Smash

I have no idea how this got a 93 score

Feels like giving a Wreck It Ralph and Ready Player One Academy Awards only because they succeed bringing in as many brands and franchises they could

Dragon Age inquisition - I just couldn't make it past the hinterlands since it was so grindy and boring

For me, Shenmue III.

The Last of Us Part II, God of War, Spiderman 2018, FFVIIR.

I think Spider-Man. No idea why people love that so much. Sure, it's cool to be him and swing a little bit around the city but in the end it's still not really a great open-world game in my opinion. If it would be popular for some multiplayer mode which people often love to play together I could maybe understand it but just for the singleplayer I really wonder why it's so beloved. The world is just mehh and drags the good story down.

Edit: to be fair it doesn't have a super high metascore but many gamers seem to put that game above everything. 

Horizon: Zero Dawn

It's beautiful, but that's about it. And the setting with mechanical dinosaurs (who realistically would need constant maintenance) and high-tech bows (which are very fragile, especially to to weather) in an after-the-end plot breaks my immersion immediately as it's more unbelievable than Super Mario Bros if you just think about it just a second.

Too many call it best action game of the gen and one of the best games of the gen. Some even say a masterpiece.

Its not on the same level as DMC 5 and Bayonetta 2.

And I can think a game is great yet still be overrated.

A 7.5-8 for me while many other call it a 9.5-10.

It's not an action game in that sense. Platinum came outright and said it's toning the combat down to better fit with the Nier series and tone of this universe. It's not meant to be like DMC or Bayonetta. Notice how you are not graded after combat. It's not trying to be DMC or Bayo in any sense of the word. The combat is meant to be heavier and a little slower. You are talking about character/stylish action games. NA is not one of those. NA is an Action RPG. It's presented as an RPG including a world that functions like an overworld, not an open world. The story is one of the best in gaming history esp with each character's name like even pascal and Pascal's storyline relating to some famous philosophical studies and people. 2B is the most obvious as in To be or not to be. The game is deep and complex in every facet. Whoever sold you on the idea it's like another DMC/Bayo is a fucking idiot.

God Of War 2018
- Didn't like story / dialog
- RPG elements are a mess
- Combat foundations are good but don't scale well on higher difficutlies
- Boss fights and encounters are repetitive