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Ok so the video is practically ready to go. I will be uploading it to YouTube and to this website. I just wanted to check that it is ok for me to use the Forever Gaming Logo on the Thumbnail for the video? I assume it would be but thought it’s better to double check! If someone can let me know that would be great and il have the video uploaded soon!

It’s one of my favourite games of all time, any excuse to playthrough it again is great plus it’s only £10 if you already own the original game. I’m also really excited for the new No Return mode they are adding, their take on the Rogue Like genre. I love the gameplay on TLOU2 and think it will suit the Rogue like genre well!

For me I think it’s going to be a year of catching up on my backlog of games! There aren’t too many games confirmed to release in 2024 that I’m excited about, off the top of my head it’s these: - The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered - Hellblade 2 - Avowed - Star War Outlaws Suggestions are that the Indiana Jones game will release this year, but I’lol believe it when I see it! There’s also still a lot of games releasing that we didn’t even know yet, so here’s hoping it’ll be another great year!

The poll is now CLOSED! Thanks to all who voted, and sorry for anyone who didn’t get the chance too but had it close it at some point! You can see the results above, but I will make a video to present the results anyway! Watch this space.

Just a little reminder to anyone who hasn’t made the vote yet that the Poll will close in just over 24 hours!

Thanks for letting me know, I will make a note to remove a count from Final Fantasy 16 and add one to Hogwarts Legacy! Thanks to everyone who has voted so far!

I voted for Sea of Stars too, I absolutely loved it! Whilst I wasn’t really satisfied with the ending, the full journey The game takes you in os simply brilliant!

Yeah games like Tarkov and Seivert are difficult as they are in Beta, then you have other games in early access. Then you have Games like Fortnite that continué to reinvent themselves every year! Hopefully this final list is a pretty good representation of the Forever Gaming community!

The voting is now open for the official FG Game of the Year! Please vote for tour favourite 3 games on the poll. Please do not vote for more than 3! Some games were nominated but didn’t make the cut for various reasons, see the below list: Marvel Midnight Suns - 2022 release date Zero Seivert - 2022 release Elden Ring - 2022 release Escape from tarkov - released 2017 Teardown - 2020 release date Cyberpunk 2077 - 2020 release date Metroid prime remastered - a remaster … had to remove one more game to make the poll work! The voting will close on 8th January! Whilst I’m here, I want to wish you all a happy and healthy new year!

Thank you all for your nominations, this process is now officially closed! If you didn’t get a chance to nominate, hopefully your favourite games have already been nominated! I will post the official voting poll in the coming days, however a few stats for you: - Games officially nominated - 22 (too many for the poll!!) - Games nominated more than once - 5 - Most nominations - 3 (3 games had 3 nominations!) Keep an eye out for the poll!

I never bothered trying Elden Ring or the Dark Souls games as I typically don’t enjoy these type of games! Don’t want to waste my money, however with Lies of P I was able to play it through Game Pass! I did try Wo Long through Game pass but couldn’t get past the first boss 🤣 The thing I liked about Lies of P was the Specter mechanic. Being able to take on the boss battles with some help was a godsend and there’s no way I would have beat the game without it! I will definitely consider going back to Bloodborne though as I was always interested in the atmosphere and setting!

Fellow Gooner here, hopefully going back to the top of the table tomorrow night! Welcome to FG, im still relatively new here too and everyone has been very welcoming! I’m a console player so doubt we will get to play together much but im sure we will interact on here!

Beat Lies of P last night, the first souls like I have ever beaten! I’ve tried Bloodborne, Sekiro, Demon Souls and Mortal Shell in the past but gave up with all of them pretty early on! I persevered with this game as I loved the setting and the idea for the story, and I’m glad I did as I ended up loving it! I thought the combat was fantastic and particularly liked the mechanic where successfully parrying could break the enemy weapon! However, I found the Legion arm to be mostly useless, and felt like using any larger weapons put you at a massive disadvantage which meant I didn’t experiment with weapons as much as I would have liked! The visuals and audio design were great though and the story was interesting and more “in your face” than the other souls games, but I would still have liked the story to take more of a central part of the game. Overall, really enjoyed the game and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys souls games. I gave it a score of 8.4 on my instagram where I usually post my reviews! I enjoyed it so much that I’m actually considering going back and trying Bloodborne or Demon Souls again?! Anyone else beaten this that thinks I’m crazy or think it deserves more than 8.4?

Yes a decent month to start 2024! I loved A Plague Tale Réquiem! Nobody saves the world was decent but have never tried Evil West! Hopefully the rest of 2024 will have lineups like this … 🤣

Thanks for the nominations so far everyone! We have a good selection of games already, but I will leave the nomination process open until the 28th to give a few more days for people to nominate if they would like to! Have a fantastic Christmas for all those who celebrate!

Haha thanks mate, done! Here is the link for the Game of the Year nominations topic: https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/10464-fg-game-of-the-year-2023-nominations/#comment-157384

If you read the previous Game of the Year topic, you’ll know I’ve been planning this for a week or so! It’s time to start the process and determine the nominees! Everyone, please respond in this topic with the 5 games you want to nominate for Game of the Year! The only rule is that the game must have originally released in the year 2023 (e.g. if the game released on another console in 2022, but came to your console in 2023, this would not be eligible). I will ‘Stop the count’ on Christmas Day. I will then open a poll after the Christmas break (hopefully the 29th/30th) with all the nominated games. We have a maximum entry of 20 games, so the games with the least amount of nominations will have to miss out if we have more than 20 nominated! So be sure to nominate the our favourite games even if you’ve seen someone else nominate it! I will post more about the poll voting process when that time is nearer, but for now reply to this post with your 5 nominations (or less if you haven’t played 5 games worthy of nomination!!) If you can share this with as many different members as possible to make this is varied as a true representation of the Forever Gaming community! I will start the process with my 5 nominations in no particular order: - Lies of P - Spider-Man 2 - Star Wars Jedi Survivor - Sea of Stars - Starfield (A lot of ‘stars’ this year …)

Well then, I guess there’s no time like the present to get this started. Rather than starting a new topic, we may as well do it in this one! Everyone, please respond in this topic with the 5 games you want to nominate for Game of the Year! The only rule is that the game must have originally released in the year 2023 (e.g. if the game released on another console in 2022, but came to your console in 2023, this would not be eligible). I will ‘Stop the count’ on Christmas Day. I will then open a poll after the Christmas break (hopefully the 29th/30th) with all the nominated games. We have a maximum entry of 20 games, so the games with the least amount of nominations will have to miss out if we have more than 20 nominated! So be sure to nominate the our favourite games even if you’ve seen someone else nominate it! I will post more about the poll voting process when that time is nearer, but for now reply to this post with your 5 nominations (or less if you haven’t played 5 games worthy of nomination!!) If you can share this with as many different members as possible to make this is varied as a true representation of the Forever Gaming community! I will start the process with my 5 nominations in no particular order: - Lies of P - Spider-Man 2 - Star Wars Jedi Survivor - Sea of Stars - Starfield (A lot of ‘stars’ this year …)

197 platinums is an incredible effort, congrats! 👏🏻👏🏻

I would definitely be interested in joining @Lurchzy, however as a Dad of one (and soon to be Two) my available is sporadic at best! Happy to be a reserve?!

Similar to the PlayStation Wrap Up, Xbox have done there own ‘Xbox Year in Review’ Here is mine, had a tonne of fun on Sea of Stars and Starfield. Lies of P is most likely 4th on the list and the game I’m still playing through right now!

Here is mine! 2023 will likely go down as one of the best years for video games, and my most played game is Fortnite 😅

Ok so one problem with the poll is that I can either limit it to one selection per person, or unlimited selections. The other thing is that it’s limited to 20 games. Easy solutions: ask everyone to limit their picks to 5 and trust that everyone will stick to that. Also, if more than 20 games are nominated, then the games with the least nominations will have to miss out. Most votes wins! If there are multiple games with the same amount of votes then that will be fine, unless it is tied for top spot. My suggestion would then be that a final poll is created to decide the winner. If still a tie, then that will have to be the outcome! Does this sound good to everyone? It keeps it on the forum/site rather than an external survey website. What is the best way to reach as many members as possible to vote? Can we add something to the articles page, or is there a way to send a notification to everyone? Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions so far, hopefully this will be fun and a success!