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25 Most Overrated Games of All Time?

Posted by simoniker on from the accolades-and-brickbats dept.

AriesGeek writes "GameSpy is running the 1st of a 6-part special on the 25 most overrated games of all time. From the article: 'Over the next several days GameSpy is taking a tour through the 25 most overrated games of all time. It's not a pretty list. It's a tale of tragedy where hype gets out of hand, or good licenses and great ideas fail to live up to expectations.' You think Zero Wing will be on there?" As with previous charts, predictions for the Top 5 are welcome, we'll run another story at the end of the week to see how people did.

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  1. Castle Wolfenstein by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and all its derivatives (Doom, Quake, etc.)

    Enough, already. Stop the madness. Think of the children - won't anyone think of the children?

    Why do we need all these _new_ games? Everyone knows gaming was perfected with BZFlag. It's a scientific fact!

    1. Re:Castle Wolfenstein by Mike+Hawk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Clearly, you are the ignorant one:Castle Wolfenstein.

      And you can't spell ignorant without IGN!

  2. hey! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not a troll...I'm an _OGRE_! :)

  3. Slashdot headline template by PurpleBob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Games: (The) N most foo games of bar (optional meaningless question mark)

    We've had about one of these per week by now, right?

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  4. Not the levels! by xmurf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Forget the levels, people bought the game because of the _story_, right?

    oh, wait.. :P

  5. Re:I nominate Black and White by Kwil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny..
    evil *is* generally easier to accomplish than good.

    That's why we need to have laws against it.

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