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This is easily in my top five this year, I’m absolutely loving it. It took a bit to really click with me but once I better understood the city building mechanic I was obsessed.

About what I expected. I’m so excited for this and Terminator 2D!

I’d vote for Horizon but I just bought it as a Christmas gift for my son.

While I’ve had a chance to play other games, I’m very hooked on Ball x Pit right now, so that’s where all of my game time is being spent this weekend.

I think PlayStation definitely has a sequel issue. I’m probably in the minority here, but TLoU2, Spider-Man 2, GoW:R, HFW, have all been good games that I believe are weighed down by bloat, over staying their welcome, and not trying anything new. All of these games felt like they added pointless tasks and story beats to them just to make them longer, I would much rather a shorter game that feels more coherent. I don’t even necessarily need an evolution in gameplay, I know I said they play it safe, but that to me is the least egregious part, Yotei plays it safe, but I haven’t felt that same over staying its welcome like the other games I listed. I would love Sony to rein it in a bit, deliver the polish and gameplay, they’ve been giving but don’t pad it just for a longer game.

Of course Lego Horizon is on there, I just bought it for my son for Christmas on Switch.

@Jammer you’d be correct on that one, but that one I avoided knowing it likely actually was abysmal.

I can’t wait to play this, Storm and Silver Surfer will be the characters I try first.

@Kierant202 I would love to see another version of this game that allowed you to hire and fire heroes as you choose. It would be great to allow you min/max your team, level them, have synergy. I can absolutely get behind this.

@tselliot there’s ALWAYS someone voting Abysmal. Sure some bad games have released in modernity, but even the worst game I’ve played in recent years is probably no less than a 3.

Easy 9-9.5 for me. Everything was fantastic about it, the only slight marks I have against it is that there were a few janky moments with the controls for me during dispatching, so I missed a few that I could have made. Overall, it was easily one of my absolute favorite games this year.

I finished my first play through of Dispatch, so I’m going to take attempt three at finishing Tears of the Kingdom, for whatever reason it hasn’t pulled me in like Breath of the Wild did. Also, if the family goes to bed and I’m awake enough I’ll jump into a few raids in ARC Raiders.

@Veritas7Ax you’re welcome! Hopefully you enjoy it. If it was for the low price tag I probably wouldn’t have tried it, I’m so glad I did.

Best piece of advice I can give is search EVERYTHING, even if it’s already been looted you still get XP for searching it.

@Veritas7Ax for what it’s worth I don’t like playing multiplayer games, especially PvP, but I’m absolutely loving this game. Sure, every now and then you encounter another Raider that’s going to shoot on sight, but I can count how many times that’s happened to me on one hand in the just one ten hours I have in it. Overall, the experience has been great and most people either leave me alone or join me. I haven’t had a single person turn on me at all.

I didn’t watch it, but scrolling through it doesn’t look like there was anything I’d be interested in.

ARC Raiders and loving every second of it!

@NieR_Dark I’ve only went up against Rocketeers twice, both times I got wrecked. I haven’t even considered a Leaper yet.

@Northern_munkey oh right! Sorry, I responded to the wrong person on that one. 🤦🏼‍♂️

@Northern_munkey I can completely understand your complaint about the base, but personally I love it. I want to spend as little time in there as possible so I can get back to the game. I’d rather jump between menus than have to run around a base to each location.

As someone who almost exclusively plays offline solo player games, I’m obsessed. This is the most fun I’ve had with a multiplayer game in a very long time.

@Daleaf I’ve had so many close encounters with bigger enemies, but have avoided them so far. Smaller enemies have still smoked me though. 🤣

Everyone has for the most part been really chill, though admittedly I was a jerk today and took someone out who was on fire just because I could. Oops.

@Fillem my guess would be through Steam

@Daleaf it’s been a great experience solo, so far. I almost never play online, but it’s been such a great experience. I’ve only ran into one other player that attacked me, everyone else has been good. Even if you don’t use a mic you can just emote and usually people will respect that.

Edit: just saw that you bought it!

I wouldn’t say it’s a bad month but it’s certainly not a month for me.

I’m mostly jumping between Donkey Kong Bonanza and Ghost of Yotei, but I’m seriously considering ARC Raiders even though I’m not big into multiplayer games.

@D6rkLordS6t6n that’s good to know! I’m not really a muster gamer but this game just seems so interesting to me. I’m glad to know it’s mostly positive as a solo experience for you.

This game sounds so great and I want to try it, but I know I’ll end up frustrated. I’m really not much of a multiplayer gamer, so I know this isn’t for me, but I’m so tempted.

I’d prefer Sony drop it, of course, but it isn’t that big of a deal to me.

@HRdepartment I didn’t bother getting Gears since I’ve played the hell out of it already. It’s great these games are coming for fans that have stuck with just PlayStation for all these years, but for multi console players it’s more for the novelty than anything else. I’m with you, I’d much rather jump into something I haven’t played.

@carlos82 I agree with what you are saying, the one counter argument I’d make is that The Library in Halo Combat Evolved is a notoriously bad level and could definitely use a redesign. Does that warrant a full game remake? No, but at least if they’re going to remake the game they are planning to fix that. Thee remakes and remasters are getting out of hand though, Dead Space Remake was a masterpiece and I mostly love what they did with FFVII, but games like TLoU getting 70 different versions in the span of a few years is just ridiculous.

Well played on that caption, Sammy.

As a gamer, of course it makes more sense to throw Halo 1-3 on the system as a bundle all at once, or even better the MCC. As a studio, there’s no chance in hell Microsoft would do that, they would lose out on so much money. They’ll give PS users Halo, hopefully get them hooked and wanting more, so when 2, 3, and so on release you keep coming back. They’re clearly doing the same with Gears of War.

I’m expecting close to, if not a full priced game for Halo Campaign Evolved. First off, Microsoft is greedy and clearly doesn’t care about their consumers given all of the price hikes lately. Also, it is a full remake and will have three new missions.now with that said, I’d hope, given the fact they removed multiplayer from it that they’ll stick closer to the $40-50 range, like Gears of War Reloaded… though I don’t have much faith in Microsoft these days to do consumer friendly things.

@AhmadSumadi beautiful memory and a fitting tribute. Best wishes.

If they had given us one of the MK games with Chess Kombat it would have been a day one but for me. Sadly, they did not.

I’ll add them because I can, but nothing here for me.

Well, there goes my hopes for a great Hi-Fi Rush 2.

I’ll be the one to admit it, I’m playing Pokémon Z-A and having a great time with it. I’ve also been throwing in a few random rounds of Ball X Pit here and there. Lastly, I try to squeeze in some Ghost of Yotei when the kids go to bed, but that’s been easier said than done lately.

@Gunbeld I’m with you, this and T2D are at the very top of my list right now.

@hisownsidekick I’d love a really good in depth story too but it’s always on the back burner with this series. That’s fine though, I don’t expect Nier Automata from NG. Fair point on the dismemberment but I do feel like turning into a human blender is more aggressive than simply cutting off a limb, either way, I’m in.

Let’s be honest, no one really plays these for their stories. If I can over aggressively dismember people I’m in.

This is one of the few exceptions to roguelites that I’m planning on picking up. As burnt out as I am on the genre, I’ve been really interested in this game for a while.

I finally decided to grab a Switch 2 with Donkey Kong Bonanza, so I’ll be playing that. It’s the most genuine fun I’ve had with a game in quite a while, no crazy story beats (so far), no over complicated mechanics or controls, no over saturated bloat, it’s just a simple, fun game that respects my time.

Hmmm do I play Cod, a game owned by a company that couldn’t care less about its fans and has screwed them over left and right this gen, or do I play Battlefield, a game that’s going to be owned by a foreign country who’s does heinous acts? I’ll pass on both, thanks.

@skkidssse my coworker wasn’t thrilled about playing as a woman either, but that’s because he was upset that he wasn’t playing as Jin again. I was actually intrigued by the fact that it wasn’t a direct sequel.
I agree, the exploration is great in this game. I love open world games that don’t distract me too much, but also don’t make me feel like I’m missing out if I don’t thoroughly explore enough. It’s a tough balance but they nailed it. The combat is absolutely phenomenal in this one.

I caved and bought Ghost of Yōtei, I’m absolutely loving it, so far. While it’s “more Ghost of Tsushima,” I feel like it’s a step forward in every way, from what I’ve played.

That is so bad ass

This is currently my most anticipated game, i really wish they’d release the digital and do physical when they can.

That is the most Hideo Kojima title I could have read.

I knew it was very likely going to be (it may have already been announced as one), but I was really hoping this wasn’t going to be a Roguelite. I get so bored and burnt out with that genre.

This looks so sick! Omega Red, baby!

@Skitzo245 thanks for the post! Like you, I’m almost exclusively a solo player, even the few MMOs I dabble in I play solo. There’s just something about this game that looks so fun.