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@SleepyNick Imagine the uproar if Final Fantasy 7 Remake got nominated for game of the year in 2026 because it released on the Switch 2 and Series. Or if Playstation games got nominated again the year they had released on PC, or Elden Ring next year when it comes to Switch 2. It doesn't matter how good a game is it shouldn't be available for game of the year contention every time it launches on a new platform, otherwise Skyrim could have won dozens by now lol.

@MightyDemon82 Just looking through the settings and there are options to censor the nudity and bad language, I suppose that's how she's watching it on YouTube as YouTubers wouldn't be allowed to show that content apart from the swearing.

@MightyDemon82 Well in the first few minutes you see a mans dong in full, there's a softcore sex scene and a nip slip scene. There's also a lot of swearing and I mean a LOT.

From what comments I've seen (and not just this article) it seems Nintendo and Playstation fans are happy with exclusives, whilst PC and Xbox players (now) are saying exclusives should not be a thing. Now I wonder why that is? It's not down to some superiority complex but down to fans actually caring about the state of their systems and wanting them to continue to succeed. Yes we will get called fan boys and people will say they are just "plastic boxes" yet there's a reason those haters also have a preference for their own gaming hobby, and comment more on certain sites and articles e.g. those bashing anything to do with playstation yet don't have a peep to say about Xbox or PC, those hate on Nintendo because they assume it's a kids console etc. The exact same people who moan about Sony fanboys who apparently obsess over "plastic box" yet they are doing the exact same without even realising it.

Even before hardware and features became a moan selling point people would pick their consoles based on the games, consoles are all about the games and that's exactly how it should be. You pick Nintendo because you want to play Zelda l, Mario and Pokémon, you pick Playstation for their AAA blockbusters and big third party releases, you would pick Xbox for Gears of War, Halo, Forza and Fable, You would pick PC for its open system and thousands of smaller game that don't make it over to consoles, but it's all just the same the choice boils down to games you want to play. So yes exclusives are detrimental to a consoles success and should definitely stay that way, the only reason Xbox players don't see it that way any more is because the path Microsoft have chosen but trust me Xbox locking down games like Call of Duty, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout 5, Diablo 5, Halo and Gears to their platform (also not on PC) they would have done very well and this topic would never even be discussed. There is a reason the 360 did so well.

Finally one I can agree with 😅, such a great game, made me laugh quite a few times. Quite looking forward to what this Studio does next.

I wonder what's missed out then, Silksong or Split Fiction? as theres no way Yotei, Death Stranding 2 and Expedition 33 are not making it.

The only reason you would want your big single player exclusives on the competitions platform is if your console is dying, or dead in Microsofts case.

The only reason(s) Microsoft is bringing their games to Playstation and Nintendo is because their console sales are dead, gamepass growth has stalled and their acquisitions didn't get the results they predicted.

I played around 8 hours and then got bored, every game just felt the same and most times the matches felt rushed. Spent most of my time with the game frustrated with the enemy difficulty, team mates running off doing their own thing and getting killed by other teams although they say they are "friendly". If I'm in the mood for an extraction shooter I will stick with Hunt Showdown going forward.

Well if AI helps studios pump out games in half the time then it's about to get crowded with too many releases, with more choice for players there will be more games getting missed. The missed games will cause losses for the devs and could end up with lay offs and closures.

With AI maybe they can stop delaying games multiple times per year.....

Wow.... Just wow.

For me personally (so don't take offence) this has so far been the worst start to a top 10 I've ever seen on this site. Games like Trails in the Sky, Silent Hill F, Borderlands 4, AC Shadows, MH Wilds, Dispatch, Blue Prince and Sword of the Sea are going to be missing.

Surely now the top 6 is going to be, Arc Raiders, Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, Silksong and Split Fiction.

Trails in the Sky and Sword of the Sea are my choices, shame I can only vote for one, so it goes to Sword of the Sea.

@LifeGirl Beautiful comment and very spot on, gaming pretty much got me through most of my school days due to its escapism.

Not surprised as there's going to be a big surge in new Playstation players today, especially after those big black friday sales, I wouldn't be surprised to see Nintendo and Steam down as well. Shouldn't be a problem for Xbox though.....

I enjoyed the whole series up until the end of V3, the reveals at the end just ruined it and honestly glad they moved on to something else. Master Detective Archives, Hundred Line Last Defence Academy and Shuten Order have been great and in some ways just as good as Danganronpa was.

Il be the outlier and vote for Borderlands 4.

Can't deny it's excellent value for what you pay, even more so if you're subscribed to Extra.

Finally someone who appreciates Trails in the Sky 😅.

@EfYI Yet you should take aim at the games kids are actually playing then like Call of Duty, Fortnite, Roblox and GTA. Are these games no predatory and worse? Or is just gacha games you have a problem with?

Also some of these gacha games have a bigger budget than most AAA games, are fully voiced in English and are supported very regularly for years with substantial content, every few months they get updates that are bigger than some games on their own. They offer enough free in game currency to get multiple draws and they don't pay wall any of the story or in game events etc.

Also your main issue is with Kids playing these games yet if they were to want to purchase anything from these games then it's down to the parents to either allow them or teach them it's wrong to gamble but seeing how many kids are playing fortnite showing off the latest skins I'd say parents don't give a damn what their kids spend their money on, you can't go blaming Pushsquare for this.

I've put 300 hours into Wuthering Waves without spending a penny, but yeah gacha is totally predatory..... 🙄

So this and Sonic Racing are in the top 10 😬, some good games have been robbed then.

Trails in the Sky Remake for me, Yooka Replaylee was great as well.

@SeaDaVie Ah I see, with the first game getting such acclaim I would have thought they would want it multiplatform straight away this time.

This is becoming a trend now where games are adding easy modes after launch, it's happened with Expedition 33, Lies of P, Silent Hill F, Silent Hill 2 and now this.

Surely just adding it at launch would result in more day one buys instead of adding it months later when people will most likely wait for a sale instead.

If this is number 10 then for me the rest of the list will look like this unfortunately.

9, Trails in the Sky Remake
8, Split Fiction
7, Dispatch
6, Death Stranding 2
5, Blue Prince
4, Silksong
3, Ghost of Yotei
2, KCD2
1, Expedition 33

Silent Hill F will unfortunately miss out, and I suspect Arc Raiders will sneak in somewhere although in my opinion compared to those other games it shouldn't be included.

@MrStark Silent Hill F won't make it as Death Stranding 2 and Silksong will be in there as well, plus is think Trails in the Sky Remake has a good shout as its the highest rated jrpg this year. That's why this game being number 10 is a strange one, so many critically acclaimed games this year and this ain't one of them.

Love to see it.

Only games I've played from that list are Arc Raiders and Nightreign, and for me both are way overhyped. Arc Raiders got boring real fast and Nightreign was just too hectic, rushed and difficult. I do plan on getting Hell is Us tomorrow though as its on sale.

@PuppetMaster Now that Anime has become mainstream you will see a lot more games based off Anime, even if it ain't the best. Theres even a Tougen Anki game coming next year, plus Solo Levelling.

This is cool, started watching this over the weekend and it's got a decent setting for a survival game.

Well that's what you get for lying, atleast now proper indies have the awards.

I've only put around 4 hours into this (just done the Nekomata story part) so will I be eligible straight away for all of this?

@PuppetMaster To add to your reply to Haruki Nintendo can take more risks with smaller games because even their main games have a low budget but stupidly high return, Pokémon brings in billions alone yet cost between $10 - $22 million to develop per game. Yet it costs Sony ten times that amount and get less in return. Sony can not hide the costs of these smaller games within the revenue of their bigger releases.

@PuppetMaster Don't forget White Knight Chronicles, Sony's last attempt at a JRPG that didn't sell well either.

@get2sammyb Not every game is going to launch on the Switch 2 though and the ones that do are going to take a big hit to visuals and performance. So a Sony handheld that can play every third party game, at a better visual fidelity and performance than the Switch 2 would be quite popular. Not to mention it would have games like Genshin and Wuthering Waves, games that are huge in Japan (and Asia as a whole).

Monday 22nd January?

So no difference to my workplace then 😔, oh well that's life especially if the job demands it or deadlines are missed and I can guarantee ND ain't the only high profile studio doing it. Still super looking forward to the game.

This is just horrible, imagine bringing something back from the dead just to kill it again.

@TrollOfWar I'd say it's more of a AA title than AAA or Indie, 10 million is still a lot of money compared to the majority of indie titles. Also just Google searched it and over 400 people worked on the game across many different studios, that doesn't scream indie to me.

Nice W for Sony and for gaming in general against these rip offs, especially against a giant like tencent.

Well we all know who to blame for this, il give you a clue he's orange..

@Deljo Even some game sites refused to review the game, NintendoLife being one of them.

This is good news for Geoff and good news for the games industry in general as it shows not only just how big it is but also that more people are taking more of an interest in it.

I'd say Indie is a combination of Low Budget, Small Team and Self Publishing. So with that said to me Expedition 33 is not an indie.

If AI is making developers jobs easier, shortens development time and cuts costs does that mean games will get cheaper or atleast no increase in price again? If not then AI brings no benefit to the consumer and will only lead to greed from more developers.

Makes you wonder how much of that game awards trailer was AI generated.

This was a tough one but I've gone fro sken safe picks for games i know il definitely enjoy.

Trails in The Sky 2nd Chapter
Monster Hunter Stories 3
Trails Beyond the Horizon
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined
Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis

I'm also looking forward to a few more but they could be hit and miss like Pragmata, Wolverine, The Adventures of Elliot, Fatal Frame 2 and Control Resonant. 2026 is looking like a banger year though, especially when I throw in a few Switch 2 releases.

At that price il be there day one, especially after watching the deep dive. I couldn't click with Arc Raiders so hopefully I can with this.

A lot of overhyped games this year in my opinion, Arc Raiders got stale fast and I just didn't understand the appeal of Blue Prince, after 5 runs I just got bored. Dispatch and Silent Hill F great though and I do plan on getting Expedition 33 now that there's an easy mode (which got made even easier today), the souls like elements put me off originally. The indies Hades 2 and Silksong were just safe bets that didn't deviate much from the first games, Sony get ridiculed for making "samey" Sequels so these two should get the same treatment. Yotei was good but it wasn't anything mind blowing and the highest rated JRPG didn't even get a look in.

1. Trails in the Sky Remake
2. Wuthering Waves
3. Silent Hill F
4. Dispatch
5. Ghost of Yotei/Borderlands 4

If I was to include Switch 2 games as well then it would look a bit different.

1. Trails in the Sky Remake
2. Donkey Kong Bananza
3. Wuthering Waves
4. Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma
5. Hundred Line Last Defence Academy

Nice to see that Wuthering Waves took the Players Voice award instead of E33.