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Baldur’s Gate 3 surpasses Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as Game of the Year in Metacritic
The race for the Game of the Year 2023 award gets tighter by the day with Baldur’s Gate 3 shooting to the top, and with Starfield just a month away.
Just when we all thought that this year’s GOTY would be a fight between Tears of the Kingdom and Starfield, Larian Studios seemingly took out one of the best RPGs of the last decade out of their sleeves. And proof of that is the game’s average score on Metacritic. In said portal (in charge of gathering criticism from the international press), Baldur’s Gate 3 has an average of 97 compared to The Legend of Zelda’s 96.
It is true that there are still very few reviews out, but what’s there is not a lie. In user ratings, already close to 3,000, Baldur’s Gate 3 has an average grade of 93, while Tears of the Kingdom stays at 86 (with 8,000 scores, mind you). What is certain is that there is a new unexpected contender in the Game of the Year race.
Best games of 2023 according to Metacritic
Taking advantage of the change in leadership, we are going to review the best video games of 2023 according to their average score on Metacritic. Seeing the top 10 is revealing a year to remember:
- Baldur’s Gate 3 - 97
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
- Metroid Prime Remastered - 94
- Resident Evil 4 Remake - 93
- Street Fighter 6 - 92
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Expansion 4 - 92
- Diablo 4 - 91
- Jack Jeanne - 90
- Dead Space Remake - 90
- Hi-Fi Rush - 89
It seems that even Starfield is going to have a difficult time within the RPG genre to live up to what the Larian Studios game offers. We leave you some of the most outstanding pieces of the last few days about Baldur’s Gate 3:
- Not even the creators of Baldur’s Gate 3 expected the great success of the game
- Baldur’s Gate 3: how many Acts are there, and how long do they take to beat?
- Baldur’s Gate 3 has a bug that won’t let you save your game
- Baldur’s Gate 3 is so role-playing that it even allows you to roll the dice
- Baldur’s Gate 3: how to get all Twitch Drops, rewards and duration
- Baldur’s Gate 3 is so big the devs got you a certified note to skip work