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[Archaic101]

For me:

1. Baldur's Gate 3 - The amount of love that went into this game is visible in just about every moment for me. I was never unengaged, the narrative is compelling, the combat is deep, and the game is thoroughly replayable.

2. Astro Bot - My favorite platformer since Rayman Legends, and my favorite 3d platformer of all time (narrowly beating out Mario Galaxy). It just makes me happy when I play it; it's sheer joyfulness is commendable.

3. Spider-man 2 - More of the same, but I absolutely loved the PS4 game, so that's not a bad thing for me. I truly feel a coop mode would've made this one incredible, but between the combat and the mobility, I'll settle for "really good."

Favorite cross-gen:

Forza Horizon 5 - I think I benefited from coming to this series late, as I hear each game is largely iterative. That said, this was all new to me, and I loved everything about it...the visuals, the accessibility, the variety, the fact that I never felt my time was being wasted. Great racer that seems to play well with both experienced players and those new to the genre.

Marvel's Midnight Suns - Once I realized the tone the narrative was going for, I found its hook charming. That said, the combat was main appeal here for me, and I loved how unique every character felt. I don't play card games much, so I was shocked to find that element actually probably improved this title.

 

[kikkis]

I can't think of any. I can only think of Aw2 and remnant 2, but I didn't really like either.

 

[adamsapple]

Alan Wake 2
Dragons Dogma 2
Starfield

 

[SlimySnake]

Returnal - Just an exceptional combat system. terrible rougelike but great weapons and combat kept me playing for dozens of hours after beating the game.
Black Myth Wukong - Just mind blowing graphics. great level design, bosses and some truly awe-inspiring setpieces. A true next gen game.
Silent Hill 2 Remake - Great level design, and some of the most memorable levels ive played in years. Gorgeous graphics too.

Not sure how id rank these just yet but maybe wukong tops the list.

Favorite cross gen game would be zelda totk.

 

[T0minator]

Returnal
HiFi Rush
Astro Bot

 

[Topher]

Metaphor
Baldur's Gate 3
Astro Bot

 

[wvnative]

Hi-Fi Rush

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Robocop: Rouge City

 

[TexMex]

Returnal
Astro
Dead Space

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

The Last of Us Part 1 Remake
Silent Hill 2
Demon's Souls


This is a hard question

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Returnal
Astrobot
Rebirth

Depending on which way the wind blows Demon's Souls might be interchangeable with one of these, PS5 has been delivering the goods

 

[ShirAhava]

Tekken 8
Robocop
Stellar Blade

AC6 is my game of the generation but I almost forgot its on PS4 also
There is nothing and I mean nothing else that I care about that isn't crossgen this gen is tumbleweeds in 4k

 

[Cornbread78]

Rebirth
Spidey 2
Metaphor

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Rebirth
Stellar Blade
Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Turns out I haven’t played many current gen exclusives. Top 3 would be:

Hifi Rush
Baldurs Gate 3
Starfield

I think Hifi Rush can easily run on last gen. Also BG3 needs just a gtx970 to run. I imagine it could also run on last gen?

 

[SweetTooth]

Returnal
Astro
Silent Hill 2 Remake

 

[ReBurn]

Tekken 8
Astro Bot
Robocop

 

[playbignbox]

Returnal
HiFi Rush
Astro Bot

Same

 

[HogIsland]

Baldurs Gate contends for best game of all time.

Returnal is a perfect proof of concept I hope other teams expand on.

I don't really have a 3rd, this gen is bad.

 

[Danjin44]

Edit: most of my favourite games al all cross-gen, in fact these games proves you don't need high tech graphics to make great games.

 

[[Sigma]]

Returnal
Helldivers II
Astro Bot

 

[Hugare]

BG 3
Returnal
Silent Hill 2

 

[skit_data]

BG3
Returnal
Astro Bot

 

[Killjoy-NL]

HFW Burning Shores: especially on PS5 Pro this looks amazing and performance is great.

Ratchet & Clank: bought it at launch, but barely played it. Now with Pro, I think it looks amazing as well and I never realized how great the gameplay actually is and how fun the game is overall.

GT7 PSVR2: 'Nuff said.

 

[amigastar]

Age of Wonders 4
Baldurs Gate 3
Alan Wake 2

 

[bender]

I'm struggling to think of three. Hi Fi Rush, DeSo and I'll default to AstroBot.

 

[Rockman33]

Starfield - Didn’t think I’d enjoy it very much, but ended up getting completely lost in it for 80ish hours

Returnal - love housemarque. They used there prior talents in bullet hell type games to make something truly unique and special

Spiderman 2 - More of the same. But I love these characters and really enjoyed the game

 

[Jibran#one]

Not a single mention of flight simulator makes me sad.
All these games mentioned are nothing out of extraordinary from last gen
Maybe a few more pixels or faster loading here and there but flight sim is the real next gen game that could not be done on last gen systems

 

[TintoConCasera]

Dragon's Dogma 2 and Metaphor: Refantazio. Not sure about the third one.

 

[Dafegamer]

R&C: Rift Apart(Would've been Returnal if not for the roguelite element that literally made me lose 7 Hours of Progress, still very solid and a Gameplay Masterpiece)
ASTRO BOT
HiFi Rush

 

[M1chl]

MS Flight Sim 2021
Silent Hill 2 Remake

Not sure what else to be honest

 

[existensmaximum]

Astro Bot and Baldur's Gate 3 for sure.

Otherwise this generation has been a massive disappointment for me. I would like to say Demon's Souls, TLOU or TLOU2 as game nr 3 but remakes..

 

[Team Andromeda]

Forza

Astrobot

Alan Wake 2

 

[crackajack]

Deathloop - imho it's (much) better than its general reception suggests. It is struggling with its unlikable main protagonist and bad story.
R&C Rift Apart - more of the same really. It looks nicer for sure, but portals where not really different than in Crack in Time.
Returnal - i did not finish it yet, and might never, if it were not this rogue shit it could have been awesome.

this gen has yet to have their PS4 RDR2, PS3 TLoU, PS2 God of War.

I am pretty sure I will like/love Astrobot and Helldivers2- more than this lousy list contents-, but I have not played them yet.

 

[HL3.exe]

I'm still not really vibing with this gen sofar.

I generally like most current gen titles, but don't love them.

 

[Filben]

Alan Wake 2 (been playing on PC, though)
Baldur's Gate 3 (also on PC)
Stellar Blade

 

[Alan Wake]

Astro Bot

Silent Hill 2

Alan Wake II

I would like to mention Resident Evil 4 here but since it also launched on PS4 I guess it doesn't count in this thread.

 

[tommib]

Returnal
Ghostwire Tokyo
Silent Hill 2

 

[The artful mincer]

In order

1. Returnal.
2. FFVII rebirth
3. Astro Bot
4. Silent Hill 2 Remake.

A couple of you have mentioned Metaphor ain't that on PS4?

 

[King Dazzar]

I'm afraid all my favourites are still mainly cross gen. Though I loved the Last Of Us remake and Last Of Us 2 remaster. And I'm really looking forward to HZD remaster. I'm also thoroughly enjoying revisiting all my games on the Pro. But even my current gen fav's are last gen in essence.

 

[Dazraell]

Alan Wake II
Astro Bot
Baldur's Gate III

 

[jm89]

1. Baldurs gate 3 - Not just this gen, up there in the top 5 games i've ever played
2. Astro Bot
3. FF7 Rebirth

Rebirth would have been number 2 but i thought the main story got a bit messy and drawn out.

 

[spons]

Astro Bot. Shit's good.

 

[Parazels]

Where are 140 million of Switch owners?

 

[Alpha Male]

Flight Sim
Forza Motorsport
Starfield

 

[Desprado123]

Alan Wake 2
Dead Space Remake
Dragon Age Veliguard

 

[SHA]

It's a difficult question cause I'm heavily invested on last 3 gen games that I missed, I still stand with the games themselves, I like them for what they are, not how old they look, cause that changes everything about the games but doesn't devalue them by any means.

 

[ToneyJ]

1) Stellar Blade
2) Astro Bot
3) Zenless Zone Zero