The Best Videogames of 2018

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor
Publish Date: January 2, 2019
Comments: ↓ 7 user comments

Red Dead Redemption 2 is the best game of 2018

Metacritic's Game of the Year
(Highest-scoring new title, min. 7 reviews)
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2 (XB1/PS4)	97
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)	97
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PS4)	93
2015	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Xbox One)	95
2014	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U(Wii U)	92

We're pretty sure you already know this, but Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 is the past year's best-reviewed game.

That's not a surprise, obviously—and it's still a great accomplishment, given that only two other games have achieved a similar 97 score in the past five years—but what is a pleasant discovery is the sheer number of great games released in 2018.

Two years ago, only six games scored 90 or higher. A year ago, in 2017, 10 different titles scored in the nineties. But in 2018, that total shot up to 17 (which translated into 24 total products, thanks to many multi-platform releases). True, some of those great "newcomers" were merely ports of older titles to the new-ish Switch console. Still, that's an impressive total, made all the more welcome by the fact that it includes several brand new IPs, including Dead Cells and Celeste.

A bit further down the page, you'll find this year's best-reviewed games for each console (plus sections on PC and handheld games). Before that, here's a quick look at how each of the gaming platforms compared during the past year.

Console/PC Comparison - 2018
	# of Scored Games*	Score Distribution	Average Metascore	Great Games** (90 or higher)	Good Exclusives** (75 or higher)
PlayStation 4	407	150,234,23	70.0	7	13
Xbox One	310	127,165,18	70.8	7	0
Nintendo Switch	519	227,264,28	70.8	9	10
PC	378	171,198,9	72.3	1	33

* Games with 4 or more reviews in Metacritic's database released between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018 (based on North American release dates, except in cases where a game has not been released in North America).
** Titles not available on any other platform; excludes games with fewer than 7 reviews but does include DLC.
All Metascore data for this and all other tables in this report is from December 31, 2018. The pie charts reflect the percentage of all releases for each console with Positive Reviews (receiving a Metascore of 75 or higher indicating), Mixed Reviews (receiving a Metascore of 50-74), and Negative Reviews (receiving a Metascore of 49 or below). Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

And here are 2018's best-reviewed titles, regardless of platform:

The 90+ Club: The Best-Reviewed Games of 2018 (Any Platform*)
Rank/Platform/Title		Publisher	Metascore
1	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	97
2	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	97
3	God of War	Sony	94
4	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Nintendo	94
5	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft	93
6	Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition	Larian Studios	92
7	Bayonetta 2	Nintendo	92
8	Dead Cells	Motion Twin	92
9	Shadow of the Colossus	Sony	92
10	NieR: Automata - Become as Gods Edition	Square Enix	92
11	Monster Hunter: World	Capcom	92
12	Hollow Knight	Team Cherry	91
13	Into the Breach	Subset Games	91
14	Dead Cells	Motion Twin/Merge Games	91
15	Celeste	Matt Makes Games	91
16	Undertale	tobyfox/Fangamer	91
17	Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition	Larian Studios	90
18	Celeste	Matt Makes Games	90
19	INSIDE	PLAYDEAD	90
20	Sonic Mania Plus	Sega	90
21	Celeste	Matt Makes Games	90
22	Monster Hunter: World	Capcom	90
23	Astro Bot: Rescue Mission	JapanStudio/Sony	90
24	Bayonetta + Bayonetta 2	Nintendo	90

*Excluding iOS games. Games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. Only games with 7 or more reviews are included in this and every other list that follows.

Now, let's take a look at the best games of 2018 by platform ...

It was a mix of good news and bad news for Sony's console in 2018. The good: Seven different PS4 releases scored 90 or higher in 2018, which is the highest total in years. (There were just two such games in 2017.) And PlayStation continued to dominate Microsoft's rival console in terms of exclusives. The PS4 had 13 positively reviewed exclusives released in 2018, including God of War, Tetris Effect, and Marvel's Spider-Man. The XB1? It had no good exclusives in the past year.

That said, XB1 releases had a slightly higher average Metascore than PS4 releases: 70.8 for XB1 compared to 70.0 for PS4. The percentage of PS4 games that received positive reviews from critics also fell compared to the prior year—down to 36.8% (from 37.7% in 2017), which was the lowest approval rate for any platform in 2018.

Best PlayStation 4 games of 2018

PS4 Game of the Year
▣ Red Dead Redemption 2

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Entering 2018, one title stood atop numerous lists of the year's most-anticipated games. The hype, it turns out, was justified. Rockstar Games' first new game in five years is a sequel to their 2010 open-world western Red Dead Redemption—one of the best games released for the previous generation of Xbox and PlayStation. And RDR2 isn't just the highest-scoring game of 2018; it's now the best-reviewed game in history for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (surpassing fellow Rockstar release Grand Theft Auto V for each console).

PS4 Exclusive of the Year
▣ God of War

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The first new game in Sony's 13-year-old God of War franchise designed for the PS4 (its exclusive home), this new game both serves as a series reboot (hence the stripped-down title) as well as a sequel to 2010's God of War III. While protagonist Kratos returns (as a father!), the new game is set in the world of Norse legends rather than Greek mythology. Critics found the story and execution superb, and called it a series high-point even though it made so many changes to the franchise.

Highest-scoring PS4 games of 2018
Game		Publisher	Buy It	Metascore
1	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	Amazon	97
2	God of War	Sony	Amazon	94
3	Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition	Larian Studios Games	Amazon	92
4	Shadow of the Colossus	Sony	Amazon	91
5	Celeste	Matt Makes Games		91
6	Monster Hunter: World	Capcom	Amazon	90
7	Astro Bot: Rescue Mission	JapanStudio/Sony	Amazon	90
8	Tetris Effect	Sony/Enhance Games	Amazon	89
9	Owlboy	Soedesco	Amazon	89
10	Injustice 2: Legendary Edition	Warner Bros. Interactive	Amazon	88
11	Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom	FDG Entertainment	Amazon	88
	Dead Cells	Motion Twin/Merge	Amazon	88
13	Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition	Capcom	Amazon	87
14	Dragon Ball FighterZ	Bandai Namco Gmes	Amazon	87
15	Marvel's Spider-Man	Sony	Amazon	87
16	Sonic Mania Plus	Sega	Amazon	87
17	Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age	Square Enix	Amazon	86
18	DJMax Respect	Neowiz Entertainment		85
19	Yakuza Kiwami 2	Sega	Amazon	85
20	Moss	Sony	Amazon	85
21	F1 2018	Codemasters/Deep Silver	Amazon	85
22	428: Shibuya Scramble	Spike Chunsoft	Amazon	85
23	Dark Souls Remastered	Bandai Namco	Amazon	84
24	Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom	Level 5/Bandai Namco	Amazon	84
25	Valkyria Chronicles 4	Sega	Amazon	84
26	Beat Saber	Hyperbolic Magnetism		84
27	SoulCalibur VI	Namco/Bandai Namco Games	Amazon	84
28	Assassin's Creed Origins: The Curse of the Pharaohs	Ubisoft		83
29	Disgaea 1 Complete	NIS America	Amazon	83
30	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	Activision	Amazon	83
31	Guacamelee! 2	DrinkBox Studios		83
32	Transpose	Secret Location		83
33	Prey: Mooncrash	Bethesda Softworks		83
34	FIFA 19	Electronic Arts	Amazon	83
35	Yoku's Island Express	Villa Gorilla	Amazon	83
36	Yakuza 6: The Song of Life	Sega	Amazon	83
37	Battle Chef Brigade	Adult Swim		83
38	Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection	Capcom	Amazon	83
39	Iconoclasts	Bifrost Entertainment		83
40	Assassin's Creed Odyssey	Ubisoft	Amazon	82
41	Laser League	505 Games		82
42	Destiny 2: Forsaken	Activision		82
43	Hitman 2	Warner Bros. Interactive	Amazon	82
44	Spyro Reignited Trilogy	Activision	Amazon	82
45	Sprint Vector	Survios		82
46	MLB The Show 18	Sony		82
47	Mega Man 11	Capcom	Amazon	82
48	NBA 2K19	2K Games	Amazon	82
49	Burnout Paradise Remastered	Electronic Arts	Amazon	82
50	Slime-san: Superslime Edition	Headup Games		81

Microsoft failed to offer a compelling case to pick up an Xbox One rather than another console in 2018. The best "console exclusive" titles released for XB1 last year could also be played on your PC, and there wasn't a single game exclusive to Xbox One alone that received positive reviews from critics. But if you already own an XB1? Well, there were plenty of great games added in 2018, with an impressive (though equal to PS4) seven new titles scoring 90 or higher, including the year's best overall game.

Best Xbox One games of 2018

XB1 Game of the Year
▣ Red Dead Redemption 2

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XB1 Exclusive of the Year
▣ Forza Horizon 4

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The latest acclaimed entry in Microsoft's open-world racing series is set in Britain and features dynamic seasons and weather, a shared open world populated with your fellow players (allowing you to team up in groups with your friends), and over 450 licensed vehicles, including off-road cars and motorcycles. Note that this is only a console exclusive (also available on PC); there were no positvely reviewed true Xbox One exclusives released in 2018.

Highest-scoring XB1 games of 2018
Game		Publisher	Buy It	Metascore
1	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	Amazon	97
2	Celeste	Matt Makes Games		94
3	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft	Amazon	92
4	Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition	Larian Studios Games		92
5	Dead Cells	Motion Twin		91
6	NieR: Automata - Become as Gods Edition	Square Enix		90
7	Monster Hunter: World	Capcom	Amazon	90
8	The Banner Saga 3	Versus Evil		88
9	Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	Ninja Theory	Amazon	88
10	Assassin's Creed Odyssey	Ubisoft	Amazon	87
11	Dragon Ball FighterZ	Bandai Namco	Amazon	86
12	Destiny 2: Forsaken	Activision		86
13	Dark Souls Remastered	Bandai Namco	Amazon	86
14	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	Activision	Amazon	85
15	PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds	Microsoft/Bluehole	Amazon	85
16	F1 2018	Codemasters/Deep Silver	Amazon	84
17	SoulCalibur VI	Bandai Namco	Amazon	84
18	Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden	Funcom		84
19	Moonlighter	11 bit studios/Digital Sun		84
20	Hitman 2	Warner Bros. Interactive	Amazon	84
21	Forgotton Anne	Square Enix		83
22	NBA 2K19	2K Games	Amazon	83
23	Overcooked! 2	Team 17	Amazon	83
24	Spyro Reignited Trilogy	Activision	Amazon	83
25	FIFA 19	Electronic Arts	Amazon	83
26	Owlboy	Soedesco		83
27	Yoku's Island Express	Villa Gorilla	Amazon	83
28	Warhammer: Vermintide 2	Fatshark AB		83
29	The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories	Arc System Works		83
30	Shadow of the Tomb Raider	Square Enix	Amazon	82
31	NHL 19	Electronic Arts	Amazon	82
32	Prey: Mooncrash	Bethesda Softworks		82
33	Far Cry 5	Ubisoft	Amazon	82
34	Pro Evolution Soccer 2019	Konami	Amazon	82
35	Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom	FDG Entertainment		82
36	Super Mega Baseball 2	Metalhead Software		81
37	World of Final Fantasy Maxima	Square Enix	Amazon	81
38	Unravel Two	Electronic Arts		81
39	Ashen	Annapurna Interactive		81
	Madden NFL 19	Electronic Arts	Amazon	81
41	Laser League	505 Games		81
42	Ys Origin	DotEmu		81
	Aragami: Shadow Edition	Lince Works		81
44	Lumines Remastered	Enhance Games		81
45	Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 - Roads	Square Enix		80
46	The Council - Episode 1: The Mad Ones	Focus Home Interactive		80
47	Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection	Capcom	Amazon	80
48	The Adventure Pals	Armor Games		80
49	The Golf Club 2019 featuring PGA Tour	2K Games/HB Studios	Amazon	80
50	A Way Out	Electronic Arts	Amazon	79

Year two for Nintendo's newest console didn't bring any additional games scoring above 95(there were two in 2017), but it brought something arguably even better: lots of games—and lots of good games.

True, the high volume of new releases was mostly due to the huge number of ports of titles previously released on other devices. Still, there were over 100 more games (with enough reviews to calculate a Metascore) released for the Switch in 2018 than for any other platform. And, even with that higher volume, the Switch had the highest percentage of positively reviewed releases—not just the largest total of good games. Nearly 44% of Switch releases had green Metascores (reflecting approval from professional critics), compared to about 41% for Xbox One and less than 37% for PS4.

If you had been holding off on picking up a Switch over worries that there would be a lack of compelling content (aka, "Wii U Syndrome")—well, it looks like there is no need to worry any longer.

Best Switch games of 2018

Switch Game of the Year
▣ Undertale

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The highest-scoring game released for the Switch in 2018 is a port of an acclaimed, Kickstarter-funded 2015 indie. The pixel art-styled RPG is set below the planet's surface and earned praise (then and now) for its strong, often humorous writing, endless charm, and surprising complexity.

Switch Exclusive of the Year
▣ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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Built from the ground up for the new console, the first installment in the franchise-blending fighting series for the Switch is a big one: it features every single playable character included in the five previous games (and DLC). Combined with franchise newcomers like Metroid's Ridley, Princess Daisy from the Mario series, and the Inklings from Splatoon, you have over 70 fighters in total to play with across 103 different stages. Smash Bros. has never been better.

Highest-scoring Switch games of 2018
Game		Publisher	Buy It	Metascore
1	Undertale	tobyfox/Fangamer		93
2	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Nintendo	Amazon	92
3	Celeste	Matt Makes Games		92
4	Bayonetta 2	Nintendo		92
5	INSIDE	PLAYDEAD		91
6	Sonic Mania Plus	Sega	Amazon	91
7	Hollow Knight	Team Cherry		90
8	Dead Cells	Motion Twin/Merge	Amazon	90
9	Bayonetta + Bayonetta 2	Nintendo	Amazon	90
10	Into the Breach	Subset Games		89
11	Okami HD	Capcom		89
12	Hyper Light Drifter	Abylight		88
13	Diablo III: Eternal Collection	Blizzard Entertainment	Amazon	88
14	Ikaruga	Nicalis		88
15	Dragon Ball FighterZ	Bandai Namco	Amazon	88
16	Guacamelee! 2	DrinkBox Studios		87
17	Katamari Damacy REROLL	Bandai Namco		87
18	Owlboy	D-Pad Studio/Soedesco		87
19	Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition	DrinkBox Studios		87
20	Velocity 2X	FuturLab		87
21	Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes	Steel Crate Games		87
22	Iconoclasts	Konjak		87
23	Crypt of the NecroDancer: Nintendo Switch Edition	Spike Chunsoft		86
24	The Messenger	Devolver Digital		86
25	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze	Nintendo	Amazon	86
26	Sid Meier's Civilization VI	2K Games	Amazon	86
27	Shantae and the Pirate's Curse	WayForward		86
28	Transistor	Supergiant Games		86
29	Mini Metro	Radial Games		86
30	Night in the Woods	Finji		85
31	Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom	Sega/FDG		85
32	West of Loathing	Asymmetric Publications		85
33	Darkest Dungeon	Red Hook Studios		85
34	Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - Ultimate Edition	XSEED Games	Amazon	84
35	The Banner Saga 3	Versus Evil		84
36	Valkyria Chronicles	Sega		84
37	Toki Tori 2 +	Two Tribes		84
38	Bayonetta	Nintendo		84
39	Child of Light	Ubisoft		84
40	Mega Man X Legacy Collection	Capcom		84
41	Danmaku Unlimited 3	Doragon Entertainment		84
42	GRIS	Devolver Digital		84
43	Super Meat Boy	Team Meat		84
44	Just Shapes & Beats	Berzerker Games		83
45	Lumines Remastered	Enhance Games		83
46	Fortnite	Epic Games	Amazon	83
47	Dark Souls Remastered	Namco Bandai Games		83
48	Mega Man Legacy Collection	Capcom		83
49	WindJammers	DotEmu		83
50	Moonlighter	11 bit/Merge/Digital Sun	Amazon	83

PC games

It turns out that 2018 wasn't a great year for PC gaming. Only one release scored 90 or higher in 2018—and it barely even reached that score—after there were three such games in 2017 and five apiece in 2016 and 2015. The total number of positively reviewed PC games also fell considerably in 2018. There were 171 PC games with a green Metascore in 2018, compared to 205 the prior year. Still, that is a higher number of good games than were available for either the PS4 or Xbox One (though not the Switch, which had more).

Best PC games of 2018

PC Game of the Year
▣ Into the Breach

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The year's highest-scoring PC release is the second game from the team behind the indie hit Faster Than Light. The turn-based strategy game Into the Breach features procedurally generated levels consisting of 8-by-8 grids. Your goal is to prevent what's left of humanity from being wiped out by rather dumb, insect-like aliens who tend to telegraph their moves in advance. To do so, you employ a squad of humongous mechs from the future. Critics appreciated the puzzle-like problem solving needed to win each level, as well as the game's replayability.

PC Exclusive of the Year
▣ DUSK

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Released just a few weeks ago, this retro-styled shooter comes from indie studio New Blood Interactive. If you find yourself missing 1990s-era FPS gameplay, you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not downloading a copy of DUSK, which critics are calling an equal of that decade's classic releases.

Highest-scoring PC games of 2018
Game		Publisher	Buy It	Metascore
1	Into the Breach	Subset Games		90
2	DUSK	New Blood Interactive		89
3	Dead Cells	Motion Twin		89
4	Return of the Obra Dinn	3909		89
5	Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire	Obsidian/Versus Evil	Amazon	88
6	Monster Hunter: World	Capcom		88
7	Celeste	Matt Makes Games		88
8	Subnautica	Unknown Worlds		87
9	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft		87
10	Unavowed	Wadjet Eye Games		87
11	Iconoclasts	Bifrost Entertainment		87
12	Yakuza 0	Sega		86
13	Football Manager 2019	Sega		86
14	Assassin's Creed Odyssey	Ubisoft		86
15	CrossCode	Deck 13		85
16	Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition	Square Enix		85
	Guacamelee! 2	DrinkBox Studios		85
18	Dragon Ball FighterZ	Bandai Namco		85
19	Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 5: Same Stitch	Telltale Games		85
20	Full Metal Furies	Cellar Door Games		85
21	Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales	CD Projekt Red Studio		85
22	Sprint Vector	Survios		84
23	Destiny 2: Forsaken	Activision		84
24	Total War: WARHAMMER II - Rise of the Tomb Kings	Sega		84
25	Frostpunk	11 bit studios/Merge	Amazon	84
26	Yoku's Island Express	Villa Gorilla		84
	Dark Souls Remastered	Bandai Namco		84
28	Two Point Hospital	Sega		83
29	GRIS	Devolver Digital		83
30	Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age	Square Enix		83
31	Valkyria Chronicles 4	Sega		83
32	The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset	Bethesda Softworks	Amazon	83
33	The Forest	SKS/Endnight Studios		83
34	Total War: WARHAMMER II - Curse of the Vampire Coast	Sega		83
35	Ashen	Annapurna Interactive		83
36	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	Activision	Amazon	83
37	The Messenger	Sabotage Studio		83
38	F1 2018	Codemasters/Deep Silver		83
39	Hitman 2	Warner Bros. Interactive		82
40	The Banner Saga 3	Versus Evil		82
41	Warhammer: Vermintide 2	Fatshark AB/Fatshark		82
42	The Sims 4: Seasons	Electronic Arts	Amazon	81
43	Wreckfest	THQ Nordic		81
44	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR	Bethesda Softworks		81
45	Katamari Damacy REROLL	Bandai Namco Games		81
46	CHUCHEL	Amanita Design		81
47	Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom	Level 5/Bandai Namco		81
48	Battlefield V	Electronic Arts	Amazon	81
49	The Red Strings Club	Devolver Digital		81
50	SoulCalibur VI	Bandai Namco Games		80

Handhelds: Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita

Sony abandoned the Vita handheld several years ago, but 2018 appears to be the year that Nintendo gave up on its competing device, the 3DS. Unlike Sony, Nintendo hasn't officially stopped publishing new titles for its handheld unit—there should still be a few new 3DS games coming in 2019—but with the Switch able to support both handheld and conventional console gameplay, the number of games released for the 3DS dropped considerably in the past year.

Here are all of the positively reviewed 2018 releases for each handheld platform:

Every Good 3DS Game Released in 2018
Game		Publisher	Buy It	Metascore
1	Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology	Atlus	Amazon	85
2	Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux	Atlus	Amazon	80
3	Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	Nintendo	Amazon	79
4	WarioWare Gold	Nintendo	Amazon	78

Every Good PS Vita Game Released in 2018
Game		Publisher	Buy It	Metascore
1	Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms	Idea Factory	Amazon	75

Bonus: The worst games of 2018

No year-end recap would be complete without a quick look the year's worst-reviewed releases:

What do you think?

What were your favorite games of 2018? Let us know in the discussion section below.

Comments (7)

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Ganapat56
- May 11, 2019 10:17AM
i was waiting for call of duty mobile, read a lot about call of duty mobile here
munir
- Jan 7, 2019 2:25PM
Microsoft had 0 "good exclusives" in 2018? Well, let me tell you: 2019 will be the same, and so 2020. Until Metacritic understands that there probably won't be a single Xbox exclusive not available on PCs anymore.
Kaprawiec
- Jan 7, 2019 5:28AM
Also, metascore from critics should start from the first critic score. If there is 1 review then it should be seen as metascore. Because I often look for new games at release and there are literally hundreds of titles with 3 scores "awaiting more reviews". I want to see are they promising because if they got 3 reviews of 80+ they might be what im looking for just without enough marketing.
preciado_101
- Jan 4, 2019 1:11PM
Really good summary of 2018's games..... I'd just don't think it can be sorted as a ranking list, just because you have different amount of critics reviewing different games. A 94 from 8 critics is not the same as a 93 from 92 critis (Undertale vs SSBU)

I still prefer the user scores even though there's so much hate in there
GabrielSM
- Jan 4, 2019 5:44AM
"It turns out that 2018 wasn't a great year for PC gaming."

Why worst version almost always score higher? Celeste on Xbox: 94. Celeste on PC: 88. And it goes on and on.

By the way, restricting to 7 or more reviews' ridiculous. Why wouldn't wait to reach 7 reviews to calculate a metascore then? If you like seven so much, sure. Super specific number, don't you think? As if it already wasn't hard enough to reach 4 professional critics reviews. (Random selected, supposedly.) Many games I purchased in 2018 didn't make the cut to reach a metascore, (4 reviews required.) and they're as good as any others I played past year. Also: I bet most games registered on metacritic don't even reach a metascore in its lifetime period. Proof: https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/pc/date

Now imagine, almost doubling on the already high requirement. From 4 to 7. Talk about limiting.

From the top of my head, I can think of two more that would fit perfectly here, on "THE BEST VIDEOGAMES OF 2018." "DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN II - DEFINITIVE EDITION" PC version. And "RIMWORLD" PC exclusive. Both 1 review above the ideal requirement to reach a metascore. (4.) "Universal acclaim
based on 5 Critics." D:OS2DE: metascore of 95, highest of all versions, so far series peak. RIMWORLD: metascore of 93, would guarantee number one spot as a PC exclusive. But because it hasn't 2 more reviews, it isn't included!

GG, guys, GG.
ScandyAndy
- Jan 3, 2019 11:13AM
You guys need to change your tone on the Xbox exclusive thing. MS has a strategy to never make a first party game that doesn't come out on both Xbox and PC at the same time. That's not a bad thing. They see it as one large ecosystem
yaojiyue
- Jan 3, 2019 2:54AM
D:OS2 DE, Forza Horizon 4, Into the breach, Dead Cells, RDR2, POE2 are my top 6

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