That's what I was thinking. Yeah, Half-Life blew my socks off when I first played it, but I could never finish it because Valve sucks at level design. Every game they've put out since has been just as bad (that I've played anyway, maybe TF2 has good level design).WorldCritic said:
Games you like but still think are a little overrated.
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I've never been that into Resident Evil no matter how much I loved survival horror games... Cheap scares and stupid dialog have always kept me from immersing myself in...(Jill sandwich!)
Also as much as I respect Quake and Doom series as an old timer, I've always though the games were a bit overrated by the meaningles enthusiasm of severed limbs. They were atmospheric yes, but ripping through hordes of evil...things and not even pausing for a mili-second till the end of a level seemed a little overwhelming for me...Those were the times for intense shooters I guess.
Also as much as I respect Quake and Doom series as an old timer, I've always though the games were a bit overrated by the meaningles enthusiasm of severed limbs. They were atmospheric yes, but ripping through hordes of evil...things and not even pausing for a mili-second till the end of a level seemed a little overwhelming for me...Those were the times for intense shooters I guess.
Everyone on the Escapist who makes threads following a usual pattern, such as when one makes a great thread with some value and asks a question, we have about 30 more popping up within the month that make slight variations of said question...I hate those games.
Also, everyone who plays the game of "Everything, in a way, is overrated." I understand that inorder to get the achievement of '36 months posts' you sometimes cut corners, but c'mon! Stop cheating.
Also, everyone who plays the game of "Everything, in a way, is overrated." I understand that inorder to get the achievement of '36 months posts' you sometimes cut corners, but c'mon! Stop cheating.
The Halo series, and the MGS series. Both have some solid gameplay, but both have flaws in the story-telling side of things, but in different ways. Halo's story is completely cliche and bland, whereas MGS's story is completely overblown, hokey, has way too much dialogue, and crams way too many plots and characters I couldn't really care about.
Ocarina of Time.
Fantastic game, although I didn't enjoy the cryptic gameplay like most people did.
Fantastic game, although I didn't enjoy the cryptic gameplay like most people did.
Call of Duty.
It's good fun shooting people and all, but to make several million dollars for it... Doesn't seem worth that much...
It's good fun shooting people and all, but to make several million dollars for it... Doesn't seem worth that much...
Demon's Souls.
The game was plenty of fun, I still play it to this very day.
Due to its unexpected cult status and it being a 'hard' game, this is one that just has a shocking amount of people that are just completely unwilling to admit anything is wrong with it. Certain areas that offer far more frustration than fun, certain bosses that can have incredibly 'cheep' attack patters. Lets not forget the horrible imbalance between range oriented characters and melee oriented.
Even smaller but none the less baffling problems like not being able to Pause while offline are met with a lot of 'It adds to the challenge' type of justification.
The game was plenty of fun, I still play it to this very day.
Due to its unexpected cult status and it being a 'hard' game, this is one that just has a shocking amount of people that are just completely unwilling to admit anything is wrong with it. Certain areas that offer far more frustration than fun, certain bosses that can have incredibly 'cheep' attack patters. Lets not forget the horrible imbalance between range oriented characters and melee oriented.
Even smaller but none the less baffling problems like not being able to Pause while offline are met with a lot of 'It adds to the challenge' type of justification.
Halo 3. HOLY GOD the campaign was boring. Repetitive and boring. Repetitive and boring. Repetitive and boring
He asked for feedback on games that you thought were over rated but still ENJOYED!. Some people didn't pay attention to that key part - enjoyed.
Sure there are already plenty of topics about over rated games and there are heaps of over rated games out there that are not enjoyable. Sorry but seems some people are using this thread to just complain about games they hated - wasn't the point I don't think.
I probably have lots of games that fall into this category but off top of head will need to think...
Sure there are already plenty of topics about over rated games and there are heaps of over rated games out there that are not enjoyable. Sorry but seems some people are using this thread to just complain about games they hated - wasn't the point I don't think.
I probably have lots of games that fall into this category but off top of head will need to think...
Super Mario Galaxy 2.
It was fun, but the level design wasn't even as good as the first! AND, it was still too easy, especially the final boss, when they practically promised that it would be much harder. The only reason it got rated so high, as far as I can tell, is because it had Yoshi in it. Honestly, the fact that a fairly good sequel got SO much praise while other, much better games went unseen causes me pain.
It was fun, but the level design wasn't even as good as the first! AND, it was still too easy, especially the final boss, when they practically promised that it would be much harder. The only reason it got rated so high, as far as I can tell, is because it had Yoshi in it. Honestly, the fact that a fairly good sequel got SO much praise while other, much better games went unseen causes me pain.
Any fighting game, though fun, some are crippling in the arcade mode (Original 3 Mortal Kombats), and no matter how much you practice, it's like yahtzee says, your friends can beat you just by mashing their face against the controller
Ok, I'm gonna be captain obvious on this one, but Halo (all iterations there of except Halo Wars, which I have not played and therefore cannot comment on). Solid game design? Sure. Good brainless fun? Absolutely. Great game to have on the shelf when you've got mates around? Fucking A. But seriously, overall its average. Not good, not bad, just average with an above average level of polish.
The call of duty games are also guilty of this. Very highly polished mediocrity is not brilliance, no matter how much elbow grease you put into working the shine out of it. Don't get me wrong - both those game series have a lot going for them - but its all on the surface, bite in and there's very little there.
On a slightly less obvious and more controversial note, the original starcraft. Was never really that impressed. Still haven't got around to playing starcraft 2.
Oh, and slightly off topic because its supposed to be games you ENJOY and think are over rated, but my number one over rated game of all time has to be counterstrike. Seriously. The only conceivable use for it is as a coaster, and you can't even do that because its digitally distributed not on a CD.
The call of duty games are also guilty of this. Very highly polished mediocrity is not brilliance, no matter how much elbow grease you put into working the shine out of it. Don't get me wrong - both those game series have a lot going for them - but its all on the surface, bite in and there's very little there.
On a slightly less obvious and more controversial note, the original starcraft. Was never really that impressed. Still haven't got around to playing starcraft 2.
Oh, and slightly off topic because its supposed to be games you ENJOY and think are over rated, but my number one over rated game of all time has to be counterstrike. Seriously. The only conceivable use for it is as a coaster, and you can't even do that because its digitally distributed not on a CD.