Khayl's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2024 | Push Square

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Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2024. Today, it's the turn of news reporter Khayl Adam.

I wanted to like the first Dragon's Dogma, but I came to it too late and struggled with its technical performance. With Dragon's Dogma 2, I held off until the release of PS5 Pro, and I'm glad I did; the emergent chaos that the ambitious RPG regularly throws your way is best experienced at a steady frame rate.

I'm admittedly not done with the open-ended game, but it's near the top of my holiday to-do list. Capcom's big swings, when they connect, are incredible, and Dragon's Dogma 2 is really in a league of its own. If you're willing to be patient and learn its eccentricities, it's one of the most unique and forward-thinking games I've ever played.

I was likely always going to enjoy Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, given the subject matter, but Saber Interactive's care and attention to detail, not to mention bone-jarring combat mechanics, surprised even this degenerate Games Workshop fan.

The campaign is solid and certainly special in that it opened the eyes of an entirely new audience to the Warhammer universe, which has unfortunately not always enjoyed such high-quality adaptations. I haven't checked in for a while, and I think there are still a few Operations I need to beat, but Space Marine 2 was another surprising multiplayer hit for me, and I look forward to the inevitable sequel.

Metaphor: ReFantazio is another impressive showing from Atlus, and while long-winded, the developer's take on a fantasy world wracked by supernatural political turmoil is incredibly compelling. In Louis, we get one of the more enigmatic villains in recent gaming narratives who, channelling the spirit of Napoleon Bonaparte, leads a violent revolution based on reason and meritocracy.

Combat remains familiar, and overall, I think I prefer it less to the Atlus benchmark, Persona 5 Royal. The calendar system