You know what? If our editors want to give us the weighty assignment of ranking the five best PlayStation 5 games, fine. That’s what we’re here for. However, they’ve ignored all of our requests to replace the controller in the breakroom, so this is the best they’re going to get. Here are the five best PS5 games that don’t use the L2 button because ours is broken, and if you don’t like it, take it up with them.
5.) The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (2020)
Yeah, we know that this isn’t a PS5 exclusive, but our options are a little limited here, OK? This is a pretty good survival horror that’s definitely worthy of a playthrough. Obviously, it’s not as good as the Silent Hill 2 remake, which we would’ve loved to include on this list had we been able to play it.
4.) Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (2022)
We’re not even huge Final Fantasy fans, but lo and behold, we were able to get through a playthrough of this without using the L2 button, so here it is. This probably isn’t even close to the best in the series, but we enjoyed it, and honestly, we’re just trying to get this article done at this point. We know this is far from what you would expect from a ranking article, and we apologize.
3.) Overcooked! (2016)
Ugh, fine. Yep. Third best PS5 game right here. Sure. Whatever. We barely even remember playing it; only that we didn’t have to use the L2 button. While we’re at it, the vending machine in our breakroom hasn’t been dispensing the bags of blue Takis, which are like, the most popular snack in the office. It would be nice if that issue was addressed, too.
2.) Inside (2016)
This game is actually really good. Top five good? No, probably not, but we liked it. You’ll like it too if you happen to work for a video game news magazine that doesn’t offer the proper equipment you need to do your fucking job, so go ahead, give it a shot. We don’t care.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (2025)
We managed to get through the entire campaign without aiming down sight, so here it is. The best PS5 game of all time, ladies and gentlemen. Ugh. We’re so glad we got through this stupid, pointless list. Stay tuned for our top 5 Switch 2 games that you can also play on PS5 because that’s all we have.
