So let's play a little game with Metacritic

[kommando367]

I didn't know they had individual pages for DLCs, so I'll just mention full games here

Highest is GTA 4 at 98

Lowest is HSX HyperSonic.Xtreme at 53

 

[wintercoat]

Stalin vs Martians

Lolwut?

Wait... GTA IV HAS THE HIGHEST METACRITIC SCORE IN HISTORY? There is something wrong with that... WAIT! OoT is 99, but doesn't appear on the "highest rankings" list? Metacritic is broken.

Well, I guess My highest is Ocarina of Time, then, unless I own other 99 games or if some game actually got a 100.

I used to own Pimp My Ride, which got a whopping 26. Don't even ask how I acquired such horrible games. I can't even remember. Must've been drunk as all hell.

I checked it out and I think it only counts after 2000 in the huge sorted list. At least the one I've found

Anyway, my contributions are:

Ocarina of Time at 99
The Force Unleashed II at 43

Friends got me the second one without consultation, don't judge >__>

I *could* have worse than 43, but if so they came before the year 2000.

http://www.metacritic.com/advanced-search

Advanced search function. Check the box next to games. Input 98 in the "with average score greater than:" field. Marvel at it's awesomeness.

 

[Ziggy]

The lowest of the ones I can think of is Empire Earth for the PC (not surprising) at a 50.

As for user reviews:

Worst is Empire Earth again. Christ, that game was terrible; I forgot I even had it until I went looking through my PC games for this. (forgot to say the score; it was a 3.2)

Best is Portal 2 with a 9.5

That is a lie, Empire Earth is a great game and... oh. You are talking about Empire Earth 3. yes i must agree on that.

 

[Guffe]

Highest Metacritic: Super Mario Galaxy
Highest User score: Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess

Don't have time to look for lowest as there is no shortcut in the way as to "highest score" link and have to go to work, maybe later...

 

[Scrustle]

Highest: GTA 4 [98]
Lowest in collection: Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT 2 (or Kaido Racer 2 as it's called where I'm from) [46]
Lowest ever bought: Shadow the Hedgehog [45]

I couldn't work out how to get the listing to go by user score. Shame, would have been more interesting than the critic's scores.

I also have OoT but I guess GTA 4 gets higher because it has more reviews. The game is fantastic but I agree it doesn't really deserve 98. Maybe around the 90 area but almost 100% is silly. And screw Metacritic! Kaido Racer 2 is pretty good! Also according to their listings they made a game of March of the Penguins.

EDIT: Found out how to do it by user score.

Highest: Switchball [9.1] / Pokemon SoulSilver [9.1]
Lowest in collection: Need for Speed Carbon [5.7]
Lowest ever bought: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) [5.4]

Yeah, user scores are completely retarded. According to them the best ever game on DS is "My Fashion Studio" with 100% from 4 ratings, and the second best on 360 is "Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore" with a score of 9.8 from 4 ratings, including a review giving it 100. Switchball is a really cool little game though. People should try it out.

 

[Susurrus]

The lowest of the ones I can think of is Empire Earth for the PC (not surprising) at a 50.

As for user reviews:

Worst is Empire Earth again. Christ, that game was terrible; I forgot I even had it until I went looking through my PC games for this. (forgot to say the score; it was a 3.2)

Which metacritic website were you looking at? It sure as hell wasn't the normal one:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/empire-earth

Empire Earth: 81 critic score, 8.5 user score.
Not 50/3.2.

 

[Dularn]

Highest - Half Life 2 (96)
Lowest - Sniper: Ghost Warrior (55)

BUT I didn't buy it. Greenmangaming gave it away free.

Lowest I have paid for was The Guild 2: Renaissance (56).

I thought it was pretty decent though...

 

[Lizardon]

Highest - Half Life 2 - 96

Is there a way to sort by users score? I couldn't find one.
Just looking at the first page for highest score, best user score is probably Portal at 9.5.

Lowest - Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword - 68 (Probably lowest user score as well - 6.3)

 

[mysecondlife]

Uncharted 2 - 96 (I still play it from time to time. Fantastic game)

Mortal Kombat vs DC - 76. It was ok.

Wait... GTA IV HAS THE HIGHEST METACRITIC SCORE IN HISTORY? There is something wrong with that... WAIT! OoT is 99, but doesn't appear on the "highest rankings" list? Metacritic is broken.

Well, I guess My highest is Ocarina of Time, then, unless I own other 99 games or if some game actually got a 100.

I used to own Pimp My Ride, which got a whopping 26. Don't even ask how I acquired such horrible games. I can't even remember. Must've been drunk as all hell.

I checked it out and I think it only counts after 2000 in the huge sorted list. At least the one I've found

Anyway, my contributions are:

Ocarina of Time at 99
The Force Unleashed II at 43

Friends got me the second one without consultation, don't judge >__>

I *could* have worse than 43, but if so they came before the year 2000.

Permission to judge your friend?

I'm itching to judge someone with extreme prejudice.

ofcoursekidding.

 

[Crazy Zaul]

Highest Critic: Skyrim @96 just beating RDR @95
Lowest Critic: KOAR @80
Highest User: The Witcher @90
Lowest user: Civ 5 @67 (Really its TOR @ about 4.6 but I excluded that)

 

[BanZeus]

I limited my search to my PS3 collection, games I still own, and disqualified titles I got for free.

Highest critic:
Bioshock (94/8.3)
Mass Effect 2 (94/8.1)

Lowest Critic:
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls (57/7.8)

Highest User:
Flower (87/9.0)

Lowest User:
Dragon Age 2 (82/3.9)

 

[Sexy Devil]

Highest professional reviewer score is a draw between Half-Life 2, Bioshock, Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2, and Arkham City, all at 96. Interesting how all of those except one are the second games in the series.

Lowest is Duke Nukem Forever.

I'm not bothering with user reviews because it appears you can't order them by that and I don't want to comb through everything.

 

[schtingah]

Highest MetaCritic: Orange Box / Half-Life 2 PC / Uncharted 2 PS3 (96)<<< I guess
Lowest MetaCritic: Winter Voices Prologue: Avalanche PC (47) <<< So unjustified

Highest Fans: Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance PC (9.5) <<< Couldn't agree more
Lowest Fans: Mass Effect 3 PC / Diablo III PC (4.0) <<< Haters gonna hate

Funnily though Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 & 3 on the PlayStations beats the 96s, but i only have the PC versions of those.

 

[LITE992]

Highest Rated: Grand Theft Auto IV (360) 98%
Lowest Rated: Sonic the Hedgehog (360) 46%

Highest User Rated: RACE 07 (PC) 9.4
Lowest User Rated: Modern Warfare 3 (360) 3.2

 

[Grygor]

Highest - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - 99
Lowest - Final Fight Streetwise (PS2) - 43

 

[Best of the 3]

Highest: HL2 + ME2 = 96
Loweest: Two Worlds = 50

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

Highest: Grand Theft Auto IV (98)
Lowest: Post Apocalyptic Mayhem (44)

Both wildly undeserved as far as I'm concerned, but whatever. Critics!

 

[Allan Scott]

Highest Critics: Grand Theft Auto IV (360) - 98
Lowest Critics: Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (360) - 39

...yeah, I'll go hang my head for having bought Onechanbara. And 1000G'ing it.

 

[Baneat]

Why on earth does GTA IV have 98!? People hate that game compared to the earlier ones..

 

[FoolKiller]

Well...

I have 99 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
17 - Yaris (it was a free XBLA game early in the system's life)

As for the high and low of the user scores I'm afraid I won't let those be affected by the people here that would either bomb or boost a score they don't approve of.