Most Overrated game you've ever played

[SHMUPGurus]

Wii_R2_Hardcore said:

  When I said you are a fan, I meant no offense. I wasn't saying you were blinded with irrational passion. I was saying that I am doom to a failure in a debate against your knowledge about the Metroid games. But I did played MPC, like half of it, because I got bored. Why? I asked myself: everyone says it is great. But I just couldn't get my self to finish it. I just don't care about it...

All the series that were once good have the risk to get overrated by hype and fanatism. MPC was to some extent, probably not as bad as GTA IV or Halo III.

Is there something wrong or weird with fans? Maybe. I, for example, don't care about the bad reviews of Star Wars TFU or Light Sabers duels. I will get them anyway and enjoy them, and appreciate them way more than anyone unfamiliar with Star Wars. I am probably, going to find them less sucky, compared to anyone else, because I can see a lot things very meanigful to me in very little details of the Star Wars world.

And, in the case of the Nintendo Wii, there's a considerable expanded market. People who didn't have a Nintendo machine before. That's my case. So i got the game because all the great reviews and the game treated my like an inconditional fan it took me for granted. For me it was good but not great.

Yeah, mostly all old series have been established to death now, so for new gamers I guess it could be kind of hard to invest time in them. This is why I like companies like Capcom though, they try to bring their old franchises back this generation for other new gamers to enjoy (Bionic Commando for example). Starting over seems to be the only way to get more fans, and if the consumer is interested in the characters and all, it's quite easier to enjoy the whole story behind it all because there's a ton of games that came out before for the same series. You just go to eBay (or use an emulator), and you're all set to go! That's why Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is so special for fans.

New games that aren't built on anything (new IPs for example) and are just there for one night enjoyment or whatever are obviously more appealing to new gamers. I didn't see it from this perspective though, so I'm glad you talked to me about it, but it was just the unsupported statement at the beginning that shocked me! =P