Topic: Most Overated game(s) In Your Opinion

[GuyStarwind]

People are going to hate me but I think OoT is overrated. Don't get me wrong I liked it but it's not as good as everyone makes it out to be.

[KaZudra]

People are going to hate me but I think OoT is overrated. Don't get me wrong I liked it but it's not as good as everyone makes it out to be.

I actually agree, OoT is good, but not THAT good, it was held back by technical standards, If OoT was it's beta it would have truly been as awesome as people presume it to be now.

every first person shooter ever made.

*especially if it includes Aim Down Sights, Regen Health, Time Based Checkpoints, or is / plays like Call of Duty.
These games are UNGODLY easy, and actually deteriorates FPS Skill that players needed to have when playing Real FPS games aka "The Classics and the very, very few who get it right".

but, at a whole I agree, FPS games are overrated, that fact is well, their the repetitive games out there.

....but I still love the good ones.

[X]

every first person shooter ever made.

Does that include 'Shadows of the Empire' and 'Dark Forces' cause I love playing those.

[Abnormal Freak]

every first person shooter ever made.

My DOOM- and Quake-playing self would like to violently assault your bumhole. :o

[Wallz!]

Not all first person shooters are overrated, only the ones like Call of Duty.

[Las]

Totatlly would agree with call of duty being overatted as hell. yes you have to earn your way with perks all that jazz, contracts and such. But to be honest it is repetitive as hell, and they don't make many maps to start off with. On top of that when they do put out new maps they usually are worse than the ones before. People online become snappy and bitchy and id' rather not deal with mega ego's either. Plus one can find themselves wasting hrs of a day on that game alone, when they could be doing something else far more useful. In all honsetly it sells a crapload of money for people who wanna be droned into the game almost non stop. Sad to say really but that game is far overated in my opinion. Sheeeeahhh.....i'd almost rather bust out in Super Mario Bros 3 retro just thinking of Cod and realize how fun Cod isn't. I'ts almost a choir to play the damn game. You know i like the shooter games with the lightguns. You actually feel like your in the game shooting. I'ts more realistic and more fun. Don't mind the 'cades with Ghost Squad and House of the Dead where you can still earn lives,continues,etc beat the game in a short amount of time and do other stuff with your day. So my vote is in Call of Duty is the most overated game probably and possibly all time!

[beingthehero]

Modern Warfare 2 is grossly overrated, but I still adore the original PC WWII cawadooties. ;_;

I didn't think Final Fantasy X was all that great. I thought that other than the graphics, it was a step back from FFIX in terms of music, characters, and story.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I didn't think Final Fantasy X was all that great. I thought that other than the graphics, it was a step back from FFIX in terms of music, characters, and story.

I like it well enough, but it didn't deserve a sequel at all. I can see why you'd feel this way though; it's definitely one of those "You like it or you don't" games.

I guess I'm a bit biased because not only was it my first Final Fantasy, but one of my first console games period (got it for Christmas of 2003 with a fat PS2, "Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec" and "Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy". Remarkable how I've played all three seemingly to death, and yet all the discs still work fine.)

[Kale]

What's so bad about the games? The graphics are superb, the gameplay is tight with little to no flaws or glitches, the music is good. It's heavy on action with puzzles that are implemented seamlessly, the third title raised the bar graphics-wise, the shimmying isn't drawn out or a hassle, etc. The only valid complaint I can see someone make is the story, and the QTE's. Other than that, the series deserves all the accolades it's received. Why else would anyone compare similar games in the genre that came out since a "God of War clone?"


There are hundreds of games/series that can labeled "bad" or "crap." God of War certainly isn't one of them 

Oh yes it is. I don't know about GoW3, as that's the one that I haven't played. Though I hear the story is absolute shit.

I've played the first a good halfway through, the second a small bit. The combat, I find utterly boring, and it seemed like it either was filled with QTE or endless mashing of combos. The enemies have ridiculous health that really bored the hell out of me to kill. The combo's weren't fun to use to look at either. The animation was subpar imo, the graphics weren't really that great either, imo.

The first's story was damn boring, the second, I don't know I only got up to the first boss or so. Third, I hear is shit like I said before,... and from GoW fans, no less. And if the sex game is what draws you... you should be smacked. There are better alternatives for porn.

[shelverton.]

Finsl Fantasy VII, hands down. I sometimes think that people who came into the FF series with FF7 tend to love it. People who had already played the SNES and/or NES games were disappointed. That probably goes for people who were introduced to the series in the PS2 era. Personally I had played FF6 a few years earlier and my expectations were insane. FF7 couldn't live up to it. It's just mediocre.

Other games that comes to mind are Mass Effect and Ocarina of Time. Though I completely understand that Ocarina is a great game. I just didn't play it until years later and it had not aged very well IMO. Also, there's no nostalgia involved for me. Don't underestimate nostalgia (which is why I ADORE A Link to the Past, though some might say it's overrated too. It probably is, but not to me.)

[X]

I tried to get into FF 7 and just couldn't. The first six games were masterpieces in their own way and right. The only thinga about FF 7 that I did like were the detailed backgrounds and the music. The characters are the only real element that killed it for me. They were all really blocky and lacked proper physical proportions. I do  understand that this was around the beginings of the PS1 era so well-designed 3D characters were a bit too much of a stretch, however FF 7 could have done them much differently and still be a big success. Not just with it's new fans but the old ones too. I also find it fascinating that FF 6 adopts a steampunk look while FF 7 goes for the cyberpunk motif.

[Dark Nemesis]

For me it will always be FF7. Don't get me wrong, i have played the game when it came first out, beat the crap out of it, even the emerald and ruby weapons, when almost no other person was able to do it. I like it and the freedom to explore, but for me it's not the best final fantasy or the revolution to the rpg genre that most people claim it to be.

 My 5 most favorite FF games are: 1) FF VIII 2) FF X 3) FF VII 4) FF VI 5) FF IV

[Kale]

Your list is almost decent... it's missing tactics and 6 should be higher.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

My 5 most favorite FF games are: 1) FF VIII 2) FF X 3) FF VII 4) FF VI 5) FF IV

Rearrange to:

1) FFVI
2) FFVIII
3) FFX
4) FFIV
5) FFVII

Now that's a party.

On an entirely tangential note:
I will admit, XIII isn't a TOTAL failure. I have fun with it when I actually play it and I love the character designs. It just needed more elements from classic Final Fantasy games. I refuse to touch XIII-2 because as a rule of thumb I try to stay away from games that involve time travel. Especially when it's a JAPANESE game. Talk about taking a shit all over the rules of causality...

Ok. Have your thread back now.

[Dark Nemesis]

Your list is almost decent... it's missing tactics and 6 should be higher.

I haven't played tactics, so i can't comment on this one, as for 6, i can put it 3rd. I really love ff VIII story, when i play it for the first time, i thought that Squall was my self... then ff x, also has a very interesting story and i like the battle system that it's using.