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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. The rest of the games (20-1) by EvilMal · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gamespy has a really crappy way of protecting stuff for the future articles.

    Screenshot for game #1

    Just change the last number in the URL for the other 2-20 games.

  2. Re:The Sims by superultra · · Score: 4, Informative

    I didn't expect to see The Sims mentioned at all in a discussion of overrated games. Of course, I'm going to (safely?) assume that you're a male, and that you usually play games.

    That said, The Sims influence on games simply cannot be overstated. Why? Because for the majority of females that play it, it is quite possibly the first and only game they've *ever* played. I worked full time for EB for three years, and the Sims brought in more non-gamer females than any other game in the history of the store. Someone's buying all those $20-$30 add ons because each one rules the sales charts every month, even if that someone isn't you.

    So, on a personal level, I think one could say they didn't like the Sims. I'm one of them. But I think there's a huge amount of people, mostly females and mostly non-gamers, who would argue many of the points in your post.