I thought about it but then I realized that only the last R.E was truly horrific.They made it too action oriented
Overrated Gaming Franchises
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I thought about it but then I realized that only the last R.E was truly horrific.They made it too action oriented
11 million people depositing money annually into Blizzards coffers, to sit on their respective arses and collect shiny items with numbers attached = Overrated. I have redcafe for that kind of addiction.
Also I have friends who play it and it does bad things to them. In terms of a game its got to be the closest thing to drugs: Affects your behaviour, stops you meeting up with your friends, takes money out of your account monthly.
Halo without a doubt. No competition. It's as if they tried to make the most cliched and generic sci-fi shooter ever.
Every first-person shooter ever. Except Wolfenstein (the original), that was fun.
To be fair you can say the same things about those who play FIFA and COD year in year out. I know plenty of people who spend hours on end playing COD all the way till the hours of the morning, whereas I probably know more casual WoW gamers. And the whole collecting 'shiny items' thing being a waste of time - well all games are an unproductive waste of time, but they serve as a nice form of escapism for lots of folk.
I've played WoW on-off for 6 years, never once been really addicted to and have always been able to quit on the spot. Others might not have the same willpower but they also exist in all other games.
Final Fantasy. What a pile of nonsensical pointless bollocks.
SIX years but "you're not addicted?"
I haven't been continuously playing for 6 years. I'd play whenever I'd found myself having some free time (e.g.summer breaks from Uni) and would cancel by sub whenever I had any form of strenuous uni, work or social commitments. For the record I haven't played for close to year now simply because I just haven't had the time in the last 12 months.
Any Halo game after Halo 2 - (say what you want about Halo, but Halo 2 multiplayer carried xbox live for a long time)
All the CoD's after 4.
All the CoD's after 4.
Mate you don't have to justify your gaming time. And I also agree with you, people are judging franchises but only "playing an hour" or "not at all". I'm sorry but you can't judge something if you haven't tried it. It's like me saying that "Black Swan" is shite even though I've never seen it.
Blasphemy!
It is shite though.
Just because you don't like them, doesn't mean they are overrated. They set benchmarks for games during their time.
No mention of Resident Evil? Mortal Kombat? Street Fighter? Soul Calibullshit? Dynasty Warrior?
And to those calling Mario, Zelda and FF overrated, try to remember that they're there 20 years ago when all we know is play-doh
This is more like 'famous games that I don't like but many people do' rather than overrated games thread.
Haven't seen many views on why people find these games they mentioned overrated.
Haven't seen many views on why people find these games they mentioned overrated.
its gaming franchises. If they didn't sell a lot (or were famous) they are less likely to have made it to this point and would be less prevalent in our minds!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_franchises
Heres a decent list of them if people want to look for less popular but highly rated ones.
I said Halo because they have been generic space-marine shooters (the art and world don't appeal to me) and hide when hit recovery mechanics for the whole series.
Yes, it was the first to do that on console, but I just didn't find any of the series actually that fun. In fact since Halo brought in the recover shields mechanic I've found all shooters pretty dull.
Agreed. I haven't seen it, though.
God of War
Only ever played part 3. It was quite good but nothing special
Only ever played part 3. It was quite good but nothing special
God of War and 'COD'.
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Any better hack'n'slash game?
castlevania : Symphony of the Night -> miles better even on 2D
The GOW is a mindless button hacking at the end of the day
I really understand that some of you are oldschool and firmly believe that oldschool is the best and I really respect that but to compare a 2d game to what is probably the only game to have such a large sense of scale in it and such a powerful engine is absolutely ludicrous mate.
I played Castlevania : Lords of Shadow and I liked the game. I thought the boss battles were difficult with a nice flow to it but there were aspects of the game which potrayed how lazy the game developers were. For instance, the camera angles in Castlevania: LOS is placed in such a way that you always are focusing on a narrow angle and the textures around you are of exquisite detail but If you want to explore a bit you notice that some of the textures when you go out of your linear path are really bad.
God of war beats Castlevania IMO because of so many factors.
Weapons : I really don't feel a cross is something one uses to pull of all those moves and combos. When you're using them, majority of the time it difficult for you to actually spot your weapon hitting the enemy because of the speed of the cross which really takes away the whole feeling of impact and the satisfaction of a hit in a game. In GOW, the weapons are bloody genius. Every weapon has a different combat mechanic involved in it.
Combat Mechanics : Mindless Hack'n'slash? Really? Anyone who has played the series, especially 3 will tell you that its anything but mindless hack'n'slash. You cannot beat the game with just the same combos or the same weapon throughout. The upgrades and the moves you can pull of with Kratos is really a treat to the eye compared to Castlevania where the best move you've got is spinning in one place at high speed just to notice that theres a bloody 25 hit combo that you've achieved. Im sorry mate but its in GOW and not Castlevania where you feel like you've actually killed someone.
Graphics : Castlevania loses miserably to God of war 3.
Story: I can't judge on this as I forgot the Castlevania story line
.Scale : I've seen the titan boss in Castlevania that you fight on the frozen lake. Compare that to Cronos from the God of War. Enough said really. Boss Battles, IMO I am yet to see one game that has matched the difficulty and the satisfaction that you get when you kill a boss in Hard difficulty( TITAN MODE) .
Level Design: First twenty minutes of God of War 3(poseidon boss battle).Nothing in LOS even came close to those 20 minutes at first.Enemies per screen in Lords of Shadow - 25. Enemies per screen in GodofWar3 60-75 or something. Now that's a real hack'n'slash.
Sound: I liked the sound in LOS and Gow. So its a tie for me.
There's a reason why the GOW franchise is such a hit and a success with Stig Assmussen putting in so much work in the game and making it well and truly for the fans every time they think of making a sequel. Santa Monica, easily on of the best studios around.
Agree with all of them, apart from God of War and Dragonball Z that I've never played so can't comment on.
I think it's missing Gears of War.
I agree, they are good games but definately overrated.
Stupid list. Anybody except for hardcore fans know that DBZ games are nothing more then rehashed PS2 games with slightly better graphics, and what exactly do they expect from GTA? It's a sandbox game taking the piss out of the society of the era. Of course they're fecking cliche.
Yeah whoever made that list entirely missed the point of the GTA series
Missed the point of almost every game.
Elder Scrolls, particularly Skyrim. What a load of shit.
let's have it fanboys!
I know you're fishing, but it may aswell be said that you'd have to be an absolute Ihni binni dimi diniwiny anitaime to not at least appreciate the Elder Scrolls games for the achievements that they are. It's amazing what they've done with the series.