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burninmylight on 26 July 2014
InnocentSin said:
osed125 said:

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn? I thought that was the most "hated" Fire Emblem game. I would put Awakening as my choice for a Fire Emblem game really.

Other RPGs would be:

Mass Effect 2
Mother 3 
Final Fantasy VI and IX


Is it? I usually hear fans loving FE: RD because of how epic it is, which I agree with to an extent but I think the plot was just a mess. 


Nope. Every FE fan can tell you Sacred Stones and/or Shadow Dragon are the most hated, with Awakening rubbing a lot of long time fans the wrong way. RD is mid-to-high tier on the favorites poll.



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daredevil.shark on 26 July 2014

Pokemon, skyrim and final fantasy vii.



sundin13 on 26 July 2014

Ni No Kuni: Graphics are pretty much the only good thing about it...the rest ranges from mediocre to bad @.@



phaedruss on 26 July 2014
sundin13 said:
Ni No Kuni: Graphics are pretty much the only good thing about it...the rest ranges from mediocre to bad @.@


Yea. I was really interested in it for the old school feel of the world map and Studio freaking Ghibli, but it just didn't deliver.



nugget on 26 July 2014
InnocentSin said:

Hey guys, what are some beloved RPGs that you think are overrated?

My list would have to include:

- Kingdom Hearts 2

- Final Fantasy 4

- Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

- Earthbound





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burninmylight on 26 July 2014

Secret of Mana. Nostalgia blindness has to be what keeps people into that game. I didn't play it back in the day, so the game became a chore to get through, and I was excited to beat it and move onto the next one. But even worse than that is:

Phantasy Star 2 (not PSO2) is another game that tends to only be fondly remembered by anyone old enough to have played it back in the day, when standards were different.



Michael-5 on 26 July 2014

Elder Scrolls V (Same problems as Oblivion, but released when the market was saturated)

Fable 2+

Final Fantasy VII - Great game, but it shouldn't be the crown jewel of 90's RPG's. It's great, but not exceptional, other FF's are better (like 2)

Fire Emblem (GCN/Wii) - crap plot, weak graphics.

Jeanne d'Arc - Not accurate at all. Jeanne fucking lives at the end!

Kingdom Hearts

Shin Megami Tensei - Just hate dungeon crawlers and the social aspect feels shallow.

Tales of ___ - not enough variation between games, but Symphonia/Vesperia are great

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Gotta say I disagree with a lot of other peoples choices. XenoBlade, Mass Effect and others are amazing.



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InnocentSin on 26 July 2014
AfricanSanta said:

Final Fantasy X. The battle system was pretty good, but the boss battles were way too tedious and pretty much required you to have a certain character use a certain move to win, or else its impossible, unless grind for hours and hours. Also the Sphere Grid was stupid, and it just felt like it was trying to be different for the sake of being different. The story wasn't very good, mainly because the characters were either annoying or forgettable. It also didn't help that they didn't even try with the lip syncing and the character movements were awkward and robotic. While I think alot of overrated games are still good, just overrated, I honestly hate this game and its my least favorite FF by far. 

The only redeeming thing is it's soundtrack, which is honestly one of the best I've ever heard. 

 

Also, I feel Tales of Symphonia is slightly overrated. It's a great game, but I thinik Vespiria and Abyss were miles better.

Completely agree with this! Tidus has a certain movement where he grudges forward and waves his arm and it looks so unnatural. The running movements are also pretty cringe worthy.



InnocentSin on 26 July 2014
burninmylight said:
InnocentSin said:
osed125 said:

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn? I thought that was the most "hated" Fire Emblem game. I would put Awakening as my choice for a Fire Emblem game really.

Other RPGs would be:

Mass Effect 2
Mother 3 
Final Fantasy VI and IX


Is it? I usually hear fans loving FE: RD because of how epic it is, which I agree with to an extent but I think the plot was just a mess. 


Nope. Every FE fan can tell you Sacred Stones and/or Shadow Dragon are the most hated, with Awakening rubbing a lot of long time fans the wrong way. RD is mid-to-high tier on the favorites poll.

Yah, I actually forgot about those. Thinking about it now, I didn't like FE7 as much as others did.



IkePoR on 26 July 2014
Clyde32 said:
Final Fantasy VII. Don't get me wrong. Good game, I just hate how everyone claims its the best Final Fantasy game ever, when they haven't even played the previous entry.

Can't believe it took this long for it to be mentioned lol  Love it dearly but ffs is it overblown.  Chrono Trigger is another game I hear about constantly.  

Also, I find it ironic that both Fire Emblem 10(RD) and FF10 are both overrated and also both shit.  Any FF after 9 has been a steaming pile of pig dung.  How anyone can overrate FFX/X-2 or 13-2-3 is beyond me.

I'll /endrant here because of blood pressure.  Hoo...



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