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Topic: What is your one most overrated and one most underrated games you've ever played?

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Snatcher

@Wargoose Well See thats were I kinda have a issue, But even so I had no big problem, I'm planning to go back and play it this week.

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Snatcher

@TheJGG, I to would have to give it a 9/10 only bc the dlc and the combat is a little loose at times but other then that its a amazing game, if I were to make a whole post about the game oh lord I would need to break it up into sections, then make it on google docks LOL.

It was also the first video game to make me tear up, Legit, no game had done that to me before FF XV.

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MarioVillager92

@Snatcher Yeah, I think Sonic 2 is one of the easier Genesis games. However in the original version, Tails is no different from Sonic other than his lower height. Pretty sure that the mobile version added the ability to fly though.

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Snatcher

@MarioLover92 AAh Your probably right about that, I'm pretty sure I did play it on mobile my first time, They do sell it the switch tho right? I just need to figure out which version it is.

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MarioVillager92

@Snatcher Yeah they have it for the Switch. It's the Sega Ages version so it's different from the mobile one (the one made by Christian Whitehead). Really hoping that when Sonic Origins comes out, all the Sonic games are the CW versions.

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Snatcher

@MarioLover92 You know I'm buying.

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Dezzy wrote:

Underrated: Star Fox Zero.
The only bad thing about this game is really the control scheme. Everything else about it is really solid. I haven't played all of the Star Fox games but I thought this was the best of the lot, in terms of the actual levels and gameplay.
Really hope they do a Switch version that fixes the controls.

Just imo but even if they did fix the controls you still have those chicken and helicopter missions which I really disliked.

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Dezzy

Ralizah wrote:

Overrated: Bloodborne. Bought this at launch on the PS4 after buying into the hype and was amazed by how... empty and shallow it was as an experience. It felt, and probably still feels, like a game that was only halfway through development when it was released, with its rabid fanbase scrambling to shoot down any objections to its complete dearth of interesting characters, non-existent storytelling, lack of gameplay or environmental diversity, largely absent music, and its often infuriating tendency to not want to explain itself to the player. It also ran kinda poorly at launch. Switch games get WAY more flak when they drop frames as often and have loading times as long as this game did.

Have you not played any other of the Souls games? This kinda applies to all of them. Except Sekiro has a story.

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TheFrenchiestFry

A Souls game having a story is about as near non-existent as Kojima games that have no stories

Souls' forte was always in the visual worldbuilding/lore development and the gameplay loop. Sekiro is like the only one out of the FromSoft Souls-likes that actually tries to have a narrative

Sounds like someone went into a Souls game expecting literally anything but a Souls game. Souls games are basically like boss rushes with lore. The stories are typically super surface level and the intrigue comes more from the gameplay/exploration aspect of trying to better yourself at combat and seeing how much you as a player progress in terms of fulfillment from boss and enemy encounters. There's lots of lore sure, but they've never really tried to have storytelling that wasn't purely visual, and the lack of music is intentional for building atmosphere. In fact Breath of the Wild did basically the same thing

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Zuljaras

Overrated: Super Smash Bros - I have no idea what people like in this game. Really!

Underrated: Castlevania II Simon's Quest - best track of all time - Bloody Tears, very atmospheric exploration for a NES title. The only thing that people hate it for is for being cryptic as hell!

TheFrenchiestFry

Overrated: Death Stranding

It's by no means bad. In fact I found the narrative itself quite interesting, but it's probably my least favorite Kojima Productions game now. There are so many instances where it feels like the game mechanics actively work against the player's ability to really adjust to the minute systems embedded into the gameplay, especially with how inventory management works in how you carry your delivery cargo while also managing your weapons and even other traversal vehicles. Especially coming off of how liberating MGSV's gameplay and open world felt to traverse through this felt like a massive step down.

Underrated: The Gravity Rush series

Probably my favorite pair of games to come out of Japan Studio. The art direction is stunning and I love how they melded the anti-gravity mechanics into combat and exploration since it made really good use out of both the Vita's hardware features and the DualShock 4's controller. They also have pretty compelling narratives self-discovery melded with fantastical elements. It's unlikely these games will ever be revisited now that Japan Studio's essentially been turned into "The Astro Bot developers", but they're really cool obscure gems within the PlayStation library

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@Zuljaras The thing about Smash for me at least as someone who plays a lot of fighting games regularly is that even if it isn't the best at absolutely everything in terms of gameplay or content, it has just enough of everything I want out of a fighting game, especially a party fighter in order to make it extremely tempting to revisit

It doesn't have the best single player I've played in a fighting game, the multiplayer gets rather chaotic and online is extremely inconsistent, and some even have complained about the roster and its seemingly growing emphasis on RPG or quote unquote "anime-style characters". The thing that makes Smash special though is that it doesn't just know or embrace what it is, but it celebrates it. It's like a 5 star buffet at a restaurant that has absolutely everything and anything you could've ever fantasized about having from such a diverse amount of places and backgrounds. Does all the food hit? No, but is the novelty there? Absolutely.

There isn't a game like Smash. There has also yet to be games that perfectly replicate what makes Smash special both as a fighting game and as a general ode to gaming culture and the medium as a whole, and that's why every time a game in the series comes out it's like a big event for the community. It's more about the experience that draws people to it and the novelty of having a game like that even materialize at the scale it has. Even when a character gets in who is either unexpected or doesn't even have that much in the way of Nintendo affiliation like your Cloud Strifes and your Jokers, there's always going to be a character in the roster or a game mode that appeals to someone who has tried the games, and that's really it. It's the ultimate "jack of all trades game" even if it doesn't master absolutely everything it sets out to do.

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Snatcher

@Zuljaras Its the biggest crossover game ever what more do you need? No game has ever had as many Video game series ever, and no game has been able to make smash feel like smash, And plus unlike other fighting games there are to Wired inputs you have to do to actually play the game, and its easy to play with friends.

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Ralizah

By the sound of it, Sekiro is the closest I'm probably going to get to an enjoyable action game from them.

@Dezzy It was my first. I spent 25+ hours with it because I really don't like judging games before I beat them, but I eventually decided to just stop playing it.

I've played a bit of Dark Souls 1 since then. Didn't spend as much time with it, but I found its environments felt a bit more diverse, and it doesn't really herd you into one playstyle. Still didn't enjoy it, though.

It's not From Software, but I did enjoy the little bit of time I spent with Nioh.

@TheFrenchiestFry BotW isn't really ever without music. Sometimes it's subdued piano music, because the developers wisely realized any atmosphere would get crushed if a heroic trumpet was blowing in players' ears for hours while they're messing around in the wilderness, but it's almost always present in some form, and usually expertly mixes with the overall sound design itself. It's lovely.

I don't think Bloodborne could really be called a boss rush, given how many enemies you fight in the field between bosses. It really feels like a 3D Castlevania that exited development too early: proper storytelling wasn't implemented, the music was only partially done, and you basically have the skeleton of a game in place. The "exploration" didn't do much for me: partially because there was no map and it's super easy to get lost when 90% of the game is samey Victorian environs or dank Lovecraftian hovels, and partially because there's little to see or do in those environments.

The biggest problem, I think, is its length. Small games can get away with minimalist game design, but Bloodborne is a goddamn 40+ hour experience, at least. So it's just hours and hours of exploring dark environments to... get somewhere new, I guess, because there's very little to actually find or do in those environments. Occasionally you find a boss, and then the game is a little more interesting until you figure out how to kill them, and then it's more hours of wandering around empty, dank environments.

The combat is fun, at least. It feels a bit Monster Hunter-ish in that it's built around managing animations, learning enemy movements, and it feels good when you finally get over the learning curve. The 'click' when you stop dying and start being able to reliably kill enemies and bosses is indeed rewarding. But it doesn't make for a good game.

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Dezzy

Ralizah wrote:

By the sound of it, Sekiro is the closest I'm probably going to get to an enjoyable action game from them.

I think the fact that you called them "action games" is a pretty clear signal that they just haven't clicked with your brain. I don't think any of us who love the series really see them as action games. Even if they technically are in some sense, it's certainly not what the appeal is. In fact the most popular game in the series, which is definitely Dark Souls 1, is the least action-oriented.

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Holy_Dragon02

Overrated Undertale: It's cultural significance is not something to take lightly. With that said, I picked this one up not to long ago. Only to find it was the most overhyped game of all time. The story was stale, the characters annoying, and the dialog is really cringeworthy. One thing I did enjoy was the music (some tracks). The fan base is full of very toxic 12 year olds, and they treat this game like the holy grail. But to me it's nothing but a lousy indie game.

Underrated Mother 2: I know this is cliché to say, but this game is underrated. It's one of the most unique rpgs ever. Fantastic music, a deep lore, very unique enemies, dialog that's actually funny, and a interesting magic(psi) system. It's definitely the strangest of any snes rpg.The reason why it's underrated, is for many reasons. Overpriced back the day, the infamous Nintendo power ad etc. But one big reason is undertale. Mother 2 kind of gets overshadowed by a lesser game. I kinda just wish the game was released in a better way, because I feel like it would have been even more worshiped than it already is. Instead of Nintendo just tossing it to the side, like they just want to forget about it.

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Ralizah

@Dezzy Clicked with my brain in what sense? Keeping in mind I can only speak from a position of experience about Bloodborne, it's only really competent AS an action game, IMO. Otherwise, it's an RPG with almost no customization, no story-telling, no quests, barely any characters... what's left beside the action? Wandering around empty environments so as to occasionally create a shortcut? I guess it does have stats you can allocate, but that's the only sense in which it seems even remotely RPG-like, and there are games out there that aren't RPGs and also features leveling systems.

I don't think "action" has to mean high-octane Bayonetta-esque madness every minute. When I played Dark Souls, combat was primarily skill-based, and was the only way in which I could meaningfully interact with the world around me. It was slower, more considered combat, sure, but I'd argue most of the Monster Hunter games fit that description as well, and, despite being action games, feature even more RPG trappings with more of an emphasis on story-telling, deeper customization, quests, etc.

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Anti-Matter

Overrated : LEGO games with famous Western franchises (Star Wars, Marvel, Harry Potter, etc)
I'm already tired to see those franchises everywhere.

Underrated : LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER for being Original, not based on any Western franchises. Tt Fusion should make LEGO games without famous Western franchises oftenly. Not everyone get excited by famous things.

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ReaperMelia

I don't really like using the word overrated since opinions are subjective and I don't like to suggest others are wrong to feel the way they do, but if I'm going to mention games I didn't enjoy as much as the majority seemed to enjoy, I'd say Final Fantasy VII Remake for a recent one. I'm not in the crowd that thinks the original is a flawless masterpiece, but I did still really enjoy it. I was unhappy with a lot of the changes in the remake announced before its release (Action combat instead of turn-based, episodic release, story rewrites) and didn't plan to play it, but when it was free on PS+, I figured I'd give it a shot. I did find I was having fun with it for the most part, though I did think there were some notable flaws (the combat system was fun at its core but a lot of enemies felt too spongy and irritating, there was a lot of padding in a few areas like the sewers and train graveyard, and there are some characters who I felt were cheapened by their appearances/personalities in the remake). The last three chapters completely ruined my enjoyment of the game though, there was a ton of padding and the story just went completely off the rails. I went from planning to grab Intergrade on sale to not finishing the PS4 version and losing interest in the upcoming episodes. I am personally excited for FFXVI, though!

Overlooked: Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. This one's generally liked by the people who played it, but it was heavily overshadowed by being a retro-styled FE sandwiched between the three best-selling entries in the series (Awakening, Fates, and Three Houses). I admittedly didn't get it right away because I was more focused on the Switch at the time, but I did eventually get it and finished a playthrough of it last year. I'd easily say it's my favorite FE and one of my favorite JRPGs of all time, everything about it just works perfectly for me. I love the cast of characters, I enjoyed the dungeon crawling and point-and-click towns (I don't even like the point-and-click genre, but it worked for me here), and the combat mechanics are my favorite in the series. I really regret not getting the special edition back at launch and playing through it then, and I hope Intelligent Systems doesn't let the low sales of this entry keep them from doing more remakes in its style.

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KingMike

@FeverDreem Interesting to mention both Undertale and EarthBound together.
Hadn't played Undertale, but I do recall hearing it started development as an EarthBound ROM hack before the author reworked it until it eventually became legitimately its own game.
(though it's been said that EB was programmed such that Nintendo probably could've used it as the basis of a game-maker program if they had thought of that idea a couple decades before that became a popular genre)

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