Top 10: 1. Babylon's Fall - 42 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 4. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 5. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 6. King of Fighters XV - 79 7. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 8. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - 80 9. Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong - 69 10. Weird West - 78
Top 10: 1. Dying Light 2 - 76 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. God of War Ragnarok 4. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 5. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 6. Kerbal Space Program 2 7. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 85 8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 9. Total War: Warhammer 3 - 86 10. Triangle Strategy - 82
Alternates: 1. Ghostwire: Tokyo - 76 2. Weird West - 78
Top 10: 1. Card Shark - 80 2. Dead Space 3. Dying Light 2 - 76 4. Elden Ring - 96 5. God of War Ragnarok 6. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 7. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 8. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 10. Tunic - 85
Top 10: 1. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. Ghostwire: Tokyo - 76 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 6. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 7. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 85 8. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope 9. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 10. Rainbow Six Extraction - 73
Alternates: 1. Oxenfree II 2. Triangle Strategy - 82
Top 10: 1. Elden Ring - 96 2. God of War Ragnarok 3. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 4. Hollow Knight: Silksong 5. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 6. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 85 7. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 8. Starfield 9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 10. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - 80
Alternates: 1. Dying Light 2 - 76 2. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Top 10: 1. Bayonetta 3 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. Ghostwire: Tokyo - 76 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 6. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 7. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope 8. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 9. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin - 72 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Top 10: 1. Babylon's Fall - 42 2. Bayonetta 3 3. Elden Ring - 96 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 6. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 7. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 8. Senua's Saga: Hellblade II 9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 10. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - 80
Top 10: 1. Bayonetta 3 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. Football Manager 2023 4. Forza Motorsport 2022 5. God of War Ragnarok 6. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 7. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 8. Splatoon 3 9. Total War: Warhammer 3 - 86 10. Triangle Strategy - 82
Alternates: 1. F1 2022 - 83 2. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin - 72
Top 10: 1. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp 2. Bayonetta 3 3. Elden Ring - 96 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 6. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 7. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 8. Stray 9. Total War: Warhammer 3 - 86 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Top 10: 1. A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Bayonetta 3 3. Elden Ring - 96 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 6. Hogwarts Legacy 7. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 8. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 85 9. Saints Row 10. Triangle Strategy - 82
Alternates: 1. Dying Light 2 - 76 2. King of Fighters XV - 79
Top 10: 1. A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 4. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope 5. MLB The Show 22 - 79 6. Moss: Book II - 85 7. Sea of Stars 8. Slime Rancher 2 9. Two Point Campus 10. Weird West - 78
Alternates: 1. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - 84 2. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - 80
Top 10: 1. A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Dying Light 2 - 76 3. Elden Ring - 96 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 6. Mario + Rabbids Spark of Hope 7. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 8. Splatoon 3 9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 10. Triangle Strategy - 82
Top 10: 1. Babylon's Fall - 42 2. Bayonetta 3 3. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 4. Elden Ring - 96 5. Ghostwire: Tokyo - 76 6. God of War Ragnarok 7. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 8. Hollow Knight: Silksong 9. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 85 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Alternates: 1. Gotham Knights 2. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Top 10: 1. AI: The Somnium Files -- nirvanA Initiative - 86 2. Bayonetta 3 3. Clive N' Wrench 4. Elden Ring - 96 5. God of War Ragnarok 6. Hollow Knight: Silksong 7. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 8. Sports Story 9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 10. Triangle Strategy - 82
Alternates: 1. Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope 2. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - 84
Top 10: 1. Bayonetta 3 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. God of War Ragnarok 4. Hogwarts Legacy 5. Hollow Knight: Silksong 6. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 7. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 85 8. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 9. Splatoon 3 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Top 10: 1. Elden Ring - 96 2. God of War Ragnarok 3. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 4. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 85 5. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 6. Splatoon 3 7. Starfield 8. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 10. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Alternates: 1. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - 84 2. Sonic Frontiers
Top 10: 1. A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Baldur's Gate 3 3. Bayonetta 3 4. Elden Ring - 96 5. Ghostwire: Tokyo - 76 6. God of War Ragnarok 7. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 8. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 9. Starfield 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Top 10: 1. Bayonetta 3 2. Dying Light 2 - 76 3. Elden Ring - 96 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Hollow Knight: Silksong 6. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 7. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope 8. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 9. Starfield 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Top 10: 1. Bayonetta 3 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. Forspoken 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Hollow Knight: Silksong 6. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 7. Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 82 8. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 9. Starfield 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Top 10: 1. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp 2. Bayonetta 3 3. Elden Ring - 96 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 6. Shovel Knight Dig 7. Sifu - 80 8. Splatoon 3 9. Starfield 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Alternates: 1. Gran Turismo 7 - 87 2. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 85
Top 10: 1. A Plague's Tale: Requiem 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. God of War Ragnarok 4. Gotham Knights 5. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 6. Marvel's Midnight Suns 7. Redfall 8. Sifu - 80 9. Starfield 10. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Alternates: 1. Bayonetta 3 2. Ghostwire: Tokyo - 76
Top 10: 1. Dying Light 2 - 76 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. Forspoken 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 6. Oxenfree II 7. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 8. Starfield 9. Stray 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Alternates: 1. Hogwarts Legacy 2. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Top 10: 1. EA Sports PGA Tour 2. F1 2022 - 83 3. FIFA 23 4. MLB The Show 22 - 79 5. Madden NFL 23 6. NBA 2K23 7. NHL 23 8. PGA Tour 2K23 9. WRC 11 10. WWE 2K22 - 76
Alternates: 1. Forza Motorsport 2022 2. Gran Turismo 7 - 87
Top 10: 1. A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Elden Ring - 96 3. Forspoken 4. God of War Ragnarok 5. Hogwarts Legacy 6. Horizon Forbidden West - 88 7. Marvel's Midnight Suns 8. Starfield 9. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
August: Two Point Campus -- August 9 Saints Row -- August 23
September: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum -- September 1 Splatoon 3 -- September 9 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide -- September 13 Metal: Hellsinger -- September 15
October: Marvel's Midnight Suns -- October 7 Forspoken -- October 11 A Plague Tale: Requiem -- October 18 Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope -- October 20 Gotham Knights -- October 25
League Overview:
Welcome to Year 5 of the GameTZ Fantasy Gaming League! This is basically fantasy football with games. Each person picks 10 games and those 10 games make up your "team" for the year. The Metacritic scores for your 10 games are tallied up at the end of the year to determine your total. Highest overall score wins. You also get 2 alternate picks (these should be safe choices) just in case one of your picks gets delayed into 2023. So if you shoot for the moon with a game like Final Fantasy XVI and it gets pushed into 2023 (because you know it will lol), one of your alternates takes its place and you don't end up with 0 points for that game. The goal is to pick games that you think have a very good chance of releasing in 2022. Don't YOLO your way into a bunch of 0s lol.
The Rules: 1. No DLC or Expansions 2. No Ports or Remasters (full remakes are allowed) 3. Alternate picks can only replace games delayed into 2023. They cannot be used to replace games in your top 10 that review poorly.
The Prize: 1st Place: A $50 Amazon Gift Card 2nd Place: A $20 Amazon Gift Card 3rd Place: A $10 Amazon Gift Card
Gran Turismo is killing it (not Eldin Ring killing it, but still good). I wish I had it in my main list, but I'm sure one of my games won't come out this year.
Yeah, I had gran turismo on my list too but took it off. I've also heard mumblings of Mario Rabbids getting delayed. Just mumblings so don't take my word for it, but that would suck for me because I took some gambles.
> Yeah, I had gran turismo on my list too but took it off. I've also heard mumblings
> of Mario Rabbids getting delayed. Just mumblings so don't take my word for it, but
> that would suck for me because I took some gambles.
I think Ubi said on their recent earnings call that it would come out before the end of Q1 2023. I'm still pretty confident it'll come out this year, though.
I was torn between Mario Rabbids and Splatoon and went Splatoon. Splatoon should hopefully be somewhere between 80-83, but looking at all the other lists, I kinda wish I went with something with a bit more upside.
Stray was supposed to be my wildcard and its starting to look like it really may be the make or break on my list. will probably wish id taken hellblade 2 or something if its not good. still hoping bayo3 and botw2 actually happen, dying light 2 was supposed to be a better alternate in case one of those slipped.
Stray was supposed to be my wildcard and its starting to look like it really may be the make or break on my list. will probably wish id taken hellblade 2 or something if its not good. still hoping bayo3 and botw2 actually happen, dying light 2 was supposed to be a better alternate in case one of those slipped.
did anyone have "mainline pokemon game" or something of the sort? i wasnt expecting new mainline entries the same year as Arceus
To be fair, at this point, those in the top 10 just have picket more games that already came out. If we went by average score per game, things might look a little different. I'm still feeling pretty good about my placement, although I wish I had put GT7 in my main list.
OP updated with scores for Chocobo GP and Triangle Strategy. Chocobo GP is at 65 on Metacritic from 25 reviews and Triangle Strategy is at 83 on Metacritic from 41 reviews.
Wow, that Chocobo GP game almost made my list but now I'm glad it didn't. I still want to play it, but I'll do it via the free-to-play version releasing in the eShop.
I had Babylon's Fall as one of my top games in 2021 until they said it would be mainly a live service focus. Then I removed it from my list quicker than flies boink.
>> I need 2 of the following to release this year to be ok:
>>
>> Bayonetta 3
>> God of War Ragnarok
>> Hogwarts Legacy
>> Hollow Knight: Silksong
>>
>> I'm not too worried about GoW, but I don't know about the other 3...
>
> Oh man, this is going to be a heartbreaking year xD
I'm actually feeling optimistic about Bayonetta 3. The last time they showed it, they put 2022 in the trailer. I'll be surprised if Hogwarts Legacy comes out this year. I don't know what to think about Silksong.
Figures I didn't put Gotham Knight on my list this year, thinking it'd be delayed again like last. Oh well, I'm still looking forward to the game regardless!
Guys at GameStop were telling me how hilarious Tiny Tina is... and also they're excited for the new Kirby game because it's the first REAL Kirby game since... I think the NES?
> Guys at GameStop were telling me how hilarious Tiny Tina is... and also they're excited
> for the new Kirby game because it's the first REAL Kirby game since... I think the
> NES?
If you don't count Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby 64, Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland, Kirby Squeak Squad, Kirby Return to Dreamland, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Kirby Planet Robobot, or Kirby Star Allies, then yeah. Since NES.
> @tonymack21 Annapurna has confirmed that Stray will be coming out this year.
hopefully excellent news for us. i also really want to play the game, when the first reveal happened a couple years back or whenever i slowly started realizing "wait.. are we the cat.. is this about being a cat... omg youre the cat" and then it happened and i was ready to play it lol. hopefully its good too i need it to by my wild card game, i was surprised anyone else put it on their list
So how does the swap work? Do we get to choose which of the two backups we'd like to change out for a game that's delayed to next year? Are we allowed to choose the one with the higher points if they get reviewed before delay is confirmed??
> So how does the swap work? Do we get to choose which of the two backups we'd like
> to change out for a game that's delayed to next year? Are we allowed to choose the
> one with the higher points if they get reviewed before delay is confirmed??
I think they just go in order. If one game doesn't come out, the #1 alt is used (unless that alt also doesn't come out, in which case your #2 is used). If two games don't come out, both alts are used.
If three games don't come out, well better luck next year
Wow, I didn't expect Tunic to score anywhere close to that. It looked like it was going to be a very basic, cheaply-done Zelda clone. Now I want to play it!
Harry Potter is supposed to come out this Holiday season now, and it looks pretty good. It might turn out to be a pretty good pick for those that gambled.
I've had my eyes on Tunic since the first PAX demo a couple of years ago. I feel foolish for not considering it on my list... Still, I look forward to playing it on Game Pass one of these days
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