Top 10 list of most overrated video game franchises[views:30927][posts:147]____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:10pm - arilliusbm ""] Ive been dealing with this shit since these damn 3D Zelda games came out. There is no sense is discussing it further and I understand why everyone likes them. To me, Zelda has always been a 2d game. I've always felt that way and I don't think it will ever change. Ironically, I also thought Mario64 was amazing when it came out, but something didn't sit right with me either. now, I couldn't care less about replaying it. The highlight for 64 will always be Goldeneye. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:12pm - Alexecutioner ""] While i would never argue that any 3D zelda games are better than the originals, I think it was one of THE BEST 3D recreations of the Zelda franchise. I've played a few on the Wii and they were close but no cigar (using a Wiimote for Zelda SUCKS) |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:14pm - trioxin245 ""] arilliusbm said:Ive been dealing with this shit since these damn 3D Zelda games came out. There is no sense is discussing it further and I understand why everyone likes them. To me, Zelda has always been a 2d game. I've always felt that way and I don't think it will ever change. agreed. I disagree but don't really care either, because noone is going to change my mind. DISCUSSION OVER |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:16pm - arilliusbm ""] I have the DS titles and they're okaaay at best. I bought the Oracle of Ages and Seasons for my gameboy color the day they came out and thought the dungeons were awesome, but stories SUCKED. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:16pm - trioxin245 ""] Alexecutioner said:(using a Wiimote for just about anything SUCKS) ficksed |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:16pm - givemeedtilimdead ""] Overrated series: 1. Halo 2. Diablo To the OP: Give Mass Effect 2 another try, and play on "insanity". Playing at that level makes you really have to make maximum use of your powers, and squad tactics and stuff, rather than just crushing through your enemies mindlessly. If you like games like Albion, you may be able to appreciate that. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:16pm - Spence ""] arilliusbm said:The highlight for 64 will always be Perfect Dark, a much superior game to Goldeneye. ^ Also, i've always enjoyed Banjo Kazooie(not any of the god awful sequels or spin offs though, those all suck dick) way more than I enjoyed Mario 64. I also enjoyed Rayman 2: The Great Escape a lot, despite the hate it gets. Both were my definition of a perfect fun platformer on the N64. I recently replayed OoT from start to finish. Now that i'm older, the thing that really bothers me, is I REALLY only find doing the dungeons to be fun. Side missions, hunting special boos, the horse race with the douche, finding special items, hunting gold tokens, etc. just REALLY is not fun now that i'm not 10. hahaha And it's quite jarring how useless money truly is in the game, considering a lot of the hidden treasures of the land and rewards for sidequests are money related. Then again, who plays any Zelda games for any reason other than the dungeons? Hahaha |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:17pm - trioxin245 ""] arilliusbm said:I have the DS titles and they're okaaay at best. I bought the Oracle of Ages and Seasons for my gameboy color the day they came out and thought the dungeons were awesome, but stories SUCKED. I had Seasons, remember being good but not as good as Links Awakening. Game was ILL SON |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:19pm - givemeedtilimdead ""] Snowden said: Ultima :bow::bow::bow::bow::bow: |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:20pm - trioxin245 ""] I would add to OP that something I've noticed a lot of in nowadays gaming is when they put some sort of inventory management and a basic system of experience that does something like convert kills into points that you can spend on minor new abilities, and then calling it an 'RPG.' RPG DOES NOT STAND FOR 'SLIGHTLY LESS LINEAR BECAUSE YOU CAN CHOOSE A FIREBALL INSTEAD OF A FREEZE RAY FOR YOUR CHARACTER' |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:22pm - arilliusbm ""] trioxin245 said:I would add to OP that something I've noticed a lot of in nowadays gaming is when they put some sort of inventory management and a basic system of experience that does something like convert kills into points that you can spend on minor new abilities, and then calling it an 'RPG.' RPG DOES NOT STAND FOR 'SLIGHTLY LESS LINEAR BECAUSE YOU CAN CHOOSE A FIREBALL INSTEAD OF A FREEZE RAY FOR YOUR CHARACTER' THANK YOU |
| ________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:23pm - Spence ""] trioxin245 said:I would add to OP that something I've noticed a lot of in nowadays gaming is when they put some sort of inventory management and a basic system of experience that does something like convert kills into points that you can spend on minor new abilities, and then calling it an 'RPG.' RPG DOES NOT STAND FOR 'SLIGHTLY LESS LINEAR BECAUSE YOU CAN CHOOSE A FIREBALL INSTEAD OF A FREEZE RAY FOR YOUR CHARACTER' :point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point::point: |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:27pm - Alexecutioner ""] N64 Gold = Perfect Dark > Golden Eye > Ocarina of Time > Majora's Mask. Having gone back after many many years to play Golden Eye, it ruined my memories of an awesome game after playing years of FPS on PC and modern consoles which made strafing much easier than using those fucking little yellow buttons. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 4:30pm - givemeedtilimdead ""] Final Fantasy 13 and 13-2 have an excellent combat system. Too bad the rest of the game is not so good. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 5:06pm - Alexecutioner ""] Half assed gameplay reviews arilliusbm said: 10.) Dead Space series. Game sucked, combat was clunky and pretty much if you fucked up one or two shots the attacker would fuck you up depending on the difficulty. Shit was not fun, slow to progress, and was only a good game if you are afraid of pixelated monsters while sitting in your room at night with all the lights off. PUSSIES 9.) Every Zelda game that is after N64 was lame. Example: Gamecube straight up sucked and no one cared about cell shaded link. Also, Wiimotes fucking suck in general and the Zelda releases can be summed up as "Oh cool now i can make it harder to walk around, look, and navigate in my new Zelda game!" said no one ever... 8.) Assassin's Creed serires. Otherwise known as "Asscum's Bleed," if you played the first five minutes of the first game you've played every single one minus some additional gear and weapons. I played the first and second all the way through, story got progressively worse. Attempted to play the release after #2 (whats that, "brotherhood" or something?) and it took me about 5 minutes to realize it was EXACTLY like the one before it and i stopped playing immediately. 7.) Final Fantasy - actually never played any of these so NO CARE. 6.) Fable. Who doesnt want to marry some random bitch then kill her? I didnt play anything after the first one which was on original xbox, but nothing wow'd me about this game having played Star Wars: KOTOR and already knew what it was like to play a game that modeled you after your good or evil in-game decisions. NOTHING NEW HERE. 5.) Mass Effect - The story is boring and rips off everything before it, and the RPG elements are lackluster. I gave both I and II a shot and left shaking my head. So much potential, washed down the drain. They need to modernize a game like Albion, though I don't think Blue Byte Software exists anymore. 4.) Borderlands. 99% OF THE GUNS IN THIS GAME WERE TRASH FODDER. I DONT GET WHY THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. You get a gun, use if FOREVER because every gun after it was nowhere near an upgrade, then you get another gun like 20 gameplay hours later after either trashing or selling every other gun you ever picked up in the game ever. 3.) Grand Theft Auto. Shit is awesome and always will be. who didnt shit a brick when they first laid eyes on GTA3 in its 3D glory? I grew up on the original 2D birds eye view format, but anyone who refuses to acknowledge the vast improvements brought on by the 3D interface simply isnt willing to admit that sometimes NEW FEATURES = AWESOME. 2.) Left 4 Dead. Shit was boring and always will be, unless you play with friends especially those you know in real life. Pretty much would only play this game when i had buddies online who were also playing. Bought L4D2 and never even bothered finishing all of the campaigns since no one bought it. Very very repetitive gameplay, shooting endless waves of zombies, mixed up with a few timed sequences while waiting for something to explode or someone to come rescue you while you fight 3 tanks at a time and yell at your entire team to come revive you... 1.) Call of Duty series. The original versions of this on PC changed a lot of ways people make shooters today. Can't really say much more than the fact that its a cash cow for console and gaming companies so of course they are going to pump out a new one each year. Shit gets more dull with time since i think the lack of actual new gameplay changing features are few and far between. Shit relies heavily on Multiplayer as they campaigns are about half as short as they used to be. Call of Duty 2 was one of the best single player shooter campaigns i've ever played on Xbox. FUCK YOU FOR SPELLING ERRORS AND GRAMMAR IM AT WORK AND I DONT CARE |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 5:59pm - narkybark ""] Agree on all except Borderlands. Love those games. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 6:22pm - dreadkill ""] A boy and his blob is the best video game ever made |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 6:22pm - dreadkill ""] The hobbit game is great |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 7:08pm - the_reverend ""] You liked FF7? You un true faggots. That is where they jumped the shark. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 7:10pm - arilliusbm ""] FF7 was the beginning of the end for Final Fantasy. Some may argue that it's the greatest game of all time, yet I believe most of those peoples' first FF game was FF7. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 8:39pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] arilliusbm said:I have the DS titles and they're okaaay at best. I bought the Oracle of Ages and Seasons for my gameboy color the day they came out and thought the dungeons were awesome, but stories SUCKED. arilliusbm said:Zelda arilliusbm said:story ??? |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 8:42pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] arilliusbm said: trioxin245 said:I would add to OP that something I've noticed a lot of in nowadays gaming is when they put some sort of inventory management and a basic system of experience that does something like convert kills into points that you can spend on minor new abilities, and then calling it an 'RPG.' RPG DOES NOT STAND FOR 'SLIGHTLY LESS LINEAR BECAUSE YOU CAN CHOOSE A FIREBALL INSTEAD OF A FREEZE RAY FOR YOUR CHARACTER' THANK YOU A thousand times this. I had the biggest online Chinatown with some kid who went to my school; he was insisting up and down that LoZ was an RPG because it had items and hearts and a sword. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 8:43pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Never played Ultima + never played Wizardry + never played Pool of Radiance = NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINION |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 9:56pm - narkybark ""] Temple of Apshai or GTFO |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 9:58pm - Snowden NLI ""] Never mapped Bard's Tale on graphing paper = NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINION |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 10:24pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] ITT: [img] and a suspicious lack of Madden. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 10:26pm - arilliusbm ""] javascript://[img] OR NOT ALLLOWED TO HAVE OPINION |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 10:39pm - Randy_Marsh ""] Fable, assasins creed |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 26,2012 11:27pm - the_reverend ""] Snowden%20NLI said:Never mapped Bard's Tale on graphing paper = NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINIONi just re-bought that game. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 7:31am - trioxin245 ""] DestroyYouAlot said:Never played Ultima + never played Wizardry + never played Pool of Radiance = NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINION Ive played the shit out of Ultima and Wizardry, but never playyed Pool of Radiance :( I already knew opinion didn't matter though :...........c |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 7:34am - trioxin245 ""] Hold on though, I DO remember playing Hillsfar, also a D & D game by SSI. Dont remember being super into it though, and I was only 7 or 8. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 8:06am - arilliusbm ""] SSI was the shit. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 8:37am - AndrewBastard ""] no one hates on Farcry...cause games are ill. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 8:37am - AndrewBastard ""] actually, they do kinda end up being the same thing over and over with the occasional different mission here and there. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 8:41am - arilliusbm ""] AndrewBastard said:no one hates on Farcry...cause games are ill. Farcry 2 was one of the worst games I've played in the last 5 years. Farcry III is supposed to be amazing, so I'm looking forward on that one. One of the more underrated FPS series = Soldier of Fortune series. SoFII= more fun than most games online |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 8:45am - AndrewBastard ""] i enjoyed 2 but it was the same thing over and over and over |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 9:06am - DestroyYouAlot ""] trioxin245 said:Hold on though, I DO remember playing Hillsfar, also a D & D game by SSI. Dont remember being super into it though, and I was only 7 or 8. Haha, nice. Hillsfar was kinda weird - it was like this sort-of-rpg-ish minigame collection. The real cool thing was that, on PC, you could take your Pool of Radiance PCs through Hillsfar to beef them up before tackling Secret of the Silver Blades. Kinda pointless on NES, though. Also, DestroyYouAlot said:Never played a tourist in Nethack and stunned a floating eye with your expensive camera = NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINION, THE LITTLE DOG BITES, THE LITTLE DOG BITES, THE LITTLE DOG EATS THE LIZARD CORPSE |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 9:12am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] AndrewBastard said:i enjoyed 2 but it was the same thing over and over and over "Go attack this UPLL outpost, but remember even though you're working for us, the BTRD, nobody knows that so our troops are going to attack you too." African civil wars are retarded. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 9:15am - trioxin245 ""] Yea I played Hillsfar on NES and remember not thinking too much of it. There were parts of it that were first person dungeon crawler that were cool but really simple. Do you remember Phantasie series? Top down turn-based games, I only played the first one al the way through though. The viallains' name was Nicodemus which I always thought was funny because I just imagined the rat Nicodemus from Secret of Nimh. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 9:36am - arilliusbm ""] Was anyone here a fan of the Gauntlet series? |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 10:47am - DestroyYouAlot ""] trioxin245 said:Hold on though, I DO remember playing Hillsfar, also a D & D game by SSI. Dont remember being super into it though, and I was only 7 or 8. Haha, nice. Hillsfar was kinda weird - it was like this sort-of-rpg-ish minigame collection. The real cool thing was that, on PC, you could take your Pool of Radiance PCs through Hillsfar to beef them up before tackling Secret of the Silver Blades. Kinda pointless on NES, though. Also, DestroyYouAlot said:Never played a tourist in Nethack and stunned a floating eye with your expensive camera = NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINION, THE LITTLE DOG BITES, THE LITTLE DOG BITES, THE LITTLE DOG EATS THE LIZARD CORPSE |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 10:48am - trioxin245 ""] Gauntlet rules. Noone will agree, but I LOVE Gauntlet Legends for the N64. Home console arcade gaming at its finest. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 10:50am - arilliusbm ""] Gauntlet 4 was as high as I went. Never played the 64 one. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 10:54am - trioxin245 ""] Pretty much every Gauntlet game Ive ever played has been pretty damn fun. Though ive heard bad things about the nu ones. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 10:56am - arilliusbm ""] Wait, they're still making them?? lolz. |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 10:59am - DestroyYouAlot ""] TIRED FRANCHISE NEEDS FOOD, BADLY |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 12:17pm - Snowden NLI ""] Oh man, tabletop arcade Gauntlet with 3 friends was the absolute best. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 12:22pm - arilliusbm ""] A Gauntlet arcade machine would be the best thing for a living room. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 1:53pm - givemeedtilimdead ""] [img] Atari didn't have the dough to get Wink Martindale so they got that dude. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 27,2012 3:56pm - ShadowSD ""] Anyone remember that butt ugly girl in the original Ultima for Nintendo who said "Think me pretty?" and you couldn't get further in the game unless you told her Yes. Ultima: preparing men for the bar scene at an early age. |