PCG Article PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2022

ZedClampet

Community Contributor
Note: I couldn't find a thread covering this, but my vision is almost completely gone this morning, so apologies if this is a duplicate.

My picks of the year were V Rising and Planet Crafter. Post your favorites of 2022.

Here's PCG's list

The Awards
Best Ongoing Game: Guild Wars 2(opens in new tab)
Best Strategy: Total War: Warhammer 3(opens in new tab)
Best Early Access: Disney Dreamlight Valley(opens in new tab)
Best Roguelike: Vampire Survivors(opens in new tab)
Best Puzzle Game: Strange Horticulture(opens in new tab)
Best Sandbox: Teardown(opens in new tab)
Best RPG: Persona 5 Royal(opens in new tab)
Best Design: Card Shark(opens in new tab)
Best Co-op: Monster Hunter Rise(opens in new tab)
Best Platformer: Neon White(opens in new tab)
Best Story: The Case of the Golden Idol(opens in new tab)
Best Comedy: Trombone Champ
GOTY Runner-Up: Marvel's Midnight Suns(opens in new tab)
Game of the Year: Elden Ring(opens in new tab)

Personal Picks
Katie Wickens: Two-Point Campus(opens in new tab)
Jody Macgregor:
Hard West 2(opens in new tab)
Lauren Aitken:
The Witcher 3 – Next-Gen Update(opens in new tab)
Tyler Colp:
Signalis(opens in new tab)
Evan Lahti:
Into the Breach: Advanced Edition(opens in new tab)
Phil Savage:
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen(opens in new tab)
Jorge Jimenez:
Tactics Ogre: Reborn(opens in new tab)
Fraser Brown:
Grounded(opens in new tab)
Tyler Wilde:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2(opens in new tab)
Joshua Wolens:
Pentiment(opens in new tab)
Shaun Prescott: Steelrising(opens in new tab)
Sean Martin:
Warzone 2 DMZ(opens in new tab)
Andy Chalk:
Hell is Others(opens in new tab)
Christopher Livingston:
Farthest Frontier(opens in new tab)
Jacob Ridley:
F1 Manager 2022(opens in new tab)
Wes Fenlon:
Dorfromantik(opens in new tab)
Robin Valentine:
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide(opens in new tab)
Sarah James:
PowerWash Simulator(opens in new tab)
Morgan Park:
MultiVersus(opens in new tab)
Mollie Taylor:
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix+(opens in new tab)
Andy Chalk:
Elden Ring
 

Brian Boru

Legenda in Aeternum
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Didn't play any 2022 release, my pick of the OP would be Dorfromantik—I will definitely pick that up at some stage. Don't have an interest in any of the others.

My best recent games—released within last 5 years—I played in 2022:
1 Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
2 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
3 Far Cry® 6
 
The only 2022 release I played is Total War: Warhammer 3, which is at least as good as Warhammer 2, which I played for 1.5 years or so.

(Oh, also Marvel Snap, but that didn't interest me much).

Looking through other games released in 2022, there's a couple of sequels I expect I would like as well:

- The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
- Return to Monkey Island
- The Witcher 3
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Tactics Ogre: Reborn
 

ZedClampet

Community Contributor
The only 2022 release I played is Total War: Warhammer 3, which is at least as good as Warhammer 2, which I played for 1.5 years or so.

(Oh, also Marvel Snap, but that didn't interest me much).

Looking through other games released in 2022, there's a couple of sequels I expect I would like as well:

- The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
- Return to Monkey Island
- The Witcher 3
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Oops. I forgot TWW3. That would definitely be one of my picks.
 
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Christ i barely remember what i played or even enjoyed last year. The only thing i played that was released in 2022 was chivarly 2 but that was on epic a year before so doesn't account.

But regardless, what games stood out that i enjoyed last year? in no particular order:


return of the obra dinn
legend of zelda a link to 2 worlds.
Huntdown
dishonored 2
Pillars of eternity
Deathwar 3030
Glass masquerade (surprisingly).
Yakuza kiwami 2 - technically still playing but started in december.

So yeah, out of the games i played, those were the only games that i would consider my top games of 2022 that i played.

There were a few doom wads that deserve an honourable mention but more mods then games.

Will i get to play more good games in 2023? we'll see. Part of the problem even good games these days don't seem to illict much joy these days.
 
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