8 Worst Video Games Of 2022 (So Far)

4. Crossfire X

Feeling like some weird contractual agreement only a handful of people know the real story behind, Max Payne, Alan Wake and Control developer Remedy randomly dropped the campaign half of FPS Crossfire X, back in February.

Playing fine enough, the issue is just how soulless the entire setup feels - a pair of ultra short 3-4 hour campaigns reducing such an artistic and individually-minded studio to kicking out a COD clone from just after 2007.

While there are whiffs of what we know as Remedy - and the game has a neat FEAR-like use of slow-motion - the company appear to be embarking on a much larger play for global recognition overall. December saw them partner with Tencent to announce "Vanguard", another shooter, this time free-to-play, that doesn't sound like it plays to their strengths whatsoever, yet again.

Maybe this is the only way to get things like Alan Wake 2 off the ground - and that will no doubt feel far more like a "Remedy game" in marketing and execution than this - but you can't help but feel genuine confusion about all-things Crossfire X and Remedy, right now.