most overrated games of all time?

What games do you think that are wayyyy too popular for their value?

When someone talks overrated I think of TOMB RAIDER, this game is a boring adventure game to me...ALL OF THE TOMB RAIDERS, too much running and climbing not enough action. If you want a real adventure game get HITMAN CONTRACTS

I dont really think you can compare Hitman to Tomb raider, and it is by no means considered an adventure game. Hitman is more of an action/steath-emup/shooter (depending on your play style).

I have to say though, the REAL tomb raider games, i.e., not the angel of darkness and the newer ones which are more focused on action, are not over-rated really, i think they are at about their right level of rating, so to speak.

To me, the most over rated games in all of history are every one of the Halo games, people seem to think that it is the god of all games and that nothing will ever beat it, and then base everything on halo and believe that all its generic elements that are in every other shooter are 'unique' and critisise all other shooters for having them.

I can think of fps's from at least 10 years ago that beat halo hands down.

and before anyone cares to call me a fanboy of any kind, i own all 3 of the current gen consoles (wii, ps3, 360) and a top range pc, so I dont limit my self, plus i have completed all 3 halo's.

Though one thing i can say is that it has ok multiplayer for a console, though its one HUGE feature seems to be matchmaking, which is basically just a random map feature that has been done before.

Final Fantasy 7

that games did not age well

Final Fantasy 7

that games did not age well

niall077

LOL..age well? where have you been living? its still being played and being demanded like hell.....

on topic=halo is THE "thing" when it comes to overration.

halo, the 21st century pokeman

I don't undestand Halo being overated when everyone allways says it is. If people can't see its qualityies then thats their problem. For example, I didn't get into Metroid but I don't say its oevrated because I can see why people like it so much.hair001

Agreed. Also, I think a really overrated game is Bioshock.

halo, the 21st century pokeman

stevendiep_100

Judging by your sig, I think you believe half life totally pawns halo but to be honest, they really can't be compared. Sure, they both have a 1st person perspective but they are really different. I really like playing half life 2's single player but not Halo's so much. But Halo's multiplayer is where it's at.

Mortal Kombat (This game just sucks....no really it's just a glitchy game with alot of blood with UMK3 being the only exception)

Halo (I've played better Source Mods then this game's multiplayer, I'm not kidding)

Bioshock (Worse then it's predecessor so I've heard, but I didn't enjoy this game that much)

Final Fantasy VI (Yes we know it's better then VII, but even so it still isn't that special)

Street Fighter III: Third Strike (While it's one of my favorite fighting games, it isn't the flawless God fighting fans claim it to be)

Devil May Cry (I'm not complaining about the quality of the game but more so that people act like this game is the fastest game ever made and fufills the sheer speed of a 2D game (usually referred to fighters). In reality this game isn't that fast it just constantly keeps you on your toes. If you want to see what I mean then play Devil May Cry then play as Millenia Rage in Guilty Gear and you'll notice the difference)

Planescape Torment (I guess this is more of a "love it or hate it" type of game, but I found nothing special about it)

Gradius III (This brings into question of how many shoot-em-ups SNES owners have really played)

SEGA Dreamcast (I still don't understand why people treat this console as a lost Messiah)

Halo and NFS..

halo, the 21st century pokeman

stevendiep_100

LOL, that is great.

all the halos because i find them to be generic and repetitive that goes for online and off

and the final fantasy games as well

and gears of war

i dunno why the idiot posting said tomb raider, it isnt exactly a critically acclaimed series and the only reason you gave for it being "overrated" was that there wasnt enough action, that goes more to what you enjoy rather than what makes the game bad. the first 3 were all alot of fun and didnt even rate that well anyway, wtf are you talking about?

anyway, definitely the halo series. the first one i really thought was great, alot of fun but definitely not revolutionary and then imo it just went downhill from there, people seemed to just be nostalgic from the first one. maybe they werent as bad as i make 2 and 3 sound but they definitely are the definition of "overrated".

bioshock was up there too,it had alot of great ideas but other than that and the graphics it didnt seem to me to be in the same league as crysis or even stalker for that matter.

I'm also going to have to say the Halo series...

I'm kind of surprised nobody said mgs, they better not either.

Bioshock, Bioshock and more Bioshock.

Isn't even a top 5 FPS this year in my books.

Im going to get controversial here and say in recent times the most overrated is Half Life 2. A great game but its not perfect or a revolution at least to me. The first game I felt was better. Old and overrated I have to say Diablo 2. I played the game passed it twice and never looked back. It was a nice click and slash game with awesome videos but thats all. It irritates me when people discuss their strategies for passing the game for the 20th time.rzepak

i dont think any reviewer or educated gamer and fan of hl2 and hl1 ever thoughthl2 was revolutionary or perfect for that matter, it was however a highly polished and fun first person shooter, it hardly compares to the hype that has surrounded the latest halo games.

Bioshock, Bioshock and more Bioshock.

Isn't even a top 5 FPS this year in my books.

elbow2k

See that's the problem. It's not really an fps in the sense that halo and half life are an fps. It's an fpa, having more in common with deus ex than halo.

RE4

Gears of War

Oblivion

These three are the worst offenders. They might be pretty (except in Oblivion's case), but gameplay-wise provided nothing that justifies their scores.

i dunno why the idiot posting said tomb raider, it isnt exactly a critically acclaimed series and the only reason you gave for it being "overrated" was that there wasnt enough action, that goes more to what you enjoy rather than what makes the game bad. the first 3 were all alot of fun and didnt even rate that well anyway, wtf are you talking about?

anyway, definitely the halo series. the first one i really thought was great, alot of fun but definitely not revolutionary and then imo it just went downhill from there, people seemed to just be nostalgic from the first one. maybe they werent as bad as i make 2 and 3 sound but they definitely are the definition of "overrated".

bioshock was up there too,it had alot of great ideas but other than that and the graphics it didnt seem to me to be in the same league as crysis or even stalker for that matter.

Minglis

I've played all the TOMB RAIDERS and they all suck! I've been gaming sence the early 90s when you were probably in diapers! I've played NINTENDO games more interesting then TOMB RAIDERS like River City Ransom for instance

im probably the same age as you (older judging by your post), if you actually had a valid explanation i wouldnt think that you're a complete moron. id argue with you but there really is no point is there all you told me was "im right and you're wrong".

shut the **** up.

[QUOTE="Minglis"]

i dunno why the idiot posting said tomb raider, it isnt exactly a critically acclaimed series and the only reason you gave for it being "overrated" was that there wasnt enough action, that goes more to what you enjoy rather than what makes the game bad. the first 3 were all alot of fun and didnt even rate that well anyway, wtf are you talking about?

anyway, definitely the halo series. the first one i really thought was great, alot of fun but definitely not revolutionary and then imo it just went downhill from there, people seemed to just be nostalgic from the first one. maybe they werent as bad as i make 2 and 3 sound but they definitely are the definition of "overrated".

bioshock was up there too,it had alot of great ideas but other than that and the graphics it didnt seem to me to be in the same league as crysis or even stalker for that matter.

acquitted

I've played all the TOMB RAIDERS and they all suck! I've been gaming sence the early 90s when you were probably in diapers! I've played NINTENDO games more interesting then TOMB RAIDERS like River City Ransom for instance

Oh really... What's the useless cheat in TR2? Tell me if you have really played a single TR game!

btw saying you've been playing games since the early 90's doesnt mean **** around here, pretty much all gamers over 18 have.Minglis

He's spamming. You know what you and I should do? Report him easily!

Final Fantasy 7 trick6952

Same. I think FF7 is grossly overrated, and here is the reason. Yeah, FF7 has a few undying fans, but they are very few of them, so few I never actually meet one. They are all on the internet somewhere.

Key factor here is, the industry is looking for a champion game to promote on every game style. GBT games (which is the FF serie, except maybe FFX-2) are the oldest genre, Chess are still kicking asses. Boardgames are competing with it and some players prefer these for the SOCIAL interactions (has very little to do with the game itself). The result is that you have peoples in the industry who want to follow the lead of a champion, and they are misguided when they pick FF7, badly mistaken. I understand why a dev would rather try to improve FF7 then Chess, it is a lot easier to improve FF7, has much more room for improvements; and FF7 doesn't have the unfair social edge that chess gets (no matter how limited 1 vs 1 is).

The end results is that GBT games (RPGs or TBS) have strong offline competition; and the devs rarely check offline for some reasons. If you want to beat the champion, you have to check to him and his league, off course it is more re-assuring to stay with the midgets and try to outdo them, which is also a lot easier.

Computers GBTs have 1 strong edge, it can include very tedious boards without putting that tediusness on the players, or use complex stuff as long as it remains simple from a player point of view. Most games are unable to do so, they either stay too simple...or they either make no translation and put the overwhelming complexity on the players shoulders.

Again, a game such as FF7 is overated, it is soo easy my cat would wins. :P The story is kinda good, but please, keep it more entertaining then a book, the progression could be less...linear! Bah. Rather play Oblivion even if it fall on the other extreme and excess of the genre.

World of Warcraft

With 9 million subscribers, it has more fanboys than any other game. And naturally fanboys call it the best game ever.

And the only reason people bash halo so much is because it's so incredibly popular. Even if you legitimately don't like the single player I have NEVER heard any valid complaints against the multiplayer.UT_Wrestler

I have a legitimate complaint about the multiplayer. It's too unbalaneced, not enough depth, unthoughtful level design, and just generic in general. That's at least why I don't appereciate the game, I'm not bashing it just for the sake of popularity.

See that's the problem. It's not really an fps in the sense that halo and half life are an fps. It's an fpa, having more in common with deus ex than halo.

UT_Wrestler

And in that degree it's over-rated even worse. Why do you think PC Gamers despise this game more then anyone else? It's light years away from Deus Ex, Half-Life 1, and System Shock II. And I beat Deus Ex the same day I started playing Bioshock so it isn't nostalgia, Deus Ex destroyed Bioshock in every form imaginable to my eyes but graphics and animation. Sad that they don't make games like that anymore.

Hi guys i am just a noob but i think Resident evil 4 is pretty overrated!

The halo series...

Too repetitive and just boring on single player...

althought I admit that it does make a good party game, but thats only from the commentary of the other players...

UT_Wrestler, all of what Gunraiden said are legitimate complaints. Multiplayer, on it's own merits, just isn't that good. Compared to other console FPS's it's above average, I guess. Still meh. But compared to PC FPS multiplayer, it just sucks. And now I just sound like a hermit but the reality is that a PC is just better suited to the genre, from the controls to mods. That and Halo is really overrated, and the multiplayer is terribly overrated.

But as much as I hate Halo for being overrate, Oblivion still takes the cake IMO. Granted I'm pretty much in love with Morrowind, but still. Oblivion had so much hype and so many good reviews, and there's such a large number of people who love it, but I really don't get it. I mean Morrowind sucks you in in a way Oblivion NEVER could. It's all eye candy with no substance, from the cookie cutter main story to the lack of any kind of depth as far skills and levelling up goes, and don't even get me started on the tragedies that are the fast travel and compass systems. And it wouldn't even be so bad if hadn't ruined what was otherwise a brilliant series.

I would say Madden, but that would be too obvious.

Recently though, I found Dead Rising to be an overated game. The vast majority of my peers persuaded me to try this one, however I just could not conceive how this game got such a high approval rating.