Though we'll have to wait at least another year before the jury hands in their verdict on this generation of consoles, it's fair to say it's been a divisive one.
Everyone has their favourite games, but it feels as though the last four years have been more polarised than most. Metacritic averages, user scores and the flow of online chatter have all contributed to the sense that, when any game releases, a divisive response could lie in wait. This counts for titles both triple-A and otherwise, and though there's no denying that many games of the last generation certainly deserve criticism, the fact that so many met a negative - or even lukewarm - reaction, just seems like a step too far.
This isn’t to be confused with some of the PS4’s most overlooked titles either. Though that is a topic worth discussing, games that fell afoul of the Metacritic average is our primary concern today.
It's been five years of highs and lows for Sony's latest console, but with underrated titles both exclusive and otherwise, the PS4's library of soon-to-be-forgotten classics grows by the day.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
