Best Action/Adventure Game of 2021 - Article
by Paul Broussard , posted on 10 January 2022 / 2,579 Views
Action/Adventure is usually one of the most crowded genres for AAA titles in any given year, and 2021 was no exception. Some titles wowed us with a mixture of combat and atmospheric exploration, such as Metroid Dread and indie hit Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Others, like Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Hitman 3, were less about exploration and more about letting the player fill a rewarding role, be it of master assassin or Star Lord. But there's only one trophy, and only one game could take it home.
The Shortlist:
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Hitman 3
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Metroid Dread
The Winner:
Metroid Dread
Runner-up: Guardians of the Galaxy
Describing the past few years as a comeback for the Metroid series would be selling things short; this is probably closer to having a deceased body violently tased back to life. The lynchpin of this particular resuscitation has been Metroid Dread, which seamlessly combined the franchise's trademark exploration and progression system with a new element of high stakes tension from the EMMI, the game's new killer robots. And who doesn't love a good killer robot now and then?
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not much here, Metroid Dread is great though!
Great game. Enjoying it quite a lot atm :)
I'm glad Hitman 3 got into the shortlist. It's a great game and didn't seem to get alot of attention on this site.
But of course Metroid Dread got my vote easily. Well deserved.
Metroid Dread was an awesome game, the only game I might put higher than Dread is SMT V.
