Most overrated game of the past gen?

[IcaroRibeiro]

Chrkeller said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

I find put Pokemon Sword at the same level of The Last of Us 2 concerning. I understand the POV of people who thinks the game is overrated but Pokemon Sword is a much inferior project in every sense. TLOU2 use all capabilities of its system, while Pokemon is a 3DS game with slightly better assets 

Even multiplayer become trash this gen as Gamefreak keeps adding those idiotic mechanics like Dynamax just to keep VGC less and less enjoyable, I didnt even bother to play competitive this gen 

Might not be a 1/10, but surely is mediocre and closer to 1/10 than to 7/10  

Everybody is entitled to their perspective, but I staunchly disagree that system capabilities and assets matter in determining a game's worth.  To me that is like rating a movie based on special effects or a book based on how pretty the binding is.  To me it is irrelevant.  A game is rated on entertainment value.  13 Sentinels is one of the best ps4 games I've played...  it uses very little system capabilities.  

Personally I would rate Pokemon S/S and Last 2 very similar.  Both were just ok for me, but neither were 1/10, frankly neither were even that close to 1/10.  1/10 would mean a completely unplayable mess of a game, not "the developers took the game in a direction I didn't like."  

It was just an aspect I wanted to point, I can explain better why I don't think Pokemon and TLOU2 are far from the same level 

People rightfully criticize the IA and lack of evolution in gameplay on TLOU2 bit the exact same problems happens to be present in Pokemon, indeed Pokemon gameplay is absolutely garbage at this point. You can't turn off exp share and the game even tells you exactly how to take advantage of elemental differences from your opponent. It's almost impossible to lose a battle, making the game nothing but a painful experience of clicking the A button mindlessly the whole playthrough  

There is absolutely nothing to explore or backtrack in the maps as well (que routes are the most limited since 2nd gen, which is crazy thinking in how technology progressed in so much time) and with the Dexit put almost every pokemon easily appearing in the Wild Area there isn't even much trouble to catch them all anymore. No reason to spend time looking the line up of Pokemon in the grass, as they pop up by themselves

The multiplayer battles become unbearable thanks to very dumb (and clearly not-tested with competitive in mind) mechanics. Competitive is not unplayable yet, but it's getting close 

No post game, no quests... and of course the cherry on top is a very expensive paid DLC that should be present as a base game content in first place 

It's not an average game, average games are XY or SM. It's a bad game in any sense of the word... well unless you don't mind just clicking the A button for 10 hours (it's all that it takes to beat the game) to skip dialogues and easily win every battle