Most overrated PC game of all time?

[QUOTE="ct1615"][QUOTE="fatshodan"][QUOTE="ct1615"]

the "protagonist" acted more like a 14 year olds wet dream fantasy.

fatshodan

I don't agree with people who say this. I mean, think about it - Geralt is a pretty good looking guy, and he kills monsters for a living. Girls in that culture would cream their panties for that kind of thing.

I don't see why a guy who sleeps with almost every girl he meets makes it somehow juvenile.

:lol:

I'm sorry but you could not be more wrong. He looked like he was dead, not good looking at all .

Well, that is a matter of preference I suppose - but consider that he does not live on contemporary Earth. The pasty-white skin look might have been a hot look. There are styIes and phases. I don't know when exactly, but some time between the 16th and 19th century in England, fat women were very, very popular with men.

What's attractive to our eyes changes with the culture in which we live - to a degree, at least.

Also, women - especially girls - love novelty. When I was in America, my English accent alone was an all-access pass, if you know what I mean. Him being irregular could be a source of major attraction for them. Especially when you consider his other attributes.

His dialogue was silly.ct1615

Most of the dialogue in most of the game is a little silly. Hypothetically, if I was a woman, I don't think anything he said would have put me off him. And if I found him physically attractive (and as a straight male, I do) I don't think I would really care about what he had to say, anyway.

And trying to sleep with girls in a video game??? come on how desperate are you?ct1615

So, violence is fine, language is fine, but sex makes me desperate? It's not about wanting to see it, it's about not thinking it's bad or juvenile. I have no insecurity issues on the matter - I see nothing pathetic about it. I'm not some horny kid getting off on it, it just... is. And I'm okay with that. It adds to the character, which adds to the story.

When I think of people who denounce soft sexual images like that, I think of people who are insecure with their own sexual inexperience and who are trying to make others think they're 'better than that' by implying that stuff like that is childish.

other then the stupid cards there was no point to it.ct1615

The cards were utterly ridiculous. I can agree with that - but they also made me laugh. Hard. Anything that makes me laugh is okay in my book, whether it was deliberate or not.

I'm sure if you want to see sex on your computer, there may be a few places on the internet you can go.ct1615

Yeah, I have a 500GB USB HDD for just such a reason, but again, it's not about getting off on it. Do you get off on violent images in violent games? Do you then start telling yourself that instead of enjoying the virtual violence, you should start watching snuff films instead? Of course not!

I think sex in games is fun, just like violence. And, in the real world, real people actually do have sex (so I've heard, anyway!) - and I don't see how also including it in a game is somehow automatically a bad thing.

Computer games are ever becoming more mature, and in the last few years have been recognised by filmmakers as a legitimate means of storytelling (or income, depending on your cynicism), and with more mature storytelling becomes more mature characters, which invariably means relationships - which will always lead to sex. We are going to see more and more sex in games in the future, I think. Especially out of Europe.

Somebody make shodan a mod. Now.

[QUOTE="pdkkbarnes1"]Deus Exthanatose

Wow, you must not have played it untill long after it was released. Deus Ex was one of the greatest games of it's time and is still a good game now, even if the graphics are cleary dated a decade later.

I'd have to go with WoW on this one.

I have to agree with you Deus Ex is not one bit overrated I am playing for the first time this week and it is still amazing!

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[QUOTE="pdkkbarnes1"]Deus ExInterfior2

Wow, you must not have played it untill long after it was released. Deus Ex was one of the greatest games of it's time and is still a good game now, even if the graphics are cleary dated a decade later.

I'd have to go with WoW on this one.

I have to agree with you Deus Ex is not one bit overrated I am playing for the first time this week and it is still amazing!

I like Deus Ex, but it has the clunkiest controls ever. Really hinders the enjoyment.

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[QUOTE="pdkkbarnes1"]Deus ExGooeykat

Wow, you must not have played it untill long after it was released. Deus Ex was one of the greatest games of it's time and is still a good game now, even if the graphics are cleary dated a decade later.

I'd have to go with WoW on this one.

I have to agree with you Deus Ex is not one bit overrated I am playing for the first time this week and it is still amazing!

I like Deus Ex, but it has the clunkiest controls ever. Really hinders the enjoyment.

I thought it was a pretty standard FPS setup and you can customise the controls as you please...

CRYSIS

god that game was horrible!!
Plain and simple this game would've been great 10 YEARS AGO.
1) Crappy story - so there's an island that has findings of alien tech and its let loose, and you have to destroy the island... wow, how original. Is like playing Doom.
2) Crappy gameplay - so you have a suit which you can set to run faster, give more strenght, jump higher, become cloaked, and more armor... right, like in the middle of a firefight I'm going to be looking at my keyboard, having to search for the keys to access those features. Why not have strenght, armor, and speed all in default? And just have cloak seperately?
3) Crappy suit - All those features in the suit, specially the only thing this game has going for it IS THE CLOAK, and it all lasts but 2-5 SECONDS!! WTF? Useless suit.
4) Crappy specs - I can run CoD4 all on high, I can run Gears of War all on high, I can run Bioshock all on high, but I cannot run Crysis past medium. Even when it is on medium, it fills up with characters, it slows down to a halt!! Waaaaay too much specs config.

The only thing this game has going for it, is the soundtrack, nice music. Other than that, there's is NOTHING revolutionary about this game, it is WAAAAYYY overhyped.

trusake3

Woah, only 3 posts into the topic, and we have a winner!

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[QUOTE="pdkkbarnes1"]Deus ExInterfior2

Wow, you must not have played it untill long after it was released. Deus Ex was one of the greatest games of it's time and is still a good game now, even if the graphics are cleary dated a decade later.

I'd have to go with WoW on this one.

I have to agree with you Deus Ex is not one bit overrated I am playing for the first time this week and it is still amazing!

starcraft,*runs out*inyourface_12

You better run

and WoW i think its great but its overrated

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Dave's Revenge

That game got a way higher rating than what it should have. The graphics are awful. In the part at the end where Dave shoots Alvin, you can't even tell what happened. It looks like a dot flew out of Dave and hit a red and brown block with a hat. I wasn't even sure what happened until I read online what it was supposed to be. What an awful game.

[QUOTE="RobbieH1234"]Yes, it's on consoles, but Oblivion is easily the most overrated game I've ever played.GodLovesDead

I change my vote to Oblivion. I can *almost* see how someone can enjoy WoW but I simply can't understand how people think Oblivion is a great game. Are these people just completely oblivious to what makes a good RPG?

One month ago or not I'm going to burn this comment. An RPG is a game that mainly focuses on character interaction an/or development, you don't even need a story for an RPG. Oblivian has some of the deepest character development of all time. That alone makes it an RPG.

[QUOTE="inyourface_12"]starcraft,*runs out*SaintJimmmy

You better run

and WoW i think its great but its overrated

Starcraft. OVERRATED. That game isn't nearly as good as Tiberian Sun. Now what? Also WoW SUCKS. Badly.

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[QUOTE="pdkkbarnes1"]Deus ExGooeykat

Wow, you must not have played it untill long after it was released. Deus Ex was one of the greatest games of it's time and is still a good game now, even if the graphics are cleary dated a decade later.

I'd have to go with WoW on this one.

I have to agree with you Deus Ex is not one bit overrated I am playing for the first time this week and it is still amazing!

I like Deus Ex, but it has the clunkiest controls ever. Really hinders the enjoyment.

my vote goes to Deus Ex as well...i understand i could be an acquired taste, but to me it's quite an overrated title.

Wow isnt overrated. It's highly addictive and fun if you're into MMORPGS. If you have the luxury of time and convenience, World of Warcraft would be all the gaming you need.

Overrated games that come to mind, Myst, Call of Duty 4 (PC version), Half-Life 2, Oblivion, Graw. Hell, I take it back, Call of Duty 4 is overrated across all platforms. It really is. Dont get me wrong, it's a great game, 9.0 worthy but the press behind this thing is nutz. I didnt think it was Godly like what people made it out to be.

That was a reader vote in PC powerplay.

I voted, and certainly didnt vote for it.

Im sure if it was done by the staff themselves things would be different.

That was a reader vote in PC powerplay.

I voted, and certainly didnt vote for it.

Im sure if it was done by the staff themselves things would be different.

skrat_01

Which game are you talking about?

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

That was a reader vote in PC powerplay.

I voted, and certainly didnt vote for it.

Im sure if it was done by the staff themselves things would be different.

biggest_loser

Which game are you talking about?

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="skrat_01"]

That was a reader vote in PC powerplay.

I voted, and certainly didnt vote for it.

Im sure if it was done by the staff themselves things would be different.

skrat_01

Which game are you talking about?

No way. That is not overrated at all. Awesome SP game, very polished as well as addictive and innovating MP.

[QUOTE="skrat_01"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="skrat_01"]

That was a reader vote in PC powerplay.

I voted, and certainly didnt vote for it.

Im sure if it was done by the staff themselves things would be different.

biggest_loser

Which game are you talking about?

No way. That is not overrated at all. Awesome SP game, very polished as well as addictive and innovating MP.

The Singleplayer was a scripted roller-coaster, while good, its level design heavily fluctuated, and fell by the waist-side at the end, the story lost the plot as soon as the all Ghilled up mission appeared (an unnecessary flashback, that deviated the story). And it was very short.

Most of all it wasn't at the calibre that was set by COD1.

The multiplayer was simply an unlock and perk system stuck atop of your usual standard game modes. Unlocks and stat tracking has been done before, and perk systems have been done in many modifications (to a much greater extent). Sure its very good mp (I have put almost 30 hours into it, and am in a clan), but its hardly innovative nor very progressive stuff.

[QUOTE="Kuyt19"]

To the OP - COD4 ain't overrated. WTH were you thinkin'? :P

aliblabla2007

I think Duke was highly overrated for a Doom clone that has semi naked chicks as its selling point. hamidious

Don't worry people are going to see how dated its long awaited sequel is when its released (supposedly) this year.

Crysis is probably the most overrated game of all time though.

1.Multiplayer SUCKS! (and im a MP person) its just run 'n gun all the way in free for all, and everyone is hacking! (f*cking punkbuster)

2.Singleplayer has he worst story i've ever seen, and the gameplay is just flat out boring after 30 minutes (cloak...proneproneproneprone... *Maximum strength* Korean: OMGWTFBBQ! *loads of gunfire*.... *click left mouse to load previous check point, reverting in 10...9...8..)

3.all in all, the graphics are the only thing this game has going for it, i think the gameplay could have been a lot more fun if the game was more violent, and had realistic blood, making it feel slightly more rewarding to shoot at these korean f*ckers... ragdolls being turned off for dead bidies is also probably the gayest thing i've ever experienced... all the guns feel like they suck massivley too, koreans will take 5-8 bullets before they finally colapse in the most boring way ever and become completly static

cod 4 is overrated... if stalker got a 8.5, then this game deserved a 8. Stupid story, rail shooter, only 5 hours long at most, endless stream of ennemy, stupid grenade system, small map, suffer from the hero syndrom (the american and british are so awsome and they can kill 300 of these bad muslims/russian without suffering any lost), stupid health system, overrated mp (little map mean low player limit=less fun) no vehicule like in UO and, even though you have been trained in the us army or the sas, you can't open a damn door the whole game.

Oblivion is also overrated in my book, but I am not sure wich one is the worst of the two.

So lets blame console gaming like we usually do, everything is their fault!

Franko_3

[QUOTE="Kuyt19"][QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="Kuyt19"][QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="Kuyt19"]

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"]After reading you say that console gamers have no brain, I branded you as a fanboy, you probably won't care though.PyroPice

NAH. It's just fun to irritate console fanboys with their holier-than-thou attitude.:P

P.S. - And i just branded you a fanboy too, console-wise of course. Hope you don't mind. Cheers!

That doesn't make you any less of a fanboy. My statement was directed at console fanboys only and you probably found it offensive. Which indirectly makes you a console fanboy or a console fan at least. Simple logic.:P

So being open minded is being a fanboy know?

Defending console fanboys isn't being open-minded, not in a PC Games forum at least. Speaking of forums, the PS3 and X360 forums are just a couple of blocks down the road. You might wanna check them out. You'll probably find more people there who agree with you.

you pc fanboys really hate consoles dont you? Whyt cant you realize that both platforsm have thier advantages, its ridiculous, the only reason to bash something so much for no reasons is beause your jealous , is that it?

Baldur's Gate II.

*jumps behind gigantic ceramite flame shield*

Ahurigaan

You better :evil:

My pick is The Longest Journey

Oblivion. It isn't a bad game but it is extremely overrated with all the "greatest game ever" nonsense it got from reviewers.

Though I do like it for the fact it p***es off the RPG purists with their elitist nonsense and strict definitions of what constitutes an RPG.

Oblivion. It isn't a bad game but it is extremely overrated with all the "greatest game ever" nonsense it got from reviewers.BladeMaster84

Call of Duty 4. Good game but its not as absolutely "amazing" as everyone makes it out to be.

Oblivion and CoD4.. Pretty much a dumbing down of their respective genre..

Oblivion- leveled enviroment, leveled loot, no point in exploring, no character devoelpment, no real consquences, no story worth mentioning, weak saunce combat for a game that is light in rpg elements...

CoD4- typical Tom Clancy story filled with the typical bad guys in the past 50 years, extremely linear game with weak saunce artifical borders, the inability to open doors, no real enviroment interaction (there was more in Half-Life 1 for crying out loud), Respawning enemies, weak AI, multiplayer that is merely ok no where near above any of the top shooters out there.

After seeing CoD4 get labeled "2nd best PC Game of All Time" in Australia's PC Powerplay, I'm going to go with that.aliblabla2007

2nd best pc game of all time??? :lol: they must have forgotten starcraft, dawn of war, system shock ,deus ex, doom, half life and so forth :)

CRYSIS

god that game was horrible!!
Plain and simple this game would've been great 10 YEARS AGO.
1) Crappy story - so there's an island that has findings of alien tech and its let loose, and you have to destroy the island... wow, how original. Is like playing Doom.
2) Crappy gameplay - so you have a suit which you can set to run faster, give more strenght, jump higher, become cloaked, and more armor... right, like in the middle of a firefight I'm going to be looking at my keyboard, having to search for the keys to access those features. Why not have strenght, armor, and speed all in default? And just have cloak seperately?
3) Crappy suit - All those features in the suit, specially the only thing this game has going for it IS THE CLOAK, and it all lasts but 2-5 SECONDS!! WTF? Useless suit.
4) Crappy specs - I can run CoD4 all on high, I can run Gears of War all on high, I can run Bioshock all on high, but I cannot run Crysis past medium. Even when it is on medium, it fills up with characters, it slows down to a halt!! Waaaaay too much specs config.

The only thing this game has going for it, is the soundtrack, nice music. Other than that, there's is NOTHING revolutionary about this game, it is WAAAAYYY overhyped.

trusake3

It may benefit you to know that you CAN map the suit keys to your keyboard, try reading the instructions next time :o now that ive blown one of your points to utter **** let's continue shall we? What's the point of having cloak if you can run around with it not depleteing quickly? Maybe you would have been better suited for one of the more easy difficulties. It slows your rig to a halt??COD4 is linear as hell, they don't give you multiple ways to achieve your objectsives, you HAVE to do it their way, now crysis lets you choose how you want to do something. Will you use maxium strength so you can jump up the hill and snipe them from above, sneak in with the cloak, use maxium speed to take them all out quickly or use a combo of all 3??

I never understood these threads, they just seem so pointless. One person says a game is overrated, then another person says it's not, then someone says it is and we just end creating huge quote pyramids which don't solve anything. (BTW HL2 is not overrated)mracoon

hahahahahha.

That contradiction is hillarious :D

Also, i don't understand all the COD4 bashing.

It has nice graphics, the multiplayer is epic, and i was reallly sadened by the ending, it was tragic, to play the whole campaign with griggs/vasquez/captain price/gaz at your side, then for them to be killed. Sure, SP was a bit short, a bit abrupt, But i really enjoyed it.

Also, i don't understand all the COD4 bashing.

It has nice graphics, the multiplayer is epic, and i was reallly sadened by the ending, it was tragic, to play the whole campaign with griggs/vasquez/captain price/gaz at your side, then for them to be killed. Sure, SP was a bit short, a bit abrupt, But i really enjoyed it.

rik666

Graphics: Yes graphics are nice but just about every game looks spectacular now a days.. The story was merely ok in my book, it was a typical Tom Clancy spheel that involved Russian terrorists, and Arabic coup forces.. And the multiplayer certainly is not the best thing out of the market.. Its good don't get me wrong, but for the most part most gave the multiplayer of the year to Team Fortress 2 over the game..

After seeing CoD4 get labeled "2nd best PC Game of All Time" in Australia's PC Powerplay, I'm going to go with that.aliblabla2007

Agreed. COD4 is the most overrated piece of junk I have ever seen. The multiplayer is great, but that single player is a generic linear piece of ****. Ok, I'm just exaggerating, but honestly, its not worthy of the praise its getting.

Don't diss Crysis, btw. It's one of the best games ever, and you can't comment on it until you have played it completely.

mass effect was a too overrated for me.

and 9.0 from gamespot. wow.. must of been good. got to play it and was dissapointed from the start.

graphics are pretty bad too. textures looks low res even on "very high".

Characters did look good though ill give them that. Storyline was ok.

heaps of glitches for me when playing, got stuck on the edge of surfaces/land.

What was the point of chosing what you say, it still ended up the same way in the end.

people call it a masterpiece:? i guees i just dont see it.

[QUOTE="aliblabla2007"]After seeing CoD4 get labeled "2nd best PC Game of All Time" in Australia's PC Powerplay, I'm going to go with that.siddhartha211

Agreed. COD4 is the most overrated piece of junk I have ever seen. The multiplayer is great, but that single player is a generic linear piece of ****. Ok, I'm just exaggerating, but honestly, its not worthy of the praise its getting.

Don't diss Crysis, btw. It's one of the best games ever, and you can't comment on it until you have played it completely.

Too bad for you i've finished it and commented somewhere on the early pages.

Everything made by Blizzard

I have yet to play one of their games where I have gone "wow I see what everybody is raving about" ... my thoughts are more along the line of "Is this it?"

ohho that statement my friend is worthy of pistols at dawn

but seriously i might have to go with half life 2

_Greywolf_

Most overrated? I think it's CoD4.