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Here are my predictions! 
 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 71
Foamstars - 81
Helldivers 2 - 77
Skull and Bones - 68
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 91
Alone in the Dark - 76
Dragons Dogma 2 - 83
Princess Peach: Showtime - 82
Rise of the Ronin - 83
South Park: Snow Day - 80
Black Myth: Wukong - 87
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 79
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 75
Star Wars Outlaws - 84
Little Nightmares 3 - 83
Avowed - 81
Towerborne - 83
Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 89
Indiana Jones - 85

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 - 

Thanks for the submissions so far! Quite interesting how different some of our scores are! 
 
Now that we’ve seen the Indiana Jones gameplay trailer, I’m pretty happy with my prediction! I think I have gone too high on Avowed though! 

Here are my predictions! 
 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 71
Foamstars - 81
Helldivers 2 - 77
Skull and Bones - 68
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 91
Alone in the Dark - 76
Dragons Dogma 2 - 83
Princess Peach: Showtime - 82
Rise of the Ronin - 83
South Park: Snow Day - 80
Black Myth: Wukong - 87
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 79
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 75
Star Wars Outlaws - 84
Little Nightmares 3 - 83
Avowed - 81
Towerborne - 83
Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 89
Indiana Jones - 85

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 - 

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 - 

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 60
Foamstars - 71
Helldivers 2 - 82
Skull and Bones - 56
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 84
Alone in the Dark - 69
Dragons Dogma 2 - 87
Princess Peach: Showtime - 86
Rise of the Ronin - 78
South Park: Snow Day - 80
Black Myth: Wukong - 87
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 73
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 81
Star Wars Outlaws - 89
Little Nightmares 3 - 84
Avowed - 78
Towerborne - 75
Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 89
Indiana Jones - 73

Here are my predictions! 
 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 71
Foamstars - 81
Helldivers 2 - 77
Skull and Bones - 68
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 91
Alone in the Dark - 76
Dragons Dogma 2 - 83
Princess Peach: Showtime - 82
Rise of the Ronin - 83
South Park: Snow Day - 80
Black Myth: Wukong - 87
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 79
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 75
Star Wars Outlaws - 84
Little Nightmares 3 - 83
Avowed - 81
Towerborne - 83
Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 89
Indiana Jones - 85

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 - 

This could be fun, I wonder if @GazzaGarratt could do this as a prediction league through the FG site as well?
 
I think mine would be -
 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 64
Foamstars - 72
Helldivers 2 - 86 - I think this will be a surprise hit
Skull and Bones - 74
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 86 It will do well but I feel like the series is riding on it's highs of yesteryear still.
Alone in the Dark - 68
Dragons Dogma 2 - 84
Princess Peach: Showtime - 88 (Again it will do well cuz nintendo fanboys I think)
Rise of the Ronin - 78
South Park: Snow Day - 72
Black Myth: Wukong - 82
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 80
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 75
Star Wars Outlaws - 90
Little Nightmares 3 - 80
Avowed - 78
Towerborne - 76
Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 88
Indiana Jones - 78

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 - 

I personally don’t have any nostalgia for the Tomb Raider games as I never played them when I was younger. However I know they are beloved games and probably ones I should at least try! I will wait and see what the reaction is when they release, we all remember the poor launch of the GTA remasters! 

I personally don’t have any nostalgia for the Tomb Raider games as I never played them when I was younger. However I know they are beloved games and probably ones I should at least try! I will wait and see what the reaction is when they release, we all remember the poor launch of the GTA remasters! 

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! 

Here it is, the Forever Gaming’s Game of the Year video! 

I really hope you all enjoy, I have enjoyed the whole game of the year process and making the video! 
 
Please do give me any feeeback, both positive and negative/constructive. I would love to do this again for you all at the end of 2024 so would love to get some feedback to improve! 
 
I have posted the link to the FG video below, and also the YT link if anyone wants to watch there. 
 
Once again, thank you all for participating in the Game of the Year voting, I’m sorry if your favourite game didn’t make the cut but I hope you enjoyed it anyway! 
 
 
 
 

Great, thank you! 

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!

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. 

Here it is, the Forever Gaming’s Game of the Year video! 

I really hope you all enjoy, I have enjoyed the whole game of the year process and making the video! 
 
Please do give me any feeeback, both positive and negative/constructive. I would love to do this again for you all at the end of 2024 so would love to get some feedback to improve! 
 
I have posted the link to the FG video below, and also the YT link if anyone wants to watch there. 
 
Once again, thank you all for participating in the Game of the Year voting, I’m sorry if your favourite game didn’t make the cut but I hope you enjoyed it anyway! 
 
 
 
 

I personally don’t have any nostalgia for the Tomb Raider games as I never played them when I was younger. However I know they are beloved games and probably ones I should at least try! I will wait and see what the reaction is when they release, we all remember the poor launch of the GTA remasters! 

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. 

I'm personally looking to try and get my PS1 ready to be able to play the original ones again at some point over weekends. They were stellar games back in the day @slamminbones, I agree. For me it was actually the puzzles and abit of the story that sucked me in. I remember once as a teenager being stuck on Tomb Raider 3 round my Nan and Grandads house and all of a sudden I had my Dad, Grandad and Uncle trying to help me get past this certain bit to know where to go. Ahh the days before YouTube was a thing 😄
 
@WelchyTV, I think it is hard to like remasters if you never grew up with them as I feel like they are always targeted at the crowd that played them before. If you like puzzle type games and work past the graphics (because obviously it won't look and feel the latest gen), then I'd say its a cheap pick up to say the least. Also depends how much you enjoy playing those older games too. I think you have to have a certain brain now to get past the graphical side as lots of younger games switch off if it looks old, which you would expect some of this to be that way.

I personally don’t have any nostalgia for the Tomb Raider games as I never played them when I was younger. However I know they are beloved games and probably ones I should at least try! I will wait and see what the reaction is when they release, we all remember the poor launch of the GTA remasters! 

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!