with these retro GOTYs I usually have a couple games that I never played before that has been on my to-play list for a while, so I just use this as an excuse to play them. also I tend to actively search for smaller games to vote for in these GOTYs, so it's like hitting 2 birds with 1 stone.

I feel like a lot of fighting games can apply here. I got through the Tekken 7 campaign just fine but I still haven't beat the final (bonus?) fight in the campaign, man's reading me like a book everytime.

I'll submit mine in a couple days, I just have one more game I want to try out first...

@dipset yeah they're the perfect studio for it imo. They always try to push themselves with each new game instead of just resting on their laurels and making the same kind of stuff, especially in the story department. An Indiana Jones game with fresh, great story is the kind of stuff we need!

So I got 19 games that I can possibly vote for but half of them I haven't started yet so I need to put some work in if I want my list to be an actual good list, lol. Shoutout to Blade II, haven't touched it in a while but I remember it being way better than it has any right to be.

I'm probably bowing out of both of these, lol. Not enough experience with both. I'll just say that Daxter needs to be ported at some point because it's awesome, The Order 1886 is not that good but a sequel would be amazing, Bastion is neat and I didn't like Hades as much as I wanted to.

This State of Play is probably the best one yet imo. Really enjoyed everything being shown, and also glad to see SIE making great gets with Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin. I'm extremely hyped for Ronin, definitely my personal game of the show even though that GoWR trailer is definitely the best trailer. Also like that Sony's keeping with the anime crowd with that Bamco game, lol. Solid A or 9/10 for me, can't ask much more from a 20 mins showcase.

Disney Dreamlight Valley is already out apparently, and actually looks fun. Obviously Jones had to be the one previewing this, lol.

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Almost forgot about this: two Sam & Max games coming to PlayStation after being on Switch for a while. Coming September 29. I finished The Devil's Playhouse back in the day which is a very good game, excited to try both of these out.

Jack Move comes out September 8 (PC) or September 20 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch). It's a JPRG with retro pixel style graphics, and the devs said that its "Final Fantasy Meets Ghost in the Shell". Very intriguing, and the trailers looks cool.
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Session: Skate Sim's full release comes out September 22 to PS4/5, Xbox and PC. I'm interested in seeing how a simulator focused Skate game would play like so I'm keeping my eye on this.
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POST VOID for PS5, PS4, and Switch comes out September 29. It's a really crazy looking pixelated psychedelic hyperactive FPS game. I feel like I will puke while playing this but it might be worth it, we'll see.
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