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1. KCD2
2. CLAIRRR
3. MHWilds

PushSquare's true goty will be the one in the no.2 spot. No.1 is reserved for PlayStatuon else they get shutdown. 😂

@Reyzore True, it had a lot of good narrative backing it and there was no stopping the train. Funny how journalists said awards for this year was going to be difficult cause there's been so many great games yet Obscur came to sweep it all.

@themightyant "KCD2 is great if you like that, but to many it's too hardcore, too impenetrable hence not as good as Expedition 33 to those voting."

Yep so Monster Hunter went easy with Wilds and people are complaining. I guess it was the situation with Souls games in the past and now they're giving Miyazaki his flowers.

@themightyant " I'd agree it is RPG-lite compared to something like KCD2 which is about as dense as you'll get."

Yep, reason why most were expecting KCD2 to win RPG of the Year.

Will definitely have to check out. And I'll have to look for that Simon people talk about.

Oh come on. KCD2 not winning Best RPG even. I mean we all love Clair but this is just too much.

"trademark atmosphere."

The classic criticism of remakes. That's why some devs don't want to touch some classics. Like Bloodborne.

@SteveJaye Which blurriness...don't listen to the Internet too much, along with "not optimized" are buzzwords the Internet has overblown and run along with when it comes to this game. One of the best looking games this year.

@Czar_Khastik 😁 I was a bit disappointed they killed him off . Wasn't really feeling Verso like that, Lune and Sciel ended up being my favourites.

"Basically, as you may already know, Wilds is a very CPU-intensive title"

I suspect it's what makes my PS5 coil whine after some hours of play. I play ALL other games for lengths and it stays silent.

@Czar_Khastik has been riding on sarcasm so much it's hard to tell when he's serious 😆. Quite surprising cause I recall you loving Clair so much.

It's a fantastic game! On my 2nd run still. The detail on the weapons is crazy, top 5 fps views of all time, makes up for the lack of 3rd person. It was more like "look how detailed the guns are instead of looking at your outfits in 3rd," so it's cool.

We all know PushSquare's GOTY is without the T. They have no choice. 🤣🤣

I haven't laughed this hard in a while playing a game - KCDII. The different stories in there, the graphics, UI design, immersive gameplay, content, again I feel overall it is the true GOTY. But hey Clair is just so different and special, can't be upset if it takes it.

I think these new ones - 2018 and Ragnarok are excellent. The graphics and design of assets is incredible. Kratos is more likable in the latter because he agrees to go on exploration and do side quests, angry man!

@SterlingEyes @ShogunRok Yep yep it's been hard playing DOS2 after BG3, I think the huge gap between them is the graphics and cutscenes. Beat BG3 but still haven't beaten DOS2, will get around to it someday.

My top 5 games are:
1. BG3
2. KCD2
3. HFW
4. CO E33
5. Metaphor

1,663hrs played, I'm still a Role Player, RPG guy. Wondering how Metaphor got there and I remembered oh the final boss had me going back making some vital decisions I ignored.

Oh the game that used to come with PCs back in the day. We had MS Flight Simulator '95 and i think Monster Truck Madness on diskettes on our brand new Compaq Desktop.

A game where an interesting long storyline unlocks just by speaking with some random who is not even marked on the map like other side quests - KCD2 - wish it gets GOTY. I love Clairrr with its uniqueness, art and music, but feel KCD2 should get it for all that content and depth, 224hrs with no end in sight.

@gamepadnomad if someone reeeaaallly wants to play GTA6 and can't justify the Pro price tag, they'd definitely get the base PS5 just to play and double dip on the PS6. But then again we talk like those people who want to play GTA6 haven't bought the console already in anticipation. Who's to say the PS5 outselling all other consoles recently isn't in preparation for GTA6.

Wondering when the inevitable obligatory "Massive Expansion" is going to be announced.

KCD2, can't get enough of that world. Hunting and crafting in MHWilds. Rallying in the most realistic looking rally yet, EAWRC. Back on GoW Ragnarok, just exploring all the worlds doing favors and finding nornir chests.

Wilds is top 3 for me this year maybe because I started playing in October and looks to be filled with content. Yeah a bit easy but I tried Miztsune and looks hard, I think they can EASILY tweak it to be hard but maybe they wanted it more accessible to attract new players. They heard Elden Ring is the most accessible (when it's actually not that easy) so why not, let's make Wilds the easiest MH 😁. Still, I enjoy it a lot and believe it's one of the finest games ever made in the way animations, graphics and monsters. I don't think any other game does monsters lifelike like MH.

@Jocaju RDR is great, the price is just a turn off.

As a R* fan I'm surprised I've not really cared much for this. I feel like the gap between this and RDR2 is just too wide I don't really wanna go back. I mean I'd love to but the price...especially when there are numerous great £10 games on ps store i haven't even played.

@Oram77 if I remember correctly someone else designed the looks not Cerny. Speaking of - the PS5 design has grown on me, it looks daring and not the same old square box like the Steam Machine and others. The other day I saw a launch PS5 in a shop meant for testing, it had all black panels with some red outlines, looked really cool, thing looked like a beast.

@dark_knightmare2 Christ! I see that. I'm saying someone who doesn't know about this controller, might assume you've dirtied the default white one looking at it from afar.

This looks cool unless someone sees it from afar and thinks you're dirty haha.

This thing right now is getting confusing. Where do we draw the line...should we have been protesting in the past when MS Office took over typewriters, where you could select font styles with all of kinds of editing tools. Or when artists were/are using Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop tools. If AI is also a tool then...the only thing that annoys me is fake AI photos and videos on social media. But in a video game, a virtual world...feels like there's no stopping it, devs are going to use it. Heck AI has already been a part of video games more than any other media since forever, how enemies, npcs behave.

My first platinum was Infamous on PS3. I have 12 now, could've been more as I've left a lot of games at 80% and 90%, will get back to them when I have the time.

Thumbnail looks like GTAV - Michael and Franklin.

Was just investigating what happened to an ambushed merchant who had an item I was looking for. Found a mill nearby, thought I'd ask the inhabitants a few questions instead they greeted me with weapons, had to make a run for it and come back in the night to sneak. In a barn, found some tortured people lying motionless, still sneaking, came across hostages tied in an attic who said they were the actual owners of the mill and that it had been overtaken by bandits. The Miller asked me to take care of the bandits and come for a reward, at the same time I had to find that item that got me there in the first place. These chain of events, one thing leading to another in a simple side quest is what makes KCD2 so great. Might sound simple but words can't really describe, you need to be in Henry's shoes and feel the high immersion. And there are more like this. I'll be playing the hard to put down MH Wilds also, some Skyrim and whatever else I feel like.

And yes Elden Ring needs to be there, that's a crime PushSquare! You can't have Demon's Souls remade by a third party there whilst the originator- FromSoft has none there... NAAAAHHH.

I feel Clairrr is a 9, KCD2 is definitely 10. What we did in Semine alone....with Von Bergow's men...no game has made me feel this bad since TLOU2, story wise, and that was even on the side not the main plot, it's crazy. With Clairrr it got to a point I kinda lost interest in all that family drama.

12/15. This has been the easiest for me so far.

@PuppetMaster I mean they bought the cheaper digital PS5 instead.

@themightyant That would just be a few people who aren't the biggest GTA fans.

@themightyant Lol you really think GTA6 would be out and people would have the patience to wait a couple of years again for a nextgen version...folk can't even handle fomo for less popular games...when they don't even know if they can afford a PS6 when they haven't even got a PS5. They'll get the PS5 version first and double dip later if they have to.

The soundtrack was the best! Still listen to it from time to time.

@Rich33 @Oram77 "poll is a couple of years early."
Maybe because it released around this time Nov 2020 and 5 years is one of those significant numbers y'know 5, 10, 20, 30 and so on.

One thing that makes PS5 better than PS4 for me is simply Backwards Compatibility -that just not plays games as they were but makes them better.

@Martsmall Yep I had a feeling MS would know in advance because they're business from forever is centered round these things. They knew, they just chose to ignore because they are happy to increase prices. So kudos to PS but unless they also pull a fast one and say what they stockpiled has ran out and they also need an excuse to increase prices yet again.

Played Clair Obscur and KCD2, love them both but just gotta give GOTY to KCD2, game is just too much!

@11001100110zero my issue is what justifies the price and which people are they aiming for, they aren't really going to convince console gamers with this proposition

@TrollOfWar "but I can see younger players (12+ year olds) being more interested in a Steam Machine than in an Xbox or PlayStation, as all the trendy games release on PC/Steam first"

GTA - one of the biggest, trendiest entertainment products ever releases on the cheaper consoles first.

@LogicStrikesAgain Wow so PC squad have been lying again...

The only thing great on PC to me is FREE ONLINE play which PS should go back to, seriously.

Don't even who this machine is for...

@Nakatomi_Uk "For people who
1) Have an old PC and can't afford to build a new one"

If they can't afford to build a new one what shows they can afford this which is going to priced at a PC equivalent....

"
2) Have been curious to join the steam ecosystem but don't want the hassle of windows issues on top of pc gaming."

That's an expensive kit for anyone to be curious about when it's weaker than their console and priced higher why would they even be curious.

This thing just needs to be cheap and that's it.

I thought everyone in Japan could afford a PS5 and were just intentionally buying Nintendo to piss off Sony for somewhat abandoning them.

Still on KCD2, don't know when I'm going to complete this game but I'm sure taking my sweet time, cause this game is going to be talked about for years. Took a carriage back to Kuttenberg and a passenger said "hey you, you're finally awake," nice nod to Skyrim. Speaking of i just tried to download the free Skyrim PS5 upgrade and to my surprise it's 15GB...😄 , so why not I started a new game for the 20th time, game still looks good. Then it's more MHWilds which I beat the main easy campaign and the true game has now actually started, the game's so good! Also went back to Clairrr Obscurrr to roam the Continent a bit, talk about art direction! Plus some MetroExodus, CP2077 and whichever else.

Of course the masters of CTRL-C CTRL-V would be aaaalllll iiin for AI.