But both Nintendo's 3DS and Sony's PlayStation Vita saw their total number of releases drop significantly in 2016. The number of games released for the two remaining handheld gaming devices (the ones that aren't also phones, that is) remained roughly constant for the few years leading up to last year. Handhelds: Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Here are the top 2016 releases for the Wii U: In fact, only eight of those games even received positive notices from critics. And not a single one of those 44 games exceeded the 90+ mark. How little? We were able to calculate Metascores for just 44 different Wii U titles this year, down from an already-low total of 80 in 2015. As a result, there was little new content for the old console released in 2016. Nintendo's underperforming Wii U console was on its last legs in 2016, though its follow-up (the Switch)-once expected to arrive in late 2016-isn't due until next year.
Best racing games of 2016 Ps4#
That exclusive list was topped by our overall game of the year, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.īelow, browse all of this year's highest-scoring titles for the PS4 console: Xbox One
There were 13 PS4 exclusives in 2016 scoring 75 or higher, up from 11 in 2015 and just four in the console's first year. And that huge increase in quantity, unfortunately, brought with it a great deal of mediocrity.īut it did bring some good news as well. The previous year? There were just 276 scored releases.
We were able to calculate scores for 445 individual PlayStation releases in 2016. Why such a decline? There's an easy answer: there were far more titles released for the PS4 during 2016 than in past years. That's down from a 42% approval rate in 2015 and 50% in 2014. Even worse, fewer than 36% of all PS4 games released during 2016 received positive reviews from critics. The average Metascore for PS4 games also declined by over a point from 2015 to 2016. This past year, that total was down to four-a figure matched by the Xbox One and exceeded by PC. In 2015, there were six 90+ games released for Sony's latest console, tops among all platforms. Best 2016 games by platform PlayStation 4 Only games with 7 or more reviews are included in this and every other list that follows. Games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine PS4
Best racing games of 2016 Pc#
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine PC The 90+ Club: The Best-Reviewed Games of 2016 (Any Platform*) Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.Īnd here are 2016's best-reviewed titles, regardless of platform (iPhone/iPad games are excluded they'll be ranked in a separate report coming later this week): 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).
** Excludes games with fewer than 7 reviews.Īll Metascore data for this and all other tables in this report is from December 18, 2016. * Games with 4 or more reviews in Metacritic's database released between Januand Decem(based on North American release dates, except in cases where a game has not been released in North America). Before that, here's a quick look at how each of the gaming platforms compared during the past year: A bit further down the page, we'll reveal this year's best-reviewed games for each major platform (including PC and handheld games). That said, 2016 was not without its gems. Just six unique titles scored 90 or higher on consoles during the past year-and one of those was an expansion pack.Īt least more than one of 2016's great games ( INSIDE and Overwatch) were brand new IP, which is more than we could say for the year before, when just a single great new title ( Bloodborne) was introduced. Much like the two years that preceded it, 2016 did not see any such uptick in superlative software.
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Nothing against our game of the year Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, an excellent ending to perhaps the all-time best series for Sony consoles, but we are still awaiting the explosion of great games that was supposed to come with the next generation of console hardware.
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