Colton West of GamesThirst writes: Have you ever found yourself picking up a game just because everyone and their mothers was praising it like crazy, only to play it and ask yourself why was it so hyped up in the first place? I've done that plenty of times and let me tell you, it set my wallet back quite a bit and sadly, it's money and time I will never get back. Here is a list of what I believe to be some of the most overly hyped and overrated games of all time. Keep in mind that this is not all of them considering my list is very long, so I'll just keep it brief.
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.
Mario 64, no. A true masterpiece.
Ok, this guy is an idiot:
"release of the infinitely better Grand Theft Auto 4" compared to GTA:SA.
Halo 3, obviously.
Mass Effect, obviously.
Ikaruga, no one cares.
Marvel Vs Capcom 2, no one cares.
Doom, yes. Boring a hell game. Ultima Underworld destroyed it in both technology and gameplay.
Final Fantasy VII. And the retard inevitably throws this one in just for hits.
i agree with Halo 3 and Mass Effect
Honestly, I was so hyped up for this game. Bioware and Black Isle are my favorite RPG developers....
and well
The entire story in Mass Effect felt just so....generic. Like it was ripped straight from Star Trek and Lovecraft.
The RPG elements were poorly fleshed out. The combat was entertaining, and the cut scenes and cinematics were phenomenal.
But I hated how blatant the be good or be evil was. That is why I prefer Dragon Age over Mass Effect. There are a lot more grey areas in Dragon Age (not as much as the Witcher though), where as in Bioware it is pretty much BE GOOD or BE EVIL.
Half decent game from Bioware. Good game when not compared to the rest of Bioware games.
I'm still going to get the second one though. But I'm begging for a Dragon Age 2.
only game i agree with on that list is halo 3
Ok while Ikaruga was a hard and short game, the music was top quality. I played this game over and over just to listen to the music.