Topic: Games You Feel are Overrated

GTA is rated M for a good reason though. It's not rated suitably for kids.

Only the really stupid ones think the game is telling them those things are okay.

Going to get so much hate for this.

Secret of Mana

Sometimes, I can accept a game isn't for me and still see why people love it. But I can't see that here. The battle system is heavily flawed, acting as a wishy washy ATB battle system that tries too hard to be a proper Action RPG.

The presentation is nothing to write home about, the graphics are indeed colorful but fail to create a tone outside 'general lightheartedness'. And only a few music tracks stood out from forgettable (The Boss theme is pretty good at least). The story is absurdly simple and the characters are poorly written as if they had multiple writers that never checked each other's works.

SD3 improved the formula a good bit, and I think it's an okay game for it. Shame it was never localized.

@Moviefan2k4 In GTA you can beat up random people in general, not just random women. Anyway I think games like this one (I played Vice City) are a good way to relieve anger and stress and are just a fun way to waste some time and relaxe, people know it's just bs what's happening on screen or at least they should know.
I never tried the most recent ones but I heard they take themselves much more seriously than the older ones, and I think this could be far worse. I never played them so I can't have an opinion on them but usually I think it is less acceptable when a game that wants to be taken more seriously gives you the chance to behave this way. But if a game is more ludicrous than realistic it is quite clear that it is not telling you that it is okay to behave this way.

GTA San Andreas
Portal
Final Fantasy VII
Red Dead Redemption

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
GTA IV (I cannot stand the driving)
Final Fantasy VII
Earthbound
Undertale (right at its release, seems that the critical reception has died down with that game, hopefully)
Street Fighter IV (I know it is an important game for the fighting game genre, but I just didn't have much fun with it as with previous games, even with my favorite characters making it in)

I really liked Undertale at first, and I still do.

It's not GotY material or a masterpiece though. It's a neat little game that sort of twists some "gamey" stuff we take for granted, but it doesn't do that much with it and overall is very shallow.

On Switch, Ironcast and The Mummy Demastered, they got enthusiastic review on this site but I tried them and gave up on them very soon because in my opinion they are just a frustrating mess with absolutely unfair rules and completely unbalanced

Deal drugs - cops come after you
Steal cars - cops come after you
Beat up civilians - cops come after you

...if the game teaches anything, it's that the cops will come after you if you break the law!

Zelda teaches you it's fun to harm chickens.

Elder Scrolls teaches you it's a punishable offense.

@Meowpheel But if you harm chickens in Zelda you'll get destroyed by them!!

Then it's teaching kids they should take justice in their own hands!

That's worse. Probably.

PUBG aka PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds, or even the entire Battle Royale sub-genre of shooters, rather. I get the sudden appeal of it, especially in this modern age where streaming seems to be incredibly popular. It's quite the feat and seems to reward people who are exceptionally skilled at it...but boy, is it not fun when you're starting from the bottom, climbing the rungs. I'd spend upwards of ten minutes just trying to figure out what I'm doing, only to get shot by someone I couldn't even see, and now...that's it. That's my involvement in the match. And they aren't quick matches, either, I mean there's 100 other people playing. And I'm told I could even be either lucky, or extremely stupid, there, since some people can go way longer without seeing anyone. Nevermind the drab look to PUBG in particular, as well as how buggy it can be. I haven't tried Fortnite, and while it looks better, it also seems more complex and therefore should have an even steeper learning curve.

I'm not sure if that's an unpopular opinion around here (hence why I'm not posting in the "unpopular opinions" thread), but I just don't care for them one bit. It's been a while since I've said an entire genre is not for me, and perhaps overblown, since I think the overly-intense learning curve is ultimately what's fueling its popularity, like the nuclear fusion that fuels our sun. And you know what they say about staring at the sun for too long, yeah? I'm really looking forward to when this fad inevitably blows over....

@CanisWolfred You're not alone. A lot of my friends are playing PUBG (I'm actually in a Discord call with them and they're playing it right now), and I just don't get the appeal. It's certainly popular for a good reason, but damn. My problem with battle royale games is they take forever and there's too much downtime between firefights for my liking.

The fact that PUBG is unoptimized as hell doesn't help a lot. Fortnite is better with that, but still I just don't want to play those games. I can't wait for this craze to die down just like military shooters have died down from last generation.

Bingo. It's all the prep-work and intense challenge of a survival game, but I just don't think that gels well with FPS games at all. Then again, I'm the kind of guy that still thinks DOOM II is the best FPS games have ever been, so I think that says enough about my tastes in shooters. If I'm playing a shooter, the main focus better be on shooting things...not just camping a storage building in the hopes that I might catch someone who is passing by, before they see me in their own sniper nest, all the while reminding me that actual gunfights are genuine life-or-death struggles and I hope to God I never get into a real firefight ever!

...Yeah, that's not what I should be feeling when I'm playing a video game. EVER

@CanisWolfred Classic Doom and Doom 2016 are among my favorite shooters too. Deus Ex: Human Revolution was also another one I greatly enjoyed. If you count Metroid Prime, those three games as well.

No, the point where a game is most overrated is at the time it is released.

@MarcelRguez
Lol, fair enough.

Overrated, huh? I'm likely to turn some heads (even my own) by saying this. There are two games that I deemed to be amazing games, but that was mostly a result of their presentation and not necessarily their gameplay.

Super Mario Galaxy - Don't get me wrong, creativity at is critical maximum with the gravity mechanics and interesting level designs, however, the more experimental approach does sacrifice some of the meat to the levels I feel. Also, I feel as if what is touted as awesome about this game has to do with its marvelous aesthetics and other technical aspects-- The orchestral music and the galactic visuals, those are all delightful, but I feel as if the gameplay is more experimental than anything. Refined in the much better Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Zelda: Twilight Princess - The dungeons are darn good in this game. Great puzzles and items, but everything else is a bit flat. I'm not much interested in exploration in games, but Hyrule still felt lackluster and the enemy encounters were stupidly easy. I adore the attempt at realism in the game though.

Don't get me wrong, there are things of which I strongly appreciate in these games, and they have highlights that outshine the other titles in their franchises, but for the most part, these games I view with more of a nostalgic bias and thus tend to overlook their flaws.

The new God of War...would've been my answer, but it actually sounds like it's in Hellblade's corner right now, where it sounds like it should be really enjoyable on paper, but watching videos makes it look so dull and clunky that I know I wouldn't enjoy it even half as much as other people seem to. Plus, it still seems finisher-heavy, which turned me off of the PS2 God of War games. That stuff just kills the flow in an action game, which is very important to me when I play those games.

I dunno, I just really want there to be more Hack 'n' Slash games, but I mean more like the stuff the PS2 & Xbox had. Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Otogi, and Ninja Gaiden. I want a challenge, but one that's also exciting, and rewards fast combos. They're an evolution of the Beat 'em up Genre, so why does it look like they're getting simpler, easier, and more boring when even new Beat 'em ups still seem to celebrate high-octane action? Do I really need to rely solely on Platinum games to get a good action action game these days? That's such a bummer, dude...

Wait, then why are you even playing Zelda?