What To Expect From Indie Games In 2022
With each Animal Crossing: New Horizons copy sold at full price or close to it, since Switch first-party title price discounts are quite scarce, that didn't stop players from buying both a Switch and the game. A true phenomenon and the best-selling game of the 2020s so far, it will be hard for anything other than GTA 6 to surpass this remarkable success for the rest of the dec
Where Winds Meet is an open-world martial arts fantasy RPG set in the quasi-historical Ten Kingdoms era. The player is described as a wandering swordsman embroiled in war and conflict, who has to choose between upholding his moral code and giving in to the world of blade and blood. This could indicate some degree of branching narrative within the game. There is a heavy emphasis on platforming and traversal with exaggerated parkour-esque abilities. He can run on water, jump multiple times in air, and cover the height of low-level buildings in a single l
Jin Yong was a prolific Wuxia fiction writer who inspired a lot of plays, movies, TV series, comics within this genre. Most of Jin Yong's novels have interlinked stories, but the Code: To Jin Yong trailer suggests that characters from different stories who haven't canonically interacted with each other might do so in the game. The player character here is Linghu Cong, the protagonist of The Smiling Proud Wanderer, and his opponent is one-armed Yang Guo from The Return of The Condor Heroes . No context is given for the battle the heroes engage in, but then again, characters in Wuxia stories are often eager to prove their mettle in martial a
This genre of fiction features martial artists with incredible combat prowess. Their skills and strengths are given a fantastical flair which affords them superhuman and mystical abilities. The concepts and techniques of real-world Chinese martial arts provide the main source of inspiration. Players can thus experience the distinctively acrobatic and artistic combat styles of the Shaolin Wushu variety, exaggerated and stylized to fit the tone of Chinese fantasy. Players will be able to venture into the China-inspired lands as expert combatants in a variety of near-future releases from Black Myth: Wukong to Where Winds Me
Players can join different martial arts schools to learn and practice different styles of combat, including enticingly powerful forbidden techniques. The game will have a multiplayer component where players can interact with each other based on the occupation they choose to pursue, such as doctor, merchant, and ferryman. The Where Winds Meet reveal trailer also shows glimpses of strikingly beautiful and diverse locations. The trailer's final scene especially makes a stunning visual statement and hints at some majestic battle arenas and boss fig
Despite being a relatively new sub-genre when compared to its more established counterparts, the Soulslike genre is fast becoming one of the most heavily populated sections of the video game industry. The success and popularity of the stunning Dark Souls trilogy has seen a slew of Soulslikes begin to use developer FromSoftware's formula to attempt to replicate the success for themselves. The results have been widely varied, with titles such as Nioh being met with critical acclaim, whereas plenty of others have missed the mark. 2023 is set to see some more exciting entries into the ge
Black Myth Wukong Guide Myth: Wukong is releasing on PlayStation 5 and PC on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. This release date was announced during the 2023 Game Awards and, fortunately, has not shifted since then. However, Xbox users will have to wait a while, as **Black Myth: Wukong has been delayed indefinitely for Xbox Series X/S
From Team Ninja, developer of the acclaimed Nioh games, comes Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty , which looks to be a spiritual successor to Nioh . Featuring the cast of characters from China's Three Kingdoms era, who fans of the Dynasty Warriors series will know well, the game is a mixture of tough, unforgiving combat, with elements of the supernatural and otherworldly beings. A demo was released in September, and as fans would expect from a Team Ninja title, it proved to be extremely challenging even in its beta ph
Built using Unreal Engine 5 , the game looks visually stunning, and if it plays as well as it looks, then gamers could be in for something special. Each time a subsequent trailer has been released, fan hype accelerates even further, and this title is probably the most hotly anticipated on the list. The game has a vague 2023 release window which everyone will be hoping it me
One of the best things about indie games is that they allow studios to bring all of their whacky and weird ideas to the table, and develop games that might otherwise have caused a lot of raised eyebrows or confused expressions when the concepts are seen on paper. For example, the notion of playing as a stray cat that explores a city populated by robots sounds bizarre, but the glimpses players have been shown of Stray so far paint a compelling and beautifully realized picture . Similarly, the ability to play a game where a bear runs a B&B in the woods in Bear and Breakfast or to control anthropomorphic dinosaur characters who are about to graduate in Goodbye Volcano High may seem like fever dreams, but there's undeniable genius in these concepts if studios can pull them