The 109 best 6th generation console games

All systems together, ranked by the scores that magazines gave these games when they came out. Systems: PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Dreamcast. The list draws on 11,158 review scores of 3,618 games.

#	Game	Platform	Year	Score
1	SoulCalibur	Dreamcast	1999	98.9
2	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	PS2, Xbox	2004	98.2
3	Metroid Prime	GameCube	2002	97.8
4	Halo	Xbox	2001	97.3
5	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	PS2	2002	97.1
6	NFL 2K1	Dreamcast	2000	97
7	Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec	PS2	2001	96.9
8	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	GameCube	2002	96.8
9	God of War	PS2	2005	96.7
10	Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence	PS2	2006	96.6
11	Resident Evil 4	GameCube, PS2	2005	96.5
12	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	PS2	2001	96.4
13	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Dreamcast	2000	96.2
14	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	GameCube	2006	96
15	Resident Evil CODE: Veronica	Dreamcast	2000	95.5
16	Final Fantasy XII	PS2	2006	95
17	Project Gotham Racing 2	Xbox	2003	95
18	The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition	GameCube	2003	95
19	Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal	PS2	2004	94.7
20	God of War II	PS2	2007	94.7
21	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	PS2, Xbox	2001	94.6
22	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	PS2	2005	94.5
23	Pro Evolution Soccer	PS2	2001	94.3
24	Skies of Arcadia	Dreamcast	2000	94.2
25	Super Mario Sunshine	GameCube	2002	94.2
26	Shadow of the Colossus	PS2	2005	94.2
27	Virtua Fighter 4	PS2	2002	94.1
28	Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow	Xbox	2004	94.1
29	Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance	Xbox, PS2	2002	94
30	SoulCalibur II	GameCube, PS2, Xbox	2003	94
31	Madden NFL 2004	PS2, GameCube, Xbox	2003	94
32	NCAA Football 2004	PS2	2003	94
33	Ninja Gaiden Black	Xbox	2005	94
34	Quake III: Arena	Dreamcast	2000	93.9
35	Grand Theft Auto III	PS2	2001	93.9
36	SSX	PS2	2000	93.9
37	Halo 2	Xbox	2004	93.8
38	Knights of the Old Republic	Xbox	2003	93.8
39	Resident Evil	GameCube	2002	93.7
40	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	PS2, Xbox, GameCube	2003	93.6
41	Super Smash Bros. Melee	GameCube	2001	93.6
42	Final Fantasy X	PS2	2001	93.4
43	Virtua Tennis	Dreamcast	2000	93.2
44	Ōkami	PS2	2006	93.2
45	Pro Evolution Soccer 3	PS2	2003	93.2
46	Samba de Amigo	Dreamcast	2000	93
47	Tony Hawk's Underground	PS2, Xbox	2003	93
48	Forza Motorsport	Xbox	2005	93
49	NBA 2K1	Dreamcast	2000	93
50	Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution	PS2	2003	93
51	Rayman 2: The Great Escape	Dreamcast	2000	92.7
52	Ninja Gaiden	Xbox	2004	92.6
53	Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory	Xbox	2005	92.6
54	Virtua Tennis 2	Dreamcast	2001	92.6
55	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	PS2, GameCube, Xbox	2002	92.5
56	Doom 3	Xbox	2005	92.5
57	Devil May Cry	PS2	2001	92.4
58	Dragon Quest VIII: The Journey of the Cursed King	PS2	2004	92.2
59	Panzer Dragoon Orta	Xbox	2003	92.2
60	Pro Evolution Soccer 2	PS2	2002	92.2
61	SSX 3	Xbox, PS2, GameCube	2003	92
62	Madden NFL 2003	Xbox, GameCube, PS2	2002	92
63	NFL 2K3	GameCube	2002	92
64	MSR: Metropolis Street Racer	Dreamcast	2000	91.9
65	Shenmue	Dreamcast	2000	91.8
66	Jade Empire	Xbox	2005	91.8
67	Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	GameCube	2004	91.8
68	Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando	PS2	2003	91.8
69	SSX Tricky	PS2, Xbox	2001	91.8
70	Ready 2 Rumble Boxing	Dreamcast	1999	91.7
71	Madden Football 2002	PS2	2001	91.7
72	Madden NFL 2001	PS2	2000	91.7
73	Phantasy Star Online	Dreamcast	2000	91.5
74	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	GameCube	2003	91.4
75	Madden NFL 2005	Xbox, PS2, GameCube	2004	91.3
76	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater	Dreamcast	2000	91.2
77	Viewtiful Joe	GameCube	2003	91.2
78	Dead or Alive 3	Xbox	2001	91.2
79	Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II	GameCube	2002	91.1
80	Grandia II	Dreamcast	2000	91
81	F-Zero GX	GameCube	2003	91
82	ESPN NFL Football	Xbox	2003	91
83	NCAA Football 2003	GameCube, PS2, Xbox	2002	91
84	Final Fantasy X-2	PS2	2003	90.9
85	NBA 2K	Dreamcast	1999	90.8
86	Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem	GameCube	2002	90.8
87	Half-Life	PS2	2001	90.8
88	Pro Evolution Soccer 4	PS2, Xbox	2004	90.8
89	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell	PS2	2003	90.8
90	Burnout 3: Takedown	Xbox, PS2	2004	90.7
91	Colin McRae Rally 3	Xbox	2002	90.6
92	Jak II	PS2	2003	90.6
93	Star Wars: Rogue Leader - Rogue Squadron II	GameCube	2001	90.5
94	Dead or Alive 2	Dreamcast	2000	90.4
95	Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes	Dreamcast	2000	90.4
96	Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore	PS2	2000	90.4
97	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004	PS2, Xbox	2003	90.4
98	Crazy Taxi	Dreamcast	2000	90.2
99	Splinter Cell	GameCube	2003	90.1
100	Daytona USA	Dreamcast	2001	90.1
101	NBA 2k2	Dreamcast, GameCube, Xbox	2001	90
102	Red Faction	PS2	2001	90
103	ESPN NBA Basketball	Xbox	2003	90
104	Madden NFL 2002	Xbox	2001	90
105	MVP Baseball 2004	Xbox, PS2	2004	90
106	NCAA Football 2002	PS2	2001	90
107	NFL 2K2	Dreamcast	2001	90
108	Persona 4	PS2	2008	90
109	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003	GameCube	2002	90

Highly rated, with fewer than 3 reviews

26 titles have a score of 90 or more, but from only one or two reviews, and no Metacritic score.

Game	Platform	Year	Score
Half-Life	Dreamcast		100
Mutant Storm	Xbox	2004	100
J.League Winning Eleven 5	PS2	2001	96
Samba de Amigo Ver. 2000	Dreamcast	2000	96
bleem! Gran Turismo 2	Dreamcast	2001	96
Colin McRae Rally 04	PS2	2003	95
Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack	Xbox	2003	95
Onimusha	PS2	2001	95
Persona 3: FES	PS2	2007	95
World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution	PS2	2002	95
Jet Coaster Dream 2	Dreamcast	2000	94
Naruto: Narutimett Hero	PS2	2003	94
Napple Tale: Arisia in Daydream	Dreamcast	2000	93
Culdcept II	Dreamcast	2001	92
Headhunter	Dreamcast	2001	91
World Soccer Winning Eleven 7	PS2	2003	91
Castleween	PS2	2002	91
Energy Airforce aimStrike!	PS2	2005	91
NFL 2K3	Xbox	2002	91
Gran Turismo Concept 2002: Tokyo-Geneva	PS2	2002	90
Moto GP - Ultimate Racing Technology 2	Xbox	2003	90
Dream Audition	PS2	2000	90
High Heat Major League Baseball 2004	PS2	2003	90
Ikaruga	Dreamcast	2002	90
Sakura Taisen 4	Dreamcast	2002	90
The Baseball 2003: Battle Ballpark Sengen Perfect Play Pro Yakkyu	GameCube	2003	90

How the ranking works

The scores are the ones magazines gave when the games came out, all converted to a 0–100 scale. Only one review per magazine counts for a game: the most recent.
A game's score is half the average, half the median of its magazine reviews. A title opens the game's page on uvlist.net; a score opens the report with every review behind it.
A game needs at least 3 magazine reviews to be ranked. With equal scores, the game with more reviews comes first.
Metacritic already sums up many reviews, so it is never mixed with the magazines: it is used only for games with fewer than 3 magazine reviews, as their only score.
Each list shows every game with a score of 90 or more. Games with fewer than 3 reviews and no Metacritic score are shown apart: their score is promising, but rests on one or two opinions.
A title released on several systems of the group appears once, at the rank of its best version; every version good enough to make the list is shown under it.

The lists are rebuilt each time reviews are added. To filter by genre, year, magazine or publisher, explore all the scores in the report.

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