Halo.
Look, I’m not saying it’s a bad game or you’re a bad person for liking it, but man, I have never been able to see the appeal. As someone who has played a lot of shooters (mostly PC) and read a lot of sci-fi, I find it exceptionally mid. And I’m not really fan of the militaristic reverence vibe it’s got going on like … bleh. Does it actually criticize this more as the series goes on or is it really just all oorah? I also kind of blame it for the trends of vehicle segments and only holding two weapons that leaked into other FPSes at the time (looking at you Bioshock Infinite - WTF), although I do admit that’s more of a petty, personal point. I respect that it pushed FPSes and online multiplayer forward on consoles, but when people tell me it’s their favorite game with one of the best storylines ever I’m like, “But have you played any other games?”
I used to work in a game store back when Halo 3 released and I was a much more fervent hater back then, I decided I was gonna play the original Marathon games so I could be a hipster snob and hate on them, too. Actually ended up really loving them, though they’re only loosely related, I think they had a lot more going on stylistically and story-wise even though the gameplay was more primitive.
I retry every few years, but never get very far. Maybe I should skip to 2 because one is so bland I get bored of it.
For me it’s Mario 64.
I’m old enough to have tried it when it was new and my opinion back then was that the controls made it nearly unplayable. I tried it again a couple years ago and I still agree with my kid self.
EA sports/fifa.
I’ll play flappy bird over that any day.
Skyrim. It’s a broken mess of a game that’s barely held together by duct tape and hope, and it would be treated as such if it wasn’t for the modding community. Most of the game is fetch quests, and the magic system is just bad. Melee combat sucks, too. All one handed weapons feel the same, all the two handed weapons feel the same. The only actually interesting path of progression is the stealth archer, and I’m pretty sure that’s an accident.
Probably the best sandbox ever made though, just a shit game.
The fetch quests were particularly disappointing for me, given the history of Elder Scrolls games (cough cough Morrowind cough). I didn’t mind the combat system (being able to equip anything in either hand was an improvement over previous games), but much of it did feel the same.
Fallout New Vegas. People act like it’s the best open world game of all time. I just found it boring running around the desert. There are both much prettier open world games, and much more immersive open world games.
Expedition 33.
It won practically every single award even tho didn’t really deserve it.
Not an indie game either.
Yeah I bought it on GOG based purely on the hype. Mistake. I played maybe 10h, got throught the introductory areas and started the main game. I just couldn’t. I am not sure why it gets so much praise.
Oh yeh that looked cool I was pretty pumped about that. Is it not so good after all?
If you enjoy RPGs it’s very good. Great soundtrack, good story, and to me very fun combat loop. Most of my friends love it too. But some people seem to bounce off it. It won every award for a reason.
To me the game very much lived up to the hype and I’d highly recommend giving it a try
It was very pretty, and the soundtrack deserved the praise it received. Nothing too innovative about the gameplay though, and the story was good but typical for this genre.
That being said, I did enjoy it a lot. But that gameplay style is one of my favorites, so the visuals and music were just perks.
According to this thread overrated means either “games I didn’t like” or “games that didn’t work for me”.
Yes? I don’t understand this comment I don’t think. Isn’t that exactly what it means, the majority of people like this thing, and I don’t? Making it over rated? It’s not like there’s the “game rater” on earth like you might find a “name rater” in pokemon. Not like you can say “oh this guy objectively got this one wrong”.
No clue what name rater in pokemon is, but you do have OpenCritic, MetaCritic and the various awards some games get. I don’t think liking a game and thinking it’s overrated are mutually exclusive.
Okay. So what’s overrated to you then? You seem to have a different view than I do.
Is it AAA games that don’t deserve all the reviews and attention, so by definition, they’re overrated?
I’m genuinely curious too, maybe I should think of “over” or “under” rated, as more than just another way of saying “hot take” and expressing a generally contrarian opinion.
Final Fantasy VII
It’s not even the best Final Fantasy
Agree. I never cared much for the original FF VII. To be fair I am old enough where I started with the first one on NES, so VII was not my introduction to the series like it was for so many others.
I do really like remake though. I thought they did an excellent job with it.
And not even the final one
I always preferred 8 and 9 over 7. For some reason, the characters in 7 never held my interest as much as in other games, and the gameplay was pretty basic for an RPG of that age.
Unfortunately, when I played 7 for the first time, I played it right after 5 which still has the best class system and 6 which has the best story. So both story and gameplay felt like a disgrace for me.
8 and 9 were definitely improvements over 7
9 was thier love letter to all the og games. It might be the best one. But i have a big soft spot for 4 and 5
I’ll probably get hate for this but most Fromsoft games. I just have never been able to get into them at all. It has nothing to do with it being hard, I enjoy hard games and always play on the highest difficulty. I just can’t get into the combat, it’s not fun for me.
Sorry I hate you. Demon’s souls changed my life, and I’ve got 1000 hours into nightreign and probably 950 into Elden ring and I’ve played all the dark souls also. This formula is my Jam. I love them.
But at the end of the day… It’s not everyone’s cup of tea. I enjoy plenty of other games too. Hollow knight, balatro, etc.
Skyrim
Oh yes bought it on release because of all the hype. Then stopped playing after two hours because it was so boring and generic.
Tried it many times just so boring with clunky combat.
Goldeneye 007, N64.
The hype! The praise! The lack of mouse control!!
8 million kids using a twiddly joystick, and thinking it was good.
It’s an awful FPS experience.
* The facade of cool was actually a frog-mouthed monster.
And if this was your childhood fave, I’m jk.
By FPS standards it’s not great, if you take it more as a “first person action game” ala Metroid Prime, its appeal makes sense. To me it’s mainly impressive that they recreated so many parts of the movie and retold the story so well. But yeah people love it for the multiplayer which only impressed kids who didn’t have PCs at the time.
Sounds like someone was butthurt because they didn’t get to play as Oddjob…
Fucking Oddjob.
I played this at a mates house for a total of 7 minutes. No OP Oddjob in sight.
And if this was your childhood fave, I’m jk.
Oh no, you are not getting off that easily!! I am still raging impotently at my phone with a frothing mouth!
Basically every Call of Duty. Copy paste of the previous game with new paint. Never saw the appeal, gameplay is boring, just twitchy, and so many cringe people seem to love it.
Do people rate that highly, or just play a lot of it?
They do tend to be overrated imo, especially as the series went on. They are still fairly competent so it’s not completely unreasonable either.
Ocarina of Time. I mean, its good. But so many people act like its the best video game of all time. Its like barely top 5 Zelda game imo let alone the best game full stop
I’m ready for the downvotes
You’re getting one upvote from me.
I also fully agree with everything said in brentalfloss’ song
and I played it when it came out.Worst thing about the game was the owl that kept the game from being an open world.
It was a step back from Mario64 and it came out something like 2 years later.
Majora’s mask was the expectation. Ocarina of Time was what I got.This is a reasonable take, though I don’t feel the same way.
OoT felt like an open world game at a time when those largely didn’t exist (some did, but not really on console). The gameplay was still somewhat linear, but it felt like there was a lot of freedom compared to a lot of other games at the time. As a kid, I spent hours just exploring. I’m guessing this has something to do with its popularity at the time.
There are only 5 games in that category of Zelda game in the first place.
- ocarina of time
- majora’s mask
- windwaker
- twilight princess
- skyward sword
Breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom are totally different formula and the rest are not 3d.
For me it kind of goes windwaker -> oot/majora/skyward -> twilight. So I’d say it’s up there, and the fact it’s so foundational should give it some extra points. I’m amazed they haven’t done a remake to up the graphics and give it modern controls tbh
I’m amazed they haven’t done a remake to up the graphics and give it modern controls tbh
Look up Ship Of Harkinian, be amazed
OoT in 2K at 200fps is great for the nostalgia kick!
I love the 2D games, and only like the switch games in the 3D category. I’m with you guys on this. Finally people making sense!
I’m right there with you!
Agreed. I just don’t like that type of game myself.
Everything Nintendo maybe except Pokemon
I hate the company for the way they enforce their copyrights and how they price games that have been out for a decade or more as if they released last week, but I really like the games, other consoles only have 2 or 3 exclusive games that are worth playing, but Nintendo has so many bangers. Maybe it’s also the fact that I grew up playing mostly Nintendo games that clouds my judgement, but their games just give me such a good vibe.
Fair enough, i mean the question of “overratedness” is subjective in the first place, i ranked Nintendo first because no nintendo game make me want to play it.
Nintendo being one of if not THE shittiest game company out there is separate issue
how do you say except pokemon, it’s like the worst franchise they own
I enjoyed at least one pokemon game long ago, which i can’t say about no other nintendo game. So while Pokemon is overrated too, it is slightly less overrated than everything else.
The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. I found them both a chore to play. There’s just something about CDPR’s games I don’t like.
I agree on Cyberpunk, though I still played like 20hrs.
I finished a mission and just realised I couldn’t be bothered driving to the next one and blah blah blah and just closed the game for the final time right then.
First time I’ve been playing a game and that had happened.
I guess the game might still be worth it’s sale price at 50% off if you can get 20 hours out of it, but it’s still disappointing in my eyes that It wasn’t able to keep me engaged.
The main problem with Witcher 3 is that it’s way too long. Was a real slog to reach the ending. Didn’t even bother with the addons. Cyberpunk was great in my opinion.
Well the two DLCs for witcher are both better than the main game because they are smaller, self contained stories.
Hard disagree on Cyberpunk, that game is fun as hell. But I agree with you about Witcher 3. Tried at least 3 times to get into it throughout the years but quit like an hour into it every time. Just not for me.
They are rich in story, lore, and world exploration. I love them for this. But! I hate having to revisit locations for new quests. It all feels like “Crap! Forgot the milk!” aaand, back to the store. “Crap! Forgot the eggs!” aaand back to the store. There aren’t many games with full, deep stories, but it’s the grind that wears me down.
I seriously thought I was the only one who thought this.
i enjoyed cyberpunk but was never able to finish witcher 3
Insane take, the stories are so fucking good i creamed all over the tv
You cried at the funeral in Cyberpunk didn’t you?
I totally didn’t. Nope.
Naah it was okay, i like the touch of seeing the consequences of our actions past the adrenaline, i like the concept of disliking a good person or resonating with a villain
Well said
I tried to replay 2077 and there was just tons of dialog and all the action was over so quickly. I basically just drove around. Listed to dialog. Fought for a few minutes. Listened to more dialog and repeat.
I feel this way about all open world/map slop. I liked the first couple i played but after the novelty wears off it’s an entire genre that sacrifices focus for a lot of lower quality content
