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Which of the listed games do you think are most overrated?

Dragon's Lair 17 4.84%
 
Gears of War 44 12.54%
 
Halo 111 31.62%
 
LoZ: Twilight Princess 27 7.69%
 
Skylanders 11 3.13%
 
Super Meat Boy 11 3.13%
 
Super Paper Mario 8 2.28%
 
Wii Sports 20 5.70%
 
None of them are overrated 61 17.38%
 
See results 41 11.68%
 
Total:351
maverick40 said:
happydolphin said:
maverick40 said:
runqvist said:

This list is missing mario galaxy.

You are just looking for attention at this stage, try harder.

God of War.

Ha, I don't agree with you there. God of war is the best in the genre when it comes to Hack and slash.

 

God of War isn't even in the same league as DMC or Bayonetta for hack n slash standards.



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TheKoreanGuy said:
Proclus said:
Hmm, I'd put Uncharted and Killzone on that list within a heartbeat.

Killzone is highly underrated, yet it's a pretty solid shooter if you ask me. Ask a typical shooter fan and they won't know what Killzone is. Uncharted, on the other hand, I can agree with if people think it's overrated.

I agree absolutely.  Uncharted is, in my opinion, kind of overrated from a gameplay perspective, though the presentation is amazing.

Killzone, on the other hand, is very underrated.  It would sell millions more if it were an Xbox game.  The gunplay in KZ is just excellent, as good as I've ever come across.  The ISA rifle might be my favorite gun in all of FPS-dom, and the sniper rifle is one of the best of its kind.  Despite the game's flaws in certain areas, such as some of the forced and gimmicky levels, I just like the feel a lot.  Sometimes about it just doesn't feel as generic as a lot of FPS games.

Genuinely looking forward to KZ4.



pezus said:
happydolphin said:
No Sony games in OP? Give me a damn break. And TP overrated? Everyone keeps saying crap about Zelda games, so hellz no.

And Super Paper Mario had 0 buzz. So whatevs to this author, a true douche.

This isn't one author. They are multiple editors giving us their choice (all pick only 1)

I skimmed over it, and did notice that.

Well, it makes for a pretty crappy list overall.



pezus said:
ironmanDX said:
kain_kusanagi said:

The poll question should be "What game are you most butt-hurt over it's success?", because that's what people voting for Halo are really anwsering.


Indeed, note that halo and gears are the 2 highest voted. Both 360 exclusives. I do in part agree with Gears but halo? No.

Gears 1 isn't 360 exclusive and neither is Halo 1 lol. I played both on PC. I'm not sure I agree with them about Halo but I do agree about Gears (1).

Silly pezus, you should know PC gaming doesn't count.



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pezus said:

But why are they douches for choosing these games?

Because. It makes no sense that Twilight Princess is in there, at all. The game gets 0 praise, not even from Nintendo fans.

Of all the games, we know that PS3 games are the most over-hyped games in the industry. It's a fact. How do we know?

For one, you look at the amount of hype these games get online. Then, you compare them to their final sales, and it paints a funny picture.

Yet, even so, not 1 single PS3 game appears on the list.

As a collective group, that's what they are.



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I voted for Twilight Princess. The first 2 trailers of the game were so widely different from the final product delivered, and it was a letdown in so many ways. The summary in your OP described my feelings very well. I would actually say Skyward Sword was an even BIGGER letdown (it actually makes me enjoy TP more..), but it wasn't an option on your list.

The Zelda franchise is my favorite video game franchise, too. :(



How can Wii Sports be overrated? It receives a lot of hate, but it was the first of it's kind and it's a really fun game.



FF7,Skyrim and Uncharted.And Skyward Sword is a bit overrated too.



pezus said:

It is rated 95 on metacritic. That's like saying GTAIV isn't overrated because today so many people think it's overrated.

overhype =/= overrated

I know, I looked for that in OP, but I didn't see any mention of metacritic, or ratings. I did the exercise on one or two of the items in the list.



The Halo paragraph made me lol

Sounds like a grumpy old man whos angry/cant understand why all the youngins are playing something he cant understand.

Note: Not a single Playstation IP listed. Cute.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles.