The Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu is known for their tough-as-nails scoring system by four reviewers for every single game (so the maximum score is four times ten: 40). Most recently in 2008, Super Smash Bros. Brawl was only the 8th game to ever receive a perfect score since Famitsu’s 1986 inception. Looking back at 2007, it was definitely a great year, and it’s quite surprising how much they liked Xbox 360 games, since Japan is the only region with lackluster sales of the console.
Famitsu’s full top 25 games of 2007:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass – 39
2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360 version) – 38
3. Super Mario Galaxy – 38
4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) – 38
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) – 37
6. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) – 37
7. Minna no Golf Portable 2 (PSP) – 37
8. God of War 2 (PS2) – 37
9. Halo 3 – 37
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (PS3) 36
11. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (360) 36
12. Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero (DS) – 36
13. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida (PSP) – 36
14. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – 36
15. Lost Odyssey – 36
16. Assassin’s Creed (360 version) – 36
17. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation – 36
18. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction – 36
19. Minna no Golf 5 (Everybody’s Golf 5) – 36
20. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (360) – 36
21. Itadaki Street – 36
22. Forza Motorsport 2 – 36
23. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (360 version) 36
24. Gyakuten Saiban 4 – 36
25. Final Fantasy IV (DS) – 35
Via Kotaku