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Forums - Gaming - Metacritic Game of the month, Jan 2016 All games are out, between The Witness and Pony Island

 

Should late ports and complete versions of episodic games be counted?

Late ports, yes, complete editions, no. 0 0%
 
Complete editions, yes, late ports no. 2 40.00%
 
Both yes 2 40.00%
 
Both no 1 20.00%
 
Total:5

About half way through every month, I'll make a thread conveying the best rated games on Metacritic for every month, starting with this thread. It will be updated as the month goes on until the final day. Minimum 10 critics (for now, liable to change by suggestion). For multiplats, I only count the version with the most critics.

1. The Witness (PS4,PC)

87 (meta), 7.3 (user)

2. Pony Island (PC)

87 (meta), 7.1 (user)

3. Darkest Dungeon (PC)

86 (meta), 8.3 (user)

4. Life is Strange (retail complete release) (PS4,X1,PC)

85 (meta), 8.3 (user)

5. This War of Mine: The Little Ones (PS4,X1)

82 (meta), 8.5 (user)

6. Oxenfree (PC,X1)

81 (meta), 7.7 (user)

7. Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak (PC)

81 (meta), 8.5 (user)

8. The Bug Butcher (PC)

80 (meta), 8.1 (user)

9. That Dragon, Cancer (PC)

79 (meta), 6.2 (user)

10. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (3DS)

77 (meta), 8.1 (user)

11. Punch Club (PC,iOS)

74 (meta), 7.5 (user)

12. Lego Marvel Avengers (PS4,X1,WiiU,3DS,Vita,PS3,360,PC)

74 (meta), 7.2 (user)

13. The Deadly Tower of Monsters (PS4,PC)

73 (meta), 8.9 (user)

14. Amplitude (PS4)

73 (meta), 8.3 (user)

15. Resident Evil 0: HD Remaster (PS4,X1,PS3,360,PC)

71 (meta), 8.8 (user)

16. Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (PS4,X1,PC)

65 (meta), 3.8 (user)

17. Gemini: Heroes Reborn (X1,PS4,PC)

63 (meta)

18. Tharsis (PC, PS4)

62 (meta), 3.5 (user)

19. ZHEROS (X1)

59 (meta), 4.5 (user)

20. Hardware: Rivals (PS4)

54 (meta), 5.3 (user)

21. Bombshell (PC)

42 (meta), 2.9 (user)

I imagine later months will probably be more interesting.



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Theres not much coming out this much, altough I suspect when Darkest Dungeon gets it full release on the 19th and reviews start rolling out itll grab the number 1 spot. Anyway Im glad to see Life is Strange with an 86 meta, that game deserves it.



Paper Jamis so much better than I expected!I was really surprised, to be quite honest!Still playing through it, but until now, everything is really good, taking out the Papercraft battles.God, those papercraft battles are bad.

I really think that paper jam deserved a 83,84 score in metacritic



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spurgeonryan said:
Errrr....I mean paper jam game.

Paper Jam came out in Europe in December. It comes out in N. America this month. Maybe I should add a qualifier for that one...





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imo you shouldn't really count Life is Strange and similar games in future months that have been already been released but only just got a physical edition.



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Nice idea.

I had no idea amplitude was even out yet. Guess it's US only so far.



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WoodenPints said:
imo you shouldn't really count Life is Strange and similar games in future months that have been already been released but only just got a physical edition.

I can add a poll for that.





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spurgeonryan said:
Megaoverlord12 said:

Paper Jam came out in Europe in December. It comes out in N. America this month. Maybe I should add a qualifier for that one...



 

I swear I just saw it on clearance for ten bucks.

Nope, not out yet here. Maybe you're thinking of Dream Team or Bowser's Inside Story? Their boxarts are near identical.





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MikeRox said:
Nice idea.

I had no idea amplitude was even out yet. Guess it's US only so far.

Nope. Worldwide launch for PSN on the 6th.





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Okay I guess I'm going to boot up my ps4 now! Lol



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