Top PlayStation 4 Games 2023

Resident Evil 2 elevates the grandeur of the original game into a masterful modern survival horror experience. Its finely detailed and gorgeous environment demands exploration, as long as you’ve got the stomach for it.

Capcom’s elaborate remaster of Resident Evil 2 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One isn’t just a remake; it’s one of the best games in the classic survival horror series, updating an old-school PlayStation gem for modern audiences.

It’s hard to overstate how incredibly different and exciting Astro Bot Rescue Mission’s new perspective is for the platform genre. The depth of the PSVR’s 3D leads to some truly incredible moments, like when Captain Astro leaps from eye level down to a trampoline metres below, only to bounce up and over your head. In almost every level I audibly gasped or smiled with delight, like when I needed to duck my head underwater to watch the little robot swim through some pipes or simply when Captain Astro would stand close enough to touch. The challenging platforming and natural implementation of VR make it one of the most interesting and genuinely new-feeling games in recent memory. Astro Bot Rescue Mission delivers on the potential of PSVR and is a must-buy for owners of the device.

God of War tells a wonderful tale through a beautiful spectrum speckled with more than a few drops of the blood of your enemies. It’s a shame, then, that boss fights have fallen by the wayside at every level to become terribly monotonous – but if that’s the cost of what Santa Monica has built, it’s certainly a price worth paying.

With its immersive story mode, deep gear system and tight combat, Injustice 2 is a must-have fighting game for comic fans and tournament players.

You’ll probably want to play with the lights on

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End completes the franchise on a high note that series fans will remember for a long time to come.

Things could have been different. To drag an aged Nathan Drake from retirement Naughty Dog had to introduce a brand new character, Nathan’s older Brother, Sam, concocting a shared history on top of Uncharted 3’s lore. It’s also had to construct a twist on the underlying mythology, with a new narrative based around the exploits of 17th Century pirate, Henry Avery, and his legendary pirate colony of Libertalia.

Pillars of Eternity embodies nearly everything that’s great about old-school RPG experiences. and the quality of its writing and the attention given to every little detail of its world is such that it sometimes feels like Neil Gaiman is playing dungeon master here. Most importantly, Pillars of Eternity paves the way for what should become a landmark RPG series in its own right. It honors the classics, brings great ideas of its own, and in the process it emerges as a classic itself. Games like this are always about the journey, and it's sure as hell a journey worth taking.

Assassin's Creed Unity refines the franchise's gameplay and graphics with next-gen tech, and the results are understandably excellent.