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Now that 2024 is here, I thought it would be fun to have a little Forever Gaming competition! I haven’t come up with a fancy name yet so I’m just calling it the OpenCritic Challenge 2024! 
 
The concept is simple, everyone who wants to take part predicts what they think the final OpenCritic score of the below list of games will be. Each player gets points based on how close their prediction is. The scoring system goes like this: 
Exact score - 5 points 
1 score away - 3 points 
2 scores away - 2 points 
3 scores away - 1 point 
10 or more points away - -2 points! 
 
For example, if you had predicted that Alan Wake 2 would score a 90 on OpenCritic, you would receive 3 points, as it scored an 89. Similarly, if you had predicted it would score a 78, you would lose 2 points. 
 
For those who may be unfamiliar with OpenCritic, it is a website that collects review scores from all the major review outlets and calculates an aggregate score. 
 
Hopefully there will be some interest to join in with this, I have listed the 2024 releases below, just copy and paste the list and add your scores. I will keep score and keep you updated throughout the year. If a game on the list ends up being delayed to 2025, we will just remove it from the predictions. 
 
Obviously there will be games coming out this year that haven’t been announced yet, if every participant is happy to do so we can add them in as and when they are announced and we can submit our predictions then. 
 
I haven’t added remasters, as chances our they will score similarly to their original release and becomes too easy to predict. Remakes have been included if they are a substantial enough remake, for example the Final Fantasy Rebirth game is a significant remake. Feel free to let me know if you disagree and we can collectively decide to remove them or add other ones. 
 
I am going to be recording a video for my YouTube channel discussing my predictions, if it’s ok with you I will discuss some other predictions as well as mine to make it interesting. If you would rather me not mention your predictions (I would only be using your username from the site, no real names) then just let me know when you submit your predictions. 

This is just for fun, no awards for winning. Unless anyone can think of a good idea for the prize, maybe a new Forever Gaming Badge? 
 
Last point, as the first game on this list releases on February 2nd, all entries will need to be submitted by the 28th January (I don’t think reviews for Suicide Squad will be out until 29th at the earliest). Also worth pointing out I haven’t added every single game releasing, there’s just too many! 
 
Here is the list, I will submit my predictions below. Good Luck! 
 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 
Foamstars - 
Helldivers 2 - 
Skull and Bones - 
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 
Alone in the Dark -
Dragons Dogma 2 - 
Princess Peach: Showtime - 
Rise of the Ronin - 
South Park: Snow Day - 
Black Myth: Wukong - 
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 
Star Wars Outlaws - 
Little Nightmares 3 - 
Avowed - 
Towerborne - 
Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 
Indiana Jones - 

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This finally has a release date, September 5th. Bit longer than I hoped but hopefully worth the wait...
 
 

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I got that right but let's face it; it weren't exactly a difficult prediction!

I got that right but let's face it; it weren't exactly a difficult prediction!

After seeing some decent reviews for this, and giving the demo a go, I pre-ordered it and can't friggin wait to dive into it. 

I do hope they ditch the "tank" controls, and have a more modern movement style.  Much like how Metroid Prime remastered added the dual stick controls, I feel this series of games would benefit from it.

I have kinda mixed feelings with it being a side scroller - on the one hand, at least it's not a bloated open world online service but on the other, it's really lacking ambition especially as most of their games in this franchise are 3D and were once quite regarded. Feels like a step back but it could also be something a bit different than the usual Ubi tripe. This game will probably be out before Skull and Bones too🤣

Not sure where they can go from here. They've tried everything now and even allowed borderline porn in the last few weeks in a desperate attempt to expand their range. Be interesting to see if Amazon hold onto it or if they just sell up and wind-down their struggling gaming division. I personally don't like Twitch as it's a cesspool of overpaid scummy creators and useless interaction features. Its extreme bias has pushed so many away to YouTube and other rival platforms and it seems every new innovation gets rolled-back because of woeful implementation or it being a downright stupid idea. Very hard for aspiring streamers to make any progress at an entry-level if they aren't managed by a shadow-network either, and even with the toxic hellhole of Kick up their arse, they still can't get stability even with all the garbage that's left the platform. 
After Laying Off Over 500 People, Twitch Boss Admits the Business Is Not Profitable - IGN
WWW.IGN.COM Twitch boss Dan Clancy has answered questions on the state of the company after announcing plans to cut over 500 members of staff.  

I do want to jump straight on to the 2nd but will be going through them in order.
I'm all for remasters but it's the remakes as I find they have modernised them for today's gamers not the generation that grew up playing them.

Made a thread about this last year but not much new information has come to light since.
It's nice that Embracer have decided not to hold all their IP's they bought off Square Enix under ransom but the interest in this seems quite dry and games like Uncharted have far surpassed in narrative and mechanics. You can also buy the original Tomb Raider trilogy in the Steam sales for £2.49 so this will probably be a hard sell and lots of users already emulate these via Duckstation. It really depends on how well the games are modernised without losing the original feel but I dunno if the OG mechanics will translate well. 

Made a thread about this last year but not much new information has come to light since.
It's nice that Embracer have decided not to hold all their IP's they bought off Square Enix under ransom but the interest in this seems quite dry and games like Uncharted have far surpassed in narrative and mechanics. You can also buy the original Tomb Raider trilogy in the Steam sales for £2.49 so this will probably be a hard sell and lots of users already emulate these via Duckstation. It really depends on how well the games are modernised without losing the original feel but I dunno if the OG mechanics will translate well. 

Made a thread about this last year but not much new information has come to light since.
It's nice that Embracer have decided not to hold all their IP's they bought off Square Enix under ransom but the interest in this seems quite dry and games like Uncharted have far surpassed in narrative and mechanics. You can also buy the original Tomb Raider trilogy in the Steam sales for £2.49 so this will probably be a hard sell and lots of users already emulate these via Duckstation. It really depends on how well the games are modernised without losing the original feel but I dunno if the OG mechanics will translate well. 

Made a thread about this last year but not much new information has come to light since.
It's nice that Embracer have decided not to hold all their IP's they bought off Square Enix under ransom but the interest in this seems quite dry and games like Uncharted have far surpassed in narrative and mechanics. You can also buy the original Tomb Raider trilogy in the Steam sales for £2.49 so this will probably be a hard sell and lots of users already emulate these via Duckstation. It really depends on how well the games are modernised without losing the original feel but I dunno if the OG mechanics will translate well. 

The shooting and driving are so much better. I'm not a massive fan of the changes to skill progression but I can live with that. 

Looks incredible man. 

I've don't think I could name 3 games coming out this year so I'll just see what drops. I'm mostly planning on playing older games - currently going through Uncharted 4 again, then will probably do Monster Hunter World and after that it'll be No One Lives Forever, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection version and then the PC decompile of Zelda Links Awakening. I've even got Blade Runner installed to go through again at some stage. Looking forward to saving another £300 on not buying new games! 

Even more Uncharted 4

I've don't think I could name 3 games coming out this year so I'll just see what drops. I'm mostly planning on playing older games - currently going through Uncharted 4 again, then will probably do Monster Hunter World and after that it'll be No One Lives Forever, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection version and then the PC decompile of Zelda Links Awakening. I've even got Blade Runner installed to go through again at some stage. Looking forward to saving another £300 on not buying new games! 

Even more Uncharted 4