No Right Answer: Most Overrated Videogame

[Azure-Supernova]

I think a lot of FFVII's fame comes from what it was at the time. I know that it was personally the first JRPG I played, at the tender age of eight I remember being awed by it because I'd never played something like it before. Though honestly, I would have thought this debate would have come down to a Nintendo franchise vs an FPS.

 

[Alakaizer]

Aw, come on, it's up to me to say it? Way most overrated game of all time: Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.

 

[IckleMissMayhem]

Aw, come on, it's up to me to say it? Way most overrated game of all time: Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.

BLASPHEMY!!!!

I don't care who wins.

Talk about Final Fantasy 98 some more.

Actually either would make me happy. Maybe even restore my faith in the FF series after finishing FFXIII-2 yesterday. Although I don't think FFVIII was "weird." OK, there's a plothole (or two) as deep as the Mariana Trench, but that doesn't stop me loving it so!

 

[SilverUchiha]

This could have gone either way, tbh, but I think Kyle just really fucked up as the debate was coming to a close. Granted, I agree with Chris that FF7 (and the series as a whole) is fairly overrated. I sort of expected Halo to be in this, but I guess not. Either way, this was pretty entertaining.

 

[SilverUchiha]

Aw, come on, it's up to me to say it? Way most overrated game of all time: Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.

Hm... I actually didn't think about this one. I might have to agree with you. Only because fans let this eclipse the franchises more unique titles like Four Swords, Wind Waker, or Majora's Mask. Ocarina was... okay. But it got boring (for me) pretty quick and remaking it several times doesn't help with that.

 

[purifico]

You are both wrong. The most overrated videogame ever is Uncharted 2.

 

[AxelxGabriel]

One word: Xenogears. SERIOUSLY overrated.

 

[mrdude2010]

The correct answer is: The Uncharted series.

Or: Halo Reach. What a step backward.
Or: Every CoD game after Modern Warfare and WaW.

Not saying either of them are bad, just that they don't necessarily deserve their sales.

 

[AxelxGabriel]

FF7 is a good candidate for most overrated. Only fair Goldeneye lost.

It's not hard to find too many games with perfect scores, so you should nominate that 10/10 game that was worst of the bunch.
I'd pick Oblivion in the RPG category, but FF7 can still compete for terrible dialogue, stupid plot, bad gameplay and overrated graphics.

Care to explain your points or just come off as an uninformed troll?

 

[AxelxGabriel]

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[Kenjitsuka]

Chris, you MUST tell me who made that shirt! (Look at the label!)
Puh-lea-ze! I MUST own one as well!

Tried a quick couple of Google image searches, but it's probably an older item...

On a sidenote: I can't believe how many "The Scream" shirts there have been made! (The Dark Knight, Nosferatu, etc. etc. etc.!!!!

 

[Starik20X6]

I haven't played FFVII, but I do love me some GoldenEye.

Just had an idea for a debate topic: Best Videogame Fantasy World: Hyrule vs Tamriel

 

[Darknacht]

Even at the time Final Fantasy VII was not a good RPG at the time.

It wasn't the best JRPG ever, it was the best JRPG a western audience had played at the time.

It was not even that. It was the only JRPG most western players had ever seen and one of the first that came out with 3d graphics(really really bad 3d).

 

[MaxiP62]

Either Zelda OOT (Not trolling, Zelda is my favourite series, I just really don't think it is as fantastic as people say) or Mass Effect.

 

[Vigormortis]

I came in to the video and this thread expecting to see the usual suspects. In terms of the thread, I was not let down. (or rather, not surprised)

As for the video, I was somewhat surprised, but not because I disagree. I've never been a fan of the Final Fantasy games, but I loved Goldeneye. However, I have to agree they are both put on a pedestal. They do deserve praise for some things, but not the universally doe-eyed, nostalgia-filtered praise they receive. (oh, and Perfect Dark was definitely better)

However, thinking on it, I have to disagree with them. I can honestly say the most overrated game "ever" is Skyrim.

Why? Several reasons really, but here's the most egregious. Let's look at their picks. FF7 and Goldeneye. Like them or hate them, in the very least the games worked. Skyrim? It's broken, even at a fundamental level. It's so bug riddled you'd think you'd need to call an exterminator. Yet, Skyrim is constantly being praised as a paragon of modern game design. A shining beacon of excellence that other developers should aspire to. It doesn't make sense to me.

Now if you'll excuse me, anyone have a flame-shield I can borrow?

(by the way, to anyone who's considering accosting me with rebuttals, before you do, bare in mind that I'm not saying anyone is "wrong" for liking Skyrim. On the contrary. I can see why people love it. Hell, I've even had some fun with some of the mods that have come to light. Opinion is opinion and you're welcome to enjoy or dislike whatever you want. God knows there are things that are terrible that I love and things that are great that I dislike. But, you won't see me singing the praises of the bad. Same thing applies to Skyrim.)

 

[Kroxile]

I still own and play my N64 copy of Perfect Dark. I mean C'mon, look at the multiplayer! AI mechanics that spread across a huge terrain of difficulties, gotta love that.

Also, FF7 was... okay? Surely not the pedestal-deserving RPG of our age just because they knocked off a main character in a cinematic scene. (FF5 did that too, people seem to forget that.)

And let's not forget Chrono Trigger, where THE main character (not some barely fleshed out romantic interest) actually DIES instead of just getting put out of commission for a short while and you have to go through a(completely optional) sidequest to bring him back.

 

[Yopaz]

I would have gone with Half life over Goldeneye for most overrated.

Great debate from Chris as always. But we need more Dan threeways.

Calling Half-Life the most overrated game of all time is a bad idea. The Worst thing you get for calling Final Fantasy 7 or Goldeneye overrated is hate on the internet. Call Half-Life overrated and you wake up with a horse head in your bed.

OT: I could agree with either of the options here, but I also somehow think Ocarina of Time deserves a spot pretty high up there. Also I loved the ending of this one. It made me chuckle quite a bit.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Unsurprisingly, I disagree.

Goldeneye still has some really good things (The Pause music for a start)
FF7 still tells a story with some really tear-jerking moments.

You wanna know what's really over-rated?

This is the most exciting it gets. Dull, whiney, road movie of a game that seems to forget about stealing cars and turns it into Babysitter Missions ad nauseum.

It's a Birmingham New Street of a game, it's a Paris, Texas of a game, it's a Da Vinci Code of a game.

And it doesn't even have a good radio.

 

[Jegsimmons]

Halo 3...corridors?
what?
Halo has some of the more wider open spaces in First Person Shooters without resorting to sand box...and halo 3 odst DID have a sandbox element! (not to mention that every halo games has always brought something new and worthwhile to gaming as a whole but i digress)
so...uh....WRONG!


If i were to list what i though was the most over rated games, it would be:
1. Every call of duty that isnt finest hour, number 2, or World at War.
2. Final Fantasy x
3. Duke Nukem 3d
4. Street Fighter
5. God of War and Uncharted and assassins creed tie for a disappointing fifth place of bleh...