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@get2sammyb @ATaco thanks for the reply, I think I'll go give them a go, maybe starting with either ZZZ or Honkai judging by what you said.

You know what I think I'll bite with one of these games, which do people recommend though?

Rebirth, good game (final level maybe not), granted I haven't played many new games this year, tekken 8 and Erdd tree being the only others.

Completely depends on if I'm enjoying it. If I am it can be as easy or difficult as it likes.
If I'm not enjoying it then ye being extremely difficult or even extremely easy would likely be the final nail in the coffin for that game.

Shadow of the erd tree and Metaphor for me.
Splitterhead and Dragon age are on my maybe list, I want to want them but so far I'm not sold.

Personally I'm not ready to draw a conclusion on it. I'll wait and see what the game plays like and go from there.

1) 3
2) 1
3) 2018
4) Valhalla (I know it's DLC but I think it feels standalone enough to warrant it's own spot)
5) Ragnarok
6) Ghost of Sparta
7) Chains of Olympus
8) Ascension
9) 2

@Zuljaras Hell I'd buy it! Assassins Creed India GOTY

Hell ye, I was gonna jump in at launch but I've recently bought final fantasy rebirth so I shall finish that one first before buying a new, new game 👍

The only new game I've played this year is Tekken 8 which was good fun. Haven't touched the single player stuff and I only purchased a month of plus so there's a good chance I'm done with it now though.
To be honest I haven't played a lot of games this year. I finished of Xeno 3 dlc and Fire Emblem engage on switch. That plus Tekken 8 is about it so far.

Guess I'll wait for this game then 😅

Really wanna jump in but I'm just too busy with backlog/other things right now. I shall pick it up layer in the year though

It looks fun but I don't know if I'll ever get to it. Gaming is too competitive these days, it's impossible to play merely just the games I want too let alone other interesting ones on top.

Don't know much about this game but what I have seen looks kinda neat! I'll be giving this demo a go for sure 👍

Well obviously games are the most important thing. A new media molecule game probably excites me the most but that's unlikely.
Maybe Ghost of Tsushima sequel? I thought the first was good but not great. But I am a big fan of Sucker Punch and I dig the setting.
A God of war game on the scale of Miles Mirales could be cool if it was led by Kratos.

@riceNpea That's some Kojima level meta right there I like it!

It was a really good year (even if I failed to get to most of the games 😅)
With that being said I wouldn't call it my personal favourite year for gaming.
2010 and 2017 are my favourites, and 2019, 2007 and 2011 was pretty damn good as well.

@TrannosaurusBex doubtful I'll get time today but if I do I'm going Xenoblade 3! Enjoy your killzone/doki doki

It looks really cool, though I haven't actually played any of their games so I shall wait on the reviews.
It's also the same day as Dragons Dogma, another one that I haven't played but that I think looks great.
May the better game win I guess 😎

I may have been a bit luke warm on Ragnarok as a whole, but Kratos himself was legendary. I've always viewed the character as one of the great gaming protagonists (yes, that includes back in the Greek days) and the recent games have only added to that arguement. I loved the greek trajedy arc and found Kratos fitted the roll perfectly, and I'd argue he was not as one note as many people believed.
But the growth in the norse arc was needed, he had been on a revenge quest for too long.

PS5 and PS4 Goty - Persona 5 Tactica
Most Anticipated PlayStation Game of 2024 and Beyond - Metaphor
Studio of the Year - Larian
Best New Character - Toshiro - Persona 5 Tactica
Best Story - Persona 5 Tactica
Best Audio Design - Armoured Core VI
Soundtrack of the Year - Persona 5 Tactica
Best Multiplayer Experience - Street Fighter VI
Best Independent Game of the Year - Humanity
That's mine anyways

I'm not a huge rogue like fan however I am a massive Kratos fan. Also can't complain with free dlc of this calibur, especially nowadays.
I'll be giving it a go for the story once I've finished up what I'm playing at the moment 👍

Metaphor is no.1 for me by a long shot. It would take something very exciting to take my attention away from that.
FF VII Rebirth is no.2 followed by Tekken 8.
Outside of those there's not much I'd considered must play. Dragons Dogma 2, Black Myth, The Plucky Squire, Rise of the Ronin and Little Nightmares 3 all have interest from me but we'll see.
Persona 3 looks like a good remake minus the removed content. I probably won't get it and wait for the inevitable complete condition, that or Persona 6.

Metaphor is my no.1 without a doubt. Really dug that trailer.
The final fantasy vii stuff was cool, Black Myth looks like a good time, and even though I've never played Guilty Gear I've always enjoyed their reveal trailers. Just something about them that's entertaining!

I was hoping for Baldurs gate 3, but then again I probably wouldn't have gotten around to actually playing it until well into next year, I imagine I could get it cheaper then.

My personal goty is persona 5 tactica, I know its not the best made game or anything but I just felt I had the most fun playing it this year.
My second best game is TOTK and third is Fire Emblem engage but obviously those aren't on PlayStation.
This does put me in a awkward spot though, the games I really cared about this year aren't valid and I don't really wanna give my top spot to games that I just found alright, as much as I liked Humanity it doesn't feel right giving it my goty.
Completely understand why there's a cap but I'm not sure if I'll be voting this year.

Personally loved the game. Might even be my Goty 😮

Tekken 8 and Final fantasy rebirth for me. Persona 3 looks like a good remake (minus the missing content) but I kinda done with replaying remakes of old games I've already played the hell out off.
I'll just wait for Metaphor and Persona 6 instead.

Baldurs Gate 3 is my prediction to win even though I haven't played it, I think it would be really cool to see a genre that is usually ignored win it, Original Sin 2 didn't even get nominated despite all that game apparently accomplished.
Zelda is obviously the other big Contendor, it's definitely down to those two.
I've played TOTK (admittedly at a snails pace, yet to see the credits) but I think it's a game worthy of goty. Love the three layer set up to it's open World (the Sky, Land and underground)

Just starting playing it. I'm digging it so far even though the first two hours have been a bit tutorial heavy (as is usually the case with persona/strategy games).
I haven't really felt the Phantom Theives burnout and I think that's because I haven't really played any of the spin offs. I didn't play royal, and I only played about five hours of strikers which I unfortunately couldn't get into, so they're hardly over exposed for me.

It was a good console, not my favourite but it's up there, maybe third behind the switch and ps3, possibly tied with the gamecube?
As for the game that defined it... I think (and I'm sure this choice will change depending on what day you ask me) is Nier Automata, a game I initially bounced off before going back to it about a year later. Got the true ending and wow, what a game 👏
Other picks for me include The Last Gaurdian (criminally underlooked), Bloodborne/Sekiro, Hollow Knight, Tales from the borderlands, Red Dead 2, Black Flag, GOW 2018 and Uncharted 4.

I'm feeling luke warm about it personally. The device itself is cool but the library hasn't really been to my tastes thus far.
Elden Ring is the only game I think I'll remember fondly for years, and that was a cross gen game I could have played on a ps4.

It had its moments but I gotta say overall I am disappointed.
The two biggest gripes I have with it are Atrues and the fact that most of the mysteries set up in 2018 had really bad payoffs in this game.
I didn't even like Odin and Thor, couldn't take them seriously when those Norse Gods came out sounding super American, I mean it was kinda funny but it took out all the seriousness the game was going for.
Kratos, Broc and Sindre where the MVP's, and Mimir as always was a funny guy, his quest was a bit lame though.

I have failed to keep up with most games this year- A mixture of games being much, much bigger and spending the first few months of the year finishing games from last year like Xenoblade 3 has hindered me.
My Goty is TOTK (a game I've put about 90 hours into and still haven't finished, says it all really 😅) though my favourite game this year has been splatoon 3, but that launched last year so it doesn't count.
Resi 4 was great but it was a remake.
I just started Fire Emblem Engage, it's cool and enjoyable but hardly the best the series has to offer.
StarField, Armoured Core, SFVI and Sea of Stars I felt dissapointed me.
Still got to play BG3, Spiderman 2, FFXVI, Caccoon, Pikmin 4, Xeno DLC and Mario Wonder to play so I'm hoping for a quote year next year!

Remedy games always look awesome but when I play them they just don't click with me. I've tried three of them altogether and I'm probably yet to reach the mid way point in any of them so I guess I'll be giving this one a pass too, as cool as it looks.

Been playing and watching a bunch of stuff the last two days as I've hurt my back and couldn't go to work.
Tears of the Kingdom and Splatoon 3 have been my go to's but I'm considering picking up both RE4 Seperate ways and Caccoon. Both look very cool.

The whole A.I. thing sucks but it's also inevitable. Can't stop progress unfortunately.

Not a huge amount for me personally but that's okay, my backlog has blown up once again....
What I am excited for- Tekken 8, Elden Ring expansion, FF7-2. I don't know if I'll get any of these day one but we'll see.

Personally if it's Atrues based it'll be a very hard sell for me. But I'd still give it a chance to prove itself.

@all3forever I was so excited for Stellar Blade but I forgot it existed until I saw your comment. I'd love to see that with a release date 👍

My most anticipated game at the moment is Silksong, but I don't really want that releasing any time soon. There's already far too many games right now and I'd rather keep that for a less busy time.
Instead I'd rather see Tekken 8 (Loving those character reveal trailers), Persona 3 reload/5 Tactics (I'd especially like what content is available in 3 to be cleared up) and Phantom Liberty to see if CD Project Red can finally convince me to buy the game.

Rssident Evil 4 remake and Street Fighter VI are the only ps5 games I've played this year so far. Both have been excellent, especially as I hadn't played resi 4 before and I hadn't played a 2D fighter in 4ish years.
I've been meaning to play Humanity, the demo of which I liked but I just haven't played. FFXVI's demo was also great but I'm all tied up with Zelda to jump in.
Looking forward to Armoured Core and Shadow of the Erd Tree though. And FF7 part two if its this year (probably not which is fine by me)

If it wasn't for Metaphor this game would have stolen the show for me.
I actually didn't get Pikmin vibes from it until now for some reason but I can see it. Awesome.

I wasn't feeling the game too much pre demo but after trying it I'm all in! The only reason I may not pick it up at launch is Zelda, which I'm only 20 hours into so far.

Prediction
Every time words or phrases like ‘remake’, ‘remaster’, or ‘relive the classic’ are ushered I will wanna switch the damn livestream off!
The whole nostalgia thing has run dry for me, even for games I’d love like Metal Gear.
Actual predictions:
-I know that ‘leaker’ who is very inconsistent with his leaks said Ghost of Tsushima 2 won’t be shown, but I predict it will with a very small teaser. It will simple set it up as the big game for fall 2024 and that’s all it’ll need to do for now.
-Factions is shown but not nearly enough for us to get a good grip on how the whole thing will work. They will however announce a dedicated event later in the year, possible the Last of us day
(‘infected day’ or something it’s called)
-Spider-Man and Wolverine will show, though the latter will be more of a reminder than an actual reveal.
-Horizons Monster Hunter style multiplayer game shall get a trailer! Still a while out but it’s ready to be shown. So shall it’s mobile game be shown and a reminder that a Netflix show is on the way. Forbidden West PC port also shown, as well as its VR game.
-God of War Atreus game in the vein of Miles Morales. Very brief trailer, I think there will be a lot of trailers like this simple because of the rarity of these events.
-And final one, Final Fantasy 7 part two will get a trailer. I know it won’t make sense with 16 around the corner but when does Square Enix make sense?

I'm not sure if it's just PlayStation games or not so if it is just PS then my top 6 would be (with only two games per consoles as it stated)
Mass Effect 2,
Fallout New Vegas,
Shadow of the Colossus,
Metal gear Solid 3: Snake Eater,
Persona 4 Golden,
Gravity Rush.

The ps5’s game library is nowhere near my favourite so far but it has some gems.
My favourites I’ve played on it are Elden Ring, Little Nightmares 2, Resi 8/4 and Astro Bot.
Ragnorok was good but I don’t I loved it. It would probably be the next game on my list though. Can’t wait for stuff like Armoured Core and Tekken to launch to bulk out my collection a bit.

Played this last year. It's gets frustrating at parts (middle) but I think that was kind of the point.
It's a really good and memorable game thanks to its story that I'm glad I pushed through.

My favourite console with only the Nintendo Switch in the runs to beat it.
So many 10/10's in my eyes 😁
My absolute top games (which is hard enough) would be Fallout NV/3, Skyrim, Demons/Dark Souls, Red Read, Dragon Age Origins, Mass Effect Trilogy, COD4, Bad Company 2, Journey, Both Batman's, GOW3, MGS4, Dead Space 1/2, The Ezio Trilogy and Bioshock Trilogy

@spakai a 2 remake would be awesome! Finger crossed!