10 Video Games That Were Scored Way Too Highly On Release

WC: "It’s one thing to talk about how a game can come to be known as being ‘overrated‘, but most of the time when we do so we’re talking about general fan fervour and cultural reception – just try saying Ocarina of Time hasn’t aged well, for example.

But what of the titles that review so incredibly highly in the first place? With other respected artforms like film and music, chances are after you’ve spent time with a given property for a few months you’re going to have a different opinion on it than when you first started – and this is also true of games."

[DarkOcelet]

Did they actually put Shadow of the Colossuss ? Really ?

[Magicite]

Almost any big xbox exclusive has paid reviews.

[darthv72]

If by paid you mean reviewers who buy their copy to review...yes there are some who do that.

not everyone gets a copy for free.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Almost all proven IPs with a name brand are overrated like the GTAs, zeldas, games like that

I strongly disagree with Killzone 2 being there, That game got about 90-89% scores, I think that was pretty fair, game was pretty darn good.

I totally agree with Final Fantasy XIII being there, that game got 90% and above just for being called Final Fantasy, that game was a piece of shit, that should be like a 60%.

GTA IV was a good game but not worthy of the pure 100% it was getting, it wasn't even in GTA III's league in my opinion.

Just about every Halo game after the first one was way overrated just because the game was called Halo.

[LightDiego]

Shadow of the Colossus? No way i will click on this site...

[dasbeer88]

Call of Duty games after 4 were given exceeded scores.

[vishmarx]

lol
Shadow of Colossus is widely regarded as one of the best games ever made
and i havent seen that many people objecting to it either
clickbait

[jambola]

I don't think iv'e ever actually heard a bad word about the game.

[NovusTerminus]

Watch Dogs and Destiny did not score higher then deserved. They both got average scores, general consensus is they are average games.

And Killzone 2 was a great game, why is it a downgrade to keep the game running is cause for giving the game a 3 out of 10?

[Alicornium]

As soon as I saw Shadow of the Colossus, I closed the article

[FEARprototype]

same exact reaction /6_6\

[Alicornium]

<3

[Elit3Nick]

That game was magical, few games capture that same kind of atmosphere.

[LAWSON72]

FF13 is not perfect but I think is very well made and easily deserves around an 8-9

[Godmars290]

Seven at best.

[Exies7]

FF13 was a huge departure from the actual FF franchise, and that made a lot of people angry. Like The Hulk, but without muscles, being green, etc.

[PiNkFaIrYbOi]

Loved the answer, bubble to you.

[knickstr]

Final fantasy 13 is easily the weakest in the series in my opinion. Way to linear and the story just didn't live up to others.

[Inception]

Nah. Like godmars said: seven at best. If it's a new IP than i can understand an eight or nine.

[Gore-Content]

100% agreed with No. 1 (GTA IV).

[Summons75]

Besides SSX (which I don't really play snowboarding games so I can't comment on that) and GTAIV (and V) and Mass Effect 3 which I agree, I really don't see the issue with any of these. Shadow of the Colossus is amazing and is a the gem of that generation, Final Fantasy 13 deserved it's score, WatchDogs got average Reviews because it was an average game and same goes with Destiny. Bioshock, Batman, and Killzone were fun.

What about Titanfall, a very mediocre and now pretty much forgotten game? That was scored way to high for what it was.

[SouljAx360]

I thought Mass Effect 3 was great, Arkham City was awesome, Bioshock Infinite was aight, Killzone 2 blew me away with the graphics at that time and the game itself wasn't bad at all even though I didn't like the multiplayer.

[VJGenova]

Pretty lame list. Especially since watch dogs and destiny weren't even rated that highly. Has destiny really declined that much since its launch? I haven't played it so I have no frame of reference.

Also Bioshock Infinite was fun but not my favorite in the series. That's reserved for Bioshock 2.

[MrSwankSinatra]

Shadow of the Colossus are you serious??? GTA IV was a game that proved that review sites can be bought off.

[bnkosu]

Is the author of this list trolling? Or is he genuinely ignorant about gaming?

Mass Effect 3, GTA IV, BioShock Infinite, Shadow of the Collosus, and Arkham City were all deserving of the praise they got.

Watch Dogs and Destiny were both average games and the review scores reflected it, thus, neither were scored to highly.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I apologise for my first bubble , trying to flip thru ten pages using my "PS3 internet search" and it kept getting stuck on CHRISTINE BRINKLEY's face and it said something about a fancy house advertisement.

[Master-H]

GTA IV is the ultimate example of an overrated game, GTA IV's DLC were better, GTA V was better, all the GTAs since the 3rd before it were better (except maybe for liberty city, that was a bit iffy), at least in my opinion.

[rextraordinaire]

Can whatculture just shut down or something?

[gamejediben]

I agree with most of this list...

Bioshock Infinite was disappointing.
GTA IV was a big FU to the fan base.
FFXIII (the whole trilogy) was a disaster that SquareEnix is still trying to recover from.
Mass Effect 3 should have been and needed to be so much more.
I liked Batman: Arkham City but I can see where the author is coming from.
Watch Dogs had all the personality of a dead fish.
Killzone 2 was fun but not much different than most FPS games.

But why put Shadow of the Colossus on here? His argument is that it's repetitive and nothing but boss fights. To that I say, "SO?" They were DAMN GOOD Boss fights. Some of the best ever put in any game ever. I love that game so much I want Nintendo to start making Zelda more like SotC. When Agro seemed to die to save Wander's life, I cried like a little girl for an hour. SotC hit me so hard in the feels that I wonder if any game will ever effect me the same way.

Conclusion: The writer of this article has a cold, black heart.

[MGSmarioPRO]

Just can't press next after seeing SOC ...

[Revengeance]

This list became stupid the moment Shadow of the Colossus was mentioned.

[Inception]

Clickbait article

I agreed with XIII but Shadow of the Collossus and Arkham City are awesome. Both deserverd those high scores.

[jambola]

they put ff xiii for the pic because they knew nobody would click otherwise