Game of the Year 2024 - The Winner

[Neon Ignition]

Keeping things far simpler this year because we'll eventually get around to a fuller appraisal of 2024's offerings in the ongoing voting in the Retro sub-forum but also because it can often be quite far into the following year before everyone has had a chance to catch up on the games they want to get through that released this year.

So, we're going old school:

List your answers for each category and after the closing date answers will be pooled to give us a preliminary result



Top Five Games Played of the Year
(in preference order)


Best Graphics of 2024


Best Platform of 2024


Worst Game of 2024


Top Five Anticipated Games of 2025

[Neon Ignition]

I'll update mine in the unlikely case something changes in December but there's loads of 2024 releases I'm behind on:


Top Five Games Played of the Year
(in preference order)


01 - Stellar Balde




02 - Astro Bot




03 - Helldivers 2




04 - Black Myth: Wukong




05 - Tekken 8

[fishbowlhead]

Astrobot for all categories, thread ended.

[fuse]

Astrobot for all categories, thread ended.

Worst game of 2024 and most anticipated for 2025? Impressive spread!

[MartyG]

Top Five Games Played of the Year
(in preference order)

1: Astro Bot
2: Metaphor: ReFantazio
3: Balatro
4: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
5: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Best Graphics of 2024
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Best Platform of 2024
PC

Worst Game of 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Top Five Anticipated Games of 2025
1: Doom: The Dark Ages
2: Civilization VII
3: Mafia: The Old Country
4: Anno 117
5: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

[Neon Ignition]

Rest of mine:


Best Graphics of 2024
Hellblade II: Senua's Saga

Best Platform of 2024
PlayStation 5

Worst Game of 2024
Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3

Top Five Anticipated Games of 2025
-Grand Theft Auto VI
-Judas
-A Clockwork Revolution
-South By Midnight
-Atomfall

[hudson]

Top Five Games Played of the Year
- Balatro
- Stellar Blade
- Warhammer 40K, Space Marine 2
- Helldivers 2
- Satisfactory

Honourable mentions: Dragon's Dogma 2 and Astro Bot.
*Saving Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for xmas - Otherwise, it could have made the list.


Best Graphics of 2024
- Stellar Blade

Best Platform of 2024
- PS5

Worst Game of 2024
- Only because I was very looking forward to it - Test Drive: Solar Crown

Top Five Anticipated Games of 2025
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Dynasty Warriors Origins
- Metroid Prime 4
- Metal Gear Solid Triangle: Snake Eater
- GTAVI

[fishbowlhead]

Worst game of 2024 and most anticipated for 2025? Impressive spread!

I should of read the whole post there

[Tobal]

Top Five Games Played of the Year
Helldivers 2
Shadow of Erdtree
Astrobot
Our Adventure Guild
Animal Well in for Wonder...

Best Graphics of 2024
HellBlade 2

Best Platform of 2024
PC

Worst Game of 2024
Alan Wake 2

Top Five Anticipated Games of 2025
Monster Hunter Wilds

2 extras lists for me

->Open Spoiler<-

Biggest Disappointment(s)
FF7 rebirth
Dragons Dogma 2

Best ongoing
No Mans Sky
Dead by Daylight
Genshin Impact
WH40k: Darktide

[fuse]

Top Five Games Played of the Year

1. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
2. Balatro
3. Astro Bot
4. The Rise of the Golden Idol
5. Devil Blade: Reboot

Honourable mentions to 1000xRESIST, Infinite Wealth, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Them's good games too.

Best Graphics of 2024
Astro Bot is probably the actual best I played, but I think Cygni: All Guns Blazing was also quite impressive, and from a pure art direction POV then Phoenix Springs and The Plucky Squire get mentions too.

Best Platform of 2024
*yawns*

Worst Game of 2024
Identifying the "Best Platform of 2024"

Top Five Anticipated Games of 2025

• Paradise Mascot Agency
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Rift of the Necrodancer
• .45 Parabellum Bloodhound
• Showa American Story

[MartyG]

Super Mario Bros. Wonder was a 2023 release.

Alan Wake 2 was a 2023 release.

[Cepp]

Top Five Games Played of the Year
1. Stalker 2
2. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
3. Super Mario Jamboree
I haven't played enough new releases for there to be a 4 and 5


Best Graphics of 2024
Stalker 2


Best Platform of 2024
PC


Worst Game of 2024
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II


Top Five Anticipated Games of 2025
GTA VI

[Finsbury Girl]

Top Five Games Played of the Year

Didn't play 5 but anyway

Shadow of the Erdtree
FFVII Rebirth


Best Graphics of 2024

n/a


Best Platform of 2024

PS5

Worst Game of 2024

n/a

Top Five Anticipated Games of 2025

Ghost of Yokai
Hollow Knight 2
Suikoden Remake
Death Stranding 2
Metal Gear Delta

[QualityChimp]

Best game of the year:
Earth Defense Force 6

I've not even played it, but I know this statement to be true.

[Neon Ignition]

Revised:

Top Five Games Played of the Year
(in preference order)


01 - Stellar Blade




02 - Astro Bot




03 - Helldivers 2




04 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle




05 - Black Myth: Wukong




Voting will close on Monday 06 January 2025