MDR Most Overhyped Games of 2008

Author of MDR states "I know what I'm about to say next is going to rattle a few cages, but alot of it needs to be said. Also, no I'm not doing this to spark some fanboy war. I fit were up to me I'd have all of them put in cages and send to Antarctica to ride some polar bear dick. The following are games I feel that were hyped for being near-perfect but in reality had many flaws that I feel made them average. On to the list!"

[hagesy]

I disagree with both GTA 4 and MGS 4 being overhyped. I see them both as ground breaking games for their generation. Cant comment on the others as i have not played them.

[redorb1790]

reasons to back up why? I mean I understand they brought things to the table but when you concentrate solely on being groundbreaking in the technological sense you forget the actual gameplay of it. Both had great stories but neither held my attention after I went through the main story.

[Palodios]

This is a horrible article. He picks out four of the best games of the generation and calls them overhyped. Then, he calls out crummy ps3 ports, pointing to Fallout 3, which is practically the same as the other versions except that there were some small problems earlier on that have SINCE BEEN PATCHED OUT.

[pansenbaer]

"Also, the whole pressing X till you finger fell off was a huge low point in the game, people know what I’m talking about."

Ooooo, I would most certainly have to disagree there. Sure it wasn't a whole lot of fun to mash it, it was very fitting for what was happening. If you were into the story, you loved that part...and probably cried, like me...

[swiftshot93]

is he talking about the microwave? You click triangle not x. Also this game is no way overhyped. gameplay,graphics, and story will blow you away.

BTW-Act 4 was some of the best time in gaming ive ever had.

Edit: The fight with liquid you click R1 not x.???

Edit: LOL @ GeoW2 overhyped. Multiplayer is crap, but single player is one of the best experiences available on Xbox 360.(After Mass Effect IMO)

[Unicron]

The microwave scene was epic personified. The emotion, the music, the visuals... yeah, it's simple in the finger pain = the emotional pain of Snake... but that's Kojima's gift... he creates parallels that others never see. I will NEVER forget Snake's struggle.

[Elvfam511]

I think the author was talking about the torture chamber in mgs1 or your way

[redorb1790]

Hmmm I never looked at it that way. Well good points and I didn't give MGS4 a low score because it was a wonderful game.

[MGOelite]

MGS4 should not be on this list, it tied up all the crap from the other games, some nice plot twists, decent and underrated online mode, great graphics and sound nice lenght (about 15-20 hours) and none of it got boring as it just got better towards the end. nostalgic moments like in act 4 where you got back to shadow moses and the song "the best is yet to come" starts playing and you hears voices from the past.

if anything MGS4 was underhyped

[TheColbertinator]

GTA4 was overhyped by a mile.That game is so boring.I hope GTA5 is better.

[NegativeCreep427]

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[ForROME]

Oh please if your going to go with hype vs didnt live up

GTA lived up some what just not enough my vote is

TOO HUMAN & HAZE ALLLLLLLLL THE WAY

BOTH OF THESE GAMES WOW WHAT A JOKE!

[redorb1790]

Those were the two worst games of the year that I actually spent money on.

[Unicron]

Hype is created by the media more often than not.

In my HUMBLEST OPINION -

GTA4 didn't live up the hype overall, even though it was a solid title, it felt like a step back from GTA San Andreas.

MGS4 was NOT overrated, I felt it wrapped up the series finely, and I felt... well.. I felt happy when all was said and done. MGO has balance issues, and I dislike the Konami ID stuff, but many people love it, so who am I to complain?

[Elvfam511]

Off topic:

What you guys/girls prefer matchmaking or having the ability to pick what you want

[swiftshot93]

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[LeonSKennedy4Life]

MGS4?
GeOW2?
R2?

What are they smoking? These were all fantastic games!

GTAIV actually surpassed the hype for me. It's the only GTA I've ever enjoyed.

[sukru]

they included the actual best games of the year, while forgetting about (the easily forgettable):

* Haze
* Facebreaker
* Ninja Gaiden II
* Too Human
* SOCOM (don't know the current situation, but did not work at launch)
* Sonic Unleashed
* and maybe Mirror's Edge (due to sales)

GTAIV, MGS4, GoW2 were all good games that actually satisfied.

[redorb1790]

You make some good points and I'll add them into the next article I'm doing.

[Skyyo]

Polar bears don't live in Antarctica...

[swiftshot93]

O_O

[redorb1790]

I was way off there. I got on a mindless rant about fanboys apologies.

[medziarz]

best article i've read here in a while!
the list is spot-on and so are the arguments,
at last someone that was bold enough to criticize the "big hitters"
in public and not pushing it too far.

[farhsa2008]

how the fvck does R2 make it on the list? One of the best games i every played

[Faztkiller]

Agree
one of the best shooters i have ever played
story is good
coop is amazing
multiplayer is great

[Faztkiller]

gta really over hyped
Fable was over hyped
Fallout was over hyped but still good cant say that for the rest

[mastiffchild]

Resistance2 overhyped? All the talk I heard was moans about the lack of advertising at the time. It was way better than the first game and the only step they got wrong was dropping the narrator while both the co-op and multiplayer are great.
GTA4 was a massive improvement from the gonzo daftness that wrecked SA and I don't get why it's so tredy to knock such a fantasticaly percieved game. Liberty City was amazingly vivid and Niko was the best lead character in the series history as well as the most likeable-they also had to make it all grow up or it'd just have been like SR2 and nobody really wants that do they?
Gears2 I understand becaese of all the atrocious multiplayer glitches and the matchmaking mess but it still delivered in the single player and Horde mode again so I don't agree.
MGS4 is probably the best game ever made for consoles imo s I don't get that one either-or L4D for that matter which is probably the best co-op experience of the year.
Odd list to me, I believe he feels how he does but in a year containing real disappointments(my controversial one would be Fallout3 for not being the FPS?RPG hybrid it was meant to be AND for failing to feel like Fallout at all-never mind all the glitches and bugs)like the awful messes of Too Human and Haze I don't see where he got it all so badly wrong.

[ApolloT4L]

I disagree with everything in that article. With only two exceptions.

The games on there were hyped up, but were still great games. GTA IV, MGS4 (if you can stand the hour long cut scenes, which did get to me a little), Gears 2, Left 4 Dead are some of the games I have played and enjoyed the most this year.

As far as exceptions goes, Resistance 2 because I have yet to play it. The Wii is the only thing I agree with. I'm willing to bet my Wii has seen less than 10 hours of play this year.