

That means no Resident Evil Village and its incredibly tall ladies, no Deathloop and its masterful approach to Groundhog Day gunplay, and no Halo Infinite reviving the beloved FPS franchise. While PC gaming shared many a hit game with its console brethren, for this list we're looking at the games that could only be found on this platform.with one exception. This year was no exception, as PC gamers had access to imaginative and genre-bending titles, games that pushed the flexible nature of those systems in wild new directions. Why specify that every character is “human” unless you planned to add in more playable races? The way the dev team has added in different evil factions makes me think they’ve got some more planned there, too.New gaming consoles come and go every few years, but PC gaming endures with some of the best hardware and software that's exclusive to that platform. You can see placeholders in the menu for future campaigns, and other design choices lead you to believe there’s going to be more variety down the road. The first is that Wildermyth is in Early Access and it’s clear there are ambitious plans. That’s likely to change for a couple of reasons. There are more similarities than differences. Those powerful emotional story beats happen naturally, but currently there aren’t enough variables to make the stories really surprising. A goofy prankster is heartbroken when their rival is killed by monsters, not realizing how much they relied on each other. Two companions fight evil as friends, but then one of them falls in love with their friend’s child. The real alchemy happens in the unexpected combinations. Currently though, Wildermyth has a lot of unrealized potential.
