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RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Neal Chandran

Posted by Neal Chandran on January 11, 2023

Most people pick their favorite games of the year based on criteria such as gameplay, story, etc. For 2022, I’m doing something different and instead choosing my favorites (in no particular order) based on protagonist fashion styles. Fashion Awards Manafinder After Manafinder’s protagonist Lambda is… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Michael Sollosi

Posted by Michael Sollosi on January 11, 2023

I didn’t play as many new games in 2022 as I did the prior few years, but I got to at least enough to muse on a few favorites, ranking five of them. Let’s get to it: Special Awards Unplayed, Unfortunately – Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Elden Ring, Star Ocean: The Divine Force, Stranger of Paradise Final… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Tom Cox

Posted by Tom Cox on January 11, 2023

To be completely honest, I don’t feel I’ve played enough games that were released in 2022 to be able to say which game is the best of the year. For what it’s worth, I’d have to go with Triangle Strategy. I haven’t played many new releases because I’ve been trying to go back and play classics I’ve mi… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Bob Richardson

Posted by Jerry Williams on January 11, 2023

This is the first year — maybe in the entire time I’ve written for the site — in which I felt I played enough high quality new releases to warrant a Top 5. What a banger year for gaming overall. 5. Triangle Strategy If Triangle Strategy had the same tenacity and punch in the first half of the game a… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Jonathan Logan

Posted by Jonathan Logan on January 11, 2023

Best Game of 2022 (That I Played): Horizon Forbidden West Early in 2022, I realized that the release of Horizon Forbidden West was rapidly approaching, and I still needed to play Horizon Zero Dawn. So, with the strong encouragement of RPGFan’s own Caitlin Argyros, I dove into the open-world post-apo… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Des Miller

Posted by Des Miller on January 11, 2023

Early Access Game of the Year: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet People like to say that Nintendo is old-fashioned, behind the times, and even a bit of a dinosaur. Sure, their online infrastructure may be old enough to vote, they make you jump through hoops just to try to voice chat, and friend codes…… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Tyler Trosper

Posted by Tyler Trosper on January 11, 2023

Another year gone, and I feel like I played more new games this year than usual. Several great games released in 2022, and not just ones starting with the prefix Xeno! Best farming sim of 2022: Harvestella Okay, maybe I didn’t play any other farming sim this year, but I can’t say enough how much I l… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Wes Iliff

Posted by Wes Iliff on January 11, 2023

Best RPG that isn’t covered on RPGFan so I might get in trouble for this one – Vampire Survivors Listen, roguelikes and RPGs have a complicated relationship. They’re born of RPGs, but often take a huge diversion from the story-driven focus of traditional RPGs with a focus on execution-based gameplay… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Nick Mangiaracina

Posted by Nick Mangiaracina on January 11, 2023

Top 3 Remakes & Remasters 1. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion We got some PSP remakes and ports this year, and while I’m sad Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth came out too late for these superlatives, I’m quite pleased with the ones that did make it out in time for the list. Crisis Core: Final Fan… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Pete Leavitt

Posted by Pete Leavitt on January 11, 2023

2022 has left me strangely tranquil in my personal life. Unfortunately it’s a tranquility born of the acceptance of a lot of changes, not all of which are positive. However, through the support of friends and family, the routine of parenting and work, and, to a much lesser but still crucial degree,… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Scott Clay

Posted by Scott Clay on January 11, 2023

The Go Away Rean Schwarzer Award Ladies and gentlemen, we would now like to announce this year’s Go Away Rean Schwarzer Award nominees. And they are: Rean Schwarzer in Trails of Cold Steel! Rean Schwarzer in Trails of Cold Steel 2! Rean Schwarzer in Trails of Cold Steel 3! And, finally, Rean Schwarz… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Graphic Adventure or Visual Novel

Posted by Michael Sollosi on January 10, 2023

Winner: AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative The sequel to Kotaro Uchikoshi’s 2019 murder mystery, AI: The Somnium Files, is still full of murder and mystery, but this time presented in twos. Two protagonists investigating, two time periods connecting the two parts of the story, and a serial k… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Animal or Mascot Character

Posted by Niki Fakhoori on January 10, 2023

Winner: Koraidon and Miraidon (Pokémon Scarlet & Violet) How do you get around a massive region filled with seemingly insurmountable mountains and vast rivers? With a little help from your treasured friends, of course. Instead of delegating the box art legendary Pokémon to post-Gym-seven trophie… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Strategy RPG

Posted by Tom Cox on January 10, 2023

Winner: Triangle Strategy Combining the best elements of Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Fire Emblem, Triangle Strategy takes the crown for RPGFan’s best strategy RPG of the year! It’s clear that Team Asano has deep knowledge of the genre, resulting in some of the most exhilarating turn-bas… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best RPG (or Adventure Game) of 2022

Posted by Des Miller on January 10, 2023

Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a game nearly twenty-five years in the making. Within it are bits and pieces of every single Xeno property that Tetsuya Takahashi has ever worked on, and they all shine through ever so brightly. It takes the best elements of Xenogears, Xenosag… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Indie Game

Posted by Caitlin Argyros on January 10, 2023

Winner: Chained Echoes Year after year, we fantasize about finding an RPG that scratches that nostalgia itch — a new game with a retro look and feel that takes us back to those halcyon days of the SNES and PS1, before AAA games became the be-all, end-all, and microtransactions were commonplace. Well… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Mobile Game

Posted by Sam-James Gordon on January 10, 2023

Winner: Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent Fans of the original Octopath Traveler may be champing at the bit in anticipation for its sequel, Octopath Traveler II, but Square Enix’s mobile title Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent is a very worthy entry in the series to bridge th… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Unconventional or Hybrid RPG

Posted by Tyler Trosper on January 10, 2023

Winner: Harvestella During a time of many farming sim games, Harvestella is a sleeper hit. The game combines the typical farming sim formula of growing crops and raising livestock with an epic action RPG experience you would expect from Square Enix. As per RPG tradition, your silent protagonist begi… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Remake or Re-Release

Posted by Wes Iliff on January 10, 2023

Winner: LIVE A LIVE It takes a lot to take a nearly 30-year-old game and make it feel fresh, but LIVE A LIVE pulls it off. Maybe it’s the foundational game that feels unique even in 2022. Maybe it’s the visuals that have been upgraded in gorgeous HD-2D fashion. Maybe it’s a killer arranged soundtrac… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Sleeper Hit

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on January 10, 2023

Winner: Chained Echoes I don’t think anyone expected Chained Echoes to be such a hit so quickly, even with the positive buzz before its release. After watching my partner play it for five minutes, though, I knew its status as an immediate hit was completely earned. I just had to play it. Like many r… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best DLC

Posted by Des Miller on January 10, 2023

Winner: Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is, quite possibly, the ultimate DLC. It adds new locales, new monsters, new mechanics, new weapons, new armor, and, best of all: new difficulty. It also offers a whole new story, great new characters, and a dizzying array of new fe… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Combat

Posted by Tyler Trosper on January 10, 2023

Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 With each entry, the Xenoblade Chronicles series has been expanding upon its core battle system. The first game started with a system akin to an MMORPG with auto attacks and cooldowns for special moves. Xenoblade Chronicles X increased the scale with giant robots (plea… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Visuals

Posted by Des Miller on January 10, 2023

Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 The Nintendo Switch is well over five years old at this point, so it’s not too surprising that some games have to make notable concessions to run on the platform. Simpler geometry, reduced resolutions, shorter draw distances, and even lower framerate targets are just a… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Protagonist

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on January 10, 2023

Winner: Noah (Xenoblade Chronicles 3) The Xeno series has given us many fascinating and excellent protagonists, but I think Noah is the best one yet. Where others have personal drives that are understandable and relatable, Noah really is us. Or at least who we want to be. He sees the world the way w… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Story

Posted by Des Miller on January 10, 2023

Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s story is easily one of its greatest strengths. Despite the game crossing the hundred hour mark, the story remains incredibly well-paced, focused, and, most important of all, intriguing. With all its wild twists and turns, the main story keeps p… Read More »

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