Foxhound

Shutdown before going to sleep
Rest mode during the day or while out and about with the PS Portal packed in

Still happy to stick with my OG PS5 with disc-drive after over 3 years

@TedLassoNikes Uh, buying P3R on PS4 for £22.99 brand new physical also grants you the PS5 version as a free upgrade...

@Futureshark Not a bad idea but it wouldn't work as it already exists, Sony released it back in 2003

@PuppetMaster The logic is very sound. While Asobi did make one amazing game in Astro Bot (ranked at #1), Atlus made three amazing games (two of them ranked at #2 and #10).

Considering how challenging it is to release just one great game, releasing three of them in the same calendar year is an extraordinary feat, one deserving of winning best developer of 2024.

Atlus, Falcom, and Shift Up would be my top 3

Deserved. An amazing game.

@Dimey Fair. I remember there being so much hype about this game and assumed it had to be in the top 10

@Fritz167 Oh dear, I did forget Astro Bot, thanks for the correction! Hard to believe BMW is completely out of the top 10...

So Metaphor ReFantazio and Black Myth Wukong are #1 & #2 then. Wonder what the order will be!

Not bad, but disappointed it couldn't squeeze into the podium. Stellar Blade is a real gem of a game for sure!

@Cloud39472 @greengecko007 Couldn't agree more with you guys. There is definitely a massive increase in sensationalist articles here, border-lining on rage-baiting, which is a big shame.

Metaphor is a very worthy #1, haters always gonna hate

Should be at least #5...

@KidRisky The only misuse here is your comment. You do know that words can have several definitions? One of the definitions of "refute" is "deny or contradict (a statement or accusation)".

Meaning the word is used correctly in this article's title and the X community note.

@colonelkilgore That's kind of what has happened in the last 4 console generations tbh!

N64 - moderate success

NGC - moderate flop

Wii - big success

Wii U - big flop, so much so that Nintendo had to make the unprecedented move to release a second home console during the same generation, in the Switch...

If the Switch 2 is too similar to the OG Switch, there is no guarantee of it being a success..

@Kingleo31 Yeah I noticed that too. The second half of 2024 is when big hit games that could easily have run on PS4 stopped having a PS4 release: Life is Strange Double Exposure, Dragon Quest III HD-2D, Lego Horizon Adventures, to name a few.

Oh dear... Never would have expected this from Falcom.

Stellar Blade
Astro Bot
Trails through Daybreak
Unicorn Overlord
Granblue Fantasy Relink

Haven't yet played Persona 3 Reload, and currently at the very beginning of Metaphor ReFantazio so couldn't include them

0 interest in this type of game personally

Stellar Blade. Finally bought the game during a Black Friday promotion. Didn't expect to love it as much as this, close to a masterpiece imo!

And here I thought The Game Awards couldn't be even more of a clownshow. Looks like I've been proven wrong.

Still on the excellent Ys X: Nordics two weeks after starting it, gotta love this Falcom goodness

Mostly happy, wanted to try Ghostwire

Ys X Nordics. I'm saving Metaphor for the Winter break.

Why is there a picture of an evil-looking vampire? Which game is he from?

Eeeh not interested

What do you mean PS Stars "may" have been nerfed?

First they decrease the expiry time of points from 2 years to 1 year.

Then they choose to no longer give points for renewing/buying a PS Plus membership.

Now they remove several exchange options.

Not to mention all the technical problems these last few months.

If that's not total nerfing, I dunno what is!!!

Meaningless numbers which have been manipulated to push the narrative benefiting a multi-billion dollar company

Later down the line, and loved the PS2 Budokai Tenkaichi series

Well deserved, Astro Bot is a top-notch game

@PuppetMaster Same, I'm glad to see Visions of Mana in the top 10! It's the game that surprised me the most this year, such a joy to play!

@TripleKing333 Thanks! Will look into getting one or two.

No, and zero interest, don't like survival horror games at all

I love this game. Got a copy early 2016 and was amazed at its quality. My favourite ever non-Gran Turismo racing game for sure.

@TripleKing333 Hey, would you have any tips on how to store them, please? My collection of PlayStation discs is ever-increasing and I'm struggling storage-wise...

Any other non-Atlus game with those cons would have been given a 7 or 8 at best...

Mostly happy, Doki Doki

Echoes of Wisdom, AstroBot (one level a day), Gran Turismo 7 (one weekly challenge a day)

Preordered Indigo and Teal DualSenses... Wish I could have restrained myself because I already have Spider-Man and AstroBot ones...

@LavenderShroud IKR! Me reading through this section:

@colonelkilgore Many thanks for that list, much appreciated! A few of those you've mentioned are actually in my backlog, seeing them made me motivated to start them soon (Alice Madness Returns especially).

I found El Shaddai to be pretty good. Do keep in mind it was released in 2011, and there's a Remastered version that came out a few months back on Switch which is surely superior. The PS3 version still gave me a good experience though.

@colonelkilgore Hi, could you please list the games in your PS3 backlog that you've cleared? I enjoy going back to my PS3 from time to time, and this year I've started and completed Folklore, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, and more recently Lollipop Chainsaw. I'm always open to recommendations for this underrated console!

Metaphor ReFantazio Prologue Demo, which is a pleasant surprise to me. Will start Zelda Echoes of Wisdom once I'm done with it.

@Zuljaras Best comment. People are so used to getting voluntarily ripped off nowadays. Oh well, it's their money to burn.

"No, I don't want a PS5 Pro", especially not at that insulting price and without a disc drive

Lunar, Fantasian, and Ghost of Yotei have my vote

@Czar_Khastik Someone actually bought that A4 sheet...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205013565573

Characters in Metaphor Refantazio named after/inspired by F1 drivers:

Hulkenberg = Nico Hülkenberg
Gallica = Divina Galica
Strohl = Lance Stroll

Not a coincidence at all