Overrated & Underrated Games

[Jin]

Overrated:

All First Person Shooters
I'm serious. I'm tired of them. I've never liked Halo and the annualization of Call of Duty and its many imitators has left me yawning for something different. I'm not including games like Bioshock in this as they were (and in some cases, still are) fresh and unique. What I'm referring to here is the multiplayer focused FPS games that have all but taken over the release charts this generation. I'm tired of them.

Final Fantasy
Let's be real here, people. The Final Fantasy franchise has declined to the point of parody. It started with FF10 (though I for one liked that installment) and has since culminated in the waste of $70 that was FF13. The stories are lame, the dialogue is terrible, the battles systems are growing tiresome and exploration is being given a lower priority with each installment. Yawn.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
Seriously, a sequel strips a large portion of its predecessor's customization, variety and gameplay options and it's heralded as being amazing? lol wut?

Grand Theft Auto 4
Bad controls, check. Less gameplay options than its predecessor, check. Not as funny as it thinks it is, check. Same old same old, check. Overrated, check.

Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 4 in HD with less horror. Enough said.

Underrated:

Anything by Tim Schafer
Seriously, this guy's a genius, but seems to be utterly incapable of breaking into the mainstream market. Brutal Legend was a great game and deserved to sell far better than it did, even as a niche game.

Alas I have to go. I'll think of more later.

[Xanatos]

Overrated:

All First Person Shooters
I'm serious. I'm tired of them. I've never liked Halo and the annualization of Call of Duty and its many imitators has left me yawning for something different. I'm not including games like Bioshock in this as they were (and in some cases, still are) fresh and unique. What I'm referring to here is the multiplayer focused FPS games that have all but taken over the release charts this generation. I'm tired of them.

I actually agree on this one, but then again I'm not a big fan of shooters to begin with. Majority of them seem same to me.

Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 4 in HD with less horror. Enough said.

How could I possibly forget Resident Evil 5, the game could do fine on it's own, without the Resident Evil tittle. Not that Resident Evil 4 is any better, both games are plain shooters, and lack all the previous tittles were famous for.

Anything by Tim Schafer
Seriously, this guy's a genius, but seems to be utterly incapable of breaking into the mainstream market. Brutal Legend was a great game and deserved to sell far better than it did, even as a niche game.

The man behind tittles such as Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts and The Secret of Monkey Island, all games that deserve far more credit, yup, the man is ****ing genius alright.