Best & Worst Games I Played in 2022

[@underthemayo]

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[@shifterlocker2361]

Naw yours opinions are ass especially on stories lmao glad most peeps don’t take you seriously and make fun of you.

[@underthemayo]

@Kai Miller Signalis so trash!

[@justaguywhoplaysgames]

Bro put logan paul in the thumbnail 💀

[@gebist8396]

Lol

[@BeigeShell]

Why though?

[@BeigeShell]

Nvm I just remembered that "game" Logan said he was making

[@Alpharabius99]

@@BeigeShell because of the scam game he mafe watch coffezilla to learn more details

[@Skullheadhenry]

I just caught it lmaooooo

[@rawmaw]

Logan Paul really was a GOTY contender tbh thx for shining some light on such a hidden gem! 🙏🙏

[@Savantastic]

Yeah such GOTY only competed by Bill Clinton truly gem

[@AlexTheDominator1453]

🤦

[@Rorshacked]

“Spire players know what I’m talking about.” So true. I have to all but pry myself from clickin on StS when I am trying to play other things in my backlog. 1000 hours in and I still suck, couldn’t love it more.

[@KONSACZ]

I find it really weird you did not point out biggest flaw of Dying Light. Melee damage in this game is 100% RNG. You have a percentage change to blow up zombie head with a melee attack, and that's it. Sometimes you can hit it once, and he died, but sometimes it takes literally 30 strikes to kill a single bastard.

[@sharavy6851]

Really? This is some RE shit. Which, well, works in it's case.

[@GhenTuongHB]

He was so bored that he avoided zombies all together. And it works.

[@olivierrodriguesneto5995]

This happens in early game tho, when you still have crappy weapons, it is somewhat intended to make fighting against a single or just a couple zombies easy enough but also making you evade them and engage in the parkour gameplay loop. However this all changes in the later half of the game, especially when you get to the old town area. You start finding way better weapons like swords, axes, etc... And this makes combat extremelly satisfying as most normal zombies will go down in around 3 hits, making you feel way more powerful

[@naytny5819]

Yup this one of the reasons I prefer Dead Island to Dying Light because killing zombies doesn't become a chore in Dead Island.

[@LostSandwich]

Dying Light is one of my fav games and I'm not at all surprised it wasn't for you lol. My top spot for worst game of the year goes to its sequel sadly. Thanks for another year of awesome content man, so glad I found your marauder video a couple years ago you're by far my favourite content creator on KZbin. Please keep it up!

[@nathanr6381]

I know I absolutely love dying light 1. Think most of my love comes from the 'feel' of the game so I can see why he hates it haha

[@PedroElPolako]

DL2 is a wierd one, Loving some parts and mostly perplexed by others, for example it's very clear the floatiness doesn't feel as good as DL1's tightness to its parkour but then in a map like Villedor, DL1'S movement would result in many random deaths for both casuals and pros. I would say they're quite similar yet very much different neither better nor worse imho, except for the Gear, miss me with that games, please.

[@GHKT3482]

Dying light 2 was so disappointing it had so much potential

[@LostSandwich]

@@PedroElPolako I think the parkour and map were the only good parts of Dying Light 2, especially with the grappling hook. Didn't like the para-glider as it trivialized, well, everything. Difficulty was my main issue with the game, it was nowhere near as tense as the first game especially since no volatiles roam around during the night. It was an absurdly easy game which killed the horror atmosphere the first game got so well.

[@ThDragoomba]

Yeah, dying light 2 was a total scam.

[@Jupa]

Sifu is absolutely my GOTY. The replay editor, whilst you stated you weren't interested in it, also hammered down my high good graces of it. But with all its flaws, it's a game that surpasses to such a point you just have a true attachment to its 'character' or what it 'brings to the table'. We focus too much on the individual nitpicky factors in games, but we don't often see games holistically. GOTY doesn't need to be perfect. It can be heavily flawed. So long as it delivers a whole experience, the one you never realised you needed so much. At least that's the way I see things. Also happy new year UTM. Whilst I can't say agree or align with all of your takes, I see where they come from and I accept them as yours. And you focus a lot on the one principle I care about the most in gaming... the sense theatre in gameplay in and of itself. Like Sifu's martial arts feeling, the fun zone of those shooters you like, Streets of Rage etc and the way games force the theatre down your throat so agitatingly... like Ragnorak. Can't stand it. But some people love it and good for them. And you'll probably get into some more controversy even in this year. But I'd say you managed the crap that happened last year perfectly. whilst my front page was suddenly flooded UTM takes it didn't take long for me to realise these guys are grifters, racing with whatever they can to get YPP eligibility. It's important to have 'enemies' in the gaming community. In fact, if you don't have any, you should go about making them. Because they're dispensable, and you've made good use of the rampant ire of gamerbro culture and grew with it. So... to another year 🥂 Also, I never played Dying Light but I did play Dying Light 2. You made the right call.

[@samadhoosen6014]

Mayo is one of those guys people call an overnight success after consistently pouring out great work for years.

[@underthemayo]

Lovely words. Thank you.

[@samadhoosen6014]

@Under The Mayo To be fair, I've argued with you enough, it's about time I had a kinder sentiment for you.

[@keithpierce5686]

@@samadhoosen6014 welp I haven't but I'll say one word ........ *SCUM* that is all carry on.

[@maaren3150]

Great work like??? Unbelievably bad entitled takes on games, fake objectivity and misunderstanding game philosophy?

[@underthemayo]

@@maaren3150 precisely

[@Shendowa]

Because of you, I heard of Metal: Hellsinger and SW3. Thanks, Mayo. Now I’m the #1 Hellsinger on XSX and currently addicted to SW3 on Hardcore. (First playthrough, as I’ve just bought it a day ago).

[@someoneusedtobeknown2645]

I loved that skit at the end, that was a brilliant message to people who think like that. Also Wizard of Legend is still a good game!

[@rawmaw]

oh yeah i really gotta get around to playing that game... it has been in my Steam library for years untouched...

[@someoneusedtobeknown2645]

@@rawmaw It's fantastic, honestly! Definitely a blast, and would only be made better with online co-op. It supports local co-op though!

[@mrblooper1994]

Man Sifu's checkpoint mechanic turned me off the game so fast. I kinda wish it was like a game where I can respawn at checkpoints with the health I had when I reached them. Or just restart the level, the aging system instead of making me learn how to play the game better made me obsess immediately about doing the first level deathless. And finishing a fight after dying felt awful because I didn't earn it I just lost and then said sike got better and beat em. What a shame

[@leslielegra2313]

I'd really like to see Mayo's take on a game like Dwarf Fortress or Space station 13, something really out of his usual comfort zone

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Or ULTRAKILL

[@alexandrumarin8981]

That ending bit was comedy gold!

[@juliotironi3134]

Great video mayo, always fun to hear your thoughts on games. I think you should do a video (or videos) analysing the original god of war games (1, 2 and 3), id watch that for sure Edit: or a video on why silent hill downpour is so bad, I only played it for like an hour at a friends house, it would be cool to understand why you hate it so much (also I never played the original silent hill games)

[@wesleychan7575]

Thank you, Under The Mayo. There are few reviewer, or even critics, have the guts to call out popular games like God of War: Ragnarok. They are too afraid of enraging the fan boys to state the truth. And thank you for your personal recommendations and a list of games to steer clear from.

[@slemangerdy8407]

I am an old god of war fan. He is right, god of war ragnarok did have some bad stop, combat was still mostly good but bad at parts due to enemies doing really bad movements flying across the room, which is really annoying, unblockable unavoidable attack from a distance, specialy sucks on higher difficulties were you die from 3 hits. The ending was also rushed, underwhelming, very anticlimactic considering this whole saga has been about "ragnarok", yet neither thor nor odin were superior to baldur's cinematic fights. Even without those stuff, i do believe it's unrealistic to have a single game were it gets zero criticism. So i don't get mad at all at any review really just showing their point of view. But why would you have to say "fanboys" and all that? Even god of war die hard youtubers are complaining about these things, god of war fans have been passionate about critism, so i believe you have mistaken god of war fandom for some other games, like a certain game that came out 2-3 years ago... on that, i would agree.

[@Great_Scott_]

Just from that comment, you seem like very silly, wannabe contrarian. I didn't watch Mayo's Ragnarok... review(?). But what from what he's said about the previous game and in the video with Kaptain Kuba being mostly tripe, I wouldn't expect much of a substantive critique. And I'm someone who didn't think the 2018 game was amazing until I replayed it in late 2021. Initially I thought it was pretty great overall, but was disappointed. Anyway... It's no surprise that Mayo's favorite God of War game is the worst game in the series developed by Sony Santa Monica. Pretty expected that he'd have that borderline irrational opinion as well.

[@SaverioStyle]

Mayo further makes it clear that he is not part of the it's gets better club.

[@antont4974]

No joke, comparison between Prey and DL is super interesting, they share comparable game design philosphies, but I only enjoy 1 one of them. I can replay Prey, but barely get through DL, weird.

[@underthemayo]

Just shows you how much MORE this is to games that genre similarity.

[@CdrRogue]

Is the comparison down to the immersive sim elements? I never thought Dying Light touched on that too heavily, though I suppose it does give the player a lot of freedom in how they approach combat and parkour to get to their goal. Absolutely love both games though.

[@Calyde]

Notice how the three games on the worst list were all AAA games, and many on the great list were indie. I’m not surprised I guess, but you’d think the leaders in gaming of the AAA studios would be able to make better games than developers working out of a basement or with a small team, but clearly AAA studios have been deluded somehow.

[@Voidling242]

Casual gamers are a much larger audience and so games made for them get more money. They also usually don't buy indie games so it makes sense.

[@YEY0806]

@Luke Dennis it also has to do with budget. AAA devs receive a MASSIVE budget for developing their games, which can help devs to make their games as sleek and up to date, as well as pretty. The issue is that the budget doesn't come from nowhere as it comes from the companies bank, so there is a demand to be made for the game to not only be successful but it must make as much money that is OVER the budget provided so that the company gets a return of investment and can keep it from bankruptcy. So because of this, a lot of devs will have their creativity strifered as the ideas and features implemented into an AAA game must be something that is popular and guarantees a lot of money, so GOW has diablo like loot system, automatic platforming, side quests, material hunting and so on.

[@Chris_MarMar]

Highly recommend a channel called DEGREELESSNESS to learn more on this phenomena. It’s not an accident that AAA games are mostly horseshit anymore and this channel goes in depth about it.

[@Voidling242]

@@YEY0806 Valid

[@daneelaart]

no way, logan paul was my favorite game this year as well, really saved this shitty year in gaming

[@daneelaart]

@victoriachristopher6116 no fucking way i just won million doller

[@bigpoo1335]

Hey mayo, you should try playing the Batman Arkham series. I feel you’d like Arkham Knight for its mechanics and Arkham city for its story

[@zachgoodrich6100]

CULTIC and Forgive Me Father are 2022's two most underrated first person shooters in my opinion. I got all achievements on both of those games on Steam. I also 100%ed the achievements of Shadow Warrior 3 being a fan of the IP since the original 1997 Build version. Respected list you have here UTM!

[@PanMan47]

I absolutely love dying light and even more god of war ragnarok but I totally get what you mean by your points and I love all the games on your best list. Nice video, especially the end with Abel hahai

[@Robocop_1987]

I played a lot of Door Kickers and Signalis , you've played some awesome games last year . Can't wait to see what's in store this year .

[@Silentguy_78]

Sekiro was the best game i played this year im surprised you didn't finish it considering sifu looks similar especially with posture bar

[@-sussusamogus-7013]

I hate the fact that you're right about ragnarok, I love this game to my core of cores but I'd be a damn liar if i didn't say that a lot of the decisions made were absolutely dogshit and horrendous. Man I pray that the next game in the series will be a more consistent game like 3 because this level of bullshit was so bad that it's on the line of being unacceptable.

[@Supercatandrewman]

I thought I was the only one who put Shadow Warrior 3 in my best games of 2022 list/video, glad to know I'm not the only one who enjoyed it this much!

[@macvadda2318]

"its not something i dont personally dislike" proceds to be bias on 2/3rds of the bad games

[@metalmikebot]

I frequently disagree with you Mayo, but I give you kudos for being up front about your biases. You clearly enjoy very specific types of games (can't imagine you enjoying something like Disco Elysium), and that's always good to know whether you're praising or panning. Very Roger Ebert of you.

[@m3nguele]

I think that you might like Post Void, its an Roguelike FPS with cerebral, Tool-inspired visuals, to get to the end you need to dominate its gameplay, its hella fun and very short

[@omeniel]

I would really love to know what you think of Daymare:1998. Thanks for the video. I love your channel a lot. Keep up the good work. And fuck the new God of War games.

[@League8Of8Legends]

I really appreciate your view as a Game critic Mayo. Even though I'm not invested in shooters, survival horror or most beat'em ups I still see your videos. Personally, I'd love to see you playing game genres that could take you out of your comfort zone, to make things refreshing even though (as you maybe aren't that experienced in them) they don't take the spotlight here on KZbin (maybe I should come more to Twitch huh). Keep up the great work! You've been a great Discovery for me :)

[@whodatninja439]

he only like nostalgia games (or doom eternal "clones")

[@League8Of8Legends]

@@whodatninja439 Boomer mentality? 🌚

[@whodatninja439]

@@League8Of8Legends yea lol

[@chris_andros]

Appreciate your takes! Games that you may like: 1)Nioh 2 (Beautiful Souls-like with way more choices, mechanica and replay ability) 2)Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (for the story and amazing sound design and sound track creating a visceral experience; some puzzle solving with similar action to God of War made to support story). The less you know about the game going in, the better. Great content! All the best!

[@aaronatkinson177]

I actually enjoyed reading the notes in signalis they add more depth to the story and you read and get to know more about the character's and what their backstories are

[@birdsoup777]

Blood 2 was the first game I played on my first computer. Upgraded from onboard gpu to a voodoo 2 PCI. I called every friend that owned a console to come and see the graphical fidelity.

[@walterblanco5046]

My fauvorite game that i played this year was propably cruelty squad, the art style, the story, the levels, the guns the exploring for secrets, all of it made an interesting and enjoyable videogame. Its like hyper demon tbh

[@chadeklund9835]

As a practitioner of parkour, i think dying light is amazing!!!!!

[@DarthEradicus5908]

Love the list and I love that little skit at the end, it's funny.

[@riot6289]

I will laugh if I see ULTRAKILL in the worst categories ☠

[@iammadeoutofstarstuff957]

But he likes ultrakill tho

[@snakepool-eh1vt]

He likes ultrakill. He just pointed out one major flaw with it

[@juliotironi3134]

Whaddyaknow, it wasnt there

[@lonearachnid6591]

No one dislikes ultrakill. Pointing out a flaw doesn't make someone a hater. Very very few people actually hate the game. Even the negative reviews are mostly jokes

[@snakepool-eh1vt]

@@lonearachnid6591 Exactly.

[@Moonshainu]

Oh boy. I tired dying light for the first time last year in december and man was it boring. The endless tume waste of looting enemies, picklocking boxes, airdrop distractions, crappy weapon durability, weapon swapping system...it goes on and it never gets any better.

[@friendofp.24]

I'm glad that a channel like yours exists, where you can shit talk one of my favorite games ever: Dying Light, and I have no problems with it. In fact, I find it quite entertaining and agreeable. Thanks, Mayo.

[@AintPopular]

100% agreed on GoW part

[@harrincourt95]

Game recommendation: Furi. It's an isometric action game, centered around bosses. I'm curious what you have to say about it :)

[@iaviatniab9676]

What's wrong with Murphy? He's definetely not the worst character in SH universe

[@iaviatniab9676]

@@NormanBates3619 homecoming is way worse

[@Fedor_Kisliakov]

I have not played many new games this year, but most of them were good. Can't pick out the best of the best this year, so here is the list: 1. Control. Remedy and Sam Lake continue to knock it out of the park with their games. The story, setting, style and gameplay are simply great. 2. Terminator Resistance. This was a huge surprise. It's a bit janky, but the reverence for the franchise makes it an official Terminator 3 for me. It was extremely fun sneaking around terminators and finding ways to either kill them or avoid them. And the soundtrack, oh my god. Really glad these guys are making an official Robocop game, starring Peter Weller. 3. Dishonored 1 and 2. Took me a little while to get into it, but once I did, it became extremely fun. 4. Signalis. Contender for the best classical survival horror of the decade. Special mention goes to God of War prequels on PSP. I had no idea they could pull off such high quality titles on a portable console. The bad ones: 1. Callisto Protocol. Exact same sentiments as in the video. Although I kinda like some of its parts, it's a shallow game through and through. 2. God of War 2018. Finally beat it this year, and it is one of the most overrated games ever created. I would not say it sucks all the way down, but things it gets right are completely overshadowed by shallow gameplay mechanics, terrible pacing and annoying semi-open world design. Overall, a pretty good gaming year

[@Alijan-kz3jg]

Why everyone love you under the mayo , is because you have no filter or sensor , you say how it is and I love that

[@lhays117]

That is a scorchingly hot take to have Dying Light as your most hated game of the year. It’s honestly one of my favorite zombie games of all time lol. Everyone has their own opinions though, so more power to you.

[@_Checkmang]

Wow! Genuinely surprised at your number 1 worst placement. When you mentioned Dying Light I really thought you were doing a fake-out and were gonna say sike, ofc i'm talking about Dying Light 2, but I was really interested to hear your criticism since it's a game near and dear to my heart. I was even more surprised when you said you didn't enjoy a single moment of it, just because there was so much goofy fun that can be had in the gameplay. I haven't watched your full look at the game you posted last year, so i'm gonna watch it. No hate on your opinion, just curious to hear what you think about it more in depth. I do agree on if a game doesn't capture your attention within the initial hours, you shouldn't spend any more time on it, but there are some caveats. That happened to me with Sifu. Spent like 10 hours on the game and dropped it thinking it was kinda meh. But that was because I completely overlooked (and feel like the game didn't stress the importance of) one simple mechanic which was avoiding. Once I realised the effect that had, I was hooked. Not trying to say that's the case with Dying Light for you here, but it's interesting that nothing in the game gelled with you in the slightest.

[@cipher2956]

the walky talky in AAA games really piss me off

[@Criffi66]

I was not expecting Dying Light to be the worst game that you played on 2022 because I remembered that you played it in 2021. Guess I remembered it wrong. Anyway great video! I always look forward to your best and worst of the year.

[@embersfgc7776]

*Resident evil 8 quietly slips out the back door*

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

I've been on a retro binge for most of the year, but my favorite "modern" game that I played was a Shinobi clone named Shadow Gangs, with almost 30 hours played so far, with no signs of quitting. It's not perfect, but IMO, it almost does for Shinobi what SoR4 did for Streets of Rage. Deceptively simple game, with great challenge and a lot of depth and strategy needed for each enemy on higher difficulties.

[@zach_is_wach]

Logan Paul ruined God of War: Ragnarök

[@evilotis01]

aha! i bought Prey (2017) on a whim one night and couldn't for the life of me remember where i'd even heard about it. and it was so good! i loved every minute of it. finally i remember who to thank. so: thank you for recommending it!

[@mrmhj9925]

I gotta admit I did really enjoy The Callisto Protocol. Its got some real good horror moments but I’m a horror geek, so that influences it.

[@stevevang8888]

Love the video! Especially the ending. 🤣

[@cwx8]

Man how come you aren't playing returnal? Feels right up your alley. Enormous skill ceiling but once conquered, feels amazing a lot like doom eternal.

[@alinshaw1259]

I thought I was one of the few people who thought Dying Light was not great at all. My best friend wanted to play it with me, and was so confused when I said “I don’t know man, it’s not really that fun.”

[@GhostOfSparta305]

Well, guess it’s time to finally pick up Sifu then! And kudos for 18:36. Like Ratchet & Clank before it, there’s this unnecessary divide btwn old GoW fans & new GoW fans that’s just a shame to see; there was definitely a way to satisfy both fans without Cory Barlog’s revisionist history and TLOU obsession.

[@underthemayo]

Check my beginner's guide please!

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

I mostly played Atari 2600 games last year. My favourite is Spider-Man.

[@rawmaw]

glad you enjoyed some games that I hated this year ;D also I've been thinking a lot about Callisto lately. I keep thinking "damn... i kinda hated it actually..." Maybe I just got to comprehend my feeling for it further by time? Like, it's less like an indifferent mixed feeling & more like a negative one now... Also 100% holy shit I agree with your Dying Light choice! PS loved the Abel skit haha

[@LostSandwich]

I was in denial most of my playthrough of Callisto. I was praying we'd be getting another genre-defining game on par with Dead Space. We didn't get that.

[@rawmaw]

@@LostSandwich kinda but it was more-so just accidentally being lulled into the experience by its pretty visuals & cool atmosphere

[@Tanner-2]

The combat looks interesting but also quite linear at the same time with the lack of variety. They should focus a lot more on combat because it really does look interesting.

[@rawmaw]

@@Tanner-2 the combat in a vacuum is fine, if not at times almost great! But maaan it definitely needed to be fleshed out more + more tools + needs better enemies + better encounter setups + overall a larger feeling of variety

[@evronian1129]

Loved the convo at the end, absolutely perfect way to end the video.

[@tommyzorera]

For someone of such refined taste, I'm surprised about how many samey FPS games you actually play. Not that they're bad or anything, but hard to imagine the genre constantly still entertaining you.

[@llamadelreyii3369]

Thats because he enjoy fps. Its not complicated.

[@rodrigogaldeano8808]

If you were into them, you’d know they’re not “samey” ;)

[@josepreciado2479]

Under the Mayo makes banger videos always lays out his opinion in layers I appreciate the detail 🙏🏻

[@albertalmodal4331]

I wasn't aware that you made an earlier video on Ragnarok, but I already knew it was going on the stinkers XD

[@gabetinsley4540]

I don’t think I’ve ever watched a channel where I agree with the reviewers perspective on gaming but disagree with many of their points of contention. It’s like getting kicked in the head by a horse. Keep on enjoying what you enjoy Mayo!

[@jager9633]

I liked Dying Light up until the final area. Not sure if I built my character wrong or what but all the enemies seemed to get excessively tanky. That and the abundance of gun-wielding enemies pissed me off and I never finished it.

[@Jago-pl7op]

Loved that outro!

[@oliwierkurz3831]

the last segment about the argumnet you have to give the game more time made me laugh so hard especially the doom eternal part GET OUT YOU"'RE NOT WELCOME ANYMORE a lovley one

[@ishanagarwal475]

Slay the Spire is a sickness. I already had 112 hours and had taken a break from it, I have been playing it for the past 2 weeks and I now have 141 hours, plus I beat the heart for the first time using the silent.

[@NgaMarsters]

GOW is up there with my other favs like RDR2 in terms of writing (al though RDR2 is still my thing)

[@ShadeScarecrow]

Goes to show how tastes vary. I didn´t care much for signalis. Maybe its just not my kind of game, but the second I realised that it limits the ammo I have (which in it self is fine) all the while respawning enemies i was kinda done with it.

[@Emet30]

I was pleasantly surprised by some of those indy type games. Definitely going to check out that Contra style side scroller action shooter and a few others! I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@حسنحيدرحازم]

My biggest problem with god of war 2018 and ragnarok is that they don't have replay value and they have unskipable cutscenes yes god of war3 had those but there weren't as many cutscenes so it wasn't that much of a problem.

[@thelegandgamer2830]

The unskipable cutscenes was a problem since the old games that is now fixed with 2018 and on the way in ragnarok

[@حسنحيدرحازم]

@@thelegandgamer2830 I played god of war 1 on an emulator and you can skip the cutscenes by pressing ○.

[@حسنحيدرحازم]

@@thelegandgamer2830 I played god of war 1 on an emulator and you can skip the cutscenes by pressing ○.

[@thelegandgamer2830]

@@حسنحيدرحازم you didn't play it on the ps2 they were unskipable all the way from gow 1 to gow3

[@حسنحيدرحازم]

@@thelegandgamer2830 I think they are skipable on the ps2 because the emulator brings the same game from the ps2.

[@stevekjr9563]

Great list. Solid choices all around. Do you play many Metroidvanias?

[@theblobconsumes4859]

Mayo doesn't like the genre.

[@stevekjr9563]

@@theblobconsumes4859 Fair enough.

[@Fridge_Duck]

My rankings for this year: BEST: Deep Rock Galactic. I love how much this game has. The mission variety and random caves guarantee replayability, and it seems the devs are dead set on continuously adding events and features. The combat, while simpler, is made up for by the differences in the classes, and all the utility options they carry. More enjoyable with a full party of four, but the robot you get playing solo doesn't disappoint. 7/10 game when played solo, but 10/10 with friends. WORST: Red Dead Online. I specify "online" because I'm not much of a story game junkie, despite actually getting the whole RDR2 package. I like getting right into the gameplay. And to be honest, I got the game with the hunting mechanics in mind. But I found the whole experience very clunky, slow, and a bit confusing from a design perspective, other than the obvious answer of "Rockstar wants to keep siphoning your money after you get it." And sure, that hunting was fun, but only when I wasn't getting screwed out of shots I clearly deserved. With relatively boring combat, snail-pace progression and annoying restrictions to boot, I should've known better. Good thing it was on sale.

[@Lowbroww]

"I won't put a good game on the worst list just because I don't like it" - puts God of War Ragnarok

[@underthemayo]

Only partially good.

[@Shrimp4Life]

All the criticisms he mentioned in the video are valid though, I personally loved Ragnarok but it does commit basically every sin of a modern AAA game

[@Lowbroww]

Yeah it's cliched as heck and it fumbles but it's still good, like the better Marvel movies

[@Shrimp4Life]

@@Lowbroww anything is better than the mcu lol

[@Lowbroww]

@@Shrimp4Life hehe

[@robertwatson5104]

I hated the first Dying light ,, but love the second one

[@Miki-hk6vy]

Great list, gonna try and play Shadow Warrior 3 and Sifu(hope it runs on my laptop)

[@acampos31MF]

Hey Mayo! I think it would be really cool if you talk about God of War Ascension, I've never had the chance to play it but you mentioned in one of your videos that it had great combat so I'm interested to hear your opinion about the game since many people consider it to be the weakest one in the series

[@underthemayo]

Yeah i gotta get a way to replay it.

[@Atilolzz]

Can't wait for Drova: Forsaken Kin to become GOTY 2023 when it's out

[@BestofCalcioIT]

You should Try Fight N Rage. Very well crafted beat emp up.

[@SN1PEZ_YT_TTV]

Is it possible for you to check out cruelty squad on steam? It's very interesting.......

[@leevilhomeboi863]

I'm gonna recommend Nioh 2 for this year, it's a fast paced souls like from Team NINJA, and one of my favorite games of all time, it's got skippable cutscenes, combos, animation cancels, resource management and a metric shitload of enemies, I really think you'd like it as a fan of Ninja Gaiden

[@YEY0806]

I love Nioh 2 as well, I'm running a splitstaff/fist build and BOY it's fun. However I'm under no illusion that while Mayo would like the combat mechanics, would DESPISE the progression system and loot dependence

[@Deunstephe]

GOD I love your skits with Abel so much.

[@bolski6125]

LMAO! Love the ending! Hilarious!

[@Narko_Marko]

Sifu is the only game that made me learn how to play blindfolded, just relying on my crappy headphones.

[@itami04]

Nice video, im a bit surprised GoW and dying light are on the bad list but it was a fun watch

[@melancholyman369]

Nicesu👌 Here's some content and thoughts for gamers that have been rattling around my noggin: What are the most interesting Enemy designs you've encountered in gaming? (excluding Doom Eternal) The criteria have to be interesting/varied behavior patterns, visual designs, and lore or story context. Edit: Mine are the Nercomorphs special credits to DS2; I love how clever they get when you up the difficulty, they try to flank you, they follow you to other rooms if you run away and I adore the "sister" variant that stalks you in the maze sections. The Angels from Bayonetta1 are fucking MasterCraft in combat designs and expression, it's a shame both it's sequels never evolve the concept. They are so expressive; banging their weapons on the ground in frustration when you beat them up a little, they'll taunt you during the fight (it's a missed opportunity that the Devs never have that make an impact on combat or gameplay) they'll get enraged when you kill their allies, especially after torture attacks, when you kick them they'll throw up. Their so good😍 Fear and Halo Reach;These AI communicate with themselves which is telling on themselves, the move around the combat arena in tactical ways. It's always a great time doing shootouts with them.

[@necrongaming7557]

Says no early access, first game is Cultic which literally wasn't even finished at time of posting, nice, A+ video

[@underthemayo]

Cultic is not considered early access. It's considered a complete game that's getting a second chapter. It's weird but that's how it's described by the dev.

[@ZackKoutaRoxas]

The skit at the end XD Good to hear some laughter.

[@Blake_Mills]

Totally with ya on dying light 1. I got maybe 3-5 hours in, and gave up. I almost feel like a hypocrite cuz I gave 2 double the time despite similar feelings, and it did get more fun. I think parkour was just more enjoyable in 2, cuz gravity didn’t feel like I was on Jupiter. So I leveled up more. It still won’t make me go back to 1 ever. It’s uglier lol, and feel I’ve got a better game to replace it with now.

[@thebrodator]

Best games I played this year: GOW 3 and 2018 EDF 4.1 Red faction Guerrilla TMNT Shredder's revenge Favourite: Zombie Army 4 Worst games I played: Override 2 (so close to being a good War of the Monsters successor but ruined by dumb ai). COD black ops 3 (not a fan of COD, wouldn't even have gotten it if it wasn't given by a friend). Worst: Killzone Shadow Fall (took everything that made the series good and threw it out).

[@Rlogsdon100]

If you like the mode, bo3 has the best zombies selection you can find. I've put so much time on that game for zombies alone it's ridiculous.

[@gebist8396]

I played Killzone this year for the first Time and I tought it was mediocre.

[@ThDragoomba]

Killzons shadow fall was my first killzone, so I dont really know how it's supposed to be. But i liked ot

[@gebist8396]

@@ThDragoomba Thats fine. It was also my first one.

[@Cedwig234]

gotta love how abel is always the voice of comments that annoy mayo

[@procow2274]

Nightmare of decay had a diablo reference in it

[@mikemidwood9661]

Its Signalis for me.

[@burnattu]

Dying light was the best time with friends ever. Alone its quite dull. Plus dying light has one of the best game soundtracks ever.

[@mrbigglezworth42]

"What if you took Dead Space and made everything worse?" I don't know, but EA is looking to answer that question real soon.

[@CrowScareify]

I may not always agree with Mayo but his takes are always interesting

[@Scroolewse]

Really surprised to not see any mention of Neon White. Maybe next year?

[@underthemayo]

Yeah I haven't played it yet.

[@fenison4430]

To be quite honest i'm not sure which games i played the previous year or more years before that, but if my memory serves then probably the best game i've played in 2022 was Assassin's Creed 1, and the game was so fucking good that it single-handedly made me not want to play any of the other games from that franchise, the story was great, the atmosphere was absolutely amazing, and the freedom in movement with the parkour system is something i've yet to feel in another game, it has it's junk like all old games do, and the movement can be often frustrating due to how the game tries to be realistic (some i hate in most games, tho in this case i think it worked great), but overall it's an experience i would recommend to pretty much anyone, with only a word of advice to watch some movement guides for the game to have a better experience with it, instead of slowly climbing everything, since quite frankly it's not super good at teaching the player how to move efficiently, but yeah highly recommended. If i can make just one more suggestion for people to play, please for the love of God, Heaven, and all else that is holy please PLEASEEEEE i beg of you play Styx: Master of Shadows, it is absolutely one of my favourite games of all time (and a favourite steath game of all time), almost everything about it is amazing, the story is great, and has a twist in it i've not seen done anywhere else and it genuinely surprised me (not gonna spoil since it's seriously amazing imo), the atmosphere is unmatched, and the gameplay, BOI, the gameplay is fucking outstanding, the ability to make a clone of yourself and use that in anyway players can think of is genius, the level design is the best i've seen in any game, with an absurd amount of possibilities to approach any given scenario, and the level design from so good partly because of the simple yet enjoyable platforming, i think really the only thing that someone could say is badly made in this game is the combat system, but i mean, this is a STEALTH GAME, the combat being shit and being forced to sneak around is kind of the whole point y'know? Overall an absolutely amazing game that i can recommend to anyone, and i hope more people recognise for how good it is.