Best Ps5 Games
God of War Ragnarok
PROS:
- Engaging combat sequences
tomsguide.com - Impressive visuals and art design
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CONS:
- Simplistic puzzles
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Horizon Forbidden West
PROS:
- Stunning, highly detailed graphics
tomsguide.com - Iterates on the original in every way
gamesradar.com - It looks stunning
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CONS:
- Doesn't distinguish itself from its predecessor
tomsguide.com - Climbing can be frustrating
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Sackboy: A Big Adventure
PROS:
- The perfect British celebrity casting
gamesradar.com - Fantastic level design
techradar.com - Sackboy has never looked fuzzier
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CONS:
- Online multiplayer is delayed until later this year
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Returnal
PROS:
- Immersive storytelling
techradar.com - Incredible visuals and DualSense features
tomsguide.com - Engaging action
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CONS:
- Lacks a save system
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Elden Ring
PROS:
- Sheer potential of exploration is jaw-dropping
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CONS:
- Exploration feels too aimless
tomsguide.com - Graphics are better from a distance
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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
PROS:
- Excellent use of PS5 features
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CONS:
- A few out-of-character story beats
tomsguide.com - Occasionally severe bugs and glitches
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Helldivers 2
PROS:
- Fascinating real-time Galactic War simulation
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tomsguide.com - Irreverent tone
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CONS:
- Some frustrating bugs in the game itself
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tomsguide.com - May need more content
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Stray
PROS:
- Intriguing lore
tomsguide.com - Detailed world
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CONS:
- Could do with more signposting for completionists
gamesradar.com - Simplistic game mechanics
tomsguide.com - Camera can be awkward
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Demon's Souls
PROS:
- Deep, nuanced gameplay
tomsguide.com - Next-gen visuals
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CONS:
- Extreme difficulty may deter many
techradar.com - Occasionally too punishing
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Gran Turismo 7
PROS:
- Excellent presentation across UI and featurettes
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CONS:
- Music Rally is underwhelming
techradar.com - Licence tests might be too strict for some
techradar.com - Frame Rate mode suffers from some slowdown
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Meh // not enough data:
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 - a vibrant and endearing adventure (80)
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - fully reincarnated (90)
- Helldivers 2 - holy divers (80)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (100)
- Deathloop – "You won't play anything else quite like it for a very long time" (90)
- Alan Wake 2 (100)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (100)
- Ghost of Tsushima (90)
- Ghostwire: Tokyo (70)
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits (90)
- Persona 3 Reload (80)
- Sifu (80)
- Final Fantasy XVI (90)
- Resident Evil 4 (80)
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales (80)
- Dead Space remake (85)
- Hogwarts Legacy (80)
- The Last of Us (90)
- Resident Evil Village (80)
- The Last of Us Part 1 (80)
- Deathloop (70)
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (90)
- Resident Evil 4 Remake (90)
- Dead Space (90)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla (90)
- it takes two (100)
- Final Fantasy 16 (90)
- Diablo 4 (100)