Since this year has truly been filled with quality games, we decided to take on the task of ranking the best accordingly and engaged five magazines in a three-week reader vote. Thousands of readers of the magazines Zing.cz, Hrej.cz, Spite.cz, PCTuning.cz and Grunex.com cast their votes. While the number one winning game had a significant lead from the start of voting, some of the other games in the top ten – or at least their order – may surprise you.
1. Location: Baldur’s Gate 3.
“Play the lead role in a sweeping fantasy saga of stunning scope and quality.”
The most amazing feature of this game is the ability to offer players creative and varied choices during decision making, dialogue and combat, and then carefully implement and reflect all of these thousands of large and small player choices as the game moves forward. story or battle. In addition to its stunning freedom and non-linearity, the game also stands out for its absolutely extraordinary artistic and technical treatment, which, among other things, brings the characters to life in a way we have never seen before in a game of a similar scale. In short, Baldur’s Gate 3 lives up to every definition of a “milestone” in the gaming medium, pushing its boundaries both technically and artistically.
2. Location: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.
“A futuristic spy thriller starring Hollywood’s finest, written by you.”
For a “simple” downloadable addition to an existing game to make it onto the list of the best games of such a busy year, it has to be something truly special. But that’s exactly what happened, as Polish studio CD Projekt once again proved that their additions are not to be taken lightly. The new Night City adventure has a great story, introduces great new characters, and, like Baldur’s Gate 3, repeatedly offers you the opportunity to influence the exciting “cinematic” story entirely to your liking. At the same time, it was possible to refine and improve the entire base game, which finally confirmed its place in the hall of fame.
3. Location: Hogwarts Legacy.
“It’s finally here: your first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.”
To the uninitiated, this may seem like just another relatively epic open-world game, but as almost every fan of the books and movies will attest, this game is literally a dream come true for fans of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. . We’ve had games based on this model before, but never such a vast and elaborate reconstruction where you could walk around (or fly a flying broomstick, or ride a hippogriff) where you could explore both the mysteries of school hallways and extensive forests or caves in its vicinity. Initiates know that the whole is sometimes greater than the sum of its parts.
4. Place: Alan Wake 2.
“A play, a film, a musical… a unique story from a popular horror writer.”
Like many other forms of culture or media, a video game works best if you have a good story to carry you through it. But few stories are as interestingly intricate and yet so captivatingly presented as this one. Once again, Finnish studio Remedy has proven that they can build stories like few others, and at the same time break even more than their past games when it comes to incorporating additional forms of storytelling, be it live-action cinematic scenes or completely unusual. songs that color the entire experience. Of course, the fact that their new game is in the popular survival horror genre doesn’t hurt either.
5. Location: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
“An adventure comic with your favorite heroes and great villains from the masters of the genre.”
The first part of this reimagining of the popular hero broke all sorts of sales records, so it was only a matter of time before it gained a foothold in the market. But how do you build on such a great past game and make it even better? How about having two Spider-Men instead of one and serving (in addition to a number of smaller ones) an extraordinary pair of villains led by the unstoppable hunter Kraven and the insatiable devourer Venom? Exclusive to modern consoles, the game runs incredibly smooth and fast. Like last time, this story tells a story not only about superheroes, but also about ordinary people behind the masks.
6. Location: Diablo IV.
“A wild and atmospheric role-playing game in which you have to mow down the army of the demonic Lilith.”
The famous Diablo series has finally returned this year after a long hiatus. Although we were worried about her for many reasons, the result was worth it in the end. The developers from the Blizzard studio were able to recapture the truly dark atmosphere of the original parts of the series, offer popular entertainment in the form of mowing down dozens of enemies on the screen with powerful attacks or spells, and also introduce the demonic Lilith, who quickly gained the position of one of the most interesting villains of the year. Although the game initially did not have enough of a satisfying endgame for more persistent players, the developers have managed to gradually improve this aspect of the game with each season.
7. Location: Star Field.
“Travele through space with the ship and crew of your choice in exciting NASApunk.”
Bethesda is one of the most prominent creators of open world RPGs, so we were eagerly awaiting their first foray into space. Here we find many of the qualities that made their past games, such as Skyrim or Fallout 3, famous: incredible space, freedom and variety, as well as original jokes and references hidden around every corner. The shooting and action work surprisingly well, something that hasn’t been a strong point of these creators’ games before. This gives the entire game a unique atmosphere inspired by real-life technology and NASA aesthetics. The very creative concept of New Game Plus is the icing on the cake.
8. Location: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
“The hottest game of the year is an immersive adventure with extraordinary freedom.”
The Kingdom of Hyrule stretches from horizon to horizon and you can explore it to your heart’s content. This game world is built like one giant playground that you can roam around entirely as you wish, be it the order of places you visit, the way you travel, or the activities you will or will not engage in. At the same time, not only a vast landscape is available, but also mysterious flying ruins in the sky or a giant system of underground caves. At the same time, the ability to assemble almost any device to your liking will help you in your research. This year’s most playful game is the very definition of inventive.
9. Location: Resident Evil 4 (remake)
“When horror takes the form of a thrilling and exciting roller coaster.”
For a long time, one of the most influential and famous Survival Horror returned this year in a modernized form and once again confirmed that the creators in this part of the beloved series managed to reach the border between tension and action, fear and fun, horror. and (bizarrely sarcastic) humor in a completely unusual way. While the game is quite scary thanks to its high-end modern setting, its story and action have such a twist that you’ll feel more like a roller coaster than a horror castle. A masterclass in pacing, the return of which delighted veterans of the original and stunned enthusiastic newcomers.
10. Place: Last train home.
“When a Czech studio chooses a fascinating piece of Czechoslovak history as its long-awaited first game.”
We were very happy when, after counting all the votes, it turned out that a Czech game was also included in your top ten games of this extremely busy year – and this is the first game of the new game studio. Last Train Home is a strategy game that tells the story of the harrowing journey home of Czechoslovak legionnaires after the First World War. The theme is interesting on its own, but the fun strategic gameplay also works well, which is a result of the overall care with which the authors created this unusual game. Let’s hope that the quality of this game will be appreciated by players from all over the world.
We thank all the readers who voted and Samsung, which donated the prizes to the winners of the drawing:
3 Samsung 990 PRO SSDs with a capacity of 1 TB
2 SteelSeries Stratus Duo controllers
2 SteelSeries Nimbus+ controllers
2 Steelseries Rival 710 mice
2 Steelseries Rival 600 mice
2 × Steelseries Arctis Nova 1 headsets
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Source :Indian TV
