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The best RPG of 2024 secures the top spot for Sega in Metacritic’s annual ranks
The numbers never lie, and now that we’ve got our hands on Metacritic’s game publisher rankings, we can see for ourselves just where our favorites ended up on the list. Everyone is, of course, entitled to their opinion, and there were some truly incredible game releases in the last 12 months. But now we get to stoke the competitive fires, especially since user reviews and sales don’t factor into the rankings. Every year, Metacritic gathers the data of each game’s Metascore and then collates that info into a handy list, taking into account the average Metascore, percentage of scored games with good or bad reviews, and the number of ‘great’ titles with a Metascore of 90 or higher. If you’re keen to dig through the data yourself, you can check out the list here. Sega took the top spot on Metacritic’s annual publisher rankings for 2024, after only just scraping the top ten in 2023, which is a great comeback since it makes the Japanese publisher the only company ever to rank number one three separate times. Sega enjoyed massive success with the likes of one of the best JRPGs, Metaphor: ReFantazio, which, considering it’s a completely new IP, is nice to see that the market doesn’t have to be completely inundated with remakes, sequels, and prequels. Even with the slight disappointment of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Sega still managed to come out the victor. Continue reading The best RPG of 2024 secures the top spot for Sega in Metacritic’s annual ranks MORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: The best Switch games, The best upcoming Switch games, The best Switch RPGs
The numbers never lie, and now that we’ve got our hands on Metacritic’s game publisher rankings, we can see for ourselves just where our favorites ended up on the list. Everyone is, of course, entitled to their opinion, and there were some truly incredible game releases in the last 12 months. But now we get to stoke the competitive fires, especially since user reviews and sales don’t factor into the rankings.
Every year, Metacritic gathers the data of each game’s Metascore and then collates that info into a handy list, taking into account the average Metascore, percentage of scored games with good or bad reviews, and the number of ‘great’ titles with a Metascore of 90 or higher. If you’re keen to dig through the data yourself, you can check out the list here.
Sega took the top spot on Metacritic’s annual publisher rankings for 2024, after only just scraping the top ten in 2023, which is a great comeback since it makes the Japanese publisher the only company ever to rank number one three separate times. Sega enjoyed massive success with the likes of one of the best JRPGs, Metaphor: ReFantazio, which, considering it’s a completely new IP, is nice to see that the market doesn’t have to be completely inundated with remakes, sequels, and prequels. Even with the slight disappointment of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Sega still managed to come out the victor.
MORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: The best Switch games, The best upcoming Switch games, The best Switch RPGs
