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Black Ops 6, I don't play an awful lot of games or variety. 

Astro Bot
Black Ops 6
Pokemon Pocket 
Marvel Rivals
 
the only other game I’ve played that came out this year is EA FC 24 and I’m definitely not putting that on my list.
 
going off what I’ve heard and seen I’ll put down Helldivers 2

It’s that time of year … 
 
Nominations are now open for the FG Game of the Year 2024! We will follow a similar structure to last year. Please respond to this thread with your 5 games that you think deserve to be nominated for Game of the Year. Rules: 
- Game must have released in 2024
- Remakes are allowed (e.g. Silent Hill 2)
- Remasters not allowed (e.g. The Last of Us 2 Remastered)

I think that covers most things. If you have any questions or suggestions let me know.
 
Nominations will close at 23.59 on 23rd December, so you have 2 weeks to nominate! Please message as many of your FG friends as possible who may not always check the website to come and nominate so we can have a good selection of votes. Once the nominations process is complete I will start a new thread where everyone will be able to vote for their winner! 
 
Make sure you nominate your favourite 5, even if someone has already nominated your game. The games with the most nominations will make it to the final stage. 
 
I will start it off with my 5 nominations. 
- Helldivers 2 
- Astrobot 
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 
- Pokemon TCG Pocket 
- Fear the Spotlight

No need to worry about order but great choices 👍🏻

It’s that time of year … 
 
Nominations are now open for the FG Game of the Year 2024! We will follow a similar structure to last year. Please respond to this thread with your 5 games that you think deserve to be nominated for Game of the Year. Rules: 
- Game must have released in 2024
- Remakes are allowed (e.g. Silent Hill 2)
- Remasters not allowed (e.g. The Last of Us 2 Remastered)

I think that covers most things. If you have any questions or suggestions let me know.
 
Nominations will close at 23.59 on 23rd December, so you have 2 weeks to nominate! Please message as many of your FG friends as possible who may not always check the website to come and nominate so we can have a good selection of votes. Once the nominations process is complete I will start a new thread where everyone will be able to vote for their winner! 
 
Make sure you nominate your favourite 5, even if someone has already nominated your game. The games with the most nominations will make it to the final stage. 
 
I will start it off with my 5 nominations. 
- Helldivers 2 
- Astrobot 
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 
- Pokemon TCG Pocket 
- Fear the Spotlight

I'll start with the first two that come to mind, I'm trying out Indiana Jones later and hear its decent, plus I'll check what games got most of my time, so I'll wait to add the final three choices. I would add Tarkov but it's still in beta, that game will top any list once it finally releases. Only one map left to release and it's been teased recently.
 
1. STALKER 2 (50+ hours since release) 
2. Zero Sievert (I have 85 hours of this game while in early access, it officially launched as a title a few months ago so i need to go and check the final version).

From what I've seen and read silent hill 2 gets my vote.
I'm hoping bops 6 doesn't get top can't have cod twice in a row.

These aren't in order because I don't think there is a lot between them for me -
 
- Astrobot
- Dragon Age Veilguard
- Romancing Saga 2
- Helldivers 2
- Unicorn Overlord

Not many Xbox users on here I don't think. I do use mine occasionally so I can at least list the games I've played this year on it
 
Forza Motorsport
Black Ops 6 (just zombies mode)
Goldeneye 
Stalker 2
State of Decay 2
 
I've got the new Indiana Jones game pre-installed.
 
 
 

For my fellow Xbox players - how does your year in review look? 
 
My most played game was COD and that was only BO6, followed by Star Wars Outlaws then Gears 5 👍🏻

I understand the Nuketown, doesn't feel like the older versions. 
Especially with all the omni movement. 
 
But Babylon, Subsonic and Payback are literally my 3 favourite maps. 😜

I have been enjoying my work the past few days and realised pretty quick it's because of the work that I am doing currently. My job is incredibly varied at the moment which is great but I find some aspects are tedious, some things I just don't like doing (dealing with people, managing the design process, design meetings etc etc) but I am currently doing some 3d modelling. Probably my favourite part of my job and it comes quite naturally to me, it is also an aspect of my job that no one else in the company can do very well so I probably take a little bit more pride in it due to that fact.
 
So what is the best thing about your job? (This is a query about your role rather than your pay, bonuses etc)

Going home at the end of the day

I can't deny this is probably the winning statement from 99.9% of the world's population!
 
Interesting one really, the core component of mine that I think I transfer and use everywhere is problem solving. I like things to also have a higher purpose so working off core principles I also enjoy because that links to my beliefs and feelings. And usually 9/10 the answer should always be logical and make common sense.
 
Something really satisfying when you solve a problem, that links to principles you believe in which means we all follow more logical common sense. Easy when it all happens like that but I'm sure you'd all agree that this stuff possibly rarely happens enough to stop our head from hurting from all the silly talk in meetings! 🤣
 

I have to say - I’m really happy with the games this month 🤣 
 
I’ve never played It Takes Two and heard it’s amazing so I’m happy with that! 
 
I’ve had my eye on Aliens: Dark Descent for a while now and was waiting for a really good sale, this is even better! So I’m really excited to try this one out! 
 
TemTem I will try, Palworld was a fun Pokemon like game and hopefully this one will be too. 
 
So yeah, might not be the best for most people but I’m pretty happy! 

I have to say - I’m really happy with the games this month 🤣 
 
I’ve never played It Takes Two and heard it’s amazing so I’m happy with that! 
 
I’ve had my eye on Aliens: Dark Descent for a while now and was waiting for a really good sale, this is even better! So I’m really excited to try this one out! 
 
TemTem I will try, Palworld was a fun Pokemon like game and hopefully this one will be too. 
 
So yeah, might not be the best for most people but I’m pretty happy! 

I have to say - I’m really happy with the games this month 🤣 
 
I’ve never played It Takes Two and heard it’s amazing so I’m happy with that! 
 
I’ve had my eye on Aliens: Dark Descent for a while now and was waiting for a really good sale, this is even better! So I’m really excited to try this one out! 
 
TemTem I will try, Palworld was a fun Pokemon like game and hopefully this one will be too. 
 
So yeah, might not be the best for most people but I’m pretty happy! 

Welcome to FG Gary!

I’m now missing less than 10 cards I think… Started using my exchance points to get some a while back but the ones I’m missing would need 1250-2500 points to get 😅
Anyways, updated collection:
 
 

Great post @RenFengge I am getting close to what I think is the point of no return so beginning to turn party members into Hero's of the Veilguard and closing out their character stories. I think some of them are pretty fun i.e. I have enjoyed the necromancer's story and ending, Harding's was interesting as it gave a bit of back story to the titans. But generally agree with most of what you have said.
 
It isn't Bioware of yesterday by any means but it's not a bad game. I am hoping to try and get the platinum trophy and if this is the last dragon age game I wouldn't be too hurt as it is on a downwards trend but yeah it is a shame considering the heights of where it all started and fortunately there have been games in recent years such as Baldurs Gate and Divinity that have taken up the mantle.
 
 

Just finished this game at 130 hours. @TurboR56Mini mentioned I should post.. even though I have been silent for a good while lol.
 
Here's the thing, I loved BioWare.. Dragon Age Origins was a breath of fresh air to me. My enjoyment of the Dragon Age series is what got me to pick up Mass Effect. These two franchises are near and dear to my heart.
 
So, the hate that Veilguard gets based on trailers? I get it. It's not what any of us expected or wanted... and it just further shows how much EA continues to destroy game studios. EA is why we got the failures of Anthem and Andromeda. Veilguard being in production for 10 years? That's EA written all over it. The game got rebooted numerous times.
 
That said, what was released? Is it good? It is. Is it the same caliber of DAO or DAI? Absolutely not. Remember the nonsense of DA2? Veilguard is probably what DA2 would have been if DA2 wasn't rushed.
 
The gameplay is enjoyable (minus the annoyance/QOL issue with respeccing your character outside a boss fight/needing to reload a save to do it). The story is decent. Can the final act make up for the rest of the Veilguard story? Maybe? Depends on how you look at it. I took this as a farewell to Dragon Age. It wraps up so many story threads. I applaud the writers for keeping such major parts of the lore under wraps for so long. I would say, just play it to finish Solas's character arc. The secret ending is an opening to more Dragon Age... if EA allows BioWare to do what they do best... and not meddle in what they do. If you don't get the secret ending, no harm. Treat this game as what it probably was intended to be --> a farewell to the world that BioWare started with DAO.
 
The graphics are a bit cartoony.. but don't let it deter you. I had to remind myself that the reason why I never picked up DAO when it was released was because of the terrible graphics, but I ended up enjoying it. Get past the graphics... get into the story. The elves look odd. The Qunari look too nice. But everything else seems to mostly work.
 
The writing isn't the quality we expect from BioWare in their golden age. The voice actors do the best they can. I think if they didn't need to keep scrapping the game and starting over because EA would dictate demands, this wouldn't be an issue. The ending was fleshed out long ago, hence the final act being the quality we expected and worth it.
 
For those who somehow are pissed about it having a non-binary character and saying "go woke, go broke" about this game... if this bothers you, then you weren't paying attention to everything else going on in Thedas... or fantasy... or comic books. DA has always had diverse characters. And, DA has always had political and social commentary (so has Marvel and DC and Star Trek and Star Wars and numerous other things we all enjoy).
 
Bottom line for this game: It's good. Is it GOTY good? Absolutely not. But, it's good. I agree with @Luseth that this is probably a 7.5 out of 10. I will probably replay it to get other interesting tidbits about the lore based on Rook's character and choices... and even the Inquisitor choices.

I ageee with Red Card. I don’t like it on some game modes but then I do quite enjoy it on Hardpoint 🤷🏼‍♂️

Red Card is a 50/50 map for me. Inside and the stadium side is great, really enjoy every battle those sides. Outside the front it is just way too open and not enjoyable. For most objective games it works well as not much is out in the open.
 
New Extraction makes it feel sweaty to play as some hardpoints are just wide open from lots of angles. No.3 on the Helipad is horrid. You can also get spawn captured at the sea end.

I hear you and partly agree on this. Hot Wheels 2 is good to own but it doesn't have sticking power in the MP zone. The platinum on the first one is a grind too, one I still haven't finished yet so picking this up with the rest and probably will end up forgetting I had them in a few weeks 😅

I usually like to try and stay positive … but this seems like a really bad month.