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Ranked, Played Games of 2022

by ginormous76

Keeping a ranked list of the games that came out in 2022 that I played in order to have a GOTY ranking ready to go at the end of the year.

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1. Horizon Forbidden West

Fantastic follow up to a fantastic game. This story went places I could not predict, and worked! Played 40 hours to platinum, and could have played a bunch more.

This Way Madness Lies

2. This Way Madness Lies

I'm not big on Shakespeare, but wow. If this game had existed when I was in high school, I would have wanted to read Shakespeare. Who would have though Shakespseare + Sailor Moon/magical girls + Zeboyd (and their comedy style) would have been so freaking good? I'm absolutely floored. Plus, I played an entire JRPG in under 10 hours! I cannot recommend this enough.

Infernax

3. Infernax

This was a fantastic Simon's Quest style game. I loved every minute of it. Your main character has a mace, and is returning from a journey. The world and monster designs are the perfect amount of spoopy.

Kraken Academy!!

4. Kraken Academy!!

Apparently this game came out on PC in 2021, but it came to consoles in 2022, so it counts. This game is fantastic and adorable. Heavily inspired by Majora's Mask, but with a lot of ideas that make it much, much more friendly. How do I choose between this and Infernax?

A Plague Tale: Requiem

5. A Plague Tale: Requiem

What a fantastic sequel! It was full of surprises, emotions and for the most part kept me interested. There were sections that went on too long and possibly levels that felt like they padded the game a little. However, it was quite good throughout.

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

6. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

I had a lot of fun with this game. I'm not sure how I feel overall about all of the different classes. I wish there had been range weapons like bows or something, but I guess there weren't in FF1. The story towards the end of the game was fantastic. I loved what they did here and how it recontextualizes FF1.

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition

7. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition

Wow! So glad this came out. I didn't play Chrono Cross the first time around, but wow it is soooooooooo good. This would have been one of my all-time favorites, if I had played it way back when. Or I would have hated it, because the "cheats" helped.

Nobody Saves the World

8. Nobody Saves the World

This was cute, but I got bored after a couple hours. Recently learned it has co-op, so I might play it with my wife. After playing this for days with my wife, it is vastly better in co-op. We are having a blast. One thing I don't care for though, is that you can't do form quests while in legendary dungeons. Those quests are some of the most fun parts of the game that task you with trying different classes and abilities.

Marvel Snap

9. Marvel Snap

A free to play mobile card game. I guess that's a theme in 2022. This is fun to play though. Games are 6 turns and go pretty fast. There is no real incentive to spend money. You can hold 6 daily challenges at a time, which is the amount you get in 24 hours (you get 2 every 8 hours). It feels like you don't need to play it more than once a day.

Ghostwire: Tokyo

10. Ghostwire: Tokyo

I had fun with this. You basically get to be Aang from The Last Airbender, but in a Japanese horror open world. It's the Luigi's Mansion of open world games.

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