They're taking more of a you walk around and do everything that you would
need to do to create a city rather than plopping stuff down with a cursor. It is a very pretty game. Everything I've seen of it shows these amazing landscapes and you're going to be going to have to go through them with a fine-tooth comb to really master this game. This is one that I think has just a huge amount of potential, and I'm really excited to see it because between being a kind of city-building survival game, it's an RPG, it's a life sim, I mean, there's a lot going on here, and it really looks like it's sort of putting together a cohesive product, which the more genres you start throwing in, the less likely that is. I can't wait to play this. It's coming out sometime this year, currently slated for Steam, hopefully on other platforms as well this year. At number 14 is "Stray," a really interesting game in which you play as a cat that has to explore, survive, And find a way back to its family in a futuristic cyberpunk world in which there are no human beings. It's populated fully by robots, and you, as a cat, explore this. It's a huge city, which is densely compressed, modeled after Kowloon Walled City, which doesn't exist anymore, but if you're interested in looking at some very densely, completely chaotic, built without plan in a tiny area, straight up, look up pictures of that place, because you can definitely see that in this game.
Also, you play as a cat, which is, I mean, it's a completely different movement paradigm. "Stray" is coming PlayStation 4 and 5, as well as Windows sometime this year. At number 13 is "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora." It is a pretty-looking game. It's definitely got a great world to explore.
The real question is, is it just gonna be a Ubisoft game where you're finding towers and destroying bases of your enemies? Hopefully, it's more, 'cause honestly, it is a very cool setting.
The potential for exploration-based open-world game based entirely off of this setting is pretty high. I've definitely got my fingers crossed for that, but I don't have a set of expectations for this, really, at all. Would be nice if it turned out to be good.
"Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora" is coming to Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, PC, and streaming sometime this year. At number 12 is "Pokemon Legends: Arceus," which switches up the Pokemon formula a pretty fair amount, and in doing so, creates a very intriguing game with a different set of exploration goals.
Pokemon world equivalent of the Muromachi period. And it's actually really interesting to see the" Pokemon Brilliant Diamond" and "Shining Pearl" map in such a different context, and it's interesting to see some of the historical things that they've managed to cook up involving it.
It's kind of like what would have if you combined "Pokemon" with "Breath of the Wild," and while that may sound odd, it really works. It's not that I don't want them to stop making mainline Pokemon games, but I would love to see more games like this as well. "Pokemon Legends: Arceus" is out on Nintendo Switch now. And at number 11 is "Hogwarts Legacy," which is an action RPG but fact of the matter is a lot of people are gonna be interested in playing in this game, just to sort of look around Hogwarts.
They've essentially created a full Hogwarts to run around in, and for a lot of people, that is probably one of the best locations you could set a game in for exploration purposes. "Hogwarts Legacy" is coming to the PlayStations, the Xboxes, Windows, and Switch late in the year. And at number 10 is "LEGO StaR Wars: The Skywalker Saga," a massive, sprawling, nine-movie-wide game that gives you access to pretty much every "Star Wars" mainline story, as playable through and updated but still familiar Lego style.
Probably the thing that I would say you could spotlight the most is how much better and more interesting combat is in this game. Your melee stuff, your lightsaber fights, it just feels a lot better, and your shooting stuff feels more like an over-the-shoulder third-person shooter with some mild cover elements that don't go over completely well, but generally, it's more fun to play in my opinion than previous gunplay in the Lego series. Overall, this is just a big celebration of the entire "Star Wars" saga. IX is a terrible film, nothing can be done about that, but this is an overall good package. It doesn't take itself too seriously, it makes a lot of jokes, and he gameplay is very fun. If you're looking for a
Probably the thing that I would say you could spotlight the most is how much better and more interesting combat is in this game. Your melee stuff, your lightsaber fights, it just feels a lot better, and your shooting stuff feels more like an over-the-shoulder third-person shooter with some mild cover elements that don't go over completely well, but generally, it's more fun to play in my opinion than previous gunplay in the Lego series. Overall, this is just a big celebration of the entire "Star Wars" saga. IX is a terrible film, nothing can be done about that, but this is an overall good package. It doesn't take itself too seriously, it makes a lot of jokes, and he gameplay is very fun. If you're looking for a
"Star Wars" collectathon, this is pretty much the definitive one, and it updates the formula just enough to where it feels modern, and we don't lose anything in the process. "LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga" is available now. At number nine is "Hollow Knight: Silksong," a game that was announced in 2019, But we really haven't seen much about it. It was originally planned as a DLC that would be added into the original "Hollow Knight's" narrative and world, but "Silksong" looks to be its own standalone product. In terms of exploration, Metroidvania games are a great genre for that, but "Hollow Knight" really did a great job establishing a rich world. There are some minor modifications here. You're playing as a character called Hornet, who instead of using souls uses silk, which obviously sounds different, But may also be the same thing. We'll see. I would guess that silk is probably generated in a slightly different way and has different narrative implications, but we'll see. It's more "Hollow Knight." That's just something that fans of this genre are likely rather excited for. The game was rumored to come out back in February, but obviously, we don't have the game yet.
All official sources still point to 2022, though, and we'll be seeing it on PC and Switch. At number eight is "The Day Before," an open-world zombie game that is heavily been based on exploration. For one, you're not just attempting to survive yourself, but a lot of the point is to ensure that a colony of survivors can continue to survive and rebuild. In the meantime, you can see some stuff that, when you're set in a larger city setting, looks a little like "The Division," although I don't know exactlly how analogous it is to that. I don't know. It looks like a really interesting game with a very detailed world with a lot of special
detail paid to the vehicles. That's how they want you to sort of venture through the countryside and see what you can find. "The Day Before" is coming to the Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, and PC, June 21st. At number seven is "A Plague Tale: Requiem," a continuation of the first game. "Requiem" takes place far south of the original, where Amicia and Hugo have started a new life, attempting to control Hugo's curse, But his powers reawaken and the whole rat thing happens again.
detail paid to the vehicles. That's how they want you to sort of venture through the countryside and see what you can find. "The Day Before" is coming to the Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, and PC, June 21st. At number seven is "A Plague Tale: Requiem," a continuation of the first game. "Requiem" takes place far south of the original, where Amicia and Hugo have started a new life, attempting to control Hugo's curse, But his powers reawaken and the whole rat thing happens again.
There's gonna be a little more focus on combat this time around. Amicia can use a crossbow, for instance, and has developed some skills in terms of being able to defend them. It looks like a really interesting continuation, and it will be landing on the Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC later in the year. Number six, we've gotten a little bit more information about but not a lot. This is the first open world Sonic game, and Sega is being very, very tight-lipped as to what's going on exactly with it. They have informed that there will be a lot of new options for Sonic's movement, which is to be expected, because they have moved, again, to open world. It's possibly a very good new direction, too, as they learned their on delaying games, though. Instead of trying to rush this thing out in time for Sonic's 30th anniversary like they did with the 15th anniversary in "Sonic 2006," which was a disaster, they've delayed it, They've sat on it, they've worked on it, and I think that's going to be overall much better for the game. We don't have a release date exactly, but it should be landing
on all major platforms later in the year. And number five is "Forspoken," a game that, to be frank, might set the standard in terms of the type of open world "Sonic Frontiers" might be looking to try to do. It is this big open-world game in which the traversal is fast and parkour-oriented. But on top of that, it's also a narrative-driven adventure, Which comes to us from an internal studio at Square Enix that is made up of people who were working on "Final Fantasy XV." It's a game that is only coming to PlayStation 5 and PC and is apparently going to release on October 11. And at number four is "God of War: Ragnarok," which not only changes the season you're dealing with, basically everything is covered in snow, but it also allows you to explore all nine realms, which was something that people were kind of expecting in the first game, but then found out that the whole game didn't take place . Across all nine realms. This time, it does, and it will also conclude the
story that was begun in 2018. Of course, "God of War" 2018 was such a fantastic game, and I think we're all heavily anticipating this one. It is coming to both PlayStation 4 and 5 sometime later in the year. And at number three,
on all major platforms later in the year. And number five is "Forspoken," a game that, to be frank, might set the standard in terms of the type of open world "Sonic Frontiers" might be looking to try to do. It is this big open-world game in which the traversal is fast and parkour-oriented. But on top of that, it's also a narrative-driven adventure, Which comes to us from an internal studio at Square Enix that is made up of people who were working on "Final Fantasy XV." It's a game that is only coming to PlayStation 5 and PC and is apparently going to release on October 11. And at number four is "God of War: Ragnarok," which not only changes the season you're dealing with, basically everything is covered in snow, but it also allows you to explore all nine realms, which was something that people were kind of expecting in the first game, but then found out that the whole game didn't take place . Across all nine realms. This time, it does, and it will also conclude the
story that was begun in 2018. Of course, "God of War" 2018 was such a fantastic game, and I think we're all heavily anticipating this one. It is coming to both PlayStation 4 and 5 sometime later in the year. And at number three,
things that made it feel not necessarily the same in terms of tone, but in terms of progression, like "Witcher III," which is always a good place to start. They've also patched it recently, which improved the loot mechanics, and to be frank, pretty much everything was already enjoyable anyways. Seems to only be getting better. And the great open world is detailed, beautiful, and continues the story very well. "Horizon Forbidden West" isout on PlayStation 4 and 5 now. And at number two is "Elden Ring," Which I don't know what else we can say about "Elden Ring." We have covered this game extensively on this channel. It certainly has done something to progress the idea of an open world giving us more novel ways to experience missions and lore and all the things that we've come to expect from a "Dark Souls" game in the context of an open world, and it's really just chock full of all of that. "Elden Ring" is already out on everything. If you haven't played it or haven't thought of playing it or somehow haven't heard of it, I don't know how you ."Horizon Forbidden West," a game that's already out and proven itself to be quite an interesting title. It, of course, continued the story of "Horizon Zero Dawn." The game basically improved on every element of the original And incorporated a lot of
Because if you watch our videos, you've heard plenty about "Elden Ring" at this point. And at number one is "Starfield," a "Skyrim" in space coming to us from Bethesda. They're attempting to ground "Starfield" in a slightly more science-oriented, general world. However, I have my reservations that it's going to be particularly realistic and instead will probably be exactly what they've said, "Skyrim" in space. I don't think that is a bad thing, though. "Skyrim" is, of course,
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