Still playing with the format for the Most Wanted monthly. Since there are no consoles specifically listed anymore, that takes out 2 of the charts I made monthly. Anyway, going to get started already. The biggest game of the month belongs to Doom! It narrowly goes beyond Metroid Prime 4. With a new year in sight, we are seeing Microsoft Game Studios take a commanding lead over the competition with Doom, Fable, Avowed, Gears of War, and The Outer Worlds all receiving over 10 points. The Outer Worlds 2 narrowly beats out Intergalactic: THP for highest debut of the month.
15 titles debuted for their first time this month.
While Donkey Kong Country Returns got the community vote for most anticipated January Release, thanks to receiving votes in this thread, Tales of Graces f Remastered and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth came out on top.
The highest ranking title with a release date is Avowed (February 18th) followed by The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak (February 14th) and then Tales of Graces, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth rounds out the top 5.
| 1 | 1 | DOOM: The Dark Ages | 22 | 7 |
| 2 | 4 | Metroid Prime 4: Beyond | 21 | 5 |
| 3 | 14 | Fable | 15 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Grand Theft Auto VI | 14 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | Avowed | 14 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | Ghost of Yōtei | 14 | 4 |
| 7 | 23 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky | 13 | 4 |
| 8 | 23 | The Witcher IV | 13 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | Control 2 | 12 | 4 |
| 10 | 9 | Gears of War: E-Day | 11 | 3 |
| 11 | NEW | The Outer Worlds 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 12 | NEW | Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet | 10 | 5 |
| 13 | 14 | Tales of Graces f Remastered | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Monster Hunter Wilds | 9 | 3 |
| 15 | 14 | Hollow Knight Silksong | 9 | 2 |
| 16 | RE | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | 8 | 2 |
| 17 | 11 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 7 | 3 |
| 17 | RE | Mafia: The Old Country | 7 | 3 |
| 18 | RE | Crimson Desert | 7 | 2 |
| 20 | 14 | Cyberpunk 20?? | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | NEW | Donkey Kong Country Returns | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | NEW | Untitled genDESIGN game | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | RE | Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | 11 | Deltarune Chapter 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | 19 | No Rest for the Wicked | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | 19 | Turbo Overkill | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | NEW | Virtua Fighter 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | 19 | Capcom Fighting Collection 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | RE | Death Stranding 2 On The Beach | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | RE | DokeV | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | 31 | Lunar Remastered Collection | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | NEW | Onimusha: The Way of the Sword | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | RE | Suikoden I/II Remaster | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | NEW | Civilization VII | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | NEW | Exodus | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | 10 | Judas | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | RE | Replaced | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | NEW | Revenge of a Savage Planet | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | 26 | Sakuna Chronicles: Kokorowa and the Gears of Creation | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | NEW | Spider-Man 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | NEW | Total Chaos | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | 26 | Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | NEW | Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | NEW | Okami II | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | 23 | Prodeus: The Elder Veil | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | NEW | Wanderstop | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | NEW | Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana | 1 | 1 |
So I am going to change things up for the new year. I plan on dropping the "console warz" aspect of this and will now just to the aggregated Most Wanted where we just vote for the games we want. So starting with January of next year, we don't have to list. The combo of games being announced without platforms, PS4/PS5 still sharing releases, Xbox taking over the PC for votes, and the potential for Nintendo to also do dual generation releases since they have confirmed some of the games will be cross gen, I think it's time to move past these caveats. The only exception to this will be if a game has already released and will get a release on your console at a later date.
Vote for your top 5 most anticipated games in decending order!
Rules:
- Points will be tallied based off of the placement of the titles. For instance, your #1 will get 5 points, #2 will get 4, etc.
- 1. = 5 points
- 2. = 4 points
- 3. = 3 points
- 4. = 2 points
- 5. = 1 point
- Your game selections all have to release in January at the earliest, any after is eligible. Nothing from December or before though.
- Your games have to be either announced or confirmed otherwise for your vote to count.
- As long as the game is not out and will not release by the end of this month, you may vote for it.
- If you have a question about a release of a game, feel free to ask. If there is a mistake on my part, feel free to let me know and I will correct it.
- You may change your vote during the month but please quote yourself so I can adjust for any changes in the database.
- I do adjust the release dates from time to time when things are announced. So if you want to use mostly games with release dates, the list in my second post should be helpful. If there is no release date, feel free to vote for it! :)
- Results will be posted in the previous months thread.
As usual, I want to thank those of you who have committed to voting every month!
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