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Originally posted by: Artimus
Deus Ex is very very good, but still overrated. It's not mind blowing. It was my first major PC FPS in a long time so I was disappointed. Oddly enough I played Half-Life 6 months later and found it every bit as good as I'd heard. I was really surprised.
Price of Persia is fairly good (I haven't beaten it, need to get on that) but it's not a masterpiece. It gets a little dull and the enemies/fighting is really dull. It doesn't quite have the right action/platforming balance. But it's still very well done.
Beyond Good and Evil was a decently done run-of-the-mill action game. Take the kind of world setup you'd find in, say, Knights of the Old Republic, and add fairly generic fighting and movement. So bizarrely overrated and I cannot figure out why. I played it on the PC, though, so maybe that's why.
I find Viewtiful Joe very overrated, too. The graphics aren't attractive to me and I find it hurts my eyes after a while. It's visually obnoxious.
I usually just seek out the best reviewed games, so hype isn't an issue for me. I find it goes 50/50 pretty much.
I definately agree here is what I've encountered with hype:
BG&E: A well done platformer but didn't feel like anything "special"
PoP: Didn't care much for it at all
Halo series: I can't stand the series and feel it is beyond shallow, but then again I also play alot of PC Games
GTA: Fun series, but definately does not live up to the hype, each "new" game feels like an expansion pack
Metroid Prime series: Not a big fan of them, and feel they have too many flaws (I especially hate how poorly done exploration is in the first game, there is just way to much ground to cover to find everything)
Zelda series: Haven't been dissapointed yet
Mario series: Same as Zelda
KOTR: I really like this series, and feels it lives up to the hype
The Sims: I love the Sims but think it is a bit overhyped and has become stagnant
Madden: Great football series but still there is not enough new to warrant the hype each year
GoW: Yet another big let down. Is it a good game? Yes but not deserving of the hype, it doesn't really feel special or innovative besides the visuals
God of War: One of the best action games around, but still not what I would call a unique or jaw dropping experience.
Resident Evil series: For the most part lives up to the hype
Metal Gear Solid: I'll never understand why this glorified mov
ie series is so popular
Kid Icarus: Hey have to bring in old school here, personally I find the game average at best. It has sloppy controls, poor level design, cheap difficult, and awkward shooting mechanics.
Finally ARTISTIC games that people rave about like Killer 7, Viewtiful Joe, Rez, etc etc. I find most of these games that people drool over because of their artistic quality to have a ton of flaws that people overlook. I put them in the same category as "artistic" films which most of the time are not up to a standard of "polish" as many big budget films. Can't say how disgusted I am when I see movies try to be artistic by doing something like "handheld camcorder" shakyness, grainy or even oversaturated images in colors. The same thing applies to games and I always get the feeling people are more impressed by the "visual" candy than the substance.
And on and on, but I have definately been dissapointed with many hyped games in the past. Lately though I have tried to look over the hype and wait to see for myself unless it is something special like a new Mario platformer or Zelda game which never seem to dissapoint. For example with Gears of War, I was critical of the game way before it came out because I felt people were overinflating its Greatness, and seen many potential flaws.
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