You think this game will be a top contender?
As of now, we are looking at:
Elden Ring
Horizon : Forbidden West
GoW: R
Plauge : Requiem
I'd love to see another very popular game this year as we don't have many at all.
I assume you mean for Game of the Year? Personally, my 2022 game of the year is already set with God of War Ragnarok. In general though, I believe that Elden Ring should win because researching the game, it's basically a BOTW Souls open world game meaning that for From Software, they went from wide linear to full fledged open world which is huge and they gave it the BOTW treatment where it's all about the exploration, freedom and sense of discovery while also being classic souls where as with GOWR, while I love it for the most part, it's literally more of the same and that same is excellent but it doesn't do anything unique, original or innovative for the franchise or for gaming. In all honesty and I have had this debate with Thicc, a lot of Sony's games are basically a Ubisoft formulaic game but with better polish, stories and characters.
As for the other two, I think Requiem will win some awards but end in third place behind Elden Ring and GOWR respectively. I really loved Requiem. Such a great freaking game but I wish they did a little more with the combat. It's mostly centered around stealth which I like but this should have just been mostly for the rats while the human enemies should have been more action combat oriented in my opinion as this was really my only major complaint and prevented me from giving the game a 9.0/10 overall. It's an 8.5/10 for me.
HFW was a 9.0/10 for me but I think in several ways, it doesn't do enough gameplay and combat wise and still feels like a Ubisoft game but without the free climbing and there's no underwater combat which was very disappointing because if AC Origins in 2017 can do both, why couldn't HFW? And AC Origins/Odyssey are bigger open world games than HFW.This will get some too but I think it finishes 4th.
As for The Callisto Protocol, I think it's going to be really good (my prediction is low 80's on Open Critic) and I think releasing before Dead Space (which I think will be better) and REmake4 (which I think wll be the best of the three) was a smart decision. Will probably get a few goty awards from various sites but that's pretty much it. I believe that it will be the sequel that truly makes the franchise a massive success.
2022 in general was underwhelming for me as I will only have 10 completed games for 2022 in regards to games released in 2022 -
1. GOWR - 9.5/10 (my 2022 goty)
2. Dying Light 2 - 9.0/10 (I loved this freaking game!!)
3. Horizon II: Forbidden West - 9.0/10
4. A Plague Tale Requiem - 8.5/10
5. Steel Rising - 8.5/10 (the only souls game I have ever completed because it allowed me to keep the "souls" after death)
6. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - 8.0/10
7. Gotham Knights - 7.0/10 (will be the 10th game)
TBD - Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
TBD - Evil West (will be starting tomorrow!!!)
TBD - The Callisto Protocol (will play once I complete Evil West)
On paper, 2023 looks stacked and im expecting at least 20 games minimum for me personally that im expecting to complete.