Favorite Games of 2021

This list excludes DLC and remasters/ports. Additionally, I kept out games in early access, they needed to have their full launch in 2021.

1. Resident Evil VIII: Village (PS4, PS5, PC, XB1, XBSX)
2. Halo: Infinite (XB1, XBSX, PC)
3. Returnal (PS4, PS5)
4. Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PS4, PS5)
5. Kitaria Fables (PS4, PS5, PC, XB1, XBSX, Nintendo Switch)
6. Splitgate (PS4, PS5, PC, XB1, XBSX)
7. New Pokémon Snap (Nintendo Switch)
8. The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (PS4, PS5, PC, XB1, XBSX)
9. Jurassic World: Evolution 2 (PS4, PS5, PC, XB1, XBSX, Nintendo Switch)
10. Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl (Nintendo Switch)

Disappointments: Oddworld: Soulstone, Battlefield 2042

Honorable Mentions: Dino Hazard, Mario Golf: Super Rush, Back 4 Blood, Genesis Noir, Valheim

Didn’t get to play: Mario Party Superstars, Before Your Eyes, The Medium, Monster Hunter: Rise, It Takes Two, Persona 5: Strikers, Deathloop, World’s End Club, The Ascent, Twelve Minutes, Life is Strange: True Colors, Age of Empires 4, Aliens Fireteam, Far Cry 6

What I’m looking forward to in 2021: Horizon: Forbidden West, God of War: Ragnorok, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Gotham Nights, The Outlast Trials, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins, Elden Ring, Starfield, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Tiny Tina’s Wonderland, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Hogwarts Legacy