Most overrated games and franchises (no order)

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06-30-2006, 03:27 PM
Gunslash

GTA's very heavily advertised, but it's not voerrated...it lived up to its hype.
Same with EQ.

To me the most overrated are the Final Fagtasy series and Doom 3 (which was a good game, but not that great). Quake 4 is what Doom should of been quality wise.
07-12-2006, 08:59 PM
trland

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07-13-2006, 03:38 AM
senorgotti

OK, in my post in this thread I said that I thought anything by Rockstar Games is overrated but I haven't played Table Tennis. So I finally got around to renting it and the game is tedious and boring. So now Rockstar's Table Tennis is overrated.
07-13-2006, 03:52 AM
Boneycat

I didn't even know table tennis was rated, therefore how can it be overrated?
07-13-2006, 04:08 AM
senorgotti

It has gotten good reviews and seems to be a popular game at the moment but you are right it's not overrated... it's just not fun.
07-13-2006, 04:20 AM
kujoe2002

Quake III Arena is good IMO.. Quake 4 however lacks quality. Wasn't worth the $$. Better off getting BF2.

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Originally Posted by PCJ

I remember the first Syphon Filter to be alright.

Also, GTA is ridiculously fun if you play OJ mode online. Nothing like being chased by 30 cops who are all real people.

LOL!!!!!
07-13-2006, 06:03 AM
Spaceman Spiff

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Originally Posted by kujoe2002

Quake III Arena is good IMO.. Quake 4 however lacks quality. Wasn't worth the $$. Better off getting BF2.

Aside from the fact BF2 has NO singleplayer worth anything, and Quake 4's is quite enjoyable.
Never played Q4 multiplayer, so I can't comment, but unless you're only a hardcore online gamer only, a well done sp campaign has to count for something.
07-13-2006, 08:16 AM
Transfurzz

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Originally Posted by Username

I've owned GTA3 when a 9800pro and 1GB was considered a hardcore gaming PC and GTA3 always looked and ran like crap. The fact you can run it at 1024 made the game look somehow worse.

Also, it appears your mixing up the concept of gameplay and content. I questioned the concept of "freedom" offered by GTA when it clearly has been in numerous forms throughout gaming.

Of course it looked like crap and ran like crap. You try upping the resolution on textures optimised to run on a PS2. The PS2 doesn't even have a GPU to begin with. Even the amazing looking Oblivion for the Xbox 360 suffers from downsized textures on the PC. This is why most PC gamers hate console ports with a burning hatred. At that time, a console port wasn't even a passing consideration. GTA3 was the best console port at that time, bar none.

I also have no idea why you find it ran so slow. I can run GTA3 with 2xAA and 8xAF on this rig and it ran 45 fps or more at any given time. This was back when Vice City for the PC was just released. Either that, or ATi's poor performance in OpenGL is showing.

Name me one other game that truly allows you to explore your world ? It would be limited to RPGs.
07-13-2006, 08:53 AM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by senorgotti

It has gotten good reviews and seems to be a popular game at the moment but you are right it's not overrated... it's just not fun.

I rented the game and thoroughly enjoyed it - the game mechanics are deep enough to keep you on your toes and the speed rises to a point where blinking may cost you the game. It plays like a faster, more complex version of Virtua Tennis, really. Its definitely not worth $40 though, i'll buy it when its $20 for the online multiplayer alone.

Also in regards to your hating of all things Rockstar, I really liked Midnight Club 3.

EDIT: And for that matter, I really enjoyed the GTA series too, but then I couldn't bring myself to enjoy San Andreas at all.
07-13-2006, 11:49 AM
senorgotti

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Originally Posted by Kamakazie

I rented the game and thoroughly enjoyed it - the game mechanics are deep enough to keep you on your toes and the speed rises to a point where blinking may cost you the game. It plays like a faster, more complex version of Virtua Tennis, really. Its definitely not worth $40 though, i'll buy it when its $20 for the online multiplayer alone.

Also in regards to your hating of all things Rockstar, I really liked Midnight Club 3.

EDIT: And for that matter, I really enjoyed the GTA series too, but then I couldn't bring myself to enjoy San Andreas at all.

Never said I hated all things Rockstar. I just said that I thought they were overrated. Never played Midnight Club 3 but I do like racing games. Although Dub Edition doesn't sound like something I would like, I'm not got going to completely disregard a game because of a company.
07-13-2006, 10:38 PM
Fig

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Originally Posted by Idiot356

I like or have liked all of those games you mention, so I have to disagree. I don't think any of them are overrated.

I guess it depends upon when you played the games, and what you consider "overrated".

I went back and played Goldeneye yesterday, and I thought "Wow this game pretty much sucks compared to todays FPS!" So I guess I could say "Goldeneye" is overrated.

Perspective is everything, I think all of those games were damn good games at the time they came out.

Agreed. I think most of those games were far better than average when they came out.

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