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GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Moonface - Dec 8th, 2023

With the year coming to a close and a lot of outlets putting out their Game of the Year lists (plus The Game Awards airing tonight), I guess it's a suitable time to make this megathread to serve for talking about any of the following:
  • Your personal favourite games of 2023.
  • Any game of the year lists/winners from whatever outlets do them.
  • Anything else reflecting on this year in gaming in general, whether it be how the overall year was, a particular thing that happened, etc. I figure since the first two points are reflections of the year overall that this point can be included here rather than making a separate thread for it.

I'll try to use this first post as a general collection of notable things for easy searching, such as links to various GotY lists and whatnot.

Award Winners
Anything in this list is a game that was listed as the top game within some form of GotY list, whether it be overall or within a particular category. Each game will have its awards won listed beneath it along with the awarding party as a quick way to see what outlets awarded what game what awards. Games will be listed in alphabetical order for now:
  • Alan Wake II
    • Golden Joysticks | Critic's Choice Award
    • The Game Awards | Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Game Direction
    • Time | Game of the Year

  • Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
    • The Game Awards | Best Action Game

  • Baldur's Gate 3
    • GamesRadar | Game of the Year
    • GameSpot | Game of the Year
    • Golden Joysticks | Best Storytelling, Best Visual Design, Best Game Community, PC Game of the Year, Ultimate Game of the Year
    • The Game Awards | Best Community Support, Best RPG, Best Multiplayer, Players Voice Award, Game of the Year

  • Cocoon (Geometric Interactive)
    • Golden Joysticks | Breakthrough Award
    • The Game Awards | Best Debut Indie Game

  • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
    • Golden Joysticks | Best Game Expansion, Best Game Trailer
    • The Game Awards | Best Ongoing Game

  • Final Fantasy XVI
    • Golden Joysticks | Best Audio
    • The Game Awards | Best Score & Music

  • Forza Motorsport
    • The Game Awards | Innovation in Accessibility, Best Sports/Racing Game

  • Hello Kitty Island Adventure
    • Apple | Arcade Game of the Year

  • Hi-Fi Rush
    • The Game Awards | Best Audio Design

  • Honkai: Star Rail
    • Apple | iPhone Game of the Year
    • The Game Awards | Best Mobile Game

  • Horizon Call of the Mountain
    • Golden Joysticks | Best VR Game

  • Larian Studios
    • Golden Joysticks | Studio of the Year

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    • Golden Joysticks | Nintendo Game of the Year
    • Polygon | Game of the Year
    • The Game Awards | Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Lies of P
    • Apple | Mac Game of the Year

  • Lost in Play
    • Apple | iPad Game of the Year

  • Mortal Kombat 1
    • Golden Joysticks | Best Multiplayer Game

  • Pikmin 4
    • The Game Awards | Best Sim/Strategy Game

  • PSVR 2
    • Golden Joysticks | Best Gaming Hardware

  • Resident Evil 4 Remake
    • Golden Joysticks | PlayStation Game of the Year

  • Resident Evil Village VR Mode
    • The Game Awards | Best VR/AR Game

  • Sea of Stars
    • Golden Joysticks | Best Indie Game
    • The Game Awards | Best Independent Game

  • Starfield
    • Golden Joysticks | Xbox Game of the Year

  • Street Fighter 6
    • The Game Awards | Best Fighting Game

  • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
    • The Game Awards | Best Family Game

  • Tchia
    • The Game Awards | Games for Impact

  • Valorant
    • Golden Joysticks | Best Streaming Game

Game of the Year Lists
Gaming in 2023 Articles Platform Round-Ups

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Moonface - Dec 8th, 2023

The Game Awards 2023 | Summary
Here's everything that got shown at tonight's The Game Awards ceremony, split into announcements and winners (except e-sports stuff because really who cares?):

Winners
  • Best Family Game - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  • Innovation in Accessibility - Forza Motorsport
  • Best Performance - Neil Newbon (Baldur's Gate 3)
  • Best Narrative - Alan Wake II
  • Best Debut Indie Game - Cocoon
  • Best Action Game - Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
  • Best Art Direction - Alan Wake II
  • Best VR/AR - Resident Evil Village VR Mode
  • Best Mobile Game - Honkai: Star Rail
  • Best Audio Design - Hi-Fi Rush
  • Games For Impact - Tchia
  • Best Score & Music - Final Fantasy XVI
  • Best Independent Game - Sea of Stars
  • Best Community Support - Baldur's Gate 3
  • Best Fighting Game - Street Fighter 6
  • Most Anticipated Game - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Best Ongoing Game - Cyberpunk 2077
  • Best Adaptation - The Last of Us (TV Show)
  • Best Action/Adventure Game - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  • Best RPG - Baldur's Gate 3
  • Best Sim/Strategy Game - Pikmin 4
  • Best Sports/Racing Game - Forza Motorsport
  • Best Multiplayer - Baldur's Gate 3
  • Players Voice Award - Baldur's Gate 3
  • Best Game Direction - Alan Wake II
  • Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3

Announcements
  • Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake | Trailer
    Release Date: February 28, 2024

  • Pony Island 2: Panda Circus | Trailer
    From the creator of Inscryption.
    Release Date: 2025

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • Usual June | Trailer
    New game from Finji.
    Release Date: 2025

  • Arknights Endfield | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • The Matchless Kung-Fu
    Release Date: N/A

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
    Release Date: Out Now

  • Assassin's Creed Nexus VR | Trailer
    Meta Quest game from Ubisoft.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Harmonium: The Musical | Trailer
    A musical game featuring a deaf girl as the lead character.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Windblown | Trailer
    From the creators of Dead Cells.
    Release Date: 2024 (Early Access)

  • Thrasher | Trailer
    From the artist and composer of Thumper.
    Release Date: 2024

  • Dave the Diver: Dredge
    Collaboration between Dave the Diver and Dredge.
    Release Date: December 15, 2023

  • World of Goo 2 | Trailer
    Release Date: 2024

  • Metaphor: ReFantazio | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • Exodus | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla | Trailer
    God of War Ragnarok DLC. Will be free.
    Release Date: December 12, 2023

  • Big Walk | Trailer
    From the makers of Untitled Goose Game.
    Release Date: 2025

  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Trailer
    Free demo available (didn't catch when).
    Release Date: January 14, 2024

  • Senua's Saga: Hellblade II | Trailer
    Release Date: 2024

  • Kemuri | Trailer
    Akumi Nakamura's new game.
    Release Date: N/A

  • No Rest For The Wicked | Trailer
    From developer Moon Studios (Ori series). Learn more on March 1, 2024.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Multiple Sega Games in Development... | Trailer
    Take any existing Sega IP and give it a new game, and it was probably in here...
    Release Date: N/A

  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • The Casting of Frank Stone | Trailer
    A cinematic horror experience from the world of Dead by Daylight.
    Release Date: 2024

  • Visions of Mana | Trailer
    Release Date: 2024

  • Rise of the Ronin | Trailer
    Release Date: March 22, 2024

  • OD | Trailer
    New Kojima game. Check back in a couple of years for any clue what this game is.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Jurassic Park: Survival | Trailer
    First person survival (horror?) game.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Fortnite: Rocket Racing
    A new racing mode coming to Fortnite from Psyonix, the developers behind Rocket League.
    Release Date: December 8, 2023

  • Black Myth: Wukong | Trailer
    Release Date: August 20, 2024

  • Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League | Trailer
    Release Date: February 2, 2024

  • Warframe: Whispers in the Walls
    Release Date: December 13, 2023

  • Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden | Trailer
    Release Date: February 13, 2024

  • Ready or Not | Trailer
    Release Date: December 13, 2023 (Version 1.0)

  • Tales of Kenzera: ZAU | Trailer
    Release Date: April 23, 2024

  • Lost Records: Bloom & Rage | Trailer
    From the team behind Life Is Strange.
    Release Date: Late 2024

  • The First Berserker: Khazan | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | Performance
    Live stage performance of the (main?) song from the game.
    Release Date: February 29, 2024

  • Apex Legends x Final Fantasy
    Final Fantasy VII Rebirth content is coming to Apex Legends.
    Release Date: January 9, 2024

  • Honkai: Star Rail
    New location revealed? Not sure what was actually shown.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Skull & Bones
    Back from the depths of Davey Jones' locker! Upcoming closed beta on December 15.
    Release Date: February 16, 2024

  • Marvel's Blade | Trailer
    In development by Arkane Lyon. Third person, not first person.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Last Sentinel | Trailer
    AAA futuristic open world game from new development studio Lightspeed.
    Release Date: N/A

  • The First Descendent | Trailer
    Release Date: Summer 2024

  • Zenless Zone Zero | Trailer
    Release Date: 2024

  • Mecha Break | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • GTFO: The Final Chapter
    Free weekend on Steam for GTFO.
    Release Date: N/A (Expansion)

  • Den of Wolves | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • Exoborne | Trailer
    Release Date: N/A

  • Asgard's Wrath II
    Release Date: December 15, 2023

  • Light No Fire | Trailer
    New game from the developer of No Man's Sky.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Stormgate | Trailer
    Release Date: Summer 2024 (Steam Early Access)

  • Guilty Gear Strive | Trailer
    New game mode and character announced.
    Release Date: N/A

  • Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen + The Rising Tide | Trailer + Discussion Thread
    The story of Final Fantasy XVI returns with new chapters.
    Release Date: Available Now (EotF) / Spring 2024 (TRT)

  • The Finals | Trailer
    Release Date: Available Now

  • Monster Hunter Wilds | Trailer
    Release Date: 2025


RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Dragon Lord - Dec 8th, 2023

What a complete waste of three hours. The only thing in this show that was even worth the time was the announcement of a brand new non-mobile Mana game. Rise of the Ronin looked cool, but I need to see a lot more before I can give it the "not a waste of time" seal of approval.

Lies of P got robbed.

I knew BG3 would take home a bunch of awards. Boring and bland is Western media's bread and butter.

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Mr EliteL - Dec 8th, 2023

Boo at mostly boredom. Nah I'm just fine with it as I got to miss it live and slept instead. Also boo for nothing from Tekken 8, guess Harada was there just in case T8 won Most Anticipated but fat chance as it was up against Rebirth. As I played Trials of Mana on Switch I'm slightly interested in the new Mana game, but that's about it for the announcements for me personally.

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Moonface - Dec 9th, 2023

Overall I think TGA was okay, but taking time to reflect on it it had some glaring issues in terms of presentation:
  • Every award presenter had more time on stage to talk than the actual winner had. Almost no one who went on stage to receive an award got longer than 30 seconds and were getting a "Wrap It Up" prompt on the teleprompter before 30s would even hit, and is why music would be heard playing while someone was still trying to talk or why speeches would wrap things up in an abrupt way.
  • Yet again Geoff has to jerk off Kojima and dedicate far too much time to a project he's cooking up where we learn and see nothing. That time should have been given to award winners so they can actually get a decent amount of time to say their piece.
  • I know awards are like a footnote for this show, but there were a few times where the show would make a particular thing seem really important, i.e. Geoff emphasizing how important indie devs are to the industry, only for an award related to that thing be given in a rapid fire segment of multiple category winners. I'd rather the rapid fire stuff only be done for categories where the winner has already won an earlier category and so they don't need to bother with a speech or necessarily drawing that winner announcement out because at least then it makes some sense for spending less time on repeat winner awards and giving that time to other things in the show that matter (not Kojima).
I think the cutting people short on stage was the most egregious thing of the whole show, and it's something a ton of people noticed and have been talking about before the show even ended. Geoff then thought this would be a good idea of a tweet to post:
It was going well in the first half until he threw out the claim no one was cutoff when evidence exists showing the opposite. Maybe the music being played so soon was toned down as the show progressed but the teleprompter was still telling people to wrap it up at the 30s mark.

Interestingly I saw this breakdown of how much time was spent on each part of TGA, and it's a pretty shit picture:

Total Cumulative Times for TGA 2023
  • Winner’s speeches: 10 min
  • Musical numbers: 13.5 min
  • Award presenters: 26.5 min
  • Other presenters: 42.5 min
  • Trailers/ads: 1 hr 28 min
Source: https://vxtwitter.com/_HayleyElise/status/1733124669421809918

Trailers being so high is whatever, it's a given they'll take up considerably more time just because of how long the average trailer is even if the number of trailers was halved. "Other presenters" is classified as anyone who was speaking on stage to promote something (usually seen before/after a game trailer), which I can't believe is as high as it is seeing the number because the award presenters taking a lot of time was more noticeable to me.


Show aside, I liked a good number of the games shown, even if some were just cinematics which I dislike but I liked the concept being pitched to be interested to keep an eye out for gameplay footage down the road:
  • Windblown
  • Dave the Diver: Dredge
  • World of Goo 2
  • God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Kemuri
  • All of those Sega remakes was sick just from how unexpected that was to see so many old IP getting new life
  • Jurassic Park: Survival
  • Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
  • The First Berserker: Khazan
  • Marvel's Blade


RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Dragon Lord - Dec 10th, 2023

(Dec 9th, 2023, 10:56 PM)Moonface Wrote:
  • Yet again Geoff has to jerk off Kojima and dedicate far too much time to a project he's cooking up where we learn and see nothing. That time should have been given to award winners so they can actually get a decent amount of time to say their piece.

Yeah, this was something that annoyed me as well. Like bro, there are kids watching this show, you can't just get on your knees and start sucking off your butt buddy right in the middle of the stage. Of all of the game developers in the world to be creepily obsessed with, why one of the most absurdly overrated ones?

I agree about time management. Way too much time is given to celebs that don't even matter to the gaming world. Like whoever the hell that dude was that got to announced the winner of Game of the Year. Literal who?

Might as well just given a 30 minute slot for Todd Howard to go up on stage and tell everybody why they're wrong about Starflop and why it's actually a really great game and people are just playing it wrong (aka what Bethesda was doing in replies to Steam reviews KEKW).

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Moonface - Dec 11th, 2023

I don't find Kojima overrated myself (I think the way people like Geoff Keighley act around him is what actually hurts his reputation the most) but it wouldn't matter to me who it was up on that stage. No one should be getting that much time on stage at The Game Awards to advertise a game regardless of what state that game is in. Geoff has Summer Game Fest, put that stuff there and not here where award winners should be the ones getting the most time to talk on stage.

Celebrities being used to present awards who have no ties to gaming continues to baffle me too. I doubt these celebrities are paying to be there, and gaming doesn't need them to appear "legit" when it's such a massive medium now. I'd get it if this was the 90's or early 2000's when gaming wasn't seen the way it is now but not in 2023. If I could remember or be bothered to look it up I'd compare how many celebrities showed up to Summer Game Fest this year but I'm sure I wouldn't be incorrect to guess it probably isn't even half as many as what show up to The Game Awards every year. Eh

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Moonface - Dec 11th, 2023

Google Unveils the Top 10 Searched Games in 2023
I don't know if they do this every year since I've never heard of this until today, but Google have unveiled the top 10 searched games for 2023 (along with other top searches): https://trends.google.com/trends/yis/2023/GLOBAL/?hl=en-US

Global
  1. Hogwarts Legacy
  2. The Last of Us
  3. Connections
  4. Battlegrounds Mobile India
  5. Starfield
  6. Baldur's Gate 3
  7. Suika Game
  8. Diablo IV
  9. Atomic Heart
  10. Sons of the Forest
United States
  1. Hogwarts Legacy
  2. Connections
  3. Baldur's Gate 3
  4. Starfield
  5. Diablo IV
  6. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  7. Atomic Heart
  8. Dead Island 2
  9. Sons of the Forest
  10. Mortal Kombat 1
Japan
  1. Suika Game
  2. Hogwarts Legacy
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  4. Pokémon Sleep
  5. Honkai: Star Rail
  6. Blue Protocol
  7. Final Fantasy XVI
  8. Kanji GO
  9. Biohazard: Resident Evil 4
  10. Diablo IV
Most other countries don't seem to have lists, which is a shame. They could've at least done a list for Europe as a whole if they don't want to break down every single country.

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Dragon Lord - Dec 12th, 2023

I was surprised previously to find out that Harry Potter is extremely popular in Asia (found this out when I saw an article talking about how well Hogwarts Legacy was selling in Japan), so knowing that now, I'm not surprised it managed to be the #2 thing looked up in Japan after funny fruit game.

Seeing it #1 in USA and Global just makes me laugh because of all the cancel campaigns and harassment that people who didn't want the game to succeed just made people look into the game more and more and caused more people to buy it. Even the watered down Switch version has been selling like hotcakes (became the #3 best selling Switch game in like two or three days after releasing). I really look forward to seeing what the updated sales figures will be for the game if they end up releasing any for the Switch version.

Though it does make it more of a shame that Keighley and TGA didn't have the balls to include it for any awards. I knew they wouldn't, but had some slight hope that they might actually care more about celebrating all games and not letting the fear of Twitter omitted slur* decide what games get included. Definitely should have been in there for best music at the very least, as the game has a very lovely soundtrack.

*Moderator note: please refrain from using ableist slurs, thank you.

RE: General Game Chat - Dragon Lord - Dec 12th, 2023

So the 2023 wrap-ups for PlayStation are live now, here's my stats according to it:

[+]Spoiler



Interesting fact: I actually got 9 Platinum Trophies this year, with one of them being Salt & Sanctuary on the Vita. Looks like the wrap-ups don't take those into consideration any more despite it being visible on my trophy list. It might have been this way last year too, but I don't think I got any Vita Platinums in 2022... wonder if PS3 games are also ignored for this now.

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Moonface - Dec 13th, 2023

Comments I saw about Hogwarts Legacy not being included mostly shared the sentiment that from a gameplay perspective it wasn't strong enough to get a nomination on that front (apparently it just gets rather repetitive with the puzzle and mission design?) but was strong enough to get into things like Art Direction, which even I would agree with. The game has a lot of areas in it that have never been visually represented in any Harry Potter media before and it did a very good job at bringing those spaces to life.

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Moonface - Dec 13th, 2023

PlayStation 2023 Wrap-Up is Live
Starting today until January 12, 2024 players on PS4 and PS5 can access and share their PlayStation 2023 Wrap-Up experience.

The PlayStation 2023 Wrap-Up summarizes your achievements for the year, such as top games played, trophies earned, a breakdown of your monthly gaming stats, along with your personalized gaming style. Your 2023 Wrap-Up experiences will continue to update through the end of 2023, so be sure to check back again by January 12 for your full year summary.

PlayStation 2023 Wrap-Up

Full details on some of other features available in this year's Wrap-Up can be found on the PlayStation Blog.

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Dragon Lord - Dec 13th, 2023

(Dec 13th, 2023, 01:16 AM)Moonface Wrote:
Comments I saw about Hogwarts Legacy not being included mostly shared the sentiment that from a gameplay perspective it wasn't strong enough to get a nomination on that front (apparently it just gets rather repetitive with the puzzle and mission design?) but was strong enough to get into things like Art Direction, which even I would agree with. The game has a lot of areas in it that have never been visually represented in any Harry Potter media before and it did a very good job at bringing those spaces to life.

The puzzles definitely did get repetitive, which was one of my biggest criticisms of the game, though I couldn't hold it against the game too much because every Western open-world game is a gigantic pot of repetitiveness. Even the almighty Skyrim is just a world filled with the same caves with the same enemies and the same puzzles. It was something I heavily criticized in HL, it's something I've heavily criticized in Skyrim, Elden Ring, Ghost of Tsushima -- every open world game. It's something I will continue to heavily criticize until the day a developer decides they're going to make an open world game with actual variety in it and very little recycling. It's one of the reason why I greatly dislike Open World games for the most part. It's the reason why despite Elden Ring having really good combat mechanics, it'll never reach the levels of Bloodborne, Dark Souls or Demon's Souls to me -- because the world is just too empty and boring to explore 90% of the time. Where was the worlds of those three games are extremely interesting with some really amazing level design that just leave you wanting more.

If they make a Hogwarts Legacy 2, I really hope they take some time to put a lot of variety into it. With the HP world and all the different spells, there are endless puzzles they could come up with that could bring a lot of fun and enjoyment to fully exploring the entire game world. They just need to be willing to actually put that kind of effort into the game.

As for the PlayStation wrap-up, I previously posted mine in the General Game Chat topic if anyone is interested in seeing it.

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Moonface - Dec 13th, 2023

Just opened up my PlayStation 2023 Wrap-Up and reading it as a write this post:

Games Played: 7
First Game of 2023: God of War Ragnarök (01/02/2023)
Top 5 Games:
  1. Elden Ring (PS5) - 172 hours played / 40 trophies earned / 40% playtime ratio
  2. Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - 150 hours played / 59 trophies earned / 35% playtime ratio
  3. Lies of P (PS5) - 51 hours played / 38 trophies earned / 12% playtime ratio
  4. Resident Evil 4 Remake (PS5) - 32 hours played / 20 trophies earned / 7% playtime ratio
  5. God of War Ragnarök (PS5) - 10 hours played / 3 trophies earned / 2% playtime ratio
Gaming Style: Role Player - You spent 40% of your game time levelling up, completing fetch quests, and saving the world once again!
Gaming by Month:
  • January
    Top Game: Elden Ring (PS5) - 92 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 46
    Hours Logged: 101
    Games Played: 2
    Trophies Earned: 21
  • February
    Top Game: Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - 57 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 31
    Hours Logged: 85
    Games Played: 2
    Trophies Earned: 32
  • March
    Top Game: Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - 94 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 36
    Hours Logged: 94
    Games Played: 1
    Trophies Earned: 35
  • April
    Top Game: Resident Evil 4 Remake (PS5) - 32 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 14
    Hours Logged: 32
    Games Played: 1
    Trophies Earned: 20
  • May
    Top Game: Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PS5) - 5 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 5
    Hours Logged: 5
    Games Played: 1
    Trophies Earned: 4
  • June
    N/A
  • July
    Top Game: Elden Ring (PS5) - 41 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 20
    Hours Logged: 41
    Games Played: 1
    Trophies Earned: 15
  • August
    Top Game: Elden Ring (PS5) - 11 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 9
    Hours Logged: 11
    Games Played: 1
    Trophies Earned: 1
  • September
    Top Game: Lies of P (PS5) - 14 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 13
    Hours Logged: 15
    Games Played: 3
    Trophies Earned: 13
  • October
    Top Game: Lies of P (PS5) - 25 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 15
    Hours Logged: 25
    Games Played: 1
    Trophies Earned: 26
  • November
    Top Game: Lies of P (PS5) - 12 hours
    Gaming Sessions: 12
    Hours Logged: 12
    Games Played: 1
    Trophies Earned: 0
  • December
    N/A
Total Hours Played: 421
Trophies Earned: 167 - Platinum (1) / Gold (8) / Silver (40) / Bronze (118)
Social Style: Lone Wolf - Sometimes all you need is a single player game and some good snacks.
PlayStation Stars Collectibles Earned: 12 - Common (1) / Uncommon (8) / Rare (1) / Heroic (2)


It did give me a code to redeem but for whatever reason it claims the code isn't valid.
May and June being super low in hours logged is absolutely because Tears of the Kingdom came out and I spent all my time on my Switch during those months.
December will likely be Lies of P again but I do plan to play the new God of War Ragnarök DLC that just dropped so that might actually overtake whatever my hours are in Lies of P for this month to become my top game for this month.

RE: GotY/Gaming in 2023 Megathread - Mr EliteL - Dec 13th, 2023

Mine's going to be terribly boring because I don't think I touched another game unless it decides to count the Tekken 8 CNT/CBT but I barely touched the CBT. Ah, it doesn't but apparently I did play some of T7.

Games Played: 2
First Game: Genshin Impact

1. Genshin Impact (733 hours played, 14 trophies earned, 99% or rather 99.86% ratio currently)
2. Tekken 7 (1 hour played, 0 trophies, 1% ratio, or rather 0.14%)

Game Style: Thrill Seeker - spent 99% of my time on the edge of my seat! (sure...)
Favourite DualSense: White (well dang my poor Red one got overtaken, but why do I need to know this?)
Social Style: Lone Wolf

[+]Game Time in Months for GI
Wow, I played a lot of a single game this year!

Quick, I shall try and load the rest of my December with some other games to get in on the final month! (not...?)