The 25 most overrated games according to Gamespy

[Blaster]

25. Neverwinter Nights
24. Super Mario Sunshine
23. Battle Arena Toshinden
22. Starfleet Command Series
21. Morrowind
20. Impossible Creatures
19. Battlecruiser 3000AD
18. American McGee's Alice
17. The Getaway
16. Mortal Kombat*
15. Dungeon Siege
14. Dead or Alive 3
13. Battletoads*
12. Unreal II: The Awakening
11. Pools of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
10. Halo*
9. Donkey Kong Country*
8. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness
7. Final Fantasy VII*
6. Blinx: The Time Sweeper
5. Quake II
4. Daikatana
3. Enter The Matrix
2. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
1. Black & White


*- It seems gayspy.... I mean Game spy never actually played these games they just decided to pick the most hyped games and call them overrated. Give me a break.


I am only starring good ones I have played. I've heard MGS2 is really good and doesn't deserve to be on the list but I don't know.

If someone can say to your face, that Donkey Kong was a bad game, they are either idiots or liars. Which is it Gamespy? Assholes or retards? You pick.

[ThePeacemkr2]

I heard MGS2 was really short, and contained not enough content...


First of all, Black and White should NOT be first, should not even be on the list. I did not find it overrated, while it wasnt that great as a game, the AI was rather good, and it was a fun game. Enter the matrix deserves the number 1 spot by far, as that was one of THE shortest and most rushed games I have ever played, yet sells thousands.

Quake 2 probably shouldnt be on there...

Daiakatana I obviously agree with... robotic frogs?

Unreal 2? Since when did that get overrated? Most people I talked to said it was an average game, fun, but nothing groundbreakingly new. I didnt see anyone claiming it was better than sliced bread...

Dungeon Siege had very good tools to create new content, but, again, I never saw much overrating of it. Impossible creatures I agree with, overhyping, at least. Morrowind... most open ended game I have ever played, not sure why THATS on the list... and then NWN spawned enough quality mods that its practically several games in one, or at least several expansions...

I think this is more games gamespy was looking forward to and was annoyed when they didnt live up to their expectations...

And, most of all... a game that should DEFINITLY be on it is 'The Sims'. A good game, but far too many people think its the best thing in the world, and every expansion makes it to the top of best seller lists despite the fact some of them barely add any content. A good game, to begin with, but far too overrated by non-gamers.

[Brave Maximus]

I actually enjoyed America McGee's Alice. Granted it wasn't anything spectacular (well the character designs were great) but a very good game.

And, well, FFVII - A game that can still show about a million copies sold every year is a great game.

[Blitzwing 2]

Donkey Kong Country was the s***, what the hell is wrong with these people? If I had to pick either retard or asshole, I'd say they're both.

[Strafe]

Why the **** is Halo on that list?

[Cyberstrike nTo]

25. Neverwinter Nights
24. Super Mario Sunshine
23. Battle Arena Toshinden
22. Starfleet Command Series
21. Morrowind*
20. Impossible Creatures
19. Battlecruiser 3000AD
18. American McGee's Alice
17. The Getaway
16. Mortal Kombat*
15. Dungeon Siege
14. Dead or Alive 3*
13. Battletoads
12. Unreal II: The Awakening
11. Pools of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
10. Halo
9. Donkey Kong Country*
8. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness
7. Final Fantasy VII*
6. Blinx: The Time Sweeper
5. Quake II
4. Daikatana
3. Enter The Matrix**
2. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty*
1. Black & White*

*The ones I played or have or both
**The ones I agree with being overrated

[Grandmaster Shockwaeve]

"Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness?" The only comments I've ever heard about that game are how much it sucked. I've played Neverwinter Nights, Super Mario Sunshine, Mortal Kombat, Unreal II, Donkey Kong Country, Quake II, and Black and White.

The only ones of those I would call overrated are Quake II and Black and White: the former most likely because I played it when it was long obsolete and the latter because it seemed like EVERYONE really like it, but I thought it was just OK.

And calling DKC overrated is just stupid.

[Lambda prime]

Ones guys Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time is another guys Superman 64.(Along those lines of Zelda being a highly recommended N64 game and Superman 64 gaining the title worst N64 game) I played through Metal gear solid 2 and though it had more control and some good ideas i wouldnt recommend it over the PSone Metal Gear Solid infact there was a dodgy plot in my opinion. Metal Gear Solid Twin Snales is set for release on Gamecube as a 'remake' of the PSone game so that may prove good. I found there was no incentive to complete Super mario sunshine whatsoever and Final Fantasy 7 does have that rather annoying turn based battle system but its still a great absorbing epic.

[Prowl?]

Originally posted byGamespy


23. Battle Arena Toshinden
22. Starfleet Command Series
20. Impossible Creatures
8. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness
7. Final Fantasy VII
3. Enter The Matrix

YES! These games are 90% ****, overrated commercialized and bloated to look presentable to the public eye so that people will buy them and crappy sequels can be made. And the other 10% is composed of pretty intro sequences.....

Toshinden is a poor man's tekken using a fem-dom character to sell to it's target audience.

Star Trek just plain sucks anyway you look at it

Impossible creatures is yet another dump of feces from edios, commercialized and hyped without any real content

Lara hasn't had a good game since 1997 and only now appeals to losers that love her 'shapley polygons'

Enter the Matrix was a bug-filled crapaganza that was hyped to the moon and only exsisted to further commercialize the movie. Although it did have a sweet lesbian make-out between Niobe and that french chick......

Final Fantasy 7..... Perhaps the only game that has spawned more fanboys than nintendo and sega could ever hope to birth. Generic formula, uninvolved gameplay, cookie-cutter characters, and mega commercial hyped sure made for good $$$ for square back in '97, but continues to be a scourge on gaming today, as every year we seemingly have to sit through another FF barage of ****.

Originally posted by Gamespy:
24. Super Mario Sunshine
21. Morrowind
16. Mortal Kombat
10. Halo
9. Donkey Kong Country
2. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Now these picks are garbage. All of these games are innovative, have solid game play and un-matched style

How anyone can hate on any mario game after playing and marveling in the imaginative style, solid controls, and creative level design boggles me. Sure, it plays nearly identical to Mario 64. But when the original was that good, why mess with a winning formula?

Morrowind had to be the greatest step up for console RPG's since the concept was created back in the mid-80's. Gone is the stupid turn-based garbage that square thinks is 'good' and in its place is a system based on real-time decsions. The world is so open and huge that you could literally get lost in it without a map. The range of characters is really astounding, Mage, scout, archer, swordsman, summoner, thief the list seems endless. Someone should make square play this game. Seriously

Mortal Kombat was one of the biggest innovaters in all of gaming history. Without this gruesome title, we might not be crusing down the streets of Vice city, or blowing off zombie heads in a Racoon city police department. If midway did not have the utter balls to put out the product that they did, we might still be all stuck with a no-blood policy that seems prevelent in games up until this point. While the game itself was little more than a street fighter clone, it was fun nonetheless and offered up a violent escape in a time when kiddy was king.

Halo. Why in god's name is Halo on this list. Did they even bother to play through it first? This was one of the games that was not heavily advertised, but the word of mouth from gamer to gamer gave it mega-cred. And it deserved every bit of cred it got. FPS merged with vehicles and co-op gameplay with sweet control, a great plot and stellar gameplay? This was the game of the year in a year that included GTA 3, Metal Gear solid 2, and Rouge squadron 2, and that is some stiff competition indeed.

Donkey Kong country. Yes, it was hyped to the moon. Yes it was heavily adverstied. But it totally lived up to the hype in every way. It's new look graphics, mixed in with a familiar face and awesome level design made for a killer app in the time when **** like 'Zero the kamikazee squirel' and 'Plok' were jockeying for your gaming attention.

Ok, so Metal Gear solid 2 had an extremely weak story. I will agree to that. But where its plot fell on its face, its gameplay soared above all expectations. The sneak-em-up style demonstrated in this game is so damm fun and entertaining that one cannot help love this game. You just have to keep playing so that you can 'get that damm guard before he gets to the alarm and puts you in a world of sh*t'. If you skip the cinematics and play on a hard difficulty, this title can entertain for weeks.

[Plasmodium]

5. Counterstrike
4. Super Metroid
3. GTA3
2. FF7
1. Xenogears

[Sir Auros]

Problem with your list Plas, is that Super Metroid's on it...

[Plasmodium]

Originally posted by Sir Auros
Problem with your list Plas, is that Super Metroid's on it...

Not really, that game wasnt all that great, kinda boring really.

[Jetfire]

Originally posted by ThePeacemkr2
I heard MGS2 was really short, and contained not enough content...


First of all, Black and White should NOT be first, should not even be on the list. I did not find it overrated, while it wasnt that great as a game,

So it's not that good but the hype claimed it was the 2nd comming. Which by definition means it was over-rated :rolleyes:

It's not a list of bad games but ones which are said to be great when they are not.A game could still be Briil and be over-rated.

I felt MGS2 was over-rated as it hyped as the 2nd comming yet was to short to be satifying on any emotional level.


As for FF 7 haters:
Some peope hate FF7 but it's still my altime fav games. Best characters, great story-line and lots of emotion. Naturally with any character based game it the character dosen't grab you then it won't be intresting-but you have to admit FF7 took RPG popularity to a completly new level. Thus to many it is something special and thus not over-rated.

[Reverend Shrapnel]

Originally posted by Blaster

23. Battle Arena Toshinden
17. The Getaway
8. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness
3. Enter The Matrix
2. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
1. Black & White

Looking at these choice piles on the list I'd say that they were about right. Mind you, Toshinden only got hyped because Namco waited around with their thumbs where the sun never shines for too long before releasing Tekken and the series did die a death after everyone saw how poor it truly was...

Getaway is simply tragic. A great idea ruined by lousy execution...and to think that so much money and time was wasted on that turkey. If I'd wanted a game that invloved leaning against walls I'd have dug out Lolo again. Pah.

Lara's never been a fave of mine, but I'm not sure about this recieving a lot of hype. All that's happened is a great deal of controversy over the release date and since all the original 13-year olds who loved Tomb Raider have just discovered porn, this doesn't need to exist.

MGS2. One never-ending f***ing cutscene. I thought games companies would've learned from the mound of tripe that was The Bouncer.

Black and White-I got sick of hearing about it. I don't care how amazing your fog-effects are.

16. Mortal Kombat
13. Battletoads
9. Donkey Kong Country
7. Final Fantasy VII
5. Quake II

The chap who wrote the piece must obviously have been fuming in a pram come Mortal Monday not to find solace in the hallowed cry of 'FINISH HIM'...

When did Battletoads get a lot of hype? In any case, it's a great bout of TMNT rip-off fun.

DCK-Overrated? Well, some people call Nirvana overrated, too...

FF7 is the only one of that whole series that has even slightly interested me...FF8's cards were nice but the return to super-deformity in 9 led me kicking and screaming away from it all. If anything, the series as a whole could IMO be justifiably called overrated but no. 7 gets a whole lot of unfair slagging.

And finally Quake 2? It was quite good. Leave it alone.

[Reverend Shrapnel]

Originally posted by Jetfire 2.1

Some peope hate FF7 but it's still my altime fav games. Best characters, great story-line and lots of emotion. Naturally with any character based game it the character dosen't grab you then it won't be intresting-but you have to admit FF7 took RPG popularity to a completly new level. Thus to many it is something special and thus not over-rated.

Scuse the double post.

Valid point there Jetters but the RPG scene is even more elitist than the Avant-Garde music scene, and thus 'purists' feel compelled to rip into FF7 simply because it sold a lot of copies. I daresay if it had remained a Japanese import only-title, it would have been hailed by those sort of folks as the Bible...

[Wolfang]

The only games on that list that I have played are Mortal Kombat, Battletoads and FFVII. I only agree on that third one...

I don't honestly see why people think FFVII is so great. Heck, I only got into the FF games because my grandparents bought me FFIX for Christmas a few years back. And i honestly think that's better than FFVII, as is FFVIII.

Battletoads? Overhyped? What?

Lara Croft. Overhyped. Lucozade adverts... magazine covers... movies... all a pile of ****. You want to talk about overhyped and overrated? My brother got Tomb Raider... Platinum version... for the PS1. He never played it after the first time. He bought the hype.

Me? I'm just on that bandwagon that sometimes feels if games are getting so much praise from your mates, they're probably ****. I just hate Lara Croft. I have never played any Tomb Raider game, nor watched either movie or bought a magazine which featured Lara Croft.

But the school that the collection of pixels allegedly attended has a statue of her. Come on! That's just worthless. People involved with 'Tomb Raider', in any way, shape or form, should be killed...

[Sir Auros]

The Tomb Raider games take a lot of flak from people who haven't played them. They really stand on their own regardless of the size of the protagonist's digital titties. The first three games were very challenging and fun and are some of the few recent (relatively) games where I actually felt like I accomplished something after beating them instead of just ploughing through a series of insanely easy levels.

[Reverend Shrapnel]

Originally posted by Sir Auros
The Tomb Raider games take a lot of flak from people who haven't played them. They really stand on their own regardless of the size of the protagonist's digital titties. The first three games were very challenging and fun and are some of the few recent (relatively) games where I actually felt like I accomplished something after beating them instead of just ploughing through a series of insanely easy levels.

See I bothered to slog through the first and half of the second one and thought that they were unbelievably annoying. The only reason I found challenge in them was the ****e camera work and the fiddly-as-hell controls. Easing Lara toward the cliff face again and again...oh bugger, she's fallen in. Right, back to the start of another hours worth of easing towards cliff edges and arsing about with the camera.

I'm not knocking your choice of game Auros, just making my feelings clear!

[Dead Man Wade]

okay, few things.

dkc: i can, without a doubt, add yet another voice to the legions crying, "what the ****?!?!?"

ffVII: while i realize that it opened up role-playing games to the unwashed masses, i really don't think it's that great. "we've got to save the planet. we've got to stop sephiroth. we've got to save the planet. wait, sephiroth is destroying the planet? two birds!" yeah, stellar plot there. the only thing worse was VIII's "we all knew each other when we were kids, but we forgot cause of the gf's!" revelation. plus they killed aeris. bastards.

metal gear solid 2: fun to play, but the plot left a lot to be desired.

black and white: fun for a while. after that, it was only really fun to knock the **** out of the monkey (yeah, my girlfriend loved that....."what the hell are you doing to that poor monkey!!!!!!!")

tomb raider (ad nauseum): going to spare you all a very long rant, and just go with "sucks hard".

mortal kombat: *see donkey kong country*-unless we're talking that pos sub-zero game.

dead or alive 3: only fun when you crank your age up to 99, and the jiggle their way across the screen. even then, only if you're 12.




if i may add one to the list though:

everquest

*ducks the blunt objects being thrown at head*

[dEcEpTiCoN MEGAtron]

Originally posted by Plasmodium
5. Counterstrike

Blasphemy! May all of children be cursed!

Counterstrike is the best game... EVER!!!