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Metacritic: Best Games of 2016 (and platform comparisons)
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Even I think very highly of things I don't own.
LittleBigGamer
Banned
...indies.
They count if you like them and if you don't need or like them they don't count. Simply as that.
These games are not killer apps for me, but the AAA exclusives are. So my taste says that they don't count(i.e. for a hardware decision) because...taste.
Either way, a considerable amount of 75+ PC games, probably make it on Metacritic's with just 7 reviews or a few more. So many PC games have 2,3,4 or 5+ times fewer reviews than many PS4 games.
And we know that usually the more reviews a game takes the lower the score in Metacritic tends to be.
Even if we don't take into consideration the above, these numbers say nothing or much depending our needs in gaming.
PS. My Phone > PS4 in 75+ games I guess.
Version 3.0
Member
Let's be real: a lot of games "don't count" simply because not enough people play them. Gaming (like everything) is more social than ever. Even single player games are a little bit social in that you can see whether other people are playing them. People like to feel that their choices are validated, when other people choose the same. For better or worse...
Metacritic itself is an aggregate. If not enough reviewers chime in on a game, it doesn't get aggregated. It literally doesn't count. People ignoring games that haven't caught their attention is pretty much the same thing as that.
PensivePen
Member
Maybe they're not counting it as an exclusive since it's an enhanced port of a DS game? It does have more than a 75 on metacritic, so I can't think of any other reason it wouldn't be included.
That's just an updated DS game, so they wouldn't count it as a full exclusive.
Guys i know that you like to hate vita but be honest once in a while, this is the screengrab of the vita recent releases page
in the last 90 days alone 33 games were released but most of them don't have enough reviews so they aren't counted, it happens for all the other platforms too but vita games are usually more ignored by reviewers(all those games with the grey box with "tbd" aren't counted), so just consider those numbers as you consider metacritic average scores
But how many of those are exclusives that you could definitely see getting above 75 on the list?
I agree that it's a shame that some of those games aren't counted, but it might not even be a change for the Vita.
PC on the other hand...
By the way, that's not in the last 90 days, that's in the last week.
so do we not count exclusives we don't like for all platforms or just one
Magic Mushroom
Member
Read the actual reviews. They disagree with your opinion.
Soulblighter31
Banned
AAA games of today are stale, tired, restricting, mechanically simplistic, creatively bankrupt affairs. Saying you only play AAA games in 2016 is not something to yell out loud or be proud of.
You think there's only indies on PC? Homeworld, Total War, Civilization, Stellaris, Pillars of Eternity, Shadow Warrior 2, Hearts of Iron WoW Legion, Tyranny, Planet Coaster, Grim Dawn, Battlefleet Armada and so on. These arent cheap shit made on a boat in a third world country by slave children. They're proper, fully made games, with everything that matters in them.
grandwizard
Member
TIL Total War: Warhammer, XCOM 2 and Civlization VI are indies
LittleBigGamer
Banned
I am not sure I understand the question. I mean I don't count indie productions as major platform exclusives. I like some of them of course but auxiliary to AAA games libraries.
I never said that, but I could leave with AAA games. There are sufficient amounts out
there. Maybe I live in another planet.
No it doesn't work like that and we all know it. Opinions, taste and preferences is all good, but you can't just imagine away reality just because you don't like it.
IcyRhythms
Member
Nice damage control. Way to downplay games people find enjoyable because your platform of choice has much less.
LittleBigGamer
Banned
If your reality is that a game like TowerFall Ascension(87 Metascore) is as good as Batman: Arkham Knight(87 also) I am out of this reality for sure.
I downplay games if they don't count for my taste?what?
Again...I said.
LittleBigGamer said:
I don't see any damage control here. Help me.
I can play your game, there are people think it is a general FACT that indies don't count. But I never played that game even if for my reality it's true(in terms of major exclusives).
You are these guys on the other side I suppose...
I quit.
IcyRhythms
Member
If your reality is that a game like TowerFall Ascension(87 Metascore) is as good as Batman: Arkham Knight(87 also) I am out of this reality for sure.
I downplay games if they don't count for me?what?
Again...I said.
I don't see any damage control. Help me.
You now very well why you are ''offended''
This isn't about what counts for you. It's Metacritic's rating system. PC clearly obliterated the consoles in the number of well rated games, and the way you feel about it isn't going to change that.
Prophet Steve
Member
Considering I've had more fun with Towerfall than with Batman I think I consider it better.
LittleBigGamer
Banned
True story and we were here to discuss these numbers I guess. Ban me if 72 posts until now are iterative of just OP's ''numbers''.
That's good(it was a cheaper choice
). Happy for you.
The Mad Draklor
Member
Good results for the PS4 and PC is beast.
Seriously such an amazing game.
Scattered across humblebundles next year.
That sounds about right, sadly.
I love that Stephen's Sausage Roll managed to get up there. I forgot Kentucky Route Zero even released an act this year, still probably gonna wait another 2 years until act 5 is out to play it.
John Wick
Member
Just because you didn't like it doesn't mean it isn't a great game.
Ah! You were being sarcastic
If you really think that the only exclusives on PC are indie zero budget affairs, you have no idea what you're talking about.
King Gilga
Member
Vita.
Good exclusive games: 0
Great games: 0
Good exclusive games: 0
Great games: 0
Vita, 0 good exclusive games.
Yet highest average rating.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
OT: But when is Gaf doing it's Game of the Year voting?
{insert code here}
Member
Vita.
Good exclusive games: 0
Great games: 0
Feel better now?
VanCityGamer
Member
Are you serious? So games with a white male protagonist are now labeled generic and are docked for it? How is he even generic?
TheKastorian
Member
Great year for PS4 and amazing year for gaming in general.
Newtype-001
Member
Vita > every platform
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
There are some trends for both, but there isn't really anything to objectively delineate those two categories on the PC. Not even budget.
I find this PS4 vs. Xbox One comparison very interesting. Now obviously there's inherent issues with Metascores, as well as only using 2016 as a window for comparison, but it indicates:
+ PS4 had 50% more total scored games. How many of these are actual console exclusives, or were just multiplatform games that only had enough reviews to hit the threshold for counting (7+) on PS4?
+ PS4 and Xbox One had the same number of "Great Games" (4 each). Seems low, but let's go with it. How many of these were the same games? Overwatch, Inside, NBA 2K17, plus one exclusive each?
+ PS4 had 4x more "Good Exclusives". Or 10 more Good Exclusive games, whichever way you want to look at it. ~3% of PS4's scored games for the year were in this category, and ~1% of Xbox One's 2016 scored catalog.
+ Xbox One had a slightly higher overall average Metascore, although there are 151 less games contributing to that result. Personally, I'd prefer to have 151 more games, if each is theoretically hovering around a score of 69.1.