When Critics Don't Get It: Cool games with yellow Metacritic scores

Lessons in not judging a book by its cover. Feel free to suggest stuff if you have some favourites that got dunked on critically, there's definitely more than this.

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45 Comments


1 year ago

why is Rain World yellow on metacritic...it's so cool...
@Drax @MPK92 Cheers guys. Added all of them apart from Shadow of Rome and GUN, which are just about in the green.

@gruel Coolness is often inversely proportional to critical success. Many such cases.

1 year ago

I'd like to submit Snake Pass for consideration on this list, upon further replays I have found that it is in fact fantastic and quite misunderstood
Added Snake Pass there now, thanks.

11 months ago

I agree with all the stuff you put in, some of these suggestions not so much lmao, very cool list idea

11 months ago

@Kago Cheers. I've inadvertently created a great wall of Mega Man in the middle, but I feel like he deserves it.

4 months ago

Cyberpunk's inclusion miffs me a bit. It was only the OG console versions that got middling reviews, and most (if not all) of those reviews mentioned that the game itself was fine, but that both were subpar ports at the time of publication.

4 months ago

@Yultimona I just slap anything on here if at least one port or version of it fits the bill really, Cyberpunk’s not the only one in that basket. All this is is an excuse to either big up or encourage trying out a bunch of stuff which somebody might otherwise bounce off of by looking it up and seeing a dodgy number next to it, to that end I reckon it’s probably best to just keep it as simple/loose as possible.

4 months ago

Ah, yeah. See your point there now.

4 months ago

Sonic Riders

4 months ago

@EldestBrisingr Stuck it on there thanks, enjoyed it myself when I was little.

2 months ago

25th ward

2 months ago

@diedintempest Added, thanks!

25 days ago

Hotel Dusk!
@scartoludico Good shout, thanks!


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