[METACRITIC] BEST OF 2014: SMASH BROS. U --- statistics for all console/PC

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is the best game of 2014

2014
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U  (Wii U)	92

 

It appears that gaming's transition year has turned into transition years . The first full calendar year for next-generation consoles PS4 and Xbox One failed to spur the release of more than a handful of great games—and most of those high-scoring releases were merely re-releases of older titles for the new platforms.

For the second straight year, just 11 console games (representing 9 unique titles) scored 90 or higher. Of those, only three were new games rather than ports of previously released titles. Overall, there were just 1490+ releases in 2014 (see list at the bottom of this page), the lowest such total since 2006.

Even this year's highest-scoring new release—Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. for Wii U—had a significantly lower Metascore than previous Metacritic Game of the Year winners. Three other products actually surpassed Smash Bros.'s 92, but all three (including XB1 and PS4 versions of 2013's best game,Grand Theft Auto V, as well as a PS4 release of 2013's The Last of Us) were remastered ports of older titles, leaving Smash Bros. as the year's highest-scoringnew game.

Over the following pages, we'll reveal 2014's best-reviewed games for each individual platform. Before that, here's a quick look at how the various game platforms compared this year:

 

The 90+ Club: The Best-Reviewed Games of 2014 (Any Platform*)

Title / Platform	Publisher	Genre	Metascore
1	Grand Theft Auto V XB1	Rockstar Games	Action-Adv.	97
2	Grand Theft Auto V PS4	Rockstar Games	Action-Adv.	96
3	The Last of Us Remastered PS4	Sony	Action-Adv.	95
4	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U	Nintendo	Fighting	92
5	Dark Souls II X360	Bandai Namco	Action-RPG	91
6	Bayonetta 2 Wii U	Nintendo	Action	91
7	Dark Souls II PC	Bandai Namco	Action-RPG	91
8	Dark Souls II PS3	Bandai Namco	Action-RPG	91
9	Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition PS4	Blizzard	Action-RPG	90
10	Rayman Legends PS4	Ubisoft	Platform	90
11	Velocity 2X VITA	FuturLab	Action	90
12	Fez PS4	Polytron	Puzzle/Platform	90
13	Shovel Knight 3DS	Yacht Club	Platform	90
14	Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition Wii U	DrinkBox	Action	90

Best Wii U Exclusives, 2014

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92	91	88	83	82
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Nintendo	Bayonetta 2 Nintendo	Mario Kart 8 Nintendo	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Nintendo	Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones Curve Digital

Best PlayStation Exclusives, 2014

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95	86	80	80	73
The Last of Us Remastered Sony	Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Aksys	inFamous: Second Son Sony	LittleBigPlanet 3 Sony	inFamous: First Light Sony

Best Xbox Exclusives, 2014

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86	85	81	77	77
Forza Horizon 2 Microsoft	Halo: The Master Chief Collection Microsoft	Sunset Overdrive Microsoft	Fantasia: Music Evolved Microsoft	D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die Microsoft

Best PC Exclusives, 2014

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89	87	87	87	86
Out of the Park Baseball 15 Out of the Park Developments	World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Blizzard	The Talos Principle Devolver Digital	Divinity: Original Sin Larian Studios	Astebreed

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