| SKMBlake said: The most shocking is GTA IV on PS3, 98 on metacritic but it's a blurry mess with awful frame dips, unplayable by today's standards |
Rockstar do some one of the most accomplished open world/sand boxed games though and nobody comes close to the amount of detail in that respective genre. IV was a landmark in that regard as was V and III before it. Like if including physics ai and interactivity - vehicles, npcs etc. Every iteration pushes the limits. And also story telling and amount of polish in them. Granted 98 is a bit insane, and its not for everyone lots of people enjoy those games including critics.
My pick would be Prey (2006) 79 on meta. One of my favourite FPS titles done by Human Head Studios/3D Realms that flew well under the radar. Excellent story, settings, characters. Also with really well designed levels/maps, good gunplay and innovative gameplay using portals and different perspectives etc; it was ahead of the curve in a lot of respects. Its a shame the game didn't fair that well with critics and nor did do well commercially and ended up being a niche cult shooter. The cancellation of the actual sequel by HHS still hurts. But yeah this game deserves a way higher score imo..
Last edited by hinch - on 08 December 2021
