11... most overrated games of all time? IMHO.

Well So AGAIN, over and over again, I have to point out that overrated does not mean bad...
Overrated just means, more attention then it should be getting.
There are any number of reasons that a game or anything really can be overrated.
And I might actually comment on why these things are overrated from time to time, but that does not matter, what matters is that I get to be mean to Games that have already made there money and no one who made them cares what I have to say! YAY!

#11: SoulCaliber II! (Own it) (Would Buy Again)
So Why SCII?
Well two reasons, One it had a HUGE amount of hype with its release, or rather pre-release, and really was just a alright game. A alright game with some huge problems, most of those being the alternate game modes, the dungeons system just got really annoying really fast for most people. And the one thing that got allot of people to buy the game was actually one of the things I can't really gripe about.

The 'extra' character in each of the three versions, It was a really nice addition. Not good enough to garner all of the hype, but what ever.


#10: Sonic Heroes! (Never owned) (Never will/Would)
First off I would like to point out a few things about this game.
A: It is more of a cult classic then a actually famous or well liked game, so its more about the volume at which its supporters support it rather then the number.
B: I never liked ANY of the sonic games, that is not to say that I think they are bad, rather to say that I always thought the Sega's Controller was sluggish and crappy, thus the controls of the games where as well. C: I loved the Sega dreamcast.

This game is more about having a sizable cult following despite being one of the buggiest games ever made. Literally every one I know that owned this game hits bugs on a play though, so much so that most know how to do them at will.


#9: Phantasy Star Online. (Owned it) (Liked it)
This game was more about Why? then How...
I mean really there was no point in making it online.
It wasen't so much that it was worst for the fact, just more that it gets allot of credit for something that really didn't work that well and wasn't that great. But you really need to give this game credit for thinking ahead of its time, which is most likely the problem with it.


#8: Katamari Damacy... (Owned it) (liked it)
This is again a cult classic game.
And this one is again a game that at least dared to be original.
But really, I don't see what is so great about it, don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with liking this game I played it plenty. But I really don't think it deserves all the attention it gets.


#7: Sims 3. (Owned it) (Meh)
This game is more about EA knowing how to hook people.
This Sims as a whole is really just a massive time sink, but people who REALLY REALLY want you to think this is a deep game, have problems...  It's fine if you like this game and play it, but really don't tell me that its a great game or daring or deep or anything, its really just a more (Or less) complicated version of farmville.


#6: Mortal Combat! (The entire series to some extent) (Owned allot of them) (Liked them)
Mortal combat would have been nothing with out gore, there was really nothing special about it other then that, and really there is nothing special about it now other then that.  It is at the very least a good game now, at least as good as many of its contemporary, but the original was just Meh other then the gore. Streetfighter had MUCH better controls and was Much more Fluid.

On the upside the most reasent game was pretty amazing.


#5: Morrowind. (Owned it) (Was not a fan, despite being a fan of almost everything else Bethesda has done)
SO! Morrowind, this is honestly a groundbreaking game and could have been perfect, but a few issues really just dragged it down, but that's OK because Bethesda clearly learned from it, Oblivious had none of the problems that dragged it down. (It had new problems) And Skyrim is as perfect as a open world game has ever been.

The two real big problems with Morrowind?
A: Finding the damn story line. Really if you missed something or just where unlucky you might spend all your time just looking for the story line let alone playing it.
B: Ruining your game, You could kill people that would just wreck your game, in Oblivious they Kind of fixed this, and in Skyrim they did fix it? Are any of them perfect? NO, but they are pretty exceptable.



#4: Neverwinter Nights. (Own it) (Loved it)
This is again more about it not being THAT good, Its good very good. But really there are better D&D games out there, Balders Gate and Icewinddale are just as good, and don't get the kind of attention that this game does. Why? Simple. Online games.

NWN had a online function that REALLY got a die hard group of people to play it a VERY long time, (Still playing it in many cases) And the fact that NWN2 was... less then impressive didn't hurt ether. But NWN2 has slowly gotten better and really started to take its tole on this game.


#3: Metal Gear Solid 2: Cons of liberty. (Played it) (Sold my copy)
Simply put this game is a one play though game, no replay value.
And MGS really was never as good as most people say it was.
The story line is stupid for the most part.
The game play is Meh.
On that note this is a good game.
And most likely is one of the games that really helped the PS3 come out of a slump, but its really just not that great.


#2: Grand Theft Auto IV. (And the rest of the series to some extent) (Owned almost all of them)
Really this is kind of like the Mortal combat of open world games, It would be nothing without violence, And by that I mean largely pointless Violence. It's very telling when most of your players 'suffer' though your story line to get to better areas to go on mindless rampages.

GTA 2: Most people actually really enjoyed playing, mostly because it had a wicked sence of humor, that seams to have slowly faded for the most part now, and we are left with just the gameplay aspect of the games, which is still good but really... nothing special anymore.



(Puts on his VEST and Fire Protection Gear)
#1: Final Fantasy VII. (Have owned many copys, on the PC and PS1) (Will most likely buy the remake) (Have played most of the other games based off of it)

So this is again one of those things where is is most likely one of the great games of my life time, but its just not THAT good, its good, great even, but it was huge problems. The real way to tell is simply, if it was redone and release as a new release with now. (With updated graphics and what not) Would it do as well?

The answer is no.
But it would still do well.

This game gets allot of credit for being the first game of its kind to hit the Western Market. Case and point, its really not that big a deal in Japan. It's big, and It should be it was one of the better FF games. And even bad Final Fantasy is like Bad Shakespear, its still better then a good amount of its competitors.

This game is also really good because its had allot to do.
And it dose in fact have a pretty good story line.

But there are problems, even when it came out.

A: The main character... I mean it, The main character is boring, some people liked him, but most liked him for completly vapid reasons, It's not really the games fault, its VERY hard to do a quite mysterious character in text, it just comes across as bored and bland, I think if (When) the game is redone voice acting will largely fix this problem.

B: Pace. It is a up and down side that it takes FOREVER to beat this game, You can infact beat it in a little under 60 hours. (Which is a long play time) But most people took 120+ hours to beat it for what ever reason. And lord forbid that you saved that the wrong place and would have to restart or go back.

C: Graphics, It is important to note that the graphics where very good for the time, and some of them are still alright considering, but just in the cut sceans.

D: Tone, The game can be VERY stupid at times, and allot of times your just slogging though parts of the game to get to the good stuff.

E: Story.
Really people who think this game has amazing story, didn't play FF3. or FF:2 or FF1. On a note 4-6 are largely just remakes of the first three. And Seven was kind of a collection of all three, dropping what did not work and keeping what did, and I like that for the most part.

So in closing this is a great game.
But there are better even considering the time frame, there are better games or games that where just as good that came out at the same time. (Go play Lunar: Silver Star Story)

MCDKS

MCDKS.
This is a simple acronym.
It is about the general condition of the movie industry.
It stands for.

Movie
Critics
Don't
Know
Shit

And there is a reason for that.
And the simple reason is that the term "Critically acclaimed" doesn't mean anything.

There are really only two kind of movies in Hollywood.
Movies that make money and movies that don't.

You see basically every major movie studio owns or owns allot of stock in a major entertainment magazine. And thus pays the paychecks of a small army of movie critics, and thus every Hollywood movie made in the last 40 years has been "Critically Acclaimed."

The term is also about the general feeling that nothing a critic dose effects how well a movie dose.
Case and point.
The 2nd and 3rd Transformer movies where almost universally reviled by critics, but both made ALLOT of money. And by comparison The Shawshank Redeption was pretty much a box office flop.

It's also important to note that the box office is not the end of a movies money making career.
There is rental money, distributions money, licencing and merchandise.

So very few movies actually lose money for there investors, but some come very close and or are really not worth making to be honest. And this goes back to the ideal of overrated movies. Or books or whatever.

Overrated allot of times has nothing to do with the overall quality of the product.

Lets all ship?

Shipping for those of you who don't know is the anime fan practice of discussing who in a show should be in a relationship with who.

Now there are a few different types of shipping.

And the steps and tactics to shipping can be divided into many different groups.

The anime it'self could be any one of the following.

'No Shipping required'

This is when the story pretty much tells you who is with who, Dragon Ball/Z/GT is pretty good for this, its REALLY clear at some point who is with who, and there is more often then not no real explanation given. This is simply because the relationship is to move the story along, not the story in and of its self.

'Shipping Optional.'

This is when the show had room to ship, but its not really built into the show, that is to say there are plenty of relationships that Could be shipped, but none that really flower enought to say. 'This is clearly meant to be'

'Ready to ship.'

Most ReverseHarem/Harem Anime Falls into this area.

The basically is running on the ideal that the watcher is gonna do this, one guy/girl + a collection of people who like them, the watcher is going to have a personal preference as to who they should end up with. Now some Harem anime make it clear at love point who is the Lucky one is gonna be. (Love Hinna) But others do not. And some just ignore the problem. (Tenchi) By not having the main character show that much actual interest in the ideal of a relationship.

'Please no shipping?'

There are clearly show that have clearly been made to not be shipped, wile I can't really think of any its just safe to say that if the Wrighting never put ANY thought in relationships in the show then it fall into this group.

And likewise most shippers fall into a few groups as well, And its important to note that this is not a equal percentage in each group. The vast majortiy of shippers are going to ether be just fans with opinions, and Fangirls/Fanboys. And as we all know. Fangirls/boys Ruin everything... Ever.... Because they have a opinion and might have something to back it up, but more often then not operate on retard-logic.

Natural Shipping.

Natural shipping could actually just be called cannon shipping, Fans who support the cannon relationships in a show. More often then not because the story would not work otherwise. Or because the athore knows best. (BS)

Backup Shipping.

This is where you ship background characters, because all to often they get ignored. I mean sure batman has catwomen but what about robin?

Better then Natural Shipping.

Some times the designated couple just isn't as good as some other combination to be honest, and you would really rather see another couple then the one you get in the story.

They would be cute together Shipping.

This is a rather shallow version of the above, insisting that two characters would be good together because they would be 'cute' together, that what actually means is the fanboy/girl just want there two favorite characters together.

Cracked Shipping.

This is where a unstable fanboy/girl insists that two characters that have nothing in common and for the most part would hate each other would make a good couple. Because... Well Just Because.... It makes no sense and you should most likely put them down before the cause to much trouble.