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Your favorite games with <70 Metacritic score

Cakeboxer

Cakeboxer

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What games with shitty reviews below 70 did you really enjoy?
To make it fair please mention games that got major improvements over time like No Man Sky or Sea of Thieves only if you played it in the release window.

Ryse: Son of Rome (60)
State of Decay 2 (66)
Secret Files: Tunguska (66)
Wanted: A Wild Western Adventure (66)
Mafia III (68)
Mad Max (69)




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Go_Ly_Dow

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The original NieR on on PS3/360.

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I passed on the game initially because of the reviews. Then as the word of mouth was so strong and after I heard a handful of tracks from the game I got it and it became one of my fav games of all time.

Reviews could have stopped the series in it's tracks but thankfully they came back with Automata and the Replicant re-release which have been huge hits.
 
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Cakeboxer

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TrueLegend said:
Ryse and Mad Max didn't deserve that. They are decent games. I don't know I don't usually don't go just by metascore but I don't have favs, have I enjoyed some. Murdered Soul Suspect is one, it was different.
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Metacritic is actually a disgrace, but so many players love it that it can't be ignored. Completely forgot about Murdered: Soul Suspect, wanted to try that one years ago.
 
Cakeboxer

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dottme said:
This got only 67:

Mystical Ninja starring Goemon Reviews

A giant UFO has appeared over Oedo Castle, and the Mystical Ninja is off to save the world again! Control Goemon and his giant robot, Impact, Ebisimaru, a truly twisted ninja, Yae, the part-time militant mermaid, and Sasuke, a mechanical warrior. This brave band must travel from town to town...
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The lesser reviews there are the more bad ratings like the 42 hurt. Bet it would be 70+ without that one. One of the reasons why Metacritic sucks.
 
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Roberts

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Sea of Thieves - Loved it from day1.
Mad Max - It's a bit on the repetitive side, but it plays great. Driving mechanics were top notch too.
The Ascent - So good
Crackdown 3 - It's more pure dumb fun than most open world action games that came out at around the same time.
Homefront: The Revolution
Elex - eurojank fast, but PB at their best, imho.
Recore - Loved the game, especially combat and challenges.
State of Decay 2 - I couldn't get into the first game, but this one did a lot of things right. Best zombie survival game.

Then there are a ton of pretty good games that didn't deserve such low scores like Scorn, Outward, We Happy Few, Gungrave G.O.R.E, Generation Zero, Recompile, The Falconeer, Ravenlok. If Lamplighters was a bit less glitched at launch it would have scored a whole lot better.

I also enjoyed Redfall (after the patches)
 
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PeteBull

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Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness Reviews

Set between the events of STAR OCEAN: The Second Story and STAR OCEAN: Till the End of Time, STAR OCEAN: Integrity and Faithlessness takes place centuries after humans have left Earth for the stars. On a planet in the distant Faykreed star system, the swordsman Fidel Camuze and his childhood...
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If u are fan of the genre/star ocean series there is high chance u will love that game like i did, its still better from 99% of western games anyways xD
 
Cakeboxer

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Roberts said:
Sea of Thieves - Loved it from day1.
Mad Max - It's a bit on the repetitive side, but it plays great. Driving mechanics were top notch too.
The Ascent - So good
Crackdown 3 - It's more pure dumb fun than most open world action games that came out at around the same time.
Homefront: The Revolution
Elex - PB at their best, imho.
Recore - Loved the game, especially combat and challenges.
State of Decay 2 - I couldn't get into the first game, but this one did a lot of thing right. Best zombie survival game.

Then there are a ton of pretty good games that didn't deserve such low scores like Scorn, Outward, We Happy Few, Gungrave G.O.R.E, Generation Zero, Recompile, The Falconeer, Ravenlok. If Lamplighters was a bit less glitched at launch it would have scored a whole lot better.

I also enjoyed Redfall (after the patches)
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Damn, how could i overlook State of Decay 2? Thought it would be 75+. I have easily put 100 hours into it and loved it. Gonna have to edit it in my post.
 
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Gubaldo

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Speaking of low scoring games
20 years back i played a demo of game called Shade:Wrath of angels
liked it back then .atmosphere of the game was good
Just saw the metacritic score now, with rating just of 50.
Wonder how the full game was. anyone here played the full game
User score is at decent 7.7.

i wanna also add Hellgate london demo too. had similar experience with it
 
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Roberts

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Magic Carpet said:
Very good, I did not know it was a low scoring game. I thought it had more praise.
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Hehe, weird that it shows that my posts were written by Nitty_Grimes. Anyway, Speaking of The Ascent: it scored better on PC (it was below 70 on xbox only) and it scored 77 on Playstation when it came out on the platform a year later.
 
Magic Carpet

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Roberts said:
Hehe, weird that it shows that my posts were written by Nitty_Grimes. Anyway, Speaking of The Ascent: it scored better on PC (it was below 70 on xbox only) and it scored 77 on Playstation when it came out on the platform a year later.
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Yikes, dont know how that happened. Safari on iPhone glitch.
 
Duchess

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I recently played and completed The Mobius Machine. It's a metroidvania with a rather unique art style. It's rated "Weak" on OpenCritic, but I think that's rather unfair. It has its faults, but it's not weak by any means. I'd say it's a high "Fair".

 
ChoosableOne

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Danjin44 said:
God Hand
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It was great but it got a 73 though. Definitely an 8,5 game at least.

Games below 70 start from here. There are 5487 of them out of 13432 games on metacritic. It's really hard to get below 70, especially in the modern era where developers are paid based on their games metacritic score, so they are probably right about those games.

When I quickly looked at the list, Devil May Cry 2 and Enter the Matrix caught my eye. Especially if they made a remake of Enter the Matrix, I think I would even pay $100 for it. A modern version would clean up all that old clunky gameplay and make for an amazing experience. I had seen a lot of criticism of DMC 2 after playing it, and I somewhat agree, but it was still quite a good game.

From modern games, Sea of Thieves has been unfairly treated. It was not great at release but come on. Many people really like Outward, but I haven’t played it myself. House Flipper is a game that delivers what it promises pretty well, but I only played it briefly. The mechanics of XDefiant were quite good, but I think people didn’t like how it felt like a 'best of' compilation of FPS games. Playing Lego Worlds co-op with my daughter was a lot of fun; you can instantly create whatever you want, and it was a great sandbox experience. Poi was only reviewed on Switch, but we played it for a few hours on PC, and it was a pretty fun 3D platformer. New Kao the Kangaroo wasn’t that bad either.

It's also interesting that the first Monster Hunter game received a 68. If something like that happened today, we might not have seen the continuation of such an amazing series. I wonder how bad it was lol.

I looked through up to games with a score of 64. With 3,242 games scoring over 80 until today, I don’t think I can spend time on anything below 70 points anymore.
 
Cakeboxer

Cakeboxer

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TheDarkPhantom said:
A few off the top of my head:

Black Knight Sword
Mafia 3
Atomic Heart
Noby Noby Boy
Nier Replicant
Resonance of Fate
Mad Max

I'm sure there are tons more.

Edit: had no idea The Order was sub 70 so I'm definitely adding that to my list, criminally underrated.
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Atomic heart is 70, but that's close enough :) Great game and criminally underrated.
vaibhavpisal said:
Fallout 76.

From last year alone.
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"To make it fair please mention games that got major improvements over time like No Man Sky or Sea of Thieves only if you played it in the release window."
 
jufonuk

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Labadal said:
-Alpha Protocol
-Blackguards
-Dex
-The Last Remnant
-NieR
-Magna Carta: Tears of Blood
-Magna Carta 2
-Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song
-Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord
-Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll

Here are ten^
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I got Dex on a Qubic games sale. It looks really nice not sure why it scored so low ?

Depends on the platform but Re:r2 got 7/10 on steam. I had a good time playing that game

Oh Kane and lynch2 multiplayer was fun to play it’s not the best game but me and my brother had fun completing the game

Red raction re-mastered is a solid game
 
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Gp1

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Kenka Banchou - 70 (one of those underground PSP games. It plays as some sort of High School Yakuza. So much fun)

Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble Reviews

Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble puts players in the role of a high school student on a class trip to a historic Japanese city, and includes no shortage of fist-to-face and knee-to-gut action all in the name of pride and bragging rights. You've got seven days to make a name for yourself. How you...
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Arma 3 - 74 (someone must be really crazy to give Arma 3 a score closer to 70 than to 85)

Arma 3 Reviews

Tensions rise as NATO peacekeeping forces begin to leave The Republic of Altis: a strategic fault-line between crumbling European influence and a powerful, resurgent East. But when a key radar facility drops off the grid, a Mediterranean flashpoint risks escalating into global conflict.
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Ghost Recon Wildlands and Breakpoint (awesome gameplay and full of content.. after a few patches)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Reviews

Taking place a few years into the future, Ghost Recon Wildlands empowers players to lead a team of Ghosts, a four-player U.S. Elite Special Operations unit, on a covert mission to destroy the Santa Blanca drug cartel, an underworld force and growing global threat within Ubisoft’s imagining of a...
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Test Drive Unlimited 2 - 70 (the entire series was so ahead of its time)
https://www.metacritic.com/game/test-drive-unlimited-2/

Mount and Blade -70 (high ambition, low budget- eurojank at its finest (at the time, today is just archaic) and started a franchise)

Mount & Blade Reviews

Calradia is a land at war, a land offering great riches and even greater dangers to the adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With unerring courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Raise a band of hardened soldiers, become...
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Alpha protocol - 73 (Eurojank made by OBSIDIAN and Sega)

Alpha Protocol Reviews

Alpha Protocol is an espionage role-playing game set in the modern world. Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international...
www.metacritic.com www.metacritic.com
 
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Dafegamer

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ChoosableOne said:
It was great but it got a 73 though. Definitely an 8,5 game at least.

Games below 70 start from here. There are 5487 of them out of 13432 games on metacritic. It's really hard to get below 70, especially in the modern era where developers are paid based on their games metacritic score, so they are probably right about those games.

When I quickly looked at the list, Devil May Cry 2 and Enter the Matrix caught my eye. Especially if they made a remake of Enter the Matrix, I think I would even pay $100 for it. A modern version would clean up all that old clunky gameplay and make for an amazing experience. I had seen a lot of criticism of DMC 2 after playing it, and I somewhat agree, but it was still quite a good game.

From modern games, Sea of Thieves has been unfairly treated. It was not great at release but come on. Many people really like Outward, but I haven’t played it myself. House Flipper is a game that delivers what it promises pretty well, but I only played it briefly. The mechanics of XDefiant were quite good, but I think people didn’t like how it felt like a 'best of' compilation of FPS games. Playing Lego Worlds co-op with my daughter was a lot of fun; you can instantly create whatever you want, and it was a great sandbox experience. Poi was only reviewed on Switch, but we played it for a few hours on PC, and it was a pretty fun 3D platformer. New Kao the Kangaroo wasn’t that bad either.

It's also interesting that the first Monster Hunter game received a 68. If something like that happened today, we might not have seen the continuation of such an amazing series. I wonder how bad it was lol.

I looked through up to games with a score of 64. With 3,242 games scoring over 80 until today, I don’t think I can spend time on anything below 70 points anymore.
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Monster Hunter's popularity exploded in the West with Monster Hunter Tri for Wii. That's also when the West got hooked on it's gameplay and it started to get better Acclaim
 
Soodanim

Soodanim

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This is new to me as I MC/OC never cross my mind. It's only by sorting my PC libraries by score that I can answer.

Dead Rising 2: OTR got 66

Sorry for the long list
 
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Pegasus Actual

Pegasus Actual

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Finding candidates in their UI is kind of tough, but first thing that jumped out:

Ghost Squad Reviews

The world in Ghost Squad is overrun with terrorism, affecting all corners of the globe. In an effort to combat the malicious plans of the terrorist groups, the U.N. created the Global Humanitarian-Operation and Special Tactics Squad aka "Ghost Squad." This team of elite soldiers is comprised of...
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10/10 Wiimote lightgun game

R6 Siege comes in at a 73, not sub-60, but ridiculous for GOAT competitive FPS.

Warframe Reviews

They were called Tenno. Warriors of blade and gun: masters of the Warframe armor. Those that survived the old war were left drifting among the ruins. Now they are needed once more. The Grineer, with their vast armies, are spreading throughout the solar system. A call echoes across the stars...
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Warframe at 69 is silly of course, but another big 'redemption' arc.
 
Cakeboxer

Cakeboxer

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Soodanim said:
This is new to me as I MC/OC never cross my mind. It's only by sort my PC libraries by score that I can answer.

Dead Rising 2: OTR got 66

Sorry for the long list
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At first i was shocked that this is supposed to be in the 60s, but you picked the pc version and i looked up the version with the most reviews for more accuracy. Loved that game though.
 
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Hypereides

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Controversial opinion coming through: In this current landscape "below 70" tends to be where the new real gold can be found. You'll often find misunderstood games that got racked through the coal and dumped there by journos/critics for bewildering reasons. Tends to be because they're not hardcore gaming enthusiasts like the actual gaming community.

Like Go_Ly_Dow Go_Ly_Dow mentioned, had it not been for the word of mouth, Nier probably wouldn't had not seen another entry. Its shame most gamers aren't that open minded.
 
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Soodanim

Soodanim

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Cakeboxer said:
At first i was shocked that this is supposed to be in the 60s, but you picked the pc version and i looked up the version with the most reviews for more accuracy. Loved that game though.
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Maybe it was a bit of a shaky PC launch then, because I would never have guessed 66. Even 72 seems a bit low, it's great fun.
 
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