If you don' t own this, you're seriously missing out. It's one of the best games of 2011, and definitely has one of the best soundtracks.

HEY! Do you like Mega Man? You're damn right you do! This motherfucker is like Mega Man, only without the whole "Waah, Dr. Light, I don't wanna fight cause I'm a little blue bitch!" I mean, seriously dude. Play your own games once in a while. You're damn good at fighting, waaay better than you were at cleaning up around the shop. You're a nice guy and all, Mega Man, but sometimes I just wanna be a badass hero that doesn't give a fuck about murderballing some crazed zombie robots or what-the-fuck-ever you fight on a frequent basis. When that mood hits me, I play A.R.E.S. I know that doesn't sound like much of an endorsement, but allow me to succintly form a rebuttal: Fuck you.

Play this shit if you like sidescrolling, demi-MetroidVania style gaming with a fun control scheme and a metric ass-ton of upgrades. Seriously. This game is balls deep in that upgrade goodness. Buy it now.

This may well be the most balanced multiplayer shooter in the history of the world. Frequent patches and updates, rebalances and new items added...honestly, if you don't own this and you consider yourself "hardcore", you're fucking retarded, or maybe you just don't like fun. Yeah, that's it. You don't like fun. You're a Nazi. Nazis hate TF2 and it's skill-based gameplay that rewards actually knowing what the fuck you're supposed to be doing in a team-based environment. Nazis love Call of Duty and it's easily abused, imbalanced game mechanics.
Killstreak rewards? Quickscoping? Motherfucking RC cars? HELL TO THE NO, BITCH! This is goddamn TEAM FORTRESS! What's that? You want some RPG-lite way of telling you that you don't suck? Nope! Learn to play! Want new guns? Achievement hunt, which forces you to LEARN TO PLAY! Put down the COD and pick up the TF2. Welcome to the most colorful hardcore game on the face of the Earth.