IMO, The Most Overrated Games of All Time

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mairo Galaxy 2
Halo
Halo 2
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Betrayal At Krondor
Divine Divinity
Portal
Portal 2
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Doom
Quake
Starcraft
Starcraft II
Warcraft II and III
Planescape: Torment
Metroid
Super Metroid
Metroid Prime
Shadow of the Colossus
Grand Theft Auto III/IV, VIce City, San Andreas
Fallout
Fallout 2
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
SoulCalibur
Elder Scrolls II and IV
Age of Empires II
Tetris
Master of Orion II
Sid Meier's Civilization II
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Panzer General II
Homeworld
Total Annihilation
SimCity 2000
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X
Chrono Trigger
God of War (both of them)
Street Fighter II
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
Super Smash Bros Melee
Deus Ex
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Okami
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 3 and 4
Heroes of Might and Magic II and III
Grim Fandango
System Shock 2
Bioshock
The Witcher
The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings
Ultima VI and VII (especially VII)

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So, which of the three was the good one
Hey, he typed all this, we should feed him a little bit ... ;)

Care to make a list of games you like? Shouldn't take you too long.

You mean all the games you've played in your life? That's a huge list. ._.

And I agree with jefe, probably a troll.

Black & White. Took a few years for most reviewers to back-pedal. Gods, that game was so frustrating.

I noticed a number of people mentioning Braid, or rather, its story. I will voice my agreement, to a certain extent: the themes did not appeal to me. But then I unlocked the secret ending, and everything changed. The entire game could be interpreted in a new light.

No, I'm not going to spoil it.

Hey people, this is my first post!

I started reading this thread and found that some of you guys are completely insane when it comes to overrated games. Fortunately you're all very good at pointing out it's personal opinion we're dealing with here. ;)

So, I have a couple of games I'd like to get off my chest, and maybe someone even can refute my claims.

First of all, Assassin's Creed. I have no idea how people could view the first game as even a good game, I thought it was crap. Why (WHY?) did they have to include that synchronizer-machine and come up with such a gay story? Why are all missions exactly the same? Alright, it was fun to run around and climb to high points, but when the rest of the game was half-done, the joy I had with is was limited.

Another game that no one but me seems to dislike is Dragon Age 1 and 2. They are praised for their immersive storyline, original storytelling and great combat system, I think all of these fails to be more than average. The story is typical high fantasy from start to finish with hardly any surprises, number 2 being the absolute worst (I found it boring, even). The combat in Origins was ok, it was fun and strategic, if not somewhat repetitive. In number 2, they somehow managed to make the story even more generic and the combat less strategic and more repetitive. I can't understand how people think these are EPIC games.

Oh, and...IMO.

I agree for the most part on this. I really did enjoy Dragon Age 1, but I didn't love it like everyone else did, and I'm a nut for that kind of game. The story was so generic and copy paste, the combat wasn't that great, visually atrocious too. However it had it's moments when it was pretty cool. I really enjoyed the dwarf moria rip off place, especially when you find the origins of the darkspawn. But other than that, it was an alright game I guess.

DA 2 on the other hand was just garbage. But I really really liked the main character, especially the default. My favorite Bioware main character. You can be a super sarcastic, sometimes serious ass. Other than that, a horrible script, unimpressive combat or visuals and a weaker story than the last made it lame. Oh yea, and the amount of recycled stuff was really bad too.

This, I was ready to kill Molyneux for this travesty. I'd just finished playing Sacrifice when I started playing it and I was floored by just how bad Black & White was in comparison. I bought both of these within 6 months of release and really loved them both. Giants was pretty badly balanced multiplayer, it was mostly for the story that I loved it. Sacrifice would have had brilliant multiplayer but I never found any games. The story was pretty fun, the top level spells truly epic. The final level was annoying and unbalanced, though.

Hey back first post dude! :-)

While you are somewhat right about DA1 - as in loved by largely everyone, you must be new to the gaming continent of Internetz as well - and not too far into it, otherwise you would've noticed that black, barren, still smouldering wasteland left by red hot flames of fan reaction to DA2.

+1, took the words out of my mouth (keyboard)

Mass Effect 2.

Is there any reason why the OP is downrated or these forums are being Steamified?

GTAs - the boringest games evar.

Mass Effect series - corridor shooters.

Witcher 2 - mess.

Half-Life 2 - empty static world.

Mafia 2 - press x to cover and y to shoot, walk stairs 90% of game time.

Halo - the biggest wtf on pc.

Shadow of the Colossus - masochists only.

Human Devolution - the title says it all.

Commandos 2 - who killed commandos and replaced them with plastic action figures?

Thief 2 - robots absolutely out of place, no atmosphere, poor level design. probably my biggest disappointment evar.

I'm sure theres more..

It's the latter, I'm afraid.

Seriously, people, use the minus button only for spam, deliberate trolling or something that is strongly offensive. That's what it's for. Not for disagreement. Not to cleanse the board of threads you personally don't like. It's not that hard to understand.