The 20 Best Video Games of 2022 So Far
Which games impressed professional reviewers the most during the first half of the year? Above, we rank the best-reviewed videogames released between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022 by Metascore. Games must have at least 7 reviews from professional critics to be eligible for inclusion.
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If a game was released on multiple platforms, we included only the version receiving the largest total number of reviews (usually, but not always, the PS5 or PS4 version).
Multi-game compilations and newly released ports of games released in prior years on other platforms are excluded, unless they are substantially different from the prior release(s) (for example, an HD remaster of a previous-gen game that also adds some new content). We have also excluded DLC.
A sequel to the 2019 Japanese sci-fi mystery adventure AI: The Somnium Files, nirvanA Initiative is set six years later and centers on the daughter of the prior game's lead character. But she, too, must investigate a series of murders—starting with the discovery of a corpse that has been split in half—as a member of a secretive police organization known as the Advanced Brain Investigation Squad. And she and her partner, a new ABIS recruit, also have a pair of nifty tools to work with: an AI assistant named Aiba, and the ability to enter a dream realm (the "Somnium") to extract memories from uncooperative witnesses. Already played through the new game? Don't forget to check out the secret ending.
“AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative is an exceptional game that hits the same beats as the original, while introducing plenty of fun new characters and a winding, complex plot that is going to keep you second-guessing right to the end. If only we had more games that respected the intelligence of their players like this one does.” —Digitally Downloaded
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