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Barozi on 16 December 2009

MGS4 - great, but not even close to the best game ever.
Uncharted 2 - same as MGS4. On the same level as Uncharted 1.
GTA IV - for obvious reasons. Still liked it very much.



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mike_intellivision on 16 December 2009

ChronoCross -- Because when they changed your character halfway through the game, it caused me to lose interest.

Halo -- I just didn't get it. Sorry, it just must be me.

I am sure there is something on my Wii, but so little is universally acclaimed that there is not much to draw from (in other words, the Wii is a strong personal preference console).

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rocketpig on 16 December 2009

MGS3 & 4. Three had terrible controls, four had a terrible story. I enjoyed both games, though. I absolutely despise MGS2 so that's off the list per the rules.

BioShock. The game had so much potential... and then the last 1/3 of the game happened and made me want to break something. Besides, it really should have retained some of the RPG elements from SS.

Oblivion. I'm just not crazy about Bethesda's RPG formula but at least Fallout had some great art direction so I found it much more tolerable than Oblivion.




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perpride on 16 December 2009

Anything Halo has pretty much been overrated.

I still can't believe I actually got ODST.



Thechalkblock on 16 December 2009

Modern Warfare 2



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bardicverse on 16 December 2009

SSBB - Fun game, but in the end, it's just a fighter...



Haste262 on 16 December 2009

Bioshock was fucking awesome as was gears 2. So the most overrated games i think are Modern Warfare 2. Halo 3. Killzone 2. Gta iv.



 

 

PakChiuCheng on 16 December 2009

Final Fantasy 12. This game is not only lousy in its musical score, the story and characters are so boring.

The only good thing is the gameplay. Its quite fresh.


Fat Princess. Downloaded it and played for 15 minutes. Never touched again.



theRepublic on 16 December 2009

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

I really liked most of the game. Unfortunately, the last four levels of the game play like a bad action game instead of a puzzle game. Since those are the last levels, you get left with a bad taste in your mouth. Another thing is that sending out Maddy over and over again to get 100% completion is boring. The items should have been hidden inside the levels.



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Mise on 16 December 2009
SHMUPGurus said:
Mise said:
Oh, I've ran into so many of these over the years, so I'll just list some of the more recent ones.

Bioshock - Was supposed to be something that revolutionized shooters, and ended up being a watered down steampunk version of System Shock 2. Still better than most grey/brown shooters that come out nowadays.

Mass Effect - Would've worked a lot better as a miniseries than an actual game. Liked the universe, liked the characters, liked the setting, but the gameplay... When you spend hours reading the codex entries and conversing with the characters, but start running through all the action sequences midway thru the game because you just don't want to do them anymore, even though your victory is a foregone conclusion, you know the game's flawed.

Dragon Age: Origins - It's Neverwinter Nights: Special Edition with Biowares homebrew rules. 'Nuff said.

Really? It's because you read the codex entries that you find the action following everything interesting. To each their own I guess.

I found that the codex entries were pretty interesting by themselves, and they did contribute a bit to the action, but not enough. Apart from their backstory, the Geth were as bland enemies as one could get, and besides the first storyline missions and the moon thingy, all fights amounted roughly to this:

1)Camp a doorway / corner / box

2)Lob a few grenades / use a few powers

3)Activate the pistol DPS ability and hold down the left mouse button

Lather, rinse, repeat a kajillion times. With the Mako it was even worse after the novelty of riding up and down mountains wore off (=after 40 minutes or so).

And yeah - if ME was a (mini)series they would've been forced to actually give Shepard a personality.



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