With 2013 now upon us and we wait for a next year of great games to play, Metacritic has revealed what was the best rated games of 2012.
Just Push Start’s own “Game of the Year” game The Walking Dead was at the top of the list with a Metacritic average score of 95. Persona 4 Golden came in at second place while Mass Effect 3 came in at third.
“Just 14 console games — and 18 products overall, including PC and handheld (non-iOS) titles — scored 90 or higher in 2012,” wrote the site. “Those figures represent a huge drop from the previous year, when 23 console titles (and 32 games overall) met or exceeded the 90 mark. In fact, since we started publishing these year-end reports in 2009, we have never encountered such a low total number of great games in a single year.”
Here’s the top rated games of 2012:
The Walking Dead: The Game (95)
Personal 4 Golden (94)
Mass Effect 3 PS3 (93)
Mass Effect 3 Xbox 360 (93)
Journey (92)
Xenoblade Chronicles (92)
Dishonored (91)
Mark of the Ninja (91)
Borderlands 2 (91)
Far Cry 3 PS3 (91)
Far Cry 3 Xbox 360 (90)
Trials Evolution (90)
Okami HD (90)
Mark of the Ninja (90)
FIFA Soccer 13 (90)
Guild Wars II (90)
NBA 2K13 (90)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (90)
Source: Destructoid
