Kynseed


Does the world need another farming-based life sim inspired by Stardew Valley? Probably not. The thing is, there have been quite a few of them this year, but as much as we roll our eyes as they come into view in ever increasing numbers, we can’t help but enjoy them all the same. Kynseed is the latest, and is notable for being a distinct delight. The fact that it comes from a team that helped bring us the Fable series is evident from the off, as is the benevolent guiding hand of Sir Ian Livingstone.


https://kynseed.com


2nd The Callisto Protocol


2022 is probably not going to be looked back on as a vintage year for video games, but it has given us two big new blockbuster franchises at both ends, namely Elden Ring at the start of the year and The Callisto Protocol at the end. Ok, so one of them owes much of its existence and popularity to Dark Souls and the other to Dead Space (the remake of which is being released next month), but both would have been genuine highlights in any year you’d care to mention.


https://callisto.sds.com


6th


DECEMBER 13th


High on Life


From Justin Roiland’s Squanch Games comes another memorable off-beat slice of interactive comedy in the form of High on Life. Following broadly on from Accounting+ and Trover Saves the Universe (not to mention Rick and Morty), the game is a single-player shooter where the outlandish weapons voice their opinions. Since the game was revealed at gamescom earlier in the year, the MCV team has been bitterly divided between those that felt the jokes landed badly and the gunplay seemed basic (Richie) and those that have played shooters other than Quake and Half-Life (Vince).


https://squanchgames.com/high-on-life


December 2022 MCV/DEVELOP | 5


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