of buildings or rooftops as a playground is so same satisfying! No Rocket Packs or planes. We may never get a good Superman game but this may be the closest thing you get to playing a superhero and fly around a big city or use it as a hopping playground.