Whats your most under rated game of this generation? and most over rated?

[PreZZ]

My personal favorite and most under rated game of this generation is Crackdown on Xbox 360... The most fun I had on my 360. The best sandbox game ever! The game had a few problems, but the fun factor was 10 out of 10.
The most overrated would be GTA4, it got perfect 10s everywhere, and im a huge fan of the ps2 games but this one was slow and boring and way too serious. I give it a 7 out of 10.

[substantial_snake]

Underated pick is a hard one. I guess Valkyria Chronicles if only because it never received a full console sequel. The game crafted a weird mix of turn and real time strategy into something that worked great. It also had its own unique visual style, great music, story and characters. It was really unique in a generation filled with homogenized experiences.

My overrated pick is easy though, Red Dead Redemption. I really don't see what is so special about this game and I've played both the original campaign and undead nightmare extensively. The praise it got just seemed way over the top for what the game actually was but maybe I'm just not a fan of westerns.

[The Old School Gamer]

Overrated in my opinion is Resistance 2 for the PS3. It got great reviews, but I never liked it all that much. Not a bad game but to me its nothing special. Mortal Kombat Vs The DC Universe is considered by some to be the blacksheep of the MK series, but I thought it was pretty good. I liked how it had an in depth story mode and it had some intresting gimmicks.

[PreZZ]

Underated pick is a hard one. I guess Valkyria Chronicles if only because it never received a full console sequel. The game crafted a weird mix of turn and real time strategy into something that worked great. It also had its own unique visual style, great music, story and characters. It was really unique in a generation filled with homogenized experiences.

My overrated pick is easy though, Red Dead Redemption. I really don't see what is so special about this game and I've played both the original campaign and undead nightmare extensively. The praise it got just seemed way over the top for what the game actually was but maybe I'm just not a fan of westerns.

I never played valkyria chronicles, ill definitely pick it up. Red dead redemption was a lot of fun though! Definitely better than gta4.

[PreZZ]

Overrated in my opinion is Resistance 2 for the PS3. It got great reviews, but I never liked it all that much. Not a bad game but to me its nothing special. Mortal Kombat Vs The DC Universe is considered by some to be the blacksheep of the MK series, but I thought it was pretty good. I liked how it had an in depth story mode and it had some intresting gimmicks.

The entire resistance, and killzone series are WAY overrated. They are the most bland, generic shooters ever. Killzone 3 was OK.

[ScourDX]

360

Witcher 2
Earth Defense Force 2017

PS3

3D Dot Game Heroes (it got release as Players Choice, but still no love for this quirky game)
Demon Soul
Dark Soul


Wii

Little King's Story & Zack
Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

PSP

Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?
Valkyria Chronicles 2
3rd Birthday
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles

DS

Avalon Code
Ivy the Kiwi?
Rune Factory 1-3
Touch the Dead
Dementium 1 & 2
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Commando: Steel Disaster

[Lady Jaye]

Are these your overrated or underrated games list?

[Nesmaster]

Just Cause 2

Underated

[Tupin]

Nobody played Opoona, which is a shame.

[kupomogli]

Here are a few that I've played and think are the most overrated this gen.

God of War 3
Halo 4
Assassin's Creed 3
Final Fantasy 13
Fallout 3
Dead Rising series

And my opinion of most underrated games.

Lords of Shadow
Army of Two 40th Day
The Saboteur
Dante's Inferno
Just about everything on the PSP(since apparently the PSP has no good games.)

While great games, I wouldn't consider games like Vanquish or Valkyria Chronicles underrated because just about everyone who has played them love the games. They're just not well known.

[G-Boobie]

Overrated would be GTA4 and Gears of War 2. I gave both of them an honest shot, but I can't figure out why people love them, or how they were so well reviewed.

As for underrated games, Tokyo Jungle is great and has flown under the radar for most people. I really like Nier, which is trying some interesting things. Even when it fails, which is often, it's doing so to further it's own weird internal agenda.

The Syndicate FPS reboot from early last year is much better than its review scores would indicate.

[ScourDX]

Are these your overrated or underrated games list?

I forgot to mention the list was underrated. Most overrated.

- Call of duty series
- Halo series
- Mass effect 3 (first was good. Next one was great. Third was underwhelming and disappointing)
- Resident evil 5 & 6
- Gta iv (this gta wasnt as addictive as vice city or san andreas)
- Any fighting game release by capcom. I feel capcom just release incomplete game and make you buy their on disc dlc.
- Any yearly sports simulation. Madden, nhl, nba2k, mlb and fifa. Same engine but differrent roster update.

[PreZZ]

I forgot to mention the list was underrated. Most overrated.

- Call of duty series
- Halo series
- Mass effect 3 (first was good. Next one was great. Third was underwhelming and disappointing)
- Resident evil 5 & 6
- Gta iv (this gta wasnt as addictive as vice city or san andreas)
- Any fighting game release by capcom. I feel capcom just release incomplete game and make you buy their on disc dlc.
- Any yearly sports simulation. Madden, nhl, nba2k, mlb and fifa. Same engine but differrent roster update.

Call of duty gets bashed all the time, but i got to say its got amazing replay value. Yes its true that they all look the same, and gets an anual release, but is it really worst than madden or any other sports game? If they updated the rosters every year with the same game, I could still play madden 07 and it would be fine! I really like COD ( but boy are the kids annoying, and quit when they lose, that pisses me off!) and I enjoy playing old ones like mw1,2,black ops, WAW. They are still very fun online and I really like spec ops. At least COD gets a lot of content every year and I believe its worth the price. Sports game feels like ripoffs, especially later in the consoles life when it feels they have fine tuned it to the max and throw cheap new giimicks with funky names to justify the new game.

[Nebagram]

My personal favorite and most under rated game of this generation is Crackdown on Xbox 360... The most fun I had on my 360. The best sandbox game ever! The game had a few problems, but the fun factor was 10 out of 10.
The most overrated would be GTA4, it got perfect 10s everywhere, and im a huge fan of the ps2 games but this one was slow and boring and way too serious. I give it a 7 out of 10.

Pretty much the two you mentioned there would top my over/underrated list. Crackdown was just immense fun on every level, especially once you had a supercharged agent. Why shoot a machine gun at gangsters when you can throw a car at them? With them still in it?

GTA4 was definitely overrated but nowhere near as overrated as Red Dead Redemption. There was a game where everyone assumed 'OMG GTA & cowboys it's gonne be awesome!!!!' and continued on with that delusion evrn when the gameplay was slower and duller than any GTA game to date.

A game series that always underwhelmed me as well was the Uncharted series. I loved the first one- well, until the silliness started, anyway- but could never get into Uncharted 2 or 3, Claudia Black's sexy Australian voice notwithstanding. The action was good but nothing I couldn't find elsewhere, and it's determination to make it cinematic detracted too much from trying to make it, well, too game-like.

[duffmanth]

The entire resistance, and killzone series are WAY overrated. They are the most bland, generic shooters ever. Killzone 3 was OK.

I agree with you, Resistance and Killzone are over rated, fun games though. Most shooters are over rated any way. My most under rated game would be L.A. Noire, I had a fun time with that game.

[Press_Start]

Pfft. Underrated games? Let's talk underrated systems. The Wii's gotten more undue hatred than any other console I've seen so far and gamers this gen did miss out on many, many wonderful gems like these:

Xenoblade Chronicles
Fragile Dreams
Muramasa: Demon Blade
Zack & Wiki
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Trauma Center: New Blood
Dead Space Extraction
Dragon Quest Swords
Cursed Mountain
Klonoa
Calling
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles
Konami Rebirth Series: Gradius, Contra, and Castlevania (WiiWare)
.....& so on.

As for other non-Wii gems:

Trauma Center Under the Knife 1&2
Devil Survivor 1&2
Lux-Pain
Asura's Wrath
Child of Eden
House of the Dead 4 (PSN)

[PreZZ]

Pfft. Underrated games? Let's talk underrated systems. The Wii's gotten more undue hatred than any other console I've seen so far and gamers this gen did miss out on many, many wonderful gems (PSN)

I agree, I bashed the wii a lot in the past years and recently played a lot with my wii and it has a lot of good games. But I still feel like the original wii should have been Wii U without the gamepad. Imagine how Nintendo would have won this generation hands down... power of xboxps3 with the wii motion controls + third party games + nintendo games=win. The real problem with wii was the major third party games werent there and if they were they werent as good and of course they looked like gamecube from the previous generation. All the stupid decisions from nintendo are to blame: underwhelming hardware, no online community, poor online support, abandon the core players, no HD, shovelware, operation rainfall and the list goes on and on.Nintendo has got their head up their ass for too long and it continues with wii U : Games tied to console and not account (this one really gets me angry!), miiverse censoring everything, shovelware (again!), keeping the wii brand, no trophy or achievements , no mics in wii pro controller, button layout pro controller, poor battery life gamepad... etc etc etc. I know Nintendo always finds a strategy to make the hardware sell like hotcakes, but I think they fudged up too much and this may be the last one. Casual players bought it for wii sports and they dont give a rats ass about this new one, and ps3 and xbox owner dont see the point of buying it since the games are the same as they already have. I think ill start a thread with this lol. the only people who bought wii U are the hardcore nintendo fans, and every single one of them already bought it, so now the hardware doesnt catter to anyone, hence why you see TONS of supply in stores... and im sorry but nintendoland sucks, there I said it!

[WCP]

My personal favorite and most under rated game of this generation is Crackdown on Xbox 360... The most fun I had on my 360. The best sandbox game ever! The game had a few problems, but the fun factor was 10 out of 10.
The most overrated would be GTA4, it got perfect 10s everywhere, and im a huge fan of the ps2 games but this one was slow and boring and way too serious. I give it a 7 out of 10.


Those are two very good choices. The original Crackdown on 360 should be remembered as one of the finest games of this generation. I still can't get over the fact that my save got corrupted, and I never was able to find all 500 orbs. I think I was at like 484 orbs when my saved got corrupted. The game certainly had some SERIOUS faults to it, but the good parts way overshadowed the problems. Crackdown had amazing sound design as well. Anybody who recently got a better sound system for their gaming setup should go back and retry Crackdown, the audio is damn good. I can't remember if Crackdown was a 2006 or 2007 game, but either way it was well before it's time. I think it's better than 99 percent of the stuff labeled triple A in the last few years.

To bad the sequel was so horrible.



Your overrated selection was pretty good as well. I remember when the game got 10's at a lot of places. I honestly can't blame the reviewers though, because for the first month or so that GTA4 was available, I thought it was amazing as well. It takes awhile to figure out that it isn't as great as it seems. Reviewers normally don't get the benefit of being able to let a game sit on you for awhile, before rendering a verdict on it's quality. Reviewers usually only have a couple of weeks with a game before they have to give out a verdict. It's sad, but thats just the way it is with such an insatiable demand for 0 sec info on games.

GTA4 seemed amazing when it first arrived, but it didn't take me too long to figure out that other companies were doing better open world games than the originator. The mission based style of GTS4 just seems so restrictive in comparison.

[hbkprm]

underrated: lost planet 2 due to the fact it had a bigger online community than the orginal but it was mostly coop and no really does rush arena. peace walker for the posibilties the game brings and so looking forward to ground zeroes and medal of honor and the followup warfighter for be more realisitc than cod. overrated: cod for obvious reasons.

[Bubble_Man]

Brutal Legend is one of my favorite games of this gen and I believe it deserved much more sales and attention than it received. For me, the most overrated game would be GTA IV; it didn't live up to Vice City and San Andreas imo. From what I've seen of GTA V so far, that may not be the case next time around.

[CatTehBus]

Mine has to be Resident Evil 6, I played all the way through 5 and didn't mind it too much. Was really excited all year for RE6 and I couldn't even play the game for more than a half hour before getting frustrated. Overrated

[kaedesdisciple]

Crackdown unfortunately lives in memory as "that game that had the Halo 3 beta on it." Although, it's still one of my favorites for the system. What a great feeling it was to be able to jump just that little bit higher and scale the highest buildings, then jump down and fire rockets on everything you can see. I also loved hitching rides on the tops of other people's cars and then shooting out tires of the cars around me to see if my driver would keep going. So many fun things to do in that game. Maybe I should break it out again later...

[bVork]

Yeah, I agree with all the Crackdown praise. People kept asking me on Xbox Live if I had bought it for the Halo 3 beta, and I kept having to respond that I bought it because it is a fantastic game. It's probably my favourite sandbox game, simply for the fact that it removes all pretensions at story - and consequently removes all artificial gating. You want to try to go kill Wang the instant you start the game? There's absolutely nothing stopping you. The city design is also so good. Orb hunting wouldn't be fun at all (look at how tedious and boring the superficially similar flag collecting is in Assassin's Creed) if every building wasn't placed in just the right way to make it an entertaining puzzle to quickly traverse the environment.

Another really underrated gem is Resonance of Fate. It looks like yet another JRPG, but I think there's something really special about the unique mechanics it has and the wonderful way they all complement each other. The battle system is complex but very entertaining once you understand it, requiring you to whittle down enemy hp with scratch damage from rapid-fire weapons and then lock it in with damage from pistols. The way the world map works is also very unique. You can't traverse it until you acquire puzzle-like sets of hexes, which you then place down on the map in order to access new areas. Different coloured hexes provide different effects, so you end up trying to adjust the world to your greatest advantage (for instance, by maximizing item drop rates or ensuring certain enemy types appear). The worst part about the game is the tutorial. It's not particularly great at explaining the way the game works, or even what the tutorial missions expect you to do. I had to look up a FAQ to figure out how to complete one of the tutorials! But if you can look past that and dedicate the time to learning the game, it's very rewarding. The story isn't amazing, coming off more as a collection of vignettes rather than a coherent plot, but the excllent English voice acting (by Nolan North and a bunch of Disney alumni) makes the interactions between the characters entertaining despite not really ever coalescing into a proper narrative.

As for overrated games, Grand Theft Auto IV is definitely the one that reviewers got wrong. I don't think it's as overrated among regular gamers. I heard plenty of criticism immediately after its release. But the 10/10s that reviewers gave it are just ridiculous. One game that I just don't get the love for is the Uncharted series, particularly the first one. They are by no means bad games, mind you, but I just don't understand the praise given to them. The platforming is decent, but fairly automatic and mostly devoid of any sort of intellectual challenge. There's nothing approaching the complexity of the puzzles in the three Tomb Raider games this generation, all of which I would say are better platformers than Uncharted. The camera also occasionally gets in the way of the platforming, locking itself to a "cinematic" view that looks nice but doesn't give a great view of where the game expects you to jump. I find the shooting in Uncharted 1 to be just plain bad, with bullet-sponge enemies and a cover system that is awkward at best. 2 and 3 are better about this, but still not great. And don't get me started on the supernatual enemies. They are never fun to fight at any point in the series.

[PreZZ]

Yeah, I agree with all the Crackdown praise. People kept asking me on Xbox Live if I had bought it for the Halo 3 beta, and I kept having to respond that I bought it because it is a fantastic game. It's probably my favourite sandbox game, simply for the fact that it removes all pretensions at story - and consequently removes all artificial gating. You want to try to go kill Wang the instant you start the game? There's absolutely nothing stopping you. The city design is also so good. Orb hunting wouldn't be fun at all (look at how tedious and boring the superficially similar flag collecting is in Assassin's Creed) if every building wasn't placed in just the right way to make it an entertaining puzzle to quickly traverse the environment.

Another really underrated gem is Resonance of Fate. It looks like yet another JRPG, but I think there's something really special about the unique mechanics it has and the wonderful way they all complement each other. The battle system is complex but very entertaining once you understand it, requiring you to whittle down enemy hp with scratch damage from rapid-fire weapons and then lock it in with damage from pistols. The way the world map works is also very unique. You can't traverse it until you acquire puzzle-like sets of hexes, which you then place down on the map in order to access new areas. Different coloured hexes provide different effects, so you end up trying to adjust the world to your greatest advantage (for instance, by maximizing item drop rates or ensuring certain enemy types appear). The worst part about the game is the tutorial. It's not particularly great at explaining the way the game works, or even what the tutorial missions expect you to do. I had to look up a FAQ to figure out how to complete one of the tutorials! But if you can look past that and dedicate the time to learning the game, it's very rewarding. The story isn't amazing, coming off more as a collection of vignettes rather than a coherent plot, but the excllent English voice acting (by Nolan North and a bunch of Disney alumni) makes the interactions between the characters entertaining despite not really ever coalescing into a proper narrative.

As for overrated games, Grand Theft Auto IV is definitely the one that reviewers got wrong. I don't think it's as overrated among regular gamers. I heard plenty of criticism immediately after its release. But the 10/10s that reviewers gave it are just ridiculous. One game that I just don't get the love for is the Uncharted series, particularly the first one. They are by no means bad games, mind you, but I just don't understand the praise given to them. The platforming is decent, but fairly automatic and mostly devoid of any sort of intellectual challenge. There's nothing approaching the complexity of the puzzles in the three Tomb Raider games this generation, all of which I would say are better platformers than Uncharted. The camera also occasionally gets in the way of the platforming, locking itself to a "cinematic" view that looks nice but doesn't give a great view of where the game expects you to jump. I find the shooting in Uncharted 1 to be just plain bad, with bullet-sponge enemies and a cover system that is awkward at best. 2 and 3 are better about this, but still not great. And don't get me started on the supernatual enemies. They are never fun to fight at any point in the series.

I also agree with Uncharted being over rated. All the Gears of War, god of war, uncharted, etc are not bad games, but I feel like they are more like Hollywood action movies. Its always get from point A to point B, shoot a room full of bad guys, solve a puzzle, and repeat until the end. I dont feel like they are games, you know with high scores and all. Just a fun sit through with not much replay value (talking about campaign, not online multiplayer, but i never liked gears online anyway). And almost all AAA games today are like this, I have a lot more fun with something like Geometry Wars, a game I still play regularly to this day since the 360 launch. And I still pray the gods for a new 2d HD metroid or castlevania on consoles, not portables.

[PreZZ]

im really surprised you guys mostly all agree with me on Crackdown, and gta4!!

[Yago]

Since this is not really platform specific I'd say Angry Birds is the most overrated game ever. I played for like 5 minutes after hearing all the hype. Never played it again. I just don't get why this game is so popular. I'm at a loss for words.

Underrated I don't know. I can't think right now because I'm full of thoughts to as why Angry Birds is so popular. What am I missing? Maybe i'm just getting stubborn at my old age.

[The 1 2 P]

The entire resistance, and killzone series are WAY overrated. They are the most bland, generic shooters ever. Killzone 3 was OK.

I liked the first Resistance but haven't played the second two games yet. I beat Killzone 2 and agree that it is over rated but I think it only got as much hype as it did for being a PS3 exclusive and the fact that many in the media wanted it to be a Halo killer, which it was certainly not on any level at all. The controls were sluggish, the story boring and the game over all wasn't very much fun.

My most under rated game would be Alan Wake. Not that many people played it and as such missed one of the best gaming experiences this gen. It had an amazing story, tight gameplay, memorable characters and an open-ended ending good for interpretation. It also won Time Magazine's game of the year award in 2010 so atleast a few other people besides myself know how awesome it was.

My most over rated game would be Battlefield 3. The story was very lame and for a series trying to distinguish themselves from COD they sure do have a lot of COD-esque moments during the campaign. But I know that most people play it for it's mutilplayer and I played it as well. However, I just couldn't get into it. I tried different modes and never found myself thinking they were something I wanted to come back to. I should add that I don't think BF3 is a bad game per se, I just wouldn't list it as one of my favorite shooter games.

[misfits859]

I'll go along with Crackdown as the most underrated as well. Played that game to death and loved every minute of it. The catch was getting powered all the way up and then going crazy. I still remember climbing all the way to the top of the main tower just to jump off. Good times.

Overrated I will go with the Black Ops games. My daughter plays them regularly but they just don't scratch my itch.

The most fun I've had with games this gen would be (in no order): Minecraft, Fallout 3 (loved the DC wasteland theme), Borderlands (both of'em), Skyrim (of course) and Dead Island.

[PreZZ]

I'll go along with Crackdown as the most underrated as well. Played that game to death and loved every minute of it. The catch was getting powered all the way up and then going crazy. I still remember climbing all the way to the top of the main tower just to jump off. Good times.

Overrated I will go with the Black Ops games. My daughter plays them regularly but they just don't scratch my itch.

The most fun I've had with games this gen would be (in no order): Minecraft, Fallout 3 (loved the DC wasteland theme), Borderlands (both of'em), Skyrim (of course) and Dead Island.

Nice avatar, and we like the same games too!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7N1mWWpIA check out my cover of horror business!

[Tupin]

How did I forget the ultimate future cult classic Deadly Premonition? You'd think the game would be goddawful, but I had more fun with it than most Resident Evil games.

[Niku-Sama]

over rated would have to be call of duty any thing.

under rated i would have to say...

Fortune Street
Blaz Blue Series

any thing else i have current gen is just meh

[iycon]

my most under rated is Enslaved: odyssey to the west.
kind of a platormer, good story, good reviews, poor sales.

[IHatedSega]

Id say FPS games are the most over rated, at least the ones outside of Valve.

[BHvrd]

Underrated:

Lost Planet Franchise (big money, big prizes, I LOVE IT!)...but seriously did you see that boss??!!
Lord of the Rings: War in the North (Snowblind Studios did a damn fine job and got shat on)
WarZ (despite all the crap talk, fun game and not nearly as many hackers as DayZ and more accessible)
Eufloria (probably the most overlooked puzzle game and better than the rest)
Sacred 2 (it was better than diablo 3, path of exile and torchlight 2, moved the genre forward unlike the rest)
Resident Evil 5 (co-op was *gasp* fun)



Overrated:

Dead Space Franchise (it's supposed to be sooooo good...o_O)
Call fo Duty Franchise (anything you can do battlefield does better, battlefield does everything better than you)
Scribblenauts (why people said for me to buy this, i'm not preteen *goes back to terraria*)
Bioshock Franchise (clearly a case of nostalgia)
Two Worlds 2 (wtf...just please "wtf", people said the first one sucked and this one was good, seriously wtf is this b.s. someone is smoking, anyone that has beaten this game will know what I speak of 0_0, the first one was better...I know ;), but it's true :D)

A couple of gems old schoolers should try out:

Jamestown (hello...old school shooter fans...hellooooooo)
And Yet it Moves (platforming genius)

[Emperor Megas]

I haven't played many current gen games, but a few games I think were underrated are:


Bayonetta - I heard last generation that many gamers have an aversion to female lead protagonists; Bayonetta may have suffered from this.


Child of Eden - Fuck Kinect, I use a controller -- this game is absolutely breath taking, but almost no one seems to have played it.


Dante's Inferno - This game sold terribly, IIRC, which is a shame, because it's an absolutely outstanding game. I really did justice to the source material it was based on, and it's a shame it won't see a sequel.


Dead Island - This game got a pretty reception from most of the people I talked to about it, but everyone had the same thing to say, that like Resident Evil 5, it stunk in single player and wasn't worth playing offline. I couldn't disagree more, honestly. I've noticed a trend in gaming for the past 2 generations where people are becoming spoiled by online gaming and not giving single player campaigns due consideration. Multiplayer is fun and all, but there's still something to be said for a good single player campaign, IMO. Hell, I even play Left4Dead alone sometimes and I enjoy it almost every bit as much.


NIER - One of the most emotive and immersive games I played this generation. I love the subtle genre blending nuances and amazing musical scores. This game had a lukewarm reception, IIRC, and just fell off of most people's radar.


Resident Evil 5 - I really don't get why people who liked RE4 hated this installment so much. I fully expected to hate the partner dynamic in single player, but once I played it I thought it was amazing, and I still do. I actually love this game -- single player, co-op, it doesn't matter.


Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - I really don't get why people hate this game so much, either. It's really quite fun, IMO. Perhaps because I'm not a western third person shooter fan that I didn't/don't have the same expectations for a game in the genre as others do. It seems that people hate it for what it isn't rather than for what it is.


Space Giraffe - Either you enjoy these kinds of games or you don't, but this game was once billed as the "WORST XBLA game" (I don't remember which gaming publication). That just can't be true.




Overrated:

Dead Space Franchise (it's supposed to be sooooo good...o_O)It really, REALLY is good IMO. Amazing in fact. I can't praise the series enough.

[Gamevet]

Underrated

Yakuza series (PS3): This series is pretty much the spiritual successor to Shenmue; it even throws in a few quick-time events. The storyline involves multiple characters that you'll play along the way, eventually leading to a climactic ending with those characters.

Bulletstorm: This game slipped under the rader with gameplay that wasn't based around some Modern Warfare. You can basically grab enemies from afar, then kick, punch, shock or throw them with various effects. It's a real blast to play, though the story is very forgettable.

Culdcept Saga (Xbox 360): It's part monopoly, part card battle and a whole lot more. You fight for control of the board, linking simular board sections to increase your stats. It also had a cool online match option, but I've only played against 1 friend with that.


Overrated

Angry Birds: Yeah, the game is alright, but it's not like it deserves anywhere near the hype and merchandising it has received.

Metro 2033: This game was pretty much a hardware benchmark title for the PC gamer, but it left a lot to be desired. Between the action sections of the game, you're forced to trudge around subway communities for supplies and to talk to someone to advance the story. The subway community sections really drag this game down and the breathing masks make it hard to see what you're doing when they start to fail.

Bayonetta: I really don't get why people think this game is great? The crappy camera angles during fights, like the one on top to the train, became frustrating. The Saturday morning cartoon acting was even worse.

[Ryudo]

I could be here all Week naming Underrated games. So just name some that I have not seen mentioned

Earth Seeker
Darksiders (series)
The Last Story
Majin and the forsaken kingdom
Sonic Colors
No More Heroes series
Pandoras Tower
A Boy and His Blob
Lost in Shadow
Sin N Punishment Star Successor
Metroid Other M
de blob
The World Ends With You
Ys on PSP
Blue Dragon
Gravity Rush
Folklore
Tatsunoko Vs Capcom

Overrated
CoD
Halo
Sports games
Final Fantasy (this series has downright been shit this gen)
Elder Scrolls
Street Fighter IV

[kupomogli]

I've seen GTA4 listed here and I'm going to stick up for the game and say I liked GTA4 a lot and think it's the best in the series. You don't really have to share the same opinion, but read what I wrote and you'll atleast see I made some pretty good points.

So anyways. Saints Row 2, which I hated, and Saints Row 3 are the next true GTA games to some people, after the release of San Andreas. The reason behind this is that you can parachute, steal planes, purchase places, etc. What makes these so great though? Now I like Saints Row 3 because the overall gameplay is now good, most of the missions are good, and the side missions are pretty fun, but I still don't like it as much as GTA4. One of my friends I play with always wants to jump in a Vtol and fly around, or wants me to parachute off a building with me, or whatever. Wtf. Gay? I really don't see the sense of flying around in a Vtol other than to complete a mission or fly to my next destination. Why do people get off on destroying non mobile cars or retarded AI pedestrians? You hear people like GTA3 and Vice City better than GTA4 and it has none of this. Why are these games so popular? They also have the worst tps in just about any game I've played, making some missions come down to either complete luck or whether you got body armor before starting the mission.

Even if you don't like the driving system, the new wanted system is a lot better than the old one, and the mission structure and shooting system is a lot better, but that's not what turns people off from this game. What people don't like is back what I said how there's less to do. Is it just the fact that there's less to do, which is what people seem to make believe? Where do people get enjoyment from repeatedly jumping off a roof with a parachute only to go back up there and jump off again? What's the enjoyment of flying a plane around in the air when there's literally nothing in the air for you to do? You just jumped off a mountain with a motorcycle and pulled your parachute for the 10th time, so doing it the 11th time is going to be so awesome. I get this stuff may be fun to see or do once, but it quickly loses its appeal.

If you want a game that has a lot to do, play Scarface the World is Yours. Even after you complete everything, you can continue to do drug run missions. It's usually one of the same few missions over again, then you boat the money from the islands back to Florida, then do a cash run to collect your money from all your fronts.

Not everyone has the same opinion, but I just don't get the appeal of doing the same things that don't actually progress anything.

[frogofdeath]

Most underrated game of this generation for me would have to be WarioWare: Smooth Moves. We still play this game when friends are over and it is quite possibly the best implementation of motion controls ever.

Sonic All-Stars Racing seems a little underrated too, though maybe I'm wrong. This game far outshines Mario Kart Wii in all aspects of the game.

[Nesmaster]

I've seen GTA4 listed here and I'm going to stick up for the game and say I liked GTA4 a lot and think it's the best in the series. You don't really have to share the same opinion, but read what I wrote and you'll atleast see I made some pretty good points.

Is it just the fact that there's less to do, which is what people seem to make believe?

I think the problem isn't that there is nothing to do; it's just not interesting TO do.

My GTA IV save is near 62 hours, to get 100%. A lot of that time was really.... dry content. Any GTA fan knows that there's a ton of collectibles, but some of the 100% came from random stranger missions and "Man Dates" which really ate a lot of time finding everyone and driving (taxi) your friends for a night out. Even the more notable side content was just dry stuff like car thefts, racing, assassinations.

The core story and game mechanics lived up to my expectations, back in 2008. It advanced the series nicely even if the driving, after dozens of hours, didn't quite feel second nature. Reports on GTA V have said they tightened up across the board in driving, gun and melee combat so it should be interesting how V handles.

People overhype things too much sometimes that it takes away from the experience when they actually play it. Any major franchise release goes through this no matter what it is. People will love it and people will hate it. I've never been as hyped for a game before or since GTA IV and it did not disappoint me whatsoever.

GTA V will be the first "new" title in over 5 years when it finally comes out. When I look at an overrated worn out series like Call of Duty that remains the behemoth it is, year after year, without any major changes I can't help but cry a little inside. At least I know GTA will be special. :)

[A.C. Sativa]

Overrated: Pretty much any FPS game, GTAIV, Gran Tourismo 5.
Underrated: Forza 3/4, Project Gotham 3/4

[Daltone]

Red Dead Redemption always gets sort of forgotten about in the shadow of GTA 4. I always thought that it was pretty enjoyable. Fallout 3 gets knocked a lot but it wasn't a bad game.

Bioshock always seemed overrated to me (I'll duck now). It didn't seem like a great shooter, wasn't much of an RPG. System Shock 2 was good in 1999 but it didn't seem like much had changed between then and 2007.Maybe I am being unfair though.

[lordvectrex]

Here's my list.

Overrated:
Halo series
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty series
Catherine // Characters are immensely unlikeable, gameplay is fun though.
Metal Gear Solid 3
Forza series

Underrated:
Sakura Wars (WII/PS2)
Yakuza series
Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4
Gran Turismo /// is always underrated imo :ass:

[PreZZ]

Overrated: Pretty much any FPS game, GTAIV, Gran Tourismo 5.
Underrated: Forza 3/4, Project Gotham 3/4

Totally agree. Gran turismo series is AWFUL, REPETITIVE AND BORING. Seriously, the jazzy menus, the boring as hell driver licenses thats the same in every game, stupid AI, regular boring cars, etc etc etc. This series IS the most overrated of all time. I enjoyed the first one back on psone, but the gameplay is exactly the same 2 generations later with prettier graphics. Nothing as changed. I did play a lot of gotham 3 and really enjoyed it when the 360 launched, and also enjoyed forza 2. Its been a while since i played a driving sim game, I must get forza 4 !!

[Gamevet]

Red Dead Redemption always gets sort of forgotten about in the shadow of GTA 4. I always thought that it was pretty enjoyable. Fallout 3 gets knocked a lot but it wasn't a bad game.



Fallout 3 doesn't get knocked a lot; It's considered one of the best games of this generation. I do prefer New Vegas though.

[lordvectrex]

Totally agree. Gran turismo series is AWFUL, REPETITIVE AND BORING. Seriously, the jazzy menus, the boring as hell driver licenses thats the same in every game, stupid AI, regular boring cars, etc etc etc. This series IS the most overrated of all time. I enjoyed the first one back on psone, but the gameplay is exactly the same 2 generations later with prettier graphics. Nothing as changed. I did play a lot of gotham 3 and really enjoyed it when the 360 launched, and also enjoyed forza 2. Its been a while since i played a driving sim game, I must get forza 4 !!

Haha. That's exactly what I like about the GT series.

[BydoEmpire]

Pfft. Underrated games? Let's talk underrated systems. The Wii's gotten more undue hatred than any other console I've seen so far and gamers this gen did miss out on many, many wonderful gems like these:Totally agree, there are tons of great games for the Wii. It's active life wasn't that long, but there was a lot of fun to be had. Metroid Prime Corruption was my favorite game of the generation. It got good reviews and word of mouth, so I can't say it was underrated.

Overrated:
Halo 3 (360) - more of the same, only it crashed a lot. I played a few levels then sold it to buy...
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) - online simply never worked for me, ever. Shame. Spent more time trying to find a match than playing the game. Sold on ebay after a month of frustration.
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - it was decent, but just didn't have much character. It just felt repetitive after a while, and I never bother finishing.
Super Paper Mario (Wii) - I loved the prior Paper Mario games - [i]loved[i] them. Played halfway through this and just stopped. The "flatland" characters were really boring, the writing wasn't nearly as good as previous games, and it wasn't enough of a platformer or adventure game to be good at either. Neat idea, just didn't work for me.

Underrated:
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (Wii) - solid if unspectacular 1p FPS, but great 32-player online that worked well, and a killer light gun mode. It packed a lo into the package and was a ton of fun.

[Hawksmoor]

Blur. Excellent amalgamation of Burnout/NFS driving and Wipeout/Mario Kart style combat. It's a pity hardly anyone played it.

[LordsOfSkulls]

Overated i Would say any First Person Shooters, cause we have so many of them right now.....

Underated All JRPGs

I dont know one of strongest features of PS2 was all the RPGs on that system, but now it like convereted all into FPS,,,

[kaedesdisciple]

Resident Evil 5 (co-op was *gasp* fun)


Honestly, doing this entire game in local co-op with one of my buddies was one of my top experiences of this generation.

[Daltone]

Fallout 3 doesn't get knocked a lot; It's considered one of the best games of this generation. I do prefer New Vegas though.

That's fair enough. Looking on the Fallout (and Arcanum) boards on places like GoG there seems to be a general sense that it was not as good as it could have been - that it is good but not great. I know the reviews were good, I just got a feeling that the fan reaction was lukewarm. I don't know if this is just a small group of militant FO2 lovers who have coloured my perception of how the game is seen.

[Astrid.Hecate]

My personal favorite and most under rated game of this generation is Crackdown on Xbox 360... The most fun I had on my 360. The best sandbox game ever! The game had a few problems, but the fun factor was 10 out of 10.
The most overrated would be GTA4, it got perfect 10s everywhere, and im a huge fan of the ps2 games but this one was slow and boring and way too serious. I give it a 7 out of 10.

Crackdown looks pretty fun. Is this only for Xbox 360? I agree, GTA4 was overrated. I thought the controls ruined the game play. It almost seems glitchy at times because the driving controls is so bad. I mean it's not horrible, but it's not fun to drive lol. Not like in GTA: San Andreas. If you ask me San Andreas was the best game out of all the GTAs, simply because the controls were perfect, the game was fun, you can't take it too seriously because it's jut too fun killing people. I'm not sure if they have San Andreas for the PS3 or Xbox 360 yet, but for the ps2 it's amazingly fun.

[The 1 2 P]

Crackdown looks pretty fun. Is this only for Xbox 360?

That is correct.

[Astrid.Hecate]

That is correct.

This sucks. I only have all the ps3 consoles. My brother has a Xbox 360, even he hates it.

[G-Boobie]

That's fair enough. Looking on the Fallout (and Arcanum) boards on places like GoG there seems to be a general sense that it was not as good as it could have been - that it is good but not great. I know the reviews were good, I just got a feeling that the fan reaction was lukewarm. I don't know if this is just a small group of militant FO2 lovers who have coloured my perception of how the game is seen.

It is best to ignore anyone who's ever posted on the "No Mutants Allowed" board. This includes 95% of the folks who post on GOG.

Both of the current gen Fallout games have sold millions of copies and are correctly considered to be some of the best games this generation. If you haven't tried them I heartily recommend them.

[sonicfan154]

Underrated: Klonoa (Wii)
Overrated: Call of Duty (All of them)

[LaughingMAN.S9]

Im going to have to come back to this one for underrated because while there are a couple i could name i think im just confusing underrated with games that aren't mentioned as much but are pretty beloved by the few who actually did manage to play it i.e. binary domain, silent hill downpour


Edit: just thought of one, silent hill homecoming, I personally thought it was a great game, deserving to be included within the silent hill mythos, it just doesn't quite stack to the 4 that came before it. Taken on its own, its a solid game, maybe an 8 out of 10 for me



Overrated? Where do i begin


Gta4, worst out of the series, thank god there are so many distractions because the story and missions fucking suck

Red dead redemption, not really a bad game but after a few hours you begin to see it for what it really is, gta4 on horses but with a lot less things to do


The entire assassins creed series, honestly this should have been released as a novel or comic series, the gameplay and overall world are boring to me, I hate all the characters, i hate the cities, im lukewarm on the gameplay, im never going to nderstand why this game series sells. Much as it does


This one hurts me personally as im a huge fan and i originally gave this a 9 out of 10,but after recently playing it through again start to finish....metal gear solid 4.
The boss battles sucked, no codec, not to many interesting conversations, wierd retcons that almost break series continuity (looking at you vamp), THE ENTIRE EUROPE CHAPTER and a couple of others that are too depressing to list, fan bias is the only thing that can get you through this game and its cutscenes

[Daltone]

It is best to ignore anyone who's ever posted on the "No Mutants Allowed" board. This includes 95% of the folks who post on GOG.

Both of the current gen Fallout games have sold millions of copies and are correctly considered to be some of the best games this generation. If you haven't tried them I heartily recommend them.

Missed this post before!

I've played both Fallout 3 and New Vegas an enjoyed them both. I knew they got some good reviews and sold well so I was surpised when I came across bashing when I was looking for Arcanum Mods on GoG. Yep, the GoG boards led me to NMA where there was yet more bashing.

I therefore remove Fallout 3 from my list of underrated games.

Instead I shall add - Alpha Protocol. Yes it has some glaring flaws, but it was a valliant and fun attempt at a spy game where you can talk yourself out of (or in to) some situations.

[PreZZ]

ohhh... metal gear solid 4. I really tried to play it, but i just couldnt stand all the cutscenes. 2 minutes of gameplay, 10 minutes of cutscenes. Its more like a cheesy interactive movie than a game. Its just not fun, but it does look good! I liked the original mgs on ps1 and mgs3 (didnt like mgs2) but mgs4 is not a good game.