The competition for the title of the 2022 game seems to be getting fiercer. After all, the upcoming “Xenoblade Chronicles 3” is another potential candidate. The upcoming RPG was featured in the Top 15 Games of the Year list on Metacritic. naturally, This is only the beginningThe game could get more spots in the next few weeks.
As one of the most awaited games of the year, “Xenoblade Chronicles 3” will be officially released on Friday (29). The game is a Nintendo Switch exclusive and has already started to emerge as one of the strong candidates for Game of the Year, thanks to its 89 points total on Metacritic.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the pinnacle of the franchise and a masterpiece of Monolith Soft
Metacritic currently calculates review scores for multiple websites around the world. The platform rates games, theatrical movies, and even TV shows. However, when it comes to the upcoming RPG, there’s a big consensus: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the culmination of the 12-year-old franchise. The game is definitely a masterpiece from Monolith Soft, the developer of the franchise. Summing up, the game has so far collected 65 reviews on Metacritic. Hence, this gives a score of 89. After all, they are on average 62 positive reviews and only 3 average reviews. Undoubtedly, it is one of the best grades in the platform story.
With this rating on Metacritic, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is indeed the highest-rated Nintendo Switch game of 2022. It appears in the top 15 rated games on Metacritic this year. If we exclude the same titles, with ratings on different platforms, the new game Monolight Soft appears in the Top 10. You can see the top 10 below:
Metacritic Top 15
- Elden Ring (PS5) – 96
- Elden Ring (Xbox Series X) – 96
- Elden Ring (PC) – 94
- Stanley’s Tale: Ultra Deluxe (Xbox Series X) – 93
- God of War (PC) – 93
- Cuphead in the Delicious Last Course (Xbox One) – 92
- Rogue Legacy 2 (Xbox Series X) – 90
- Stanley’s Tale: Ultra Deluxe (PC) – 90
- Neon White (PC) – 89
- Cuphead in the Delicious Last Course (PC) – 89
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo Switch) – 89
- Neon White (Nintendo Switch) – 89
- Stanley’s Tale: Ultra Deluxe (PS5) – 89
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Nintendo Switch) – 88
- Norco (PC) – 88
A few weeks after the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the platform will be opened to user reviews. In addition to website reviews, user ratings may also influence the score. We still have a few months to go, but we can already say that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the best candidate to win the RPG Game of the Year award at TGA. The game may correspond to “The Game of the Year” competition, however, it will definitively receive the award for Best RPG. After all, there weren’t many candidates in this type of game this year.
The game will definitely push Nintendo Switch sales forward. The hybrid console is about to break PS4 sales and become the king of the eighth generation of the console. This is happening as Nintendo Switch Pro rumors start to grow again.