Nobody is allowed to argue with our list of the 50 best RPGs of all time. There are a few new entries since we last went through, even some from this year.
We count down the 50 best role-playing games ever made. Note that this is only a console exclusive (also available on PC) there were no positvely reviewed true Xbox One exclusives released in 2018.Pick your character class, choose your weapons and recruit your comrades.
#TOP RPG OF 2018 SERIES#
The latest acclaimed entry in Microsoft's open-world racing series is set in Britain and features dynamic seasons and weather, a shared open world populated with your fellow players (allowing you to team up in groups with your friends), and over 450 licensed vehicles, including off-road cars and motorcycles. But if you already own an XB1? Well, there were plenty of great games added in 2018, with an impressive (though equal to PS4) seven new titles scoring 90 or higher, including the year's best overall game. The best "console exclusive" titles released for XB1 last year could also be played on your PC, and there wasn't a single game exclusive to Xbox One alone that received positive reviews from critics. Microsoft failed to offer a compelling case to pick up an Xbox One rather than another console in 2018. Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection Critics found the story and execution superb, and called it a series high-point even though it made so many changes to the franchise.ĭragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive AgeĪssassin's Creed Origins: The Curse of the Pharaohs While protagonist Kratos returns (as a father!), the new game is set in the world of Norse legends rather than Greek mythology.
#TOP RPG OF 2018 PS4#
The first new game in Sony's 13-year-old God of War franchise designed for the PS4 (its exclusive home), this new game both serves as a series reboot (hence the stripped-down title) as well as a sequel to 2010's God of War III. The percentage of PS4 games that received positive reviews from critics also fell compared to the prior year-down to 36.8% (from 37.7% in 2017), which was the lowest approval rate for any platform in 2018. That said, XB1 releases had a slightly higher average Metascore than PS4 releases: 70.8 for XB1 compared to 70.0 for PS4. The XB1? It had no good exclusives in the past year. The PS4 had 13 positively reviewed exclusives released in 2018, including God of War, Tetris Effect, and Marvel's Spider-Man. (There were just two such games in 2017.) And PlayStation continued to dominate Microsoft's rival console in terms of exclusives. The good: Seven different PS4 releases scored 90 or higher in 2018, which is the highest total in years. It was a mix of good news and bad news for Sony's console in 2018. Now, let's take a look at the best games of 2018 by platform. Only games with 7 or more reviews are included in this and every other list that follows. Games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. The 90+ Club: The Best-Reviewed Games of 2018 (Any Platform*)ĭivinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.Īnd here are 2018's best-reviewed titles, regardless of platform: The pie charts reflect the percentage of all releases for each console with Positive Reviews (receiving a Metascore of 75 or higher indicating), Mixed Reviews (receiving a Metascore of 50- 74), and Negative Reviews (receiving a Metascore of 49 or below). ** Titles not available on any other platform excludes games with fewer than 7 reviews but does include DLC.Īll Metascore data for this and all other tables in this report is from December 31, 2018. * Games with 4 or more reviews in Metacritic's database released between Januand Decem(based on North American release dates, except in cases where a game has not been released in North America). Before that, here's a quick look at how each of the gaming platforms compared during the past year.
#TOP RPG OF 2018 PC#
Still, that's an impressive total, made all the more welcome by the fact that it includes several brand new IPs, including Dead Cells and Celeste.Ī bit further down the page, you'll find this year's best-reviewed games for each console (plus sections on PC and handheld games). True, some of those great "newcomers" were merely ports of older titles to the new-ish Switch console. But in 2018, that total shot up to 17 (which translated into 24 total products, thanks to many multi-platform releases). A year ago, in 2017, 10 different titles scored in the nineties. Two years ago, only six games scored 90 or higher. That's not a surprise, obviously-and it's still a great accomplishment, given that only two other games have achieved a similar 97 score in the past five years-but what is a pleasant discovery is the sheer number of great games released in 2018. We're pretty sure you already know this, but Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 is the past year's best-reviewed game.