FeastYoEyes
Member
Couldn't agree more. It's crazy they made such interesting concepts ripped out of old school sci fi novels boring. No more tribe politics, PLEASEI'm going to preface by saying these are the games I've played this year:
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition
Horizon Forbidden West
Elden Ring
Control
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
Hitman
Hitman 2
Hitman 3
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed II
Final Fantasy XV
The Last of Us Part II
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Resident Evil 2 Remake
CyberPunk 2077
There are a lot of great games in that list. But by far, the most disappointing, underwhelming, and worst game of the year for me is Horizon Forbidden West. I WANTED to love this game, even like the game, but I hated it. The story was hilariously contrived and compounded by so many powerpoint presentations and sleepy conversations, that I stopped caring. The characters were bland, generic, and cliche. And the savior complex Aloy has is a bit insufferable by the end. "But surely the gameplay can save it, its Horizon!" Nope. Coming off of AC Valhalla and Breath of the Wild, I was used to being able to actually traverse open worlds. Horizon flat out doesn't let you go places you feel like you should. You have to follow the yellow hand holds everywhere you go. Its simply terrible game design in 2022. And while the bow and arrow gameplay was the best part, even that got repetitive to me by the end. I went from being hyped leading up to its release, to swearing off the franchise 5 hours in. I finished it in 32 hours and promptly sold back. To me, the game is garbage and was correctly outshined by Elden Ring. In addition, the response by Guerilla devs when they put down Elden Ring made me hate the game more. Even after investing two games into this series, I don't care what happens and I won't be getting the dlc or the third game.
Last edited: