The game's inventory system was streamlined, mining was retooled, and the game played like a contemporary shooter. With Mass Effect 2, BioWare took a critical look at the first game's design and overhauled many of its shortcomings. Metacritic score: 96 Game Informer score: 9.75 Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: BioWare Release Date: January 26, 2010 For players who grew up swinging sticks and pretending they were swords, this was a dream come true. The launch game introduced motion-based swordplay, and while the controls weren't entirely accurate, it was close enough. The Legend of Zelda series is one of Nintendo's most prized franchises, and this Wii release shows why. Metacritic score: 95 Game Informer score: 10
Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Release Date: November 19, 2006 #9: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess It boasts one of the best ending sequences in games, Which played to the medium's strengths while shocking players. Players could spend dozens of hours simply exploring the game's various canyons, plains, and wilderness. The company, famed for creating believable worlds, outdid itself with this title. Rockstar's cowboy-themed game was more than Grand Theft Auto with horses. Metacritic score: 95 Game Informer score: 9.75 Publisher: Rockstar Games Developer: Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar North Release Date: May 18, 2010 Portal 2 definitely showed that the series had a longer shelf life than all of those "The cake is a lie" references. The game added more tools to Chell's arsenal, including glops of paint that interacted with surfaces. Valve's followup to 2007's puzzle game Portal made quite a splash, blending intricate physics-based puzzles with fantastic characterizations. Metacritic score: 95 Game Informer score: 9.5 Publisher: Valve Developer: Valve Release Date: April 19, 2011 We apologize for the error and any confusion that it may have caused.
While the site has its critics, it's tough to argue that the games on the following list are anything but excellent.ĭue to a clerical error, BioShock was accidentally omitted from this list when this story was originally published. We're taking a quick look at the top 10 games of this generation, according to score aggregator Metacritic. Since then, we've been able to enjoy some of the greatest games of all time. Nintendo and Sony followed suit a year later, with the Wii and PlayStation 3.
It seems like it was only yesterday, but our current generation of console hardware launched nearly six years ago, with the release of the Xbox 360.
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