[Metacritic] The Top 25 RPGs of 2023

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Raziel

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1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Sea of Stars
5. Final Fantasy XVI
6. Diablo IV
7. Star Ocean: The Second Story R
8. Octopath Traveler II
9. In Stars And Time
10. Little Goody Two Shoes
11. Hogwarts Legacy
12. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
13. Super Mario RPG
14. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
15. Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
16. Cassette Beasts
17. Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
18. Starfield
19. LISA: Definitive Edition
20. Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
21. The Last Spell
22. My Time at Sandrock
23. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
24. ASTLIBRA Revision
25. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

Best Games This Year - Metacritic

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8. Octopath Traveler II

Cowboy Partner GIF
 
Glad to see Star Ocean at least getting some recognition but it should be higher.

also FF XVI sucks and belongs on the most disappointing list instead
 
When Seas of Stars and FFXVI are in the top 5 (and 2 of the other 3 are DLCs) it makes it sound like it wasn't a particularly strong year for RPGs aside from Baldur's Gate 3
 
Xenoblade Chronicles Future Redeemed has only 12 reviews from Nintendo outlets, meanwhile Phantom Liberty has over 50 reviews from all the prestigious outlets all over the world. The ranking is flawed when it doesnt take into consideration the amount of reviews and who did them.

Even going to Opencritic Future Redeemed has 16 reviews with 90 average score.
Phantom Liberty has 129 reviews with 89 average score.

I'm not saying that to shit on the Xenoblade dlc, what im trying to get at is that this kind of ranking is misleading since Metacritic starts showing average after just few reviews.
 
Mozzarella said:
Xenoblade Chronicles Future Redeemed has only 12 reviews from Nintendo outlets, meanwhile Phantom Liberty has over 50 reviews from all the prestigious outlets all over the world. The ranking is flawed when it doesnt take into consideration the amount of reviews and who did them.

Even going to Opencritic Future Redeemed has 16 reviews with 90 average score.
Phantom Liberty has 129 reviews with 89 average score.

I'm not saying that to shit on the Xenoblade dlc, what im trying to get at is that this kind of ranking is misleading since Metacritic starts showing average after just few reviews.
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Quit trying to piss in Xeno's Cheerios.
 
Raziel said:
1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Sea of Stars
5. Final Fantasy XVI
6. Diablo IV
7. Star Ocean: The Second Story R
8. Octopath Traveler II
9. In Stars And Time
10. Little Goody Two Shoes
11. Hogwarts Legacy
12. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
13. Super Mario RPG
14. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
15. Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
16. Cassette Beasts
17. Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
18. Starfield
19. LISA: Definitive Edition
20. Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
21. The Last Spell
22. My Time at Sandrock
23. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
24. ASTLIBRA Revision
25. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

Best Games This Year - Metacritic

Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed.
www.metacritic.com www.metacritic.com
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt said:
Same

I love Star Ocean The Divine Force but The Second Story R was a fantastic Remake

I hope SquareEnix does more remakes in this visual style. Hoping for a Chrono Trigger and Xenogears Remake in this style
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Let them finish Dragon Quest III: HD-2D first (It feels like an eternity since they've announced it...)
 
1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed :messenger_heart:
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Sea of Stars
5. Final Fantasy XVI :messenger_heart:
6. Diablo IV
7. Star Ocean: The Second Story R :messenger_heart:
8. Octopath Traveler II :messenger_heart:
9. In Stars And Time
10. Little Goody Two Shoes
 
I admit I don't quite understand the massively high scores Sea of Stars received.

Finally bought Octopath 2 and so far enjoying it quite a bit more than Octopath 1.

Labyrinth of Galleria is fantastic btw if you enjoy turn based dungeon crawlers. It also has a really interesting story and good voice acting (so did Labyrinth of Refrain)
 
Good that Starfield got a place on that roster. I really like this game, I really don't understand all the criticism it gets.
 
I'm tried to convince myself that Diablo IV wasn't crap.
Then I played Grim Dawn. This almost 8 year old game running on the freaking Titan Quest engine beats Diablo IV in every conceivable way, I'm having an absolute blast with it.

As far as the list goes, no Rogue Trader? Guess it was too late to the party.
 
ClanOfNone said:
I'm tried to convince myself that Diablo IV wasn't crap.
Then I played Grim Dawn. This almost 8 year old game running on the freaking Titan Quest engine beats Diablo IV in every conceivable way, I'm having an absolute blast with it.

As far as the list goes, no Rogue Trader? Guess it was too late to the party.
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The list is strictly by metacritic score. Rogue Trader's metacritic was 77 so it didn't make it into the top 25
 
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