These arenāt the games we think are the best of 2010. Theyāre the games that a system designed to track scored review averages thinks are the best of 2010.
Metacritic, a site that aggregates review scores from major media outlets, has posted 2010ās half-yearly report card, revealing the highest-ranked titles across each platform.
Itās been an unusually high-profile January-June, with many of 2009ās bigger titles pushed into the first half of this year, but a gameās stature doesnāt always go hand-in-hand with critical praise, titles like Danteās Inferno and Darksiders failing to earn the scores (or sales) that messageboard buzz would have you believe.
You can see the main attraction ā the overall multiplatform top five ā above, but for the full platform-by-platform list, head to the link below; the most interesting is probably the Xbox 360, whose top 5 is dominated not by AAA releases, but by Xbox Live Arcade titles (though Mass Effect 2ās appearance on PC plays a part in this).
Midyear Report: The Best Games of 2010 So Far [Metacritic]
