Hitman 3

Josh Mcmullin's Top 10 Games of 2021

Josh Mcmullin's Top 10 Games of 2021

Hi, I’m a sometimes contributor to the ever-excellent Sword Chomp series of podcasts, Josh Mcmullin, aka THE Bebopman! I got asked to do a top ten list for the site and here I am. Look at me, ma! All joking aside, let’s get one thing straight, okay? There was A LOT of talk during the year that 2021 just had no games and that everything important was being pushed back due to COVID still being a thing. While I agree that several big highly anticipated titles were pushed back, that doesn’t mean that 2021 lacked good or even great games. As evidence, I tried my hand at a little challenge that one of my co-hosts set out for my own podcast. The challenge in question was to complete 20 games that we had never beaten before. I rarely play games to completion unless I really like it and this year, I hit that challenge. I played 31 games this year and completed 20 of them. What’s even better is that outside of my top three, which just flew up my rankings upon their launch, I had an incredibly hard time ranking most of them because they were all so good. That’s a long way of saying that 2022 was a great year in gaming and the games speak for themselves. So, without further ado, let’s talk about my top 10 of those games.

Review: Hitman 3

Review: Hitman 3

The final installment in IO’s World of Assassination trilogy is here, and it is the methodical, hilarious, and frankly bizarre missions of Agent 47 at their absolute best. 2016’s Hitman set a standard for how fun and immersive the gameplay of Hitman could be. Hitman 2 iterated on that and established Agent 47’s series as more of a platform by upgrading and keeping around old levels for those who played the original. Hitman 3 perfects this idea while daring to take risks. These risks result in some of the most exciting and experimental levels in the series’ history.