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)
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