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CollectiveCynic on 15 May 2010
richardhutnik said:
CollectiveCynic said:

What games do you think receive a lot of undeserved negative feedback from the majority of gamers?

Here are my picks:

 

  • Halo (Despite the fact I'm only a fan of the first Halo)
  • Final Fantasy (Not a big fan of the series outside of VI, VII, and IV)
  • Call of Duty 4 & Modern Warfare 2 (Despite my disdain towards Modern Warfare 2, the hatred it receives is ridiculous)
  • Resident Evil 4 & 5
  • Gears of War 1 & 2
  • Crysis & Crysis Warhead
  • Street Fighter IV
  • Grand Theft Auto IV (Overrated by critics, underrated by the gaming community)
  • Chrono Cross
  • Far Cry 2

In regards to the above, I have some questions and also comments:

* Halo seems to get fragged due to its popularity and resentment by the PC and the Playstation community that the game helped make Microsoft a competitor in the home console business.  Final Fantasy and a number of others fit into the same way.  I think most of them are like that.

* Grand Theft Auto IV attempted to be more serious and the fans of the series hates that the single-player went in that direction, complete with the micromanagement life stuff by Nico.  The multiplayer probably was where Rockstar expected the mayhem to begin.

* I am not sure what it is with Far Cry 2.  It looks awesome on paper, and I know of how the story unfolds, and I REALLY wanted to try to like it, but man, it left me SERIOUSLY flat.  I don't want to hate it, but it didn't do much to get me interested.

People just hate change, as for Far Cry 2:

The story was quite good (Although, poorly told and presented) as it expresses the amoral intent of war and killing, how it spreads and affects it's enviroment. A theme inspired straight out of the book Heart of Darkness, for te 3 out of a thousand who have read that book.



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lilc64 on 15 May 2010

Cant lie some of the games you listed were praised but they weren't all that.



Severance on 15 May 2010

Every single JRPG released this gen.
and mostly White Knight Chronicles, i still don't see why it is so bad. its great!



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CollectiveCynic on 15 May 2010
lilc64 said:
Cant lie some of the games you listed were praised but they weren't all that.


Most of the games I've listed are indeed overpraised by video game critics, but underappreciated by the gaming community.

The only games that truly deserved every single grain of praise it received from critics are:

  • Halo: Combat Evolved
  • Final Fantasy VI & IV
  • Chrono Cross
  • Crysis & Crysis Warhead
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Street Fighter IV
  • Far Cry 2 (Mainly due to the fact it only received moderately positive reviews from critics, it wasn't universally acclaimed)


Cross-X on 15 May 2010

Halo 3 and GTA IV I still don't understand why it's got so much hate.


Killzone 2 didn't deserve a lot of the uneccessary hate. Sure the campaign story wasn't so good and neither were the characters who kept swearing, but overall KZ2 is a very solid FPS and yet people try to deny it.



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theRepublic on 15 May 2010

For these forums, Madworld comes to mind.



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Wagram on 15 May 2010
Severance said:
Every single JRPG released this gen.
and mostly White Knight Chronicles, i still don't see why it is so bad. its great!

This. Except for Folklore. That game deserved what it got. ><



Scruff7 on 15 May 2010
Cross-X said:
Halo 3 and GTA IV I still don't understand why it's got so much hate.


Killzone 2 didn't deserve a lot of the uneccessary hate. Sure the campaign story wasn't so good and neither were the characters who kept swearing, but overall KZ2 is a very solid FPS and yet people try to deny it.

Have to agree with what you wrote about KZ2. I would go much further than to say 'a very solid FPS' and say it truly took the next leap into the genre.

However, there seemed to be a massive anti-killzone campaign, which i think probably did affect it's sales. for a game of that quality the sales have been pretty poor.

People slammed the length of the campaign when it was a decent length and longer than Modern Warfare campaigns. it was slammed for the drab environments even though it was visually stunning, and even the storyline and character acting were slammed.

If you thought the swearing in KZ2 was bad, try spending some time with real soldiers. they'd make Rico blush.



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dsister44 on 15 May 2010

Every Rare game.



CommonMan on 15 May 2010

Halo 3
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

You would think these two games tag-teamed some people's moms right in front of them.



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