All broke the 90 metacritic in 2012
Persona 4 Golden
The Walking Dead
Mass Effect 3
Far Cry 3
Journey
XCOM came close
AC3 was not an evolution. The first 6 hours of it was boring, which is why it probably got docked a lot of points.
Halo 4 is a graphical upgrade but nothing really new for Halo in terms of gameplay