Best Games of 2021
2021 was a strange year. The first part of the year shows most of the big budget games that had mostly finished development during the pandemic and released in a good fashion. The second part of the year had multiple releases that showed big budget games developed during the pandemic but needed more development time. While the bigger developers had issues, this gave a lot more room for the indie developers to shine.
Things tried to get back to a form of normal this year, from having a digital only E3 to major releases for all the big franchises (although some worked better than others). But, there were also some things that were not normal like the reminder of the abuse scandals at several major developers to ongoing supply shortages for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles.
It also goes without saying that it was a major year for GiantBomb as well with the departure of 3 of the main staffers. Thanks for all the fun and memories Vinny, Alex and Brad!