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Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:31 pm
by RevanSithLord
I know that about the M designation. I just like to call it the 'M-series' because it sounds cool.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:17 pm
by Grev
Fingerfood wrote:If there's a game where at least 50% of its players live by it like a creed, then it's obviously overrated.
So if a game is popular it's overrated? That's not what overrated means.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:42 pm
by Fingerfood
Grev wrote:
Fingerfood wrote:If there's a game where at least 50% of its players live by it like a creed, then it's obviously overrated.
So if a game is popular it's overrated? That's not what overrated means.
Popular =/= Obsessive.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:32 am
by Grev
Fingerfood wrote:
Grev wrote:
Fingerfood wrote:If there's a game where at least 50% of its players live by it like a creed, then it's obviously overrated.
So if a game is popular it's overrated? That's not what overrated means.
Popular =/= Obsessive.
Obsessive gaming=/=overrated

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:20 am
by kinetosimpetus
How about popularity beyond the merits of the game itself = overated?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict ... =overrated

offtopic: whoah, Jedi Traning Has Begun, did I miss that earlier? :lol:

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:11 pm
by Teancum
Doesn't this come down to a "In your own opinion" situation anyways? So if I say Super Mario Bros 1 is overrated, that's what we're really looking for - despite the fact that it's a hugemungous game.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:52 pm
by RevanSithLord
Teancum wrote:Doesn't this come down to a "In your own opinion" situation anyways? So if I say Super Mario Bros 1 is overrated, that's what we're really looking for - despite the fact that it's a hugemungous game.
Indeed. It all just boils down to opinionated hatred or fanboyism, or something in between. Nothing is really ever truly 'fact', at least 100%. There will always be a lot of opinionated stuff in this, but the amount will vary.

People who say, 'over rated' making it sound like the game is bad are just not grateful for the good parts in the game. They only concentrate on what it lacks, not what a game brings. Over rated just means it's rated by people more than what it really deserves. That's all. No more, no less. It doesn't say the game is crap or anything, it just says it's not 'godly'. No game is truly godly, in my opinion, no matter how awesome it may be to me. Yes, Halo gets rated way more than it deserves, but that by no means says it's 'bad', right?

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:59 pm
by Lord Bardar
RevanSithLord wrote:Indeed. It all just boils down to opinionated hatred or fanboyism, or something in between. Nothing is really ever truly 'fact', at least 100%. There will always be a lot of opinionated stuff in this, but the amount will vary.
IDK, I haven't found like any negative thing on Arkham Asylum, it seems to be '100%'.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:09 pm
by Teancum
That game was amazing -- and I think it's because nobody expects a superhero game to be good.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:06 pm
by Nihillo
Teancum wrote:That game was amazing -- and I think it's because nobody expects a superhero game to be good.
Agreed, if you have no expectations for a movie or game that is coming out, then you certainly won't be disappointed with it, even if it's not good. The sequel might suffer a bit because of that, it will have to live up to the high expectations of everyone who has played the first game.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:33 am
by RevanSithLord
Teancum wrote:That game was amazing -- and I think it's because nobody expects a superhero game to be good.
Played the demo. Loved it. I want the full game, but finances for everyone sucks lately. :(

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:14 pm
by Ping
I personally think that BF2142 is pretty overrated. The game isn't for everyone - I personally do not like going through the hassle of trying to find a server to join with a mode and/or map I want to play. And it focuses completely on multiplayer, and single-player is almost non-existant. It's not a bad game; I actually liked it a bit after downloading a mod that allowed you to play most of the maps in SP, but I really think it's just a little bit overhyped. At least it's not done to the extent of Halo or MW.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:20 pm
by Lord Bardar
Ping wrote:I personally think that BF2142 is pretty overrated. The game isn't for everyone - I personally do not like going through the hassle of trying to find a server to join with a mode and/or map I want to play. And it focuses completely on multiplayer, and single-player is almost non-existant. It's not a bad game; I actually liked it a bit after downloading a mod that allowed you to play most of the maps in SP, but I really think it's just a little bit overhyped. At least it's not done to the extent of Halo or MW.
sounds just like SWBF2...

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:33 pm
by AQT
Wait, single player SWBF2 sucks? I play it much more often than multiplayer and in my opinion I think it's great, especially with all the cool mods out there.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:24 pm
by Ping
AQT wrote:Wait, single player SWBF2 sucks? I play it much more often than multiplayer and in my opinion I think it's great, especially with all the cool mods out there.
Per the above. BF2 actually has a single player. BF2142 doesn't. I'd love it if there was a campaign in 2142, but there isn't, since 99% of the game is focused on MP.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:46 pm
by Moving_Target
Really? I thought there was more story/campaign in 2142, grant it I didn't play 2142 (minus the demo), but the singleplayer for BF2 was just 16 man instant action.

I didn't like the feel of 2142 that's why. I loved BF2.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:18 pm
by Ping
Moving_Target wrote:Really? I thought there was more story/campaign in 2142, grant it I didn't play 2142 (minus the demo), but the singleplayer for BF2 was just 16 man instant action.

I didn't like the feel of 2142 that's why. I loved BF2.
There was more story, but no campaign whatsoever. Which is kind of sad, because there was alot of potential for a good one. More out of curiosity than anything, but do other Battlefield games have campaign modes?

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:04 pm
by Nova Hawk
Ping wrote:
Moving_Target wrote:Really? I thought there was more story/campaign in 2142, grant it I didn't play 2142 (minus the demo), but the singleplayer for BF2 was just 16 man instant action.

I didn't like the feel of 2142 that's why. I loved BF2.
There was more story, but no campaign whatsoever. Which is kind of sad, because there was alot of potential for a good one. More out of curiosity than anything, but do other Battlefield games have campaign modes?
Um, no I'm afraid they're more concentrated on the MP aspect of the game rather than campaign or IA which is really sad cuz like you said it has a lot of potential but they just don't seem to care.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:31 pm
by Thire
Well the more recent Bad Company Series do.

Re: Most overrated games

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:30 am
by Moving_Target
Thire wrote:Well the more recent Bad Company Series do.
Yeah, just the Bad Company series has a story, like Thire said.

2142 totally had potential for a cool campaign, but nah. O well.