{"id":83411,"date":"2015-11-12T10:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T08:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=83411"},"modified":"2015-11-12T10:32:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T08:32:06","slug":"the-games-of-2015-according-to-the-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/83411-the-games-of-2015-according-to-the-reviews","title":{"rendered":"The games of 2015 according to the reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

As 2015 approaches its end, it seems only appropriate to take a look at the games that had the biggest impact, or at the very least are the most well received thus far.<\/p>\n

How did the best games of each platform match up against one another, and how do the best games 2015 has to offer compare to last year?<\/p>\n

Before we get started, it’s probably worth mentioning in spite of titles like Fallout 4,<\/em> The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/em> and, of course, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain<\/em>, this list has some wiggle room to change with the likes of Star Wars Battlefront<\/em> and Just Cause 3<\/em> just round the corner.<\/p>\n

Moreover, we did a similar feature earlier on in the year<\/a>, but it’s safe to say that it needed a good bit of updating.<\/p>\n

As a show of the quality of titles that released in 2015, indubitably popular, yearly refreshes like Assassin’s Creed <\/em>and Call of Duty<\/em> did not make the cut.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3<\/em>, in fact, missed the mark by 1% sitting at 85% for PS4 (a score we gave it ourselves in our own review<\/a>).<\/p>\n

*To appear on the following lists, these games had to have been released in 2015 and appeared on Metacritic<\/a> as well as GameRankings<\/a> with more than 15 reviews. Too few reviews means a weaker average score, allowing some games to skirt on by with what is essentially inaccurate average scores.
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PlayStation 4 \u2013 Retail (Metacritic<\/a> | GameRankings<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain \u2013 93|91.62%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt \u2013 92|92.23%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Bloodborne \u2013 92|90.66%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition \u2013 88|88.73%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Fallout 4 \u2013 87|88.64%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Batman: Arkham Knight \u2013 87|88.42%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin \u2013 87|87.52%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Pro Evolution Soccer \u2013 87|86.80%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection \u2013 87|86.74%<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Destiny: The Taken King \u2013 85|86.10%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    PlayStation 4 \u2013 PSN (Metacritic<\/a> | GameRankings<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    1. Journey \u2013 92|94.80%<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. Shovel Knight \u2013 90|91.00%<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. Bastion \u2013 89|89.73%<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. The Talos Principle \u2013 88|87.89%<\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood \u2013 86|86.46%<\/strong><\/li>\n
    6. Rocket League \u2013 85|86.79%<\/strong><\/li>\n
    7. Axiom Verge \u2013 84|84.46<\/strong><\/li>\n
    8. Resident Evil HD Remaster \u2013 83|83.19%<\/strong><\/li>\n
    9. N++ – 82|84.66%<\/strong><\/li>\n
    10. Grim Fandango Remastered \u2013 80|77.70%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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