VGChartz's Chistian Evans: "AI – THE SOMNIUM FILES: nirvanA Initiative is a really good game. Uchikoshi and genre fans will no doubt love it, and as someone who occasionally dabbles in the genre, I was on the cusp of loving it. Despite being a cleverly weaved and interlocking story, it just falls ever so slightly short at times in its overarching narrative compared to the first game, but in objective isolation it's still great.
There's lots to love: the characters are great, especially Mizuki, and exist just that right side of quirkiness; the side narratives are impressive; the Somnia are great fun; and the gradual dripping of reveals and revelations has you deducting and reasoning where AI is heading, like a budding Sherlock all the way through. Heartily recommended."
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "In some ways, 2022 felt like a mini-renaissance for the adventure genre. The final third of the year kept point-n-click adventure fans well-fed with revivals like Return to Monkey Island, new IPs like The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow, and more, while more choice-focused ones were scattered throughout the year, such as Pentiment and The Quarry. Games from old and new studios made it through our preliminary voting list, impressing the VGC community and critics alike. Now, after two layers of filtering, we’ve reached the final four contestants."
VGChartz's Paul Broussard: "2023 has officially arrived, which means another year of possibilities, opportunities, worries, and most importantly, chances to replay Chop Goblins. But before we officially start looking forward to 2023's slate of titles, let's look back at what 2022 had to offer one last time. Before we begin announcing the site-wide Game of the Year Award winners, we'll kick things off by talking a bit about some of the games that left the greatest impressions on us as writers in 2022."
“Another year of superb video games has passed us by so here are the 10 very best titles from 2022 according to your favourite chums.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
