How art can challenge us: eleven trials of 2022

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These are games in unfamiliar genres that I connected with!
Won’t you join me on a journey outside our comfort zone?

00:00 Intro
0:40 Final Fantasy XIV
3:03 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
4:58 Sunless Skies
7:15 Devotion
9:07 Mushihimesama
10:35 Pillars of Eternity
12:33 Europa Universalis IV / Old World
13:57 Nioh
15:47 Metro 2033
16:35 Darkest Dungeon
18:37 Honorable mentions

Credits:
Final Fantasy XIV ~ Masayoshi Soken -“Neath Dark Waters”
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun ~ Filippo Beck Pezzoz – “Trouble on the Nakasendo”
Sunless Skies ~ Maribeth Solomon, Brent Barkman – “In the New Eden”
Devotion ~ Vincent Yang – “Come on! Have a Bite”
Mushihimesama ~ Manabu Namiki (Basiscape) – “To Shinju Forest”
Pillars of Eternity ~ Justin Bell – “Encampment”
Old World ~ Christopher Tin – “War Elephant (Carthage)”
Nioh ~ Yugo Kanno – “Mysterious”
Metro 2033 ~ Anthesteria – “Hope”
Darkest Dungeon ~ Stuart Chatwood – “A Brief Respite”
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles ~ Yasumasa Kitagawa – “The Game is Afoot! (Arrangement)”
Europa Universalis IV
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series
Lil Gator Game
Lunistice

Footage from:
Jerzkhu’sGames, Stu, Derek Caelin, Sanguinefrozenboy, 10min Gameplay, AveBatTV, GameZine, FullPlaythroughs, MegaYoYo, Lacry, XCageGame, Zhain Gaming, PatientGamer, GWT Gaming, Tselel Leb, IT-Psycho.

There were many excellent games I did not make time for this year, including but not limited to:
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Chained Echoes, NORCO, Return to Monkey Island, The Case of the Golden Idol, OlliOlli World, AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES – nirvanA Initiative, Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County, Pentiment, Strange Horticulture, Tunic, Lost in Play, Citizen Sleeper, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, One Dreamer, Once Upon a Jester, Roadwarden, Signalis, Beacon Pines, Wayward Strand, FAR: Changing Tides, Sucker for Love: First Date, Endling: Extinction is Forever, Islets, Ghost Song, Metal: Hellsinger, Grapple Dog, Souldiers, A Musical Story, LOUD, GNOSIA, Patrick’s Parabox, Lost Nova, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, Freedom Planet 2, Trombone Champ, The Entropy Centre, The Forest Quartet, Anuchard, Perfect Tides, Salamander County Public Television, Spark the Electric Jester 3, SPOOKWARE, and Wavetale.

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1 thought on “How art can challenge us: eleven trials of 2022”

  1. Genuinely a marvellous, good to see you produce another end of year round up.
    It's another wonder to watch and to listen too, perfectly convey your brand of joy, passion and wonder.
    I could genuinely listen to you talk for hours.
    I look forward to the new year of games and to hear you again for next years roundup!

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