Metal Gear Rising slashed so Ninja Gaiden 4 could split it into bloody bits
Ninja Gaiden 4
Team Ninja, PlatinumGames
2
Nothing says quality like the ability to look down and see yourself.
Beyond Citadel
doekuramori
3
Less dash spamming, more positioning and spells, plus a more in-depth skill system.
Hades II
Supergiant Games
4
Woah, more than one button gameplay!
Kirby Air Riders
Bandai Namco Studios, Sora Ltd.
5
As it is written, all games that start out as dodge simulators become parry simulators.
Doom: The Dark Ages
id Software
6
They copied everything great from all other kart racers, did it better, and canonically had Knuckles trash talk Steve from Minecraft.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Sonic Team
7
Feels like someone just put all the mechanics and gimmicks they liked from every JRPG they enjoyed and fit them all together in a mostly perfect blend.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Interactive
8
Me monkey, me like breaking stuff with several different forms, interactive enviroments and free form exploration, me also like banana, ook ook.
Donkey Kong Bananza
Nintendo EPD, 1-up Studio, tri-Crescendo
9
Let's face it, we're all only here for the boss fights, and Hornet might feel a bit fickle, but all of them were perfectly designed to test your skill.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Team Cherry
10
A return to form, with several returning mechanics and removing some of the focus on the hyper-mobility. Battlefield back to the way the original liked to play.
Battlefield 6
Battlefield Studios
11
The non-euclidian interior design would even make Mark Danielewski blush.
Blue Prince
Dogubomb
12
You can shoot, you can hide, you can talk, you can extract. What else do you need?