2021 comes to an end And with this, the lists of the best video games of the year proliferate, which derive, how could it be otherwise, in general evaluations in relation to the launches that have colored the last twelve months. Here two factors come together that, at no time, could augur great expectations. We are in the first year of generation, which is usually weak for most platforms and, in addition, there is the issue of the pandemic. There have been no surprises, not even the delays of titles like Horizon: Forbidden West The Gran Turismo 7 We have been caught off guard (many of us already took it for granted). It certainly hasn’t been a megaton year. Now there is light beyond it and, en lo personal, títulos como It Takes Two, Guilty Gear, Shin Megami Tensei V, Returnal, Loop Hero, Metroid Dread, Tux and Fanny, Humankind, Age of empires IV, Tales of Arise, Resident Evil: Village o el retorno de Project Zero, they have made my day to day happy. And I leave a few earrings like Halo: Infinite, Scarlet Nexus, Psychonauts 2 Y Death Loop, to name a few. That is to say, I’m going served.
However, I understand that the absence of big brands, like those that won 2019 and 2020, They ugly a photo in which one is not very clear about what to position in the center. The summary could be that Fares aspires to GOTY, and that more or less everyone understands that it is, in large part, due to a lack of competition (and for the record, I enjoyed his proposal like a dwarf. I will not go into that debate, because Today we have not come to that, but I can understand the doubt.
What we have come to today is take a look at the most immediate future of the video game, to look at the horizon of 2022 that is already beginning to illuminate the panorama and that has an aspect diametrically opposite to the catalog that we left behind. All those who have missed the launch of great productions, and sequels expected for years, are in luck. The fat cows are back, and twelve months from now there may be a lot of gamer singing that of “the best year in the history of video games”. Absurd? Surely, however we all know how this categorization goes in the video game: effusiveness sells. So, honoring our honest need to earn our bread, we get effusive, and begin our review of the most anticipated titles for next year.
Put on your belt, curves are coming.
Confirmed dates
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
The much vaunted Open world pokemon It is just around the corner. Pokémon Legends: Arceus has the responsibility of materializing the great mechanical leap that has been asked of the saga for years. A game that, after its trailer, has raised as many doubts as enthusiasm. In just over a month (earlier than many of us expected) we will see what remains. The January 28 we will have it on Switch.
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
One of the most anticipated video games of recent years and that, unfortunately, has had one of the most turbulent developments. Controversy aside, Dying Light 2 It will arrive on our machines in less than two months, a title from which a lot is expected in terms of the player’s relationship with the environment. February 4, 2022.
The King of Fighters XV
This course we have had a portion of Guilty Gear, and the next one is up to The King of Fighters. The veteran fighting saga returns next February 17th, but before, during this month of December, will have an open beta that will take place from the 18th to the 20th.
Horizon: Forbidden West
February is going to be one of the most powerful months of 2022, with two titles that would have been, without any doubt, in the category of best video game of the year in recent years. The Game Awards. Horizon: Forbidden West is one of them, and It will be released on both PS5 and PlayStation 4 on February 18.
Elden Ring
The following week, we will meet again with Godwin the Gold. FromSoftware returns with his greatest production in hand, a title called to act as the epitome of the studio’s trajectory since the figure of Hidetaka Miyazaki emergiera con Demon ‘s Souls. Next February 25 we will leave (on the back of the goat) in search of the Elden Ring.
Grand touring 7
We completed this triad of megatons, grouped together in just three weeks, with Gran Turismo 7. Polyphony Digital, con Kazunori Yamauchi to the front, he returns with a numbered delivery that has the responsibility of updating a franchise that seems to have lost ground to other proposals, mainly Forza. On March 4 it is time to return to that of the “Real Driving Simulator”.
Triangle Strategy
One Tactical JRPG that, based on an artistic style similar to that of Octopath Traveler, takes us to a fantasy world, in constant conflict, in which our decisions will mark the trajectory of the main characters. He too March 4, will be available on Nintendo Switch.
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
The good girl from Tina’s will be in charge of closing the month with Tiny Tina’ s Wonderlands, the spin off with which Gearbox intends to enter the world of fantasy without losing sight of the Borderlands proposal. Will go on sale next March 25, 2022.
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Yes, I know, this is just a port to Switch, but 13 Sentinels is so good, and in turn, it’s such an ideal Switch title (Own George Kamitani He came to recognize that it was in development for PS Vita), that its arrival on Nintendo’s hybrid console is, without a doubt, one of the great news for 2022. The April 14 you can get hold of this marvel of complex narrative.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
At the end of April, specifically on the 28th, the mythical bonfires of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. with its sequel; Heart of Chernobyl. An action saga, in the first person, that amazed locals and strangers, above all, for its setting and for how it managed to transmit information to the player.
Forspoken
Square Enix’s new IP is a blockbuster that seems to walk halfway between action adventure and JRPG. Forspoken, the one that was one of the great titles of the first batch of announcements of PS5, will finally arrive on PC and Sony’s console on May 24, 2022.
Saints Row
Another return of a saga with a certain renown. The reboot de Saints Row, the irreverent alternative to GTA, if that nickname has any meaning, will come to us in the middle of summer, after its last great delay, more specifically the August 23, 2022.
Starfield
And we close the confirmed dates with another of the greats of the 2022, Strafield, Bethesda’s highly anticipated sci-fi RPG It is placed on the same day that the fireproof The Elder Scroll: Skyrim went on sale, the 11 of the 11. We know little about the game, beyond its brief teaser, but it has the highest expectations. We can enjoy it both on PC and in the Xbox ecosystem.
Unconfirmed dates
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
The great blockbuster of Ubisoft, of which for now we have only seen its presentation trailer, is still planned for 2022, but without specifying the date. At the moment we know that it is a first-person action and adventure title and that it is being developed by Massive Entertainment (Tom Clancy’s: The Division) in collaboration with Ubisoft Düsseldorf and Ubisoft Shanghai.
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Latest from Tango Gameworks, the developer of Shinji Mikami, has been somewhat clouded by the departure of Ikumi Nakamura and, perhaps also, by its status as a Bethesda game linked to PlayStation. Whatever it may be, the project is going ahead and is dated for 2022.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
The new proposal of Rocksteady (Batman: Arkham), a frenetic cooperative action game starring Harley Quinn, Deadshot, King Shark y Capitán Bumerang whose trailer we have seen in the recent The Game Awards 2021.
Hogwarts Legacy
The great Hogwarts adventure it may be Warner’s most anticipated title. Recently, from the American publisher they assured that the video game based on the JK Rowling universe will be released in 2022, however they also wanted to make it clear that, at least, will be released after the premiere of Fantastic Animals: Dumbledore’s Secrets (April 15).
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Ubisoft and Nintendo They collaborate again in what is one of the roundest and most unexpectedly gratifying works of the French publisher. The tactical strategy crossover between the rabbits of Ubi and the Mario universe will return next year to the joy of all those who enjoyed the first installment.
The Callisto Protocol
A title, at least, curious, because despite being set in the PUGB universe, it has the label of spirit heir to Dead Space, and those are major words. The reason? The presence of names like that of Glen Schofield (executive producer of the mentioned survival) in Striking Distance Studios, the development group founded in 2019 that is taking over the project.
Splatoon 3
Squid multiplayer has become, in its own right, one of the most powerful sagas of the current Nintendo organization chart. In 2022 will arrive its third installment, a sequel that seems like it aims to have the most elaborate campaign that has been done so far in the franchise.
God of War: Ragnarok
The sequel to the new stage of Kratos is, without a doubt, one of the most anticipated video games in recent years. The title, which is again directed by Cory Barlog, will place us after the events experienced in God of War (2019) facing the arrival of Ragnarok and the powerful presence of Thor. We do not have a confirmed date, but it is still framed within 2022.
Bayonetta 3
The great hope of all those who love Platinum Games and suffer with the beta of Babylon ‘s Fall. The most charismatic witch in the video game returns with Yusuke Miyata as director and Hideki Kamiya as executive director. Not long ago we were able to see it in motion and we are already beginning to breathe easy, now it remains to be seen in what period of the year it is framed. The queen of the hack & slash.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
And if that weren’t enough with the aforementioned, the icing on the cake will be put by Link and Nintendo with the sequel to a video game that has redefined one of the largest, most relevant and influential sagas in the history of the medium. The sequel to Breath of the Wild points to the last quarter of 2022, although at the moment, from Kyoto they only confirm that it will see the light next year.
Y so far the review of the most anticipated video games of the next course. Surely you will find absences, so if so you can share them with the rest of the readers in the comments.
That said, we still have 2022 that aspires to become the best year in the history of videogames … Again.
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