2023 is bringing us tons of new first-person shooter games for all the major gaming platforms. Now, we've got 15 here today, that we're really looking forward to. So let's talk about them.
Starting off with number 5, of course, it's 'Redfall'.
This is Arkane's newest game. These are the people behind 'Dishonored,' 'Prey,' more recently, 'Deathloop.' And with 'Redfall,' they're going in a bit of a different direction.
You're in a small New England town, hunting vampires and monsters in some fun, four-player cooperative action All of the characters have different traits and skills and abilities. And to be honest, we're really just looking forward to it because of the developers involved, Arkane. We're still curious to see how exactly they're gonna provide their specific spin on this.
They're very creative with the games they make where a four-player co-op monster shooter sounds pretty typical stuff. I'm expecting it to feel different because it's Arkane. Also, it's cool that there's vampires involved. As you guys know, I always talk about how there should be more vampires in games, and I am pro vampires in this, so we're looking forward to seeing what they got with it.
Now next over at number 4, 'I.G.I. Origins.'
This is actually a prequel to 2000's 'Project IGI,' and it's this tactical first-person shooter. Yeah, I mean we're big fans of stealth games and we're always excited to see more like this, especially like a tactical military one. Can't help but get 'Splinter Cell' vibes from this.I mean, it's being developed by Antimatter Games who brought us 'Rising Storm 2:Vietnam,' and have contributed to the 'Killing Floor' series. That checks out to me. Sounds enough, like they know what they're doing with this.
Like many other military stealth games you can take, and should take the stealthy approach, or you can go in guns blazing. You know, you probably know the drill with games like this by now, but honestly, there doesn't seem to be much that Antimatter is doing different here to push the genre forward.
But if it ain't broke, I guess don't fix it, 'cause I mean either way, it's like a new stealth tactical military shooter, and we're about it 'cause you don't see a ton of these every day now.
Next over at number 3, we have, 'Ripout.'
This is a co-op, horror shooter where you'll be fighting your way through a procedurally generated ship that's infested with these gross looking mutants.
Now the enemies are actually reconfigurable, so bigger mutants will attach smaller mutants to their body, to make themselves more powerful, which could be a fun way to really change it up a bit, more intelligent enemy encounters, and especially in such creative sci-fi ways like this, we're just about.
And while you're exploring these ships, and mowing down mutants, you'll be collecting loot that you'll use to customize your character and your weapons, and well, toying around with different character classes to seemingly find a really good mix for your own play style.
There's a lot of stuff here that is checking boxes, but their spin on it seems like it might be cool. This is actually being published by 3D Realms, who have been around forever, so it's always nice to see them pop up from time to time, and especially with a creative looking one like this. We hope it's good.
Next, over at number 2, we have a game called, 'Luna Abyss.'
Now, this one may have not been on your radar, but you'll probably be glad now that it is, because I mean, look at it. This thing is absolutely wild looking, from the graphics to the environment and enemy design.
There's just some really unsettling sci-fi horror going on here, and that's exactly what this game is. It's a narrative driven, first-person, action adventure game, and it's all about trippy, cosmic horror. But they're building it as like a fast-paced bullet hell style game.
So expect it to be pretty intense and challenging, and not just this gorgeous thing. It seems like it might have the gameplay chops to back it up with a bunch of cool guns and abilities, and enemies that hurl all kinds of glowing orbs at you. Kind of looks like 'Returnal,' but in first-person, and I think that's a good thing. This one doesn't have a release date yet, it's just billed as coming soon. We're really hoping we get to see this one in 2023.
Next, over at number 1, we have, 'Amnesia: The Bunker.'
This looks like a big change up for the series. I mean, we've had some sequels to 'Amnesia,' but nothing really topped the absolute smash hit surprise that was the original, that kind of ignited an indie horror craze for a lot of people.
Now, the landscape has changed, things are very different, and with 'Amnesia: The Bunker,' we don't know too much about it yet, other than the fact that we're including it on this list, because there is a gun. Yes, gun confirmed. You can have a gun, and probably shoot some creepy ghouls, but this is all speculation. The trailer was short, they showed the character use a gun, so it counts as a first-person shooter. All right, we're cheating a little bit, but there you go.
We still would wanna see more gameplay videos but this game looks pretty sick and we're looking forward to finally checking it out sometime in 2023.
Those are 5 new first-person shooter games for 2023 that we're really looking forward to. Of course, things get delayed so be sure to double check on release dates but it seems like it's gonna be a good year.