while its been a pretty strange year for the gaming industry as a whole for playstation 2022 has been bookended by absolute brilliance by starting the year with horizon forbidden west and ending it with god of war ragnarok sony managed to deliver two highlyanticipated sequels that have done well to surpass the standards set by their predecessors but it didnt stop there in a year thats been almost overshadowed by the sheer presence of elden ring sony has been pushing out interesting and unique exclusives that might not be quite as consoledefining as aloy or kratos latest adventures but do well to round out the current library its certainly been a great year for playstation gaming and in between sony has been setting the stage for whats to come in 2023exclusive rewardsimage credit guerrilla gamesbest wishesimage credit grthe 25 best games of 2022as for this year though horizon forbidden west kicked things off back in february offering fans a sequel that leaned further into its openworld genre in every way from richer and more varied sidequests that helped build out the new west coast us location to more nuanced relationships main campaign and combat systems aloys latest worldsaving tale didnt disappoint march brought us another ps5 exclusive in the form of gran turismo 7 which although lauded for its superb graphics and attention to detail ultimately had a pretty rocky start due to dire server issues that even locked players out of singleplayer races and its microtransaction economy it was eventually addressed and rebalanced as part of an april patch but it definitely soured the communitys initial reaction toward the longawaited title that same month also brought us the slightly more unusual ghostwire tokyo which had many of us wandering the streets of the japanese capital hunting down spirits and cheeky tanuki although it doesnt quite live up to its full potential its unique take on combat and horror lite elements made it quite a memorable experience especially when it comes to just how good it looked on ps5 another neonthemed adventure that really did leave a claw mark on playstation fans though was stray the debut title from developer bluetwelve studio that let you play as a ginger tabby cat lost in a city of robots for obvious fourlegged reasons it was a title that had been hyped for some time and its attention to detail when it came to all things cat combined with a wonderful story and city playground meant that it has gone on to get critical acclaim its even walked away with the golden joystick award for the best playstation game this yearthe plus offeringimage credit sonyinterestingly it was also the title that really highlighted playstations new threetiered membership system for playstation plus as it was given away for free as part of the middle tier ps plus extra the entire new structure was revealed in march this year but didnt start its staggered rollout properly until the summer