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Looks quite fun, but I think I had my share of directional puzzels with Carto recently.

Yep, this will be a backlog year and that's no problem at all, since I haven't gotten around playing God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn - if I still want to play those. There's quite a few previous free PSN games and games I bought still to continue, and yeah, there's Xbox Game Pass. I'll be fine.

And there goes my most anticipated release of 2021. No worries though, I've got a huge backlog still on my PS4 and Xbox One - and this relieves a bit of pressure to get a PS5 as soon as possible.

Online coop. Online coop. Online coop.

Hope I'm being clear. Am I?

'Is it worth buying a PS Vista in 2021?'

'Do you want a sweet or an honest answer?'

I'll make the call: Deathloop will be one of the best games this year. A fantastic, original outsider like Dishonored.

Hi Pushsquare, can you embed more game trailers in your articles?

Greedfall was just unleashed on Xbox Game Pass as well. I expected something good, but the acting and movement is just... terrible. Deinstalled it after fifteen minutes.

As I don't have a PS5, Tomb Raider is my highlight this month. It's a good month, although Game Pass offers so much more value for money, that I now see PS Plus as an online subscription rather than a game-giveaway. This perspective helps quite a bit preventing a disappointment.

For anyone enjoying Fall Guys, definitely grab an online friend or two and play through Human Fall Flat. It's hilarious.

This is all too familiair for me. I see myself running toward compact games I can actually relax in for a few hours. Games I finished this year are Tetris Effect, Call of the Sea, Tell Me Why and Sea of Solitude: compact experiences, in the last three cases with limited freedom and still great feeling gameplay.

And it occurs in online coop with friends too. I'd rather have a couple of games of Killing Floor 2 and Warhammer Vermintide - which just feel finished after some time, but you can tweak difficulty levels - than Borderlands 3 or Destiny 2, which only seems to be out to get you to play as long as possible. Without too much focus.

Same for adventures. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End already felt too long for me, and I enjoyed the first limited island of Assassin's Creed Odyssey more than the gigantic open world that followed.

Whether it's via subscription models, lootboxes or making the biggest possible open world - please gamemakers, just limit the space and make the core mechanics as engaging as possible.

This is my biggest attraction to the PlayStation 5 so far. Astrobot Rescue Mission is one of the best platformers ever made, so I need to play this sequel.

Along with Super Mario 64, it's the best 3D platformer ever made. Period.

It brims with original ideas, heart, fantastic and original level design - even insanely vertical - and amazing character design.

Invested so many time in games this year, I actually did it instead of following game news.

So that's a 9/30 score for me - because of actually playing rather than talking about games this year. I don't mind!

Thank you for this!

Onrush voor 2,50? What happened to that game?

Some additions I find recommendable:

• Strange Brigade for online coop fun ($8)
• King's Quest: The Collection ($5)

Aaaand there's the rating. Justified, it seems. Ooof.

The only prediction and hope I'll have for 2021: Sony has enough PS5 in stock to bypass scalpers. No ongoing Nintendo Switch-problems please.

I need four player online coop on games like this.

These are so much better than Sony's own weekly shots, well done all!

@skaarj217 My thoughts exactly.

Having a blast with Tetris Effect multiplayer modes on Xbox Game Pass though. This update can't come quick enough on PlayStation.

Is it still possible to just remove the Puyo Puyo part from multiplayer games and just enjoy the best multiplayer Tetris on PS4?

Furthermore: are the differences between the characters actually explained somewhere? I still don't know which characters apply which skills in the previous Puro Puyo Tetris, and that's after 100+ hours of multiplayer...

I liked the free demo on Google Stadia, but I alreadfy felt this game couldn't hold me longer than this single session. Just another setup for a copypaste fest by Ubisoft.

Haha! That's pretty nice.

What would Destiny 2 get if it was released now? It's the totally same fundament.

Wow, this I didn't expect - even though I love Abzu.

Pretty great Tetris Effect vibe going on here.

That's a pretty great tweet. 10/10 would recommend.

In before total chaos when it appears they're using the new Bond which is, of course, a woman.

The pun underneath your headline might just be better than the game.

Very curious for this effect. I've just tested and published a guide on the best gaming headsets under $25 and $50, and there's so much difference in positioning between those headsets out of the box already - curious what this effect may add.

You can read the guide here by the way: https://www.scarbir.com/guide/best-cheap-gaming-headsets

So there we have it:

• Astro's Playroom 9/10
• Sackboy 8/10
• Spider-Man 8/10
• Demon's Souls 10/10

It's the best console launch lineup ever, then?

That's a relief! Great news.

If you download an app like YaPSNapp or PS Trophies, you will see what the actual Trophies are quick enough, right?

I'll keep on playing Destiny 2 as my unfocused, generic, repeating in-between then.

This looks good, and I well enjoyed the demo on Google Stadia, but in all honesty, this feels like a stripped-down Assassin's Creed too, and I've already had my fair share of open-world boredom lately.

As long as I've been an PlayStation gamer, the colored A,B,X,Y on the Xbox is still more convenient for me - it shows everytime in quicktime events.

Speaking of missed memos: why is this game so fiercely criticised? What is wrong with these trophies?

Wow, this is great!

The PS5 game I'm looking forward to most. Not even kidding.

Don't know how much this will cost, yet I will go for cheaper third party here. So far, charging docks at around $10 from AliExpress have been great, and they're already different PS5 designs that look legit.

I remember playing this online in 2010, it was sensational.

The only one I'll play for sure are the new Astrobot and Bugsnax... since both are free. The rest of these titles doesn't really interest me.

I just can't shake the feeling that Forza Horizon 4 looks better than Dirt 5 on next-gen, and from the videos, handling doesn't seem to be on the same level as well. Hoping for a demo.

This looks pretty solid.

This series always felt a bit dead to me and this part is the summum. IGN is more positive, but its video review speaks for itself. It looks dead on the inside, this.

Come on Sony. Do it.

Definitely going for Astrobot now. Move over, Tetris!

It looks and feels awesome, but there are some major downsides as well, in my book.

• There's no friend feed anymore. I loved seeing which trophies friends got. I would love to see it added on the News tab.
• It's more sale-oriented now. You won't see user reviews anymore in the Store.
• It isn't possible to directly compare your trophies to a friend (if you're looking for that, I suggest the YaPSNapp or PS Trophies app).
• The 'download to console' button doesn't know which games I already have installed, it appears.

Things can be subject to change, of course. One week later, I LOVE Sony's new approach to parties. I think it's incredibly handy to always have a group chat with players nearby.

I love the look and feel of the app. But just like the new Xbox app, the newsfeed of friends' achievements and shares has been deleted. WHY?

Astrobot is one of the best PlayStation games EVER.

If you haven't played it on VR, try do it really. It's sooooo clever. Biggest Super Mario 64 vibe since Super Mario 64.

This sells a PS5 for me.