Despite the continuing pandemic, 2021 gave us many worthy releases: from small independent projects to large blockbusters. Studios of all scales worked without lingering hands … and 2022 promises to be no less productive! Continuations of already well-known series, original long-term construction, indie projects and AAA-in this nomination we have collected the most anticipated games of 2022, which can be safely entered into a viviller.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
For a long time Hollow Knight: Silksong occupied the same memeatic niche as Elden Ring: Information about two games received so little that some fans basically ceased to hope for a bright future. That's just the next project Fromsoftware Still received the release date, but about long -term construction Team Cherry still nothing really is known. Although the official announcement of the game took place two years ago, the authors are completely in no hurry to reveal some details. Fans hungry to the news only to review the twenty -minute demonstration of gameplay from E3 2019, re -read a large (and only) interview with developers in the journal Edge and monitor the project forum in Steam.
However, the Team Cherry team probably has good reasons for such a long silence. Initially, Silksong was supposed to become a plot DLC for the original Hollow Knight , However, in the process of development, the authors were so carried away that they decided not to trifle and develop history to the scale of an independent project. The new world (of course, manually painted), many new mechanics, the new main character – anyone who played Hollow Knight knows how responsibly the Australians come to their work. The magnificent metroivania about the dead kingdom of insects was one of the main hits of 2017, and Silksong intends if not surpassed, then at least repeat its success. So let Team Cherry work as much as necessary: artists cannot rush.
Baldur’s Gate 3
About Baldur’s Gate 3 Different opinions sound. Hardcore fans of the original dilogy BioWare They mourn the replacement of battles in real time with step -by -step battles, and those who have long been following creativity Larian Studios , are indignant that the Belgians are doing again Divinity: Original Sin , For some reason, hiding behind the name of the deceased franchise. And the transfer of the fifth edition of the rules Dungeons & Dragons went not without problems. In some places, the authors had to significantly change the mechanics of the original NRI, so the Roleviks who wanted to see the literal adaptation of their favorite system also joined the choir of the dissatisfied.
And yet, despite the reasonable criticism, Baldur’s Gate 3 promises to become a truly epoch-making RPG. One of those that are recalled many years later. Previous projects brought Larian Studios the title of modern classics of the genre, but this time the authors obviously intend to reach a qualitatively new level in all aspects: from graphics to the depth of the gamemeraduce and script. What difference does it make, step -by -step battles or not? The main thing is that the CRPG case lives and flourishes!
Atomic Heart
The project of the Russian studio Mundfish caused serious excitement only with a premiere roller, and with each next appearance in the information field looked more curious. In truth, even too curious. A chicly designed setting in the spirit of Soviet science fiction, an excellent visual design, an unexpectedly technological picture, it seems even like a gameplay was brought … Everything is somehow too good to be true: at some point the developers were suspected of being shown fragments of the game just beautiful pre -rapy. However, according to the last news, Atomic Heart quite real – just the authors do not want to spoil the grandiose surprise ahead of time. In mid -2021, the studio reported that the game was almost ready, and the developers were already busy polishing and portions. It is hoped that in the near future we will hear new details.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
Existence S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 For a long time it was either a myth or a local joke. Each fan of the series deep down hoped that GSC Game World Nevertheless, he will return to the franchise after many years of calm, but few really believed in it: so much time passed that no sequel could meet the expectations and hype assigned to him. But s.T.A.L.K.E.R. Not just returns – Heart of Chernobyl will come out this December. And, judging by the published trailers, something extremely ambitious awaits us. The developers promise to save everything for which we loved the series, but to do it more and better. Seamless open world, an extensive non -linear plot, hundreds of hours of content, a photorealistic picture – the good old “stalker” has transformed beyond recognition, but it seems that it remained the same inside. The cynical sense of realism suggests that the release of the game has every chance to turn into a monstrous disappointment, but who knows: suddenly GSC Game World will still be able?
Starfield
About the science fiction RPG, for which Bethesda I decided to move the schedule of work on The Elder Scrolls VI, Until now, little is known, although the release is relatively close: the game will be released on November 11, 2022. Todd Howard himself calls Starfield Skyrim in Cosmos, where the study of distant planets and stellar systems will play a key role. The rest can only be guessed about everything else, but the game will also probably be battles on starships, because the territory within the radius of our solar system is separated between the two warring factions. In a word, there are few details, but interest is heated by the context itself. Starfield is the first quarter of a century The original IP studio, which is created on the new version of Creation Engine, and the development of the project began immediately after the completion of the production Fallout 4.
Dead Space
For the game of almost fifteen years ago the original Dead Space It has been preserved as well. Great work with lighting is hides muddy textures and angular models, gray-brown gamma, characteristic of all latest zero projects, successfully disguises itself under a verified visual style, and the developers cut the gameplay formula in Resident Evil 4 as deftly as Slotonights sister sites that Capcom It did not always work out. In general, no remake horror Visceral Games And not needed: there would be enough simple remister, and ideally the entire trilogy and at an adequate price immediately. However Electronic Arts I decided to take up the franchise thoroughly, which causes restrained optimism. At least the voiced plan sounds very logical: to completely redo the first part on the Frostbite engine, preserving the original plot, but tightly connected it with all the sequels, including cartoons and comics. Some gameplay mechanics are also migrated from the sequels, but there are not enough details here. So far, it turns out that we are not waiting for restart, but rather a squeeze from the entire series at once is a kind of ultimatic Dead Space. They are not sure that this is exactly what the long -standing fans of the franchise wanted, but everywhere than nothing. In extreme cases, the original can always be relying: it will not get worse.
System Shock
But the original System Shock With all its undeniable merits, it is outdated. Yes, this is the ancestor of all gaming cosmochorriers (as well as the Immersive SIM genre), but today, except for the ruled retromans are able to enjoy her. And this despite the fact that seven years ago the game received an exemplary remaster from Nightdive Studios. Since about the same, the team has been creating a full -fledged remake of creation Looking Glass , And in 2022, he must finally reach the finish line.
Judging by the gameplay rollers, this is, without a doubt, System Shock – but not what it was, but what today's gamers represent, having seen enough of the YouTube of all essays about the significance of the first part. This is the RPG shuther flooded with neon in the gloomy corridors of the space station, where cyberpunk is intertwined with retro-fluorism, and reiterating is combined with the deliberate pixelity of individual objects. Even so the game is unlikely to produce a lot of noise among a wide audience, but he will definitely find his enthusiasts.
God of War: Ragnarok
In 2018 God of War, No matter how trite it sounds, the effect of an exploding bomb produced. Sony Santa Monica I went to the risk and radically changed the setting, mood, the genre of the series itself, giving out, in fact, a completely new game. Not in everything original, but fresh enough. Ragnarok this cannot boast. In the debut trailer, we were shown the same snowy fjords, all the same bearded Kratos with a slightly grown atreus and all the same combat techniques. In an interview, the developers mainly talk about the plot without spreading about any gameplay mechanics-perhaps they have not undergone any important changes. In addition, not Kory Barlog, who was repaired by God of War twice (in the sequel of 2007 and in the Rebut of 2018), and Eric Williams, who used to be in the second roles. All this indirectly indicates that Ragnarok will be a very safe continuation made on the principle of “the same dosha, and thoroughly lei”. But even this is still the second part of one of the main games of the last decade and a guaranteed hit.
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Zero Dawn was not perfect, but truly a wonderful game. After all, than a miracle, you can explain the fact that Guerrilla Games , which for more than ten years riveted the linear shooters in the first person, on the first attempt was able to give out a decent adventure in the open world? Although, of course, the world itself was empty, and the quests did not differ in particular ingenuity. Horizon took primarily visual, fighting, staging and music, making his way to goosebumps. And the continuation Forbidden West promises everything the same, but more cooler. It is pleasant that the developers talk not only about new robots or, say, about new chips with onions, but also about the design of tasks and their attempts to revive cities and open spaces, where fate will abandon Ela. Even if they are unsuccessful, at least an exciting and stunningly beautiful adventure in a unique setting is waiting for us.
Gran Turismo 7
Gran Turismo – Not only one of the most long -playing and at the same time most famous racing series in the history of video games, but also the main race of Sony PlayStation. GT went through all the consoles of the company, and each time it was believed that this is the same game that squeezes all juices from the current generation of iron. An incomprehensible misfire occurred only with PlayStation 4 – this is the only generation that did not receive the number of Gran Turismo. Yes, yes, you read correctly: eight years have passed since the release of Gran Turismo 6. And published on PS4 GT Sport Never considered an independent game and for a long time seemed like a kind of prologue to the seventh part.
And finally, in March 2022, we must get the long -awaited Gran Turismo 7. What awaits us? In fact, the dopated GT Sport. According to the first trailers, it is clear that the game did not particularly shove the game: the physics of the machines remains the same, the online system, most likely, too, and most of the cars and tracks will migrate into a new part without any changes. But, unlike Sport, GT7 will finally return the career mode, driver licenses, developed financial system, used machines, tuning and livery, and will also receive dynamic weather. Yes, it doesn’t sound very cool, but this should be enough to get one of the best races of our time – which, by the way, will work not only on PS5, but also on PS4.
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