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The best video games of 2008

The top 3 according to 60 votes from people: LittleBigPlanet · Super Smash Bros. Brawl · Portal: Still Alive. (Updated May 17, 2020.)

The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2008 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.

sofia_noscope · · 25 items · 60 votes · 3 comments

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 20

  1. 1

    LittleBigPlanet

    Released October 2008. Metascore: 95.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  2. 2

    Super Smash Bros. Brawl

    Released March 2008. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    Portal: Still Alive

    Released October 2008. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  4. 4

    Grand Theft Auto IV

    Released April 2008. Metascore: 98.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  5. 5

    Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

    Released June 2008. Metascore: 94.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  6. 6

    Fable II

    Released October 2008. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  7. 7

    Dead Space

    Released October 2008. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  8. 8

    The World Ends with You

    Released April 2008. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  9. 9

    Braid

    Released August 2008. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    Fallout 3

    Released October 2008. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  11. 11

    Gears of War 2

    Released November 2008. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  12. 12

    Chrono Trigger

    Released November 2008. Metascore: 92.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  13. 13

    God of War: Chains of Olympus

    Released March 2008. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  14. 14

    Rez

    Released January 2008. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  15. 15

    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES

    Released April 2008. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 2

    1
  16. 16

    Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor

    Released April 2008. Metascore: 92.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  17. 17

    World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

    Released November 2008. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  18. 18

    Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

    Released July 2008. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  19. 19

    Left 4 Dead

    Released November 2008. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  20. 20

    Burnout Paradise

    Released January 2008. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1

Candidates

They don't make it into the top 20… yet. Vote for them to move them up.

  1. 21

    NHL 09

    Released September 2008. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 22

    Rock Band 2

    Released September 2008. Metascore: 92.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  3. 23

    World of Goo

    Released October 2008. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  4. 24

    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

    Released December 2008. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  5. 25

    Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

    Released November 2008. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

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Borja Otero Rey · Español

LittleBigPlanet, crear niveles con amigos era genial.

florencia silva · Español

GTA IV y Fallout 3 el mismo año, qué locura.

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