What games do you most often see mentioned as being the most overrated game of all time?

Not asking what you think is overrated but what games have you noticed are most associated with the term overrated? From what I've noticed the two main games that are brought up are Ocarina of Time and Final Fantasy 7.

The people who say Final Fantasy 7 is over rated are the people who didn't play it when it was released but rather more recently IE the last decade.

Agree with this

Pretty much any game with many accolades.

Witcher 3 is mentioned a lot about overrated

I often hear that GTA is overrated.

@seanh: I played FF7 when it came out on PS1 and ..... it's over rated. It was a improvement on how the last 6 games where. BUT FF8 just made FF7 look completely out of date. And the only reason people made a big deal about FF7 was because aeris got killed in it. There is nothing in it back then or now that made it great. And yes I beat it. All you need to do was have knights of the round with a 3x times use on every ones weapon and the last bosses where easily destroyed. Like the big giant robot I killed in two hits. Was just crazy powered.

Of course FF8 made FF7 look out of date. It was a newer game = | You might as well have said FFX makes FF7 look outdated.

I'm not sure what your point was there. Your point about ''all you need is knights of the round'' is the same as saying ''all you need to do is get to level 99 and its easy''. It's the journey that gets you to that point is what's important. What we have to remember here is that this game came out for the PS1 and millions of people still play the game today, including myself. There aren't that many games you can say that about.

Oh and Aeris getting killed is not why people make a big deal out of the game. They make a big deal out of it because it's a damn good game.

All games which have a dedicated marketing budget to get overrated, are overrated ;)

I notice people that only played GoldenEye 007 for the first time in recent years often call it overrated. It has aged poorly, so those people that missed out on the fun of playing GoldenEye 007 with a group of friends back in the 90s will never understand why this game is so highly regarded by those of us who did.

Ocarina of Time.. great game but i dont even think its the best Zelda

@seanh: FF7 was cool but definitely not the best in series. Characters like Red 13 and even Cait Sith stood out to me more than the arrogant, ridiculous Cloud and the goodie two shoes Aeris. I enjoyed Chrono Trigger much more than FF7. Even FF6 and FF9 had more interesting stories to tell.

Yeah apart from the addicting gameplay, epic story, likeable cast, awesome materia system, tons of sidequests and great minigames but sure, nothing made FFVII excellent.

FFVII is by far the most underrated game ever, wanna know why; because you can't go any site without seeing "OH FFVII IS SO OVERRATED, THE GAME WAS NEVER GOOD"

Indeed, it's not the best in series - My personal favourite FF game is 8 and 9 - I'd probably have to lean more towards 8 being my most favourite, and while I don't think FF7 is over rated at all, I think FF8 and 9 are under rated.

@seanh: So you have to play a game when it's released to be able to enjoy it? I played Dragon Quest 3 25 years after it was first released and yet it became one of my favorite games ever!

@Flubbbs: I think it's Majoras Mask personally.

Depression Quest.

A lot of triple a releases this year I thought were hugely overrated. The big one that comes to mind is Fallout 4. Sorry if I just offended a lot of you.

Really? I can't imagine those two getting a lot of mentions because at the time of release, they opened the eyes of gamers at the time to a whole new platform of experience. I believe Ocarina has probably aged better but that's mainly because I believe FF series has improved far more than Zelda.

Metal Gear Solid 4.

Almost any game that has some form of popularity or acclaim. It's like some people deliberately don't want anyone to enjoy the things they hate for some reason.

Agreed, FF8 blew FF7 out of the water.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the GTA games in general are overrated IMO.

gta 4 comes to mind. I love the game though.

Pretty subjective topic. Mario, Zelda and FF series are overrated to me. I have never played them (except that one Mario game as a kid) and I don't plan to but I believe they are great games/series. The problem is when people spam everywhere about how they are the best of the best. Honestly, TW3 is going toward this route fast.

But I digress, this isn't the games fault but rather their more vocal and enthusiastic fans. God of War is very overrated to me. I don't see the appeal.