Why does that make it overrated? It just means its not your cup of tea... or so I would of thought.

Man that's my favourite scene in arby 'n the chief series. I love that series.

By the way this is the best Ocarina of Time rteview ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ggIHTMy7h8&list=ELak1dWdTEZDE&index=5&feature=plpp_video

I felt HL2 was half great locations, half dull ones. Then they made expansions which retreaded the dull parts which really is mind boggling and shows that Valve really aren't that brilliant since they couldn't tell what the best parts of HL2 were. Tip: the best parts were the ones where you were figuring out what happened, uncovering stuff, exploring seriously warped locations, observing the devastation of what happened. They were NOT tedious underground tunnel shooting nor tedious Citadel shooting with crappy physics puzzles. Even Ravenholm, which was so hyped, was pretty poor gameplay wise since it was 100% scripted and just felt fake.

Heck, Portal is overrated too. Great idea, great setting, great atmosphere but piss easy and if you can complete it in an hour or two without a single drop of sweat, you're better off just telling a story. Portal 2 did it better by at least having different settings and I loved how the old Aperture Science parts were revealed - in fact, I was blown away by it. But once again, the puzzles were piss easy.

Guild Wars 2

In their defense on Portal if they made it any harder the masses would bitch and complain and enjoy it less. The average IQ is what, 94? They need to sell the game.

On the HL2 front I don't mind the longer "boring" sections so much, the driving and what-not. Exploring that world was actually the cool part of the game for me. The tedium for me tended to be in the sections you describe, endless corridor battles that felt monotonous. Episode 2's ant lion caves is probably one of the worst levels ever made in an otherwise decent shooter.

My favorite HL2 level is the riverboat one though, which everyone else bitches about, so what do I know.

Just makes it over rated to me mate :)

Half-Life 2 and its expansions. Good god, those games are so overrated it's not even funny. Epitome of storytelling? What story? I saw pretty much nothing for "story" in there. It was essentially a rails-shooter with very little in the way of exploring. The enemies were some of the most generic I've seen.

Second place I'd have to put as a tie between Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed. Both were thoroughly "Meh" to me. I've played all 3 ME games and the first two AC games. The AC ones were some of the very few that I've sold off after completing. Far too many pointless time-padding side quests and don't get me started on those goddamn flags and feathers.

The average IQ is actually always 100. That's why it is the IQ.

I meant in the US, that 94 average was drilled into my head in college. Not sure why I left "in America" out or thought it was relevant.

And for the record I don't think IQ means anything, but I do think easy puzzles means mainstream success.

Well they could have added difficulty settings if you ask me - add some elements to each puzzle to make them harder to figure out.

Puzzle games should always be tricky because otherwise, it falls flat. In Portal 1 & 2, 95% of the time was spent moving between puzzles and executing a solution - which is the dullest part of a puzzle game. Finding the solution and fiddling with it is where the real fun comes. In games such as The Incredibly Machine, you get a much more polished approach which shows that Valve really have no experience when it comes to puzzle games.

When I saw this thread topic Half Life 2 instantly popped into my mind.

The game is good, but nowhere near the hype it gets. If the game had everything the same but it was made by EA it wouldn't get nearly the same amount of praise it gets today.

On consoles I'm adding the Uncharted series. Again, good games, but when I tried them I didn't get what the big deal was.

I find that console gamers tend to massively exaggerate how great a game is. Metal Gear Solid 2 was deemed THE best game on every gaming forum I went to the first year after released yet when I played it, I found it to be highly tedious due to the constant interruption of the gameplay not to mention the game itself wasn't THAT great.

Heck, GTA IV was claimed to the best as well and we all know that it has received a lot of flack these days for all sorts of flaws it has. Frankly, I still find Vice City to be the best GTA game for several reasons.

Heck, I own a PS1, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS3, Gamecube & Wii yet haven't bought a console exclusive game in 3 years because none appeal to me. I think it's mostly a pissing match between console fanboys. "Gears of War is THE best game and it's Xbox exclusive, suck on that!" bla bla bla.

I think GTA 4 is better than Vice City and I played Vice City, but I also think San Andreas is better than 4.

but 3 can go to hell the overrated piece of shit.

I never understood the excitement about Bayonetta. It's a good game, but not nearly as outstanding as I expected it to be, judging by how it is praised by fans and critics.

Well mabye its because probably most of those critics and fans were Male sooooo yeah....