The battle to be the highest-rated game of the year continues as Astro Bot finally claims the top spot from Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
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Astro Bothas overtaken bothElden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC andMetaphor: ReFantazioto become the highest rated game on Metacritic this year.
It’s been a competitive year for great games, and Astro Bot seems to have just edged in front of the competition onMetacritic. All three games actually tie in terms of their overall score of 94, but Astro Bot has 139 reviews compared to Shadow of the Erdtree’s 70 and Metaphor: ReFantazio’s 53.
Astro Bot managed to edge out this win after picking up a perfect 10 score inGame Grin’s review which came out just three days ago, November 26. It reads: “From beginning to end, Astro Bot is a charming, stunning platformer that looks gorgeous and plays flawlessly,” and cites the “brilliantly designed levels, incredibly responsive platforming, and an absurdly charming cast of characters” as reasons for why the game is so good.
Team Asobi’s adorablePS5platforming adventure is a celebration of all thingsPlayStation, with cameos from manySonymascots like Kratos, Aloy, and even a hunter from Bloodborne. Matt writes in our ownAstro Bot reviewthat the game “Soars above and beyond to serve up a near-perfect platformer.”
Meanwhile, Catherine’sMetaphor: ReFantazio reviewcalls it “an evolution of Atlus' best RPGs” while Joel’sShadow of the Erdtree reviewjokes “it’s almost getting boring praisingFromSoftwareevery time.“FromSoftwarereally is the golden goose in gaming these days, and Sony has already made its interest to buy its parent company Kadokawa known, although some Japanese analysts think itmight be too expensive.
Out of these three games the only one I’ve played this year is Shadow of the Erdtree, and I feel strange calling it a full game and seeing itnominated for Game of the Year. I love it, but watching DLC, even one as huge as Shadow of the Erdtree, against new games feels odd. But by that logic, why not discount sequels, too?
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