siliconindia | | FEBRUARY 20228INFOCUSIMMERSIVE STORYTELLING WITH OUTSTANDING VISUALS: AN OPEN WORLD WONDER TO BEHOLDBY SI TEAMV ideo games have been a large and growing part of our culture over a very long time. Whether you are anxiously awaiting for the next Call of Duty release or trying to beat the next level of Subway Surfers on your lunch break, you are part of the gaming world. Over the years, the gaming industry has evolved and provided us with experiences that we can only dream of in real life, which is why the best video games have the entire gaming community hooked. They are equally engaging in terms of gameplay, world-building, and storey as they are in terms of graphics, immersing players in elements other than their excellent visuals. And they live on long after the credits have rolled.Evolution towards a New Beginning The gaming industry has evolved significantly, with more major competitors and the emergence of new gaming styles. The Xbox, PlayStation, and Windows PC were all introduced roughly 20 years ago. Various gaming operating systems, such as MAC and Linux OSs, are now available for PC. Meanwhile, Nintendo products, two generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles, streaming platforms like Google Stadia, and mobile gaming, whether through the app store or app technologies like the Xbox Cloud gaming aka xCloud, to name a few, are available. There are a lot of buzzwords floating around as a result of the new and developing gaming market. Multiplayer games, crossplay games, cross generation games, and cross save games are just a few of the buzzwords. This article will walk you through the top 5 games that have been released or will be released in 2022 by some of the best studio developers to help you get past the IT jargon and straight into the fun stuff.God Of War 4 :A Journey of a Father & SonPlayStation has a strong lineup of exclusive games that heavily influence a buyer's decision when purchasing a console. One such game is God of War 4, which was named the best game of the year by multiple publications. So far, PlayStation owners have reaped the benefits of the game's exclusivity which changed in January 14 2022. However playStation has launched the game for PC by now and it was a massive success for Santa Monica studios. The Studio that gave us the epic franchise of God of war series . On the first day of launch the company made a collection of 5 million copies in steam which was huge success for both the developers as well as for Sony.Kratos and the boy set out to scatter his wife's ashes from the peak of a distant mountain, becoming unwittingly entangled in Norse gods' affairs along the way. The combat is no longer as comically overblown as it once was in the previous God of War games, but this is still a very violent game, with deliberate, intense battles against creatures ranging from frozen undead to building-sized monsters. With bare fists, a shield, and an ice-imbued axe that, once thrown, flies back into Kratos's hand with a satisfying thunk, you can unleash an arsenal of attacks. His son, Atreus, who blinks back tears while hunting a deer in one of the game's early and emotional scenes, gradually improves with a bow and becomes more useful in confrontations .This God of War wants us to see Kratos as a person, not just a tool of extreme violence. The game not only accomplishes this, but it also elevates Kratos and his son's journey to one of the best games in recent memory: a deft blend of relatable familial drama and awe-inspiring mythological epic.Horizon Forbidden West: A Gorgeous World to get Lost inIt's hard to believe, but it's true: If video games hadn't been invented, we might never have known the thrill of pulling back a bowstring, slowing time, and shooting an arrow straight into the glowing skull of a robot dinosaur.
< Page 7 | Page 9 >