The Overrated

[Vilge Duin]

How is it shit?

The comedy in the game is gold. They all boil down to just skins in the hands of competent gamers, but you have serious and goofy along with just the absurd.

The gameplay is refined off of the foundations Goldeneye and Perfect Dark laid down before it. Fast twitchy play that is as much reflexes as it is skill. Numerous different weapons and modes, and I can mess around the map editor when bored. That and I can take a stab at the co-op storymode with my girlfriend just to see who can steal a kill if it boils down to it.

I can't stand the slow plodding shit nature of most shooters now because of Halo.

[Vector]

I have to say the WWE games, particularly Smackdown!. Lost interest in the franchise when it came to the point of being nothing more than just another annually updated button-basher with improved graphics and less improved gameplay. The exception here was Smackdown! 2, which is still a good game upto this day. Regardless, the franchise really lacks substance when compared to Fire Pro Wrestling. I haven't played the last two Smackdown! games for the PS2 (i.e. Smackdown! vs. Raw 2004/2005), but from what I recall, I'm not missing much at all.

[lanky316]

The Pro Evolution Soccer series. Now don't get me wrong I enjoy them and prefer them over the FIFA's (which are finally improving for the first time since going 3D IMHO) but there are too many things that piss me off about them at all levels of the game to make me get too excited about them.

[Eclipse 2K5]

Madden - Madden is a great game but NCAA Football and Blitz: The League are better. The 2K games were better before they were run off the market. Arena Football will probably be at least as good as Madden. It is the only game for the NFL but it isn't the most fun or most realistic football game (with the exception of Madden 06). Madden 06 is much less overrated than other Maddens because the QB vision and Truck Stick change Madden from an college-style aerial shootout into a game of professional football.

Final Fantasy VII - This game was great 10 years ago because of its graphics. Now that the graphics don't hold up to current games, it is obvious that Final Fantasy X is the best Playstation Final Fantasy game. The gameplay for the 7th FF was very flawed and very few people actually like the story (but you wouldn't know it from the Final Fantasy forums).

Grand Theft Auto 3 & Vice City - These games were among the greatest ever when they were released but San Andreas fixed every glitch and gameplay flaw, eliminated load times and is a much bigger and more interesting game world. Saying that San Andreas is not much better than these 2 games is ridiculous.

WWE Smackdown HCTP - This game had the revolutionary gameplay improvements that are to be expected in every WWE Smackdown game. It was good when it came out but WWE Smackdown VS Raw had better gameplay and graphics. The only thing this game did better than its sequal was the Season mode. WWE Smackdown VS Raw's sequal is the most revolutionary game in the series and will completely outclass this game.

In general, an overrated game is a game that made a huge impact when it came out but was later improved upon to the point where following games, while not as revolutionary, were better. 1 major exception to this is EWR which isn't overrated because it remains the best free wrestling management game available, even though TEW might or might not be better.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Sales-wise....FIFA!

I never liked the new Zeldas....Links Awakening on the Gameboy is still where it's at!

[Kaney]

In general, an overrated game is a game that made a huge impact when it came out but was later improved upon to the point where following games, while not as revolutionary, were better.

And here's me thinking overrated games were those who get unjustifiable praise. Golly.

[Vector]

In general, an overrated game is a game that made a huge impact when it came out but was later improved upon to the point where following games, while not as revolutionary, were better.

[KussenKDogg2]

Donkey Kong 64-What the hell is so special about this that it's worth $70? Luckily, I didn't pay for it, I borrowed from a friend for an extended period of time.

Any NFL Blitz game besides The League, which I haven't played yet, and it looks very good.