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RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Sam-James Gordon

Posted by Sam-James Gordon on January 11, 2023

While some of us are still mentally and physically recovering from 2021, I am wondering how long it will take for my wallet to recover from 2022. Square Enix have been absolutely killing it this year, yet in some ways, their releases have still been overshadowed by blockbuster hits such as Elden Rin… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Audra Bowling

Posted by Audra Bowling on January 11, 2023

Top 5 RPGs: 1. Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster 2022 marked my first chance to play a version of this beloved classic Final Fantasy title, and it easily secured a place in my heart as soon as the ending credits rolled. I love the gameplay, the emotive music, the powerful storytelling, and the charact… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Patrick Gann

Posted by Patrick Gann on January 11, 2023

There are many games I simply didn’t get around to this year. Not yet, anyway. So this list is sorely lacking at least one game I’m sure deserves to be here (Xenoblade Chronicles 3). But I have three special awards that I’d like to discuss. Remake of the Year – LIVE A LIVE HD-2D Remake I’m confident… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022 ~ Editors’ Awards: Zach Wilkerson

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on January 11, 2023

Okay, I finally played this game and it’s really good (Retro Encounter GOTY) – Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Xenosaga is a series that’s been sitting on my backlog for years. It’s long stared at me, saying, “You love Takahashi. You need to play me.” Years of hearing up and down things has… Read More »

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: Best Ongoing Game

Posted by Mike Salbato on January 10, 2023

Winner: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Was there any doubt? We joked about calling this an annual Final Fantasy XIV award. But jokes aside, there’s a reason so many of us (and 20+ million more) are in love with the game: it’s the real deal. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is unique in that its main story… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Localization

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on January 10, 2023

Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Oi! Just wot is up with these sparkin’ accents? You mean to tell me they managed to blend a variety of world dialects, like Welsh, London, Australian, and even American, put in some fun language of their own, and it all coheres into something wholly its own thing… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Traditional RPG

Posted by Gio Castillo on January 10, 2023

Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Few original games this year harkened back to the grand scale of old-school JRPGs more than Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Sprawling open world? Check. Glorious twelve-hour soundtrack with contributions from Yasunori Mitsuda, ACE, and more? Check. Epic story that boils down t… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Antagonist

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on January 10, 2023

Winner: N (Xenoblade Chronicles 3) In a game where many of the villains fall a little flat, N is a revelation. If Noah is who we aspire to be, N is who we’re afraid we’ll become. After everything he’s experienced, would we do anything differently? Would we make the right choice, or would we hold ont… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Action RPG

Posted by Jonathan Logan on January 10, 2023

Winner: Elden Ring Elden Ring may be FromSoftware’s newest IP, but it’s a spiritual successor to the Dark Souls series in all but name. Rather than resting on the Souls series’ many laurels, however, FromSoftware have expanded pretty much everything the games have to offer. The combat of Elden Ring… Read More »

RPGFan Games of the Year 2022: Best Supporting Character

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on January 10, 2023

Winner: Eunie (Xenoblade Chronicles 3) “Hear that, Noah? Lanz wants something a bit meatier.” It would be easy to boil Eunie down to her attitude, her ridiculous British-isms, or even her amusing one-liners. In fact, Takahashi and the rest of Monolith Soft could have left her at that, and I bet she’… 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 »

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