Topic: Most Overated game(s) In Your Opinion

[Ahasverus]

Wolrd of Warcraft:
My GOd I just can't believe how people can waste their times (lives!) in this big fetch quest!, it's boring, generic, tedious, hell long, devoid of storyline, featuring laughable technical assets, clunky management system, with quests done to death, and better, thousands of times in other game. If you wanna play WOW make yourself a favor and buy Amalur, or Skyrim or something! That's quality western RPG.

Gears of War:
It' incredible, I've bought the three games because people just request them when they come to my place, but I can't stand them. They are so dumb... he word "dudebro" had not been better used than to describe this macho-bullet-slaughter-and-nothing-more fest. And lol at their "emotional scenes".

Call of Duty and its friends
I'm tired of FPS's and It hurts me that the most important gaming franchise is the dumbest, emptiest, most basic of them all. A whole popcorn-bombastic thing to appeal to owr lower "hey it's a exploison woohoooo!" take that russians" insincts. Thanks Michael Bay, you did us a greeeat favor. now go back in time and kill your mother, please...

 (jk )

Devil May Cry
It's japanese dumb. I can't stand it. Loud music big sized women "pretty  boy" with a long sword and a cape, dumb enemy AI, clunky camera and even clunkier platfforms. Also, invisible walls, ugh!. Also, it's not that fluid, Bayonetta wiped the floor with it. The floor of the whole Wayne mansion actually.

Bioshock
It hurts my soul to say this, no doub it atmosphere is brilliant and its story great and mature, two things that I adore in videogames above everything, but... it's kinda boring. Stil great game deserving all the accolads, but by what it means, not by what it is.

Mass Effect
I just have no words, how Bioware could come from Jade Empire with great combat sytem, exotic locales, likable characters with a dose of humor, excellent animations and condensed story, to this. Fails as an RPG and fails as a TPS, it's tooooo serious and it's not that good, also, animations are a joke

And poor fans, Bioware could not end this series in a lower note, they seem  like they don't care

Ok enough rant /for now/ now you know my darker side 

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Mortal Kombat. That's my answer. They got things right in MK2 (maybe MK3 too).

You should play the latest reboot, the latest Mortal Kombat, as it takes you back and has you replay the story of the old games with a fresh new look.  It's really a good game.

[Sumac]

But MK1 didn't impress me at the time when it was big.

I think the main reason behind MK1 popularity was that you could kill your opponent. Visually this game not that interesting to say the least. Soundtrack is thing of its own, some people will like it, some not. And battle system and physics are not very good.

However its one of my favorite games in the series, just for the pure sense of nostalgia. It is true child of the 80-s and this is the reason why I love it to bits. And for the crappy AI (for an arcade game) too.
For the record, I never liked MK2. But I don't think its overrated. Just not my cup of tea.

As for the overrated games...Dunno. There are some popular games that I dislike, but I think the reason for it is that they don't cater to my tastes, not that they are inherently bad.
For example I disliked Max Payne - it was not very unique game for me. Too much reliance on the slow-mo. Because of it game was more of a chore than the action.
Another popular game that I disliked was Half Life 1. It was awesome...at the first few levels, than it became boring as hell. I barely made it to the end of the game, because it was so boring. The final boss was a big dissappointment.
And I don't think that GTA series is that awesome.

[KaZudra]

Mega Man 2.

Oh yeah, I love Megaman but this one is SUPER overrated.
so overrated that there were gonna be 3 clones of it on XBLA/PSN (MM9, MM10, and MMU)

[crisis]

I agree, Call of Duty & it's incarnations are very overrated (starting to become like Madden; release a new one every year, rinse, repeat), but I admit I still play it from time to time to pwn my friends



n-no one better say God of War, cuz that series kicks ass & i will prove you wrong with strong rhetoric if you hate on it 

[Kale]

Omg... I can't believe I've posted in this thread and did not say God of War. Maybe because I tend to try to ignore it's existence it's so bad. Though I don't think I've posted my personal overrated game, so this is a good chance. God of War's entire series. Crap, the lot of it.

[crisis]

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 

[JR]

The only valid complaint I can see someone make is the story, and the QTE's.

The story in the sequels wasn't quite as satisfying to me as the original, but that was always just a small nag for me. I always thought they were fun, well-presented games. Never really understood the hate, either.

[Flame]

Oh yeah, I love Megaman but this one is SUPER overrated.
so overrated that there were gonna be 3 clones of it on XBLA/PSN (MM9, MM10, and MMU)

I woulnt have minded Universe if only for it';s heavy customizability in both character and stages. character swap parts? neat. make your own stages? neat-er.

[KaZudra]

I woulnt have minded Universe if only for it';s heavy customizability in both character and stages. character swap parts? neat. make your own stages? neat-er.

I kinda saw it as Powerup 2 without the chibi with capcom's Shoving SF or RE in all thier games

[Keldor]

every first person shooter ever made.

[Aridale]

I read thru both pages just to make sure I wasnt gonna be the only person to mention FF7!

[Flame]

every first person shooter ever made.

Metroid Prime is sad ):

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I used to be a BIG FFVII fanboy.
Then I became a hater.
Then I leveled out and merely maintain a healthy dislike of the game, which has NOT aged well at all.

I won't include it.

Instead, I will include World of Warcraft, which REALLY isn't as good as it's fanbase insists. There are tons of MMOs out there that have more compelling stories, and deeper gameplay mechanics. A few of those don't even CHARGE MONEY TO PLAY.

Sorry WoW. You've been outpaced and outplayed.

Also: Halo Reach. It IS the best Halo since Combat Evolved. But that still leaves it with dated shooting mechanics that a lot of FPS players come to expect, like ironsights on weapons. Halo Reach looks great, and tells a genuine story, but it needs to play like a game that was made after 2002 if it wants off my list.

Also Skyrim, what with the arrows in knees and the Fus roh d-- *plays it* Nope. It's actually pretty perfectly rated.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Metroid Prime is sad ):

Yeah...