2023 is a tough act to follow. IGN awarded 83 games a review score of 8 or higher last year, including five 10s — among which were two generational greats in Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. A year later, the release calendar looks comparatively light, with Switch all but certainly in its final year as Nintendo’s primary console and Sony not releasing "any new major existing franchise titles" until 2025
What is the best game of 2024?
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Colif
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We still have 3 months to go, a miracle might happen and a good game might get released,
I don't like the chances but its possible. Valve might release one of their secret games.
I don't play any games that would be considered good enough by enough people to be voted as best game, but I don't really care about it... most of the good games were released years ago. Plenty of choices, no need to worry about what comes out now.
I don't like the chances but its possible. Valve might release one of their secret games.
I don't play any games that would be considered good enough by enough people to be voted as best game, but I don't really care about it... most of the good games were released years ago. Plenty of choices, no need to worry about what comes out now.
Gaming is subjective. GOTY lists always rely on the reviewers/publishers specific biases and likes and interests. The Game Awards Show is a massive marketing ploy and popularity contest. It’s useless to be infatuated by year end GOTY lists, and instead make your own based on your own experiences. My favorite YouTuber viseogamedunkey taught me that your own GOTY list doesn’t need to be games released that year only, instead focus on the games you played throughout the year and what you liked best.
So far this year, Yakuza 0 and Cyberpunk 2077 are my top contenders for my personal GOTY. Yakuza coming out in 2018, Cyberpunk originally in 2020. These two have been among the best games I’ve played all year and I don’t suspect anything topping it before January.
As for games specifically released this year, Balatro took more of my time than I’d like to admit. Very tight gameplay, immediately fun and satisfying, anyone could pick up this game and have a great time.
I don’tike to list Early Access games because of their propensity to change as development goes on, but Fallen Aces was one of the most unique first person action games I’ve played in a very long time.
Anyways long rant is long, I’d recommend not falling for the year end GOTY list hype and just focus on what you liked the most. GOTY lists are also a great way to build up FOMO within yourself, possibly persuading you to go out and spend money on a game just because Geoff Keighly said it was the best game he played all year
So far this year, Yakuza 0 and Cyberpunk 2077 are my top contenders for my personal GOTY. Yakuza coming out in 2018, Cyberpunk originally in 2020. These two have been among the best games I’ve played all year and I don’t suspect anything topping it before January.
As for games specifically released this year, Balatro took more of my time than I’d like to admit. Very tight gameplay, immediately fun and satisfying, anyone could pick up this game and have a great time.
I don’tike to list Early Access games because of their propensity to change as development goes on, but Fallen Aces was one of the most unique first person action games I’ve played in a very long time.
Anyways long rant is long, I’d recommend not falling for the year end GOTY list hype and just focus on what you liked the most. GOTY lists are also a great way to build up FOMO within yourself, possibly persuading you to go out and spend money on a game just because Geoff Keighly said it was the best game he played all year
GOTY wont be based on DLCs of a game esp. this year
Thinking outside of what i play i predict that Black Myth: Wukong might win this year. Its just put huge numbers up for a new game, its widely popular across players of different genres. And its a fantasy RPG which wins GOTY more than half the time. But, yes there is still time for a release to take this title.
In the realm of games i play id say Helldivers 2 has a chance but its not multi-platform and had SONY controversy earlier this year so i think thatll hurt its chances
You still have CoDs new release, Dragon Age Veilguard STALKER 2, Silent Hill 2 and the new Indiana Jones games to come out, just to name ones i can think of, but obviously some might get delayed
I’ve got a good feeling all of those will release on time. COD of course since it’s annualized, and if Stalker 2 gets delayed again I’ll cry hard.
Zloth
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He got that from Brian and me!!
So, anyone up for making their own, personal top 100 list?
I doubt I'll play even 50 different games this year so it would have to be all-time.
But I got a nice start with all the titles in a spreadsheet!
Colif
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40% of my list would be empty spaces. Doubt I have 100 games I would be able to list since I started playing games. I would probably be surprised by how many there are but I doubt its 100.
And it would be hard to work out the order of them.
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