90 percent of Metacrtitic’s top ten highest-rated games of 2023 so far are remasters and remakes, withHi-Fi Rushacting as the only wholly original game to make the list so far.
We might only be in March, but it seems like we’ve already got tons of great games to be talking about, includingDead Space,Resident Evil 4, Hi-Fi Rush,Persona 4 Golden, andMetroid Prime Remastered. There is one commonality between those games, however - most of them are remakes and remasters.
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As reported by Kotaku, theMetacritic top ten for 2023 as of the time of writingis mostly populated by remakes, remasters, and ports of older games. In fact, 90 percent of the top ten is made up by those games, with only one completely original game - the excellent Hi-Fi Rush, which currently stands in ninth place overall.
At the top of the list we have Metroid Prime Remastered, which is somewhere between a remake and a remaster,The Witcher 3’s current-gen update, and the recently-reviewed Resident Evil 4. Beyond that areTetris Effect Connected, Dead Space, and Persona 4 Golden, across a variety of different platforms. At least the GameCube has finally been done some justice with Resi 4 and Metroid being so high on the list.
Going further down the list from numbers 11 to 20 does thankfully add a few new fresh faces, includingTheatrhythm Final Bar Lineand Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania, but it does introduce even more ports likeMonster Hunter Riseand Rez Infinite. Let’s forget all of that, though, as there’s a much bigger question that needs answering - where the heck is Pizza Tower?!
Although so many of the games being remasters, remakes, and ports does seem a little worrying for the state of gaming right now, it’s worth remembering that it’s only March and that there are atonof big games still to come this year, includingSpider-Man 2,Final Fantasy 16,Starfield,Tears of the Kingdom,Street Fighter 6,Diablo 4, and many more.
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