Hall of fame: PS5

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE NEW GEN’S GREATEST GAMES

Demon’s Souls

This faithful recreation of FromSoftware’s classic not only does justice to the original’s design but it also proves to be one of the most accessible soulsbornes around. Bonus points are awarded for making full use of PS5’s hot new tech: the DualShock brings every hit to life in your hands and the quick-loading SSD ensures you’re back in the grind nearinstantly. Just got a PS5? Put this at the top of your must-play list.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

A new hero for a new generation, Miles Morales swings onto PS5 with a new sense of purpose. The low-key story offers a more intimate Spider-adventure than Parker’s bombastic escapade, but when the action kicks in the ray-traced visuals light up the screen.

Control Ultimate Edition

Jesse Faden’s mind-bending, environment-destroying, object-chucking new weird adventure sings on PS5. A frame rate of 60fps delights, and Remedy’s use of ray tracing is among the best we’ve seen. The only problem is you have to pick only one of two visual options.

Hitman 3

On PS5 Agent 47’s latest hit list looks beautiful – oh boy, those reflections. The good news is not only can you play the latest missions on PS5, you can replay all missions from Hitman and Hitman 2 inside IO’s new PS5-developed engine. That’s a lot of content.

Astro’s Playroom

Free and pre-installed on your PS5, this is more than a showcase for your new console’s best, most innovative features. Astro’s Playroom is a beautifully-crafted, if short-lived, platform adventure that takes a tour through everything that makes PS5 so special.

The Nioh Collection

Team Ninja is on top form with its unique samurai take on soulslikes. Tough as hanzo steel, both games run great on PS5, and offer nearly 200 hours of co-op demon slaying action that’d put even Yojimbo through his paces. It’s a challenge well worth taking on.

Mortal Kombat 11 – Ultimate

You may have played Mortal Kombat 11 before, but you’ve never played it like this. In 4K at 60fps this PS5upgraded Ultimate edition plays faster, smoother, and better than ever. Making good use of the quick-loading SSD, the game’s fights come thick and fast.

Dirt 5

On PS4 Dirt 5 is one of the best sim-cade racers around; on PS5 Codemasters’ racer offers various performance modes to make the colourful action sing. This is one of the few games on PS5 to currently offer 120fps, which ensures a super-smooth race.

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Welcome to Revachol. You’re a mess of a cop with no memory, and barely any clothes. Solve a hanging, invent communism, sing karaoke… but do it your way. Skill check successes and failures pave a story of your own, and the writing is superb.

The Pathless

The Journey and Abzû developer returns to PlayStation with a beautifully stylish open-world adventure that recalls Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus. When not battling massive monstrous beasts we’re encouraged to pet our eagle, and that’s not a euphemism. Charming.

Bugsnax

You are what you eat in this peculiar adventure that’s not afraid to walk (and crawl) its own path. Scour Snaktooth Island for its missing denizens, and wolf down a handful of Snax… and see what happens. It doesn’t push PS5 but it will test your imagination.

NBA 2K21

Not to be confused with the lacklustre PS4 version, on PS5 NBA 2K21 delivers both spectacle and exciting gameplay. A new courtside camera, improved framerate, fidelity, animation, pro moves, shot selection, game modes… On PS5 it’s a whole new game.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure

A slow burn, this platform adventure gradually overwhelms even the most cynical player with its sense of whimsy. Whether you go solo or with a pal in co-op Sackboy’s world is a delight to explore. A Big Adventure is one of the most imaginative adventures on PS5.

Immortals: Fenyx Rising

Don’t be fooled by the ‘Assassin’s Creed, jr’ tone, this open-worlder is something quite different. Packing in more puzzles than a Ravensburger factory, Immortals Fenyx Rising tests your cognition more than your combo skills. Ubisoft’s best new IP in years.

Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition

Slugging your way through double-digit hordes of enemies at 120fps ensures this PS5 remake of the PS4 classic impresses. If you want visual pizazz over framerates then turn on ray tracing and play at a solid 60fps. Special in name and nature.