(chiming music) - [Falcon] There's
something about video games, set in the middle ages, whether it be more
reality based or fantasy, having you go off and fight a dragon, you're basically living
all of these stories, you grow up hearing about like King Arthur and all the great novels by
Toki and George R. R. Martin. There's a reason people love this stuff. Hi folks, it's Falcon
and today on Gameranx, the top 20 new medieval games of 2023. Starting off at number
20, it is the Quinfall, an absolutely gorgeous looking new MMORPG, with a 2000 plus square
kilometer world map, that looks hyper-realistic and gorgeous. Everything I've seen in
this game just looks amazing and knowing that it's
a PVP and PVE MMORPG, with a ton of customization,
it sure looks cool. The Quinfall is coming
to PC sometime this year. And number 19 is the Lords of the Fallen, a Dark Fantasy Action RPG, that is actually a sequel to
the 2014 game of the same name. Now, the original was a
Soulslike and so will this. I mean, it's probably
not a drastic departure, however visually it
looks pretty different, at least as far as I can remember. The original was pretty well received, but sometimes was criticized, as maybe a little bit
easy for a Soulslike, it's been a really long
time since I've played it, so I can't really remember
if that's true or not, but I do remember it fondly and just off that I'm
pretty excited to play, a New Lords of the Fallen. It looks way cooler this
time around, in my opinion. We do not have an exact date, but it is going to be a Next Gen title, launching on the PS five, the Xbox Series and PC sometime this year. At number 18 is the Lord
of the Rings Gollum. This is one of those games, where if you haven't
been paying attention, it might really sneak up on you. It feels like it's been in
development hell forever, but it was actually
only announced in 2021. It's a game where you have
to play as Gollum, obviously. It mixes action, adventure
and stealth to some extent, exactly what we don't know, because obviously we've not played it and there really isn't a whole
lot of footage out there. It doesn't look like there's
combat, but I don't know. But if it ends up being
third person combatless, Gollum dishonored,
honestly, I'm there for it. We do not have an exact date, but it's slated for the PlayStations, the Xboxes, PC and actually
yes Nintendo Switch, sometime this year. And number 17 is the
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, the follow up to what is
just a fantastic game. This is also a game
that they've been using, to kind of show us what
Unreal Engine five looks like. Holy hell, the graphics on this one, is just blowing my mind but also, I'm just really excited for this story, to continue the original game, sometimes a little bit simple,
but is really effective, at telling a great narrative,
and it's a lot of fun. For anybody who doesn't remember, this is a game about
somebody with schizophrenia, fighting their way. My one hope is that they can take, what is a really good basis for combat and give us a little bit
more varied of an experience, in the combat because it's super fun. But man, they did not give us a lot, in terms of different enemies,
different experiences. It by the end of it felt like every fight, was pretty similar despite
the fact that the basis, of the combat system is
actually really enjoyable. That's my one gripe. If they fix that, this is
gonna be a fantastic sequel. Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is
gonna land on the Xbox series and the PC sometime this year. At number 16 is Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. It's sort of medieval. It takes place in a kind of
fantastical ancient China. It's got swords, spears, horses, warriors. So yeah, it is yet another Soulslike game, but it's from who we would consider, the second best developer at it. Obviously, you're not
gonna beat FromSoftware, at their own game, but these
guys made Nioh and Nioh 2, which are easily the
best non from Soulslikes. This game gives you tons
more flexibility of movement, combat styles, it introduces
more magic spells, plus a kind of a give and take mechanic, like from Sacado, you're making your way
through linear areas. You're exploring, grinding
souls and killing bosses. What did you expect? Honestly and straight
up it's pretty awesome. At number 15 is Night Crows. Frankly, a pretty outta nowhere
MMORPG coming from WeMade and they're boasting thousand player PVP. If they can deliver a
thousand player PVP MMORPG, I mean they win just on that alone. We'll see, we don't have a release date. It's supposedly coming
this year to PC though and perhaps other platforms we'll see. At number 14 is Project the
Perceiver an Action RPG. This is a game that looks like
a Dark Souls game at first and then you start seeing just
completely different things. Like there's this mask
system that allows you, to essentially take on the form, of any enemy you've defeated. There's some acrobatic stuff, that you definitely
wouldn't see in Dark Souls. There's some aspects of it. I mean, there's a bunch of gameplay, that's been released of this and there's stuff that reminds me, of Shadow of Mordor in the Combat. I don't know, there's a
lot that this could be and the fact that they released
so much gameplay up front, like they just threw 40
minutes of how this game works, at people for them to scrutinize, it shows a lot of confidence and it looks like a great project. Project The Perceiver is
coming sometime this year. At number 13 another
project, Project Awakening, something that looks a
little bit different, from the previous however, basically the developer Cygames, is targeting something
between Monster Hunter and Dragon's Dogma as an
action RPG, big Ole Open World. It kind of looks like the era, of the Monster Hunter
genre has officially began and details are a little
sparse on Project Awakening, but it's a PlayStation exclusive and it's targeted to
hit sometime this year, was originally announced
for PlayStation four and PC. I think we'll probably see
it on PlayStation five, maybe on PlayStation four, I don't know, we'll see though. And number 12 is The Awakener Risen, an open world action RPG
set in a fantasy world, of course, it comes to us, from Chinese developer Tenar Games. It's single player and
it's pretty cool looking. It's certainly got a unique look to it. It reminds me of the like mid 2000s, type fantasy online game but again, it's a single player action RPG and of course it was made now, so it looks significantly nicer. It looks a lot like Dragon's Dogma and I am not complaining
about that at all. This is another PlayStation exclusive, so probably see it on PS four, PS five, but it's also coming to
PC sometime this year. And number 11 is Gangs of Sherwood, a co-op set in a reimagined
Robinhood Sherwood Forest. The idea is that the
sheriff of Nottingham, has obtained philosopher stones
and is now very powerful. You are standing up against him, up to four players can
play a co-op in this game. It looks really cool, honestly, it's got a kind of an Arcadey look to it and wow is there not enough
games that go for that nowadays? Gangs of Sherwood is
coming to Xbox Series, PS five and PC sometime this year. And number 10 is Blight Survival,
another four player co-op. This one's a rogue like though. So in terms of the arcade elements, we were talking about on the last one, this is a decidedly slower
looking game set during a plague, like it's a medieval zombie game. Looks kind of like Medieval
Resident Evil four. Don't know if that's
how it's gonna play out, but the Sword Action that we've
seen is very cool looking. This one's on PC only and
doesn't have a set date, but we'll see it sometime this year. And number nine is Manor
Lords a strategy game. City Builder didn't expect
we'd be talking about, a whole lot of those did ya? Well, it's a pretty cool
looking one honestly. You got the whole range
of strategy games here. Like I said, you got city
building, you got an economy and social stuff, but more importantly, you got large scale tactical
battles, meaning this thing, ranges from creating to destroying. That's everything that I
need in a strategy game and I'm really excited to
see where this one goes. It looks cool as hell. We don't have a release date,
but it's coming this year and I can't wait to play it. And number eight is
Spellforce Conquest of EO, a hybrid of a four X
strategy game and an RPG. At first breath it
looks a lot like an RTS, but it's actually not. Firstly, it is turn based. Secondly, it's extremely story heavy. It's oriented towards kind
of tactical RPG stuff, but also turn based
strategy, four X type stuff. I don't know, it's a different game. It's also one that has
really mixed opinions. There are some people
that think it's amazing and some people that think
it's trying too hard. I think if that combination
sounds interesting to you, it's definitely worth a spin though. Spellforce Conquest of
EO's currently out on PC. And number seven is Undead Citadel, a VR hack and slash horrid zombie game. To be frank, this is the type of thing, that if you're not interested in VR, will make you interested in VR, because this is exactly
what I want out of VR, physics based weapon hack and slash. Sword, shield, bow and arrow,
zombies just looks fantastic and I am so ready to get in on this. We don't have a specific date for it, but obviously it's coming to VR platforms, including Oculus Vive and
the new PlayStation VR. Wow, I can't wait. And number six is Dragon Age Dread Wolf. If you're aware of Dragon Age, you know what you're getting from this. I'm guessing it's going
to be a much bigger game, than the previous one, because they're probably
going to make it a point, to do way better than the mass effect, Sequel Andromeda and Anthem. Dragon Age Inquisition
was such a beloved game, that did so much right, there's a lot riding on this, but I do think they have
it in them to pull it off. It's coming to the PlayStations, the Xboxes and PC sometime this year. And number five is Crimson
Desert coming to us, from the developers of Black
Desert Online, Pearl Abyss. It is using the engine
that they developed, for Black Desert Online. However, it is not going to be a prequel, to that story as originally intended. It ended up being something, that they consider different enough, from Black Desert online that it's worth, just making into its own thing. Crimson Desert looks pretty cool too. That's gonna be landing
on the PlayStations, the Xboxes and PC sometime this year. Moving on to number four
is Assassin's Creed Mirage, set in the Middle East and giving us, that kind of old school
Assassin's Creed experience. This is something a lot
of fans have been wanting, for a long time because yes,
the recent large open world, Assassin's Creed games
have been fantastic, but they also have that
Ubisoft open world crap. I'm excited for a narrative focused, slightly more streamlined
Assassin's Creed game. It's kind of been something
I've got a hankering for. I do hope they continue
making the large ones, but I hope that we also
get small ones now too. Hopefully Assassin's
Creed Mirage is successful and we see more Assassin's
Creed games along these lines. It'll be landing on the PlayStations, the Xboxes and Windows sometime this year. At number three the Witcher
remake gonna just say right off, we don't know a lot about this. We do know that it's a
full Unreal Engine five, open world remake of the
original Witcher Game. No idea if that means they're
bringing back the voice cast. No idea exactly how big it's going to be. But we do know that the original Witcher, is a kind of a weird janky
game that has a ton of charm and it's most likely
going to turn into a game, that's like the Witcher three. But with the Witcher's story. I'm really looking forward to it. They haven't said what
consoles it's coming to, but I would assume at least PS five and Xbox Series maybe
Last Gen, not sure yet. Definitely PC and apparently
it might come out this year, but we aren't a 100% sure. That said, we really are excited for it and wanted to talk about it. And number two is the Gothic Remake, which is being billed as
a faithful full remake, of the original Gothic which
to call a revolutionary game, would really be an understatement, and now it's gonna look incredible. Everything we've seen of this
remake just really looks cool. The environments look very pretty. Characters don't look like, you know, 2001 jank and the combat
has apparently been updated, to some extent too. I don't know, I'm really excited, because this is one of those games, that I don't really enjoy going back to, despite enjoying it when it came out. It's just such a old game
that's so full of jank. It can be frustrating at times. That said, it was revolutionary and it caused so much to
happen in the gaming world. I'm just really excited to see it, sort of be given the
treatment it deserves. It's coming out sometime this year, on PS five, Xbox Seriesand PC. Finally at number one be fitting its name, it's Final Fantasy 16. That's a whole lot of
final fantasies, isn't it? Now, I don't know exactly, what this game is gonna look
like in terms of combat. I really hope they integrate
a lot of the stuff, they came up with for
Final Fantasy seven remake, because I enjoy both
Final Fantasy seven remake and Final Fantasy Fifteen's Combat a lot, like I think if they go for somewhere, between those two things, they've got like the perfect
modern final fantasy, combat going forward. Got a completely new setting. It's a crystal oriented
story from the looks of it. There's very likely to be war
and intrigue over the crystals and who can use what powers. Final Fantasy is just always an epic, massive, ridiculous story and I cannot wait to dive into a new one. Final Fantasy 16 is landing
only on the PS five, at first on June 22nd. Elden Ring Erdtree DLC properly named, Shadow of the Erdtree. Really, we don't know a
lot about this right now. There's a whole lot of speculation. Obviously it was just
announced very recently, but obviously, of course
I want more Elden Ring. They're slating it as an expansion, so I would guess that it would be longer, than like one of those single
Mission DLC type things, maybe even like a mini sequel. That's what my fingers are crossed for. I'm excited, obviously,
it's probably going to come, to every platform that Elden Ring is on and it's supposedly coming this year. Stormrite an Open World game, in which you are tasked with
becoming an expert assassin, capable of waging war via the dark arts. Apparently the realm of Red Reach, is under threat by the return of Requiem, which is being feared across the land, according to marketing materials. It looks good, I love
what this game looks like. The magic stuff looks really, really cool, in terms of consoles as an Xbox exclusive, but it's also coming to
PC sometime this year. And that's all for today. Leave us a comment, let
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