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What a year for 2D adventures man! Ragebound, PoP, Shinobi, Silksong... And finally this month with Marvel and Terminator.

Also looking at all the GOTM games; this was a really good year for gaming. Maybe not in terms of pinnacle of a blockbuster but in terms of variety and surprise hits.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. I don't know whose decision was it but ending TGA with a mediocre mp reveal as "one more thing" is even more stupid than Micky's "one more thing" with CoD-BO7 reveal.

Still looks more fun than Concord though.

And other companies keep thinking that they can get a piece of this pie.

Thinking about it now. Since she already gave her the voice; Hayley Atwell would be INCREDIBLE! She has accent and everything down to a t too!

Yeah... Even Alicia Vikander was downgrade after Angelina Jolie's perfect casting and Sophie Turner is just the worst casting for the character. I would like to see someone else completely.

@Vivisapprentice

Marathon&Saros&MLB26&Wolverine in 2026.

Great to read DLC is good. Movie was average and kind of redundant overall. Does Varang shows up? She was the best part of the movie. Or do we see any characters from the movies?

MM focusing on traditional campaign is good. I am really curious about Cory's game, hope it's worth the wait; it's been 8 years since GoW soft-reboot. Hope Firesprite cooks a great AAA.

But I really really need a new Uncharted.

It was a really fun game. Sequel could be an all timer. The level with the penultimate boss is legit one of my favourite game levels ever. Also combos are so satisfying to achieve.

Since I am at the last episode of Dispatch and finished The Alters when that came out; I completely disagree. I don't think Dispatch deserves to be in the list at all but even on top of The Alters? Hell no! Seeing Split Fiction getting the place it deserves feels great though. Can't believe people take that game for granted and act like it's not a great one.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 being the GOTY of PushSquare feels right. I can't see my opinion changing from years now when I play other games from the list in upcoming months/years. Maybe Kingdom Come?

Also, as a big fan of Spider-Man and Miles Morales; Spider-Man 2 being the GOTY of its year is hilarious. What a dissapointing game that was.

Finally, I hope I have a hard time between deciding RE9, Wolverine and PB0 since I want all of them to be turn out great!

You know what is C33's one of the successes? I wouldn't give a damn about this one since it's turn-based but now I am keen on trying the demo just to see if it will click with me even though it's the combat I hated the most.

Only good news from all these ram shortages. As a PS5 Pro owner this news made me really happy. Bring the big guns! C'mon Cory; what are you hiding from us!?

Also, please keep your sweet time as backlogs only getting bigger and bigger in recent years.

How is the performance on Pro anyone?

Best editorial list so far.

C33 indeed has an amazing art design.

I can't believe C33 made me enjoy turn-based combat.

I only played C33 from the list and while I am still in Act 2; I can say that story is good.

I was excited about this one since the initial reveal. Then playing the demo made me sure of it. I am so glad it turned out to be a surprise hit with the community. I haven't played the full game yet but it will be the first thing I do in the new year hopefully.

I am still sad about PS' PC approach. I believe in exclusives and also sad about Xbox going multiplatform etc. Exclusives push the industry forward and they are the peak of gaming when the necessary care given.

I can see the hype but I can't see Top 10.

@tselliot

Interesting and good to hear. 😄

11/15. Mindseye question got me.

It feels good to play a Yakuza game that you don't need to play 8.5 games before it. Wait, 10.5 games...

@Herculean

It's very early days to be sure but I would be surprised if it indeed "bursts".

From what I've heard GoY sounds like better than GoT in terms of open world aspect. KCD2 sound like a totalbother beast though.

@ChromaticDracula

Yeah, I heard all of those games have performance issues on Pro. If you finish them on Pro and you had great time I am happy that I can purchase them.

Yeaaaahhh... Good luck with that.

I didn't play it yet but feels like it should be higher. I can't believe this year made me play a turn-based game which I liked and this one which I couldn't care less before but want to play asap. Need to beat first one though.

From what I see; this would be the GOTY for a lot of people if it wasn't for C33. So congrats to the devs.

I disagree with both extreme sides on this. We can't act like it won't be more prevalent in every area of life. What we need to do is how to regulate it, being transparent, to what extent it's acceptable etc.

For example the things in CoD especially are vomit inducing but using it while in production to fasten some processes feels like a no-brainer. Like I said, there is a nuance there and it will be found in a few years hopefully.

As a final note: I can't see myself playing something completely made by AI even though I don't like to talk big.

Looking the full list it is indeed good value but it didn't feel like it most months personally.

I didn't renew my subscription and unless I play co-op games with my friend I don't plan to do it most of the year, at least it will be less frequent for sure. My Gamepass also ends in April and I plan to do the same. I realized that buying/owning games that I want to play right away is much more satisfying then having the illusion of playing countless games from these services.

Considering I just finished GoT a few days ago and its trajectory was the opposite of what you said about GoY in terms of story; I am sad that closing chapters drop the ball; we will see.

Also I %100 agree with you on C33 being "the most overindulged game of the generation".

I highly doubt DS2 will be anywhere near to the games I played from 2025 when I have the time to play more releases from the year; nonetheless it's good to see different opinions.

Baby Steps was interesting from what I tried with "Trial" but I won't ever go back to it. Blue Prince was boring af after a few runs and rng killed all the will I had which wasn't that big tbh. I liked Silksong and plan to continue in the new year but I can't see the appeal other than it being a good game and not anything special.

I have high hopes for this since it looks like the kind of game that take cares of Uncharted shaped hole in my heart.

LEGO Batman is 29th May. Unless Capcom drops Onimusha or something else; feels like it will have attention. But I wonder if SGF period will bury this game; hope not.

@Can-You-Believe-Sith

Yeah, it was really dissapointing.

It was a great game. That Act 1 ending will be remembered for years. Also overall the sci-fi story it tells really makes you think about your life, decision you'd made etc. and I think this is one of the piilars of a great art. Another enjoyable thing was hearing about people's choices throught to story and something different happened in their campaing etc. I can't remember the last time a game got me this curious and I just couldn't stop playing until seeing the end.

I am sad it didn't talked enough and I contribute that to most of the people were a bit afraid of the stress of management. I never played 11bit Studios game before but The Alters made me a big fan and I'll there Day 1 for the next release.

What's with Konami and performance issues on PS5? First SH2 remake, then MGS3 remake and finally SHf. I want to play all these 3 on PS5 but I am afraid of annoying performance issues. Hope they get their ***** together before their next big release.

I too believe AI in game development is inevitable but that doesn't mean I'll slop everything with a careless "Whatever". There should be strict regulations to begin with and "art" like in this news or those awful CoD ones really disgusts me; they are really unacceptable.

Since that "Perfect" score for AW2 which was 6.5/10 at best for me I know that most of the time we don't see eye to eye with Aaron. I couldn't care less about the Top 3 for example but I am still glad you enjoyed these games.

I feel the same about C33 with you though. Still, I don't feel as positive as you do; it's just good to me. Split Fiction is a masterpiece though and funnily enough I didn't love It Takes Two too; it was nice and fun but nothing "GOTY!!!!". Funnily enough; maybe we have more things in common.

They have a lot to prove. Gaming landscape is so different from Skyrim days and must had learned this hard with Starfield. Another ***** looking game, awful animations, bug festival and nobody will care.

I really don't need anything from this. I am already sold like yesterday. So, I will just skip the trailer while I was watching the show next day.

I am so glad Dispatch is beloved by the gaming world. I knew that it was going to be good since the first reveal and playing the demo just further convinced me. I can't find a chance for this year but hopefully it will be one of the first games I start in the next one.

Yeah well, let's not put any trailers in it and just make it an awards show with ad breaks; wonder how many people would tune in then. Not me, that's for sure.

Soooo... When can we see that Star Wars game from years ago?

@Vermines

Yeah, RE0 is indeed not very good. I found both 7&8 long enough to enjoy(that's what she said). But I would like to see something similar to 4 with the runtime but better pacing.

RE3 was like an classic action movie to me, didn't feel it had issues with pacing. I just wish there would be upgraded edition with cut content. :/

I was expecting another exaggeration from Sammy with this headline but yeah, it is indeed looks incredible.

Hope they polish this as much as possible and take their time with it. It has so much potential and looks fun as hell!

Well Nickolodeon, you had all these time to make something like this but you lost it; I am pretty sure in-dev Avatar RPG won't hold a candle to this.

Edit: I'm loving this Asian themed renaisance in action space with both Stellar Blade and Wukong, Phantom Blade in next year, reveal of Blood Message and now this. Keep 'em coming.

Liked I said in every news about this one: My most anticipated '26 release, more than Wolverine and GTAVI.

I am currently playing RE0 and it's the worst mainline game easily; I just finished the lab and thought about quitting a lot until here.

I can't wait for Re9uiem; hope it is longer than 7 and 8 and has a good pacing. Also, please don't reveal Leon before the game and let us see him for the first time in our playthrough.

Edit: I liked RE8 a lot and had fun. Loved how they implemented the lore and the plot with even all those craziness. 3rd area was the worst one unfortunately, felt like it could be better.

Only finished GoWR and AWII from the list and both of them would be lower with GoWR being 8/10 and AWII 6/10(maybe 0.5 more if I'm being generous.

I look forward to play Resident Evil 4, Baldur's Gate 3, Astro Bot, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Split Fiction but have doubt any of them would get "Perfect" from me. Maybe RE4 since I love the og.

In the demo Storm was OP and Spidey&Venom felt the most useless ones. Is it still the case in the main game?

I feel like even if they just add ofline option with just "bot"s to interact which most of these games already have! Then there wouldn't be a problem. Think of Anthem; you could still play solo, just make it offline and leave every other creature, boss etc as it is. Doesn't sound too outrages.

I heard those cool moves are automatic once you use the "parry" but it still doesn't change the fact that it looks awesome.