Forget Skyrim, this was MY 2011 game of the year. The story is engaging and relevant. It's well constructed visually; awe-inspiring, mysterious, or gritty where appropriate to the environment and story. Audio isn't incredible, but music is better than average.

Gameplay revolves around exploration, stealth, combat, talking with NPC's, and the hacking minigame. Unlike most games, combat and the other pilliars of gameplay are equally important. It's almost impossible to avoid any one pilliar.

The game isn't revolutionary - it implements pieces from many different games into a single cohesive experience... and so there is no other game quite like Deus Ex Human Revolution. I do recommend you purchase the DLCs, particularly The Missing Link.

Surprisingly entertaining. It's great to play when you have ten minutes, but you may find yourself still playing after ten hours.

Watch the trailer. If you like what you see, buy it. SPAZ is simply THE best game of it's genre, touching upon all the niche's and features that you might think to add to a top-down space exploration shmup.