VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "Whether in games, movies, or what have you, everyone likes an underdog story. When you consider the arduous task of making a good game, the odds can already feel stacked against everyone; now, consider making that good title and garnering attention in today's age. But that's also the beauty of today's age: being too cash-strapped in your marketing can be a non-issue if you seize on the right opportunity - perhaps a couple of popular influencers or consistent word of mouth - and catch an audience off-guard. The games that exceed someone's expectations, whether through ignorance or reserved pre-judgement before playing it, are what this award wants to highlight.
Even though some of the titles that've reached this shortlist have big corporate support, it's the story behind them that caught so many people by surprise last year. That's the important context to consider as to what makes something qualify for, and ultimately win, this category. After much deliberation, here are the finalists."
"First Hi-Fi Rush and now Beat Slayer, I'm convinced the rhythm-action genre has a ton of potential just waiting to be explored," writes Hanzala from eXputer.
CCG writes - "Hi-Fi Rush Rush is a well-polished game and my game of the year so far. The only nitpick I have is that there are some timed quick time events. Other than that, it was a joy to play. "
Animal Well launches day 1 into PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on May 9.
At first I was like eh, then I clicked and seen there's more .
Miasma chronicles is my highlight. I loved mutant year zero to death and this is made by the same studio. Couple other good ones in there to
Pretty light month as far as content I would probably play. But it doesn't matter anyway because I can't even clear my purchased games backlog.
Hah. I can't even imagine. Cause I know I'm not the worst, but mine is pretty decent. That's just games I bought.
Lol 35? Damn that's crazy 🤪. I'm guilty of buying day 1 and never playing. I've slowed down lately. If games go to $100. Forget it
I haven't paid full price for a game in I don't even know how long , probably since the days of the PS3 at the latest. By the time I get around to playing something it's already been on sale multiple times and it's super cheap, paying full price is for suckers looking at the prices of new games being $90 Canadian
My current backlog
Slay the Princess (playing)
Final Fantasy VII (playing)
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
Final Fantasy X and X2
Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
Outer Worlds
Dead Space Remake
Batman Telltale: Enemy Within
Red Dead Redemption 2
Cyberpunk
Not exactly 35, but may take me 35 years to finish all of them lol.
Only ones im interested is Miasma Chronicles and the premium games. the rest are wtf?
HiFi Rush surprised 6k people out of millions of gamers..They just have to shoehorn Xbox stuff in there.
For me it was hunt showdown. Had it so long but didn't play it till a few months ago. Holy crap what an immersive game with the best gunplay ive ever experienced.