Most overrated games of all time?

[resistanze]

Smoke a philly and then play it. Then you really realize how messed up it is. Dinosaurs shooting eggs out of their mouths, nailing flying birds from the sky by throwing a turnip at them.
It's crazy.

To top it off, you find out after beating the game that it was just Mario experiencing a meth-induced nightmare.

I gotta add Warcraft 3 to the overrated list. I never was into RTS games, so I may be prejudice.

[Slinkyman]

or playing an fps on a console, especially online, is re ed. people complained about quake 2 being slower than quake 1 - halo plays at a snails pace compared to either of those. there's no strafing and you're stuck playing on a pos controller crawling around. they should have kept it on the pc, then it may have been worth something.

Halo isn't a twitch shooter like quake so you can't compare the two when it comes to speed of the game. Halo is a game anyone can pick up and play whether they're good at FPS or not which is why it's so popular.

[Oscar DeLa]

I don't know what it is but virtua fighter, super mario bros 2, halo, super smash bros, 007 games, splinter cell, rainbow 7, fight for iraq 2, desert storm 3 etc...

[tlongII]

All of the above.

[leemajors]

Halo isn't a twitch shooter like quake so you can't compare the two when it comes to speed of the game. Halo is a game anyone can pick up and play whether they're good at FPS or not which is why it's so popular.

twitch shooter? i understand your other point, halo is a good game for newbs.

[ObiwanGinobili]

all Final Fantasy;s - except Tactics.
WOW
GOW
and Madden NFL

[jaespur21]

Madden NFL is awesome. i enjoy playing online still. i dont know what the most of yall are talking about. most of the games yall are mentioning are great games

[NASpurs]

Any real time strategy game.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

i agree with you completely, going back and playing Goldeneye was quite dissappointing, although i went back and played DOOM and it's just as fun as the first time i played it. Every ting on Halo probably sucks at it and got tired of getting T-bagged.

???? that is one of the main reasons i thought halo was incredibly gay

anyone can get to the point where you will win just as much as the other guy by playing it like a madman
the learning curve is steep but you get to the point where there is no real difference between you and the other
i noticed this in people who played it alot and add to the fact that 1st person shooters are overrated in general, i never wanted to play it in depth.

then you get into team tactics and they have those little headset things to help you, its just all so 1986, would much rather play ncaa online with a headset than halo

[dirk4mvp]

any RPG's are overrated. They all suck.

[jaespur21]

any RPG's are overrated. They all suck.

Even Oblivion?

[TxJudsonRocketTx]

Halo/Counterstrike, basically any first person shooter after Goldeneye is so ing overrated

they're all the same exact game yet people act like its something special

I'm guessing youve never played counter-strike before Source or something, but I can tell you there's a reason that game is considered one of the best PC games of all-time. It doesnt get much better than a 32 person game online with realistic limb damage and all that that was new in its time. And Final Fantasy and GOW are overrated? Seriously? FFVII is widely considered one of the great games of all time, the story was wonderful and gameplay was spot-on. Also FFX is one of my favorite games ever, but saying the entire series is overrated is dumb and probably comes from someone that hasnt played any of the games. Oh and I dont even wanna get started on whoever said Madden was overrated thats terrible

[E20]

It's kind of funny, everybody gives there opnion hoping to change others, but that NEVER happens and in the end everybody is mad.

[TxJudsonRocketTx]

It's kind of funny, everybody gives there opnion hoping to change others, but that NEVER happens and in the end everybody is mad.

I'm just sayin, Goldeneye and Counterstrike were both great games but for different reasons, I think Goldeneye made the FPS genre, but CS took it to another level

[leemajors]

I'm guessing youve never played counter-strike before Source or something, but I can tell you there's a reason that game is considered one of the best PC games of all-time. It doesnt get much better than a 32 person game online with realistic limb damage and all that that was new in its time. And Final Fantasy and GOW are overrated? Seriously? FFVII is widely considered one of the great games of all time, the story was wonderful and gameplay was spot-on. Also FFX is one of my favorite games ever, but saying the entire series is overrated is dumb and probably comes from someone that hasnt played any of the games. Oh and I dont even wanna get started on whoever said Madden was overrated thats terrible

the original soldier of fortune game had realistic limb damage long before counterstrike. the second took it to another level. counterstrike has been around since 99 as a half life mod, but it looked nothing like what you probably started on.

[leemajors]

I'm just sayin, Goldeneye and Counterstrike were both great games but for different reasons, I think Goldeneye made the FPS genre, but CS took it to another level

uhh wolfenstein 3d made the fps genre, doom took it to another level. quake took it even further by encouraging fans to create their own mods, like team fortress and CTF. without iD, the FPS would be nowhere.

[TheSanityAnnex]

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[TxJudsonRocketTx]

uhh wolfenstein 3d made the fps genre, doom took it to another level. quake took it even further by encouraging fans to create their own mods, like team fortress and CTF. without iD, the FPS would be nowhere.

I didnt mean made the genre, bad choice of words on my part, but before CS it had never been done on such a large scale with all of the capabilities, I started on I think 1.3 so when it was all done at 1.6 yeah it looked nothing near what it had when it started out, like the beta version and all. CS imo revolutionized the online FPS and set the standard for games of the future

[themvp]

Every single game is overrated.

[leemajors]

I didnt mean made the genre, bad choice of words on my part, but before CS it had never been done on such a large scale with all of the capabilities, I started on I think 1.3 so when it was all done at 1.6 yeah it looked nothing near what it had when it started out, like the beta version and all. CS imo revolutionized the online FPS and set the standard for games of the future

i don't agree at all, the quake series set the standard, but cs did offer an easier format for people to jump right in and play. quake has a much steeper learning curve.

[dougp]

Halo/Counterstrike, basically any first person shooter after Goldeneye is so ing overrated

they're all the same exact game yet people act like its something special

If you want to talk about overrated - it's GoldenEye. Fun FPS, multiplayer wise was Doom2/Quake/Quake2/TeamFortress, etc.

Sorry, if you want to get technical ... all FPS after Wolf3D were all the same, and anything after multiplayer DOOM is overrated for more than 1 player.

[DarkReign]

SoF2 >>>>>>> ALL

I would still own you noobs in that game. LOL

1. The halo series
2. Gears of War
3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
4. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
5. Doom 3

So basically anything popular is overrated. I bet youre a real Katamari fan? Or Shadow of Colossus. Youre a snobby gamer in a genre full of people just like you.

Overrated, by my definition, is a game hyped to be the second coming of Jesus, only to be a footnote for a bad punchline in some future review. ie Dakatana, Fable, Black & White, any Peter Molyneaux game really, etc.

While I detest Halo and its fanbois, is it really overrated? It filled a niche, a gaping chasm really, in the console market. An original IP first person shooter paced to a console control scheme.

It may shock most of us who frequent a computer nearly all day, everyday, but some people are still highly intimidated by the glowing box and all the cables that stick out of it. It may seem second nature to a person like myself to sit thru a 45 minute install of the new OMGWTFPWN hot le, but someone else finds that difficult and incredibly boring.

Be thankful for the Halos of the world, they bring fresh minds to the gaming world, with different wants and needs, thereby pushing developers to greater heights (see GoW). GoW would not work on the PC. Its too dumbed down for snobby PC gamers. Ever see the UI of a decked out player with every add-on and mod in World of Warcraft? Not for the feint of heart (or people with epilepsy).

As for your list, I think it absolutely blows. You may not like any one of those games, you may think theyre overrated, etc. The problem is, each one of those games offered some sort of innovation to the genre. It may not have created the genre, it may not have added to the genre, but they certainly refined it some small way...I would go so far as to say in LARGE ways.

Examples:

1. The halo series: I hate it. To reitierate my point, it filled a gaping hole in the console market. A gaping bleeding wound in the genre lineup. Viva Pinata may be the spring board for RTS games to finally break the same kind of mold (too what degree, I have no idea)

2. Gears of War: Refined it spectacularly. Ease of use. Easy to learn, difficult to master (I hate the melee nade kills, thats what made me quit playing, but thats me)

3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Refined it immensely. From airplanes, to harriers, to helicopters, to size, to scale, to mayhem, to the developer that brought "sandbox" gameplay to the forefront of innovation and popularity, this admission is a complete joke.

4. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty: Never played it. No idea.

5. Doom 3: The one agree with. Woohoo...its dark...all the time....no, you cant have your flashlight out WHILE you shoot, you have to download a mod for that. Beyond that, it did nothing special...Doom 3 wasnt supposed to be onnovative though, it was just a glorified tech demo for the Doom engine.

[monosylab1k]

Halo multiplayer is great.

Halo "story" mode is the most boring, repe ive crap ever. Godawful story too.

[SAtown]

I think Madden falls into this category perfectly, especially the "next gen" ones. I mean, the 360 versions of 06 & 07 were COMPLETE CRAP. Good graphics, horrible player builds, horrible tackling animations, horrible presentation, laggy online play, etc... They take features away every year then reinstall them in the next year's version and call them "all new." They outsell almost every other game every year, and mostly because there is no other sim style football game out there, since they bought the NFL liscense.

Add a couple tracks from AFI and 30 Seconds to Mars and you have the biggest piece of crap to ever hit consoles.

[phyzik]

Sims is definately the most overrated.

Halo is right up there.