Caught up with Valheim & older titles, Mike & Alex have already added a pile of recent releases to their backlogs. Tune in this week for a discussion of the most interesting games you may have missed in 2021 and why they are worth playing. Also features a more detailed discussion of Valheims special appeal: this is a game that synthesizes the radical possibilities of the survival genre (often lacking a meaningful goal, purposefulness) with circumscriptive soulslike combat against titanic bosses and hands-off storytelling about cosmic stakes.
Source: N4G PC Games We Already Missed in 2021 – GUI 98