Dark Horses of 2020 - The Best Upcoming Small Games
In times of game-services and budgets of millions of dollars, there's fortunately a good deal of underdog games that can really surprise the players. These are the productions that don't get so much attention, but can turn out dark horses of 2020.
Table of Contents
- Dark Horses of 2020 - The Best Upcoming Small Games
- Humankind
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- SnowRunner: A MudRunner Game
- Gods & Monsters
- Carrion
- Little Nightmares 2
- Partisans 1941
- Tell Me Why
- Gamedec
- Digimon Survive
- Dark Envoy
- 12 Minutes
- King's Bounty 2
- Hades: Battle Out of Hell
- Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Gods & Monsters
- Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch
- Genre: adventure game, action TPP with RPG elements
- Developer: Ubisoft
Gods & Monsters is one of the games that didn't generate much interest with the announcement of a new franchise. This doesn't say anything about quality, though. It's being developed by the creators of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, once again turning to the world of Greek mythology for inspiration, and the graphics are sort of similar to Legend of Zela: Breath of Wild. The overall concept of a role-playing game narrated by Homer himself, giving the account to his grandchildren, who fire up a barrage of questions like children do.
We can be sure there will be humor, but what else? We will be a hero trying to save the Greek gods. So we get spectacular combat, original, mythical creatures, and fantastic powers. Enemies will come with a set of weak spots. Major publishers have rarely given new IPs a chance recently, so God & Monsters' merit is also simply the fact that the game bucks that sad trend. Maybe something really interesting comes out of this?
It's for you if:
- you like Greek mythology;
- you're bored with recycled iterations of the same games, and you're curious to learn about new ideas from major publishers.
