Metacritic has released its annual list of top rated games, revealing that Batman: Arkham City on PS3 was the most critically acclaimed title of 2011. It beat out The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by a mouse's cock.
Here's the full list, including their average Metacritic scores:
- Batman: Arkham City (PS3, 96)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Xbox 360, 96)
- Portal 2 (PC, 95)
- Portal 2 (Xbox 360, 95)
- Portal 2 (PS3, 95)
- Batman: Arkham City (Xbox 360, 94)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS, 94)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC, 94)
- Mass Effect 2 (PS3, 94)
- Minecraft (PC, 93)
All told, a fairly obvious set of games, but it's a bit annoying that it's more of a "top six" than a top ten. Also, I am personally surprised by Minecraft. How in the name of buggering Christ does somebody actually review that thing? Ah well.
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9:00 AM on 01.13.2012 | 
I actually liked the ending (up until the VERY end/credits). But then again I'm just a huge fanboy of the mystery villain that showed up in it. Also, the final voicemail could have been a recording.
I didnt like the ending at all. It turned into a bunch of pretty pointless surprise cameos that made little to no sense what so ever. And resulted in making the entire story filled with Batmobile sized plot holes.
I'd honestly say the ending to City is worse than Asylum.
I didnt like the ending at all. It turned into a bunch of pretty pointless surprise cameos that made little to no sense what so ever. And resulted in making the entire story filled with Batmobile sized plot holes.
I'd honestly say the ending to City is worse than Asylum.
Secondly, what does this really prove? That these games were loved by mainstream media?
Every person has to make an individual decision what games they find great and dont.
Also annoyed by multiple platforms counted separately.
Also, also: Minecraft isn't complete, as you have to build everything yourself. Thus, incomplete game = 1.0 review score.
"I'd honestly say the ending to City is worse than Asylum."
NO WAY! While the cameos may have been pointless, I will never forgive Rocksteady for attempting to ruin The Joker by making him into The Hulk. The Joker would never, ever do something like that.
While "City"'s ending was campy, and seemed like they kind of threw their hands up in the air and didn't know how to end it, it was way better than attempting to ruin a character.
I just don't see how it got such high ratings for such a weak, unfocused follow-up.
The Zelda/Metroid angle suited Batman better. It just had the right balance of tools, exploration and combat. OPen world Batman sounds nice on paper, but it doesn't play to the strengths of the franchise at all.
I'll do it for you.
If you average out all 3 franchises in the top 10, all of them have an average of 95. That's not including AC PC and Skyrim PS3 though.
If you include all versions, it's this:
AC - 93.6; Skyrim - 94; - Portal 2 - 95
metacritic is a joke because review scores have become a joke.
In the way the TOP 10 would have Ten games on it. Moreover, each game is judged not just on the 'best port', but the average for that game.
Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Portal 2
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Minecraft
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Rayman Origins
LittleBigPlanet 2
Gears of War 3
On this list is something for (almost) every gamer. Everybody wins!
@Magnalon
Ha ha, I am also quite a fan of HIM and I loved how he showed up. The story was not perfect by any means, but the good things about it made up for the problems I had.
Also, I liked the final battle a lot more than the one in Asylum. It was still quite easy, but it was really epic and made a lot more of sense.
Loved the game overall. It deserved those ratings.
And, what about a remake? What if the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary had a 98%. If that had been the case should it have won? Thank goodness the HD collectiosn so far have not scored very high...
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Also, I took the time to make a real Top 10 list:
1) World of Goo (iOS) - 96
2) Portal 2 (360, PS3, PC) - 95
3) Elder Scrolls: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC) - 94
4) Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) - 94
5) Batman: Arkham City (PS3, 360, PC) - 93.6
6) Anomaly: Warzone Earth (iOS) - 94
7) Mass Effect 2 (PS3) - 94
8) Minecraft (PC) - 93
9) iBlast Moki 2 HD (iOS) - 93
10) Skyward Sword (Wii) - 93
Excluding iOS it's
1) Portal 2 (360, PS3, PC) - 95
2) Elder Scrolls: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC) - 94
3) Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) - 94
4) Batman: Arkham City (PS3, 360, PC) - 93.6
5) Mass Effect 2 (PS3) - 94
6) Minecraft (PC) - 93
7) Skyward Sword (Wii) - 93
8) Uncharted 3 - Drake's Deception (PS3) - 92
9) ICO and Shadow of the Colossus HD (PS3) - 91
10) LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3) - 91
Rayman Origins is not in the top 10, because of the other lower ranking titles factoring in (88, 87).
I'm glad to see the PS3 version of Skyrim didn't make it. Even at 92 on metacritic it's a big pile of lying bullshit. 2 months on, & I still can't play this game without it actually damaging the information on my PS3.
Those ios games dont count with like 3 reviews.
@Isay Isay
The wii had the lowest average by about 5 percentage points.
I will say it again. Metacritic is a great way to see what the mainstream has to say. But overall, you need to look at the game yourself.
For instance radiant historia was my favorite and I feel best game of the year. Scored high in all publications. But not mainstream enough to be included seriously in metacritic.
Thats the issue
that thing is cancer :(
You're a fanboy who hates iOS. I'd expect you to say that.
Anomaly Warzone Earth has 15 reviews. That's more than enough to legitimately consider it part of the top 10. Arbitrarily deciding "15 reviews is not high enough to be considered a real game" is a terrible precedent to set.
Radiant Historia is right there. 85. Second best game on DS (or third if you count Pokemon Black/White as two games).
@Magnalon
Good point. Then Portal 2 is the highest rated game of 2011.
I also thought about the ios titles, and why they weren't included. Maybe Metacritic doesn't consider ios as a valid gaming platform.
And also, like MonkeyKing1969 said, should late ports and remakes make the list? If not then we need to exclude Mass Effect 2, Ocarina of Time and ICO/Colossus.
'And also, like MonkeyKing1969 said, should late ports and remakes make the list? If not then we need to exclude Mass Effect 2, Ocarina of Time and ICO/Colossus."
By those updated standards :D
1) Portal 2 (360, PS3, PC) - 95
2) Elder Scrolls: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC) - 94
3) Batman: Arkham City (PS3, 360, PC) - 93.6
4) Minecraft (PC) - 93
5) Skyward Sword (Wii) - 93
6) Uncharted 3 - Drake's Deception (PS3) - 92
7) LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3) - 91
8) Gears of War 3 (360) - 91
9) Forza 4 (360) - 91
10) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) - 90
Honestly? That looks like the best list you could make. Provided you don't consider iOS a legitimate platform <3
On the real list not involving the same game three times, Nintendo actually offers up 3 of the top 10 games - more than any other publisher on the list (MS and Sony have 2).
I looked at ur lists, count 3 total but not 3 on the same list. Its more about how the Nintendo has become a shit platform to develop on and nobody wants to touch it. Xbox, PlayStation, and PC have their problems but atleast they are an option for a Valve, Bethesda, Or Bioware.
It's a big world, with lots of different types of people who like lots of different things. It just so happens that more people buy Nintendo products than Valve, Bioware, or Bethesda products, at least in terms of what they actually produce themselves. Does this mean Nintendo is better than those 3 companies? By the logic you're using, the answer is clearly yes.
But we both know that the answer to that question is totally up for debate and a matter of opinion. So be a little more reasonable next time put your fingers on the keyboard.
Stealth was good at first, but it became way too easy. You could be as loud as you wanted without being penalized. Basically you could crash down on an enemy and make a ruckus then hid for a little bit in a vent or on a gargoyle, and everyone would go back to normal quickly. Sure their were traps and other stuff to make things interesting, but their was no reward (aside from probably an achievement) for doing it stealthy wise, it became alot faster to just beat up a bunch of guys at once and run off before someone shots you.
Arkham City was not a bad game, but it does not deserve the rank of highest rated game of the year especially this year which had some truly incredible games released that are unforgettable. If you did not play Arkham City and now feel like playing it because all the hype I say you didn't miss much. Wasn't bad, but I wouldn't consider it a must play unless you're a huge batman fan.