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1.Undertale is great.

2. I don’t have the platinum, but the title reminds me of my favorite name for a Plat I do have from After Party: “Thanks for not reading a book instead.”

I also have this plat, and I agree with everything here. I rolled credits on Borderlands, but it just left me cold (and it has one of my least favorite endings in all of gaming). I never went back to the main series.

But Tales is delightful fun. The writing is so funny. There are not enough comedy games, and this one nailed the humor.

Still light shining my way through Alan Wake 2.

I play and I play and I play and I play and I play............

My wife and I got married in 1999, and we used to play Podracer or Mario Kart on the N64 to determine who would do the dishes etc. Most fun decision making tool ever!

We won’t need this game for that-it is now clearly me (or the kids!). 😃

Ok, my childhood dog was a Border Collie just like the one in this game. They are the smartest, best dogs ever.

You better believe I am going to play the heck out of this game.

South of Midnight is a good game. Don't miss it!

I know this is a minority opinion, but I think this game is a solid good but not great. It has nothing to do with bugs-it actually ran pretty well on my PS5-there were some crashes and annoying things but nothing game breaking.

I just didn't find the world or the quests that compelling. There were some good quests and story beats, but the game as a whole felt kind of stale and empty to me. I was hoping for a Witcher 3 type experience, with quests and a world that captivated me for weeks and weeks. I thought Cyberpunk was a real step down, even without considering the problematic launch.

I am really glad others enjoyed it more than I did. I also have not played Phantom Liberty, which is supposed to be excellent. And: It is not a bad game by any means. It just left me sort of cold. I am much more excited for Witcher 4 than Cyberpunk 2, let's put it that way.

This is fun every year!

590 hours played. This is an all time low for me since these wrap ups started. Part of it is that I play on multiple other platforms, but PS5 is still my primary. Just not as much time to game in 2025.

My top five games played:

1.Dragon Age: Veilguard. I don't care what the buzz is around this game, I really enjoyed it.

2.Ghost of Yotei. My GOTY.

3.Yakuza: Pirates in Hawaii. The most purely fun game I have played in a long time.

4.Sand Land. A charming adventure.

5.Forspoken(????). There was fun to be had here and I did roll credits. But this game also has deep flaws, and I am surprised I sunk that much time in!

I think the game I played most this year was Expedition 33, but on Gamepass.

13 years as a PS Plus member. I guess my threats to cancel have amounted to a lot. LOL.

2025 was a great year for games, and I am looking forward to 2026. Thank you to Pushsquare staff and members who make this such a great place to talk and learn about games!

Alan Wake 2 for me. As with the first game, the atmosphere and story are top notch. That will take me to the credits.

As with the first game, the combat and gameplay I can take or leave. The Caldera Station, full of dead ends and backtracking and memory board stuff was annoying as hell.

Happy gaming everyone!

Cool feature! I am not an active trophy hunter, and I don’t have a lot of plats compared to many, but trophies are great.

-They are a cool diary of stuff you did in a game.

-They sometimes suggest fun ways to play a game you don’t initially think of.

-They are totally optional, and notifications for them can be turned off if folks don’t like them.

Great system!

Great line-up for me. Each of these games is on my list to check out and not yet purchased.

I have been a member of Plus since almost the beginning. I am not sure that has ever happened before. Yay!

PS5 is a great console and I have had a blast the whole generation. What I wanted out of a new PS5 was great games to play on it and significantly reduced loading times, and I got both!

The common theme around this generation for many is the lack of exclusives, which is a sentiment I get but just don't share. When a fantastic game like Ghost of Yotei or GOW Ragnarok comes along, I rejoice like everyone else. But I have more great games to play than I can shake a stick at, and my backlog is huge. If they stopped developing games right now, I would not be able to get through all the ones I want to play that exist right now in my lifetime. I am simply not hurting for games, and I don't really care if they are exclusive or first party or not.

I have had a lot of fun this generation, and gotten tons of use out of my PS5. That is all that matters to me.

I am very eager to play this one! Thanks for the great review!

I really like Bethesda games, and Fallout. I rolled credits on 4 and enjoyed it.

But, if anything, it has become overrated. It is the weakest of the modern Fallout games (that started with 3) by a good margin IMO.

I loved both games, but I thought Atsu was a great protagonist and the well worn revenge story was actually nuanced and well told. Jin and the first Ghost were great too, but I think the lead and story of Yotei are being a little undervalued by many. Both were fantastic.

Yotei was able to include a few nice nods to Jin and the original Ghost, which I was really glad to see.

I think a lot of this disparity is because the idea of a person grappling with the contours of a long held moral code is more interesting than the revenge tale we have all seen thousands of times on the surface. But I think Yotei told it really well and made a great character in Atsu.

I am still enjoying Outer Worlds 2. It is not a classic or anything, but it improves upon the first game a good bit (and I enjoyed the first one too).

There has been a stupid virus working its way through my family one by one since Halloween, and it is finally my turn. Bad news: I feel lousy. Good news: everyone else is over it and healthy, and I will have plenty of time for gaming during recovery!

@Hootnoodle Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is not the best game I have played this year, but it is absolutely the most fun. What a blast! Robocop is great too (especially if you grew up with Robocop).

Congrats in advance on Plat 200! I am……SLIGHTLY behind that figure……😃

@trymer89 Star Wars Outlaws has some flaws that are pretty evident. But it nailed the Star Wars atmosphere better than any of the games in the franchise I have ever played. The vibes alone make it worth playing.

Hope you enjoy it!

Crud.

I expected a delay here, but I really want to play this. And no release window is concerning.

I am having fun with Outer Worlds 2, but Ghost of Yotei just might be my game of the year for 2025. Fantastic game, easy choice.

@Carnage Nice!

@Carnage Re: Yotei late game bosses. Friendly advice, if you want it:

I thought there was a jump in difficulty in the late game bosses and a side boss. Don’t forget to use the triangle/circle special moves! It interrupts whatever each boss is doing!

Once I remembered to use these, those fights were a lot easier.

Got the platinum for Ghost of Yotei last night. A rare thing for me to platinum a game, but this title was so great I wanted to do everything. Fantastic game!

I just started Outer Worlds 2. Fun so far, but I am just in the first mission.

I am hopefully going to start tomorrow! I just have one more trophy to platinum Yotei (the most difficult side boss, avoiding spoilers!), and then it is on to Outer Worlds.

I don't platinum games very often, but I like Ghost of Yotei so much that I want to do everything. Great game. Although, I am stuck on this side boss, so maybe I won't get this plat either!

I am looking forward to Worlds. Enjoyed the first one.

@MrPeanutbutterz Well of course you don’t like it PB, and you won’t play mail carrier simulator either. You are waiting patiently for tennis ball simulator to be added to plus. 😃

I am 50 hours in and have encountered exactly one bug. I completed a mission and when I expected a cutscene, the scene flickered and I was at the bottom of a hill. I rode back to the npc and was able to get the cutscene, but I noticed every single one of my resources were gone, and I could not pick up anything. I simply restarted the game and it fixed everything-it returned me to the start of the cutscene with all my stuff intact.

It was a very strange bug, but easy to fix, and so far the only one.

1.I will get it at launch or close to launch. This is a big hobby for me, and I like having the new machine.

2.I am not super eager for it-if Sony said 2028 or 2029, I wouldn’t be bummed.

3.I think we have reached a point of diminishing returns with consoles generally. I don’t really expect any more graphics leaps or anything similar for a long time. So I think we will have to settle for tweaks and quality of life improvements. Which are great! The reduced loading times for PS5 have been wonderful for example.

4.I have seen a lot of disappointment around this generation all over the internet. I get it. Long development cycles etc. mean fewer exclusives. But I have to say, I am having a blast with this generation. I have more great games to play than I can possibly get to. Ghost of Yotei is just the latest in a great five years.

9 for me. Excellent game.

Those giving it an abysmal are entitled to their own opinion, but I wonder what games they are playing. It isn’t broken. It isn’t buggy. It mainly succeeds in what it sets out to do.

It is fine to not like a game, or not be a fan of a particular game. But it is possible to not be a fan of something and recognize the quality of it. In no way is this an abysmal game.

Ghost of Yotei forever.

@StitchJones Me too. Our gaming journeys sound very similar. 😃

I had a Pong, and an Atari 2600. Now I just sit there staring at the vistas in Ghost of Yotei in disbelief. It is such a great time to be a gamer!

@StitchJones This is exactly right. The gameplay wasn’t great, but the visuals at the time were a revelation. I still remember just sitting there staring at it while my Dad was trying to get me to leave the arcade!

@StitchJones Dragon’s Lair in the arcade is what I thought of immediately!

This is solidly on my radar now! Thanks PushSquare!

I have played about 15 hours so far, and I love it. I cannot wait to leave work and get back to it. They took everything that made the original Ghost so good and refined it. This game rules.

If this quality continues for the whole game, this will be my GOTY easily.

I am playing Ghost of Yotei. I had a rare day off from work that happened to fall on release day, so I have put a good chunk of time in.

Simply put: the game is fantastic. Sucker Punch nailed it. The fun Ghost formula, improved and refined in all the right ways.

I am going to make breakfast and go play some more!

@RBMango Throw in the nose and you have yourself a deal!!!!!!

I already have a red controller and a white controller. So…..no?

I love GOW. I wish they had put more effort into this.

I do not agree with the premise of the IGN article. What I am getting sick of is game writers recycling this same chestnut every time PlayStation releases a first party game for the last few years for clicks (not referring to Push Square and today’s article-it is an interesting discussion to have as a community!).

If people are tired of stories with common themes in stories in all media and entertainment like the cycle of violence and revenge, then they can feel free to skip these games, but they are in for a lot of disappointment since basically every story in our society is based on the same handful of human nature concepts.

These games are well executed examples of stories that are commonly told everywhere. Well executed being the operative phrase. The IGN author even writes he enjoyed playing the game-the PS has no original games angle is just tried and true commentary that you can bet we will see during the next PS Studios release too.

I am. I have a day off after working almost 40 extra hours last week. I started last night.

So far, I am enjoying the hell out of it.

I have a day off from work today, and have the day to play. I started last night. It is so good so far. So much fun.

This is the game I am looking forward to most this year. I can’t wait to play it.

@twitchtvpat

1.Glad you are among those who enjoyed it. Hope they work great for you.

2.I am well aware of what these presentations entail. You know the focus is usually games right? I mean, I saw a lot about speakers and GOW controllers in all the predictions threads. People were just crossing their fingers for that next revolution in sound.

Overall it was pretty meh for me, but the Wolverine look was exactly what I was hoping for. Very excited about that game.

Also, Sony: Very few people care about your speakers during a State of Play presentation.

Amazing. Haven’t played. Want to play. Perfect month for me no matter what else is announced.

@Donrenardo Thanks! I appreciate your thoughts on this.

@pyrrhic_victory Thank you for this feedback. Very helpful. I had heard it gets arbitrary, which is one reason I have been reluctant to play it.

@pyrrhic_victory Would you recommend spending time on This is the Police? I got it on sale for a dollar or something years ago, and it has been sitting in my backlog forever. Thanks!

I completed Unfinished Business (so I guess now it is finished business?) a couple of weeks ago. Both games are very fun, especially if you grew up with RoboCop like me-they nail that world perfectly.

If you haven’t played these yet, I think the collection is well worth it.

I really hope Mr. Croft is enjoying Ghost of Yotei-my most anticipated game of the year!

I finished RoboCop Rogue City: Unfinished Business-it was extremely fun. Basically more Rogue City, and I mean that as praise. More Rogue City is exactly what I was hoping for!

This morning, I started Lost in Random: The Eternal Die. It is a sequel very unlike the game that came before it. Lost in Random was a charming, short adventure game focused on atmosphere (it was like playing a Tim Burton movie) and story. The combat system was fun but pretty slight. The sequel is a rogue-lite, completely focused on combat and almost no story.

I was nervous about this change, but so far I am finding the combat slick and addicting. The first few hours are very enjoyable. Have a good weekend everyone!

@Gremio108 Good! I hope you enjoy it!!!!