With game delays being announced almost weekly, what games are you looking forward to that will likely release between now and December 31? (can include games that have released already in 2022 that’ll keep you occupied for the remainder of the year)
My short list:
I’m just going to put the ones that interest me but i might not end up getting before the year ends or wait to see how they rate for any possible issues.
Saints row Soul hackers Steel rising Temtem Grounded Gotham knights Modern Warfare 2 Pentiment Persona 5
Persona 5 alone will take up the rest of the year for me…
Saints Row, Plague Tale, Persona 5. Those should last me the rest of the year!
2023 is going to be wild.
Including the month of August, the remainder of 2022 is as follows for me (in order of release) -
Sword and Fairy: Together Forever (after working four out of five days, im off the next three days so I can finally start this game and put some hours into it. messed around for 90 minutes or so last week and enjoyed what I played.)
The Ascent: Cyberheist expansion (loved the base game and for $10, im day one and will play this after I complete Sword and Fairy.)
Steel Rising (after Greedfall, I became a fan of Spiders and while im not into souls games at all, the difference here is in the accessibility options. you can turn off losing your acquired “souls” upon death, give more leeway to how much stamina you use and other options. the not losing what I gained when dying is enough for me. rest will be a bonus.)
Evil West (looks like an old school fast paced shooter that is said to play well and is my kind of game. the developer flying wild hog is starting to get on my developer list with this and Space Punks which should hit consoles in 2023.)
A Plague Tale: Requiem (out of 17 chapters, I only disliked a single chapter in the first game (#14) and loved everything else so im really looking forward to Requiem and Amicia is definitely older and much more capable compared to the first game which will make the combat very satisfying.)
Gotham Knights (while im still hoping this game gets delayed to 2023 simply because it’s between Requiem and GOWR which is kind of annoying. either way, it’s day one and will be playing as Batgirl due to the simple fact that her gameplay has looked by far the best of all four characters and best of all, the camera is no longer up the protagonist’s ass like in the Arkham games. win win.)
God of War Ragnarok (my current favorite to be my 2022 game of the year. GOW was my 2018 goty and my #2 best game of the PS4/XBO generation. Will be a masterpiece yet again. Can’t wait!!)
The Callisto Protocol (this game looks insane. brutal, violent, decapitations, dismemberment’s, etc. hell yeah, let’s go!!)
Definitely looking forward to The Ascent DLC & Evil West 
How are you all missing the next Monkey Island from Ron Gilbert and Co.?
Thats the most important game of the year. As for other stuff? I will play the new Plague Tale, Persona and Pentiment on Game Pass for sure. Maybe Wadjet new game Old Skies makes 2022, but they have not named a date yet.
Biggest thing left this year that I’m pretty definitely buying is Soul Hackers 2. I might even get it day one on Xbox to give JRPGs a little support on the console. Other than that there’s a few things I might buy like Saint’s Row or Gotham Knights but those I kind of want to see what kind of critical reception they get and odds are I’ll maybe wait till they are discounted a bit, or God of War but I’m DEFINITELY waiting till that is discounted a bit. £70 is a bit much to justify for a game when I got a backlog to clear. I am also looking forward to Plague Tale, Pentiment and High on Life when they hit game pass too.
A Plague Tale: Requiem is easily my most anticipated game of 2022, the first game was fantastic.
I’m also looking forward to seeing how Evil West & Gotham Knights turns out.
Pentiment, Soul Hackers 2 and the No More Heroes 3 port to Xbox
I’m almost hesitant to put out a list because I’m afraid I’ll jinx it with delays! Of games with dates, I’m fairly excited/interested in:
-TMNT Cowabunga Collection
-Splatoon 3
-Evil West
-Trails from Zero
-Plague Tale Requiem
-Mario & Rabbids 2
-Bayonetta 3
-God of War Ragnarok
-Callisto Protocol
Scorn and Plague tale 2 will be my holiday games, Ill also try out anything else interesting on game pass.
2022 did see a huge amount of delays
I totally get the fear of jinx, (Evil West 
), luckily one was only pushed back to November 
Darktide (barely, unless pushed again). Vermintide was seriously fun if you take a bit of time to learn the mechanics. I’ve been playing Vermintide 2 for almost 2 years with my kid and his friends.
If you play solo, Vermintide 2 takes a bit to grind characters to be decent bots. But if you do and use some online bot guides, it’s still fun in single player!
I would like to play the original Vermintide on Xbox but can’t get past 30 fps. Vermintide 2 runs at 60fps and some vistas are just awesome! More than once my group stood around looking at some beautiful areas, only to be swarmed by the semi-random hoard encouters!
So fun! 
