Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2024 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 art direction of 2024 . Bronze Trophy: LEGO Horizon Adventures It's rare to feel like you could reach into your TV screen and physically touch a video game, but that's definitely part of LEGO Horizon Adventures' appeal.
Where most LEGO titles simply place the iconic bricks upon existing environments, this adaptation goes one step further, recreating Aloy's adventure almost exclusively through bits and pieces of LEGO. It's an impressive — and perhaps overlooked — achievement, and results in a spectacularly pretty release. Read our LEGO Horizon Adventures PS5 review through the link.
Silver Trophy: Silent Hill 2 Much of Silent Hill 2's imposing atmosphere is drawn from the game's art direction: the fleshy creatures, the oppressive interiors, and the fog-coated streets of the town itself. Bloober Team had one heck of a job on its hands in remaking such an iconic release without stripping Silent Hill of its nightmarish tone, but the developer shattered most expectations — ours included. Silent Hill 2 is a deranged feast for the eyes, dripping with tension at every turn.
Read our Silent Hill 2 PS5 review through the link. Gold Trophy: Metaphor: ReFantazio In pivoting to an entirely original fantasy setting with Metaphor: ReFantazio, it feels like Atlus' art team was able to bre.
