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Does Valheim even qualify here?
I think it is still in Early Access, so no.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
I like CRPGs.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
See #1.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Started on Game Pass and immediately sucked in. Ancient-feeling game, movement is awful, but I love it. Still on ME1, but maybe 80% done already. First time I’ve played ME1 since the 360.
Elder Scrolls Online
I’ve been playing this off and on for years. Fantastic game. I don’t play it like a MMO.
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
Game is fun and all but that isn’t why it’s on this list. The lighting is truly next-generation, showing what you can do when you require ray-tracing.
It’s so weird that we can pick the biggest games from 2019 and 2020 but not one of the biggest games of 2021 for our 2021 lists.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the RIghteous
Inscryption
Unplugged: Air Guitar
Solasta
Wordle
Solasta was 2020, FYI. Same with Cyberpunk 2077 which otherwise would probably be on my list (but not at the top).
Solasta was 2020, FYI.
Early access in October 2020. Full release May of 2021, so qualifies.
This forum really has a lot of CRPG fans.
Aha! Probably deserves to be on my list but to my eternal shame I haven’t gotten around to playing it yet.
Is it fair to say CP2077 was “early access” too? No? OK. :(
Lol. Didn’t full release in 2021 either though.
This forum really has a lot of CRPG fans.
Was noticing that as well, most of what’s getting on top 5’s so far are games I’ve never even considered playing.
Cyberpunk’s Current Gen ports are going to be released at some point, so it will be eligible again at that point.
Is it fair to say CP2077 was “early access” too? No? OK. :(
I don’t think it really hit 1.0 yet. Later this year perhaps. ;)
Mini Motorways
This provided me much joy for a few weeks when it came out. I eventually burned out on it but what a special little game. I prefer the setup to predecessor Mini Metro, the additional variety kept me coming back
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
I love this genre but have bounced off the likes of Pathfinder and Divinity 2 for their over complicated and difficult combat. I think those games are designed for people that are not me, which is fair enough. Solasta on the other hand is much more for me, a filthy casual. The combat is actually fun and doesn’t require me to min-max nor thoroughly understand a ruleset. I am basically up to the final bit of this game and have been putting it off for a couple of months, I should bite the bullet and finish it.
Dorfromantik
Similar to Mini Motorways in terms of what it did for me, but I burned out on it much quicker, probably due to the game length once you get reasonably good at it. They are still tweaking so I really ought to give it another try and see what changes have been made.
the Ascent
Had a blast with this but a personal funk that I got into from October-December has prevented me from finishing it. I hope to have another crack at it.
Trials of Fire
Intensely enjoyed this for a period until I beat the main quest, then didn’t feel a huge desire to go back and see the rest of the game. Lovely little system though.
Odds and Ends
Train Simulator 2022 probably should be #2 on the list but it’s the same game as 2021 … Dipped in and out of Hardspace: Shipbreaker but really waiting for them to finish it, like what I’ve seen … Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector probably would get on this list with another few hours of play, it seems very cool indeed … finally learned how to play OMSI 2 on my 4th or 5th shot at it and had a blast. the graphics and performance are terrible but as a sim it is super detailed and an impressive feat … Peaky Blinders: Mastermind was surprisingly entertaining for a bundle filler, although one level almost destroyed me … excited to try Lake and Sable at some point, I don’t see much on the 2022 radar yet that appeals so hopefully will get to those soon
I actually played more than one title that’s eligible!
Pathfinder. Wrath of the Righteous . Til I hit a puzzle I didn’t feel like futzing with. But I’ll get back
Old World til it stopped loading and I stopped fiddling enough to get it to load
Gloomhaven Didn’t get into it much til latest giant patch, but now that I am, it’s kinda great.
Out of the Park Baseball 22, so much time tinkering. My RNG wasn’t the best this year for players in card packs, but for a few months I’d hit this thing at least once or twice a day.
Mini Motorways Very chill and relaxing…until it isn’t.
Hex of Steel would have been number 3, but it came out in 2020 I just noticed.
Solasta is honorable mention, mostly for the community built campaigns and good support for a mid-tier developed game.
My picks:
My 6 to 10 goes like this:
Games that I’ve played but didn’t make it to the top 10:
Games I played too little of to measure how good they are:
Games released in 2021 that I bought but didn’t play yet:
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
So much 5e goodness, made me feel like I was at a gaming table. And great community mods
Pro Strategy Football 2022
Good deep simulation of football coaching. What is really hooking me is being able to play historical seasons.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
So much going on, but so fun.
Most played in 2021 (regardless of release date)
iRacing (racing)
Asseto Corsa Competizione (more racing)
Wreckfest (racing with wrecking)
BSG: Deadlock (stinking cylons)
Steel Division 2 (stinking nazis)