Your most overrated games ever?

[QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

MGS4 doesn't compromise the gameplay.

It's a 10 hour game, and a 10 hour movie, yes, but the gameplay is solid (hihi)

When I say a game is a movie and not a game, that means the gameplay is a shallow michael bay roller coaster ride (scripted, QTE, everything is context sensitive). I'm fine with actual cutscenes.

Heirren

You don't disagree, you misread.

I praise MGS4, it's a 10 in my book. The last part is me clarifying what I mean when I say "I hate movie-games"

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

MGS4 by a fvcking mile.

Sushiglutton

Reason that boss was the most fun was cos it was more in keeping with normal MGS boss figths. The rest were sh!t

[QUOTE="Heirren"][QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

MGS4 doesn't compromise the gameplay.

It's a 10 hour game, and a 10 hour movie, yes, but the gameplay is solid (hihi)

When I say a game is a movie and not a game, that means the gameplay is a shallow michael bay roller coaster ride (scripted, QTE, everything is context sensitive). I'm fine with actual cutscenes.

SuperFlakeman

You don't disagree, you misread.

I praise MGS4, it's a 10 in my book. The last part is me clarifying what I mean when I say "I hate movie-games"

[QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

[QUOTE="Heirren"] I disagree. It can be played in a number of ways. They give you a battlefield, you must go from a to b, but it's up to the player on how to accomplish the task.Heirren

You don't disagree, you misread.

I praise MGS4, it's a 10 in my book. The last part is me clarifying what I mean when I say "I hate movie-games"

Thing is there are people who would claim I'm being hypocritical when I praise MGS4 yet call out "movie games" so I felt I had to clarify, there is a distinction

[QUOTE="GreekGameManiac"]Ocarina of Time(you KNOW it's true)themajormayor

SMG 1-2 and Halo ODST. Heil68

[QUOTE="Heil68"]SMG 1-2 and Halo ODST. TheEroica

[QUOTE="Heil68"]SMG 1-2 and Halo ODST. TheEroica

The greatness of SMG games is the level of gameplay variety. There are a vast number of mechanics, they always introduce a new one around every corner. The thing is you can take 2-3 of them and create entire games, and there are tons of them. Then there's the mindblowing applications of gravity, some of the things like 3D spherical worlds, walking upside down, revolving around cylindrical shaped objects; that alone is impressive in a video game.

Also the fact that the game design is masterful, best I've ever seen in my life. Dat Yoshiaki Koizumi (director of SMG)

But besides that everything is practically perfect.Graphics (varied, creative, colors, 60 fps), the OST is insanely good (mix of grand orchestrated tracks and gamey tunes), controls/physics are god-tier. Learning/Difficulty curves are flawless in the second game (first SMG is on the easy side).

There is literally nothing bad to say about the second game.

That said (lol), I can understand some people's dislike at the whole obstacle course approach to level design, as opposed to the open environments of its predecessors. But in my view, the linear approach is what a platformer is about.

MGS4, pretty much anything from Rockstar, and most over hyped indie games.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="GreekGameManiac"]Ocarina of Time(you KNOW it's true)Heirren

MGS4

Uncharted 2

Killzone 3

Journey (altough i gave it the same score as on gamespot, most cows just overrate it)

Any Blizzard and Call of Duty games

RDR, CoD (That's a given), Halo to some extent, GTAIV, and Indie games as a wole. People overvalue them too much.

Shadow of the Colossus-I was not a fan of the gameplay and while the idea of the whole game consisting of boss battles was unique, it got repetitive after a while.

GTA IV-I tried playing this for 2 hours and the missions felt repetitive and the controls weren't great.

Uncharted 2-The story and dialogue were great but the gameplay was mediocre at best. The puzzles were too easy, there was too much climbing, and the shooting was mindless.

God of War-felt like a button masher and was frustrating at parts, such as the spiked tower near the end.

New Super Mario Brothers-Huge disappointment. Too short and easy of a game and felt like a rehash.

-Uncharted 3 (The gameplay is seriously AWFUL! I cannot fathom how people can praise such trash. The gameplay reminded me of freaking RE: ORC...)

- Grand Theft Auto 4 (Multi=player was the only thing that stood out in this one. I couldn't stand to play the single player which is sad considering how amazing the story was in San Andreas)

- Journey (Sorry, but a 2-hour downloadable title does not compare to the numerous FANTASTIC full retail games that came out this last year. On top of that, it isn't even the best downloadable game of last year. That honor belongs to The Walking Dead.)

- Halo: Reach (This one depends on who you talk to more or less. Some people act like this game was good. Others like me realized it was trash and a big stain on the Halo name. Thank God Halo 4 was good and restored my faith in the series. Reach seriously almost killed the Halo series for me...)

- Super Mario Galaxy (Seriously so boring I couldn't stand playing more than a few minutes, yet these games got 10's? Come on now...)

Easilly Uncharted

The game was good (Uncharted 2), but is not what is hyped to be

Shadow of the Colossus-I was not a fan of the gameplay and while the idea of the whole game consisting of boss battles was unique, it got repetitive after a while.

bowserjr123

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Halo series

Journey

Dragon Age Origins

Demon's/Dark Souls

Mario Galaxy

Final Fantasy 13

Devil May Cry

Left 4 Dead

Far Cry 2

And plenty more :)

Halo series

Journey

Dragon Age Origins

Demon's/Dark Souls

Mario Galaxy

Final Fantasy 13

Devil May Cry

And plenty more :)

ShadowMoses900

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Halo series

Journey

Dragon Age Origins

Demon's/Dark Souls

Mario Galaxy

Final Fantasy 13

Devil May Cry

And plenty more :)

MonsieurX

Demon's Souls and Journey are both PS3 exclusives :?

Since I cant remember games that I played from last gen that were really popular and I didnt liked (besides Halo 1,2) the next list is made up mostly from current gen games:

Fallout 3

TES IV

Halo series

Batman Arkham series

Borderlands

AC series (at some extent)

Super Mario Galaxy (still liked it but the near perfect scores and GOTYs were undeserved imho)

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Halo series

Journey

Dragon Age Origins

Demon's/Dark Souls

Mario Galaxy

Final Fantasy 13

Devil May Cry

And plenty more :)

MonsieurX

read again

Half Life 2

Half Life 2

jg4xchamp

Half Life 2

jg4xchamp

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]

Half Life 2

seanmcloughlin

Red Dead Redemption is one of the most boring games I've ever played. I didn't even like the characters save for Marston. They were all just poorly written imo.

I have a short list.

the Legend of Zelda OOT - it was good, but not THAT good

Max Payne 3 - really now?

Any Assassins creed game (maybeexcept the first) - Guess what is in the title, "Assassin" guess what you do not do? The games are not really that special, and rode on a hype wave.

the CoD MW series, they are good, but not as good as they tended to get credit for

the GOW series

and the worst offender of all: GTA 4 No need to explain this one

Overrated is a meaningless term, especially on this forum.

Overrated is a meaningless term, especially on this forum.

tryagainlater

Pretty much. Any relevent game in the history of video games is pretty much "overrated" going by SW's logic.

As for games that were well received that I did not care for:

Final Fantasy Tactics

Shadow of the Colossus (good game, hjust not "best game of all time material")

Castlevania 1 and 3 on the NES

Sonic 1-3 on the genesis (good games, just not great IMO)

All that comes to mind so far.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]

Half Life 2

jg4xchamp

I find that hard to believe seen as it's still pretty good and still better than most shooters.

But then again I wasn't a PC gamer in 2004

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]thank god i played that game before i knew a lot about it would have sullied the experience completely

seanmcloughlin

I find that hard to believe seen as it's still pretty good and still better than most shooters.

But then again I wasn't a PC gamer in 2004

Anything with uncharted, metal gear or final fantasy in its name.

Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Donkey Kong Country 2
Metal Gear Solid
Shadow of the Colossus
Kingdom Hearts
Half-Life 2
Golden Eye
Wind Waker
Resident Evil
Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner
Kirby games
Ratchet and Clank
Journey
Little Big Planet 2
Rockstar games in general
God of War
Limbo
Halo 3

I like these threads. :D

Mass Effect Franchise, really cannot understand why everyone thinks these games are so great

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"] It wasn't even that special in 2004. jg4xchamp

I find that hard to believe seen as it's still pretty good and still better than most shooters.

But then again I wasn't a PC gamer in 2004

Oh c'mon, you know you'd vote it for best boat/car driving sequences in video game history.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

I find that hard to believe seen as it's still pretty good and still better than most shooters.

But then again I wasn't a PC gamer in 2004

Ly_the_Fairy

Oh c'mon, you know you'd vote it for best boat/car driving sequences in video game history.

That's debatable, but some people claim HL2 is the best game ever made at times. And while it's excellent, it's not the best

[QUOTE="Ly_the_Fairy"]

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"] It's a very good game. But it's...some of the other pedestals its put on that I would argue are undeserving. seanmcloughlin

Oh c'mon, you know you'd vote it for best boat/car driving sequences in video game history.

That's debatable, but some people claim HL2 is the best game ever made at times. And while it's excellent, it's not the best

The most overrated game of all time is Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 (PS2). A skateboarding game scores a 10 on GS... wow...

See my blog

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

I find that hard to believe seen as it's still pretty good and still better than most shooters.

But then again I wasn't a PC gamer in 2004

Ly_the_Fairy

Oh c'mon, you know you'd vote it for best boat/car driving sequences in video game history.

[QUOTE="Ly_the_Fairy"]

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"] It's a very good game. But it's...some of the other pedestals its put on that I would argue are undeserving. jg4xchamp

Oh c'mon, you know you'd vote it for best boat/car driving sequences in video game history.