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"Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is one of the finest metroidvanias"
"Prince of Persia boldly reinvents itself as a metroidvania"
"If you are a fan of Metroidvania-style games"

I guess people don't know that PoP started like this in the late 80s, the same time Metroid and Castlevania came out. Its just returning to its roots. Calling it a metroidvania bothers me immensely for some reason. I know that is irrational. And people use that term as a genre of games even though there already is one for it. And they shouldn't. Its the same when people trying to calling any 3rd person action rpg a souls-likes, even when it doesn't have souls-like mechanics. Just stop it. Calling a game with the same history by a different games name as the genre it exists in to me is just insulting for no reason.

Archer wrote:


YOUR A SOULSLIKE

Your hatred of people overusing metroidvania/soulslike seems to be equal to my hatred of people referring to console generations by number instead of by system.

I don't want to memorize a chart, and the numbers get muddy when you factor in portables, and staggered releases etc.

Everyone understands if you just say PS2 era or Genesis era etc. There is zero confusion and it takes no longer to say or type that out.

Back to 87 now on Opencritic from 90 reviews. Dang. Does Opencritic have user reviews too? Sometimes I like to compare both side by side.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Nah, I don't believe they do. Not really a fan of the user reviews on Metacritic, personally. It feels like it's mostly just fanboys and trolls propping up or bashing a game.

Oh yeah that’s very true too. Forgot about them trolls.

There wasn't much to the demo, but I'm looking forward to playing Lost Crown. I kinda wish it wasn't Ubisoft because I know it's going to be heavily discounted in a month or two. So no point in getting it at launch.

BloodPuppetX wrote:

I bet Ubi just loves that reputation

I know I sure do love that quickly discounted rep of theirs.

I would too if I were interested in more of their games.

I did actually get Fenyx Rising at launch and didn't regret it, even after seeing how cheap it got later. Still haven't gotten any of the DLC, which is also frequently on sale.

Wanted to join this year. Took me awhile to put together, but just submitted my list earlier today. Looking forward to see what gaming in 2024 brings us.

@EB @HybridCRoW @SwiftJAB @Cevil @Scott @Metsfan718 @Best1989 @3hitcombo @Jbjz

Last call everyone. Tomorrow is the last day to sign up. I'll have the OP updated with everyone's selections on Monday.

My gut Is telling me to swap out the suicide squad game with something else but I’m such a hard-core rocksteady fan that I’m just going to go down with that ship.

I'm out this season. Tried using chat GPT to come up with a list but it was either picking everything that was coming out in the next 3 months or games from last year.

SwiftJAB wrote:

Haha that’s great. I need to see that chat

Almost forgot, but I got my list in

Okay guys, OP is up to date and we're off! We've got 6 people on the board already with Prince of Persia which is still at 87 on OpenCritic. I've got the release dates for upcoming games in the OP and I can't believe how packed Q1 is this year. I wonder if some games will get pushed so they don't get swallowed up.

Putting my list together this year was easier than most years. Really wanted to get Granblue in there because it's probably my most anticipated game of the year alongside Dragon's Dogma 2, but I chickened out. I also totally forget about Metaphor: ReFantazio when putting my list together, but I'm happy with my list overall. A ton of really good lists this year. A few people took a chance on Nintendo announcing a Mario or Kirby game. A few brave souls have Suicide Squad on their list. And some people went back to the well with Silksong which I still don't believe is a real game. Should be another great year. Good luck, everyone!

Prince of Persia got an 87? Wow, that's solid.

I actually had it on my submitted list. Trailer looked good. Gameplay looked really good. I thought it was a good pick. But I was told that I had to repick because apparently scores had been out already when I submitted it. Although I hadn't known that, that's a fair request. I thought the game hadn't released yet and therefore scores weren't out. Forgot about the early scorers like YouTubers, gaming sites, etc, who play the games early. I guess it's just part of the learning process.

Would have been great to have such a high number on my list already at the start, but hey what can you do? I'm having fun already, so that's what's most important.

So many great lists! I love how so many put 3d Mario, I really hope that happens and it’s coming with a new console :)

Wow, had to take my mom to the airport and totally forgot about my list, lol. That's what happens when you wait until the last hour to do things. Good luck everyone!

I respect TF out of those fine few folks who put Metroid Prime 4 on their lists. I wish I was so brazen to do so and add it to mine. If it ends up popping out before the years end I won’t even be mad I didnt pick it on mine. I’ll be impressed.

Best1989 wrote:

I’m totally fine with you having a late entry unless someone objects. @Heavyd814life

Heavyd814life wrote:


almost put silksong again but same who knows whats up anymore

tonymack21 wrote:

I went for it :) if it doesn’t come out then I should be good with my backups

Again, great pick with Prince of Persia. Been playing it today and it is such a good game.

Shane12m wrote:

Yeah, I'm cool with it!

Shane12m wrote:

I'm not sure Prince of Persia would have made my list if it was a top 20. It's how off the radar it was for me. Great pick for sure!

Heavyd814life wrote:
Gameplay looked excellent to me. Wish I hadn't waited so long to decide to make and submit my list. I'd have added it for sure.

When did scores come out for it? (Wondering by how far I missed it)

nonamesleft wrote:

Reviews dropped the day before you submitted your list so you just missed it.

Heavyd814life wrote:
That close? Wow. Oh well.

Shane12m wrote:

Yep, I had to as well. Its been on my lists for a while now and it has to pan out one year, right....right?!?

Sports Story would like to remind you that lightning doesn't always strike twice.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed to September 5, 2024.

mattyg00013 wrote:

Delayed, but it actually has a release date now. Good news

mattyg00013 wrote:

Thanks! Added to the OP

benstylus wrote:
? (Just curious what you mean)

nonamesleft wrote:


I think he means Golf Story was great, one of the first true indie gems in the Switch eShop. The developer followed up with Sports Story, and it had years of delays and the developer not telling us anything about it, and then when it finally released it was a mess filled with bugs.

As far as I know most of the bugs have been patched by now, but nobody is going to review your game twice, so those mediocre review scores Sports Story got at launch are forever going to be attached to it even if it is a better game now because you only get one chance to make a first impression (No Man's Sky is a perfect example of a game that is better now than the Metacritic score would lead you to believe).

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Right, but what context is he referring to lol. Like is he making a point about Silksong?

Yes it was a reference the the post immediately above mine referencing silksong.

If another post had been added while I was typing I probably would have gone back pulled the quote into my post for clarity.

Maybe I should have anyway!