Aggregate reviews' best and worst games of 2006

by Blake Snow { Dec 26th 2006 at 6:25PM }

Metacritic, which aggregates review scores from various media outlets, profiles the best and worst games on the year according to average review scores. The article lists the top five games including the "dud of the year," the lowest scored game for a given platform. Winners and losers for 2006 are:

PS3 Best: Resistance: Fall Of Man (89/100)
Worst: Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (36/100)
Xbox 360 Best: Gears Of War (94/100)
Worst: Bomberman Act: Zero (34/100)
Wii Best: Zelda: Twilight Princess (95/100)
Worst: GT Pro Series (with wheel) (40/100)
PC Best: Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (94/100)
Worst: Utopia City (23/100)

Beware of stinkers! And for a more in-depth review of contrasting game scores, look for our metareview roundup due soon. Compilation rabbits are working and debating the issue at Joystiq HQ as we speak.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

HAHA @ Dec 27th 2006 5:09PM

import street tuner was the worst game for 360.....how can a next gen game be worst than its original which debut on DC....

OTAM @ Dec 27th 2006 7:10AM

Am I the only one who thinks Oblivion is one of the most overrated games? It wasnt bad,but it wasnt anything GREAT.

Neebs @ Dec 27th 2006 10:44AM

I expected Company of Heroes #1 PC.

Frankie @ Dec 26th 2006 7:34PM

not that the Wii had a plethora of great titles out (not that any new generation does), but it does have the best, and the least worse...

Cage @ Dec 26th 2006 8:36PM

Thank you Frankie for that great observation. We all know the all important 1 point seperates the "o.k." games from the greats...keep coming with the good points.

Duo @ Dec 26th 2006 9:12PM

Are they saying that GT Pro series is better without the wheel? Or that when played without the wheel, it's not actually the worst game?

Bob @ Dec 27th 2006 10:09AM

Zelda is game of the year!!! :)

WillyFourEyes @ Dec 27th 2006 6:34AM

Utopia City was a worse PC game than Bad Day L.A.? I find that a bit hard to believe.

nick @ Dec 26th 2006 11:49PM

Is Bomberman Act Zero all that bad? Totemball SHOULD have had the distinction of being the worst Xbox 360 game released this year. It was free, and even then was almost unplayable. Although calling it a game is being generous. It was more of a tech demo with awful control. I'm really shocked TB was released at all.

FSK405K @ Dec 27th 2006 1:05AM

I hadn't even realized GT Pro had come out. Guess I'll stop looking forward to it.

KaneRobot @ Dec 27th 2006 6:13PM

Agreed with Totemball being the worst 360 game, although the pricetag of "free" gets it off the hook I guess.

[i]"not that the Wii had a plethora of great titles out (not that any new generation does)"[/i]

The 360 has a lot of great games out now. Oblivion, Dead Rising, Saints Row, GoW, Rainbow Six Vegas, GRAW, Viva Pinata, plus the best versions of the multiplatform sports games like Fight Night 3 and NBA 2k7. Lost Planet and Blue Dragon look to be high quality as well.

The field is not even - Microsoft has a year head start, and it's beginning to show. Whether or not that year catches up with them and they start to look outdated around 2009 remains to be seen. I kind of doubt it, due to Sony's hardware being more "delayed" than "new" and Nintendo's being nothing earth-shattering to begin with. That said, Nintendo's may have the longest legs in the end if developers nail down how to use the remote in clever ways. We'll see.

crono141 @ Dec 27th 2006 10:49PM

No OTAM, you're not the only one. Morrowind is a much better game, in my opinion, due to its more stylized appearance. Oblivion sits right near the bottom of the uncanny valley, and it just creeps me out.

And they neutered theiving. You can't break into anything, even in the middle of the night with no one around, without a guard coming up behind you in 1 minute or less to arrest you.

NATO_Duke @ Dec 27th 2006 10:15AM

@4 The reason Bomberman deserves being the worst is because of all the money is the cost and the francise involved being trashed.

As far as Oblivion being good or great, you have to think of the depth of gameplay and options provided. That and the size of the world are pretty damn impressive if you ask me.

Whats really sad is that PS3 has only had one really good game released still.

RedPaladin @ Dec 28th 2006 10:23AM

GT Pro Series got the lowest Wii ranking?? ....hmmmm, I've been enjoying that game like crazy (and I guess that makes me crazy, too) ... so I suppose I should just go out and buy the rest of the Wii library, too?

...sorry, fellow gamers, but I've never been one for reviews... 2006 has probably been the best year for games (all platforms) since the mid 90s. *shrug*