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Dec 13, 2021 · The ability to not fight has, counterintuitively, made a game about endless fighting immeasurably better. Far Cry 6 isn't a revolution, but it's the best the series has been in quite some time ...
- Polygon Staff
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- These are the year's 81 best-reviewed games at IGN.
- Age of Empires 4
- The Artful Escape
- Back 4 Blood
- Blue Fire
- Boomerang X
- Bravely Default 2
- Chorus
- Cyber Shadow
By Jordan Sirani
Updated: Jan 7, 2022 9:22 pm
Posted: Oct 5, 2021 5:12 pm
Despite this year’s many game delays — God of War Ragnarok, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Forbidden West, Gotham Knights, and many others were pushed into next year — 2021 was a great year for video games. The first full year of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S era brought us 81 games that IGN awarded a review score of 8 or higher.
From our review: Age of Empires 4 plays it safe a bit too often, but really excels when it wanders outside of its very traditional comfort zone. The expansive campaigns and offbeat factions like the Mongols and the Rus are major highlights, even when it loses some of its sharpness to a small unit cap, frustrating pathfinding, and relatively unimpressive graphics for a 2021 game. I've been enjoying it a lot as a whole, but it also sometimes makes me question how much room I have in my life for this age-old formula these days, when real-time strategy has come such a long way thanks to the innovations of other franchises. – Leana Hafer
Developer: Relic | Platform: PC | IGN's Age of Empires 4 Video Review
From our review: The Artful Escape is a truly joyful musical journey through outer space in which the performances of its cast and the quality of its soundtrack are every bit as stellar as the eye-popping celestial realms it crisscrosses through. It’s not for those who’re after a traditional platforming game challenge, and if listening to indulgent ‘80s-style guitar solos doesn’t appeal to you then Francis’ nonstop noodling may well get on your nerves. But if you’re up for an infectious mix of goofy good humour and brazen guitar worship, then there hasn’t been a musical adventure as excellent as The Artful Escape since Bill met Ted. – Tristan Ogilvie
Developer: Beethoven & Dinosaur | Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC | IGN's The Artful Escape Video Review
From our review: Between its stellar card augmentations, excellent campaign, and jovial tone that creeps into every facet of its design, Back 4 Blood puts some exciting new spins on a familiar genre. Its flippant difficulty spikes and unbalanced versus mode prove not every experiment works out, but its co-op zombie-fighting manages to forge its own identity. Back 4 Blood confidently marches to the beat of its tune rather than lifelessly shamble after distant memories. – Kyle Campbell
Developer: Turtle Rock Studios | Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, PC | IGN's Back 4 Blood Video Review
From our review: Blue Fire provides an impeccable platforming experience with the just right balance of abilities to master and challenges to test you, making its bleak and corrupted world a joy to explore. Its Zelda-like dungeon experiences may end a bit too soon before it begins relying on overly familiar backtracking, but it doesn’t dull the fun of dashing around obstacles and fighting enemies alike. And even when the pacing of its main path falters slightly, the irresistible lure of its inventive challenge rooms kept me coming back for more. – Brendan Graeber
Developer: Robi Studios | Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC | IGN's Blue Fire Video Review
From our review: Boomerang X is a wonderful twist on a single-player arena shooter with excellent environmental story-telling, an interesting weapon, and a buttery smooth combat system. Even though it's completely linear, it still has the strongest Metroid Prime vibes I've felt from a game in ages, and I loved battling through each area as I moved deeper into its mysterious island. I just wish it were longer, because I was having such a great time playing it. – Seth Macy
Developer: Dang! | Platforms: Switch, PC
From our review: Bravely Default 2 is a long, familiar journey with excellent customizable combat and jobs systems that let you make your party and your playthrough truly your own. Its character and enemy art that was excellent on the 3DS doesn't translate all that well to the higher resolution of the Nintendo Switch, but the beautiful backdrops and environments get a massive boost from and look fantastic. And while the grind is real and repetitive fetch quests abound, it's so easy to pick up and put back down that it feels like less of a grind and more of a constructive way to kill some time. With plenty of old-school sensibilities and tons of improvements on the formula, Bravely Default 2 is almost everything I crave from a JRPG outside of a grand story. – Seth Macy
Developer: ClayTechWorks | Platforms: Switch, PC | IGN's Bravely Default 2 Video Review
From our review: Chorus does an excellent job of cutting out the dull parts of space dogfighting, getting right to the flashy fun of blasting through enemy fighters and capital ships with superpowered abilities. Its large and pretty map is filled with fleshed-out side quests, and they’re varied enough that it’s easy to cruise around for a few dozen hours and really get the hang of the combat system. The story behind it all isn’t half bad once you’ve waded through a flood of sci-fi mysticism, and Nara and Forsaken are interesting characters to spend all that time with – which is a relief, because they’re the only ones we ever get to see. – Dan Stapleton
Developer: Fishlabs | Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC
From our review: Cyber Shadow is a wonderful merging of old-school aesthetic and modern design sensibilities, much like Shovel Knight was back in 2014. Sure, its story is forgettable and some of its checkpoint placements are far enough apart to make me hesitant to apply a “tough but fair” label without caveats, but the way it evolves and changes over the course of its seven to eight hour campaign thanks to excellent level, enemy, and progression design is exemplary. Combine that with what’s an early contender for best soundtrack of 2021, and it’s easy to see Cyber Shadow as the start of something great for both Mechanical Head Studios and Yacht Club Games. – Mitchell Saltzman
Developer: Mechanical Head Games | Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC | IGN's Cyber Shadow Video Review
Apr 19, 2021 · The sudden success and resurgence of Splitgate is a good reminder that in 2021, you can never really count a game out. Long live Splitgate, the closest thing you can get to old school Halo ...
- Polygon Staff
- Metroid Dread. Platforms: Nintendo Switch. In a nutshell: Nintendo’s sci-fi action game returns with an unforgiving learning curve and bold new moves. Metroid Dread has already proven divisive.
- Resident Evil Village. Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia. In a nutshell: Blending together the quarter of a century history of the franchise whilst coming up with something new, Resident Evil Village is the definitive campy-horror experience.
- Forza Horizon 5. Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC, Xbox One. In a nutshell: A stunning road trip through the wild and wondrous circuits and dirt tracks of Mexico, in more or less any car you can imagine.
- Deathloop. Platforms: PS5, PC. In a nutshell: Genius gameplay and the finest world-building wrapped in a thrilling mystery. Arkane Studios’ latest title is just as impressive as its library of hits.
Oct 6, 2021 · From our review: F1 2021 is the best-looking and most customisable instalment of the long-running Codemasters series to date, and the ability to tinker under the hood of the core career experience and play co-op with a friend is very welcome. With the addition of Braking Point it’s also arguably the boldest F1 game so far.
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Jul 24, 2021 · Available on PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Next-Gen Versions Coming Late 2021) Little Nightmares II is the follow-up to 2017's puzzle-platformer Little Nightmares, and it expands and improves ...
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