Metacritic looks back at 2017

Metacritic looks back at 2017
The end of the year is approaching and traditionally is the time for lists. Including of course  the best games of the year. The list below shows the top rated games in 2017 on Metacritic ( http://www.metacritic.com/ ).

This website gathers reviews of quite a lot of websites and supplies an average on that. The list of this year is below. It is nice to see that the first two titles are Nintendo games.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is up here with an average score of 97. 
In our view, no less than deserved!

Metacritic – Best Games 2017

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 97
Super Mario Odyssey: 96
Divinity: Original Sin 2: 93
Persona 5: 93
What Remains of Edith Finch: 92
Undertale: 92
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 92
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove: 91
Bayonetta: 90
Lone Echo: 89
F1 2017: 89
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood: 89
Rez Infinite: 89
Horizon: Zero Dawn: 89
Injustice 2: 89
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen: 88
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus: 88
NieR Automata: 88
SteamWorld Dig 2: 88
Cuphead: 88

Outside of Mario and Zelda it is tremendously beautiful to see titles such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Shovel Knight and Steam World Dig 2. In addition, in terms of titles that fall outside the general scope of Nintendo it’s beautiful to see the love for Horizon Zero Dawn and in particular Cuphead.

The latter would we so desperately want to see on the Nintendo Switch. Who knows, Nintendo has in the past year already delivered enormous surprises so perhaps something like this can still happen in 2018.