2022 Game of the Year Awards — Achievement Awards

Being least evolved doesn’t always mean bad. Sometimes it can be a good thing as if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But, that’s not the best approach to a sequel and can be considered lazy or phoned in. There were a lot of games this year that had sequels that didn’t change much from previous games or stepped back in some places.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

This wasn’t the stark change that 2019’s Modern Warfare was at all. This was more of the same. A lot more of the same. While it’s all good and nothing was ruined there were a few steps backwards such as the UI and the awful stealth missions in the single-player campaign that Cold War did so well. Even the visuals weren’t a huge boost over 2019’s game. Still, it’s a great game with a hell of a multiplayer suite.