Predicting The Metacritic Scores For 2016's Biggest Video Games

By Jack Pooley / July 20, 2016

It's safe to say that the latter half of 2016 is one of the most jam-packed gaming lineups in gaming history. Your wallet's sure going to feel the strain as you desperately try to figure out how to pay for all of these terrific-looking titles, and that's exactly why you should typically wait for reviews before committing your hard-earned cash.

Of course, some of these games will be received indifferently by critics, others will get decent-but-unremarkable notices, and a few of the gaming world's most anticipated titles will indeed live up to the enormous hype.

DOOM showed players just recently how much a game's critical reception can differ to pre-release skepticism (ultimately landing in the mid-80s), and to the same token, pretty much everyone expected Destiny to be a critical darling, when it ultimately scored a fairly average 76 on Metacritic.

We now live in a world where developers receive bonuses depending on how a given game scores on the website, so it's fair to say that its industry influence is immense. Here are our predicted Metacritic scores for 2016's biggest games..

15. Steep (73)

Steep was first introduced during Ubisoft's latest E3 press conference, revealing itself as a brand new IP for the company focused around a variety of extreme sports (such as skiing, wing-suiting, snowboarding and so on) taking place in the Alps.

While the open-world, multiplayer nature of the game is definitely appealing, the E3 reveal didn't do much in terms of actually explain how the game fully works, and how it will have enough content to be a retail-priced game.

As such, don't be surprised if Ubisoft are keeping their lips sealed 4-5 months ahead of release because there just isn't that much to the game, and though it may do what it does well, there's a sneaking suspicion that critics will take fault with a fatal lack of content. Broadly positive reviews, then, meaning players should wait for a sale.