Top 10 list of most overrated video game franchises[views:27925][posts:147]_____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 11:50am - arilliusbm ""] This is not an official list from some idiot's blog or some noob kid who started gaming 10 years ago. It's just like an opinion, man... I know a lot of you will disagree, but that's the point of a discussion forum, right? This list is short and incomplete, but they were a few ones that came into mind. 10.) Dead Space series. OH MY, LET ME STARE AT THIS GUYS BACK WHILE HE RUNS THROUGH A SPACESHIP AND ENCOUNTERS ENEMIES THAT SURPRISE YOU!! The series had horrible horror and suspense elements, and the story was sub par. If anything at all, Doom III had better horror. 9.) Every Zelda game that is after Link's Awakening and A Link to the Past. Do they seriously need to keep milking this shitty ass children's story? Zelda was at it's best when it was a gritty dungeon crawler game, not a flowery modern Nintendo happy game. 8.) Assassin's Creed serires. So fucking boring and uninspired. The highlight being the historical aspects, but the lowlight being the repetativeness of the game, and lackluster development. Overrated/overhyped. 7.) Final Fantasy - post FF9. I should say post FF3(6), but FF7 was awesome - BUT, the beginning of the end. All the modern Final Fantasy characters are digusting to look at. The boys look like women and the women look all dumb. Same thing with Zelda.. Why dumb down and lighten up a once glorious franchise? 6.) Fable. They just need to stop. 5.) Mass Effect - The story is boring and rips off everything before it, and the RPG elements are lackluster. I gave both I and II a shot and left shaking my head. So much potential, washed down the drain. They need to modernize a game like Albion, though I don't think Blue Byte Software exists anymore. 4.) Borderlands. Who cares if there's numerous weapons? The game was as arrid as the fucking desert it mostly takes place in. The story was awful, and the action was stale. Games were overhyped garbage. 3.) Grand Theft Auto . Same shit different day. Better graphics, different day. Why people still crave the open world of stealing cars and committing crimes is beyond me. Shit gets old, fast. Real fast. Only the first three were real. 2.) Left 4 Dead. More like Left 4 Sleep. Shooting zombies over and over has been beaten to death, and this series is only fun playing with other people... For about 5 minutes. 1.) Call of Duty series. This series represents everything that is wrong with modern console gaming. The releases are all very similar, yet slightly different at the same time. It offers nothing new to the table, yet still they produce a new one every year and people flock to buy them. Counterstrike 1.6 will always rape this series to shreds. Thanks, back to work. Good day and happy new year fuckheads. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 11:56am - trioxin245 ""] This post would have more credibility if I actually believed you played all these games enough to really have an opinion. I do agree with about half the list though. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 11:57am - trioxin245 ""] For instance "OH MY, LET ME STARE AT THIS GUYS BACK WHILE HE RUNS THROUGH A SPACESHIP AND ENCOUNTERS ENEMIES THAT SURPRISE YOU!!" Ok let me try: Super Mario 3: OH MY LET ME LOOK AT A TWO-DIMENSIONAL ITALIAN GUY FROM ONLY ONE SIDE WHILE HE JUMPS ON TURTLES AND TURNS INTO A RACOON. See, it's not a review, it's just rhetoric. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 11:57am - arilliusbm ""] Yea, I haven't played any of these games, anywhere, not even at friend's houses or the Xbox I sold. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 11:59am - arilliusbm ""] Deadspace was definitely 5/10. I tried liking it, but DoomIII was way better for space/horror type game. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 11:59am - trioxin245 ""] So you've played every single zelda game since links awakening? You realize there's like 20 of them right, on several different systems? |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:00pm - trioxin245 ""] Yea I mean, to each his own, I'm just saying. The way you wrote these 'reviews' sounds more like you're just trying to be a hater for the sake of being a hater than actually review the games. Jus sayin |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:02pm - trioxin245 ""] For instance, this "Do they seriously need to keep milking this shitty ass children's story? Zelda was at it's best when it was a gritty dungeon crawler game, not a flowery modern Nintendo happy game" is not a review. It doesn't show in any way that you actually played through any of the games and saw what they had to offer, all it shows is that you wrote them off based on the graphics and the modern look. That's fine, but we all know you can't always judge a book by its cover. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:04pm - Snowden ""] I agree with Aril: fuck console games. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:04pm - arilliusbm ""] Wait, when did I say I was going to review the games? I made a list a had brief comments on it. THERES ONLY SO MUCH ONE CAN DO WHILE SHITTING. and regards to Zelda? Ive got a DS and thought those were junk, and jusy about every 3d Zelda on 64, Gamecube or Wii did not tickle my fancy at all. Although I must say, Skyward Sword looked fun, but to me, THAT SHIT AINT ZELDA BRO. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:05pm - Snowden ""] But all joking aside, Zelda was never...gritty. Ultima or OG Bard's Tale were gritty, Zelda was a cute kid's dungeon crawl game where you threw a boomerang at bouncing monsters. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:06pm - arilliusbm ""] If I were to reveiw a game, i'd obviously write more. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:07pm - trioxin245 ""] For the record though, I actually BEAT Fable, and I can honestly say it is WAYYYYY overrated, and the COD games aren't BAD, they're just kind of meh to me. I though Left 4 Dead was fun as hell, but just as a kind of arcade game, not a huge amount of depth or anything. Not familiar with the FF games. Never played Mass Effect, probably never will. There are many many good Zelda games after A Link to the Past, but none AS good. Ass Creem, I liked part 2, but the first was boring and the one after 2 was just a downgraded version of 2. and Borderlands looks kind of boring so I avoided it. Anyway, time for TFC |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:08pm - arilliusbm ""] Snowden said:But all joking aside, Zelda was never...gritty. Ultima or OG Bard's Tale were gritty, Zelda was a cute kid's dungeon crawl game where you threw a boomerang at bouncing monsters. Heh, you're right. Gritty was the wrong word. I think, overtime, Nintendo "Nintendo'd" the Zelda series and changed the tone. The original NES version and Link's Awakening for Gameboy are my fav for the old style. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:09pm - trioxin245 ""] Snowden said:But all joking aside, Zelda was never...gritty. Exactly. it was always gay fairies and shit, I don't understand why all of a sudden everything thinks it's too cartoony or whatever. I'm not saying they're the BEST games ever, but most of the Zelda games I've played are pretty solid adventure games with good storytelling. My only complaint is that they usually lack challenge. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:10pm - trioxin245 ""] I can't even play the OG zelda anymore. SO dated haha |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:11pm - trioxin245 ""] For the record, I do respect your opinion on this shit to some degree, I just think your bias against the 'nowadays' and console gaming in general is keeping you from playing some pretty fun games, and to me that's what gaming is really about... FUN. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:13pm - arilliusbm ""] I dunno, if you compare the original Zelda to how it eventually evolved, I think there's a huge difference. I guess it's all how you interpret the original few games. I know my Zelda opinion is not that popular, I was just hoping Nintendo made the series darker with each game. Didn't happen. Oh well |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:14pm - arilliusbm ""] Also I made this thread fully expecting to get shit. :D |
| _________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:15pm - KEVORD ""] Doom III is one of my favorite all time games and I love Deadspace also. I don't know why I would have to choose one over the other. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:17pm - trioxin245 ""] Yea Doom III was pretty excellent. I never beat it though because it got scratched : ( |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:18pm - trioxin245 ""] IMO, Zelda: twilight princess was the darkest in the whole series. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:20pm - arilliusbm ""] In regards to FF, I choose NOT to play the new titles out of disgust. the last one ive played was 12 and a little of 13. No interest in them at all. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:22pm - arilliusbm ""] Twilight Princess wasnt actually bad. Ive been wanting to play that again, I just have a real hard time accepting 3d Zelda games. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:22pm - trioxin245 ""] Yea I never had much interest in the FF series in general. 3 was amazing, I never played any of the '3D' ones though. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:24pm - Snowden ""] Those games always baffled me, they felt so incredibly pre-scripted. Like you weren't even "playing" them, you were just going through the motions of re-enacting someone else's game. I did try to play FF7 for some reason, but just gave up. Rather just watch anime. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:37pm - arilliusbm ""] Yea, FF (and most JRPGs) are linear |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:41pm - arilliusbm ""] ALSO, OPINIONS ARE OPINIONS. I dont wanna be a dck and diss peoples' favorite games. Id like to see other peoples lists, if theyre willing |
| _______________________________ [Dec 26,2012 12:59pm - BSV ""] NO SONIC???? |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 1:00pm - trioxin245 ""] Fable and COD series are definitely on my list. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 1:07pm - trioxin245 ""] The only noteworthy fps-style game of the last maybe 10 years to me was Bioshock. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 1:14pm - Snowden ""] arilliusbm said:Yea, FF (and most JRPGs) are linear Yeah, I guess it felt like they went above and beyond what seemed "linear" to me at the time. This was pre-"sandbox games" and shit, the only open-ended game I remember playing was maybe ELITE. So it's not like I was expecting Eve Online or something! Maybe they need to invent a more brutal synonym for "linear" to do JRPGs justice. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 1:17pm - Snowden ""] arilliusbm said:ALSO, OPINIONS ARE OPINIONS. I dont wanna be a dck and diss peoples' favorite games. Id like to see other peoples lists, if theyre willing I can't really think of any, so I guess I'll go with the stock elitist dickhead answer: EVERY SINGLE CONSOLE GAME FRANCHISE |
| ______________________________ [Dec 26,2012 1:25pm - Yeti ""] i agree on Assassin's Creed, they are boring. GTA will never get old. IV had it's moments, however San Andreas is impossible to top. i just deleted my file and restarted the campaign. i only play CoD4 and World at War, and those campaigns are stellar. i don't have much desire for any others though. even the online play gets stale fast. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 1:27pm - arilliusbm ""] I mean, I have fun at times playing CoD, but at the same time, they milk it for money. Off topic, but does anyone have the new Wii? Might buy it. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 2:52pm - xmikex ""] BSV said:NO SONIC???? This. Same fucking game over and over and the first one got old in the Child World trial kiosk. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 2:54pm - arilliusbm ""] I'm a huge huge sonic fan. 1-knuckles. Including Spinball. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:10pm - ShadowSD ""] Yeti said:i agree on Assassin's Creed, they are boring. GTA will never get old. IV had it's moments, however San Andreas is impossible to top. i just deleted my file and restarted the campaign. This is the only new console game in the last several years I've gotten to try and I agree with the recommend - at one point, I managed to kill myself with a gas station explosion that shot me like a cannon a few hundred yards smacking into the side of a bridge, slowly sliding down while being shot full of holes by police helicopters before falling into the water. How all that happened before it faded out I don't understand considering the initial explosion killed me, and I never managed it again - but Best Death Ever. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:17pm - Yeti ""] xmikex said: BSV said:NO SONIC???? This. Same fucking game over and over and the first one got old in the Child World trial kiosk. wait wait wait...i missed this the first time. i will suffer no blasphemy to the majesty of Sonic. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:32pm - trioxin245 ""] Spinball is the best Sonic game. So good. Although Mario series >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sonic |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:37pm - arilliusbm ""] Anyone remember the James Pond series? What about the Wonder Boy series? |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:43pm - trioxin245 ""] Only McKids is real. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:44pm - arilliusbm ""] McKids, lL O L |
| ________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:47pm - Spence ""] Agree with everything but Zelda, and even that I semi-agree with. Doesn't keep MM and everything before it from being awesome. Only thing I would've added, Resident Evil once it got lame as balls. (I.E., Resident Evil 4 and onwards. RE 0-3 and Code Named Veronica are still awesome as fuck) |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:50pm - trioxin245 ""] Resident Evil 5 was garrrrrrrrrrbage. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:51pm - Alexecutioner ""] arilliusbm said: 9.) Every Zelda game that is after Link's Awakening and A Link to the Past. Do they seriously need to keep milking this shitty ass children's story? Zelda was at it's best when it was a gritty dungeon crawler game, not a flowery modern Nintendo happy game. Anyone who discounts Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask from being quality Zelda titles never enjoyed using an N64. FUCK YOU |
| ________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:53pm - Spence ""] Alexecutioner said:Anyone who discounts Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask from being quality Zelda titles never enjoyed using an N64. FUCK YOU |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 3:55pm - arilliusbm ""] 3D Zelda? Fuck those games, they started the demise. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:00pm - trioxin245 ""] I love both those games enough to not need to bother arguing about whether they're good or not. I understand your complaints, but still think very highly of both, particularly Ocarina. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:03pm - Spence ""] Those two games didn't begin the demise. If ANYTHING, those two games were the perfect bridge into 3D. If they kept up with those games in terms of difficulty and fun after MM, then this would still be one of the greatest game franchises ever. It's not OoT and MM's fault that they later dropped the ball. |