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Played some Crash Bandicoot and Mortal Kombat on ps1 last night with my nephews and sister. Retro gaming nights > Fortnite nights! Even if my nephews don’t fully understand what the big deal is (guess I’m getting old!)
For the rest of the weekend I don’t know. Would like to say Ringfit but I’ve been putting it off today, not feeling it 😅
I got a bit of endgame stuff left in Ragnorok but considering the next ps5 game I want isn’t until next March I won’t rush it.
With a Splatfest in January I probably won’t boot up Splatoon too much until then. I’m still chopping away at Xeno 3 but I like the pace I’m taking it. It’s gonna take me like half a year to finish it but that cool, makes it feel like the grand adventure it’s meant to be not just a game that comes and goes.
So my answer is….. dunno 🤷

@ApostateMage I mean that is the whole point of the Witcher 3 😁

I plan on getting to it eventually. Right now there are just too many games. I wish it came out around the half way point of this year when I was looking for games to play on my ps5. Poor thing was collecting dust post Elden Ring until Ragnorok saved it.

My top five on PlayStation that are available to pick (1-5)
Elden Ring, Ragnorok, Shredders Revenge, Stray, Tunic

My top five across all platforms;
Elden Ring, Ragnorok, Neon White, Xenoblade 3, Legends Arceus
(Runners up Nobody Saves the World, Splatoon 3, Citizen Sleeper)

Very good year gaming wise in my opinion. Well above average. And somehow next year is looking better which is worrying….

Starting my gaming early this weekend! Too cold to go outside or do anything! Just saw the credits for Ragnarok after 42 hours playtime since launch.
Without spoiling anything I'll say I'm not sure about that last chapter. Felt a bit disappointing to me and I'm a bit worried about the direction it might be pointing towards for future entries. But overall a class game! Worthy of the God of War name.
Ringfit is continuing as always. Perhaps even more so as it's about the only thing keeping my blood going (as I said, Cold today.)
I've got the Forspoken demo ready to go but I imagine most of my time this weekend will be dedicated towards Splatoon 3's big run event. Maybe a sprinkle of Xeno 3, Violet and Ragnarok end game throughout.

I like the best new character category. Wish more stuff like that would appear in game awards (best weapon, best map, best vehicle etc.)
My GOTY is Elden Ring. Almost 120 hours it took me to finish it over three or four months. Awesome game which I've recently started a second character with!
My favourite new character would be Ranni. Just a really unique character design and story and thanks to the vague from software style of story telling a lot of the character is left up to my interpretation/imagination which I like.
Most anticipated is Stellar Blade. Just looks kick ass and fun and new. Street Fighter, Tekken and Resi 4 are close though.

11/15! I'll take it! Especially as a good portion of my answers where guesses this time.

I was considering it but probably not now. Reviews don't look great for it which isn't the end of the world, I've loved games that have had bad reviews before, but I've also got way too many games on the go at the moment.
I'm 37 hours into Ragnarok and still haven't finished it (I'm a side content addict....), 65 hours into Xeno 3, 25 into Pokémon Violet, haven't even began the campaign for Splatoon 3 yet so ye I'll be busy for a while.... This isn't including deep backlog stuff so I think I'll pass. But I will probably pick this up at a later date. If I want a dead space shot then I'd rather but this than a £70 remaster (as good as it looks)

Neon White isn't a debut game!

It's strange. I don't watch the game awards and I'm very indifferent about who wins but I always vote...
Elden Ring was my goty (about 6 votes from me altogether) with Neon White, Splatoon 3 and Ragnarok getting I believe 2 each from me as well.
It's hit me this year though why these awards aren't more geared towards games? Like what about best Weapon, or Boss battle, or level design, or game balance or motion capture artist. They really do feel closer to what you'd expect in a awards show for movies.
Also kind of tired of voting for best ongoing game when they the same nominees every year (it's Monday and I'm tired! I'm in the mood to complain!) But I suppose it can't be helped. Those games are still going for a reason.

Damn it! 14/15 and the one I got wrong I'm sure I would have got if I just took another second or two!

@carlos82 I didn’t realise there was a glitch like that. Wish I knew back when I was deep into that game.

Last of us part 1 Remake 2

@carlos82 I use to keep on building until the game said you've hit the limit 😅 I'm not sure if there was a console mod that stopped the restriction later on though, I stopped playing it before they arrived.

If they drastically increase how much you could build in settlements that might not be too bad. Back when it came out my settlement ambitions where seriously bottlenecked by the PS4. It eventually killed that element for me which is a shame as it was the main thing that set it apart from 3/new Vegas in a good way.
Overall I liked 4, I didn't expect it to live up to the hype and I think I was rewarded for that mind set. But I'm not certain if I'll end up retuning to it either.

11! Now that's more like it! My recent results have been terrible.

@AstraeaV ye it's really strange. I tried two times to get into it (each try was about 4-6 hours long). I really want to like this game, the manual and the exploration are really cool.

@Dr_Luigi for me it wasn't the difficulty but- well I actually don't know what. On paper I should really love this game. It actually annoys me that I failed to get into it 2x!

Played this when it came to Xbox. Loved parts of it like the manual but for some reason I kept bouncing off this which is strange, Seems right up my alley.

@nomither6 Same. The last fighting game I played was super smash Bros ultimate, but the last traditional fighting game I played was soulcalibur 6 so it's been a good while for me. Really feeling the need to play one now!

9! Not my highest but better than the last few I’ve done.

@Rob_230 ye I thought the whole space people arc felt really out of place for me too.
Frozen wilds is peak horizon for me. Hopefully if they do another quality expansion like that they'll make it stand alone as my copies been lent to someone and.... Ye I'm not seeing that again!

@jrt87 2023 does look 🔥
My Ps5 is being neglected at the moment but street fighter 6, Tekken 8, Re4 and Stellar Blade will fix that! (Until they get delayed 😅)

@jrt87 unfortunately I struggled with this one too. 22 hours I put in before I felt like I had my fill. There where good moments, and they all included Aloy going up against lots of big machines in pretty difficult fights but when that wasn't happening it felt a bit mundane for me.

Can't complain with free content!
I hadn't heard of this series before this game was revealed and the demo really surprised me. I think I'll be picking this up but it might have to wait until next year. As with many people I have too many games on the go as it is with many more soon to release 😅
If I had at the very least finished xenoblade 3 by now (which I haven't, far from it....) I might have gone for it now. Love the concept and combat 👍

Seems cool enough. We don't get ultra violent games that much now outside of the usuals (doom and mortal Kombat, even god of war is tame compared to what it was) and I do like my dark fantasy so I've got my eye on this one. But obviously it's just CGI so it's hard to get too excited.
Might check out the book though, if there's a good English version anyways.

9. Still not good enough!

The games I’m keeping an eye out for on ps5 are Stellar Blade, Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Resident Evil 4, Final Fantasy 16/7-2, Forspoken, Exoprimal, Sea of Stars, Pragmata, Lightfall, Wo Long, Suicide Squad, Ac Mirage and Silksong If it’s out next year.
Outside of PlayStation it’s Tears of the Kingdom, Engage and Pikmin 4.

That's a big plus! In terms of gameplay I felt unity was the best in the franchise. Really wish they built of that game more and it looks like they are with mirage.

I haven't played Dino crisis so I guess I'm looking at this for what it is as oppose to what it isn't. And I think it looks like a fun time. Very crazy and not at all grounded! Not sure if I'll be buying it, suppose when it comes out and the general mood surrounding it will determine that. Next year looks stacked much like this year.

I guess I'm in the minority that prefers the first person, the third person in the video looks clunkier and less atmospheric. But I'm still probably going to get all this because VIIlage is awesome 😅
The question is do I get this for my series s where I already have the game or so I RE-get it all for my Ps5 🤔

Stellar blade for me. Looks like a very ps2 gen action game and I'm all for it. Can't wait to play that.
God of war is looking good. I'm still personally concerned with some elements of it but hopefully it'll turn out great.
Rise of the Ronin looks like a cooler Tsushima to me. Looking forward to seeing more.
Tekken 8 just looks sick!

8.... I seem to be getting worse at these....

@MFTWrecks i was expecting that (stupidly) before it got announced and was only rumoured.
I would have also gladly taken a new story thrown in on the scale of left behind, Nintendo has done this with many of its rereleases (mario 3d world, Xeno 1, mario kart 8 etc.) and I think that would have been awesome here.

@Atreus97 well said! Couldn't agree more.

5.... My worst score yet!

Brit Baker ❤️
The game itself doesn't look too bad. I'm not a graphics afisionado so definitely not a deal breaker for me. Looks like it could be a fun pick up and play style game for switch (provided they actually polish that version)

I don’t have plus but this looks to be a very good month! I imagine a lot of the attention will go to Yakuza and Tony Hawks (no problem with that) but don’t forget Little Nightmares people!
I had that game on gold about a year and a half ago and tried it on a whim. It turned out amazing, so much so that I bought the dlc (which I almost never do these days) and of course it’s sequel that somehow upped the ante (my personal goty of 2021)

I’ve arrived at the final boss of Xenoblade chronicles 3d. I would have never guessed I’d play my second most played 3ds game in 2022.
Once I’m done with that I think I’ll return to tunic, really enjoyed what I played of it but it has been a week or two, I hope I won’t have to restart….

My psp didn’t have much of a life. I bought it about a week before the vita was announced which was just my luck…
But I played some good games on it, the best in my opinion being Peace Walker.
Runners up would be the two god of war games with Chains of Olympus bring my favourite of the two (just), persona 3 portable which got me into the series and…. Ye. That’s about it. Looking forward to trying crisis core though.

The Callisto Protocol. I’m a big dead space 1 and 2 fan and whilst I hope it will differentiate itself a bit more from its inspiration it sure does look good!
Stray, don’t know what it is really but that’s a plus in this day and age. Looks cool regardless.
I got my fingers crossed for Steel rising but I don’t have enough faith in it yet. Same goes for little devil inside.
A Plaques tale 2 of course, though that will be an Xbox game for me.
I’m looking forward to Forspoken and God of war but I got a unfortunate gut feeling neither will win me over in the end.

Ye like hell I'm getting to all of this! So I'm gonna have to be picky. Calisto protocol is out in December if it doesn't get delayed and I'm not convinced dead space needs a remake so I'll scratch ds off for now.
Don't know if I need two final fantasy's (especially as another launches this year) so I'll pick which ever one looks better.
Persona 3 and 4, played them to death! Street fighter 6.... Ye I can't let that one go (unless they pull their ads trick again).

I got this game and played it for 35 hours or so... Barely made any progress in the story because of how much I just enjoyed the world. But my usual 'spending too much time doing pointless stuff in the open world' montra got me again and I felt the burnout on it. I've tried going back a few times but it just didn't feel as good then. Don't regret those 35 hours though!

10. I'm kind of annoyed, I rushed it a bit, some of the ones I got wrong I should have known damn it!!!

Stuff like persona I think is fine the way it is. The games I'd like to see get upgrades are Bloodborne (faster loading more than anything, 60fps would also be welcome), The Last Guardian could use the help with the Frame drops, gravity rush 2 as well but also greater draw distance for that one.
Red Dead Redemption 2 would be cool if they really went for it instead of Rockstars more recent next gen upgrades...

I really loved it when it first came out but as times gone on and my tastes in games have altered a bit I’ve mellowed out on it quite a lot. I’m even preferring the originals these day, especially 1, 3, and the PSP ones.
I did enjoy the endgame a lot though, and story time with mimir was always a blast, but I didn’t feel the story (particularly Kratos’s story arc) gelled that well and ended very anti climatically for me (the arc, not so much the game). The axe was awesome but was really under utilised. And the world had way to much slow walking and climbing. Would have rathered the visuals take a hit than all the hidden loading. Once the cinematics faded away (the one shot camera was a gimmick!) and the world opened up in the endgame things got much better. The valkarie fights where a highlight.
8/10 from me. PS4 Sony games I’d put above are Resogun, Bloodborne, Gravity Rush 2, The Last Guardian and Uncharted 4

@OrtadragoonX It was actually my first final fantasy game (and I think my first jrpg besides Pokémon) so I was kind of blown away by it at the time, hadn't experience anything like it. But now that I've played many, many more games like it I'm scared to go back to it and ruin those innocent memories 😅

One of two final fantasy's I actually finished (13 was the other.... I know). I'm not certain I'd get a remake though, more excited for 7 part two considering I never finished the original version, that and they've actually started that so I'd like that be the priority for them. But none the less cool for those who want it.

@Porco to be fair you don't have to look far to see gamers asking repeatedly for ports and remakes (wind waker for switch for example, or final fantasy 7 for all those many years). Can't really blame publishers for giving the people what they want but I do agree with wanting more risky AAA games.
Even though I wasn't a fan of death stranding I do respect it for trying something, more games that try something different would be great, demon's souls did it and created a whole new sub genre after all.

@Dodoo I agree, forward and onwards!