As the year slowly draws to a close, I recently contemplated what my game of the year candidates might be. What's happened, dear reader, is something rather unexpected: I've struggled. Normally it's easy! Inscryption and Vampire Survivors were up there immediately over the last however many years. This year? This year feels like a weird one.

Ultimately, a lot of the games I thought might be up there, like Dragon's Dogma 2 and Metaphor: ReFantazio, haven't burrowed into my subconscious like I'd envisaged. Instead, my candidates (besides the obvious LAD: Infinite Wealth because, well, you know me) are those I've found aren't particularly Edders. Some of them have frustrated and one of them is, currently, a broken mess.