10 Best Video Games Of 2022 (So Far)

3. Tunic

Ever feel like the "magic" of games has gone? That by doing something like visualising damage numbers, telling you exactly where to go, exactly what to unlock and how to fight - that you're missing out on some fundamental aspect of discovery that elevated everything you played as a kid?

Tunic is for you.

By literally game-ifying what would've been in our world, a 90s/early 2000s instruction manual, and scattering it across the world, you're now discovering pages on lore, control hints, new abilities etc., of your own accord.

It doesn't sound like it should "work", but Tunic's expert hand plays out over a tight 15-20 hour runtime, revealing a tight combat system, punchy melee and spell attacks, and a background narrative comprised of a unique language we'll be deciphering for years.