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[Raziel]

1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Sea of Stars
5. Final Fantasy XVI
6. Diablo IV
7. Star Ocean: The Second Story R
8. Octopath Traveler II
9. In Stars And Time
10. Little Goody Two Shoes
11. Hogwarts Legacy
12. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
13. Super Mario RPG
14. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
15. Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
16. Cassette Beasts
17. Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
18. Starfield
19. LISA: Definitive Edition
20. Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
21. The Last Spell
22. My Time at Sandrock
23. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
24. ASTLIBRA Revision
25. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

Best Games This Year - Metacritic

Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed.

www.metacritic.com

 

[SantaC]

Sea of stars and star ocean needs to trade places.

 

[LordCBH]

Diablo 4 is much too high.

 

[Deerock71]

8. Octopath Traveler II

 

[Mr Hyde]

Star Ocean Second story is fucking amazing. What a remake.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Glad to see Star Ocean at least getting some recognition but it should be higher.

also FF XVI sucks and belongs on the most disappointing list instead

 

[Fbh]

When Seas of Stars and FFXVI are in the top 5 (and 2 of the other 3 are DLCs) it makes it sound like it wasn't a particularly strong year for RPGs aside from Baldur's Gate 3

 

[Mozzarella]

Xenoblade Chronicles Future Redeemed has only 12 reviews from Nintendo outlets, meanwhile Phantom Liberty has over 50 reviews from all the prestigious outlets all over the world. The ranking is flawed when it doesnt take into consideration the amount of reviews and who did them.

Even going to Opencritic Future Redeemed has 16 reviews with 90 average score.
Phantom Liberty has 129 reviews with 89 average score.

I'm not saying that to shit on the Xenoblade dlc, what im trying to get at is that this kind of ranking is misleading since Metacritic starts showing average after just few reviews.

 

[Putonahappyface]

11. Hogwarts Legacy

 

[Kurotri]

Cyberchads...we stay winning.

 

[Synless]

Xenoblade Chronicles Future Redeemed has only 12 reviews from Nintendo outlets, meanwhile Phantom Liberty has over 50 reviews from all the prestigious outlets all over the world. The ranking is flawed when it doesnt take into consideration the amount of reviews and who did them.

Even going to Opencritic Future Redeemed has 16 reviews with 90 average score.
Phantom Liberty has 129 reviews with 89 average score.

I'm not saying that to shit on the Xenoblade dlc, what im trying to get at is that this kind of ranking is misleading since Metacritic starts showing average after just few reviews.

Quit trying to piss in Xeno’s Cheerios.

 

[Dynasty8]

5. Final Fantasy XVI....

It's not an RPG.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Sea of Stars
5. Final Fantasy XVI
6. Diablo IV
7. Star Ocean: The Second Story R
8. Octopath Traveler II
9. In Stars And Time
10. Little Goody Two Shoes
11. Hogwarts Legacy
12. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
13. Super Mario RPG
14. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
15. Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
16. Cassette Beasts
17. Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
18. Starfield
19. LISA: Definitive Edition
20. Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
21. The Last Spell
22. My Time at Sandrock
23. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
24. ASTLIBRA Revision
25. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

Best Games This Year - Metacritic

Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed.

www.metacritic.com

 

[Lionel Richie]

I keep forgetting about Labyrinth of Galleria, that game looks tight.

 

[JTCx]

"One of the most important rpg ever made" right below Final Fantasy pixel remaster

 

[Hudo]

A Star Ocean game in a top 10. This timeline is crazy.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

A Star Ocean game in a top 10. This timeline is crazy.

Same

I love Star Ocean The Divine Force but The Second Story R was a fantastic Remake

I hope SquareEnix does more remakes in this visual style. Hoping for a Chrono Trigger and Xenogears Remake in this style

 

[Hudo]

Same

I love Star Ocean The Divine Force but The Second Story R was a fantastic Remake

I hope SquareEnix does more remakes in this visual style. Hoping for a Chrono Trigger and Xenogears Remake in this style

Let them finish Dragon Quest III: HD-2D first (It feels like an eternity since they've announced it...)

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Let them finish Dragon Quest III: HD-2D first (It feels like an eternity since they've announced it...)

Yeah I can't wait

I can see that game coming out late 2024

That's the most likely scenario

 

[diffusionx]

11. Hogwarts Legacy

Never gets old lmao

 

[amigastar]

Diablo 4 is much too high.

Yep, way too high

Cassette Beasts i've only tried for a short time, will have to look at it closer.

 

[analog_future]

Yeah, RPG as a genre really means nothing any more.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Little Goody Two Shoes? What dat?

 

[Punished Miku]

Little Goody Two Shoes? What dat?

PS1 style game in old 90s Sailor Moon VHS style meets horror. From a small indie studio in Portugal. I bought it but havent started it yet.

 

[ungalo]

It's only about making fun of Starfield right ? I don't see any other purpose

 

[ChoosableOne]

I love these hidden Starfield threads

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Sea of Stars
5. Final Fantasy XVI
6. Diablo IV
7. Star Ocean: The Second Story R
8. Octopath Traveler II
9. In Stars And Time
10. Little Goody Two Shoes

 

[Shifty1897]

Okay but what wins best HD-2D remake from GAF, Star Ocean 2 R or Octopath Traveler 2?

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Okay but what wins best HD-2D remake from GAF, Star Ocean 2 R or Octopath Traveler 2?

I just got Octopath Traveler II Physical (Switch)

Once I play that game I'll let you know

Octopath Traveler II isn't a Remake though

 

[Shifty1897]

I just got Octopath Traveler II Physical (Switch)

Once I play that game I'll let you know

Octopath Traveler II isn't a Remake though

Should have said best HD-2D game

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Should have said best HD-2D game

For me the best HD-2D game is Live A Live

 

[Topher]

8. Octopath Traveler II

Playing it now. Should be in the top 5, imo.

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Sea of stars and Atelier Ryza needs to trade places.

Fixed.

Sea of Stars above Octopath is pure heresy. And Sea of Stars above all those below it isn’t much better.

 

[OuterLimits]

I admit I don't quite understand the massively high scores Sea of Stars received.

Finally bought Octopath 2 and so far enjoying it quite a bit more than Octopath 1.

Labyrinth of Galleria is fantastic btw if you enjoy turn based dungeon crawlers. It also has a really interesting story and good voice acting (so did Labyrinth of Refrain)

 

[keraj37]

Good that Starfield got a place on that roster. I really like this game, I really don't understand all the criticism it gets.

 

[Deerock71]

Playing it now. Should be in the top 5, imo.

I liked the roundness of 8 and Octo, but it's definitely better than most.

 

[Topher]

I liked the roundness of 8 and Octo, but it's definitely better than most.

lol....didn't even catch that. Yeah.....the game improves on the first in so many ways. Quite an achievement.

 

[ClanOfNone]

I’m tried to convince myself that Diablo IV wasn’t crap.
Then I played Grim Dawn. This almost 8 year old game running on the freaking Titan Quest engine beats Diablo IV in every conceivable way, I’m having an absolute blast with it.

As far as the list goes, no Rogue Trader? Guess it was too late to the party.

 

[Topher]

I’m tried to convince myself that Diablo IV wasn’t crap.
Then I played Grim Dawn. This almost 8 year old game running on the freaking Titan Quest engine beats Diablo IV in every conceivable way, I’m having an absolute blast with it.

As far as the list goes, no Rogue Trader? Guess it was too late to the party.

The list is strictly by metacritic score. Rogue Trader's metacritic was 77 so it didn't make it into the top 25

 

[AmuroChan]

Is the list not by score? Trails into Reverie also scored a 81, same as Trails to Azure.

 

[Davevil]

too much indie shit in that list

 

[Raven117]

Don’t understand Sea of Stars being that high. It’s good. But it’s no where near excellent.