GOTY 2022
Unlike previous years, I played a lot of games this year in the year they were released. That means I actually beat every game in my top ten. That's a rare feat and I'm proud of myself. Before getting into the list, there are a few thing that I feel the need to say:
- I don't get Vampire Survivors. It doesn't appeal to me in any way. I made several attempts throughout the year and had a bad time every time.
- I played Elden Ring. It can fuck off and I'll see it in hell.
- The Picross S series continues to be my emotional support shovelware games.
- Honorary golf clap to Sonic Frontiers for being the best Sonic-branded Sonic game ever made. This was truly the year of Sonic the Hedgehog.
- Grant Turismo 7 would be on this list if it wasn't so far up its own tailpipe.
- Ghostwire Tokyo is fine. It's not the best but it's far better than it was made out to be on this site.
On a final note, I tend to count games for GOTY in the years where they are released for early access and in the years where they release in v1.0. I don't count any years in-between. That seems fair enough to me.