


But, for me, Returnal is not only the best game of this year but one of my favourite games of all time and one of the best games Sony has ever published – and easily the best exclusive on the PlayStation 5.

I’m always interested to see what the critics think but for me there is no question as to which is the best game of the year. There’ll also be The Game Awards in December, which is the closest thing we have to the Oscars for gaming, and generally seems to make fairly sensible decisions (I believe GC themselves are on the jury). We’re coming up to the award season for video games, when every website and its dog will be telling us what they think have been the best games of what has, once again, been a very odd year. A reader explains his love for PS5 exclusive Returnal and why he thinks the new 2.0 update has made it the best game of the year.
