Sonic Frontiers vs. Nobody Saves the World

Round four of our Game of the Year 2022 bracket is go! Was Sonic Frontiers’ open-zone adventure the return to form you were hoping for, or will your vote go to DrinkBox’s shapeshifting action-RPG, Nobody Saves the World?

The TrueAchievements Game of the Year bracket returns for 2022, with 32 more challengers competing for your votes throughout December. Yes, we also expect to see Elden Ring do quite well here, but last year saw a few upsets on the way to the finals, so there are bound to be some more exciting clashes along the way! Following feedback from last year’s bracket, we’ve made a few changes for the 2022 edition. While the top games were still picked using TA user ratings, we’ve opted for more traditional seeding this time around, at least for the first 28 of the 32 games in contention — the final four slots in the last two rounds are currently reserved for a few of December’s releases so folks have a chance to play them before voting, although there are replacements eagerly waiting in the wings should any of the December releases turn out to not be deserving of a place on this list, so those are subject to change at this time.

In addition, we’ve made the decision to disqualify remakes and remasters from the running this year based on feedback on many of the rounds last year. We’ve also left out anything that launched into beta or early access (sorry, MultiVersus) and anything that arrived late on Xbox in 2022 having released in a previous year on other platforms, although games that hit full 1.0 release this year are considered to be 2022 releases so a few such games have found their way onto the shortlist. As a result, this year’s bracket runs a varied spread of triple-A heavy hitters, indie darlings, some of the best games on Game Pass, and everything between, so be sure to root for your favourites! Scroll down to see the full bracket for the opening round and for the poll itself, and let us know in the comments why you’ve backed your chosen game. And don’t worry… there will still be a more traditional all-in-one vote later in the month — this format just happened to be a lot of fun last year, so we’re glad to be running it again as an alternative, and it’ll be interesting to compare results at the end of it all. May the best game win!

Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Frontiers

Experience Sonic Like Never Before!

Worlds are colliding in Sonic the Hedgehog’s newest high-speed adventure! In search of the missing Chaos emeralds, Sonic becomes stranded on an ancient island teeming with unusual creatures. Battle hordes of powerful enemies as you explore a breathtaking world of action, adventure, and mystery. Accelerate to new heights and experience the thrill of high-velocity, open-zone platforming freedom as you race across the five massive Starfall Islands. Jump into adventure, wield the power of the Ancients, and fight to stop these new mysterious foes. Welcome to the evolution of Sonic games!

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Nobody Saves the World

Nobody Saves the World

A shape-changing, ability-blending Action-RPG! Change forms, combine abilities, save the world!