Introduction: Abandon illusions and seek truth from facts.
Compared with the overall decline in the quality of games in the industry in 2021, 2022 is generally considered to be a year of AAA blockbuster explosion. Including games such as "Horizon Western Forbidden Land", "Eldon's Law Ring", "God of War, Twilight of the Gods", "Star Domain" and so on, it is finally necessary to accept the final review of players in this year.
As for "ending all masterpieces" - "Breath of the Wilderness 2", I personally believe that with Nintendo's caution about the top game, the series' long-term attitude of excellence, combined with the fact that until now it is still a very limited amount of content disclosure, this game cannot be released in 2022, so when you guess the first place in this inventory as usual, you can rule out "Breath of the Wild 2" first.
The word "expectation" certainly contains the expectation of surprises, but it is necessary to remind you that the various reasons for the overturning of the blockbuster in 2021, such as high load overtime; the influx of hot money in the meta-universe, resulting in the circulation of game development talents; the lack of hardware makes players increase the cost of cross-generational, unable to start the game with full matching, etc., and in 2022, there is no sign of improvement. Therefore, the article will focus on the characteristics of each game, combined with the title of Kobe's classic slogan, while maintaining expectations, try to talk about those factors that may lead to overturning.
10. Will retro science fiction have a future? - "Star Domain"
If a person is a science fiction enthusiast, but also a player of "Fallout" and "The Elder Scrolls", then his expectations of "Star Domain" will be extremely contradictory, on the one hand, although the science fiction theme is a natural ally of video games, but the "Thirteen Machine Defense Circle" works, can not be encountered, Bethesda after being acquired by Microsoft, the wallet bulged, the boldness, the steps up, the heart of the heart, extraterritorial stars, what a romance.
The game's visual poster exudes a retro atmosphere, which is to put it bluntly, there is no advanced science fiction concept
On the other hand, the concept demonstration of the take-off of the spacecraft before the game seems to be nothing new, "science" is the manned spaceflight that has been realized today, and "fantasy" is even more untraceable. The player's imagination matches the vast starry sky, which is bound to be a huge open world scene, which is the high incidence of accidents in recent years, and I don't know if there will be a sense of epicness, a sense of humor and a sense of disillusionment. Fortunately, Bethesda has the industry's largest QA team - players, next year's Double Eleven I will sit and wait for this Microsoft "no man's deep space" to go to heaven.
9. War without Barney in your pocket - Advanced Warfare 1+2 Remake
The persecution of Barney is a regular program for two-dimensional Gundam enthusiasts every Christmas, and the anti-war-themed Gundam animation "War in the Pocket" commemorates the short life of Bani, a young driver of Gion, through a small-scale sudden and quickly quelled battle.
The "Barney" terrier is equivalent to the "big brother" terrier in Gundam culture, a word "loss"
And for those players who entered the pit from the GBA era, many people also had a fierce but not cruel war in their pockets at that time - "Advanced War". Putting such a niche game on the annual expectation list is entirely out of my personal selfishness in loving this game. It is said that it is a niche, in fact, the "Advanced War" series in the group of handheld players in China, the popularity was once indistinguishable from "Fire Emblem", which belongs to the kind of Benge school wargame masterpiece that looks at the simple picture and is full of magic to play. The series does not have similar fire emblems, machine warfare that kind of character development elements, on the basis of the system's high balance, all rely on the player's decision-making judgment to influence the battlefield situation, especially AI has no mercy on the player, in the high-difficulty custom mode, it can be called the Nintendo version of "is a man who survived 30 rounds".
"Advanced Warfare 1+2 Remake" currently seems to have only been upgraded in terms of graphics and hardware adaptation, and the difficulty should be no room for compromise. To remind friends who are interested in trying, once the game and AI drag into a protracted battle, the length of the battle will make you think that you are playing Civilization, so please arrange the time reasonably, and do not fight on the head.
8, this should be the last chance - "The Legend of the Star Sea 6"
It is estimated that "The Legend of the Star Sea 6" is a game that most players did not expect from the beginning, and the inclusion in the list is not a number, but because the previous game was a big mess (once rotten enough for domestic players to question whether the Japanese game is OK, after that, "Persona 5", "Ren Wang" and "Neil Automatic Humanoid" have been released to achieve a bottoming out of the Japanese factory), the new work can also be insisted on by SE and determine the release date early, which is a surprise in itself, so it produces a certain expectation.
In 2021, "Dawn Legend" because of the engine innovation and the first release strategy of the PC, after "Persona 5", continued the good momentum of the traditional JRPG outside of "Final Fantasy" and "Pokémon". "The Legend of The Star Sea 6" originally had a certain popularity in Europe and the United States, and now the strategy is similar to "Breaking Dawn", but at present, from the trailer, it is completely impossible to see that there are signs of "reform and self-renewal" in this work, as the creator of the "3A (tri-ace development group) production, it must be a boutique", if "Star Sea 6" still can not turn over, then 2022 will officially become the year when the series bids farewell to the home console platform.
7, here is the suicide squad, it is your Justice League that should be rolled - "Suicide Squad Kills Justice League"
In the eyes of DC fans, today's Warner is the enemy of DC's life, the movie says that darkness is not dark, to entertain and not to entertain, from being thrown down a street by Marvel, to being dumped by Marvel in a parallel universe. The comic department is even more self-wielding, forcing away outstanding creators as a daily routine, showing the stupid and bad side of capital when it comes to creation.
Barry Allen is so cute, why do you always persecute Barry
In this case, "Suicide Squad Kills Justice League" written by Rock Stedy has become the last bit of hope that DC has given people at this stage. The game features the high concept of suicide squad members "killing" the mortal gods of the Justice League by virtue of their mortal bodies. Just from the trailer, but there is a sense of open world assembly line works, the original outstanding level design skills of the "Arkham" series, and the characteristics of the suicide squad members have not rubbed out any exciting sparks, and the maximum playability at that time if it is only a BOSS battle how to kill the positive union, the rest of the time is to let the player run on the big map to run to the sudden or brush the miscellaneous soldiers, but it is not a good idea.
6, Sister Bei, when are you the first ACT - "Hunting Angel Witch 3"
When Angel Hunter Witch was first released, it was once with "Mitterrod: Fear of Survival" and "True Goddess Rebirth 5" and became the big three of NS hardcore games. Nowadays, the first two have been released, basically following the tradition-oriented, the system is slightly improved for the purpose of facilitating the use of the system, but the core part is not compromised on the self-evolutionary route. Because Nintendo does not have the possibility of launching an upgraded version of the NS host again next year, the picture quality and frame rate will definitely become the biggest life door of "Hunting Angel Witch 3", plus Platinum first lost the "Blue Fantasy" in development in the past two years; "Babylon Fall" cooperated with SE, the picture is obviously still stuck in the last decade, so BeiJie is of course full of style, but success or failure, depending on how much tricks "Witch 3" can play in the case of hardware, the action system and level design.
5. Can you return to the "right way" - GT Racing 7
Because there have been so many postponed games in recent years, Mr. Yamauchi and his GT Racing, the old guerrillas in the industry's deferred field, have a sense of neglected alibi. To know that the original "GT Racing 4" development cycle is too long, resulting in having to make a "GT Racing 4: Prologue" to quench the player's thirst, the cost is the same as a full version of the game, in order to show the "conscience" of the first-party game, this prologue later specially sold the official price reduction "the best version", so that those who did not pay for the players quickly bought a copy back to worship.
GT racing is the first "car", then there is the "race", "GT racing sportss" to reverse the order
"GT Racing 7", as the "pro-son" of the series, is a new work that is expected to return to the right path after the "GT Racing Sportss" that players generally classified as a sequel. In the eyes of veteran players, GT Racing is not only a racing game, but also a weapon in the world of guns and cars, adhering to the spirit of classicism. At the end of 2021, "Forza Horizon 5" received acclaim from the industry, and the former catch-up had already overtaken, and now the pressure naturally came to the "GT Racing 7" monopolized by PS4/5 during the launch period. This game can no longer be as addicted to esports as the previous game, but the content is crowded with toothpaste updates, it must bring itself back to the height of the missionary about racing culture, so that when landing on Steam in the future, it will not make PC players feel "just this?" Forza Motorsport is no hotter than it."
4, this also deserves to be called kung fu? - "The Master"
If it is purely in accordance with the scale of game development and the amount of publicity, the game "Master" should not have been placed on such a high ranking, but since it is related to the theme of kung fu, Chinese players have a natural right to speak, a series of kung fu demonstrations in the game demonstration, it is obvious to borrow a large number of Chinese kung fu films, when the game if there are volleys or drunken punches, I will not be surprised.
For the "Master" that will be released first in this inventory (February 2, 2022, this day feels like a deliberate celebration of "dragon head", but it does not distinguish between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar), since so many Chinese elements are involved in the game, then the shaping of the oriental characters, the words and deeds of the protagonist, the domestic players will be amplified in the discussion, I hope that the development team has done enough homework in the development and testing, so that the relevant topics are limited to the scope of the game.
3, don't think it's stable - "Eldon's Ring of Law"
The reason why 2022 is considered the year of "fairy fight", such as "Eldon's Ring of Law", is undoubtedly the biggest source of confidence for players when pre-order payments. At present, "Eldon's Legal Ring" is in the situation of "how to see it is stable", in addition to the cloud players have begun to point out the country before the release of the game, thinking that the "soul flavor" is too heavy or too light, the demo version released has received general praise, the official version as long as the sense of space to ensure the open world exploration, and the sense of oppression of the soul series map design match, with the previous successful experience of "Only Wolf", I am still very optimistic.
If you must say that there are any loopholes, that is, after unpacking the beta version through the cracked version of PS4, part of the content leaked, causing players to fight with possible spoilers early, and when it is about to be released, for "Eldon's Law Ring", which has high traffic on the video platform, it is estimated that there will be a wave of extreme sneaking, and then it depends on whether the fragment narrative of this work can reach the degree of "spoilers I can't understand what is said", think about it, this is the best way to prevent spoilers.
The limited edition was sold out as soon as it was pre-ordered
2, the young man's second "Modern Warfare" - "Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2"
Today," COD players are looking forward to next year's Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, which has surpassed Christendom's desire to retake Jerusalem since its defeat to Saladin in 1187, in other words, COD Vanguard has been on sale less than two months ago, and many players can't wait for it to get out of the way.
And there are three reasons why a new year game finally appears in such a high ranking position:
1. According to Activision Blizzard's current chaotic internal and external contradictions, whether COD MW2 can maintain development efficiency under pressure is a problem, but the COD New Year goods tradition is indestructible, it is a mule is a horse, and it is impossible to postpone it to 2023 anyway.
2, 2019 "Modern Warfare" was a great success, so that the war zone, gunsmith mode, season pass, and store combo package together, became the standard of the later "Cold War" and "Pioneer", the result is that those two works with shackles bundi, can only let iw's successful ideas invade their original personality works, resulting in indifference.
3, now "Pioneer" bad reviews continue, while affected by the war zone of the three big series (sharing part of the data resources, the interface is also from the war zone), a work bug will be contagious to all works, resulting in players and game operation team overwhelmed, urgently need iw to use their own creation of the engine, to develop a modern war theme based on their own successful works "Call of Duty".
In short, it will be time to see if iw can "make COD great again".
1. Do you dare to challenge the player's limit again? - "God of War, Twilight of the Gods"
"God of War, Twilight of the Gods", the name of this subtitle, is equivalent to pointing out the plot direction of this game that is bound to kill the big kill.
Because it is still necessary to log down to the PS4 platform, the picture engine of "Twilight of the Gods" is still the same as the previous game, and it is difficult to expect that this game will have the evolution of "God of War 3" to the new "God of War" on the screen. Putting aside the gameplay and graphics, my biggest expectation for this work, or the heart that is not too big to watch the hilarity, is to know whether Kui Ye will quit the stage at the end of this work (or in the middle of the process), to put it bluntly, that is, whether the screenwriter dares to write Kuitos to death.
According to the previous Greek period of the people Shuluo setting, Kui Ye is to the Yin Cao Mansion can also change his life against the sky to kill back, but the new "God of War" style is more realistic and thick, and the producer Barlog once expressed his affirmation of Neil's courage to kill Joel in "Doomsday 2", similar to killing the protagonist, many creators have similar impulses, "Doomsday 2" caused a huge public opinion shock that year, so that players and the media are full of addiction to controversy.
So, I know why I said, "It's not a big deal to watch the hilarity."
Conclusion: In addition to these pre-judged masterpieces, I don't know what surprises and shocks 2022 will bring us, guys, let's continue to play the game, talk about the game, and wait and see.