06-13-2004, 04:06 AM | #21 | |
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Anyway, most over rated game in my opinion...it's a tie between the GTA series and the Rainbow Six series. However, I have at least a little respect for Rainbow Six, so I'm going to have to say GTA, particularly 3 and Vice City. Maybe it's just me, but beating prostitutes with baseball bats isn't really my idea of a good time. Also, as a side note: Hello! How are you? |
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06-13-2004, 04:08 AM | #22 | |
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06-13-2004, 04:24 AM | #23 | |
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06-13-2004, 07:54 AM | #24 | |
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Call of Duty (wasn't it bloody GOTY somewhere?) Splinter Cell (doesn't matter which one) Far Cry The Sims FIFA '98-'04 (how many years now? still not able to make a soccer game eh EA? ) Metal Gear Solid Halo to some extent; I thought the single player was OK, especially when played co-op with two players, meant hours and hours of mindless fun for me and my friends Multiplayer was.. well I didn't think there was much of a MP mode - there were practically no (good) maps and it was very hard to see exactly what you're aiming at (my big ass widescreen divided into 2 screens - not that good, divided into 4 - near to impossible). And was this not a game overly hyped by the press for having AWESOME*#%@$F*€!~MULTIPLAYER&%$ mode? I mean when I read the first previews I got the distinct impression there would be a cool multiplayer mode where 200 players got together on one huuuuuge battlefield with vehicles and the lot, now I know they dropped this before release but I was still very much dissapointed that MP was such a huge screw up. I couldn't play the MP for more than fifteen minutes before getting extremely bored, unfortunately my friends held on a little longer Also, did someone dare to say NOLF? I can't find it now but I could swear someone mentioned nolf, grrr.. bastards.. |
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06-13-2004, 08:32 AM | #25 |
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Who said NOLF was overrated!!!????
It's the best FPS ever made! And some games people mention baffles me. Doom? Halflife? They're both classics. Well, I guess you had to be there to play it when they came out. |
06-13-2004, 10:12 AM | #26 |
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Most recently, it would be Knights of the Old Republic. Touted as a very 'deep' roleplaying game with tons of quests and play time. But once I had gotten like 15-20 hours in, I realized it was a horribly repetitive game. Bioware's worst.
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Other than that, there is one game that I just thought of that was overrated by the critics. That game is Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. I loved playing it until I got to the point where you have to escape from a giant tank that is trying to crush you. That level was so frustrating I kept messing up and dying. I gave up after what felt like so many retries. |
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06-13-2004, 10:53 AM | #28 | |
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06-13-2004, 12:29 PM | #29 |
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Speaking of co-opness. This is why I so look forward to Guild Wars.
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06-13-2004, 12:34 PM | #30 |
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Diablo/Diablo 2
Warcraft 3 warcraft 2 rocks btw, but 3 is just a boring and lacking innovation. |
06-13-2004, 04:27 PM | #31 |
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Myst, The Sims, The 7th Guest...
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06-13-2004, 05:24 PM | #32 |
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Okay, you know what? I think Syberia is overrated. I mean sure its pretty, and sounds nice but those are just saving graces, IMO.
I mean, the story is plain trippy & not in a good way, as far as I'm concerned. The majority of the puzzles & tasks are unintuitive, and the only way to complete them is to try out all the options. Plus, the character personalities don't thrill me in the slightest. Sure, its done in the classic adventure game style, and that's why I've bought both copies to show my dollar support for the genre. However, nothing will convince me these games deserve all the praise they get. Sky Warrior Bob
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06-13-2004, 05:27 PM | #33 | |
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06-13-2004, 05:47 PM | #34 |
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I've seen a few of these threads come and go, and it just occured to me:
Aren't we separating game quality from gaming milestones? Myst was THE game to get people to purchase CD-ROM drives. The 7th Guest was the FIRST game to exist on a CD-ROM drive. The Sims made PC Gaming profitable on an entirely different level (to the mass public). Halo on its own introduced hundreds of different types of console gamers to the addictive nature of co-op gameplay (not everyone who bought an X-Box remembers NES titles like River City Ransom). Warcraft II popularized the RTS and was pretty much the first big RTS game for LAN play. KoToR made Star Wars and the D&D RPG "cool" for people who wouldn't get between 200 ft of dice or a lightsaber. Half-Life proved that dedicated communities could make or break the life of a game. I think it's easy to get out your magnifying glasses and point out the holes in the development quality of these games. But these games are also the pinnacles of PC and console-gaming history, despite the fact that they might not individually be perfect games. I know I'm on my high horse, here, so I'll get off. But to go with earlier posters, I absolutely agree with the comments about Halo. I was a DIE-HARD fan of the game when it was going to be produced on the Mac by the "original" Bungie. Back when it was going to be a third-person, over-the-shoulder squad-based tactical shooter. Bungie clearly had to make some major concessions when they were bought by Microsoft and the engine and level design were the first things to get scrapped. I was disappointed to see Halo switch to first-person as much as I was disappointed with the repetitive level design at the end of the game. Still, there are points when playing through single player Halo when you just go, "Damn." And that's why I love it. Last edited by Bard09; 06-13-2004 at 05:52 PM. |
06-13-2004, 09:30 PM | #35 |
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I'd say Half-life set a milestone for the unprecedented quality of cinematic presentation and AI (in FPS genre).
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06-14-2004, 03:38 AM | #36 |
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GTA 3 - I payed it just to hear all the music. Everything else SUCKS, the car physics are terrible, and the missions simply bad... Not near as good or as atmospheric as Mafia
HALO (pc) - although it may be the best FPS for XBOX, it doesn't do shit for pc. And I really hate the crosshairs, the colored squares around the enemies. it's a console game, not a pc one (and you really can tell) PoP: Sands of Time - repetitive, boring, no real combos (ahhh, Blade of Darkness), the frustrating animations after killing every enemy, camera... i really can't see what's so great about this one Warcraft III - hmmm, it really ain't a strategy, neither an rpg, it's just a really bad mix of both. A stupid and dull game if I may say so Unreal 2 - hmmm... Simply bad altogether... FIFA - it really is true, but none of the FIFA games really simulates football, not by a longshot. Thank God for PES & KONAMI
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06-14-2004, 06:10 AM | #38 |
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Full Throttle- just didn't do anything for me.
Grim Fandango- cute game, but don't think it was *that* good. As for other, non adventure games... i rarely play any, so when i decide to buy some, i'm really picky and usualy try out a demo and read as many reviews as possible. So, i'm usualy not disappointed. The only game that comes to mind as overated is Ratchet and Clank. I found it boring and unimaginative. Rayman all the way. |
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06-14-2004, 11:09 PM | #40 | |
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