25 overrated games (the crappiest list I've seen)

Kid Aphex

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Halo?
Mario Sunshine?

Give someone a voice and they'll show how stupid they are. Give them a stupid cartoon avatar of themselves next to their review, and they'll undoubtedly paint themselves 10x more attractive than they really are.
 

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Ok wtf, battletoads? Uninspired? BS, Battletoads RULED

also kinda funny, they said for halo: For whatever reason, Halo fever just never caught on at GameSpy.

And they give the PC version a person score, gimme a break.
 

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My god these people are incompitent. Neverwinter Nights did everything it said it would. The "Faults" of the manual... WTF. They released a seperate programming guide and released may free ones at their site. Unless you wanted to do nothing in your module on the fly (e.g. have every event pre-programmed) then you really did not need to much programing if any at all.

Aphex: Again, soo right.
 

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They purposely put in good games in there so we would talk about how stupid they are, free publicity, even if it is negative.
 

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I'm a bit surprised to see Battletoads on that list. I never thougth it very popular much less overhyped.
 

acem77

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what a bunch of tards

halo over rated
what do these people want every game to play and feel the same.
i love the feel of haloand every person that i know feels the same way. i cant just say it is just another fps.
bottom line is if a game is a launch title and is know as one of the best games for any system it is not over rated.
halo is a instant classic it was a sleeper hit.
i would say like any classic it will be fun to still play 5 years later.

the game spy people dont like consoles.
bitching about the controls not bing a mouse and keyboard.
i tried a download of the pc halo beta. it sucks with thw mouse
and keyboard.
they complain about the split screen also.
in multi player you dont need a split screen. on a 36 wega
split sreen is just fine. i love having my friends over and teaming up online against people. is is so much fun to have you buddys over sitting on the couch talking shit about the other team.
gamespy=pc fanboys
 

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That is so gay, who are these people? Why do they lie so much? Metal Gear Solid 2? Battle Arena Toshiden? you've got to be kidding...:oh_no: Some people just want to be heard I guess
 

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I agreed with all of that list except neverwinter nights and battletoads. Needed to make room for final fantasy X though :D

Matt
 

Nick Goracke

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I disagree with more than a few choices, but that's really not my issue with the list. There's simply no focus. Is this a "we gave it a good score then, but..." list? Why is something like Daikatana on there (which was universally slammed. Hard to overrate that). Is this a "man, this game got way to much hype" list? Why is a cult classic like Battletoads on there? Is this a "looking back, these features should have been included" list? Why all the exceptions?

Get my drift? It's a mish-mash of 3-4 different ideas and a lot of revisionist history.

Consistency is the only reason I'll ever argue with someone about their opinions - this was just poorly done.
 

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Everyone thought Daikatana ruled did'nt they.......i think its getting mixed up with overrated and overhyped!!
 

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Fox1 said:
Ok wtf, battletoads? Uninspired? BS, Battletoads RULED

also kinda funny, they said for halo: For whatever reason, Halo fever just never caught on at GameSpy.

And they give the PC version a person score, gimme a break.

This was the only one I didn't agree with. How the hell is Battletoads overrated? I also thought DKC was good for its time.

Other than that, everything else is a pile of shit and I wholeheartedly agree.
 

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Force said:
I agreed with all of that list except neverwinter nights and battletoads. Needed to make room for final fantasy X though :D

Matt
Don't forget FFVIII...
 

Sythe

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For something to be overrated, don't alot of people have to know about it. Go ask any gamer 16 and under what Battletoads is and more then likly they will have no idea what you are talking about. Will wonders never cease:loco:
 

Force

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Oh. I forgot. They also need to add the soul calibur games to this list as well.

Matt
 

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seba_boi said:
Don't forget FFVIII...

I was very much thinking the same thing.

FFVIII, FFX, Tekken Tag, Tekken 4, Virtua Fighter 4, any Psikyo shooter, Monkeyball, Smash Brothers Melee, Grand Theft Auto 3, Devil May Cry. That's my list of overrated games.
 

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evil wasabi

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EvilWasabi said:
I was very much thinking the same thing.

FFVIII, FFX, Tekken Tag, Tekken 4, Virtua Fighter 4, any Psikyo shooter, Monkeyball, Smash Brothers Melee, Grand Theft Auto 3, Devil May Cry. That's my list of overrated games.

You really must have no friends to play games with as I don't see how Super Monkey Ball and Super Smash Brothers Melee made that list.

Anyway my overrated games list would be GTA3, GTA:VC, FF7-10, Dead or Alive 3, and that's abot all I can think of right now

Overhyped games would be : Halo, Star Fox Adventures, Metal Gear Solid 2, and GTA3 and VC
 

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I don't like a lot of stuff on the gamecube. Only the survival horror stuff makes the system worthwhile.
 

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I actually agree with Battletoads.

I bought it when it came out and thought is was overrated. Pretty, but overrated.

This quote really nailed it:
"While ungodly difficult, it really was just a slightly above-average brawler / platformer."
 

mog

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I agree with a fair portion of them. Though I think some of them earned the title of overrated after rampant fanboyism set in.
 

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The only one I really disagree with is Halo.

Super Mario Sunshine pales next to Mario64. It's sad but true.

Much of what's written by PC folk about Halo really smacks of sour grapes. Hate MS all you want for snatching up Bungie, but Halo is still an incredible game. Just needs some more multiplayer maps something fierce. Still far and away the best CONSOLE FPS ever. It would be like an arcade elitist who worships Final Fight trying to be objective about Streets Of Rage 2.

Oh well, everyone has their preferences. PC players can't stand playing FPS games with a mouse, fighting folks can't stand playing fighting games with a pad. To each his own.
 

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I agree with some of them but I think that this kind of list will be always critized. We can debate night and day on this. Take the info and that's all.
 
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