{"id":60368,"date":"2013-11-19T11:53:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T09:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=60368"},"modified":"2013-11-19T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T09:55:00","slug":"best-next-gen-games-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60368-best-next-gen-games-so-far","title":{"rendered":"Best next-gen games so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are entering the exciting period of the PS4 and Xbox One launches – and while the PS4 has a week’s head start (having launched on 15 November), the Xbox One is ready for its moment on 22 November.<\/p>\n

Setting aside all the debate about which console is more powerful and feature-rich, how many units are expected to be sold, and who made which PR blunder, let’s remember why we’re all here – it’s all about the games.<\/p>\n

Both PS4 and Xbox One have had some of their launch titles reviewed and scores aggregated by Metacritic. So let’s see which platform is winning over critics at this early stage.<\/p>\n

PlayStation 4<\/h3>\n

Below is a table showing the currently-reviewed launch titles for PS4, their aggregated metacritc scores, and user scores (retrieved 19 November 2013). The games are ordered from highest to lowest Metacritic rating<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PS4 game<\/strong><\/td>\nMetacritic<\/strong><\/td>\nMetacritic Users<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Battlefield 4<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NBA2K14<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Need For Speed Rivals<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Resogun<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madden NFL 25<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call of Duty: Ghosts<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Killzone Shadow Fall<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contrast<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Knack<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Xbox One<\/h3>\n

Below is a table showing the currently-reviewed launch titles for Xbox One and their aggregated Metacritc scores (retrieved 19 November 2013). Since the console has not launched, there are currently no user scores. The games are ordered from highest to lowest Metacritic rating<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Xbox One Game<\/strong><\/td>\nMetacritic<\/strong><\/td>\nMetacritic Users<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dead Rising 3<\/td>\n78<\/td>\ntbd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Killer Instinct<\/td>\n73<\/td>\ntbd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zoo Tycoon<\/td>\n70<\/td>\ntbd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Powerstar Golf<\/td>\n68<\/td>\ntbd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crimson Dragon<\/td>\n55<\/td>\ntbd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LocoCycle<\/td>\n52<\/td>\ntbd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Obviously, more games will be launching as the year wears on, and we’ll revisit this subject when there is a broader data set to look at.<\/p>\n

More gaming news<\/h3>\n

PS4 launch unit problems: Sony isn\u2019t worried<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch PS4 consoles being smashed at launch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sony sells over one million PS4 consoles in 24 hours<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Games with Gold for Xbox One<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Xbox One Kinect gestures very different to demos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Xbox One is being maxed out: Forza developer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Comparison of the review scores for the currently-available next-gen console launch titles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":60370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,9234,1853,10065],"class_list":["post-60368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-next-gen-games","tag-playstation4","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60369,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60368\/revisions\/60369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}