[custard]

It had several difficulty options, options for the game to be ended when seen as well.

I adore the story, however it does seem to confuse a hell of a lot of people who don't know the previous stories and can't concentrate on one cutscene for more than 5 mins

[Sly Boots]

I know what junkie means, Sam&Max, the reply wasn't meant for you (well, maybe just the Starcraft part), but I noticed an anti-Blizzard wave on this thread and I was curious about what strategy games did the Warcraft & Starcraft players like.
I can't say I'm a big strategy fan. I stopped playing strategies a couple of years ago, but I found Starcraft to be a really good strategy game and I don't think this genre progressed very much since Starcraft.
Anyway, Perimeter sounds interesting (so I read), but I'm not sure I'm going to play it.

Originally Posted by Eddy

That game wasn't overrated it was hated.
Every magzine said it was nothing compared too splintercel.
And ye can chose how easy you want the game.

I know you can set the difficulty, but even then it was just so easy. I say that because this is supposed to be a stealth game but I didn't see any stealth at all.

I adore the story, however it does seem to confuse a hell of a lot of people who don't know the previous stories and can't concentrate on one cutscene for more than 5 mins

I have played MGS and a little of the first 2 MGs. And still the story just wasn't stable. It's like they just loosley threw a bunch of conspiracys and about .1% of original ideas in there, hoping it would all fit together.

Originally Posted by SamNMax

I'm ahuge Warcraft junkie, but for some reason, I didn't like Starcraft. It just didn't do anything for me.

I guess I should rephrase this. I did like Starcraft, but once I got to the Zerg campiagn, I just lost interest. Unlike Warcraft which kept me glued for a looooong time. I guess when you play all the Warcraft games and then go to Starcraft, it affects the way you look at it.

[Sly Boots]

True, I never played with the Zerg (they were absolutely grotesque and I was 13) but I can understand their presence in the game. The races were different & ballanced. I played the Terran campaign and then the Protoss (loved the zeppelin) and I found the missions very interesting and diversified.

I only completed the Terran before I just got tired of it completely. I like Warcraft a lot better because there was a lot of background story outside the games. Unlike Starcraft, whose story you can find anywhere.

[edlglide]

I think Halo is overrated, like many others -- it's not a bad game by any means, I just didn't think it was special. On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of FPS games, so.....

I also think Starcraft is overrated. It is also a good game, but not one of the top 5 computer games of all-time which a lot of people seem to think. And if you want me to name a better strategy game, I'll say Medieval: Total War. Brilliant game.......and Rome: Total War should be even better.

As for MGS2 -- I think the story in that was brilliant. The game really wasn't too difficult, but I was enthralled in playing through it just for the storyline.

I think Myst and all the games in that series are overrated, but again I'm not a big fan of puzzle games. I want my puzzles to be part of a big story with characters and the like.........not just puzzles for the sake of doing them. Myst and Riven and such do technically have a story, but it's so far removed from most of the gameplay that it may as well not exist.

I can agree about Syberia 1 & 2as well -- they were pretty simple games. The storyline and production values were nice, but I often felt like I was watching a movie with little breaks of mechanical tinkering.

And finally, Morrowind. I heard so much about it, how phenomenal it was, how it was game of the year, so I finally bought it. I like the open-ended gameplay -- but it's SO open-ended that it often loses focus. You feel like you're randomly doing things for very little reason except to try and get somewhere where you can advance the story. And as some others mentioned, there is very little character development........the NPCs just tell you something and that's that. I'd rather play a game like Arcanum that has all sorts of optional side-quests and things to do, but still has a focused storyline that continues to move along at a reasonable pace.

Originally Posted by custard

Knights of the old rebuplic

*Loads pistol* Where do you live?

[Gaderiffi]

Originally Posted by SamNMax

*Loads pistol* Where do you live?

I second that! Quite possibly the best game ever. And I'm not even a fanboy by nature.

Anyway, to me, most FPS games are overrated, because I get next to nothing out of most of them. As far as adventures go:

Myst - I got bored and never finished it.
TLJ - See above. I plan to finish this one someday though.
S&M - Overrated might be the wrong word. It's actually a pretty good game, but not very funny (to me) and doesn't hold a candle to most other LEC games.

[Egarthen]

I thought I'd ressurect an old thread just to point out, once more, how very over-rated I think Sanitarium is. Extremely predictable (Foreshadowing is one thing, but spelling out the entire plot within the first two acts is a bad move. Makes everything beyond them pointless), terribly acted, and the attempts at "comic relief" were just stupid. I hated this game.

[Sly Boots]

I don't think that any adventure game can be called over-rated.
Personally, I found Sanitarium underrated. Sure, the plot was a bit predictable, but the story is well told, and Chapter 2 is truly memorable. The puzzles were very good, not a single frustrating puzzle.
The theme was dark and serious, and if by the "comic reliefs" you mean "John S. , composer, now decomposing", I found that funny.

[Egarthen]

Originally Posted by Sly Boots

I don't think that any adventure game can be called over-rated.
Personally, I found Sanitarium underrated. Sure, the plot was a bit predictable, but the story is well told, and Chapter 2 is truly memorable. The puzzles were very good, not a single frustrating puzzle.
The theme was dark and serious, and if by the "comic reliefs" you mean "John S. , composer, now decomposing", I found that funny.

The GameRankings average of reviews for Sanitarium is at 84%. That is FAR over-rated. Were I to tack on a percentage, I'd give it about a 60% (If I were feeling generous)
Blow-by-blow response:
1. The story isn't particularly well told. Again - revealing everything within the first two acts is not good storytelling.
2. The first two chapters were pretty solid - had the game ended there, I would've been satisfied. But everything beyond the 2nd chapter got steadily worse. The return trips to the Sanitarium were completely out of sync with the game's attempts at a dark atmosphere. For example, your fellow mental patients. They're the failed comedic attempts I was referring to. The Hive act was atrocious, and the Lost Village act was mind-numbingly dull.
3. Of course none of the puzzles were frustrating - they hand-feed you the solutions.

[convexion]

Doom 3 was a bit of a let down for me. Sure, the graphics are magnificient but it plays much like the Doom of old.

KOTOR didn't really float my boat either. Of course I'm not a big Star Wars fan. Even less so since LA canceled Sam and Max 2 so they can produce even more redundant Star Wars atrocities.

Sam and Max, in my eyes, was one of the greatest games ever made.

Oh and I think Halo, Call of Duty, Splinter Cell, and all of the GTA games since GTA3 have been superb.

[100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja]

Originally Posted by Egarthen

The Hive act was atrocious...

Although I quite liked the game, when I was playing the Hive, I felt like: WTF? That part was totally lame, I was trying to find the purpose for this one, but all my attempts failed. And it really didn't bring anything to the whole experience except a hour or two of (dull) gameplay.

[log p]

splinter cell, the sims, and the originial pac-man

[MysterD]

I think NWN was overrated. The Original Campaign (Single player) was so hit and miss, it wasn't even funny. Bleh. Such mediocrity.

(Though, the Expansions were quite good -- especially HOTU).

[Eye-Z]

gta 3 and vice city..most overrated games ever

halo is raw

and halflife is one of the best games ever made

[MysterD]

Originally Posted by GED X-42

How can System Shock 2 be over rated when it hardly sold any copies?

Maybe the person felt the critics OVER-scored it?

Over-rated can be 3 things:
1.gamers overrated it
2.critics overrated it
3.both 1 & 2

[log p]

Originally Posted by Eye-Z

gta 3 and vice city..most overrated games ever

halo is raw

and halflife is one of the best games ever made

thank you for pointing out the GTA series!...i would have to agree as i forgot about them...when i first bought an Xbox i was constantly hearing PS2 gamers rant about GTA this, GTA that, GTA is the greatest...when it finally hit the XBox i played it and was mesmerized...for about an hour...then it got old...then i realized i suck at the missions and would rather just cruise around until that got old...then i realized the only thing i really wanted to do was park in the bushes on vice city and listen to the awesome soundtrack that is the best part about the damn game
then i realized some people feel the same way about fable...then i rolled my eyes like so

[Egarthen]

Originally Posted by MysterD

I think NWN was overrated. The Original Campaign (Single player) was so hit and miss, it wasn't even funny. Bleh. Such mediocrity.

(Though, the Expansions were quite good -- especially HOTU).

The single player campaign is a joke, yes. But the amount of quality user-created content is mind-blowing. Countless amazing single-player modules, plus tons of online persistent worlds to explore. Buying NWN is equivalent to purchasing hundreds of quality single-player games and picking up several MMORPGs as well. Best bang-for-your-buck purchase I've ever made