Best for cross-play support
Forza Horizon 5
5.0 feature score
Highest scored product for this feature based on supporting review evidence.
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Monster Hunter Wilds
4.8 feature score
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Most evidence
Elden Ring Nightreign
8 supporting reviews
Has the broadest review evidence for this feature.
Best overall product
Capcom Fighting Collection 2
4.1 overall score
Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this feature.
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Cross-play support is praised as a major PS5 advantage for playing with PC and Xbox racers.
Pros: controls responsiveness, movement feel
Cons: tutorial quality, animation quality
Cross-play support was praised as a major technical addition that made playing with friends across platforms work well.
Pros: art direction, cross-play support
Cons: dialogue quality, monetization fairness
Cross-play support was praised as player-friendly and helpful for Friend’s Pass co-op.
Pros: puzzle design, level design
Cons: exploration quality, side character depth
One review praised cross-platform play as fun and appealing.
Pros: lore depth, art direction
Cons: mission variety, protagonist appeal
Cross-play support is viewed positively because it can make finding opponents easier across consoles.
Pros: emotional impact, animation quality
Cons: enemy variety, server reliability
Cross-play support is criticized in the PS5 review because rollback netcode prevents play with PS4 users and there is no wider crossplay.
Pros: movement feel, world-building
Cons: save system reliability, mission variety
Cross-play support was consistently criticized as absent or a major oversight for a multiplayer-focused game.
Pros: emotional impact, visual effects quality
Cons: crash stability, cross-play support
Cross-play support is a repeated complaint because multiple reviewers say there is no crossplay and that the player pool suffers.
Pros: emotional impact, sound design
Cons: cross-play support, boss design