That was awesome. Thanks for this superb video. The one for me that was a huge letdown was taxi life. The steering wheel delay was a low blow. And once it came out after a year or so. Wasn’t even good. But that taught me a very important lesson. Never pre-order again. Wait and see. Thanks buddy
@ Yeah the steering and shifter is pretty brutal. I can’t believe I bought train life from them not knowing they made it. Xbox has a pretty abysmal return policy. That’s the thing with these developers. When they come up with a new game but leave a bad taste in consumers mouth with the previous game how do they expect that level of trust again?
Hit the nail on the head over and over and over. What a brilliant summarization. ATS still reigns best! Looking forward to 2025! You going to give us your non-simulation genre favorites of 2024? I know the one that made the biggest impact for me you played for us. I wonder if it would be on your list too...
The over games I like is Truck driver the american dream. Fernbus. Tourist bus simulator. Truck & logistics. But that is about it. Thanks lee for listening love your channel so much 👍😎
My best game of 2024 is Aerofly for Nintendo Switch. It's a full-fledged flight simulator that's hard to believe is on a handheld device. I had been hoping to purchase Microsoft Flight Simulator, but I kept postponing it since I don't own a PC or Xbox. This game has solved that problem for me. I look forward to future updates and developments for this wonderful title. It would be great if a serious flight simulator were announced for PlayStation as well.
How true is all of what you said Lee. I’ve been toying with the idea of getting rid of my PlayStation and Xbox and getting a pc, just a money factor, they are not cheap, and at my age as a pensioner is it worth it? I enjoyed playing OTR, I wonder if it will be better with an update🤔 Also not so impressed with FS25, been put on hold with me till modders get releasing proper maps, giants base game maps are not good imo. Ground deformation 👎 AI, better but looks wierd, Slot count 👎 the list is long. Let’s hope all will become better. Thanks for your review Lee. Happy new year to you and your family. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
I think that about sums up where we all are on consoles. My personal feeling was that 2024 was a 'bust' year...and for as long is it's the same old publishers churning out the same old low quality stuff, I really can't see things changing in 2025. So much so that I've already started weighing up the cost of switching to PC gaming. ok, so the bulk of what finds it's way onto consoles may well be equally as mediocre 'over there' - but at least they haven't been further ruined by a low effort port and therefore you get to play them as originally intended. Interesting though that you never mentioned Microsoft Flight Sim or Train Sim World.
The reason I didn't bring up flight Sim is was because it's a very niche sim, also I'm finding that people's experience with it varies across the board , some people are having issues some not ! TSW wasn't brought up as I'd rather not give that any spotlight at all
Happy New Year, I enjoy your channel and your style of content, I finished all chapters in american dream, great game, the classic car steering was horrible, other than that better than alaskan, for me, keep giving us more entertaining content, cheers 🍻
I found the driving ok in Alaskan Truckers. But too many bugs in most of the other aspects stopped me playing. My 2 most enjoyable trucking sims on Xbox are Trucking and Logistics and On The Road.
Excellent video, Lee. So much of this stuff should never have seen the light of day. The police simulators look nearly as bad as the shop simulators, with their crappy robot police having ridiculously wooden discussions as they veer haphazardly all over the road. Quite funny, really. Selling them cheap doesn't mitigate how bad they are because you can get great games in sales for a tenner. By the way, I know you're going over to ETS2 and ATS because you're fed up with console driving sims, but I hope you also stick with the consoles because you do by far the best console sim content. Despite what I said about a week ago, I'm definitely a console person. I've half a dozen truck and bus games, and in their totality I'd rather have their variety than the limited content of ETS2 and ATS.
Personally I am only interested in the transport simulation games. Fortunately more and more is coming on the market for the PS5 but the quality can be better especially with the AI there is a lot to improve. Games like Alaskan road truckers have a lot of potential but the bugs are often not fixed and that applies to several simulation games
i like forklift sim but i see what you mean about the stinkers how they get away with releasing games in this state is terrible. happy new year to you and family
I finally gave in mate, no word of ATS or ETS2 on console. Fucking atrocious sim releases all year on console. No more. Couldn't quite afford a PC just yet so rigged up my Nvidia Shield and Fire Stick with Boosteroid for about 7 quid a month (fantastic experience on my end, better than GFN) and been enjoying ATS, ETS and all the dlcs, in glorious 4K. Never again will I buy a console sim trucker. Happy new year. Love you. ❤👑
Hi Lee hope you are doing well my friend ok I agree with you what you said at the end of the video. Ok my Worst game was alaskan truckers I payed £24 for it can't remember now but that is a lot of money for me and no I won't be buying the skins ony 99p here and the second one they don't deserve my money sorry. I have deleted this game. Ok my best trucking game ever is on the road and Hevey Cago Truck Simulator because it just fantastic. Oh yes I am thinking about getting a pc and getting Euro truck Simulator 2 .I have had another of the Simulator games on ps4 and ps5. So it's pc time for me. Fantastic video lee
I'll continue to cover simulation on console , good and bad as there is an audience for it , but you will see a bit more pc simulation content coming to the channel over the coming months !
The Switch is notorious for absolute shite from Midnight Works, who crap out games under various other company names. Nintendo allow them to do it. You should follow Luke from SwitchStars who's covered/exposed their awful games and shady practices (including trying to get Luke's videos taken down by false copyright claims). Awful company to deal with.
Excellent video, Lee. Some real shockers amongst that lot. You missed a plethora of shit titles but the video would’ve been several hours long. Forgive me for being pessimistic but I don’t see things improving in 2025. My advice for someone who can afford a PC, stop waiting for something that’ll probably never come and jump on the SCS bandwagon. Many thanks, buddy 👏🏻👍
I completely agree , I can't see there being an improvement , from what I saw last year a lot of the good indie / simulation games came from small / single Devs , who don't , have publishers pushing unfinished garbage out the door for a quick return !
A lot of these simulation games are shovel Ware unfortunately, just look at Nintendo switch, it done exactly what the WII U did, allow this crap to pop up, there's even bloody hentai now on the switch, and for a console that's directed mainly at kids, that's not acceptable!
Hope you've had a nice Christmas and a happy New year CgD games
Another great video as always 👍
Cheers tony I appreciate you pal
That was awesome. Thanks for this superb video. The one for me that was a huge letdown was taxi life. The steering wheel delay was a low blow. And once it came out after a year or so. Wasn’t even good.
But that taught me a very important lesson. Never pre-order again.
Wait and see.
Thanks buddy
I totally forgot about taxi life , for some reason I had it in my head that it was a 2023 release 🤷♂️
@ Yeah the steering and shifter is pretty brutal. I can’t believe I bought train life from them not knowing they made it. Xbox has a pretty abysmal return policy. That’s the thing with these developers. When they come up with a new game but leave a bad taste in consumers mouth with the previous game how do they expect that level of trust again?
Farming simulator 25 for me banging game, happy new year Lee
I left FS25 off the list due to no mod maps , that's when that game shines for me ,.the mods make the game !
The mods will be out soon fella don’t panic
Hit the nail on the head over and over and over. What a brilliant summarization. ATS still reigns best! Looking forward to 2025! You going to give us your non-simulation genre favorites of 2024? I know the one that made the biggest impact for me you played for us. I wonder if it would be on your list too...
I've been thinking about doing a non sim goty video ! I already know what would be the main contender too ,
The over games I like is Truck driver the american dream. Fernbus. Tourist bus simulator. Truck & logistics. But that is about it. Thanks lee for listening love your channel so much 👍😎
The games you listed are all excellent ! I appreciate you watching pal !
@CGDGAMES Your welcome lee
My best game of 2024 is Aerofly for Nintendo Switch.
It's a full-fledged flight simulator that's hard to believe is on a handheld device.
I had been hoping to purchase Microsoft Flight Simulator, but I kept postponing it since I don't own a PC or Xbox.
This game has solved that problem for me.
I look forward to future updates and developments for this wonderful title.
It would be great if a serious flight simulator were announced for PlayStation as well.
Just had a look at that aerofly , never knew it existed ! Looks nice ! May have to check it out ! Thanks for the heads up !
How true is all of what you said Lee. I’ve been toying with the idea of getting rid of my PlayStation and Xbox and getting a pc, just a money factor, they are not cheap, and at my age as a pensioner is it worth it? I enjoyed playing OTR, I wonder if it will be better with an update🤔 Also not so impressed with FS25, been put on hold with me till modders get releasing proper maps, giants base game maps are not good imo. Ground deformation 👎 AI, better but looks wierd, Slot count 👎 the list is long. Let’s hope all will become better. Thanks for your review Lee. Happy new year to you and your family. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
To get the best of pc gaming you do have to spend a bit of money unfortunately
I think that about sums up where we all are on consoles. My personal feeling was that 2024 was a 'bust' year...and for as long is it's the same old publishers churning out the same old low quality stuff, I really can't see things changing in 2025. So much so that I've already started weighing up the cost of switching to PC gaming. ok, so the bulk of what finds it's way onto consoles may well be equally as mediocre 'over there' - but at least they haven't been further ruined by a low effort port and therefore you get to play them as originally intended.
Interesting though that you never mentioned Microsoft Flight Sim or Train Sim World.
The reason I didn't bring up flight Sim is was because it's a very niche sim, also I'm finding that people's experience with it varies across the board , some people are having issues some not !
TSW wasn't brought up as I'd rather not give that any spotlight at all
@@CGDGAMES Aha, I thought that might have been the reason why TSW didn't get a mention. Good to see you sticking to your principles👍
Happy New Year, I enjoy your channel and your style of content, I finished all chapters in american dream, great game, the classic car steering was horrible, other than that better than alaskan, for me, keep giving us more entertaining content, cheers 🍻
That classic American car was a true American nightmare !
I found the driving ok in Alaskan Truckers. But too many bugs in most of the other aspects stopped me playing.
My 2 most enjoyable trucking sims on Xbox are Trucking and Logistics and On The Road.
I played about 30hrs so far and I like it rarely any bugs and lags and the gameplay was solid
@brayangracia1149 Driving was solid when I played. Might give it another go.
As I said in my video , the first 20 hours or so are flawless , wait until you get into winter !
On the money as always Lee ! ❤️
Cheers pal
What's the best simulation game of 2024 on console in your opinion
That's a tough question , but for me personally , even though it had a rough release and still on bad shape for some players , it would be flight Sim
Great video, all that you said is true and right 👍
Appreciated brother , and thanks for watching pal !
Happy New year and are you scared that the dev team will stop sending you Keyes for the game's
When I first started recieving keys I did fear that yes , but not anymore , I have to be honest ! It's only fair to you guys that watch !
Let's hope 2025 is a good year for simulation games
Fingers crossed pal
Excellent video, Lee. So much of this stuff should never have seen the light of day. The police simulators look nearly as bad as the shop simulators, with their crappy robot police having ridiculously wooden discussions as they veer haphazardly all over the road. Quite funny, really. Selling them cheap doesn't mitigate how bad they are because you can get great games in sales for a tenner. By the way, I know you're going over to ETS2 and ATS because you're fed up with console driving sims, but I hope you also stick with the consoles because you do by far the best console sim content. Despite what I said about a week ago, I'm definitely a console person. I've half a dozen truck and bus games, and in their totality I'd rather have their variety than the limited content of ETS2 and ATS.
Don't worry , console is still my main focus for simulation content !
@CGDGAMES Good news!
I hope 2025 Is a lot better for simulation games, but I think it will be more of the same 🙁 such a shame because there is huge potential being wasted!
I fear you may be correct ! Thanks for watching!
I wish star trucker would come out for PS5
I have a feeling it will appear on ps5 this year
Personally I am only interested in the transport simulation games. Fortunately more and more is coming on the market for the PS5 but the quality can be better especially with the AI there is a lot to improve. Games like Alaskan road truckers have a lot of potential but the bugs are often not fixed and that applies to several simulation games
This is the issue , if games got fixed quickly and efficiently it wouldn't be much of a problem !
i like forklift sim but i see what you mean about the stinkers how they get away with releasing games in this state is terrible. happy new year to you and family
I finally gave in mate, no word of ATS or ETS2 on console. Fucking atrocious sim releases all year on console. No more. Couldn't quite afford a PC just yet so rigged up my Nvidia Shield and Fire Stick with Boosteroid for about 7 quid a month (fantastic experience on my end, better than GFN) and been enjoying ATS, ETS and all the dlcs, in glorious 4K. Never again will I buy a console sim trucker.
Happy new year. Love you. ❤👑
Yeah Boosteroid is good , even more so now with GFN introducing a time cap per month !
Where is truck and logistic simulator?
Wasn't a 2024 release
@@CGDGAMESohhhh it wasn’t 🤣
Yeah it was released tail end of 2023 on console
At least we have a new Car Mechanic Simulator coming this Year so that something
Do we? I didn’t know
Nice office 😉
@@jack07_gtrYeah it's Currently in Development
Do you like it lol , amazing what a bit of green screen can do lol
A few disappointments in games over the last year.. definitely.. let’s hope the next year is better..🤞🤞🤞
There was plenty more I could of put on the list , but it would of been a very long video !
Thanks for watching pal
Hi Lee hope you are doing well my friend ok I agree with you what you said at the end of the video. Ok my Worst game was alaskan truckers I payed £24 for it can't remember now but that is a lot of money for me and no I won't be buying the skins ony 99p here and the second one they don't deserve my money sorry. I have deleted this game. Ok my best trucking game ever is on the road and Hevey Cago Truck Simulator because it just fantastic. Oh yes I am thinking about getting a pc and getting Euro truck Simulator 2 .I have had another of the Simulator games on ps4 and ps5. So it's pc time for me. Fantastic video lee
I'll continue to cover simulation on console , good and bad as there is an audience for it , but you will see a bit more pc simulation content coming to the channel over the coming months !
@CGDGAMES Thanks lee I will still be watching you. Can't wait to see more pc games on your channel. 😎👍
The Switch is notorious for absolute shite from Midnight Works, who crap out games under various other company names. Nintendo allow them to do it. You should follow Luke from SwitchStars who's covered/exposed their awful games and shady practices (including trying to get Luke's videos taken down by false copyright claims). Awful company to deal with.
I've seen a video from him talking about MW ! They are a pretty awful company aren't they ?
Excellent video, Lee. Some real shockers amongst that lot. You missed a plethora of shit titles but the video would’ve been several hours long.
Forgive me for being pessimistic but I don’t see things improving in 2025. My advice for someone who can afford a PC, stop waiting for something that’ll probably never come and jump on the SCS bandwagon.
Many thanks, buddy 👏🏻👍
Bought a pc in november and ets2 was on sale. Bought 2 bundles with the map packs for 30 odd quid. Blown away buy price and gameplay.
I completely agree , I can't see there being an improvement , from what I saw last year a lot of the good indie / simulation games came from small / single Devs , who don't , have publishers pushing unfinished garbage out the door for a quick return !
a huge bust mate . well trucking wise anyway .
I have to agree ! Such a shame !
A lot of these simulation games are shovel Ware unfortunately, just look at Nintendo switch, it done exactly what the WII U did, allow this crap to pop up, there's even bloody hentai now on the switch, and for a console that's directed mainly at kids, that's not acceptable!
That's unreal that that kind of content is making its way to the switch !!!
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