There Are Only 31 Near-Perfect Games, According To Metacritic
There Are Only 31 Near-Perfect Games, According To Metacritic
Can any piece of art truly be perfect? Just about any video game you could name has its flaws, as well as its detractors. But there are a select few games, on an array of platforms and in many genres, that have approached a perfect reception. And while not all of them have aged as well as others, their reputation precedes them.
How can one find these beloved, lauded games? Metacritic keeps an archive of reviews dating back to the 1990s, and scores each game in its archive based on “a weighted average of reviews from top critics and publications.” These games — some from the franchises you might expect, others perhaps a bit surprising — achieved a Metascore of 96 or higher.
So, by Metacritic’s standards, these are the 31 near-perfect video games.
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Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City | 0:00
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | 1:08
Gran Turismo | 1:53
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | 2:38
Half-Life | 3:34
Skyrim | 4:08
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | 5:10
Mass Effect 2 | 5:59
Tekken 3 | 6:51
Batman: Arkham City | 7:43
The Orange Box / Half-Life 2 | 8:33
Resident Evil 4 | 9:30
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | 10:24
GoldenEye 007 | 11:15
BioShock | 12:03
NFL 2K1 | 12:58
Halo: Combat Evolved | 13:45
Super Mario Odyssey | 14:29
Metroid Prime | 15:22
Perfect Dark | 16:06
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 16:59
Super Mario Galaxy | 17:39
Grand Theft Auto 5 | 18:27
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 19:18
Super Mario Galaxy 2 | 19:56
SoulCalibur | 20:28
Grand Theft Auto 4 | 21:09
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 | 21:51
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 22:26
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Dark Souls ? Ohh yeah game journalists 😀
Ocarina of Time is the most overrated video game of all time. I will never forget how excited I was in 1998 to get that game only to be disappointed with how slow and boring it was. I tried to give the game another shot on the 3DS remake and nope, game is still a boring, sloggy mess. I’ll never understand why people like this game, let alone put it at the top of their all time lists.
Nintendo is so overrated
I can’t believe they made an entire video of a filter For the top rated games on metacritic.
How’s Witcher 3 not on here?
Ghost of Tsushima is pure art . Definitely gotta be on the list
Honestly, this is probably the most genuine list! Only 2 potential changes and that would be Deus Ex or FFVii
It’s weird not to see Witcher 3, Last of Us and Uncharted 4 in this list🤷🏻♂️
Missing God of War 4
Where tf is god of war 2018? It beat out red ead 2 for game of the year
Probably in the group that enjoyed 5, but enjoyed 4 more overall
Metal Gear Solid 2 is my favorite of all time. It is like fine wine. So many layers to both the gameplay and the story. MGS3 also, which I am surprised wasn’t on here
Ocarina of Time, taking its rightful place.
What a boring list! Metacritic is like the Academy Awards: it’s not that they have bad taste, it’s just that they choose the same thing over and over again.
No Blizzard games?
Metacritic scores aside, the fact that Uncharted doesn’t come out of the mouth of anyone talking about best franchises of all time, is criminal. I will absolutely die on the hill of saying Uncharted is Naughty Dogs masterpiece, not The Last of Us.
Nintendo makes great games
Why is Castlevania SOTM not in the list?🤔🤔🤔
Where the hell is Chronotrigger. It is by far the best RPG experience ever.
Skate 3 and Gmod are too good for this list.
If GTA 4 wasn’t here I would have disregarded the whole ratings.
Shadow of the Colossus should be on this list.
The Nintendo and Rockstar worship is crazy do some of them deserve to be on the list of course but not all of them even in their own communities there’s disagreements this just knocks out other games that could have been on the list
I love how they not only put SMG2 on the list, but put it above SMG1, like it should be. My only problem is that Majora’s mask is nowhere to be found!
Hell yeah no From Software games…because they are perfect
Wow, how crazy that both GoldenEye and Perfect Dark made the list.
Looks like GOD OF WAR & LAST OF US are beyond the standards of ranking.
No San Andreas or Witcher 3. Pffft
How tf is Skyrim on this list? That game is absolutely terrible.
Major Zelda bias. Such trash.
The ONLY score on Metacritic that matters is the User score.
Dont care what metacritic says. Cant have a best games list without Bloodborne, God of war on ps4, and The Witcher 3. Another that never gets mentioned but I look at as a system seller for the 3ds is A link between worlds. Incredible game that lives in A link to the past shadow
NINTENDO IS FOR KIDS AND BRAIN DEAD GARBAGE GRAPHICS PEOPLE SEE MY 1 MINUTE RANT ON MY CHANNEL
System Shock 2
Why end with Ocarina of time as a 9.9 when the last of us has a 10/10?
BOTW should not be on this list.
Metacritic has saved me from buying garbage games, but the games I did buy….their ratings were nowhere near accurate.
No Nier games? Blasphemy!!!
No Gta San Andreas? ha ha ha ha
No Assassin’s Creed games.
Shame.
No Final Fantasy nor Tomb Raider 🙁
The only game I would call near-perfect is Gothic 1 & 2, what these games did in 2002 only Witcher 3 managed to replicate
No witcher 3 lol
Im surprised MGS3 Snake Eater is not on the list 😮
Finally a list which mentions GTA 4. !
No God Of War??! Idk about this list
Vice city was epic!
No Last of Us, Dynasty Warriors, Destiny, SSX Tricky, Abe’s Odyssey, Devil May Cry or Donkey Kong Country…..
..and ‘Altered Beast’ is number 1.
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IMO Madden bought the rights to madden because they were scared 2k and was gonna be better