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The Best Videogames of 2011

Take a look at the best-reviewed games for each gaming platform

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Arnagrim4501d ago

This comment's section is going to be great.
*Grabs popcorn*

Titanz4501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

It's based on multiplatform titles (with 1 or 2 exclusive rated over 90% for each console), and the Wii has the highest percentage of 1st/2nd party IPs.

Considering that the Wii didn't get the same amount of 3rd party support as the other 2 consoles, this article is pointless.

I guess we should also bring sales into the equation.

Arnagrim4501d ago

If you were to go to Metacritic.com > Games > High Scores and go to each systems All Time and by Year and counted only exclusives for each system you would still find PS3 had the most games 75% and up as well as 90% and up for both this year and overall.
Not sure why you want to bring sales in.

Gamer19824501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

Thing is alot of 360 games are kinect games vs move too. Need to take out of equation and comapare real games.

BattleAxe4501d ago

If all Wii games had been included, the Meta Score would have been around 40.0

chriski3334501d ago

oh no buddy it does mean something and u damn well know

Marquis_de_Sade4501d ago

To be fair, 2 of the PS3 games with 90+ (ME2 and Limbo) released last year on the 360. That said, ME2 is my PS3 GOTY along with Skyrim, quality title.

gamingdroid4501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

An annual number means little, when it is the overall package that you have to consider including the fact that:

- averages are just that
- regardless of what the "ratings" are, if it doesn't have a specific feature or game I want, it doesn't matter if it has ten others i.e. try getting my cousin to give up Mario
- specific features exist on each console that you can't get on the other

So this is pointless. Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 all have their advantages and disadvantages. It's more the overall package that fit whatever your interest is.

So bottom line is, this is just a stupid comparison, because it doesn't apply to everyone.

InactiveUser4501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

A bit out of date (last updated July 2011), but:

http://FactsVsFanboys.com/

Compares only retail exclusives, no DLC, no Arcade/PSN games, no Kinect/Move exclusive games, etc.

Dee_914501d ago

I dont get why the top 3 are on the best reviewed list multiple times.
Thats kinda stupid :/

death2smoochie4500d ago

Actually the Wii has more 3rd party support. They just don't get the 3rd party big title games on the system like Dead Space 2, Portal 2 etc.
In other-words they don't get most of the M rated games that are multi-platform.
They get MUCH more 3rd party games... designed for the Wii.

Anyways, this article is going to cause SO many people on this site to go INSANE.
Forget the popcorn, bring out the Lay Chips and your Ottoman to rest your feet up...it has gotten so hot in here and it will get more so LOL

MoveTheGlow4500d ago (Edited 4500d ago )

You all know that different games have different sites reporting on them, right? And not every site rates every game? And multiplatform titles have different people reviewing them if you're talking about platform-exclusive sites? And they're people, not robots, so their scores will differ?

Good, so why are we having this conversation? Metacritic is an aggregator, not the absolute measure it sells itself as; and this is coming from a PS3 gamer who's kinda half-smiling about this article! :)

Perjoss4500d ago (Edited 4500d ago )

It says xbox has 12 good exclusives in 2011 compared to 13 on ps3, I thought the gap would be bigger.

Also quite surprised Uncharted 3 didn't make the top 10 :(

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Papertiger4501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

Don't see why the comments would go into some sort of frenzy. It was the same way when it was analyzed for the year 2010, and I believe it was the same for 2009 if im not mistaken.

bayport4501d ago

"This comment's section is going to be great.
*Grabs popcorn*"

Definitely

StraightPath4501d ago

Pretty stupid the wii doesnt get much third party support however the 1st party is highest rated games exclusive looking at you mario galaxys.....

LettingGo4501d ago

If Sony and Microsoft made simplistic games like Nintendo, there would be a public outcry!

Benjamski4500d ago

@LettingGo I wouldn't say simplistic so much as formulaic. Galaxy was a big step up, but still fell within the Mario formula for the most part. Great game though--just not great enough to get me to buy a wii or anything ha.

kneon4500d ago

Developers aren't going to waste time creating games that won't sell. They've tried to sell on the Wii and in most cases failed. There are only a few 3rd party games that sell well on the Wii so it's too risky a market for most companies to spend time on.

-Superman-4501d ago

Xbox 360 exclusive list >>> 70% were xbox live games or kinect games... minigames... not real exclusives.

SilentNegotiator4501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

The results.....
Well, I'm about as shocked as a person finding cheese on their pizza.

The Wii is a few decent exclusives plus a truckload of crapware, the xbox 360 is multiplats and Kinect games, and the ps3 is exclusives and most of the multiplats.

It's the same old story with the same old ending.

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NeoBasch4501d ago

Well some would argue the difference should have been bigger what with inFamous 2 and Resistance 3 getting high praise from the community. Killzone 3, not so much. But still, yeah, deserved but... >_>

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DrakesOnAPlane4501d ago

1% difference is all you need. You think the Olympics would want a do-over when the silver medalists gripe and moan?

What about all of the sports scores?

SlyFoxC4501d ago

@NoobSessions

as a great man said

"it doesnt matter if you win by an inch or a mile...winning is winning!"

Rainstorm814501d ago

@zippy

Yea 1st 2nd last...That only matters to fanboys and shareholders....Gamers care about Games.

Besides only LOSERS praise second place...

Aloren4500d ago

Who even "wins" in such a chart? More than a 250 games on both sides, about a hundred good games... 2 exclusives in the top 15 on 360, 3 in the top 30 on ps3... it's not like any normal people had any trouble finding great games on either console this year.

InactiveUser4500d ago (Edited 4500d ago )

Or 3 of the top 7 if you're any good at math and personal research.

#4: 92% - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
#6: 91% - The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
#7: 91% - LittleBigPlanet 2

Not to mention:
#11: 90% - MLB 11: The Show
#23: 84% - God of War: Origins Collection
#25: 84% - Killzone 3
#29: 83% - Resistance 3
#30: 83% - inFamous 2

Rankings don't include PSN games (Street Fighter 3, Beyond G&E, Limbo, etc.) or DLC (Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand). Decide for yourself if the collections or MLB The Show count, but they are Company Exclusives and the best versions of the games. If not, I'm still seeing 5.

For the 360 it's only 2 exclusives in the top 30 retail games:
Gears of War 3
Forza Motorsport 4

(Not counting Dance Central 2, which requires Kinect)

So:
PS3 - 8 of top 30 retail games exclusive = ~27%
360 - 2 of top 30 retail games exclusive = ~7%

Aloren4500d ago (Edited 4500d ago )

@EeJLP I admit I just read this "Out of the PlayStation's 30 highest scoring games this year, just 3 were exclusive to the platform: the latest installment in the Uncharted adventure series, a sequel to LittleBigPlanet, and Killzone 3", which seems to be based on the chart in this article.

I understand why they left out games that exist on other sony consoles and why they didn't ignore psn games though. Sounds logical to me (why would you want to ignore so many games?).
Same with kinect, why would you ignore kinect games ? It's strange how a "list of exclusives" to a console suddenly becomes a "list of exclusives but only including retail games, except those needing an additional accesory, but still including best version of games that exist on another console of the same manufacturer".

That's not what I call maths and personal research. It's just different standards.

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AJB14501d ago

People used to say PS3 had no games. Now it's the other way around.

Marquis_de_Sade4501d ago

Yes, the PS3 comes in with .6 more or whatever more and the "360 has no games".

Hicken4501d ago

Consider this:

If you were trying to convince me to buy a 360 over a PS3, what reasons could you give me for buying that system? What games would you name?

Now, if you were trying to convince me to buy a PS3 over a 360, what would be the reasons? What games you would name?

The .6 you mention is average metacritic score, which has been pointed out by others as being suspect. So screw that.

Feature for feature, advantage for advantage, which system HONESTLY comes out on top? Even if you only name the games.

enfestid4501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

@Hicken:

If you were asking which games to name that the 360 has and the PS3 doesn't, I'd say the following: Halo, Gears of War, Forza, Project Gotham, Crackdown, Fable, Dance Central, Alan Wake, Viva Pinata, Kameo, The Gunstringer, and Kinect Sports

If you were asking which games to name that the PS3 has and the 360 doesn't, I'd say the following: Uncharted, Killzone, inFamous, Gran Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, God of War, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, SOCOM, MLB: The Show, Sly Cooper, and Sports Champions

I'm not including downloadable titles, as that would take way too long for each console. Not including unreleased titles as those could go either way, too.

So, clearly, there are reasons to get either console. Both consoles have hardcore exclusives, and both consoles have family-friendly exclusives. The 360 and PS3 are more even than people here are willing to let on. This article is proof enough of that.

(Edited to add a few franchises I forgot on each side.)

InactiveUser4501d ago

I'd add Metal Gear Solid 4, Heavy Rain, MotorStorm franchise, Ico/SotC HD, MAG.. some would add Warhawk, Valkyria Chronicles, Demon's Souls, or others..

and say to get Alan Wake, Mass Effect 1, Gears 1, Left4Dead franchise, Fable III, Metro 2033, Splinter Cell: Conviction, etc. on PC.

There's not a whole lot of quality exclusives left after that besides 4 Halos, 2 more Gears, and ~5 Forza/PGR games.

Blogz4Fanboyz4500d ago

hicken

why would anyone want to convince to buy one system over the other??

people uy the system that they want, or the system where all their friends are..

Benjamski4500d ago

It's always been that way man. Slow start, but once playstation gets momentum, it always has a greater diversity of games by genre and target audience than any other console. Always has, always will.

Aloren4500d ago

Did you read the article ?

"43% of all Xbox releases in 2011 had a green Metascore of 75 or higher indicating positive reviews from professional critics. That's an improvement over the previous year's 39% (and 2009's 35%). In all, there were 101 Xbox 360 games released in 2011 receiving generally positive reviews, tops for any console."

Also "Out of the PlayStation's 30 highest scoring games this year, just 3 were exclusive to the platform".

Granted there were more exclusives... but really, saying the 360 has no games is quite a stretch when exclusives are such a minority on both consoles and when a huge majority of the best games are multiplat.

Marquis_de_Sade4500d ago

Okay Hicken I can't speak for you, but I myself don't currently own a 360 but I certainly would like to if I had the time and money to invest in one. For a start, I simply like the way it serves as a more seamless media hub, Sky player is very much a reason, integration with Live on the 360 is far superior to that offered with PSN/PS3, stronger community features as well. Then there are some excellent games, I have had the chance to play Forza 4 and Gears of War 3, and they both feature in my top 10 games of the year, both excellent, I also happen to really like Halo. I haven't had really used Kinect as it doesn't appeal to me, just like Move, I prefer traditional controllers, so can't speak for that.

To be honest, much as I like my PS3, if it wasn't for the RROD (and maybe MGS4) I likely would never have purchased one.

enfestid4500d ago

@EeJLP-:

I specifically said I didn't include downloadable releases, but if you want to go that route, you're forgetting the following games on XBLA: Shadow Complex, 'Splosion Man, N+, Trials HD, Aegis Wing (free), Crimson Alliance, Geometry Wars, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Iron Brigade, Small Arms, Toy Soldiers, Undertow, pretty much every indie release, etc.

I also said I was forgetting some on each side (I was only naming the major franchises I could think of), so if you're going to go back and add more PS3 games, I'll add the following 360 games: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Lost Odyssey, Dead or Alive, Kinectimals, Perfect Dark Zero, etc.

So, yeah, I'm sticking with the "both consoles are pretty equal in terms of exclusive games" line of thought. There are tons of quality exclusives on each platform -- see my list. You're blatantly ignoring some and you made it a point to only list PS3 exclusives I forgot and went ahead and made a preemptive argument against certain 360 exclusives. Wonder which of the two consoles you own? I'm guessing it's not both.

The fact that you and others here (of both sides -- PS3 and 360 fanboys) are getting so butthurt about this is extremely amusing. And you saying, "oh, but it's out on the PC!" doesn't make much sense either, since a lot of people own consoles precisely because they don't have powerful PCs. If everyone had a gaming computer, why would they own a console anyway? I'd consider Payday an exclusive, for example, since it's out on the PS3 and not the 360, even if it is also on the PC. (Plus Gears of War and Fable III, just to name two, are better on the 360, and Alan Wake hasn't even been released on the PC yet, which means there's no way of knowing.)

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Jirachi4501d ago

to be fair there are far more then 69 wii games if added 200 something wii games it would be better,but either way it's just a score and alot of these reveiwers hate nintendo(like 40-70%) so that's also a factor

Emilio_Estevez4501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

If they added all of the Wii games their score would plummet, not sure why you would think otherwise. And to be fair, if they are going to base reviews off quality based on what's already out, then the reviews for Wii games would be even worse. Wii games don't compare to ps3/360/pc games because it's like comparing an SNES game to NES games

coryok4501d ago

-not sure if read the article-

three of the five highest rated wii games were wiiware games

two of the five highest rated x360 games were arcade games

sony is the only platform that has all of its top rated games being actual real, retail games. they didnt even count ico/shadow of the collossus collection, which got a 91, and it still had all five spaces filled up

anyways, sony did worse this year than it did last year (if you can believe that), it won that year, and the wii came in last also

cjflora4501d ago

You both provide very compelling evidence.

coryok4501d ago

this is only games released during 2011, games release before than dont count, neither do map packs or any of the like, the wii didnt get much support this year it would seem.

its also counting ps minis,psn games, and such things, without microsofts arcade releases it seems like it would have scored quite a bit lower, 2 of the highest scoring x360 exclusives this year were arcade games

nintendo might have fared better without wiiware games, three of its top scoring exclusives were from wiiware, which again, im going to laugh at

ps3 is the only system to have a list full of top exclusives this year, uncharted3, little big planet2, killzone3, resistance3, infamous2

to be fair, nintendo did have a pretty good offering on 3ds this year though, even if it turned out more bad games than good (read: rushed games), taken from the article: 'Only 14 of the 74 (just under 19%) scored 3DS releases this year received positive reviews'. the 14 games seemed to be pretty good offerings though, mario 3dland, zelda oot, mario cart among them

seriously, i would say microsoft did the worst this year, heres a company that has the resources, the marketshare and the ability to make plenty of good games, but just doesnt, i mean seriously, they have the talent working for them, they have the resources, and the marketshare to ensure that they can make lots of games and probably even profit from them, but they're not, they just refuse to develop games

kikizoo4500d ago

Don't forget that nintendo (i don't thong they have more haters than sony) scores are for...nintendo console : a 8 for wii, is a 4 for xbox, a 3 for ps3...so you can't even compare scores with this different class.

byt the way, only facts matter : http://FactsVsFanboys.com/

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skyblue142134501d ago (Edited 4501d ago )

Excerpt from article:

"Man, all this talk of awesome games makes me want to … wait, when did my PlayStation 3 turn itself on?"

- LOL but true. The fanboys will be in a frenzy. I still think the console war is stupid, but it does provide entertainment imo. A good way to end the article.

jneul4501d ago

actually my ps3 turns itself on for auto-updates:-)
its fun how the x360 quoted metacritic to say x360 had the better games, until ps3 overtook it

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LittleBigPlanet 3 Servers Are Officially Shut Down 'Indefinitely,' Sony Confirms

Sony has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet 3 servers on PlayStation 4 will remain offline “indefinitely” following troubles with the service from earlier this year.

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rlow15h ago

Sad day, hopefully they’ll allow a third party server solution. Goes to show game preservation is an uphill battle.

Fieyy5h ago

First the Helldivers launch and then this

Sony still can’t run online services/games.

-Foxtrot5h ago

Do you not get tired creating duplicate accounts...

It's super sad at this point

Knightofelemia2h ago

Last time I remember Helldivers is doing great with players both PC and Playstation.

Fieyy2h ago

And how was it at launch? A disaster for weeks.

arkard1h ago

How was that Sonys fault?

Fieyy1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Is Sony not the publisher?

jjb19811h ago(Edited 1h ago)

It's crazy that you keep making accounts just to be a troll. You went through the trouble of making it just to try to stir the fanboy pot. 🤡 activities.

Fieyy1h ago

Still got your attention though huh ;)

just_looken1h ago

What needs to be highlighted by this is that the series has had 4 main games then that go kart spin off yet sony let them all die.

There is 0 games like this on ps5 and to my knowledge 0 first party main kids games no tech demo crap

Sony purchased Media Molecule studio the ip then tossed it away letting it rot for over 7 years yet the community carried on until now were we have lost 16 years on all games of content along with no replacement.

Everyone goes on about ea killing studios but sony has killed way way more but its fine its sony they can do no wrong.

Before the sony blidboys track me down again go fire up your holy boxes all the dlc they tossed out all the trophies and all the user content needs a server side handshake that no longer works. Yes offline single player version 1.0 works but that is it.

Media Molecule was not cut i know but they only made LBP and dreams it was reported they just missed the chopping block
https://gamerant.com/little...

Do not forget the dreams game was tossed out 2020 but 3 years later support was pulled
https://www.digitaltrends.c...

All in all this is another failure at sony on a long long list in the past 10 years

Tacoboto16m ago

I feel bad for Media Molecule. For the ideas they have it seems they need a publisher that supports games like this and Dreams especially for as many players as possible.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC8h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC7h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer8h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6027h ago(Edited 7h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya5h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde5h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil13h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

RavenWolfx5h ago

Yeah, I loved the Legends games so much.

ZeekQuattro12h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B10h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff218310h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh10h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia10h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins10h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal9h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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