Most overrated game ever.

[Samfucius]

In terms of letdown, I'm going to go with Silent Hill 2. Everyone I knew kept telling me it was awesomely creepy and really intense, but I played through and never got more than mildly interested. Of course, this may just mean I have retarded friends.

Anyways, what's yours?

[Guitar Woman]

TALES. OF. SYMPHONIA.

>:



Also, I didn't enjoy SH2 either.

[Codiekitty]

How about my Top 20? (http://www.codiekitty.com/File/Overrated/index.htm)

[Grossenschwamm]

Overhyped? Damn, that's a tough one...just kidding.
Halo 2. What the hell was up with that game? Yeah the graphics are great for the Xbox, yeah it's got great gameplay and replay value, but the storyline of the game seems like it was an accident.

Oh, and SH2 was pretty lame. Everything was telegraphed, so you could expect a scare if you already understood the genre.

[executioneer]

i thought resident evil 0 was awfully overrated, myself

[Emu]

what the fuck is with the SH2 hate

Yeah it's gonna look shitty if you go back and play it today, but in its time it was fcking awesome

WoW is overrated by buckets!

[Grossenschwamm]

I thought it was bad even when it came out. When I played it on the PS2 almost six years ago, I could say then that I was unimpressed. I'm not talking about how it looked, because I always look at gameplay first. Its gameplay was dependant on scares. It had none, for me, so I thought it was bad.

But, yeah, WoW is definitely overrated in some aspects. It can't be too horrible if 8 million people still pay to play it, though...

[Angryhydralisk]

Halo 2 and Final Fantasy 7 are total givens.

The closest I can think of besides those is maybe Suikoden, Chrono Cross, and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Lots of characters + RPGS are hard to make work.

By the way, that top 20 list has some interesting inductions, but is kinda shite IMO.

[Emu]

I think I actually like Chrono Cross better than Chrono Trigger. :\

[Guitar Woman]

Final Fantasy 7's a good game :(

[Emu]

I have two copies of it. :\

[Samfucius]

what the fuck is with the SH2 hate

Yeah it's gonna look shitty if you go back and play it today, but in its time it was fcking awesome

WoW is overrated by buckets!

I do completely, without a doubt agree with you on the WoW thing, but I would like to say that the graphics were not what made me annoyed with silent hill 2. It just seemed boring to me. The enemies weren't scary. End of story. Maybe they made some people crap their pants, but for me, no dice. Especially the zombie things at the beginning. When they started slithering around on the ground, I actually died once because of how rediculously funny the whole concept/animation was. It literally made me laugh so hard I dropped my controller. To conclude, I'd really like to say that I didn't hate the game. Really. I just thought it was overhyped.

Oh yeah, final thought: I know the whole "no health bar on screen so you have to feel for the vibration of your heatbeat" thing was kinda cool; actually, it was pretty damn cool, but when I really needed to know my health, I absolutely loathed pausing the game every 30 seconds.

[Pub Lover]

It can't be too horrible if 8 million people still pay to play it, though...

36 million people in the US live below the poverty line, so it can't be that bad.

[Emu]

And how many of them are WoW players?

[Great Mighty Poo]

Fable. So much buildup, such a letdown.

[Fat_Hippo]

Mafia: Everyone kept telling me how great the story is bla bla bla. But here's the thing: Without good gameplay, the story is nothing, and Mafia plays like a poor mans GTA. I wouldn't call it bad, but the story, which hasn't overwhelmed me yet either, can't do everything, and I found many missions to be a pain in the ass. I'm probably still gonna finish the game, since I've only got 2 missions left, but I doubt very much I'm ever playing it again.

[Fathom Zero]

Super Smash Brothers: Melee

[Esuohlim]

Guitar Hero

[Girl Drink Drunk]

The New Super Mario Bros. Not bad, but it wasn't close to being SMB or SMB 3 great.

[terrva]

Oh boy, have i got a few:

- Devil May Cry series. Stupid and corny stories, equally stupid and corny characters. Not even so stupid and corny it's funny, but just stupid and corny.
- Metal Gear Solid series. Same as above, plus crappy gameplay.
- Every JRPG ever made. Same as above.
- Guitar Hero series. Yeah, it's pretty fun with your friends after a couple of beers, but not that fun.
- Every goddamn RTS ever, especially Starcraft. One sentence sums the whole genre up perfectly: "ZERG RUSH KEKEKE ^______^"
- Diablo. Boring hack'n'slash with insanely repetitious gameplay.
- Killer 7. It just sucks.

Feel free to internet kick my internet ass.

[Chojin]

Bioshock. By LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

[Codiekitty]

- Killer 7. It just sucks.Gee, now I feel kind of bad about saying your avatar looked like Mask de Smith.

Although I also hated that game, but I can't say I hated everything about it (I have the Rave On on a CD in my car)

[Guitar Woman]

Killer 7 is fantastic, you shut your whore mouth

[WhiteRat]

Bioshock. By LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
Gotta agree with you on this one. After an hour of so of playing it I got pretty bored and quit.

[Dr. Boogie]

Doom 3

I thought it was a decent game, but people were talking like it was one of the greatest, and reviewers were giving it ratings in the 90s. The game wasn't that scary, people. There were some good audio logs, but how many times can you have an imp jump at you through the door you just opened before it stops being scary? At one point, I just firing my shotgun as soon as the doors opened, and most of the time, I actually would hit and kill one of them.

The graphics were good, but there's more to a good game than just graphics.

I remember PC Gamer but a short article about it in their editorials because they kept getting flak for giving the game a 90-something rating. They said there were two camps on the issue: those who liked the game, and those who didn't "get it". I "got" that they had some big ads in your magazine, PC Gamer, but I still didn't like the game that much.

[Chojin]

Doom 3 I thought was really scary, but it wasn't a great game. And I actually got in the practice of turning around to shoot behind me every time I opened a door, and would usually hit something.

[Alive]

Probably the hardest sell that id faced with doom3 was to the die hard doom fans of the originals. sure the game faced competition but it wasnt like carmack could turn the clock back to '93 and re-create the explosion. 3d graphics and fps style game play had allready been brought to the table long ago, and though the originals were nothing more than fuzzy pixels there wasnt any place left they could have gone with it.

[Guitar Woman]

So after thinking about this for a while I've decided that Silent Hill 2 is the Jim Morrison of videogames


by which I mean it sucks



Another game that got a lot of undeserved praise was Viewtiful Joe.

Fuck that game.

[Fat_Hippo]

Hey, what do you have against Jim Morrison? Sure, he was a freak, but his singing kicked ass. Maybe you just don't like The Doors, but even my great-grandmother, who hated rock music, thought Jim Morrison could sing well.

And I agree with you about doom 3. The fights really were boring and it wasn't scary. The only thing I liked was the ridiculously overdone violence, which I thought was just plain funny.

But what I really hated in Doom 3 was what they did to the shotgun: Once the standard bread-and-butter gun of doom, it wasn't turned into a piece of crap. The game plays several decades (or even further:confused:) in the future and people haven't designed a better shotgun than that? We have better shotguns NOW for fuck's sake! Once a weapon of pride and dignity, it was degraded into a suckfest! It makes me sick!:x And the sound of it got on my nerves after a while too.

[Guitar Woman]

What I mean is that SH2 and the Doors are both incredibly stupid and boring and yield nothing but mastrubatory bullshit

[Mockery]

I'm sure that I'm in the minority here, but I just don't find Super Mario Galaxy all too interesting, and certainly not deserving of the "#1 Game Of All Time" position that it quickly jumped to on many gaming site/publication lists. Hell, I've found Super Paper Mario to be far more interesting and creative of a game, and that's even after sitting through the absurdly long intro story text that you just...can't...skip.

Oh and I second the "Guitar Hero" mention... definitely.

[Fathom Zero]

I agree with your #1, Codiekitty.

[Zomboid]

So after thinking about this for a while I've decided that Silent Hill 2 is the Jim Morrison of videogames


by which I mean it sucks

Ugh.
I'm sure that I'm in the minority here, but I just don't find Super Mario Galaxy all too interesting, and certainly not deserving of the "#1 Game Of All Time" position that it quickly jumped to on many gaming site/publication lists. Hell, I've found Super Paper Mario to be far more interesting and creative of a game, and that's even after sitting through the absurdly long intro story text that you just...can't...skip.

I agree. I started it and got about 24 stars over the course of about 3-4 times sitting down and playing for a bit and it's just not as good as all the hype would have you believe. It really is similar to super mario 64, but that was a far superior game.

[Pub Lover]

Animal Crossing - Does anyone else remember that episode of The Simpsons where Marge wanted Bart and Lisa to do some lawn work and they refuse, then when the fair comes to town the first thing they do is get on the VR Gardening Simulator and call it the most fun they ever had? That's the feeling I get whenever I hear anyone talk about this game

I like that game because all the flowers I plant in real life die without blooming, & I try so hard. :(

[Fat_Hippo]

Hey, animal crossing was fun: you could chase people with an axe and they'd run away from you, just like in real life!:lol

And to GW's opinion of The Doors: Well, I never analyzed the texts, but the music kicks ass, so up yours.

[Esuohlim]

I don't understand Animal Crossing's appeal. I rented it once and after playing for about 15 minutes I ran out of stuff to do. Then I went onto GameFAQs and was told to "go collect seashells and bugs". >:

[Guitar Woman]

I've been saying this about Galaxy for a while, I only finished it to get it out of the way.

Sunshine was waaaaaaaay better, IMO.

[Fat_Hippo]

I don't understand Animal Crossing's appeal. I rented it once and after playing for about 15 minutes I ran out of stuff to do. Then I went onto GameFAQs and was told to "go collect seashells and bugs". >:

Collect seashells and bugs? Man, I was way to busy trying to be a mass murderer(though I don't think you can actually kill anyone)! Granted, once you get tired of that, I don't know what you would do. But just look at them run, heheh.:domo

[Guitar Woman]

Also, I might just be playing a really bad port, and it might be one of those WELL IT WAS AWESOME IF YOU WERE A KID AT THE TIME games like Conker's Bad Fur Day, but I'd like to nominate Splatterhouse.

[Emu]

You know what game gets more praise than it has ever deserved, ever

Kingdom Hearts

People go on about how fun the combat is, but all it is is mashing the square button and occasionally rolling. I thought it would get more fun when I got some more abilities but no, I ended up flying around space in my Tonka Tough spaceship. >:

[Guitar Woman]

Oh, fuck, Tekken.

Every single one of them.

[Fat_Hippo]

Oh, fuck, Tekken.

Every single one of them.

I could never get into any fighting games aside from Super Smash Bros. anyway, and Tekken was no exception. I just got my ass handed to me every single time.

Oh, the Tomb Raider games. How much fun are the same old box shoving and cliff jumping quests anyway? The fights suck too.

[executioneer]

i dig tekken but that's because it's good for people who can't memorize eighteen different keypresses to do a combo

[WhiteRat]

Boo on anyone who rags on Tekken 3. Back in the dog says of high school summers past, my friends and I used to get :hypno and I would see how many matches in a row I could win with Eddie Gordo. My record was 18. I had bought the strategy guide and memorized all of his cheap combos.

It's my favorite PSone game.

[Girl Drink Drunk]

The first two were way overrated (in fact, the first was godawful in my book), but Tekken 3 and Tag Tournament were fucking sweet.

[Zbu Manowar]

I dug Tekken 3 and Tag Tournament. Nothing was better than unlocking the hidden characters and then going off to play that volleyball game. Good times.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, I loved tekken 3. Tekken 2 was alright too, but 3 was just great. Spent one friend's birthday staying up all night and unlocking everyone :O. Being 12 was fun.

[MattJack]

Guitar Hero, DDR, and *gasp* WoW.

I kind of think Halo 3 is overrated too.

[Jeff The Ninja]

Final Fantasy VIII - Because the Main character was boring and shitty (Siefer should have been the main character btw, would have made the game intresting and not as stupid)

Killzone Liberation-If fucking sucks

Bionic Commando-Worse than Killzone

Eternal Champions (not the Sega CD one, the genesis one)-Slow sloppy controls and cheap enemies who can spam specials even when their metre is gone.

Halo 2+3-the only people i know who play this game are idiotic 14-17 year olds who watch inuyasha and naruto.

Dragonball Z budokai-Oh joy, just 1478 more hours of play and then i can unlock super saiyan 3 for Goku. Then the game will get fun. Wheres my Great Saiyaman Superhero beat em up damnit.

Mortal Kombat 3/Ultimate/Trilogy- PURE SHIT.

Final Fantasy X,X-2,XI,XII and likely XIII-Just stop making them already.You reached your peak with VI, so just stop.

Any Godzilla game - JUST LET ME SMASH SHIT. Or give it Controls like a mix of Firepro and Streetfighter. And where the fuck is Gamera, the giant, flying, fire-breathing sea turtle powered by the happyness of japanese children.

Counterstrike - Counterstrike is a unforgivable piece of shit, a decrepid stain on the internet. The game is the biggest piece of shit i have ever had the displeasure of playing. Is it even safe to call it a game when all the game is just one big chatroom full of campers, assholes and elitest fuckwads. Sure, CS may have been fun if you have been playing it since 1999, but its 2007, there are better games, and there were better games before CS (Unreal Tournament). Counterstrike is fucking retarded.

World of Warcraft - YAY, i killed a boar for 10 gold!!!!

i got more, but i cant think of them right now.

[Samfucius]

I love how passionate people get over (almost) meaningless crap like this.

But just to add to the joy, here's another one of my personal most overrated game series of all time:

Grand Theft Auto

Its just not that interesting.

[Zomboid]

HEY JEFF I'M NOT SURE IF YOU PUT ENOUGH THOUGH INTO THAT

[Guitar Woman]

I love how passionate people get over (almost) meaningless crap like this.
The only game I get really angry about people being mindless fags for is Tales of Symphonia, because it is seriously the most horrifying abomination to mankind ever put on an optic disc

[WhiteRat]

Mortal Kombat 3/Ultimate/Trilogy- PURE SHIT.


Is there anyone on this board that even claims these games are good to begin with? Who had these rated highly anyway?

[Fat_Hippo]

I kind of think Halo 3 is overrated too.

I think ALL Halo games are overrated. The only reason it's so famous is because it's the best shooter on the Xbox, which really doesn't mean much. There are dozens of better shooters for the PC, but since it's worshipped by all Xbox gamers, that doesn't really matter.

[Microshock]

Since when is Counter-Strike overrated?

Has it been hyped at all? No. It's a simple game and to say that it's just full of douchebags is so off the point.

There are servers like 4chan where people are complete assholes and spam everything but there are plenty of servers where you can have a good time.

Oh and for most overrated, Bioshock for sure, i am so pissed off when another fucking publication gives it game of the year or some retard award.

At least Games For windows magazine ( Don't judge it by the name, they hate GFw live and clearly state it everywhere) gave Portal game of the year.

[Guitar Woman]

I love the first Halo a lot, I don't see why everyone has a problem with it :<

[Pub Lover]

Because it isn't worth getting an X-Box for, no matter what it's fanboys keep telling me to the contrary.

[Fathom Zero]

My brother stole my copy of Halo 3 and I'm about to beat the shit out of him over it.

[Chojin]

I still like Halo 1 the best out of the trilogy :< Halo 3 isn't bad, though!

Halo 2 is.

[Angryhydralisk]

Any Godzilla game - JUST LET ME SMASH SHIT. Or give it Controls like a mix of Firepro and Streetfighter. And where the fuck is Gamera, the giant, flying, fire-breathing sea turtle powered by the happyness of japanese children.


G:DAMM was fun but the series has progressively gotten worse in digital form. Save the Earth was weak and Unleashed is amazingly crappier. A game with Jet Jaguar in it and it sucks.

I also agree on all the 2D Mortal Kombats after 2. They got too same-y for me.

[executioneer]

lol @ the acronym being g:damm

g:damm it

[Codiekitty]

I think ALL Halo games are overrated. The only reason it's so famous is because it's the best shooter on the Xbox, which really doesn't mean much. There are dozens of better shooters for the PC, but since it's worshipped by all Xbox gamers, that doesn't really matter.I thought Halo's claim to fame was that you could see all the individual blades of grass and leaves on the trees.

[Fat_Hippo]

Yeah? I don't even remember that, and graphics have never mattered to me as much as gameplay anyway. To me it's just always been an average shooter that everyone but me loves so much.

[Pentegarn]

Any Final Fantasy. I like them, don't get me wrong, but I do not think they are the be all and end all of RPGs.

The Madden series. Wow, another Madden game, new rosters, wheeeeeee. And only 50 bucks for the same game... again. I like football, I even think the Madden engine is good, but what is innovative about not chnging anything but the roster and one arbitrary feature every year? Oooh, this year they have "hire your own hotdog vendor" mode. Gotta have that! Puh-lease!

[Dr. Boogie]

Any Godzilla game - JUST LET ME SMASH SHIT. Or give it Controls like a mix of Firepro and Streetfighter. And where the fuck is Gamera, the giant, flying, fire-breathing sea turtle powered by the happyness of japanese children.

Gamera wasn't part of the Godzilla universe. He was just a cheap knockoff made by a competing company.

And what's wrong with Bionic Commando?

[WhiteRat]

The Madden series. Wow, another Madden game, new rosters, wheeeeeee. And only 50 bucks for the same game... again. I like football, I even think the Madden engine is good, but what is innovative about not chnging anything but the roster and one arbitrary feature every year? Oooh, this year they have "hire your own hotdog vendor" mode. Gotta have that! Puh-lease!

Some football fan you are. >:

[Pentegarn]

Some football fan you are. >:

I don't think that makes me any less of a football fan. I just hate that overall the game has changed little in 10 years.

Sega sports proved they could do the same thing as Madden did better and cheaper when they released their 2K game on the PS2 for a mere 20 bucks on day of release, and EA, knowing their secret was exposed did the only thing they could do about it. They bought out the NFL license so they wouldn't have to compete. Now their product is weaker because they don't have to be better than anyone else because they are the only game in town with the NFL license.

But as long as people keep throwing money at their brand this cycle will continue unfortunately. :\

[WhiteRat]

I don't think you can detect sarcasm.

I do agree with your rant on EA's lack of effort as of late but I won't agree with NFL 2k5 being better than Madden 05. Aside from a few nit-picky issues I have, Madden 08 was a big improvement over 07 (ps3 and 360 versions).

[Cedar]

So after thinking about this for a while I've decided that Silent Hill 2 is the Jim Morrison of videogames


by which I mean it sucks



Another game that got a lot of undeserved praise was Viewtiful Joe.

Fuck that game.
silent hill was good and doesn't deserve being compared with jim morrisoon he was fat, ugly, stupid and most of his songs were horrible.

[Pentegarn]

I don't think you can detect sarcasm.

I do agree with your rant on EA's lack of effort as of late but I won't agree with NFL 2k5 being better than Madden 05. Aside from a few nit-picky issues I have, Madden 08 was a big improvement over 07 (ps3 and 360 versions).

You have to admit, voice inflection, which is impossible to convey in the written word form, is a big part of sarcasm. Without it, it is hard to tell sarcasm and a simple rebuttal apart (In either case I would likely have answered the same way though because it was a valid observation that hardcore football fans are usually unquestionably loyal to the Madden franchise, while I am not.)

I happen to like the 2K franchise though. I preferred it from it's inception since I played it on the Dreamcast. That is a matter of personal taste though I suppose. 2K5 had all the things I required out of a good football game. Franchise mode, player stats, solid gameplay. Madden may have looked a bit more polished in the graphics department, but I preferred the more colorful bright look to the ralistic look of Madden, it is a video game after all, so show me something shiney and pretty :lol

[Dr. Octogonopus]

Final Fantasy 8 was a huge letdown for me. It looked so badass, but then i played it and almost threw it away the next day.

[Chojin]

That was a pretty smart reply, Pentagarn.

[Pub Lover]

He sure won this internet argument! :retardedolympicsmeme

[WhiteRat]

I happen to like the 2K franchise though. I preferred it from it's inception since I played it on the Dreamcast. That is a matter of personal taste though I suppose. 2K5 had all the things I required out of a good football game. Franchise mode, player stats, solid gameplay. Madden may have looked a bit more polished in the graphics department, but I preferred the more colorful bright look to the ralistic look of Madden, it is a video game after all, so show me something shiney and pretty :lol

Too bad the 2K series never went the extra mile by changing the graphics to more of an anime-styled look. Why settle for boring "realistic" graphics when you can have a kaleidescope of colors and animations blasting your peepers?

Edit: NFL 2k1 is one of the best football games ever made.

[Pentegarn]

Too bad the 2K series never went the extra mile by changing the graphics to more of an anime-styled look. Why settle for boring "realistic" graphics when you can have a kaleidescope of colors and animations blasting your peepers?

Edit: NFL 2k1 is one of the best football games ever made.

I agree with all of that, even though I know the first part was said in jest ;)

[Chojin]

How did you know? It's impossible to detect sarcasm over the internet.

[Codiekitty]

http://flyingomelettespalace.yuku.com/topic/8086

[Vengeful Asparagus]

World of Warcraft - YAY, i killed a boar for 10 gold!!!!


Dude be serious, Beasts don't drop money.

[Dr. Boogie]

I'm going to make a pre-emptive pick and say Super Smash Brothers Brawl. There's been this incredible hype over the game for months, and I don't see how it could possibly live up to people's expectations.

[Kilgore Cod]

Probably the biggest disappointment was FFX-2. I loved FFX and was excited over the prospect of a direct sequel but after about 3 hours into it I had enough and turned it off.

[MarioRPG]

I'm going to make a pre-emptive pick and say Super Smash Brothers Brawl. There's been this incredible hype over the game for months, and I don't see how it could possibly live up to people's expectations.

Well played, without friends to play with it gets old fast.

(Not that I have no friends, I'm just saying with human opponents in person it is infinitely more fun)

[Dr. Boogie]

That much I can attest to, at least with the other two games. Of course, when you're a casual player and your friends are super hardcore dedicated players... not so much.

[Supafly345]

All games that have any hype at all beyond GTA and oblivion were overhyped.

[23_]

That much I can attest to, at least with the other two games. Of course, when you're a casual player and your friends are super hardcore dedicated players... not so much.
Then it will probably live up to the hype for a casual player, but not for a hardcore one.

[Grossenschwamm]

One thing that's really been pissing me off about Brawl is how many times it gets set back. I pre-ordered it back when the release date was in November. Then it got kicked to December 3rd.
"Yeah, I can wait another month for it."
January 3rd.
"C'mon, Nintendo..."
February 3rd.
"What the hell, man?!"
March 18th.
"Fuck you, Shigeru!"
It's so stupid. I'm gonna go down to Gamestop and see if I can get my money back. They're the one's who told me it was definitely going to release in November. I should've learned my lesson after what happened with Twilight Princess.

[Guitar Woman]

Oh, yeah.

Twilight Princess.

[WhiteRat]

One thing that's really been pissing me off about Brawl is how many times it gets set back. I pre-ordered it back when the release date was in November. Then it got kicked to December 3rd.
"Yeah, I can wait another month for it."
January 3rd.
"C'mon, Nintendo..."
February 3rd.
"What the hell, man?!"
March 18th.
"Fuck you, Shigeru!"
It's so stupid. I'm gonna go down to Gamestop and see if I can get my money back. They're the one's who told me it was definitely going to release in November. I should've learned my lesson after what happened with Twilight Princess.

Yeah, Nintendo (or any company that delays a title) should go fuck themselves for trying to make a polished product that they feel is up their own standards. I love how nerds rage out against companies for delays as if they'd rather play an unfinished or inferior product that is released "on time".

[WhiteRat]

Any Metal Gear Solid game. I thought the first one for PSOne was alright, but the others? I never understood the appeal.

[Emu]

I always liked switching between FPV and 3PV. :\

[Zomboid]

All games that have any hype at all beyond GTA and oblivion were overhyped.
I dunno. I thought Mass Effect lived up to the hype.

[Fat_Hippo]

I love how nerds rage out against companies for delays as if they'd rather play an unfinished or inferior product that is released "on time".

Sometimes it's the other way around though. Lots of people were nearly ready to crucify Jowood for forcing Piranha Bytes to bring Gothic 3 out early, meaning that it was filled with bugs and had way higher hardware requirements than it shoudld have. And Jowood did just 'cause they were nearly bankrupt, but who gives a shit about that? Yep, lots of german gamers will never forgive Jowood for that.

[RaNkeri]

The NES/SNES mario games. They were all "ok", but I just don't see the reason to go apeshit because of them.

But hey, I'm a SEGA fanboy

Oh and Final Fantasy 8 was bad >:

[Guitar Woman]

nobody likes ff8

[Tadao]

nobody

[RaNkeri]

My brother thinks it's the greatest FF ever :/

[Tadao]

NOBODY

[MarioRPG]

I dunno. I thought Mass Effect lived up to the hype.

It had hype?

Or was that the joke.

[Pentegarn]

Any Metal Gear Solid game. I thought the first one for PSOne was alright, but the others? I never understood the appeal.

That series pretty much jumped the shark as soon as 2 didn't star Solid Snake.

[Emu]

I can understand why a lot of people wouldn't like the second one, but you're a douchebag if you didn't at least enjoy the third one.

[Codiekitty]

While we're on the subject of Metal Gear, this is hilarious (http://slowbeef.com/MG2/).

[RaNkeri]

That game kicks ass :rock

[Falconer]

I'd have to say say Mario Sunshine.

[Chojin]

Who overrates mario sunshine? I thought it was pretty much universally reviled?

[Guitar Woman]

I hated Mario Sunshine.

Then I played Galaxy. :x

THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA FOR A THREAD

[Guitar Woman]

That also indirectly reminds me that Morrowind is the worst game I've ever played in my life

[Chojin]

I loved morrowind so much when it came out :<

Then I went back and tried to play it a couple years ago and can't remember why.

[DuFresne]

I'll admit I haven't played very far into it, but I don't see what was so special about Odin Sphere aside from the artwork and visuals. It just made me think that making a 2D game on a console in this day and age will make retro fans go gaga even if there's kinda a lack of fun. :\

[Esuohlim]

Conker's Bad Fur Day is way less fun and interesting than most of my faggy friends had hyped it up to be.

[Fat_Hippo]

I tried it once and it seemed like an okay 3D Platformer, with loads of crude humor thrown in, including but not limited to swears and feces. I always liked Mario 64 better, but then again, who didn't.

[Esuohlim]

To tell you the truth, and I feel like GW here for boldly going against the grain of popular opinion but I really didn't like Mario 64 all that much [/spoils] :(

[Guitar Woman]

I don't like shit no matter how popular it is, buddy

[RPGmaker]

nobody likes ff8


I um actually liked 8 .. I hated X-2 i saw the opening scene and put it back in the box and on the shellf never to move again.

[Fat_Hippo]

I got another one: Deus Ex. Why are people so obsessed with this game. It's really not that great. The combat system is the worst I have EVER seen in an FPS. I realize it's not a straight FPS, but a RPG/FPS hybrid, but that doesn't mean they have to make the shooting system in the game suck so hard it actually ruined the game for me! Seriously, it's mediocre at best.

[eliz.lanier]

It's probably been said but FFVII is highly overrated. It's good but not nearly good as a lot make it out to be.

I think I actually like Chrono Cross better than Chrono Trigger. :\

Same here.

[Guitar Woman]

I love FF7 so much that I'm building an old computer from junk parts so I can play it again.

[Tadao]

:lol

[MetalMilitia]

I love FF7 so much that I'm building an old computer from junk parts so I can play it again.

Makes sense. If you're going to play a junk game you might as well play it on a junk computer.

[Guitar Woman]

;_______;

[Girl Drink Drunk]

(giggles)

[BurntToShreds]

I have never played a single FF game, but I can tell you that FF7 and 8 are overrated just by looking at the search results for them on DeviantART.

[Dr. Boogie]

Just the fact that the made a movie and a couple spin-off games (not to mention the other merchandising) off of FF7 is evidence enough that it's highly overrated.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, it's incredibly overrated, but it was a really fun game. What bugs me about that is that it was a game that I really enjoyed on my first playthrough, and now it's hard to get into it again because so many people are obsessed with it. It's not just a little overrated either, because so many people hail it as the greatest game of all time and nothing will ever top it.

[Codiekitty]

Um, they made spin-offs and a movie about Mario and Street Fighter 2 (I'm not aware of FF7 having a Where's Waldo-type book, although feel free to enlighten me if I'm wrong). Are they considered highly overrated?

As far as FF7 being overrated, I'm a bit torn. I thought it was okay. My beef with it was it was riddled with the stupidest minigames I've ever plodded through, like the snowboarding with the dumbass controls, and performing CPR on the girl, and the Rufus Shinra welcoming display. But when it knocked off that minigame crap and delivered solid RPG gameplay, it was fairly decent. I was also impressed with the graphics (I played through it last summer, for what it's worth)... well, mostly. I mean, Rufus looked like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.

Now, on one hand, there's the "BEST GAME EVER" folks. But I've actually heard more people call it garbage than I have heard it called "Best Game Ever", and most people, even most of the people who call it "Most Overrated Game Ever" seem to only call it "average".

I definitely lean to it being overrated, given all the cosplayers and copycats (like that Zap! webcomic) and how the GameFAQs Character Battles always come down to Cloud vs. Link or Sephiroth vs. Mario, but I think the title of "Most Overrated Game Ever" should go to a game that's actually bad.

At least you can look at the game itself and find inspired monster designs, color, and intriguing scenery, as opposed to Shadow of the Colossus teaching people that brown and gray and a sun that's timefrozen midway through a supernova are preferrable to all of that.

[Dr. Boogie]

Um, they made spin-offs and a movie about Mario and Street Fighter 2 (I'm not aware of FF7 having a Where's Waldo-type book, although feel free to enlighten me if I'm wrong). Are they considered highly overrated?

1. "Mario" is a franchise, not a single game. If they started making spin-offs and movies about Super Mario Bros. 2, then yes, that would likely be an overrated game.

2. SF2 saw all sorts of corny merchandise tie-ins, including GI Joe-style action figures with vehicles for some reason. In that respect, yes, it was completely overblown just like Mortal Kombat would be overblown a few years later. However, the game also did a lot for the SF2 series in terms of game mechanics, including the introduction of the "combo" attack, whereas a game like FF7 had only minor additions to the basic gameplay.


Finally, you're wrong in saying that a game should have to be bad to be overrated. It just has to be not as good as people claim that it is, such as when people talk about FF7 like it was the pinacle of RPGs. That sets the bar way too high for such an "average" game.

As for your comment on how SotC looked, I could care less how a game looks as long as it's entertaining. And I enjoyed Shadow of the Colossus.

[Codiekitty]

I didn't say a game had to be bad to be overrated, I said it should be bad to be the "most overrated game ever".

[Tadao]

We need a shovel Emoticon

[Girl Drink Drunk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBcAFtPYgN8
"WHAT'S TOUGHER THAN A CAPCOM STREET FIGHTER"
Guile- "A Street Fighter's mother?"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

[executioneer]

I didn't say a game had to be bad to be overrated, I said it should be bad to be the "most overrated game ever".

popularity tends be the major cause of over-rating, and genuinely bad games tend to not be popular

[Codiekitty]

popularity tends be the major cause of over-rating, and genuinely bad games tend to not be popular
Yeah, "tend to". But there are some genuinely bad games with rabid fanbases. Final Fight comes to mind. I've only played an hour of it, but I have it on good authority Lunar is horrible.

In any case, I could make a case for Halo being more overrated than FF7. I could probably make a stronger one had I actually played Halo, which I would gladly do if I actually owned an Xbox.

One of FF7's claims to fame is its special effects, like the Star Wars of video games. Most of the summons are flashy, like Bahamut Zero and Knights of the Round, and Sephiroth's Supernova attack. Admittedly they're kind of long, but they're interesting to watch once.

Halo's claim to fame is that you can see all the individual blades of grass and leaves on the trees.

FF7 has all kinds of weird enemies, and you get a nice variety at the beginning of the game, like those wolves with their tails growing out the back of their head, the house that turns into a WMD, and the first boss is some kind of robotic scorpion.

Supposedly, you're fighting the same two or three enemies for the first half of Halo.

FF7 has all kinds of scenery, like Midgar itself, the rubble you climb on the way to Shinra HQ, Cosmo Canyon, or that town that looked like it got nuked and the survivors rebuilt what they could with rubble.

Halo is supposed to take place mostly in boring mechanical bases that all look the same.

The characters in FF7 may not be great, Cloud is emo and Sephiroth is Kefka lite. But Cid is awesome (I once called him a little kid in a compulsive swearing old man's body), and at least they all had faces, names, and some kind of personalities.

Master Chief has none of those features, and as a friend of mine said, might as well be called "Captain Gunshoot Man"

[Chojin]

Depends on what you mean by overrated. By real gamers, FF7 is by FAR the more overrated of the two. Between frat boys and review rags, Halo 3 probably outscored FF7.

One of FF7's claims to fame is its special effects, like the Star Wars of video games.

That's not why it's over-rated today. Most people complain about the long summons.

Halo's claim to fame is that you can see all the individual blades of grass and leaves on the trees.

No it wasn't. It was the AI and the multiplayer.

FF7 has wacky rpg bosses, Halo has two or three enemies

Well, uh, what are you arguing here? Asian RPGs have crazy enemies, therefore they're awesome? Dude, they're ASIAN. That's all they do over there.

And in Halo, you're fighting an army of aliens who come from two or three distinct nationalities. Would you play Call of Duty and complain that all of your enemies are human?

FF7 has scenery / Halo takes place in boring mechanical bases

Both games spend the majority of their time outdoors.

FF7 characters have FACES! Master Chief wears a helmet!

You are aware that master chief isn't the only character in Halo, right? You can dismiss two of the idiotic archetypes in FF7 (both of whom are the main characters), but you can't dismiss the guy that you rarely even see in Halo?

Neither are the best game ever, but FF7 certainly brought less to the table in terms of unique gameplay than the first Halo did. The "7" here is the clue.

Speaking of clues, seek one out.

[Chojin]

Also - http://kotaku.com/364353/dengeki-readers-say-fav-2007-game-fav-of-all-time

[Roggs]

1. "Mario" is a franchise, not a single game.

FFVII has (for better or worse [probably worse]) become a franchise as well, though. Hence games like Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus.

Personally, as far as FFVII goes, I'm in the "Best Game Ever" camp. I actually think it's underrated in many ways.

Most overrated game ever, off the top of my head, would have to be Rainbow 6 Vegas. I played that for 20 minutes and was bored out of my mind the whole time.

[Girl Drink Drunk]

Whoops

[Girl Drink Drunk]

Whoops

[Girl Drink Drunk]

I thought the story in FFIV and FFVI were way better developed.......

[timrpgland]

I got another one: Deus Ex. Why are people so obsessed with this game. It's really not that great. The combat system is the worst I have EVER seen in an FPS. I realize it's not a straight FPS, but a RPG/FPS hybrid, but that doesn't mean they have to make the shooting system in the game suck so hard it actually ruined the game for me! Seriously, it's mediocre at best.

Deus Ex is great because of all the ways you can go about doing things. I do agree that the gunplay combat is annoying. It's that way because it isn't a traditional FPS where you are supposed to go balls out and kill everything so it's toned down a lot and pretty much just a real time rpg combat system. After upgrading your gun abilities and weapons, it does get better.

[Mr. Noodlehead]

World of warcraft

I just don't see the appeal...

[Chojin]

Yeah, I tried WOW myself twice and just couldn't get into it.

[Samfucius]

I'd like to point out something about FFVII that I've noticed over the years.

As I've discussed video games with my friends, and FFVII has come up, I have always noticed one consistant thing. Every single guy with the exeption of one I have ever asked for their opinion on FFVII has called it either mediocre or crappy, or maybe average. On the extreme other hand, all five or six of the girl gamers I know start foaming at the mouth, creaming their pants, and rolling on the floor screaming "CLOUD!!! MMMMM!!!! CLOUDY-CLOUD-CLOUD!!! TAKE ME NOW!!!" or something to that effect.

What is it with girls and FFVII? I'm not trying to be an asshole, and I'm sure there are some girls out there who hate the game, and just as many guys who adore it, but seriously, they must live in a dimension parallel to mine, or something.

However, as I pointed out at the beginning of the thread, I may just have especially crazy friends.

[Emu]

You must, because girls don't play video games.

[Fat_Hippo]

Some do, Emu. A couple of girls in my class have a Wii. Sure, you'll be hard pressed to find any actual gamers among them, but there quite a few who play video games every once in a while.

[WhiteRat]

I call bullshit. No girl would ever be caught dead playing a video game.

[Fat_Hippo]

I call bullshit on your bullshit. With the whole new wave of casual gaming, more and more girls are playing video games. Hence the fact that some girls in my class have Wiis, as opposed to Xbox's or PS3's'.

[WhiteRat]

I feel that i'm not going out on a limb when i call you a LIAR. No girl would EVER play a video game. End of story. Case closed. Good day, sir!

[Zomboid]

In my sociology class, a pretty good looking girl was looking at the smash bros brawl website and she even corrected me on it's release date :O

PS I just picked up brawl

[Samfucius]

I feel that i'm not going out on a limb when i call you a LIAR. No girl would EVER play a video game. End of story. Case closed. Good day, sir!

I think if you met my friend Codi your head would explode. Not only does she know how to code games herself (and not with some shitty fill-in-the-blanks program either), her goal in life is to design video games. And yes, she even plays them.


I can still kick her ass at just about every game though.


P.S. She's pretty good-looking too.

[Pub Lover]

WE HAVE SETTLED THIS ISSUE! YOU ARE A LIAR & GIRLS DO NOT PLAY GAMES! >:

[Pub Lover]

'VIDEO GAMES' THAT IS. WE ALL KNOW GIRLS PLAY MIND GAMES, AMIRITE GUYS?

[ElPila666]

Yeah video games was invented for male wanker jerkoffs, and now they're improved with consoles like nintendo Wii where you can shake it, yeah baby shake that control like a weiner, that's it. i don't know if lesbians play video games though

[OxBlood]

I think, female Videogamers are some kind of modern-day myth, like dragons in the woods or the Sasquatch.

As for FF7...I didn´t really care about Mr. I-was-in-Soldier-yes-really-believe-me, aka Cloud...but I liked 7´s Battle-System a lot. Plus, it had a nice ammount of optional content.

[Guitar Woman]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2192/120303561057zs0.jpg

[ElPila666]

GW is the living proof that girls play video games

[executioneer]

gw is a teenage boy, elpila

[Emu]

yeah, we were all disappointed too

[ElPila666]

Please don't ruin my illusion he still being a sweet little girl for me :(

[Pub Lover]

I wasn't. :orgasm

[Girl Drink Drunk]

Please don't ruin my illusion he still being a sweet little girl for me :(
http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22286
Sorry, but this should fill you in.

[ElPila666]

This is sad like the day i found out that Santa doesn't exist and the one when i found that The Blair Witch Project was fake

[OxBlood]

I said it. Girls don´t play videogames. I´m an expert with some fancy diploma hanging on my wall, so trust me. It is also highly debatable, if Women use the Internet at all...still looking into that.

[MetalMilitia]

They use it to buy bras and tampons probably :x

[Emu]

And sampler cheesecakes. :\

[Chojin]

GDD, pila specifically asked you NOT to tell him.

SPOILER TAGS NEXT TIME, CUNT

[Girl Drink Drunk]

It was for his own good.

[caffman]

I'd say possibly Lair on PS3. Dire beyond fuggin belief

[Zebra 3]

Since I hate most first person games I'll go with Doom 64 and Turok for the N64.

[Darmy647]

Halo 3. It just felt like ive already played it before.

[pac-man]

I've read the board, followed the topic, and didn't plan to post. The obvious choices are now out of the way.

Final Fantasy VII is a cinch, and for a while, this might as well had become a FF message board; it says it right on the back of the box: "Quite possibly the greatest game ever made." How could it not be overrated?

Halo 2 & 3 are locks too... Shooters have evolved less than JRPG's in my opinion, and most of the one's that are highly regarded since Doom got high marks on their graphics, story, or multiplayer.

WoW is a take-it-or-leave-it proposal; MMO's generally are, and just because this one got recognized by South Park doesn't make it special or great, just popular. I've played it and others. It doesn't do anything special. It just does what it does better than the rest.

Metal Gear Solid 2 was overrated by the gaming press, and I think even those who exalted it when it came out would deride it now.

Only one person mentioned Fable, and I agree. However, it was more a victim of hype than most of the others. Molyneux promised more than he could deliver, and more than any forseeable generation of consoles can deliver. It's rating's as I remember weren't great, but they were generous.

No one has mentioned The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. So I'm going to put it out there. It's the Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull of that series to this point. And I liked the graphics and stylistic direction of the game. The storybook/waterpaint motif worked. I don't think that it was a victim of hype, because once the screenshots were released, everyone ignored every aspect of the game to bitch about the new look. Don't get me wrong, Wind Waker is way better than a slew of games out there. The mechanics put in place by Ocarina of Time set the series up for success in the third dimension. But the pacing, the plot, the bosses, the adventure, and so on and so forth were just "meh" compared to what Nintendo Power, IGN, GamePro, EGM, and most other reviews I read made it out to be.

[Fat_Hippo]

Okay, this one's a bit too obvious, but one game hasn't been mentioned yet (as far as I've seen) that deserves it's place in this thread: Crysis. Why the fuck is this game getting scores in the 90's on so many major gaming sites?
Okay, the graphics are good. Got that. But it's also the most hardware hungry programm ever to be seen on PC, so I would actually count that AGAINST the games score, since even on my PC, which is pretty damn good actually, I couldn't run it on medium quality without the frame rate frequently slowing down. Blech.
And the game itself is only mediocre. Fighting against the Koreans using your abilities is pretty fun, sure, but as soon as you see have to fight the aliens the game turns into a boring piece of shit, meaning the last 3 hours or so just plain suck. Anything higher than a rating in the 70's is too high, and even that's generous.

[dddddddddd]

lufia comes to mind as being a overrated game

[Guitar Woman]

I'm glad this thread was bumped so that I could tell pac man how completely fucking not correct he is about windwaker.

[pac-man]

I'll do my homework and find the scores on TLOZ:TWW; I remember it getting great ratings from the gaming press, though, which to me weren't entirely deserved. I just felt that it never made it over the cusp of being a good game to being a great one.

edit:
9.6 IGN
5.0/5 GamePro
9.3/10 Game Spot
9.83/10 EGM

(I found the ratings on Wikipedia, so they could be completely fucking wrong)

[executioneer]

so you just are going on magazine reviews, then

[Lobo Tommy]

COD4. It just sucks so many balls.

[Fat_Hippo]

Are you fucking kidding me? How the hell could you not liked CoD 4? Sure, it was all scripted, but that didn't stop the fights from being nothing short of amazing. And it looks nice too!

[Lobo Tommy]

Are you fucking kidding me? How the hell could you not liked CoD 4? Sure, it was all scripted, but that didn't stop the fights from being nothing short of amazing. And it looks nice too!

I have never had fun playing a match in COD4. The only redeeming feature is the story.

There are a lot better shooters for the 360. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Halo 3 are examples.

[Fathom Zero]

I was going to trade in Call of Duty 4 before I remembered I borrowed it from a friend.

Who wants to buy my copy of Halo 3?

[pac-man]

so you just are going on magazine reviews, then

Yeah; when TWW came out I was stoked, and I checked the reviews and they were stellar. Then I played it and felt kinda "Meh." Plus like I said, all the obviously overrated games have been mentioned. Wind Waker comes far down my list of overrated games, but it's on there nonetheless.

[lamb]

the street fighter, metroid and halo series are completely overrated

[Chojin]

smash bros and world of warcraft

[Lobo Tommy]

the street fighter, metroid and halo series are completely overrated

I've always liked Metroid. It has an awesome atmosphere and story. The gameplay is pretty great too.

Street Fighter is terrible. I don't get why it was so fun on arcades 9fun enough to start "the Age of 2-D Fighters" or whatever.

[Fathom Zero]

I got a girlfriend. She likes Jak and Daxter and Grand Theft Auto and Super Smash Bros. and Mario Party.

[Girl Drink Drunk]

I've always liked Metroid. It has an awesome atmosphere and story. The gameplay is pretty great too.

Street Fighter is terrible. I don't get why it was so fun on arcades 9fun enough to start "the Age of 2-D Fighters" or whatever.
Mabye you just have a terrible taste in fighting games.

[Guitar Woman]

There is no fighting game that is not awful.

[Guitar Woman]

Except Shaq-Fu.

[Lobo Tommy]

What about Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi?

[Guitar Woman]

Final Fantasy Tactics has got to be the single most boring game I've ever played in my life.

[Fathom Zero]

You've got to be the most boring game.

[Emu]

FFT is going to seem boring by today's standards. You kind of have to have grown up with it.

I didn't play Vagrant Story until last year, and I was about bored to tears after an hour of playing. :(

[Guitar Woman]

GENERATE SPHERE, POKE ENEMY, 15 SECOND PROCESS

REPEAT TO INFINITY

[MartinSargent]

Halo games. I really dislike them. They're pretentious. They take themselves waaay too seriously. There's a God forsaken auto aim you CAN'T turn off. I hate that damn auto/sticky aim. Now all the friggin FPS games have it. Why must games be dumbed down?

Timesplitters series is so much better than Halo series.

Hopefully Timesplitters 4 on The Wii and The Conduit will be fun, cuz I can't stand these recent FPS games. They're so boring. I couldn't care less about their "mad grafix" either.

I was so sad at the Haze reviews. I thought Free Radical could do no wrong.

[ShadowedHogosha]

GTA4 Nuff Said.

[Chojin]

Final Fantasy Tactics has got to be the single most boring game I've ever played in my life.

You are the only other person on earth that agrees with me.

And no, emu, this game was boring as fuck from day 1.

[Guitar Woman]

Special props to Tactics Advance for having the stupidest 4th wall breaking in the history of gaming.

MAN, IT'S JUST LIKE I'M IN FINAL FANTASY!

[MetalMilitia]

You are the only other person on earth that agrees with me.

And no, emu, this game was boring as fuck from day 1.

I agree that all the Final Fantasy games are boring as fuck.

[Dimnos]

You cant trust any reviews anymore. :( There just bought now days.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

If you play a few hours in FFT it gets a lot better. I was a strong advocate for it's terribleness but now it's one of my favs.

[Schimid]

FFT is the only FF game I've ever, ever liked and I can attest to the greatness. FFT:A was pretty good too, I don't remember it breaking the fourth wall but I remember the judge system completely fucking me over a few times, like telling me never to attack.

I'm playing through Silent Hill 2 again and I realized that if you don't play it in the right environment, the game can be absolutely horrible. It's probably why so many people hate it.

[Guitar Woman]

Well, after playing the first one I can see why everyone saw it as so much of an improvement.

Because it was.

The hospital in SH1 is really, really creepy, I've got to admit, but like SH2 there haven't really been any outright pants shitting moments. The first time I encountered a Dark Nurse was sort of unsettling, but when I got the hammer/pickaxe thing and started bashing the heads of the hospital staff in with nary a second thought it all became shits and giggles.

This sort of reminds me of how Resident Evil 4 stopped being scary after I got the shotgun and realized that I was DEATH INCARNATE.

[bloc partyin']

half life 2. if it didn't have sweet graphics, no one would give a shit.

[Emu]

FFT is the only FF game I've ever, ever liked and I can attest to the greatness. FFT:A was pretty good too, I don't remember it breaking the fourth wall but I remember the judge system completely fucking me over a few times, like telling me never to attack.

I'm playing through Silent Hill 2 again and I realized that if you don't play it in the right environment, the game can be absolutely horrible. It's probably why so many people hate it.

SH2 was fantastic for me because I was the only person in my group of friends with the balls to actually play it. Three girls shrieking every ten minutes is empowering. :3

[liquidstatik]

ALL THE HALO GAMES >:

[Guitar Woman]

Halo 1 is great, shut yo mouf

[Cedar]

Killer 7 is fantastic, you shut your whore mouth
^^^ ^

[LordSappington]

ALL THE HALO GAMES >:

Go die
They weren't like orgasmic, but they all rocked.

[Guitar Woman]

I almost said shut your whore mouth, mabye you would have had a case then.

[Cedar]

Go die
They weren't like orgasmic, but they all rocked.
they can be both good and overrated

[Dimnos]

None of the Halo games or Killer 7 are half as overrated as FF7 or any FF game thereafter. Half Life 2 was quite weak aswell.

[liquidstatik]

FF9 is the only one I've ever gotten close to beating, and it was pretty neat. Of all the FF games, I don't hear shit about it. :(

[Guitar Woman]

that's because it's terrible.

[liquidstatik]

GW I HOPE YOU KNOW I ASSUME THAT YOU DON'T EVEN PLAY VIDEO GAMES SO WHATEVER YOU SAY IS MEANINGLESS OKAY?

[liquidstatik]

either way, IF THE REST OF THEM ARE LIKE THAT, then yeah they're pretty overrated :x

[Guitar Woman]

On the positive side, I thought FF9 had a good soundtrack!

[Stavekoff]

BUMP. Ocarina of Time. Biggest piece of shit I've ever touched. This game makes me vomit.

[Neen]

Judging from the Battle Network shit, I assume you're like twelve.

[Guitar Woman]

AudioSurf

[Zomboid]

Mario Strikers, Killer 7, Katamari, Okami, and Guilty Gear.

Mario Tennis and Mario Golf are a HOOT though!

[Guitar Woman]

I can understand not liking most of those, but Katamari?

Everyone likes Katamari.

You forgot to dislike Psychonauts, too! That's also creative and original and charming and funny. I can see that real men are averse to such qualities.

[RaNkeri]

Halo, it was boring and repeative. I'm quite sure the sequels aren't any better, after all 99% of Halo's fanbase consists of sweaty 13-year-old boys who play though and swear during the game while their parents aren't around

Only thing I liked about the game was Master chief's pistol.

[Zomboid]

Go back to snacking on kinder surprise eggs, you fat foreign fuck.

I've never played psychonauts.

[MarioRPG]

Did Spore make the list yet

[Tadao]

Mother 3

[liquidstatik]

see tadao when i saw your name in this thread i knew thats what you were ognna say man come on now >:

[Tadao]

I had to be said though before someone like DWP says it.

[liquidstatik]

tru

[Bahmo]

Did Spore make the list yet

Spore really doesn't belong there. It's more of a potentially awesome game that was totally fucked up in a way that enraged its original supporters, than it is one that got unwarranted positive press once it was released.

A big pick of mine has to be Duck Hunt. It's hailed as being such a retro gem just because the dog was amusing, but the gameplay really isn't that good, and in fact, the gun worked only half the time, as I remember.

Also, Viewtiful Joe. It never ceases to enrage me that the media glorified the game for how difficult it was. It's one thing for a game like Megaman to be difficult, because running and gunning is generic, and so at least one game is entitled to be harder than the pack. However, VJ was an innovative idea with broad appeal to begin with, so making it difficult only ruined it for many people. It's even worse when the game had multiple difficulty levels. They could have just made the lowest level really easy, and kept the highest level the same, working perfectly to please everyone, but instead they just settled on hard, harder, hardest. That's a bad idea.

[Guitar Woman]

Viewtiful Joe also just sucks

[Bahmo]

I personally liked it until it got difficult.

[Jeff The Ninja]

Mirrors Edge eats shit. Same with Braid.


Bionic Commando Rearmed is suprisingly good, despite how shitty the NES game is.

[ItalianStereotype]

I'm still all about Guilty Gear, y'all just some haters.

Madden though, that shit is super lame.

[Karmapolice]

Killzone and probably Killzone 2. They touted the game as a "Halo killer" but turned out to be another average game. And they were sending viral videos of the second one even before PS3 came out and so far not even a public beta is in sight.

[Guitar Woman]

Far Cry

The only thing I really like here is how enemy models get bullet holes in them wherever you shoot them

[Dimnos]

Mirrors Edge eats shit. Same with Braid.


Bionic Commando Rearmed is suprisingly good, despite how shitty the NES game is.


Shut your mouth! Bionic Commando was the best game on the old NES

[Jeff The Ninja]

Shut your mouth! Bionic Commando was the best game on the old NES

you are only saying that because you like 8 bit gore.

[Grislygus]

If Bionic Commando, of all things, was shitty, then so was EVERY GAME on the fucking thing

[Sam]

GUYS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BIONIC COMMANDO IS SHITTY BECAUSE YOU CANNOT JUMP OR GIVE YOUR OPPONENT AN EXPLODER SUPLEX OFF THE TOP ROPE. :rolleyes

[Guitar Woman]

waaaaaaaah I can't handle NES difficulty this game is terrible

[Jeff The Ninja]

If Bionic Commando, of all things, was shitty, then so was EVERY GAME on the fucking thing

see, the thing is that if i play a NES game, i would much rather play Ninja Gaiden, or Super Mario Bros, or power blade or Double Dragon.

A couple of months ago, i bought Rearmed and after a few hours of playing it, i pretty much like "Holy shit, this game is fucking awesome. Maybe i was wrong about the NES version this whole time." So i fire it up on my PC, and it was just as bad as i remember it being. Its not like Bionic Commando was completely revolting, but it felt so mediocre that i can not possibly fathom how that game has so much popularity.

[Guitar Woman]

You're an idiot is how

[Grislygus]

Considering how unbelievably lame Power Blade was, and further considering that the only people who pretend to like it are Seanbaby fans, there's not really much room to talk about mediocre games

[Bahmo]

As I said on the DKU, in terms of a whole series taken together, the award for Most Overrated probably has to go to Mario Kart. Simply put, it has very little actual gameplay; only luck, and punishing good players and rewarding bad ones, which MK does with reckless abandon by giving great items to the guys in last place, and having the best items harass the leader, is a stupid, unfair, and enraging design choice.

[Zomboid]

Mirrors Edge eats shit. Same with Braid.


Bionic Commando Rearmed is suprisingly good, despite how shitty the NES game is.
You're just a fucking idiot. I was really hoping that you'd died in that period you were gone.

[Grislygus]

What the hell is a DKU

[Sam]

DONKEY KONG UNIVERSITY

[Grislygus]

FUCK DKU, MAN, CALL THEMSELVES A PARTY COLLEGE?!

[Bahmo]

Donkey Kong Universe. They were a cool forum, until their asswipes of mods kicked me out.

[Grislygus]

THEY KICKED ME OUT FOR HAVING A BEER BONG IN MY DORM, MAN, FUCKIN LAME AN SHIT

[Tadao]

Dirty Kikes United!

[Nick]

As I said on the DKU, in terms of a whole series taken together, the award for Most Overrated probably has to go to Mario Kart. Simply put, it has very little actual gameplay; only luck, and punishing good players and rewarding bad ones, which MK does with reckless abandon by giving great items to the guys in last place, and having the best items harass the leader, is a stupid, unfair, and enraging design choice.
Am I the only who automatically thought he was referring to Mortal Kombat there for a second.

[Sam]

As soon as he said overrated. :rolleyes

[Nick]

Ah dayum!