Topic: Share Your Personal GOTY 2024

Well, my GOTY from its release all the way until December was Dragon’s Dogma 2, but then Stalker 2 released. While the game had its fair share of bugs, being as it was my first game in the franchise and unaware of what to fully expect, I was absolutely blown away. I spent 165 hours - the longest I’ve put in a game in years, and wasn’t even remotely burned out. It is one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played. In fact, after beating it, I decided to play the first game in the series, Shadow of Chernobyl on PS5 and will be wrapping up the platinum trophy tonight or tomorrow.

@TheIdleCritic That game is great! I got the platinum for it and had a blast doing so. It felt like a genuine RoboCop game, from the dialogue, humor, police drama, and 80s violence. Have you played Terminator Resistance? That game is great as well, and I think made by the same developer.

@CJD87 I don't think the early release affected it's chances for GoTY or sales. Look at Elden Ring for example. Was released in Feb 2022 and won GoTY. FF7 Rebirth released late Feb 2024 and was GoTY contender. What possibly affected sales was that many gamers considered its 2D asthetic as "not worth considering" and expected a 3D PoP game. Why? Many sidescollers are great games.

As for Nine Sols. Yes I've delved into it and don't like it. I'm playing that via Xbox Gamepass. What annoys me is I get lost frequently. The hacking minigames are horrible, especially the ones that is in three sections and the bloody timer is way too fast, and cannot continue. I gave up on it after numerous attempts at a hacking minigame after defeating Guamong on the far Western part. If the developer put in an Accessability Section in the menu and give an option to slow down the timer, then I can continue.