The clock’s running out on 2022, so let’s cap it off with part 2 of our GOTY show, with our Top 5 Games of 2022 and a roster of guests including Brendan Hesse of The Crawl, Kat Bailey of IGN and Axe of the Blood God, Tony Wilson of Framework, and Wii Universe‘s Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski! Which games claimed our top honors this year? Jump in and find out!
Want to skip around and see what we picked without all the chat? Check out the timestamps below:
0:04:48: #5 (with Brendan Hesse and Tony Wilson)
0:20:42: #4 (with Tony Wilson and Steve Guntli)
0:43:23: #3 (core hosts only)
0:56:20: #2 (with Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski)
1:19:11: #1 (with Kat Bailey and Brendan Hesse)
Question of the Week: What’s your personal Game of the Year for 2022?
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QotW: Pokemon Legends Arceus. I’m shocked the faux open world Pokemon game that opened the year did a better job than the actual open world Pokemon game that ended it. Good selection of monsters, interesting changes to the formula and having a proper challenge for the first time outside of cheap last bosses make it one of my favorite experiences last year.
2022 was quite a year for indie games and one of my favorites of the year was “Rollerdrome” by Roll7. The game combines Tony Hawk style roller-skating with the enemy-juggling combat of Doom and it plays beautifully. The game is designed so falling is not a concern and provides a healthy amount of aim-assist so the player can focus on the action. This has been one of my go-to Steam Deck games and I hope we get more of this expertly blended genre mash-up in the future.
QOTW: Per usual I struggled to play many games that were released this year, but after listening to this episode I took the time to play Tunic, which unseated Rainbow Six: Extraction from the top spot for me. Things might have turned out different if I was able to convince more of my friends to get RS:E, WHICH IS A GREAT TIME. But Tunic really is a great game with serious Fez vibes, like Chris said and I wish I hadn’t waited until right before my vacation was over to start it.