What The Hell Are We Even Supposed To Play After Elden Ring?

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There’s a little joke among critics that February was this year’s review season, since every major game of 2022 somehow came out within a four-week window. I know, we’re all very clever. Dying Light 2, Sifu, Lost Ark, Total War: Warhammer 3, Horizon Forbidden West, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, and Elden Ring all came out last month, making this the most stacked February in video game history, if not the most stacked month period.

But now that a huge crop of the year’s biggest games are all out - including, let’s not forget, the most anticipated game of the year at The Game Awards two years in a row - we finally have a moment to breathe, take stock, and look forward to the rest of the year’s games. Or at least, that’s what we would do if there were any more big games coming this year. Aside from a couple of end-of-the-year heavy hitters, 2022’s big games are all behind us. As scary as it was going into February with so much to play, I’m even more terrified now that there’s nothing to look forward to.

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There are more games after Elden Ring, of course. Gran Turismo 7 and Triangle Strategy just came out and the people interested in those genres seem to be having a good time. This month also brings Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, a new Syberia, the first Mario Kart 8 Deluxe booster pack, Strangers of Paradise, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Ghostwire Tokyo, Weird West, and the next-gen version of Grand Theft Auto 5. In most years - particularly throughout the pandemic era - this would be a great spread for March. But coming down from the high of Elden Ring, The Witch Queen, and Horizon Forbidden West, it’s definitely hard to get