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| Fro Boy11 1111th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Are current games overrated?"
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I mean when you buy a gaming mag there is at least five games that get 85% or 9/10 in the PC-sector it's even worse. Are the games really that good or are the gamers too much graphics-whores nowdays?
I tend to the second- yeah, the overall-quality is higher then ever, but when I play games like Morrowind, Jedi Knight2, UT2003 or Burnout2 I somehow find them boring. The most overrated games of 2002 yet are Jedi knight2, MoH:Frontline and UT2003 I say. The most underrated game (in non-german magazines/sites) is Gothic.
The most overrated gerne is FPS/Tactic shooter.
BY CROM!!!!
LOL....sorry.
Honestly, I think there's a lot of games that get overlooked. Like Luigi's Mansion. I know a lot of people that hate that game, but I borrowed it from my friend and LOVED it! Actually, I think the Nintendo GameCube is underrated, at least in the US, where the XBox continues to sell better than the GameCube. There are some games that are overrated like DOA3. The only appeal is that there are big breasted female fighters. Everything else is the same. If you have DOA2 there's no need for DOA3. Other than that I think it's been pretty fair.
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| Hungrywolf 1660th Post
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| "Re(2):Are current games overrated?" , posted Thu 24 Oct 10:22
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I mean when you buy a gaming mag there is at least five games that get 85% or 9/10 in the PC-sector it's even worse. Are the games really that good or are the gamers too much graphics-whores nowdays?
I tend to the second- yeah, the overall-quality is higher then ever, but when I play games like Morrowind, Jedi Knight2, UT2003 or Burnout2 I somehow find them boring. The most overrated games of 2002 yet are Jedi knight2, MoH:Frontline and UT2003 I say. The most underrated game (in non-german magazines/sites) is Gothic.
The most overrated gerne is FPS/Tactic shooter.
BY CROM!!!!
LOL....sorry.
Honestly, I think there's a lot of games that get overlooked. Like Luigi's Mansion. I know a lot of people that hate that game, but I borrowed it from my friend and LOVED it! Actually, I think the Nintendo GameCube is underrated, at least in the US, where the XBox continues to sell better than the GameCube. There are some games that are overrated like DOA3. The only appeal is that there are big breasted female fighters. Everything else is the same. If you have DOA2 there's no need for DOA3. Other than that I think it's been pretty fair.
I do agree that GCN is underrated, but I think Nintendo in general has been underrated since the N64 came out, because of the PSx. In any case, I have stuck with Nintendo as my main console and will continue to do so. In any case, I don't think that DOA3s only appeal is big breasted female fighters, as I love DoA3 and think there are improvements over DoA2 in it, but I can say that it is overrated by some, by those that are just into it for the women. I myself really love the game, and am most interested in using Ryu Hayabusa in that game. I can't wait until Ninja Gaiden comes out and I can play it... it looks great. I don't really know what games are overrated, I just play what I like, I try not to pay attention to ratings.
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| crom
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| "Re(5):Are current games overrated?" , posted Fri 25 Oct 05:50
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I don't know about the console versions... but I found the PC versions of Jedi Knight 2 and MOHAA to be very good games, especially Jedi Knight 2. I'm not a Star Wars fanboy either, but I thought the light saber fights and force powers made the game really enjoyable and sets it apart from the standard FPS.
Well, yes, fanboy or not, the laser-duels were the highlight- but the whole design of levels, where you had to run trough boring places and search for half an hour (if you aint using walktroughs) for a switch and crap like that was too much. I did play the game trough, tough. as for MoH:frontline, it got allmost as good ratings as Halo- for f*cks sake, Halo (and I don't like the x-box)
was a masterpiece of gaming history, comparable to some of the better Marios, while Moh:Frontline was so heavily scripted, that when you were playing it a second time, you allmost allways knew what was going to happen.
In my oppinion, the only true next generation gameplay (inovation, not decadency) games of the new generation are Halo(x-box), Eternall Darkness (NGC) and GTA3 (PS2/PC). The rest is just better graphics- and in case of some (Mario Sunshine, MGS2) worse gameplay.
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| DKW
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| "Re(6):Are current games overrated?" , posted Fri 25 Oct 10:02
Q: How can you tell when a PS2 game is being absolutely overhyped to Alpha Centauri and back?
A: People are talking about it.
Crom, listen to me...you're never going to get any kind of objectivity about this industry. Ever. It's always going to be the tiny handful of titles that get several encyclopedias worth of coverage, while about 90% of the selection can't get the time of day.
So no matter what, you have to trust your own eyes and ears and not slavishly follow every piece of hyperbole the VG media spits out...a lot of which completely misses the point, anyway. (You think I'm kidding, right? Go read just about any Dance Dance Revolution review ever written.)
Current PS2 collection: CART Fury, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Swing Away Golf, Street Fighter EX 3, SSX (barely touched that one), Top Gear Daredevils (ditto). Complete with a Gameshark. I don't know from magazines; you shouldn't either.
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| Juan 2533th Post
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| "wife" , posted Fri 25 Oct 11:15
Im a bit late but im still going to bite.
Yes dont trust magazines, ask a friend or rent the game before buying it if you want to get an opinion before actually buying something.
Now with Morrowind, is not that the game is bad or boring, its just not for you. It requires patience, it is an rpg after all (this game is screaming for a multiplayer mode tho.)
As for Jedi Knight 2, I mainly got it for the multiplayer modes, same with the previous Jedi Knight game, they are a blast. I do agree with you that some of the levels in single player were a bit wacky (aka insane switch fetch quest and the super mario jumping levels) but all of that was made up with the story and the big battles, specially the one in the beggining were you are facing countless storm troopers and at walkers. And nothing beats force gripping an storm trooper and shaking it like a rag doll.
And Dessan is pretty cool. DINOSAUR JEDI!
Dont play fps on consoles. They will make you grumpy.
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I tend to the second- yeah, the overall-quality is higher then ever, but when I play games like Morrowind, Jedi Knight2, UT2003 or Burnout2 I somehow find them boring. The most overrated games of 2002 yet are Jedi knight2, MoH:Frontline and UT2003 I say. The most underrated game (in non-german magazines/sites) is Gothic.
The most overrated gerne is FPS/Tactic shooter.
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| Hungrywolf 1667th Post
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| "Re(6):Are current games overrated?" , posted Fri 25 Oct 11:35
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I don't know about the console versions... but I found the PC versions of Jedi Knight 2 and MOHAA to be very good games, especially Jedi Knight 2. I'm not a Star Wars fanboy either, but I thought the light saber fights and force powers made the game really enjoyable and sets it apart from the standard FPS.
Well, yes, fanboy or not, the laser-duels were the highlight- but the whole design of levels, where you had to run trough boring places and search for half an hour (if you aint using walktroughs) for a switch and crap like that was too much. I did play the game trough, tough. as for MoH:frontline, it got allmost as good ratings as Halo- for f*cks sake, Halo (and I don't like the x-box)
was a masterpiece of gaming history, comparable to some of the better Marios, while Moh:Frontline was so heavily scripted, that when you were playing it a second time, you allmost allways knew what was going to happen.
In my oppinion, the only true next generation gameplay (inovation, not decadency) games of the new generation are Halo(x-box), Eternall Darkness (NGC) and GTA3 (PS2/PC). The rest is just better graphics- and in case of some (Mario Sunshine, MGS2) worse gameplay.
I think Mario Sunshine has great gameplay.
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