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I've taken every AAA (90+) game on metacritic since 2006 (+/- 360 launch). I've done this for xbox 360, ps3, wii and pc. It's not easy to decide the rules, so a country gets 1 points per full game and half a point per DLC or expansion. I'm sorry for any mistakes.

 

Update: I’ve added handheld games for Nintendo DS, GameBoy Advance and PlayStation Portable. This gives the USA another point and Japan an additional 3 points.

 

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USA

Gears of War (1)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (1)

Halo 3 (1)

Gears of War 2 (1)

Braid (1/2)

Guitar Hero II (1)

Rock Band (1)

Rock Band 2 (1)

God of War II (1)

The Orange Box (1)

Portal (1/2)

Portal: Still Alive (1/2)

Team Fortress 2 (1/2)

Half-Life 2: Episode Two (1/2)

Forza Motorsport 2 (1)

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (1/2)

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (1/2)

Fallout 3 (1)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (1)

World of Goo (1/2)

Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar (1/2)

Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor (1/2)

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (1)

God of War: Chains of Olympus (1)

 

Japan

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (1)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (1)

Street Fighter IV (1)

Super Smash Brothers Brawl (1)

Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (1)

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (1)

Super Mario Galaxy (1)

Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (1)

Okami (1)

Final Fantasy XII (1)

Final Fantasy VI Advance (1)

Chrono Trigger (1)

Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass (1)

 

UK

LittleBigPlanet (1)

Empire: Total War (1)

GTR 2 (1)

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (1)

Grand Theft Auto IV (1)

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (1/2)

 

Canada

Mass Effect (1)

Company of Heroes (1)

 

Germany

Crysis (1)

Out of the Park Baseball 2007 (1)

 

The Netherlands

Killzone 2 (1)

 

France/USA

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (1)

 

Australia/USA

BioShock (1)

 

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This gives the following ranking:

 

USA: 19 1/2

Japan: 13

UK: 5 1/2                (England: 3, Scotland 1 1/2)

Canada: 2

Gemany: 2

The Netherlands: 1

France: 1/2

Australia: 1/2

Europe as a whole: 9 

 

Discuss.

 

 



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The French made Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter!? That just doesn't seem right!



@d21lewis

but they invented

omelette du fromage......so I worship the french!



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

Denmark is the best.

Obviously.



d21lewis said:
The French made Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter!? That just doesn't seem right!

 

According to Wikipedia Ubisoft Paris made the campaign. A US studio did the 360 multiplayer. And Ubisoft Shanghai did some things for the xbox and ps2 multiplayer. But I counted the 360 one, so.



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Rainbird said:
Denmark is the best.

Obviously.

Blame metacritic they're not on the list

 



U.S. because it has Valve in it. That basically moots all other points. Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, everything they make is amazing.



GOTY Contestants this year: Dead Space 2, Dark Souls, Tales of Graces f. Everything else can suck it.

darthdevidem01 said:
@d21lewis

but they invented

omelette du fromage......so I worship the french!

 

Lol!  "That's all you can say!!  That's all you can say!!"

 

 



Wasn't Metroid Prime 3 done by Retro studios in the US?



d21lewis said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@d21lewis

but they invented

omelette du fromage......so I worship the french!

 

Lol!  "That's all you can say!!  That's all you can say!!"

I haven't seen Dexter's Lab for soooo loooong...