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[Krathoon]

It has to be Mina the Hollower. The game is perfect.

 

[Aressa]

GOHTY - Game of Half the Year

 

[Denton]

 

[MazingerDUDE]

 

[yet_another_alt]

Crimson Desert. Forza Horizon 6 is very good but it's really just more Forza Horizon. And considering I only play on PC, I don't see anything dethroning Crimson Desert for my own GOTY.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

RE9, no contest. I 100% completed it and the challenges.

Crimson Desert gets an honorable mention, being the best 6/10 game ever made.

Remember Fox when I told you that we should always try to be objective and not try to be fanboys ?
Well...look at how the Crimson Desert army will come at you now,
You feel me ?

Imagine a - literally unfinished - game that's getting patched every day be considered "one of the best of 2026" just to stick it to the "man" (Western devs in this case) - probably by the same people that find Stellar Blade 2 oversexualized...double standards and all that, eh ?
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Anyway, personally, I can't give it to RE Requiem due to the ugly, almost unfinished Racoon city parts AND the heavy use of AI (texts/billboards etc are a jumbled AI mess), Crimson Desert is a big no-no slop so, I'll have to give it to Pragmata so far since it feels fresh, or rather, a "back to PS2 era" game (which is a good thing in this case considering the slop of these past years).

Pretty sure that come October, Phantom blade 0 will take that spot since it really looks like a sleeper hit and something special.

 

[Durin]

Haven't really played much from this year beyond delving into Forza Horizon 6 and dabbling in No Rest for the Wicked. I could see v1 No Rest for the Wicked being a GOTY contender for me though.

Backlog takes precedence, but I'll play Pragmata, Crimson Desert, 007 First Light, MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, and Mina the Hollower later this year. RE9 I'll wait longer on since I'm less into horror games, but I'll play Beast of Reincarnation, Denshattack & Gears of War E-Day through GamePass later. Dreadmoor, Star Wars Zero Company, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and Wanderburg I might try, or pick up early next year.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Crimson desert
Diablo 4 expansion
RE9
Pragmata

 

[zaga]

For me GOTY is Marathon but it's hard to compare with other games because I have been playing too much Marathon

 

[diffusionx]

Said nobody ever

I don't know man, I am not getting great vibes out of the stuff that has come out this year. I played through Pragmata which was good but hardly game of the year material.

I'm glad people like Crimson Desert or whatever but even the people who praise it admit it's heavily flawed and rough.

 

[YCoCg]

SAMSON

For being soo bad it made me appreciate other games