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# None of the five best-reviewed games of the past year are AAA games
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/none-five-best-reviewed-games-past-year-are-aaa-games/
- Published: 2012-11-06T20:30:13.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:50:21.000Z
- Description: And four of them are indies: The balance between Triple-A, traditionally developed games and independently developed games is starting tosway. The closest Triple-A game to make it to the Top Five was Mass Effect 3, with a score of 93, with Dishonored not too far behind with 92. Even so, the top game
- Author: Joseph Bernstein
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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And four of them [are indies](http://www.mweb.co.za/games/ViewNewsArticle/tabid/2549/Article/4175/top-tuesday-the-5-best-reviewed-games-of-2012.aspx?ref=killscreen.com):

> The balance between Triple-A, traditionally developed games and independently developed games is starting tosway. The closest Triple-A game to make it to the Top Five was *Mass Effect 3*, with a score of 93, with *Dishonored* not too far behind with 92\. Even so, the top games reviewed for the year is a long long list of games that most gamers wouldn’t be able to name off the top of their heads.  
>  

Gaming is starting to look a lot more like the movie landscape: a series of big blockbusters (summer for movies and fall for games) that only sometimes get good press, and a constellation of smaller titles released throughout the year, the best of which get the best reviews and break into the mainstream consciousness.