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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. Random Predictions by MajikMan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Daikatana
    Tao Feng
    Enter the Matrix
    DDR
    Unreal 2
    Resident Evil (even though I love the game)
    Sim Copter

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    "Infants flesh will be in season throughout the year." -Swift

  2. Final Fantasy 7 by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This game has been hailed repeatedly as "The Best RPG of All Time" ... if you listen to fanboys. The game itself was okay, but that's all it is. FF7 didn't bring anything revolutionary to the RPG genre. Hell, there are other, better RPGs even within the Final Fantasy series. The only things that FF7 did truly right were being one of the earlier RPGs released for the Playstation and being the recipient of millions of Square's advertising budget.

    Okay game? Yes. Best ever? Not by a long shot.

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    Goo goo g'joob.
  3. TSO by mrpuffypants · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If we're talking overhyped at all in context with the article then I firmly vote for The Sims Online.

    Jesus Christ! It was on the fucking cover of Newsweek!!

    People were expecting hundreds of thousands of subscribers to the service, they saw it bridging the gap and getting "regular folks" into online gaming.

    And what happened? Nothing.

    Few signed up for it, lag was everywhere, mobs formed in the game and overall it was boring! Who wants to play a game online just to chat with other people? At least in Everquest you get to hit things with swords.